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History

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 1hrs 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who are historians?

a)

People who study history

b)

People who make history

c)

People who study science

d)

People who make science

2.

All of these are types of written sources except...

a)

Newspapers

b)

Personal letters

c)

Books

d)

Oral songs

3.

All of these are historical eras except...

a)

Prehistory

b)

Classical Antiquity

c)

Space Ages

d)

Middle Ages

4.

Prehistory is divided into three periods. In order, they are...

a)

Paleolithic, Neolithic, Metal Ages

b)

Neolithic, Paleolithic, Metal Ages

c)

Metal Ages, Paleolithic, Neolithic

d)

Metal Ages, Neolithic, Paleolithic

5.

History is a study of the...

a)

Everything

b)

Past

c)

Present

d)

Future

6.

History is a study of the...

a)

Everything

b)

Past

c)

Present

d)

Future

7.

What era is before all the others?

a)

Modern history

b)

Contemporary era

c)

Middle ages

d)

I don´t know

8.

In the Metal Ages, what metals were used?

a)

Copper, bronze, iron

b)

Bronze, silver, gold

c)

Diamond, ruby, saphhire

d)

Iron, copper, silver

9.

In the Paleolithic Age, people...

a)

were hunters and gatherers

b)

were nomads

c)

lived in caves

d)

All of the above

10.

When was the fall of the Roman Empire?

a)

476 AD

b)

476 BC

c)

800 AD

d)

800 BC

11.

In what era was writing invented?

a)

Prehistory

b)

Classical Antiquity

c)

Middle Ages

d)

Modern History

12.

In what era did Christianity emerge?

a)

Prehistory

b)

Classical Antiquity

c)

Middle Ages

d)

Modern History

13.

How many States are there in USA?

a)

40

b)

20

c)

50

d)

60

14.

How many senators are in each state?

a)

1

b)

3

c)

4

d)

2

15.

How many branches of government does USA have?

a)

3

b)

4

c)

2

d)

5

16.

Which branch of government creates laws?

a)

Executive Branch

b)

Legislative Branch

c)

Judicial Branch

d)

none of the above

17.

he is the father of genetics

a)

mendel

b)

darwin

c)

bateson

d)

watson

18.

he named the NA as nuclein

a)

meischer

b)

muller

c)

meselson

d)

sambrook

19.

introduced A-T and G-C

a)

chargaff

b)

jeffreys

c)

creighton

d)

sutton

20.

this is the first medium used for genetic studies

a)

drosophila

b)

C. elegans

c)

E. coli

d)

S. aureus

21.

how many codons are needed to make an amino acid

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

22.
Which headline describes an event that resulted from the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001? 
a)
Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations Resume
b)
Debt Crisis Shakes European Union
c)
Russia Increases Petroleum Exports
d)
Troops Deployed to Afghanistan
23.
In the late 1800's, the Supreme Court's decision in Plessy v. Ferguson-
a)
Established a legal remedy for victims of discrimination
b)
Created a legal remedy for segregation laws
c)
Affirmed the legality of federal regulation of state elections
d)
Recognized public protests as a legal form of civil disobedience
24.
Which of these resulted from the prohibition of alcohol during the 1920s?
a)
A decline in immigration rates
b)
A growing fear of communism
c)
The expansion of the consumer economy
d)
The rise of organized crime