Title: World History
Course: Grades Instructor - DO NOT MODIFY

Q: This German composer is known for the following works: Magnificat, Christmas Oratorio, and the Brandenburg Concertos.
- Handel
- Beethoven
- Mozart
- Bach
- Brahms
A: Bach

Q: In 1803, _______________ was the first black nation to gain independence from European colonial rule.
- Nigeria
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Haiti
- Kenya
- Angola
A: Haiti

Q: Newton's three famous laws of motion include these concepts (select three):

{Note: Wrong choices will be deducted from correct choice scores. i.e. Two correct + one wrong = a score for one correct.}
- Speed
- Velocity
- Mass
- Vector
- Energy
- Gravity
A: Speed; Velocity; Vector

Q: In 1803, the U.S. negotiated the Louisiana Purchase from _______________ for $15 million. With this purchase, the U.S. doubles its domain, increasing its territory by 827,000 sq. mi. (2,144,500 sq km), from the Mississippi River to the Rockies and from the Gulf of Mexico to British North America.
- Great Britain
- Spain
- Mexico
- France
- Russia
A: France

Q: Who are the first two European mariners credited for sailing to the "New World."

{Note: Wrong choice values will be deducted from correct choice values. i.e. One correct (+50%) + one wrong (-33%) = a score for one partial correct (+17%).}
- Leif Ericson
- Christopher Columbus
- Thorfinn Karlsefni
- Amerigo Vespucci
- Wheris Waldo
A: Leif Ericson; Thorfinn Karlsefni

Q: Who is credited for discovering the antibacterial medicine penicillin?
- Louis Pasteur
- Edward Jenner
- Alexander Fleming
- Jonas Salk
A: Alexander Fleming

Q: Who is considered to be the founder of psychoanalysis?
- Sigmund Frued
- Emile Durkheim
- C. G. Jung
- Eugen Bleuler
- Josef Breuer
A: Sigmund Frued

Q: Who was the sculptor of Bacchus, Sleeping Cupid, Madonna of the Stairs, and David?
- Donatello
- Leonardo da Vinci
- Giotto
- Michaelangelo
A: Michaelangelo

Q: Who discovered the vaccine for smallpox?
- Louis Pasteur
- Edward Jenner
- Alfred Nobel
- Jonas Salk
A: Edward Jenner

Q: Who is credited as being the first person to reach the South Pole?
- Frederick Cook
- Roald Amundsen
- Robert E. Peary
- Ernest Shackleton
- Edmund Hillary
A: Roald Amundsen

Q: Who authored Summa theologica?
- Martin Luther
- Thomas Acquinas
- St. Augustine
- John Calvin
A: Thomas Acquinas

Q: Who is credited for inventing the wireless radio?
- Vladimar Zworykin
- Thomas Edison
- Guglielmo Marconi
- David Sarnoff
- Edwin Armstrong
A: Guglielmo Marconi

Q: For each of the following dates, match the event or person associated with it.
- 1066 | Norman Conquest of Britain
- 1100s | Angkor Wat is built
- 1215 | Magna Carta signed
- 1347 | Bubonic Plague spreads in Europe
- 1455 | Gutenberg's movable-type printing press produces the Bible
- 1517 | Martin Luther initiates the Reformation
- 1664 | Newton's theory of universal gravitation
- 1764 | Mozart (aged 8) writes first symphony
- 1867 | Japan ends 675-year shogun rule
- 1947 | Gandhi's civil disobedience movement leads to an independent India

Q: In 1946, J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly created the first large general-purpose electronic computer. It was given the name _________.
A: ENIAC / the ENIAC / Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer / the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer / "ENIAC"

Q: The remains of the Inca empire can be found in the modern-day country of __________.
A: Peru

Q: Machiavelli is the author of Il Principe, which describes the means by which a prince may gain and maintain his power.
- True
- False
A: True