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New Journey Through History 1
Topic: Introduction to history study

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Multiple Choices
|!|EM11001|!|
What is history?
A. It is the study of current affairs.
B. It is the study of past events.
C. It is the study of people.
D. It is the study of wild animals.
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##B##
|!|EM11002|!|
Which of the following persons is not a historical figure?
A. Mao Zedong
B. Sun Yixian
C. Adolf Hitler
D. Superman
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##D##
|!|EM11003|!|
Which of the following statements about history is true?
A. It is the study of politics.
B. It is the study of government.
C. It is the study of the records of the past.
D. It is the study of minerals.
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##C##
|!|EM11004|!|
Which of the following events is not a historical incident?
A. Mao Zedong proclaimed the birth of the People’s Republic of China in 1949.
B. Hong Kong became a Special Administrative Region in 1997.
C. China will hold the Olympic Games in 2008.
D. The First World War broke out in 1914.
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##C##
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|!|EM11005|!|
Which of the following are the main features of history?
(1) continuity
(2) inference
(3) change
(4) empathy
A. (1) and (2)
B. (1) and (3)
C. (2) and (3)
D. (2) and (4)
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##B##
|!|EM11006|!|
Which of the following is not a reason for people to study history?
A. to learn how people lived in the past
B. to learn from the past
C. to learn about the future
D. to learn about the cause-and-effect relationship of things that have happened in the past
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##C##
|!|EM11007|!|
Which of the following descriptions of the Christian calendar is true?
A. The years before Christ's birth are known as "AD".
B. The years after Christ's birth are known as "BC".
C. When the year is BC, the greater the number, the earlier something happened.
D. When the year is AD, the greater the number, the earlier something happened.
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##C##
|!|EM11008|!|
What does “BC” in history stand for?
A. Before Christmas
B. Before Christ
C. Before Churchill
D. Before Christianity
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##B##
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|!|EM11009|!|
The Christian calendar starts with______________________.
A. the birth of Jesus Christ.
B. the death of Jesus Christ.
C. the flight of Mohammed to Medina.
D. the setting up of the Qin dynasty.
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##A##
|!|EM11010|!|
_____________________ is the most popular calendar in the world.
A. The Daoist calendar
B. The Christian calendar
C. The Muslim calendar
D. The Buddhist calendar
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##B##
|!|EM11011|!|
When did prehistoric times end?
A. after the discovery of metals
B. after the discovery of fire
C. after the invention of writing
D. after the invention of the calendar
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##C##
|!|EM11012|!|
When did historic times start?
A. 2500000 BC
B. 15000 BC
C. 4000 BC
D. 2000 BC
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##C##
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|!|EM11013|!|
Which of the following writings was invented first?
A. Chinese writing
B. Sumerian writing
C. Egyptian writing
D. Indus Valley writing
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##B##
|!|EM11014|!|
One decade represents ___________.
A. 10 years
B. 100 years
C. 1000 years
D. 10000 million years
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##A##
|!|EM11015|!|
One century represents _______________.
A. 1 year
B. 10 years
C. 100 years
D. 1000 years
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##C##
|!|EM11016|!|
The period 1890-1899 belongs to the _______________.
A. 1880s
B. 1890s
C. 1980s
D. 1890s
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##B##
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|!|EM11017|!|
The year 2003 belongs to the _______________.
A. 19th century
B. 20th century
C. 21st century
D. None of the above
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##C##
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|!|EM11018|!|
Arrange the following dates in chronological order.
1. AD 800
2. 800 BC
3. 95 BC
4. AD 15
A. 1, 2, 4, 3
B. 3, 2, 4, 1
C. 2, 3, 4, 1
D. 4, 3, 2, 1
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##C##
|!|EM11019|!|
We are now living in the ______________ century.
A. nineteenth
B. twentieth
C. twenty-first
D. twenty-second
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##C##
|!|EM11020|!|
Which of the following is not an example of a written source?
A. The Basic Law
B. Hong Kong Annual report
C. Urban Council Annual Report
D. tThe Great Wall
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##D##
|!|EM11021|!|
Which of the following is an example of a written source?
A. a Qin soldier statue
B. the Sino-British Joint Declaration
C. the Great Wall
D. the Han Tomb
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##B##
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|!|EM11022|!|
How long did the Stone Age last?
A. about 2 million years
B. about 3 million years
C. about 4 million years
D. about 5 million years
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##A##
|!|EM11023|!|
Which of the following people did not live in the Stone Age?
A. Lantian Man
B. Java Man
C. Peking Man
D. Modern man
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##D##
|!|EM11024|!|
Where did Neanderthal Man live?
A. in Britain
B. in Germany
C. in Indonesia
D. in France
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##B##
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|!|EM11025|!|
Where did Java Man live?
A. in Germany
B. in France
C. in Indonesia
D. in China
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##C##
|!|EM11026|!|
Where did Cro-Magnon Man live?
A. in France
B. in Germany
C. in Indonesia
D. in China
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##A##
|!|EM11027|!|
When did the Stone Age end?
A. in about 3000BC
B. in about 4000BC
C. in about 5000BC
D. in about 6000BC
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##B##
|!|EM11028|!|
When did the Stone Age end?
A. after the discovery of fire
B. after the discovery of metals
C. after the invention of writing
D. after the invention of the calendar
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##B##
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|!|EM11029|!|
Which of the following events marks the end of the Stone Age?
A. the introduction of farming
B. the making of fire
C. the discovery and use of metals
D. the building of houses
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##C##
|!|EM11030|!|
Stone Age people did not know how to _____________________.
A. cook food
B. make clothes
C. keep written records
D. hunt animals
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##C##
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