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1. Who freed the Greek cities in Asia Minor from Persian rule?
A. Alexander the Great
B. King Philip II of Macedon
C. Napoleon Bonaparte
D. Attila the Hun

2. Herodotus wrote the history of the ________.

A. Ottoman empire
B. Mongolian empire
C. Persian war
D. Trojan war

3. What Macedonian king loved Greek culture and planned to conquer Persia?
A. Alexander the Great
B. Philip II
C. Ptolemy I
D. Philip V

4. What is Homer's epic the Iliad about?

A. Persian war
B. Trojan war
C. Odysseus
D. Greek Gods & Goddesses

5. Who was the Greek Goddess of wisdom and crafts?

A. Hera
B. Aphrodite
C. Artemis
D. Athena

6. Who said, “Give me a lever and a place to stand, and I will move the earth"?
A. Archimedes
B. Plato
C. Aristotle
D. Socrates

7. Who thought that the government should be headed by philosopher-kings?

A. Archimedes
B. Plato
C. Aristotle
D. Socrates

8. Who told King Ptolemy that "there is no royal way to learn Geometry"?
A. Archimedes
B. Aristotle
C. Euclid
D. Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi

9. The Greeks hoped to earn the favor of their gods and goddesses by performing what?
A. Magic tricks
B. Olympic Games
C. Rituals
D. Feasts

10. Who was the main author of the US Declaration of Independence?

A. Thomas Jefferson
B. George Washington
C. John Hanson
D. Abraham Lincoln
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11. What did Claudette Colvin and Rosa Parks refuse to give up during the racial segregation in the
United States?
A. bus ticket
B. bus seat
C. bus job
D. bus meal

12. Which enlightened despot traveled among the peasants in disguise to learn about their problems ?
A. Francis I
B. Maria Theresa
C. Joseph II
D. Frederick II of Prussia

13. Which food item was introduced to the Americas by the Colombian Exchange?
A. Apple
B. Orange
C. Grape
D. Banana

14. What was "man's first epic victory over nature"?

A. Fire
B. Metal tools
C. Agriculture
D. Clothing

15. In Sumerian Law, what was the most frequent form of punishment for an offense?
A. Banishment
B. Beatings
C. Prison terms
D. Fines

16. The cities of the early Indus River Valley civilization exhibited concern for sanitation and cleanliness
in the following ways, EXCEPT ______.
A. Brick-floored bathing rooms
B. Dirty water drained through clay pipes into gutters
C. Bathing in the river
D. Brick sewer systems ran beneath the streets

17. For what reason has the Yellow River been nicknamed "China's Sorrow"?
A. Passageway of Invaders
B. Periodic Devastating Floods
C. Frequent Fish Kill
D. Caused of Typhoons

18. After 1200 B.C., why did merchants in the Near East no longer required the services of specially
trained scribes?
A. Scribes demanded higher fees
B. Government controlled scribes
C. Phoenician alphabet did not take years of study to master
D. Collapse of trading posts

19. The Assyrians treat the place & people whom they conquered in the following ways, EXCEPT ______.
A. Burned conquered cities
B. Spared lives of conquered people and left conquered cities intact
C. Deported entire populations from homelands
D. Tortured and killed thousands of captives
20. The following factor did NOT contribute to the breakup of the Kingdom of Israel following the death
of Solomon.
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A. Forced manual labor
B. high taxes
C. Suppression of tribal independence
D. Migration of the Jews

21. What values are depicted by the characters in Homer's epics that were considered so important that
the "Illiad" and the "Odyssey" became part of the curriculum in Greek schools?
I. Strive for excellence
II. Meet fate with dignity
III. Love of nature
IV. Selfish Love
A. I and IV
B. II and III
C. I, II, and III
D. II, III and IV

22. In Ancient Greece, the word “barbaros” or barbarians simply referred to _______.
A. Non-Greeks
B. Invaders
C. Scavengers
D. Ruthless warriors

23. What were the goals of the legal code that was devised by Draco in the 7th century B.C.?
A. End blood feuds and private vengeance
B. Strong government and economy
C. Strong leader and military
D. Social equality and moral values

24. Which of the following is NOT a fundamental characteristic of Greek theater?

A. Theaters were open air and often built on hillside
B. Lead actors were women
C. Actors were always men
D. Elaborate costumes for actors

25. Who was accused of impiety and corrupting the youth and was brought to trial in ancient Athens?
A. Socrates
B. Plato
C. Aristotle
D. Alexander the Great

26. He tutored Alexander the Great until the age of 16.

A. Socrates
B. Plato
C. Aristotle
D. Euclid

27. What methods were used by Philip II of Macedon to extend his power during his 33-year reign?
I. Marriage
II. Gold
III. Diplomacy
IV. Conquest
A. I and III
B. II and IV
C. I, III, and IV
D. I, II, III, and IV

28. Which Hellenistic philosophy had an impact on Roman intellectuals and early Christian thinkers?
A. Stoicism
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B. Libertinism
C. Epicureanism
D. Humanism

29. What major legal principle was established through the Twelve Tables?
A. Rule of law
B. Equal protection under the law
C. Mandate of Heaven
D. Presumption of Innocence

30. What was Neanderthal Man's major technical advance?

A. The use of fire
B. The improvement of their cave dwellings
C. The invention of metal tools
D. The development of agriculture

31. What was the Neolithic Revolution?

A. The rise of tribes
B. The invention & use of simple machines
C. The development of agriculture
D. The invention & use of metal tools

32. What was the most important concept of the Code of Hammurabi?
The state must _________ the law.
A. enforce
B. make
C. safeguard
D. obey

33. Within a traditional Chinese family, what was the most important virtue?
A. Continuity of family traditions
B. Respect for one's parents (filial piety)
C. Family honor above all
D. Self-respect

34. Within the Aryan caste system, those who performed jobs considered unclean were called
"untouchables". Why?
A. Their touch was like a touch of demons.
B. Their hands and bodies were not allowed to be touched by other castes.
C. Their skins were “unclean”.
D. Their touch endangered the ritual purity of others.

35. What religious beliefs are shared by Hinduism and Buddhism?

A. Hell & Heaven
B. Gods & Goddesses
C. Reincarnation
D. Nirvana & Karma

36. What activity formed the basis of the Minoan economy?

A. Agriculture
B. Trade
C. Mining
D. Seafaring

37. What type of natural disasters may account for the sudden disappearance of the Minoan culture
c.14oo B.C.?
A. Earthquake and/or volcanic eruption
B. Meteors
C. Diseases
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D. Floods

38. According to Hebrew law and tradition, what was the most important duty of a woman?
A. To be faithful & obey one’s husband
B. To be religious
C. To raise children
D. To take care her own and husband’s parents

39. In what manner did Solon's reforms discriminate against women in Athens?
A. Secluding women as part of an effort to improve Athenian morality
B. Not allowing women to vote
C. Unequal opportunity to study
D. Not allowing women to take public office

40. What form of government did Plato prefer?

A. Spartan Dictatorship
B. Athenian Democracy
C. Macedonian Aristocracy
D. Spartan Oligarchy

41. In which of the countries did the only completely successful slave revolt in world history occur?
A. Senegal
B. Ghana
C. Haiti
D. America

42. What agricultural breakthrough sustained the Industrial Revolution?

A. The use of guano excrement as fertilizer
B. The use of nets and cats to catch rodents
C. The cultivation of hybrid potatoes
D. The invention of farm nachineries

43. In nineteenth-century Britain, most members of the aristocracy derived their wealth from _______.
A. slaves trading
B. land ownership
C. making friends with the Royal families
D. textile production

44. Which of the following describes a feature of Karl Marx's vision of the society he predicted would
emerge after the collapse of capitalism?
A. A society with social classes based on education and skills.
B. A society with strong leader and subordinated citizens
C. A society without classes and conflict
D. A society without leader and classes

45. Which group in the United States in the early twentieth century supported reforms to improve
working conditions and called for greater governmental intervention in the economy?
A. The Patriots
B. The Democrats
C. The Republicans
D. The Progressives

46. Most of the European capital invested in Latin America was used to finance which of the following?
A. Railroads
B. Seat of Government
C. Education
D. Archaeology
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47. Which was the only country in Latin America to experience a nationwide revolution in the early
twentieth century?
A. Cuba
B. Mexico
C. Peru
D. Nicaragua

48. In the nineteenth century, Europeans and Americans viewed imperialism as

a ________.
A. social responsibility
B. form of democracy
C. civilizing mission
D. economic and religious mission

49. What elements of the modernizing process did colonial rule convey on colonies?
A. Agriculture and Mining
B. Communication and transportation infrastructure
C. Education and Religious Reforms
D. Civics and Governance

50. Which country played a much more minor role in the second wave of European conquests in the long
nineteenth century that it had played in the first wave during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries?
A. Spain
B. Portugal
C. Netherlands
D. Britain

51. The spread of Christianity in Africa was facilitated by its association with ______.
A. communication and transportation infrastructure
B. the Pope
C. modern education
D. African leaders raised in Rome

52. Which country was least affected by the Great Depression?

A. America
B. Britain
C. France
D. Soviet Union

53. The new states that had been carved out of which empire were governed as mandates of the League
of Nations after World War I?
A. The Ottoman Empire
B. The Persian Empire
C. The British Empire
D. The Roman Empire

54. What happened to the German territory in China after World War I ended?
A. It was sold to the highest bidder.
B. It was acquired by Britain.
C. It became a mandate.
D. It was returned to China.

55. What happened to the German sphere of influence in China after World War I ended? ________
claimed it.
A. China
B. America
C. Britain
D. Japan
56. Where did the Great Depression began?
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A. France
B. America
C. Britain
D. France

57. Which of the following refers to the military alliance that united the Soviet Union with Eastern
European communist states against Western capitalists countries during the Cold War?
A. NATO
B. Eastern Bloc
C. Anglo-Soviet Treaty of 1942
D. Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance

58. Which of the following was the principal factor in causing the Great Depression?
A. Unemployment
B. Speculation on the stock market
C. Bank runs
D. The prospect of war

59. Which of the following reflects aspects of the Chinese Communists Party's strategy on its
revolutionary path to power?
A. Land reform & guerrilla warfare
B. Indoctrination & traditional education
C. Religious tolerance & covert war
D. Classless society & economic progress

60. Which of these countries belonged to neither NATO nor the Warsaw Pact?
A. Canada
B. Bulgaria
C. Ireland
D. Iceland

61. Which of the following was a value emphasized in the Socialists modernity of communists states?
A. Community
B. Equality
C. Respectability
D. Tolerance

62. Which of the following countries was an arena for a hot war between Soviet-based communist forces
and U.S-backed resistance forces?
A. Cuba
B. Iraq
C. Iran
D. Afghanistan

63. Led by Vladimir Lenin, Bolsheviks or Bolsheviki, was a member of a wing of the Russian Social-
Democratic Workers’ Party which seized control of the government in Russia (October 1917) and became
the dominant political power. What does Bolshevik mean?
A. One of the Minority
B. One with the Peasants
C. One of the Majority
D. Communist Warrior

64. What drew Japan, Germany, and Italy into a political alliance by 1936-1937?
A. Hostility toward the Soviet Union
B. Hostility toward the United States
C. Preparation for World War II
D. In response to NATO
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65. In contrast to what transpired during World War l, Germany during World War ll was able to conquer
_______ quickly on May 10, 1940.
A. Poland
B. Soviet Union
C. France
D. Norway

66. Which of the following was a reason for the popularity of the Nazi Party once it seized power in the
1930s?
A. Its promise to defeat the Soviet Union.
B. Adolf Hitler was believed to be sent by God.
C. Its ability to indoctrinate the German youth about master race.
D. Its success in bringing Germany out of the Great Depression.

67. Which of the following appealed to fascists?

A. Socialism
B. Nationalism
C. Communism
D. Capitalism

68. Japanese politics and society during the 1920s suggested that Japan favored _______.
A. aristocratic politics and Eastern culture
B. monarchial politics and Japanese culture
C. democratic politics and Western culture
D. socialist politics and Western culture

69. What effect did the U.S Marshall Plan have on European economics?
A. It promoted economic growth and widespread prosperity in Western Europe.
B. It contributed to Great Depression and Economic Revolution.
C. It created strong military and economy for the prospect of another world war.
D. It was the cause of the French Revolution and the collapse of Western Europe to Communism.

70. Which of the following committed the United States to the defense of Europe against the Soviet
Union after World War II?
A. The Warsaw Pact
B. The Treaty of Paris
C. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization
D. The Treaty of Versailles

71. How did the American occupation of Japan after World War II affect the Japanese economy?
A. It promoted nationalism and national pride.
B. It promoted rapid economic growth and generated economic prosperity.
C. It contributed to Japan First Policy.
D. It promoted inflation and loss of national pride.

72. A distinguishing characteristic of the French Revolution when compared to the American Revolution
was that _______.
A. it will create society based on majority rule
B. it sought to recreate society from scratch
C. it shall create a classless society
D. it sought to recreate society from the bottom

73. The American Revolution grew out of _____________.

A. a sudden effort by the British government to tighten its control over the colonies
B. nationalism and economic problems
C. anger by the Britain’s policy on confiscating Native Indian’s ancestral lands
D. depression due the British government policy on mass migration to the New World
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74. By 1871, nationalism had inspired this previously fragmented region to unite successfully into a single
sovereign state.
A. Greece
B. France
C. Italy
D. Soviet Union

75. Advocates of maternal feminism based their claims for equal rights for women on the distinctive role
of women as ______.
A. wives
B. factory workers
C. mothers
D. teachers

76. Which of the following had not undergone its own Industrial Revolution by 1900?
A. United States
B. Latin America
C. England
D. Continental Europe

77. Which of the following European ideas about Asians and Africans is older than the others, emerging
before the nineteenth century? The idea that Asians and Africans were ____________.
A. savages because they lived on the jungles
B. illiterates and unclean
C. heathens because they were not Christians
D. jihadists because they were Muslims

78. The opium trade in China was promoted by the British as a way of covering their persistent
______with China.
A. trade surplus
B. hatred
C. doubts
D. trade deficit

79. Japans imperial expansion resulted in Japanese colonial rule over all of the following regions EXCEPT
A. China
B. Philippines
C. Vietnam
D. Korea

80. Which of the following social classes declined in power in the decades following the Meji restoration
in Japan?
A. Shogun
B. Samurai
C. Daimyo
D. Peasants

81. Which country ceased to exist on October 3, 1990 due to unification?

A. German Democratic Republic
B. North Korea
C. Federal Republic of Germany
D. Taiwan

82. Which of the following was not a factor behind the outbreak of WWI in 1914?
A. Militarism
B. Religious conflict among the major states of Europe
C. Nationalism
D. Alliances
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83. When the U.S. President Woodrow Wilson arrived in Paris for the peace conference in 1919, he
brought with him a plan for a new kind of international life based on moral principles rather than secret
deals and imperialist machinations; this plan was known as the _________.
A. Marshall Plan
B. Fourteen Points
C. European Recovery Program
D. USAIDS

84. The government of which of the following nations was least successful in engineering a recovery from
the Great Depression?
A. United Kingdom
B. Germany
C. Japan
D. United States

85. Which was not an international organization set up after World War II either to maintain the peace in
a world of competing and sovereign states or to stimulate growth in the world economy?
A. League of Nations
B. United Nations
C. World Bank
D. World Trade Organization

86. The emergence of a privileged bureaucratic and technological elite in communist societies as large as
a consequence of industrial modernization was combated by Mao Zedong through a program known as
the ________.
A. Great Leap Forward
B. Great Purge
C. Cultural Revolution
D. Long March

87. Mikhail Gorbachev instituted which of the following policies after taking over as general secretary of
the Soviet Union?
A. economic reform which freed state enterprises from government and allowed small scale farming
B. policy of “openness”
C. policy of democratization
D. All of the above

88. Which was NOT an outcome of the collapse of the Soviet Union?
A. Creation of the Commonwealth of Independent States
B. Communism continued to be dominant ideology in some Eastern European countries
C. Increase United States’ influence as a global power
D. Create opportunity for corruption and crime in Russia

89. Which individual was most responsible for mobilizing a mass anti-colonist movement in British-
controlled India?
A. Mahatma Buddha
B. Mohandas K. Gandhi
C. Mother Teresa
D. Jawaharlal Nehru

90. What did Gandhi choose as the testing ground for his principles of civil disobedience and symbolized
Indian's subjugation to British rule?
A. Sugar
B. Chili
C. Salt
D. Turban
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91. Which of the following saved Chinese communist from being overwhelmed by Nationalist forces in the
Chinese Civil War?
A. The Japanese invasion diverted Nationalist troops from pursuing the communist into the Chinese
interior.
B. The Koumintang of China lack soldiers to pursue the fleeing Communists.
C. Most Chinese people were sympathetic with the Communists and harbored them.
D. There was an internal conflict of leadership in the Nationalist Party.

92. Which of the following encouraged the European powers to surrender their African colonies?
A. Discontented Africans were becoming more nationalists and socialists at the same time.
B. European powers were too deep in debt to invest more on pacifying the discontented Africans.
C. The collapse of the former Soviet Union was the signal for the European leaders to abandon their
African colonies.
D. The European powers were too busy with their social and economic affairs that they opted to let their
African colonists to rule by themselves.

93. Which of the following was the main reason that the United States became involved in the conflict
between North and South Vietnam?
A. North Vietnam was an ally of China and the Soviet Union.
B. The United States was worried that Vietnam might invade the Philippines and Japan.
C. The United States supported South Vietnam because it feared the spread of communism throughout
Southeast Asia.
D. The United States wanted to punish Vietnam at the request of France.

94. Whihc was the last imperial dynasty of China?

A. Qing
B. Ming
C. Song
D. Tang

95. The idea of "the primitive" was used by early 20th century European artists to symbolize which of the
following?
A. Forces that reason could not control
B. The diversity of nature
C. Repression of sexual desire
D. The triumph of the Enlightenment

96. The leader of conservative forces in the Qing government.

A. Tongzhi Emperor
B. Jiaqing Emperor
C. Dowager Empress Cixi
D. Kangxi Emperor

97. Which of the following questions challenged Chinese intellectuals at the turn of the twentieth
century?
A. How to adopt Western capitalism and maintain communist’s ideals
B. How to balance Western thought and traditional Chinese culture
C. How to preserve Confucianism amidst emergence of different religions
D. How to build a strong army to safeguard treat against the US, Japan, and Taiwan

98. By the end of the nineteenth century, an individual's identity was increasingly becoming defined by
her or his:
A. Occupation
B. Wealth
C. Biological ancestry
D. Place of Birth
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99. Which of the following did NOT contribute to the Qing dynasty's downfall?
A. Opium Wars
B. Boxer Rebellion
C. White Lotus Rebellion
D. Death of Emperor Puyi

100. Who was the first president of the Republic of China?

A. Sun Yat-Sen
B. Mao Zedong
C. Chou En-Lai
D. Yuan Shikai
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ANSWERS
1A 2C 3B 4B 5D 6A 7B 8C 9C 10A 11B 12C 13B 14A 15D 16C 17B 18C 19B 20D 21C 22A 23A
24B 25A 26C 27C 28A 29B 30B 31C 32A 33B 34D 35C 36B 37A 38C 39A 40D 41C 42A 43B 44C
45D 46A 47B 48C 49B 50A 51C 52D 53A 54C 55D 56B 57D 58B 59A 60C 61B 62D 63C 64A 65C
66D 67B 68C 69A 70C 71B 72B 73A 74C 75C 76B 77C 78D 79C 80B 81A 82B 83B 84D 85A 86C
87D 88B 89B 90C 91A 92B 93C 94A 95C 96C 97B 98C 99D 100A