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Review_5

Total questions: 51

Worksheet time: 45mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What union army general marched his troops through Georgia in 1864?

a)

James Oglethorpe

b)

William Tecumseh Sherman

c)

General William Rosecrans

2.

Name the Roman god of war.

a)

Mars

b)

Ares

c)

Ty´r

3.

Who is the native american woman who is said to have saved the life of John Smith?

a)

Sacagawea

b)

Rebecca Rolf aka

Pocahontas

c)

Wilma Mankiller

4.

A northerner who sympathized with the south during the civil war was called a_________________.

a)

know-nothing

b)

copperhead

c)

rough rider

5.

He was the first to sign The Declaration of Independence.

a)

John Hancock

b)

George Washington

c)

Thomas Jefferson

6.

What granson of Genghis Khan welcomed Marco Polo to his court in the 13th century?

a)

Arikbugha

b)

Kaidu

c)

Kublai

7.

This French general crowed himself emperor of France in 1804.

(a)  

8.

What river separates Oregon from Wahington state?

(a)  

9.

"Scale of (a)   " To identify one of the ingredients used by the witches in Skakespeare's Macbeth. Fill in the blank with what monster such as Smaug in The Hobbit..

10.

What central asian sea is often called the world's largest lake?

(a)  

11.

What is the US minimum voting age?

a)

21

b)

18

c)

16

12.

Along with Francis Crick, this scientist discovered the double helix structure of DNA.

(a)  

13.

What leader of the Norman soldiers defeated his opponents of England's 1066 Battle of Hastings?

(a)  

14.

Taking positive roots, simplify this expression giving your answer as an integer.

(a)  

15.

Name the Scandanavian country whose capital is Oslo?

(a)  

16.

Built in 122BCE primarily as a frontier to the Roman Empire providing protection from hostile enemies and serving as a base for military units, name the wall which cuts through an English farm and is a lasting monument to a Roman emperor .

(a)  

17.

What is the distance between these two points? (2,4) (10,4)

(a)  

18.

This is a section of what R-initialed Antartic ice shelf named for the 19th century British explorer who discovered it?.

(a)  

19.

Radon, Xenon, Boron...Which one of these elements is not classified as a noble gas?

a)

Radon

b)

Xenon

c)

Boron

20.

What is the largest bird in the world?

a)

dodo

b)

ostrich

c)

emus

21.

This fictional language was introduced by George Orwell in 1984.

a)

memory hole

b)

Newspeak

c)

doublethink

22.

In 1666 London was hit by what same type of disaster that destroyed much of Chicago in 1871?

(a)  

23.

What cold north atlantic island is the largest in the world?

(a)  

24.

Oxygen, Nitrogen, Carbon Dioxide. When deep sea divers surface too rapidly they get the bends, a condition caused by bubbles of what gas in bodily tissues?

a)

Oxygen

b)

Nitrogen

c)

Carbon Dioxide

25.

The 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the Constitution are usually referred to with what term?

(a)  

26.

In 480 BCE, King Leonidas led an army of 6,000 to 7,000 Greeks from many city-states, including 300 Spartans, in an attempt to prevent the Persians from getting through

what pass?

(a)  

27.

What is the area of a rectangle that has a perimeter of 48 and a width of 4?

(a)  

28.

The constellation Cygnus represents what graceful long-necked bird?

(a)  

29.

What East African country was formed by Tankanyika and Zanzibar?

(a)  

30.

What document written in 1854 described the rationale for the United States to purchase Cuba from Spain while implying that the U.S. should declare war if Spain refused?

(a)  

31.

Though it is considered a dormant volcano, what highest Oregon mountain is thought by geologists as the most likely to erupt?

(a)  

32.

Name the political party whose leaders included Hamilton and Adams.

(a)  

33.

What is the area of a square when the diagonal is 10?

(a)  

34.

In 1863 General Ulysses S. Grant captured what last major Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi River ?

(a)  

35.

This 1870's 3rd party supported the non-gold backed paper currency.

(a)  

36.

This 18th century artist painted The Blue Boy.

(a)  

37.

Latitude 66 degrees 33 minutes north is which one of the two polar circles, the most northerly of the five major circles of latitude as shown on maps of Earth.?

(a)  

38.

A person who is sociable can best be described as...which of these adjectives?

a)

insidious

b)

gregarious

c)

intransigent

39.

The following battles: Battle of Saratoga, Battle of Stalingrad, Battle of San Jacinto would all be listed under the letter "S" in an encyclopedia. Please arrange them chronologically.

(a)  

40.

Martin Luther King wrote his famous "Letter from a B____________ J_______".

(a)  

41.

These engines have all been a driving force in transportation: diesel engine, jet engine, steam engine. Please arrange them chronologically.

(a)  

42.

Evaluate this expression giving your answer as a positive integer.

(a)  

43.

FDR's radio addresses were given what folksy two-word name?

(a)  

44.

What is the missing number in this Fibonacci sequence?

(a)  

45.

What is the value of this expression?

(a)  

46.

Which of these would not be deflected by a magnetic field? An Alpha Particle, A Proton or a Neutron?

(a)  

47.

What French author wrote Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea.

(a)  

48.

What number should be added to this expression in order to obtain a perfect square?

(a)  

49.

What is the smallest continent?

(a)  

50.

A thermostat works on which of these principles: Metal expands when heated, Hot air rises, like poles of magnets repel each other...

(a)  

51.

The Magna Carta was signed at this meadow by the River Thames

(a)