US College AP World History Test 3

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College Entrance — Test 3 (Ap World History) High School (Grades 11-12, College Entrance, USA) USA College Board (SAT/ACT/AP) — USA

What is this test? for College Entrance prep (SAT/ACT/PSAT/AP), USA — high school to college transition — High School (Grades 11-12, College Entrance, USA) level, USA.
Is this for you? For High School students (grades 11-12) preparing for SAT, ACT, PSAT or AP in the USA
Section: College Entrance — Test 3 (Ap World History) · Education: High School (College Prep) · Part: College Entrance — Test 3 (Ap World History) · Country: USA

Knowledge of history is essential for understanding the vast accumulation from past to present and for establishing cause-and-effect relationships among historical events.

This test will help you develop chronological thinking and prepare for history questions on your exams.

By solving this test of 20 questions, you can both test your knowledge and identify the topics you need to improve.

Question 1

Who was J.P. Morgan?

A) Banker who financed industry

B) Oil tycoon

C) Labor leader

D) Steel magnate

Question 2

Which 2001 event was a terrorist attack?

A) Oklahoma City bombing

B) September 11 attacks

C) Columbine

D) Waco

Question 3

Which family funded Renaissance art in Florence?

A) Sforza

B) Visconti

C) Medici

D) Borgia

Question 4

Who was the "Father of Humanism"?

A) Castiglione

B) Erasmus

C) Machiavelli

D) Petrarch

Question 5

What was the Cuban Missile Crisis?

A) 1962 nuclear standoff over Cuba

B) an earthquake

C) a trade deal

D) a space launch

Question 6

Which war was Catholics vs Protestants in Germany (1618-48)?

A) Seven Years War

B) Thirty Years' War

C) Napoleonic Wars

D) Hundred Years War

Question 7

What wall protected China?

A) city gates

B) Hadrian's Wall

C) Great Wall of China

D) Berlin Wall

Question 8

Which conference planned postwar Europe in 1945?

A) Munich

B) Versailles

C) Potsdam

D) Yalta

Question 9

Who posted 95 Theses in 1517?

A) Martin Luther

B) Loyola

C) Henry VIII

D) Calvin

Question 10

Who conquered the Persian Empire and spread Greek culture?

A) Augustus

B) Alexander the Great

C) Pericles

D) Julius Caesar

Question 11

Which Portuguese prince funded exploration?

A) Manuel I

B) John II

C) Henry the Navigator

D) Vasco da Gama

Question 12

Who first circumnavigated the globe (1519-22)?

A) Cook

B) Drake

C) Columbus

D) Magellan's expedition

Question 13

Which book was "The Prince" about power?

A) Machiavelli

B) Erasmus

C) More

D) Castiglione

Question 14

What did Watt improve?

A) light bulb

B) steam engine

C) cotton gin

D) telegraph

Question 15

What was predestination in Calvinism?

A) Free will

B) No salvation

C) God already chose who is saved

D) Works save

Question 16

Which law banned monopolies in 1890?

A) Interstate Commerce Act

B) Federal Reserve Act

C) Clayton Act

D) Sherman Antitrust Act

Question 17

Who led Nazi Germany?

A) Adolf Hitler

B) Tojo

C) Stalin

D) Mussolini

Question 18

Which 1986 disaster was a space shuttle explosion?

A) Columbia

B) Challenger

C) Discovery

D) Apollo 1

Question 19

Who painted the Mona Lisa?

A) Titian

B) Raphael

C) Leonardo da Vinci

D) Michelangelo

Question 20

What was the Middle Passage?

A) Slave voyage across Atlantic

B) Trade route to Asia

C) Return voyage

D) Exploration route

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