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World History - Test 1


1. The rapid spread of Renaissance social and political ideas was due to the:
A. Caravel
B. Reformation
C. Printing press
D. Patronage of the arts


2. Where did the first civilization develop?
A. Indus River Valley
B. China
C. Egypt
D. Mesopotamia


3. Who was the first explorer to attempt to circumnavigate the globe?
A. Hernando de Soto
B. Curious George
C. Vasco da Gama
D. Ferdinand Magellan


4. What was the name of the communist regime in Cambodia?
A. The Viet Minh
B. The Khmer Rouge
C. Patriotic Renewal Party
D. The Workers Revolutionary Party


5. The Etruscans were an Iron Age civilization in which modern-day country?
A. Italy
B. France
C. Austria
D. Switzerland


6. The Industrial Revolution began in which country?
A. Germany
B. England
C. Spain
D. Italy


7. What year did the First World War begin?
A. 1867
B. 1914
C. 1918
D. 1939


8. D-Day refers to what major WWII event?
A. The allied invasion of the beaches of occupied France
B. The dropping of the atom bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
C. The allied invasion of Italy
D. The bombing of Pearl Harbour


9. The medieval period is also called the:
A. Renaissance
B. Reformation
C. Middle Ages
D. Age of Antiquity


10. Which leader in the Russian Revolution was the most responsible for shaping the Russian version of Communism?
A. Karl Marx
B. Joseph Stalin
C. Vladimir Lenin
D. Nikita Krushchev







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