US College SAT Subject World History Test 4

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College Entrance — Test 4 (Sat Subject 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 4 (Sat Subject World History) · Education: High School (College Prep) · Part: College Entrance — Test 4 (Sat Subject 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

Which battle was the turning point in the Pacific?

A) Midway

B) Guadalcanal

C) Okinawa

D) Iwo Jima

Question 2

Which movement began after 2013 police shootings?

A) Me Too

B) Black Lives Matter

C) Occupy

D) Tea Party

Question 3

Which treaty limited nuclear weapons in 1963?

A) SALT

B) START

C) Limited Test Ban Treaty

D) INF

Question 4

Who sent first telegraph message?

A) Tesla

B) Edison

C) Bell

D) Samuel Morse

Question 5

What was Jamestown (1607)?

A) first permanent English colony

B) French post

C) Spanish fort

D) Dutch town

Question 6

Who were the Medici?

A) popes

B) Florence patron family

C) French kings

D) English lords

Question 7

Why did the US Senate reject Versailles?

A) German opposition

B) Harsh terms

C) Opposition to League of Nations

D) Cost

Question 8

When did the Berlin Wall fall?

A) 1969

B) 1999

C) 1979

D) 1989

Question 9

What wall protected China?

A) Great Wall of China

B) city gates

C) Hadrian's Wall

D) Berlin Wall

Question 10

Which 1986 disaster was a space shuttle explosion?

A) Columbia

B) Challenger

C) Discovery

D) Apollo 1

Question 11

Who started the Reformation in 1517?

A) Henry VIII

B) Erasmus

C) Martin Luther

D) John Calvin

Question 12

When was VE Day?

A) June 6, 1944

B) Sept 2, 1945

C) Dec 7, 1941

D) May 8, 1945

Question 13

Who were the Jesuits?

A) Catholic missionary order

B) Protestant group

C) Orthodox monks

D) Islamic scholars

Question 14

Which crisis in 1962 was over missiles in Cuba?

A) Berlin Crisis

B) Cuban Missile Crisis

C) Bay of Pigs

D) Suez Crisis

Question 15

What were Jesuits?

A) bankers

B) Protestant army

C) Catholic Counter-Reformation order

D) trade guild

Question 16

What are Egypt's pyramids?

A) temples

B) palaces

C) markets

D) pharaoh tombs

Question 17

What was a trust?

A) Monopoly controlling an industry

B) Small business

C) Labor union

D) Government agency

Question 18

Which cities were atomic-bombed?

A) Berlin and Munich

B) Hiroshima and Nagasaki

C) Rome and Milan

D) Tokyo and Kyoto

Question 19

Which scientist was tried for heliocentrism?

A) Kepler

B) Copernicus

C) Galileo

D) Newton

Question 20

Who was J.P. Morgan?

A) Oil tycoon

B) Labor leader

C) Steel magnate

D) Banker who financed industry

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