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WorksheetsRho Kappa History Trivia
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Who was the first Western explorer to reach China?
Ferdinand Magellan
James Cook
Sir Francis Drake
Marco Polo
In 1971, Idi Amin led a military coup in which country?
Papua New Guinea
Angola
Ghana
Uganda
Which U.S. president met with Russian leader Mikhail Gorbachev in a series of talks to reduce nuclear weapons?
Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
Gerald Ford
Richard Nixon
Which historical figure lived between the years of 1815 and 1898?
Otto von Bismarck
Thomas Jefferson
Grigori Rasputin
Mohandas Gandhi
What controversial structure went up in 1961 and came down in 1990?
Great Wall
Jorba Laboratories
Berlin Wall
John Wayne Gacy's Home
What political work did Karl Marx co-author?
Mein Kampf
The Wealth of Nations
The Communist Manifesto
The Jungle
What is the name of the famous battle in which Napoleon Bonaparte was finally defeated?
Battle of Rolica
Battle of Hastings
Battle of Stalingrad
Battle of Waterloo
What country was NOT a member of Axis powers in World War II?
Germany
Italy
Soviet Union
Japan
Which British queen ruled from 1837 to 1901?
Victoria
Mary
Elizabeth
Elizabeth II
The assassination of what political leader helped trigger the start of World War I?
Boutros Ghali
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Czar Nicholas
William McKinley
Prime Minister Golda Meir was the leader in what country?
Pakistan
Israel
Peru
India
Which leader was officially referred to as the Dear Leader?
Vladimir Putin
Adolf Hitler
Kim Jong Il
Fidel Castro
Which student of Aristotle became king of Macedonia and conquered almost all of Persia?
Xerxes
Herodotus
Mark Anthony
Alexander the Great
The Hundred Years War was fought between which two countries?
Italy and Greece
France and England
France and Germany
Spain and Italy
Which President was sworn in as President on board Air Force One?
Harry Truman
Lyndon Johnson
Jimmy Carter
Gerald Ford
Who replaced Boris Yeltsin as the President of Russia in 1999?
Vladimir Putin
Mikhail Gorbachev
Dmitry Medvedev
Gennady Yanayev
When did the Stock Market Crash?
Monday September 1, 1929
Tuesday October 29, 1929
Thursday November 7, 1929
Thursday December 19, 1929.
Which was the last state admitted the United States?
(a)
How many votes from the total number of 538 Electoral College votes must a presidential candidate win in order to become elected?
250
269
270
280
Only president for 30 days, this was the shortest-termed president.
Zachary Taylor
Martin Van Buren
William Henry Harrison
Millard Fillmore
What divide did the "Iron Curtain" represent?
An ideological divide between democratic Europe and communist Europe.
A physical divide to keep immigrants out of Eastern Germany.
It was a metaphor for where steel was produced in Europe.
A divide between the Nationalists and the Communists.
Which of the following best describes the purpose of the ‘Smash the Four Olds’ campaign, launched in August 1966?
To establish a dictatorship of the proletariat as a preliminary step before achieving true Communism in China
To destroy all remnants of ‘feudal’ and ‘bourgeois’ culture which were preventing China from establishing an authentically socialist society
To sow fear and terror into the Chinese population and ensure complete obedience to Mao
To destroy all ideas which contradicted Mao Zedong Thought
Where did the event "the dancing plague of 1518" take place?
Patras, Greece
Strasbourg, France
Valencia, Spain
Roughly how much per acre did the United States pay Russia for the land that is now Alaska?
2 cents
50 cents
$1.00
$12.50
What is the smallest country in the world?
Vatican City
Maldives
Singapore
Which constitutional amendment is the Equal Protection Clause part of?
10th
14th
17th
24th
How old was Queen Elizabeth II when she was crowned the Queen of England?
24
26
27
25
Why did the Puritans separate from the Anglican Church?
They wanted to separate from the Roman Catholic Church.
They wanted to purify it of Roman Catholic Rituals but remain part of the Anglican Church.
They wanted to distinguish between clergy and congressmen.
During the 17th century, the British government established Georgia to...
Create a buffer from Spanish settlers.
Stop Native Americans from migrating from Carolinas.
Encourage colonists to develop a lucrative tobacco industry.
The term used to describe a company that dominates a whole particular industry is?
Monopoly
corporation
limited liability company
Prime Industry
Where was mummification invented?
Mesopotamia
b. China
Egypt
Africa
Who killed Abraham Lincoln?
Ulysses S. Grant
Austin Gollaher
John Wilkes Booth
Where were the first modern Olympics held?
A) Athens, Greece
B) Paris, France
C) London, England
The Statue of Liberty was a gift from which country?
Germany
France
Russia
Who was the first American to win a Noble Peace Prize?
Martin Luther King, Jr
Barack Obama
Theodore Roosevelt
Jimmy Carter
When was Julius Caesar assassinated?
May 12th, 44 BC
March 18th, 44 BC
May 2nd, 44 BC
March 15th, 44 BC
Taj Mahal is India's ...
best Muslim art symbol
the best Muslim art symbol
better Muslim art symbol
the better Muslim art symbol
What warfare was most popularly used in WW1?
Gas Warfare
Trench Warfare
Naval Warfare
Where did the stalemate in the Korean War occur?
37th parallel
36th parallel
38th parallel
Among the principle characteristics of 17th and 18th century absolutist states were all of the following EXCEPT
large standing armies
development of constitutions
weakening the nobility
absolutist rule based on divine right
What two major events limited the scope of Catherine the Great's reforms in Russia?
the Pugachev Rebellion and the French Revolution
the wars against the Ottoman Empire and the partition of Poland
the Pugachev Rebellion and Catherine's active social life
the American and French Revolutions
- Basic rights of citizens
- Rule of law
- Representative assemblies
Which ancient society is divided into time periods known as the Old, Middle, and New Kingdom?
A) Etruscan
B) ancient Egyptian
C) Mesopotamian
D) Hellenic Greek
What was the name of the Ukrainian nuclear power plant that was the site of a nuclear disaster in April 1986?
Chernobyl
Chyhyryn
odesa
Kharki
Around 1200 CE, this person unified the Mongol Empire
Kublai Khan
Genghis Khan
Confucius
Marco Polo
Who were the creators of the Black Panther Party?
Bobby Seale
Huey P. Newton
James Cameron
Billy English
It was a sociopolitical movement in China from 1966 until 1976. Launched by Mao Zedong. Its goal was to preserve 'true' Communist ideology in the country by purging remnants of capitalist and traditional elements from Chinese society.
Great Leap forward
Cultural Revolution
Chinese treaty
What major crop did the Portuguese produce using enslaved people from Africa?
bananas
coffee
sugarcane
tea
During World War II, the United States forcibly relocated and incarcerated about 120,000 people of what ancestry?
German
Japanese
French
African
Where did the Renaissance BEGIN?
Italy
France
Spain
Germany
Where is the Eiffel Tower?
In Spain
In France
In Italy
In England
Angkor Wat in Cambodia is .....
the largest religious monument in the world
the most large religious monument in the world
the larger religious monument than the world
the large religious monument of the world
Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria is ...
the more romantic castle in the world
a more romantic castle in the world
the most romantic castle of all
the most romantic castle in the world
Stonehenge
England
USA
Brazil
China
The first successful printing press was developed by this man.
Johannes Gutenberg
Benjamin Franklin
Sir Isaac Newton
Martin Luther King
The Battle of Hastings in 1066 was fought in which country?
Norway
France
Russia
England
Which line creates the eastern and western hemisphere?
Equator
Longitude
Prime Meridian
Divider
The Neolithic Period was also called the ________
Ice Age
New Stone Age
Iron Age
Space Age
What historical event occurs in the 19th century?
Reconstruction in the United States
The War of the Roses
The Fall of Constantinople
The Trial of Joan of Arc
Which African queen fought against the Portuguese for 40years?
Queen Yaa Asantewaa of Ashanti Kingdom
Queen Nefertiti of Ancient Kemet
Queen Amina of Zaria
Queen Nzinga of Mbande Ndogo
By the 16th century ____, the capital of the Songhay empire, was the leading Islamic center of learning in Africa
Rabat
Algiers
Timbuktu
Almoravids
What did Jim Crow laws do?
They provided equal treatment for all U.S. citizens
Enforced laws which made segregation legal
Denied African Americans the right to vote
Where is the Colisseum?
In United States
In Egypt
In Italy
In England
Which of the following presidents were assassinated?
Abraham Lincoln
Franklin D. Roosevelt
John F. Kennedy
Ronald Reagan
What date did the Japanese carry out their attack on Pearl Harbor?
11/11/1919
09/03/1939
12/07/1941
05/09/1942
Germany's "lightning war" was known as the
Luftwaffe
Blitzkrieg
Co-Prosperity Sphere
Sitzkrieg
How did the Catholic Church react to the heliocentric view of Copernicus and Galileo?
They accepted the idea of the heliocentric theory as truth
The Church asked Galileo to spread his ideas to all believers
The church condemned the ideas as heretical (against their teaching)
t
Babylonian king who wrote the first law code?
Nehemiah
Hammurabi
Zephaniah
Gupta
This statue would have been found in which "mother culture" of Mesoamerica?
Aztec
Inca
Olmec
Maya
What did Chinese dynasties use as a justification for why they had been chosen to lead?
Democratic Election
Popular Majority
Mandate of Heaven
Will of God
the worship of many gods
Monotheism
Polytheism
Theocracy
Zoroastrianism
What was the three social classes in France prior to the French Revolution?
First, Second, and Third Estate
Peasants, Nobles, Clergy
Rich, Poor, Middle Classes
Small, Medium, and Large
Why did the Mayans abandon their cities
Their structure fell apart
they exhausted their resources and died from starvation
there were too many lizards
They were all sacrificed
What caused millions of indigenous, Amerindians to die from disease?
rats
chickens
Columbian Exchange
crop dependence
Which are the only two African nations to never be colonized?
Egypt and Syria
Algeria and Madagascar
Liberia and Ethiopia
Libya and Tunisia
Toussiant L/Overture, Simon Bolivar, and others are regarded as heroes, because?
their opposition to land reform
their spread of Islam
they led independence movements
they conquered Europe
Where is the Alhambra?
In Spain
In France
In Italy
In England
What was Checkpoint Charlie?
Military checkpoint between Soviet and American sectors in Berlin; site of tank standoff with Soviet and American tanks.
A villa in a Berlin suburb where the Nazis discussed the Final Solution.
The German parliament building where it was decided to tear down the Berlin Wall.
The name of the top secret military operation to help East Germans escape to the west.
Put in order starting with the event that started first.
Boston Massacre
Intolerable Acts
Boston Tea Party
Intolerable Acts
Boston Tea Party
Boston Massacre
Boston Massacre
Boston Tea Party
Intolerable Acts
Boston Tea Party
Boston Massacre
Intolerable Acts
What is considered the start of the Revolutionary War?
The Battle of Boston
The Battle of Yorktown
The Battle of Saratoga
The battles of Lexington and Concord
Nelson Mandela was President of the
African Union.
Both c and d.
South African Democratic Congress.
African National Congress (ANC).
Which year was the state of Israel formed?
1932.
1948.
1965.
1982.
What was the Suez Canal crisis?
A canal in the Gulf occupied by Indian forces that were not pleased with Indian independence.
The creation of an Israeli state that spilled over to Egypt.
A standoff between American and Soviet forces.
Historic event that took place in 1956 when Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal which was controlled by the French and the British.
Whom was President of the US during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
President Teddy Roosevelt.
President Harry S. Truman.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
President John F. Kennedy.
In the late 1800s, this country had gained territory in the Caribbean and the Philippines by winning a war against Spain.
The USA
Great Britain
Germany
Japan
He was the Russian Czar at the outbreak of WWI
Nicholas II
Alexander III
George IV
Wilhelm II
Mehmed V was the ruler of this declining empire
Bulgarian
French
Austro-Hungarian
Ottoman
Why did the Age of Imperialism and the Scramble for Africa begin?
European populations were growing at an unsustainable rate
African kingdoms invited European nations to govern their land
European nations wanted raw materials and markets for finished goods
East Asian nations needed new routes to the Americas
