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Super Quiz ™ PowerPoint Test 2 2011-2012

Super Quiz ™ PowerPoint Test 2 2011-2012. Question 1. Which formerly independent kingdom is now known as Myanmar?. a. Melilla b. Granada c. Afghanistan d. Burma e. Punjab. Question 1. Which formerly independent kingdom is now known as Myanmar?. d. Burma (41, 1, 1). Question 2.

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Super Quiz ™ PowerPoint Test 2 2011-2012

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  1. Super Quiz™PowerPoint Test 22011-2012

  2. Question 1 Which formerly independent kingdom is now known as Myanmar? a. Melilla b. Granada c. Afghanistan d. Burma e. Punjab

  3. Question 1 Which formerly independent kingdom is now known as Myanmar? d. Burma (41, 1, 1)

  4. Question 2 Which of the following, according to most historians, propelled the “new imperialism” forward? a. nationalism b. assimilation c. anti-colonialism d. triumphalism e. liberalism

  5. Question 2 Which of the following, according to most historians, propelled the “new imperialism” forward? a. nationalism (79, 1, 1)

  6. Question 3 What was the nationality of the explorers who conducted centuries-long Reconquista? a. Spanish b. Dutch c. French d. Turkish e. Assyrian

  7. Question 3 What was the nationality of the explorers who conducted centuries-long Reconquista? a. Spanish (6, 2, 1)

  8. Question 4 Which of the following was located on the northeastern frontier of Britain’s Indian Empire? a. Afghanistan b. Persia c. Punjab d. Burma e. Ceylon

  9. Question 4 Which of the following was located on the northeastern frontier of Britain’s Indian Empire? d. Burma (41, 1, 1)

  10. Question 5 Who was the king of Belgium in the late nineteenth century? a. Charles V b. Frederick William c. Kaiser Wilhelm II d. Leopold II e. George III

  11. Question 5 Who was the king of Belgium in the late nineteenth century? d. Leopold II

  12. Question 6 In 1960, a federal-style government was formed in the newly independent African state of a. Nigeria b. Ghana c. South Africa d. Kenya e. Ivory Coast

  13. Question 6 In 1960, a federal-style government was formed in the newly independent African state of a. Nigeria (114, 2, 2)

  14. Question 7 The authority of which nineteenth century Ottoman sultan was threatened by the ambitions of provincial governors? a. Süleyman b. Selim I c. Osman I d. Mahmud II e. John Bull

  15. Question 7 The authority of which nineteenth century Ottoman sultan was threatened by the ambitions of provincial governors? d. Mahmud II (41, 1, 3)

  16. Question 8 Where did Anglo-Egyptian field artillery and hand driven Gatling guns kill and wound thousands in a famous 1898 battle? a. Nigeria b. Sudan c. South Africa d. Cameroon e. Namibia

  17. Question 8 Where did Anglo-Egyptian field artillery and hand driven Gatling guns kill and wound thousands in a famous 1898 battle? b. Sudan (81, 2, 1)

  18. Question 9 During the thirteenth century, the empire located to the west of the Ottoman Empire was the a. Persian Empire b. Assyrian Empire c. Roman Empire d. Mogul Empire e. Byzantine Empire

  19. Question 9 During the thirteenth century, the empire located to the west of the Ottoman Empire was the • Byzantine Empire • (7, 1, 1)

  20. Question 10 The 1800 Act of Union formally brought which of the following into the “English polity”? a. India b. New England c. Ireland d. Scotland e. Wales

  21. Question 10 The 1800 Act of Union formally brought which of the following into the “English polity”? c. Ireland (19, 1, 2)

  22. Question 11 Which term refers to something that happens in actuality, even though it may not be justified by right or law? a. annexation b. buffering c. protectorate d. extraterritoriality e. de facto

  23. Question 11 Which term refers to something that happens in actuality, even though it may not be justified by right or law? e. de facto (41, 2 ,1)

  24. Question 12 Toward the end of the nineteenth century, an increasingly aggressive German foreign policy was sparked by the dismissal of a. Adolf Hitler b. Kaiser Wilhelm II c. Otto von Bismarck d. Frederick William e. King George III

  25. Question 12 Toward the end of the nineteenth century, an increasingly aggressive German foreign policy was sparked by the dismissal of c. Otto von Bismarck (81, 2, 3)

  26. Question 13 What became the official capital of the Ming Dynasty in 1421? a. Constantinople b. Nanking c. Peking d. Java e. Canton

  27. Question 13 What became the official capital of the Ming Dynasty in 1421? c. Peking (7, 2 ,1)

  28. Question 14 Which of the following entered an agreement mediated by Commodore Matthew Perry? a. Meiji regime b. Mughal Empire c. Manchu d. Qing Empire e. Tokugawa regime

  29. Question 14 Which of the following entered an agreement mediated by Commodore Matthew Perry? e. Tokugawa regime (44, 1, 2)

  30. Question 15 After conquering the island of Madagascar, France established a lucrative plantation devoted to which crop? a. opium b. cotton c. palm oil d. sugar e. tobacco

  31. Question 15 After conquering the island of Madagascar, France established a lucrative plantation devoted to which crop? d. sugar (83, 1, 1)

  32. Question 16 In 1964, which state was formed from British East Africa? a. Nigeria b. Ghana c. South Africa d. Kenya e. Ivory Coast

  33. Question 16 In 1964, which state was formed from British East Africa? d. Kenya (115, 1, 1)

  34. Question 17 Which region of Africa served as the center for French traders in the eighteenth century? a. Angola region on the West African coast b. Senegambia region c. Cape of Good Hope region d. Niger region in West Central Africa e. Transvaal region

  35. Question 17 Which region of Africa served as the center for French traders in the eighteenth century? b. Senegambia region (43, 2, 1)

  36. Question 18 During its late nineteenth century expansion, the Royal Niger Company was led by a. Charles Gordon b. Cecil Rhodes c. Mungo Park d. George Goldie e. Horatio Herbert Kitchener

  37. Question 18 During its late nineteenth century expansion, the Royal Niger Company was led by d. George Goldie (84, 1, 2)

  38. Question 19 Which body of water initially contributed to defining the “heart of Europe”? a. North Sea b. Mediterranean Sea c. Caspian Sea d. Red Sea e. Yellow Sea

  39. Question 19 Which body of water initially contributed to defining the “heart of Europe”? b. Mediterranean Sea (9, 1, 1)

  40. Question 20 The explorer Mungo Park was an agent of the a. Fulani and Bambara Slaves b. Abolitionist Society c. African Association d. African National Congress e. Land and Freedom Army

  41. Question 20 The explorer Mungo Park was an agent of the c. African Association (44, 2, 2)

  42. Question 21 Which of the following thinkers was a natural scientist of the Enlightenment interested primarily in the classification of physical types? a. Baron Montesquieu b. Denis Diderot c. Jean Jacques Rousseau d. Voltaire e. Carolus Linnaeus

  43. Question 21 Which of the following thinkers was a natural scientist of the Enlightenment interested primarily in the classification of physical types? • Carolus Linnaeus • (36, 2, 1)

  44. Question 22 Who were the colonial masters of the Vietnamese before the French? a. Japan b. Britain c. China d. Russia e. Denmark

  45. Question 22 Who were the colonial masters of the Vietnamese before the French? c. China (86, 1, 1)

  46. Question 23 Which of the following trading companies essentially controlled the west coast of Africa during the seventeenth century? • a. Dutch West India Company • b. British East India Company • c. Dutch East India Company • d. General India Company • e. Brandenburg Africa Company

  47. Question 23 Which of the following trading companies essentially controlled the west coast of Africa during the seventeenth century? • a. Dutch West India Company • (10, 1, 1)

  48. Question 24 Which member of the Chamber of Deputies did Jules Ferry regard as an authoritative representative of the “old school of economics”? a. Frédéric Passy b. Jean-Baptiste Say c. Jules Maigne d. Georges Perin e. M. De Guilloutet

  49. Question 24 Which member of the Chamber of Deputies did Jules Ferry regard as an authoritative representative of the “old school of economics”? a. Frédéric Passy (46, 2, 2)

  50. Question 25 The coveted ice-free harbor that triggered the aggression of the Russo-Japanese War is a. Sakhalin Island b. Shanghai c. Hanoi d. Port Arthur e. Liaotung Province

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