Top 10 History Quiz You Need to Answer!

1. WHAT TYCOON WENT DOWN  WITH THE TITANIC?

A: ANDREW CARNEGIE
B: A.P. GIANNINI
C: AMBROSE ROSE
D: J.P. MORGAN
E: JOHN JACOB ASTOR IV

correct: JOHN JACOB ASTOR IV


2.WHAT TIME PERIOD BEGAN AFTER THE COLLAPSE OF THE ROMAN CIVILIZATION IN THE 5TH CENTURY A.D.?

A: MIDDLE AGES
B: HELLENISTIC AGE
C: RENAISSANCE
D: RESTORATION PERIOD
E: ICE AGE

correct: MIDDLE AGES




3.WHICH AMERICAN STATE WAS AN INDEPENDENT REPUBLIC FROM 1836 TO 1845?

A: ALASKA
B: FLORIDA
C: NEW MEXICO
D: TEXAS
E: CONNECTICUT

correct: TEXAS




4. BORN IN RUSSIA IN 1901, SIMON KUZNETS WENT ON TO BECOME A LEADING AMERICAN:

A: ECONOMIST
B: ARCHITECT
C: JURIST
D: STATESMAN
E: ASTRONOMER

correct: ECONOMIST


5.THE SARATOGA CAMPAIGN WAS A SERIES OF BATTLES FOUGHT DURING THE:

A: AMERICAN REVOLUTION
B: WAR OF 1812
C: U.S. CIVIL WAR
D: MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR
E: KOREAN WAR

correct: AMERICAN REVOLUTION


6.IN THE MIDDLE AGES, WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE DONE WITH A HALBERD?

A: RIDDEN IT
B: ATTACKED SOMEONE WITH IT
C: LIVED IN IT
D: KILLED IT FOR FOOD
E: WORN IT FOR PROTECTION

correct: ATTACKED SOMEONE WITH IT


7.WHO BECAME THE UNITED STATES' FIRST BILLIONAIRE IN 1913?

A: JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER
B: J. PAUL GETTY
C: ERNEST G. BILKO
D: THOMAS MELLON
E: CORNELIUS VANDERBILT

correct: JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER


8.WITH WHICH CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE IS EXECUTIVE ORDER 9066 ASSOCIATED

A: SINKING OF THE LUSITANIA
B: WW II INTERNMENT CAMPS
C: USE OF AGENT ORANGE
D: ASSASSINATION OF J.F.K.
E: DRAFTING OF ELVIS

correct: WW II INTERNMENT CAMPS


9.THE GREEK CITY-STATES OF ATHENS AND SPARTA FOUGHT IN THE ____ WAR IN THE 5TH CENTURY B.C.

A: TROJAN
B: PELOPONNESIAN
C: PUNIC
D: BABYLONIAN
E: ASSYRIAN

correct: PELOPONNESIAN


10.XENOPHON, AUTHOR OF `ANABASIS,' WAS AN ANCIENT GREEK WRITER AND PROFESSIONAL:

A: TROLL
B: DIPLOMAT
C: TUTOR
D: SOLDIER
E: SLAVE

correct: SOLDIER



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