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GENERAL EDUCATION – SET B (Worksheet Questions)

Total questions: 150

Worksheet time: 1hrs 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In which year was Muhammad born?

a)

570 ~ Mecca

b)

631 ~ Arabia

c)

344 ~ Baghdad

d)

467 ~ Arabian Gulf

2.

A ________ is a region that has very little rainfall.

a)

drought

b)

desert

c)

ocean

d)

mountain range

3.

Which of these happened during the French Revolution?

a)

Execution of Louis XIII

b)

Founding of Lutheranism

c)

Storming of the Bastile

d)

Surrender of Napoleon

4.

Americans and Britains met in France to end the American Revolution by signing the

a)

Treaty of Ghent

b)

Declaration of Independance

c)

Treaty of Paris

d)

Declaration of The Rights of Man

5.

The "elastic clause" gives Congress the power to

a)

amend the Constitution

b)

declare actions of the president unconstitutional

c)

pass laws needed to carry out its other powers

d)

veto the supreme court

6.

If the Supreme Court decides that a law or act of the President goes against the Constitution, it can ___ the law or act.

a)

vote

b)

approve

c)

appeal

d)

cancel

e)

re-write

7.

What man is most responsible for sparking the Protestant Reformation?

a)

Tetzel

b)

Cromwell

c)

Augustine

d)

Luther

8.

Do Islamic people need to make a journey to Mecca or Haji once in their lifetime?

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

Maybe Yes

d)

Maybe No

9.

The Greek alphabet is based on which other alphabet?

a)

Egyptian

b)

Babylonian

c)

Phoenician

d)

Hittite

10.

Where did the Athenians and Persians fight their first decisive battle?

a)

Plataea

b)

Marathon

c)

Athens

d)

Salamis

11.

Who said, Give me liberty or give me death!

a)

John Adams

b)

Patrick Henry

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

George Washington

12.

What does the list below reveal about Islam? - Muslims pray five times a day. - Muslim women dress modestly - Muslims don’t drink alcohol or eat pork. - Muslims give money to support charities.

a)

Islam is a way of life.

b)

Islam was popular in Arabia in the 700s.

c)

Islam was the same as other religions.

d)

Islam is a religion of hardship.

13.

Last Queen of France

a)

Marie Antoinette

b)

Isabella

c)

Joan of Arc

d)

Cleopatra

14.

Emperor Justinian is most famous for

a)

creating a systematic body of laws

b)

putting down a terrible revolt

c)

reclaiming lost territory of the Roman Empire

d)

making the city rich and wealthy

15.

The Romans were heavily influenced by the Greek's

a)

religion

b)

architecture

c)

alphabet

d)

all of the above

16.

Who told Martin Luther he could no longer be a member of the Church?

a)

Pope Leo X

b)

Henry VIII

c)

God

d)

Ann Boleyn

17.

Who wrote the song, "Over There", which became the anthem for soldiers joining WWI?

a)

George M. Cohan

b)

Irving Berlin

c)

Jim Thorpe

d)

Edgar Rice Burroughs

18.

At the end of the Roman Empire, all of these factors contributed to the fall of Rome except,

a)

political instability

b)

Christianity

c)

economic and social problems

d)

weakening frontiers

19.

What type of Greek column is the simplest design?

a)

Doric

b)

Ionic

c)

Corinthian

d)

Bionic

20.

How did industrialization have a NEGATIVE impact on society?

a)

Increased labor needs in cities

b)

Child labor

c)

Safe working conditions

d)

Increased pay

21.

The Warsaw Pact was the Soviet Unions response to NATO.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

Maybe False

d)

Maybe True

22.

The president can veto a bill.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

Maybe False

d)

Maybe True

23.

East Germany and Bulgaria were part of the Warsaw Pact.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

Maybe False

d)

Maybe True

24.

In 1787, abolitionists founded the Committee for the Abolition of the Slave Trade in what nation?

a)

Britain

b)

France

c)

Germany

d)

Spain

25.

Who invented the flying shuttle?

a)

John Fowler

b)

John Kay

c)

Andrew Meikle

d)

Jethro Tull

26.

Darren had been researching his family's history in order to find out where his favorite grandmother was born. One day, while looking through some papers in the attic of his parent's house, he found his grandmother's birth certificate. The birth certificate contained the following address, 918 Grover Lane, Tyler, TX, 75701. The address is an example of

a)

orientation

b)

relative location

c)

place

d)

absolute location

27.

The prime meridian separates the

a)

Eastern and Western Hemispheres

b)

Northern and Southern Hemispheres

c)

The Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn

d)

North and South Poles

28.

The Greeks adopted their alphabet from which civilization?

a)

the Egyptians

b)

the Phoenicians

c)

the Babylonians

29.

______ was the murder of millions of Jews by the Nazis during WWII ______ a movement that encouraged reestablishing the ancestral Jewish homeland

a)

Semitism; Holocaust

b)

Prejudice; Zionism

c)

Holocaust; Zionism

d)

Communism; Holocaust

30.

Hindus believe in obeying one's karma. A person should accept there place in the world without complaint.

a)

True

b)

False

31.

Japan is a chain of islands in the northern .

a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

Pacific Ocean

c)

Indian Ocean

d)

Caspian Sea

32.

What forms of entertainment were popular among Roman citizens?

a)

Chariot racing

b)

Plays

c)

Gladiator fights

d)

All of the above

33.

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 enforced the Fifteenth Amendment and outlaws discriminatory voting practices.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

Maybe False

d)

Maybe True

34.

Where was the Magna Carta signed?

a)

England

b)

France

c)

Germany

d)

Italy

35.

What impact did Thomas Edison have on American society?

a)

Discovered electricity

b)

Invented the light bulb

c)

Invented the telephone

d)

Invented the telegram

36.

Brazil was colonized by the Spanish.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

Maybe False

d)

Maybe True

37.

Queen Elizabeth I financed Drake's expeditions.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

Maybe False

d)

Maybe True

38.

What language greatly influenced English that came out of the Roman Empire?

a)

Greek

b)

Arabic

c)

German

d)

Latin

39.

After he decided the empire was too large to manage, divided the Roman Empire into four parts.

a)

Constantine

b)

Diocletian

c)

Alaric

d)

Odoacer

40.

___ was the Roman god of war.

a)

Mars

b)

Jupiter

c)

Ares

d)

Neptune

41.

___ was the last emperor to rule to Roman Empire.

a)

Odoacer

b)

Romulus Augustulus

c)

Diocletian

d)

Constantine

42.

A series of trade and cultural transmission routes that were central to cultural interaction through regions of the Asian continent.

a)

Cotton Roads

b)

Culture Roads

c)

Silk Roads

d)

Asian Roads

43.

Who was known as the Father Modern Chemistry?

a)

Robert Boyle

b)

Antoine Lavoisier

c)

Sir Isaac Newton

d)

Charles Darwin

44.

Who was the mighty Trojan warrior that killed Patroclus?

a)

Zeus

b)

Hector

c)

Paris

d)

Achilles

45.

Alvaro de Mendaña was an explorer for which country?

a)

England

b)

France

c)

Netherlands

d)

Spain

46.

The Colonist's name for the Coercive Acts.

a)

Intolerable Acts

b)

Townshend Acts

c)

Stamp Act

d)

Sugar Act

47.

Who is known as the Father of Medicine?

a)

Vizier

b)

Ramses II

c)

Khnum

d)

Imhotep

48.

World War 1 was fought using what kind of warfare?

a)

poison gas

b)

trench

c)

submarines

d)

dogfights

e)

all of the above

49.

In which region of Africa would you find large animals that eat grass?

a)

Savannah

b)

Sahara

c)

Rain forest

d)

Wild Forest

50.

What is absolute location?

a)

The exact, or precise, location of a place

b)

An exact location using the intersection of latitude and longitude lines

c)

A flat representation of the world

d)

No exact location at all

51.

Which of the following is true about desertification:

a)

overgrazing of land contributes.

b)

climate changes/drought contribute.

c)

causes famine.

d)

all of the above

52.

American Samoa, a United States territory, is part of

a)

Micronesia

b)

Papa New Guinea

c)

Polynesia

d)

Melenesia

53.

The meridian at Greenwich, England, from which longitude is measured east and west.

a)

Map Projection

b)

artifact

c)

Meridian Mississippi

d)

Prime Meridian

54.

The capital of the Eastern Roman Empire is

a)

Byzantium

b)

New Rome

c)

Constantinople

d)

All of the Above

55.

What famous Supreme Court case ruled that police officers must read the constitutional rights to all people they place under arrest?

a)

Plessy v. Ferguson

b)

Brown v. Board of Education

c)

Miranda v. Arizona

d)

Jordan v. Bryant

56.

What was the first stop on Columbus' voyage to Asia?

a)

Africa

b)

The Canary Islands

c)

Santo Domingo

d)

The Bahamas

57.

In 1776, the invention of the steam engine sped up industrialization, which British engineer was responsible for this?

a)

Samuel Crompton

b)

Denis Papin

c)

James Watt

d)

All of the above

58.

From which historic Landmark in Arkansas, did Bill Clinton announce his run for president of the United States?

a)

the Old State House

b)

Central High School

c)

his childhood home in Hope, Arkansas

d)

Arkansas Post National Memorial

59.

What is the Japanese word meaning great general?

a)

shogun

b)

samurai

c)

hari-kiri

d)

bushido

60.

Who wrote a book entitled "The Courtier" that described proper conduct?

a)

Petrarch

b)

Erasmus

c)

Castiglione

d)

Sir Thomas More

61.

The Bastille

a)

Louis XVI's castle

b)

French prison

c)

Court in Paris

d)

Where Robespierre lived

62.

What is a crusade?

a)

a journey to the Holy Land

b)

fasting for religious reasons

c)

a holy war

d)

a political war

63.

An example of a natural physical feature is a

a)

town

b)

church

c)

plantation

d)

river

64.

West African trade was based mainly on which two items?

a)

gold and silver

b)

slaves and copper

c)

silk and ivory

d)

gold and salt

65.

Roman art was greatly influenced by,

a)

the Persians

b)

the Egyptians

c)

the Greeks

d)

the Chinese

66.

Which explorer was the first to circumnavigate (go all the way around the world)?

a)

Ferdinand Magellan

b)

Marco Polo

c)

Leif Eriksson

d)

No one

67.

The inability to satisfy all wants at the same time. All resources and goods are limited. What word goes with this definition

a)

opportunity cost

b)

resources

c)

price

d)

scarcity

68.

What colony did not attend the 1st Continental Congress?

a)

Illinois

b)

Virgina

c)

Georgia

d)

Connecticut

69.

There are four economies. Which one is centrally owned by the government?

a)

Free Market

b)

Mixed

c)

Traditional

d)

Command

70.

What is the capital of South Carolina?

a)

Columbia

b)

Charleston

c)

Durham

d)

Atlanta

71.

Who was the Leader of the Vietnamese that declared their Independence from France after defeated them in 1954?

a)

Douglas McArthur

b)

Mao Ze Dong

c)

Ho Chi Minh

d)

Jackie Chan

72.

Latitude lines run from north and south and measure degrees east and west of the equator

a)

True

b)

False

73.

What is an economic system in which private business operates in competition and largely free of state control called?

a)

Free enterprise

b)

market economy

c)

capitalism

d)

scarcity

74.

In order to continue their control over the judiciary after the election of President Jefferson, ___ legislators passed the Judiciary Act of 1801.

a)

Democratic-Republican

b)

Democrat

c)

Federalist

d)

Republican

75.

What was the area around Athens called?

a)

Euboea

b)

Mycenae

c)

Attica

d)

Thebes

76.

What are the three basic question of economics?

a)

who will buy it, how much is it going to cost, where will it be sold

b)

why should we buy it, what color does it come in, how much will it sell

c)

what will be produced, who will produce it, for whom will it be produced

d)

how many people will produce it, who will test it, who will it be produced for

77.

Why did Darius I of Persia send troops to attack Athens?

a)

to punish them for aiding the Ionian rebels

b)

to punish them for siding with Macedonia

c)

to steal their ships so they could use them for trade

d)

because it was on the way to Sparta

78.

The hominid group of Homo sapiens, or Wise Man, is the

a)

large-brained group that modern humans belong to.

b)

tall ape group that existed before modern humans.

c)

last group of hominids that had a hunched body.

d)

first hominid to migrate and settle in new areas.

79.

The Eastern Roman Empire came to be known as

a)

East Anglia

b)

the Middle East

c)

the Byzantine Empire

d)

the Ottoman Empire

80.

A road map is an example of a

a)

special purpose map

b)

political map

c)

physical map

d)

relief map

81.

What is the main export of Mexico?

a)

Oil

b)

Machines, engines, pumps

c)

Vegetables

d)

Vehicles

82.

Land named in honor of King Louis XIV of France

a)

Louisiana

b)

New york

c)

New Orleans

d)

St. Louis

83.

What was papyrus used for in Ancient Egypt?

a)

to cook with

b)

to make paper

c)

weapons

d)

to build with

84.

In 1875, the peasants of Bosnia and Herzegovina rebelled against the

a)

Greeks

b)

Serbs

c)

Turks

d)

Russians

85.

Mmmmm...bacon. Who brought pigs to Mississippi?

a)

Christopher Columbus

b)

Hernando Cortes

c)

Hernando de Soto

d)

Machiavelli and Rossosou

86.

Which group become more powerful in Europe after the Reformation?

a)

monarchs

b)

the Papacy

c)

feudal lords

d)

guild artisans

87.

What is the form of government in the United Kingdom?

a)

dictatorship

b)

constitutional monarchy

c)

military

d)

socialism

88.

When did the Civil war start?

a)

April 7, 1887

b)

April 12, 1861

c)

April 12, 1871

89.

When was Emmett Till born?

a)

July 25, 1941

b)

June 5, 1955

c)

August 28, 1955

d)

July 25, 1945

90.

Rome is known as the city built on

a)

five hills

b)

six hills

c)

seven hills

d)

eight hills

91.

Emperor Justinian's systematic body of laws is called

a)

Justinian's Constitution

b)

Justinian's Code

c)

Justinian's Law

d)

Justinian's Compact

92.

Who ruled the Holy Roman Empire?

a)

Charlemagne

b)

Henry II

c)

Henry VIII

d)

the Pope

93.

When people go to Mecca, what do they do there?

a)

Eat a feast

b)

Pray to God

c)

Fasting occurs

d)

They sing

94.

Under ___, the law did no apply equally to all.

a)

Hammurabi

b)

The King of Uratu

c)

Sargon II

d)

Gilgamesh

95.

The spread of beliefs, institutions, or skills of one society

a)

cave paintings

b)

bronze

c)

cultural diffusion

96.

A state or nation in which the supreme power is held by a single person.

a)

democracy

b)

monarchy

c)

bureaucracy

d)

slavery

97.

What was the basic unit of currency in ancient Greece?

a)

the lire

b)

the denarius

c)

the shekel

d)

the drachma

98.

A person who makes maps.

a)

map

b)

longitude

c)

cartographer

d)

equator

99.

John Calvin was the Protestant leader from .

a)

Spain

b)

Switzerland

c)

France

d)

Germany

100.

Meaning "the shore of the desert", what region lies between the Sahara Desert and the Savannah?

a)

Nile River Valley

b)

The Sahel

c)

Great Rift Valley

101.

In AD 1739, Nadir Shah, the ruler of ____ invaded India

a)

Persia

b)

Punjab

c)

Pakistan

d)

Bali

102.

A representation of all parts of the earth's surface, showing countries, bodies of water and cities.

a)

artifact

b)

equator

c)

map projection

d)

map

103.

Aphrodite was given what Roman name?

a)

Cupid

b)

Pluto

c)

Minerva

d)

Venus

104.

Poseidon was given what Roman name?

a)

Neptune

b)

Vulcan

c)

Mars

d)

Jupiter

105.

Region along the gulf of Mexico and the east coast of North America

a)

Atlantic Coastal Plain

b)

Climate

c)

Appalachian Mountains

d)

Central Lowlands

106.

___ was a result of Columbus's voyage

a)

many Native American people lost their land

b)

Europeans learned about the Americas

c)

Spanish colonists settled in the West Indies

d)

all of the above

107.

Colonists created a secret society that used violence to frighten tax collectors known as the

a)

Headrights

b)

Sons of Liberty

c)

Colonial Courts

d)

Middle Passage

108.

German soldiers hired by the British during the Revolution

a)

mercenaries

b)

privateers

c)

Loyalists/Tories

d)

Hessians

109.

What resource helped make some of the African empires very wealthy? In some places, it was considered even more valuable than gold.

a)

Gunpowder

b)

Silk

c)

Salt

d)

Iron

110.

Which word describes a few wealthy men who held power?

a)

Tyranny

b)

Oligarchy

c)

Aristocracy

d)

Democracy

111.

A ______ is a body of salt water not as large as an ocean.

a)

pond

b)

fish tank

c)

sea

d)

mountain range

112.

Which one of these is not a branch of government?

a)

Judicial

b)

Executive

c)

Military

d)

Legislative

113.

The last king to rule Rome. He was driven out of power because of his harsh rule.

a)

Julius Caesar

b)

Mark Antony

c)

Octavian Augustus

d)

Tarquin the Proud

114.

The first Latin American county to gain independence was

a)

Haiti

b)

venezuela

c)

Cuba

d)

Chile

115.

Theme of geography that deals with how people and places are linked by communication and the flow of people, ideas and goods -- transportation, communication, trade, patterns of movement such as migration.

a)

movement

b)

place

c)

physical characteristic

d)

geography

116.

A paleoanthropologist specializes in the study of the

a)

kings and queens of the earliest modern humans.

b)

development and culture of the earliest hominids.

c)

communication and social systems of early apes.

d)

trade and barter systems among modern humans.

117.

Sandstorms can contribute to desertification because:

a)

The desert sand can be shifted for up to a thousand miles, covering over arable lands

b)

the sand causes wars.

c)

the ground water levels are dropping with shifting sand.

d)

Reservoirs are built after the storm.

118.

Which Italian city was located on the Adriatic Sea and had a large navy?

a)

Bologna

b)

Calaise

c)

Nantes

d)

Venice

119.

Maps usually have a __ to show what distance on the earth is represented by a certain distance on the map.

a)

grid

b)

scale

c)

legend

d)

cell

120.

The Greeks learned about coins from which other nation?

a)

the Phoenicians

b)

the Babylonians

c)

the Lydians

d)

the Syrians

121.

Who was the first Explorer to see the Pacific Ocean?

a)

Vasco Nunez de Balboa

b)

Leif Eriksson

c)

Henry Hudson

d)

Marco Polo

122.

One of the different ways of showing earth's curved surface on a flat map.

a)

equator

b)

Map Projection

c)

cartographer

d)

Prime Meridian

123.

What were most Spanish explorers looking for?

a)

the Fountain of Youth

b)

gold

c)

silks

d)

the Mississippi River

124.

Who were the Puritans?

a)

Protestant religious group that believed in non - violence and the equality of men and women

b)

The founders of Virginia

c)

A Protestant group that wanted to reform, or purify the Church of England.

d)

People that left their country of birth to live in another country

125.

Vasco Nunez de Balboa was the first European to see what ocean?

a)

Indian

b)

Atlantic

c)

Arctic

d)

Pacific

126.

What state has the largest population in the United States?

a)

Texas

b)

Florida

c)

New York

d)

California

127.

A person who moves to another country after leaving his or her homeland is called an .

a)

slave code

b)

immigrant

c)

indentured servant

d)

pilgrim

128.

The Magna Carta was signed by

a)

members of the Parliment.

b)

Pope Gregory II.

c)

King Henry II.

d)

King John.

129.

What landmark features George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln?

a)

White House

b)

Mount Rushmore

c)

Independence Hall

d)

Statue of Liberty

130.

Who wrote Common Sense?

a)

John Adams

b)

George Washington

c)

Thomas Paine

d)

Thomas Jefferson

131.

___ was used to write BOTH documents and messages.

a)

scripts

b)

codes

c)

Cuneiform

d)

cursive

132.

Which countries were members of the "Axis Powers" in World War II?

a)

Germany, Japan, Russia

b)

Germany, Japan, Soviet Union

c)

Germany, Japan, France

d)

Germany, Japan, Italy

133.

What English monarch broke from the Catholic church and made himself head of the Church of England?

a)

Henry VIII

b)

Edward VI

c)

Henry II

d)

James II

134.

The Congress of Vienna attempted to surround ______ with powerful nations.

a)

France

b)

Germany

c)

Russia

d)

Austria

135.

What is their holy symbol?

a)

Easter

b)

Ramadan

c)

The Cross

d)

The Menorah

136.

Who was the victor of the Battle of Arginusae?

a)

Athens

b)

Sparta

c)

Corinth

d)

Thebes

137.

What is a krater?

a)

a monster

b)

a type of building

c)

a type of spear

d)

a large vase

138.

What city did women have the most political rights?

a)

Athens

b)

Corinth

c)

Sparta

d)

Rome

139.

In Medieval Europe, the clergy were...

a)

people given priestly authority by the church

b)

major landowners

c)

the most advanced knights

d)

the king's personal religious leaders

140.

Who wrote an epic poem about the journey of Aeneas to Italy?

a)

Plato

b)

Aristotle

c)

Virgil

d)

Socrates

141.

This was the name of the journey in which Africans were transported across the Atlantic Ocean to be sold as slaves

a)

Middle Passage

b)

Triangular Trade

c)

Headrights

d)

Intolerable Acts

142.

Which country has the largest oil reserve?

a)

Yemen

b)

Iraq

c)

Saudi Arabia

d)

Turkey

143.

Any feature such as a land form, body of water, climate, vegetation, and erosion of the soil that defines a region of the earth.

a)

human characteristic

b)

physical feature

c)

elevation

d)

trend

144.

In Ancient Africa, this coastline was important for trade with Asia.

a)

The Morrocan

b)

The Yemeni

c)

The Ethiopian

d)

The Nigerian

145.

___ was an English colonist to the Americas who helped found the Jamestown Colony.

a)

John Smith

b)

John Winthrope

c)

Nathaniel Bacon

d)

Johnny Appleseed

146.

Set out to help Ethan Allen and helped capture Fort Ticonderoga. Later became a traitor.

a)

Francis Marion

b)

William Howe

c)

Benedict Arnold

d)

Nathan Hale

147.

The study of people, places, and the environment.

a)

geography

b)

culture

c)

region

d)

dominant culture

148.

They were in large demand in the South due to the need for a large, agricultural workforce

a)

slaves

b)

immigrants

c)

indentured servants

d)

colonists

149.

Every country must develop an ___ system to determine how to use its limited productive resources.

a)

economic

b)

dual court

c)

civil

d)

criminal

150.

Rivalry between producers/sellers of a good or service result in better quality goods and services at a lower price. This is called:

a)

competition

b)

corporation

c)

consumer sovereignty

d)

capitalism