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26th May 2002, 17:29
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How provincial are you? Sharpen your mind and get ready for this big one! There are 50 questions, and they are hard. Most people won't even finish, and fewer still will get them all right! 1. Simon Bolivar was a hero of the American Revolution Spanish Civil War South American wars of independence era of exploration during the Spanish Golden Age 2. The major result of the Peloponnesian Wars was: Athens' loss of supremacy Julius Caesar's fall from power the rise of Islam in the Middle East and North Africa the establishment of the Ottoman Empire 3. Which of the following was not a result of South Africa's policy of apartheid? South Africa left the British Commonwealth Black Africans in South Africa were forbidden to own businesses Black Africans in South Africa were resettled in homelands Asians and black Africans in South Africa were forced to live in separate areas. 4. The revolutions of 1848 took place in France, Germany, Austria, and Italy England and Ireland Venezuela, Brazil, and Ecuador Lithuania and Latvia 5. The World War II coalition known as the Axis consisted of The United States, Great Britain, and France The Soviet Union and Germany The neutral nations Germany, Italy, and Japan 6. Niccolo Machiavelli is best known for His writings on the use of political power Economic theories that led to the decline of federalism Fighting alongside Garibaldi in the wars for Italian unification Founding the Italian Communist Party 7. An important event during the reign of Henry VIII was The English Civil War The signing of Magna Carta The Wars of the Roses The creation of the Church of England 8. Which of the following was not a result of the Russian Revolution of 1917? The Bolsheviks came to power under Lenin Czar Nicholas and his family were executed Karl Marx became head of the First International Russia signed a peace treaty with Germany and withdrew from WWI. 9. The term "Third World" is applied to Any area found after the discovery of the New World A cartel of Commonwealth nations and NATO nations Any country in Africa or South America Nations that are economically underdeveloped 10.Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi is famous for Resisting British rule in India Leading India at the turn of the century Supervising the creation of Pakistan Instructing American Civil Rights activists in "passive resistance" 11.Charlemagne ruled a large part of Western and Central Europe in the years 30 BC-20 AD 800 - 814 1050 - 1075 1400 - 1410 12.In 1949 Mao Tse Tung became Chairman of the People's Republic of China led the Chinese Cultural Revolution overthrew the Ching Dynasty Fled to Taiwan to establish a Nationalist Republic 13.The countries most involved in world exploration during the 15, 16, and 17th centuries were Belgium, France, Austria, and Germany Spain, France, England, Portugal and the Netherlands England, Scotland, Norway, Denmark and Spain Germany, France, Spain, and Italy 14.The Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin witnessed all of the following except Collectivization of farms and increased industrialization The seige of Leningrad during World War II Political repression and executions The Hungarian revolt and the invasion of Czechoslovakia 15.The year 1066 is the date of The invasion of England by the Norman king William The beginning of the English Reformation The Children's Crusade Caesar's triumph in the Gallic Wars 16.The term "chivalry" refers to A code of laws developed by Hammurabi A blend of Christian and military ideals A technique of mounted warfare The Eastern influence on Western thought 17.The first Opium War was a conflict between Samurai warriors and the Emperor of Japan China and Japan over control of poppy fields in Korea Great Britain and China over trade and the import of opium Russia and Great Britain over control of Afghanistan 18.The French term "d?ente" is used to describe Efforts to relax tension between the Soviet Union and the United States The first of several nuclear test-ban treaties The crisis that followed the French student and worker strikes of 1968 An informal alliance between France and Britain in the years before World War I 19.NATO was formed in 1919 to maintain security in Europe against revived German military power in 1948 to promote cooperation between Latin America and the United States in 1949 by the United States and Western Europe to counter the Soviet threat in 1960 to overthrow the South Vietnamese government 20.What was the Reign of Terror? The imprisonment and execution of opponents of the French Revolution The elimination of the political opposition under Stalin The expulsion of the Jews from Spain The rise of the Medicis to power in Florence 21.The Victorian Age, the height of the British Empire, covered the years 1640 - 1688 1790 - 1820 1837 - 1901 1930 - 1948 22.The Hundred Years' War between France and England led to all of the following except The decimation of the French nobility The consolidation of the power of the French king The expulsion of England from all but a tiny area of continental Europe The end of the monarchy in England 23.Who was Benito Mussolini? An Italian dictator and head of the Fascist Party The leader of the Italian Communist Party in the 1930s The leader of the first government of Italy following World War II A leading figure in the art world of Renaissance Venice 24.Oliver Cromwell was responsible for Acting as chief counselor to Henry VIII Defeating the English monarchy and establishing a republican regime Establishing the Bank of England all of the above 25.What were the Crusades? Exploratory expeditions by Europeans through Africa and the Far East Campaigns by government forces against Protestants in Germany and France Attempts by Europeans to wrest the Holy Land from the Muslims Trials and executions of so-called infidels in Spain 26. The European powers fought each other in World War I during the years 1914 - 1918 1917 - 1918 1917 - 1921 1914 - 1921 27. Who was Ghengis Khan? The leader of the Huns who terrified Europe in the 300s The leader of the Visigoths who sacked Rome in 410 The leader of the Mongols who conquered Persia and much of China in the 1200s The leader of the Chinese who led the Long March in the 1930s 28. The Boer War was a conflict between Blacks and Dutch settlers in southern Africa Belgians and the indigenous peoples of the Belgian Congo The British government in India and the Indians Dutch-settler republics in southern Africa and the British 29. The Empire of Alexander the Great included Russia, Italy, Greece, and Palestine Asia Minor, Syria, Egypt, and Greece Britain, Gaul, Iberia, and Asia Minor Arabia, Egypt, Gaul, and Asia Minor 30. The area that became Israel in 1948 had formerly been known as Palestine Jordan Syria Arabia 31. The guilds of the Middle Ages were Fairs held in large towns to increase trade Military expeditions to the Middle East to reclaim Jerusalem for Christendom Organizations for merchants and skilled workers Workers bound to the land and their lord 32. The French Revolution was not a result of Inequality among the classes of society Rising taxes and prices of food and clothing The influx of merchants from eastern Europe The weak monarchies of Louis XV and Louis XVI 33. The Thirty Years' War broke out because of Religious differences between Protestants and Catholics in 17th century central Europe Clashes between Yorkists and Lancastrians in 15th century England The death of Czar Peter the Great in the 18th century The feud between Pope Boniface VIII and Philip IV of Spain in the 13th century 34. In a historical context, the term Holocaust refers to The pogroms that took place in Russia under the 19th century Czars The Great Fire of 1871 that destroyed much of Chicago The explosions of the atomic bombs of Hiroshima and Nagasaki The systematic murder of 6 million Jews by the Nazis 35.The Vikings were Traders from Denmark Explorers from Britain Troubadours from Gaul Warriors from Scandinavia 36.Napoleon Bonaparte is not known for codifying French law freeing the serfs becoming Emperor of France losing a vital battle at Waterloo 37.The Spanish Armada was defeated by the Americans under Theodore Roosevelt Germans under Adolf Hitler English under Elizabeth I French under Napoleon 38.The Humanists of Renaissance Europe believed that religion was a useless and dangerous thing human beings were in mortal danger of damnation unless they became more spiritual a classical education led to individual achievement and the ability to lead a moral life the teachings of Martin Luther were the answer to a corrupt church 39.Which of these did not contribute to the Cold War? the division of Germany into two separate states the German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact the Soviet Union's development of the atomic bomb the suppression of the revolt in Hungary 40.Who was Joan of Arc? A French peasant who was burned at the stake for witchcraft The mistress of King Louis XIV The mother of King Richard Lionheart and King John The queen of France responsible for the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre 41.The Berlin Wall was built to keep the Mongol invaders out of Germany halt the advance of Russian troops protect Berlin against the peasant uprisings in Germany stop the flow of refugees from East Germany to the West 42.What was the Weimar Republic? The wartime German government under Adolf Hitler The post World War I German government The Austrian government after the fall of the Hapsburgs The government established in East Germany after World War II 43.The Holy Roman Empire existed from 31 BC to the 400s 800 to the early 1800s 527 AD to 1453 1 AD to the 1500s 44.What did Adolph Hitler and British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain agree on at Munich in 1938? To permit Germany to occupy parts of Czechoslovakia To release Germany from its responsibility to pay reparations for World War I To permit Germany to annex Austria To form a German-British alliance against the Soviet Union 45.For which of the following was Julius Caesar not known? Invading Britain Being assassinated while attending a session of the Roman Senate Persecuting Christians Establishing the 365-day calendar 46.The Industrial Revolution is generally considered to have begun in the United States at the start of the 19th century in Germany in the middle of the 19th century in France following the French Revolution in Great Britain at the end of the 18th century 47.Which of the following was not a feature of the Byzantine Empire? The widespread use of mosaics in art The intense devotion to the Eastern Orthodox Church The worship of Buddha in Zen monasteries Codification of the laws in Justinian's Code 48.The Sino-Japanese War was fought Between Japan and England over control of the opium trade Between Japan and China over control of Korea Between Japan and the United States over control of the Phillipines Between Japan and Siam over control of trade in the South China Sea 49.Why was the Magna Carta Written? To bring an end to the Hundred Years' War To declare America's independence from Great Britain To limit the power of King John of England To prevent Julius Caesar from becoming Emperor 50.The Easter Rebellion of 1916 took place In St. Petersburg, Russia, in an attempt to overthrow the czar In Dublin, in an effort to gain independence from Great Britain for Ireland In Berlin, in protest against the rising toll of World War I In Beijing, in an attempt by Chinese republicans to overthrow the child emperor PuYi CLICK ON THE RADIO BUTTONS TO CHOOSE YOUR ANSWER AND SEE YOUR RESULTS. 
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26th May 2002, 20:36
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Nice test, I liked that the Berlin wall was built to keep out the mongol invaders.  Some others were very good too. In multiply choice tests two answeres are allways almot absurd. Screen them out first than think about the other two. Of course, if you don't know the right answer right away. But don't click on it too fast.  I sould have known what the "reign of terror was." But I don't blame myself about the "Eastern uprising"What did you find the most absurd answer?
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26th May 2002, 21:42
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Most absurd answers:
I liked the What were the Crusades? Exploratory expeditions by Europeans through Africa and the Far East and he revolutions of 1848 took place in Lithuania and Latvia Some questions were really difficult as we had totally different terms for them during the history study. like who the hell was Mohandas Ghandi? or what the hell is the 'Reign of Terror'? Had to make too many assumptions. And damn I had no idea about the terms "chivalry" and "d?ente". If for the first one I should just learn English better, for the second - I had no idea at all. Most absurd questions: 5 to 9 and 23 to 31. Well, if we had such tests in school back then ... 
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26th May 2002, 22:08
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Hello Ilay, You right about the Reign of terror. The question about the Holy Roman Empire could couse some confusion. It is very tricky one. Also the Empire of Alexander the Great. There are two answeres very close.
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