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World History
How much do you know about WORLD history?
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Welcome to my History of the World examination! Everybody I know is an expert on some little corner of the world, but how much do you know about THE BIG PICTURE????. Take my test and find out!!!

And as an extra incentive, anyone who gets 100% of the questions right will be awarded a history merit badge from yours truly!!!

So please take out your #2 pencils, put your iPods away, and keep your eyes on your own paper!

WINNERS SO FAR:

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*Note6* Please note that instead of using BC and AD, I use the more neutral BCE and CE. All years still correspond to standard Gregorian years. For more information on the use and origin of Common Era dating, check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_era

*Note6* The History badge will be given to those who notify me that they got 100% of the questions right AND that the quiz scoreboard verifies they got 100% of the questions right AND that they are AT LEAST registered authors.

*Note6* The Attention to Detail badge will be given to anyone who catches a mistake that I made (i.e., misspellings in question, incorrect answer, etc.). The badge will go to the FIRST person to catch a particular mistake AND that I agree that a mistake has indeed been made. In addition, the badge is limited to one per user, and the user must be AT LEAST a registered author.

*Note6* The history badge giveaway will last UNTIL I reach my goal of having one thousand questions in the question bank, at which time I will make the quiz available for retakes, but withdraw my history badge offer

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1. Pakistan:
 Who is considered the founder of Pakistan?
      Muhammad Ali Jinnah        
      Khawaja Nazimuddin        
      Ghulam Muhammad        
      Iskander Mirza        
      Muhammad Ayub Khan        
      Nurul Amin        
      Yahya Khan        
 
2. Rome:
 From 753 BCE to 386 BCE, the City of Rome was undefeated militarily until Rome was occupied in 386 BCE by what tribe?
      Antillians        
      Burgundians        
      Celts        
      Danes        
      Etruscans        
      Franks        
      Goths        
 
3. Mesopotamia:
 What was the earliest city in southern Mesopotamia (founded ca. 5400 BCE)
      Kish        
      Uruk        
      Ur        
      Lagash        
      Nippur        
      Ngirsu        
      Eridu        
 
4. Islam:
 Shia Islam teaches that this cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad was his divinely ordained successor
      Abu Bakr        
      Ali ibn Abi Talib        
      Umar        
      Abu Quhafah        
      Abu Ubayda        
      Uthman        
      Abu Jahn        
 
5. International Organizations:
 On April 25th, 1945, the UN Conference on International Organization began in
      San Francisco        
      New York        
      Paris        
      London        
      Rome        
      Los Angeles        
      Beirut        
 
6. Christianity:
 He was the author of "The City of God", written shortly after Rome was sacked by the Visigoths in 410 CE
      Adeodatus        
      Symmachus        
      Augustine        
      Simplicianus        
      Anthony        
      Stephen        
      Ambrose        
 
7. Wonders of the World:
 Who was the Byzantine Emperor who ordered the construction of Hagia Sophia?
      Maurice        
      Phocas        
      Heraclius        
      Sergius        
      Constans        
      Justinian        
      Basil        
 
8. United States of America:
 This Confederate General is credited with giving Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson his nickname
      Braxton Bragg        
      Robert E. Lee        
      Gustavus Woodson Smith        
      Henry A. Wise        
      Barnard Elliott Bee, Jr.,        
      Henry R. Jackson        
      Earl Van Dorn        
 
9. Hinduism:
 The Rāmāyaṇa, one of the oldest known epics in the world, (dated variously from 6000 BCE to 5000 BCE) tells the story of Rāma, whose wife Sita is abducted by the demon (Rākshasa) king of Lanka, Rāvana, and is composed in the classical language of
      Tamil        
      Mandaic        
      Kannada        
      Quechua        
      Sanskrit        
      Nahuatl        
      Tupi        
 
10. Mesoamerica:
 What long-time enemies of the Aztecs did Hernán Cortés march into Tenochtitlan with on November 8, 1519 CE?
      Culhuacan        
      Tlaxcala        
      Mexica        
      Aztlan        
      Nahua        
      Texcoco        
      Maxtla        
 
11. Space:
 Who was the first man in space?
      Gherman Titov        
      Yuri Gagarin        
      Aleksei Leonov        
      Musa Manarov        
      Vladimir Chelomei        
      Mikhail Yangel,        
      Sergey Korolyov        
 
12. Rome:
 In what year did Rome become the capital of a newly reunified Italy?
      1870 CE        
      1871 CE        
      1872 CE        
      1873 CE        
      1874 CE        
      1875 CE        
      1876 CE        
 
13. Andean States:
 After what war did Bolivia lose its access to the sea?
      War of the Confederation        
      Chincha Islands War        
      War of the Triple Alliance        
      Beagle conflict        
      Cenepa War        
      War of the Farrapos        
      War of the Pacific        
 
14. Kings:
 Which Frankish King was crowned Imperator Augustus by Pope Leo III on December 25th, 800 CE, as a rival to the Byzantine Emperor in Constantinople?
      Ascaric        
      Carloman        
      Charles I        
      Drogo        
      Grimoald II        
      Lothair I        
      Pippin III        
 
15. International Organizations:
 The creation of the League of Nations was a centerpiece of Woodrow Wilson's ___________________ Points for Peace
      Ten        
      Eleven        
      Twelve        
      Thirteen        
      Fourteen        
      Fifteen        
      Sixteen        
 
16. Mesopotamia:
 This Babylonian King believed that he had been chosen by the gods to deliver this Codex named after him (one of the earliest and best preserved law codes from ancient Babylon, created ca. 1760 BCE), going so far as to say in the law's preface, "Anu and Bel called by name me, ___________________, the exalted prince, who feared God, to bring about the rule of righteousness in the land."
      Hammurabi        
      Ur-nammu        
      Eshnunna        
      Marduk        
      Shamash        
      Assura        
      Shutruk-Nahhunte        
 
17. Portugal:
 After which battle did Portugal establish itself as an independent kingdom?
      Battle of Ourique        
      Siege of Lisbon        
      Battle of Higueruela        
      Battle of Granada        
      Battle of Clavijo        
      Battle of Albelda        
      Battle of Alarcos        
 
18. Hinduism:
 What religious text is considered to be one of the oldest texts of any Indo-European language and is counted among the four canonical sacred texts of Hinduism?
      Bon Kangyur        
      Rigveda        
      Kitáb-i-Íqán        
      Liber Linteus        
      Vachanas        
      Kashayaprabhrita        
      Kebra Negast        
 
19. Wonders of the World:
 On what island was the Lighthouse of Alexandria built?
      Elephantine        
      Agilika        
      Bigeh        
      Pharos        
      Philae        
      Tiran        
      Sehel        
 
20. Warriors:
 Near the end of the 12th century CE, the Teutonic Knights were formed where?
      Jerusalem        
      Rhodes        
      Acre        
      Malta        
      Cyprus        
      Ashkelon        
      Hattin        
 
21. World War II:
 On September 12, 1943, Benito Mussolini was rescued from prison in an operation led by
      Wilhelm Miklas        
      Bruno Bräuer        
      Wilhelm Falley        
      Dietrich von Choltitz        
      Otto Skorzeny        
      Hans Dammers        
      Helmut Dörner        
 
22. Ottoman Empire:
 Which Sultan of the Ottoman Empire induced the vanquished Al-Mutawakkil III, the last ruler of the Mamluk Sultanate, to formally surrender the title of Caliph and its emblems, the sword and the mantle of Muhammad?
      Murad I        
      Ahmed I        
      Bayezid I        
      Selim I        
      Suleiman I        
      Mustafa II        
      Mehmed III        
 
23. Volcanoes:
 Who was the Greek philosopher who made the first attempt at a scientific explanation of volcanoes?
      Thrasydaeus        
      Empedocles        
      Parmenides        
      Anaxagoras        
      Timaeus        
      Dicaearchus        
      Xenophanes        
 
24. Mesopotamia:
 Mesopotamia, from the Greek meaning "The land between the two rivers", is an area geographically located between which two rivers?
      the Aras and the Nile        
      the Tambo and the Woronora        
      the Godavari and the Amur        
      the Tigris and the Euphrates        
      the Cuanza and the Tugela        
      the Atbarah and the Didessa        
      the Draa and the the Sebou        
 
25. Volcanoes:
 1816 became known as the Year Without a Summer, because of the effect on North American and European weather by the eruption of what volcano?
      Merapi        
      Tambora        
      Toba        
      Sibayak        
      Kunyit        
      Dempo        
      Ranau        
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