MCQ: History Practice Test Quiz!
15 Questions
| Total Attempts: 220
Questions and Answers
- 1.Which country did the U.S. declare its freedom from when the Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776?
- A.
Russia
- B.
France
- C.
England
- D.
Spain
- 2.Who said "I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country"?
- A.
Benedict Arnold
- B.
Jimmy Carter
- C.
Marie Antoinette
- D.
Nathan Hale
- 3.Where was the "Napoleonic Code", a legal document influencing the whole world, created?
- A.
France
- B.
Austria
- C.
Germany
- D.
England
- 4.What famous British ocean liner hit an iceberg and sank in 1912?
- A.
Bismarck
- B.
Lusitania
- C.
Santa Maria
- D.
Titanic
- 5.What modern country was the scene of the Boston Tea Party, an 18th-century revolt against taxes?
- A.
United States
- B.
Italy
- C.
England
- D.
France
- 6.Michelangelo took four years to paint the ceiling of which chapel in medieval Rome?
- A.
Rosslyn Chapel
- B.
Palatine Chapel
- C.
Sistine Chapel
- D.
St. John's Chapel
- 7.Sir Isaac Newton is famous for having discovered the three laws of what?
- A.
Light
- B.
Motion
- C.
Heat
- D.
Gravity
- 8.Which form of communications technology was invented in 1876?
- A.
Television
- B.
Telephone
- C.
Telegraph
- D.
Shortwave Radio
- 9.What small chocolate candies were included in U.S. soldiers' rations in World War II?
- A.
Hershey Kisses
- B.
M&Ms
- C.
Chocolate Raisins
- D.
Skittles
- 10.What famous American car was once named the "Tin Lizzie"?
- A.
Pinto
- B.
DeLorean
- C.
Studebaker
- D.
Model T
- 11.What is the collective name for the 900 religious items found in Middle East caves from 1956-1979?
- A.
Gospels
- B.
Lascaux Paintings
- C.
Hieroglyphics
- D.
Dead Sea Scrolls
- 12.The Trojan Horse was used to invade and conquer what famous Turkish city?
- A.
Troy
- B.
Aspendos
- C.
Istanbul
- D.
Ankara
- 13.With which Roman did Cleopatra VII, the last Pharaoh of Egypt, have a relationship?
- A.
Augustus
- B.
Nero
- C.
Julius Caesar
- D.
Pontius Pilate
- 14.The Great Wall of China, 1,500 miles long, was built as protection from what nomads?
- A.
Indians
- B.
Russians
- C.
Iranians
- D.
Mongolians
- 15.Initially a British penal colony, Botany Bay, Australia is located near what city?
- A.
Darwin
- B.
Melbourne
- C.
Sydney
- D.
Brisbane
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