US College AP World History Test 7

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College Entrance — Test 7 (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 7 (Ap World History) · Education: High School (College Prep) · Part: College Entrance — Test 7 (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

What were Jesuits?

A) Catholic Counter-Reformation order

B) bankers

C) Protestant army

D) trade guild

Question 2

Which event triggered WWI?

A) Sinking of Lusitania

B) Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

C) Zimmermann Telegram

D) Pearl Harbor

Question 3

Which invention was by Alexander Graham Bell?

A) Light bulb

B) Telegraph

C) Telephone

D) Radio

Question 4

Who first circumnavigated the globe (1519-22)?

A) Drake

B) Columbus

C) Cook

D) Magellan's expedition

Question 5

Who were the Big Four at Versailles?

A) Wilson, Lloyd George, Clemenceau, Orlando

B) None

C) Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, Roosevelt

D) Washington, Jefferson, Adams, Franklin

Question 6

What was the Middle Passage?

A) Slave voyage across Atlantic

B) Trade route to Asia

C) Return voyage

D) Exploration route

Question 7

Which financial crisis was in 2008?

A) Savings and loan

B) Depression

C) Great Recession

D) Dot-com bust

Question 8

Who was the first emperor of Rome?

A) Julius Caesar

B) Nero

C) Caligula

D) Augustus

Question 9

Which 2010 law reformed healthcare?

A) Affordable Care Act

B) Social Security

C) Medicare

D) Medicaid

Question 10

Who lived in castles?

A) peasants only

B) knights and lords

C) monks

D) merchants

Question 11

Which Greek city-state was militaristic?

A) Olympia

B) Athens

C) Sparta

D) Delphi

Question 12

Who built the steel empire?

A) J.P. Morgan

B) Henry Ford

C) John D. Rockefeller

D) Andrew Carnegie

Question 13

Which wall divided a city 1961-1989?

A) Berlin Wall

B) Wailing Wall

C) Hadrian's Wall

D) Great Wall

Question 14

Who was the Prophet of Islam (570-632)?

A) Moses

B) Muhammad

C) Jesus

D) Abraham

Question 15

Which wall fell in 1989 symbolizing Cold War end?

A) Hadrian's Wall

B) Iron Curtain

C) Berlin Wall

D) Great Wall

Question 16

What was feudalism?

A) trade union

B) democracy

C) city league

D) land-for-service system

Question 17

Which alliance was the Western bloc?

A) NATO

B) Warsaw Pact

C) OAS

D) SEATO

Question 18

Who were the Cold War rivals?

A) France and Germany

B) USA and USSR

C) USA and Britain

D) Japan and China

Question 19

Who started the Reformation in 1517?

A) Henry VIII

B) Erasmus

C) Martin Luther

D) John Calvin

Question 20

What was laissez-faire?

A) No business

B) Government controls business

C) Workers control business

D) Government hands off business

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