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Q1. The ____________________ used electricity to send news across the country.
A) Transcontenial railroad
B) Telegraph
C) Exoduster
Q2. The largest conflict that the Union Pacific railroad workers faced was
A) Native American groups that were unhappy with the railroad disturbing their way of life.
B) Native American groups that were happy with the railroad and their way of life.
C) Native American groups that were happy with the railroad but wanted a new way of life.
Q3. The Central Pacific railroad company was made up of _________________________.
A) Telegraph
B) Exoduster
C) Chinese immigrants

Social Studies Chapter 3

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5th Grade American History Test

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Q1. Napoleon Bonaparte crowned himself emperor.
A) True
B) False
Q2. Who was Elizabeth II's father?
A) Edward VII
B) George V
C) George VI
Q3. Which government decided to devalue the franc by 80% in 1948?
A) The Leon Blum government
B) The Paul Ramadier government
C) The Robert Schuman government

History (9)

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Quiz on just about everything in history. Do you know enough about history?

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Q1. JULY 18, 64 - Which major European city was ravaged by a fire that lasted for six days?
A) Paris
B) London
C) Rome
Q2. JULY 27, 754 - Which king of the Franks, the first of the Carolingian dynasty, was crowned by Pope Stephen…
A) Pepin le Bref
B) Charlemagne
C) Louis le Pieux
Q3. JULY 17, 1453 - The Battle of Castillon puts an end to the Hundred Years' War: which country was…
A) Russia
B) England
C) Italy

It happened in July

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A quiz on major events that took place in July.

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Q1. Which party did Lenin impose in the USSR during the civil war of 1917 to 1921?
A) Communism
B) Nazism
C) Anti-Semitism
D) Sexism
Q2. When did Stalin come to power?
A) In 1921
B) In 1924
C) In 1930
D) In 1932
Q3. What were the USSR's collectivized agricultural explorations of 1929 called?
A) Gulag
B) Sovkozes
C) Kolkozes
D) Kulak

Democracies and totalitarian regimes between the wars: Germany and the USSR

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History quiz on the rise to power and totalitarian regimes of the main dictators of the Second World War.

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Micali

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Q1. Which of these nicknames does not apply to Louis XIV?
A) Ludovicus Magnus
B) Saint Louis
C) Louis Le Grand
D) Le Roi Soleil
Q2. Which chateau did Louis XIV build?
A) The Louvre
B) The chateau de Vincennes
C) The chateau de Chambord
D) The chateau de Versailles
Q3. Which of these men was not a minister during the reign of Louis XIV?
A) Cardinal Mazarin
B) Cardinal de Richelieu
C) Louvois
D) Colbert

History - Louis XIV - CM1

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Brush up on your knowledge of Louis XIV

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Q1. What was the name of the agreement between all the political parties of French nationality during the…
A) L'Entente sacree
B) L'Union sacree
C) La Guerre sacree
Q2. Which French politician was assassinated in 1914 because of his pacifism?
A) Hitler
B) Jaures
C) De Gaulle
Q3. How many combatants from Europe were mobilized during this conflict?
A) 50 million
B) 25 million
C) 70 million

History - The First World War : combat experience in a total war

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Q1. How many books are in the Word, the Bible?
A) 33
B) 77
C) 66
Q2. Who built the ark during the global flood?
A) Moses
B) Noah
C) Jesus
Q3. Were Jesus bones broken during his crucifixion?
A) No
B) Yes

Word Quiz One

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First quiz about the Word of God, the Bible.

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Q1. Which tribe did Vercingetorix lead?
A) Des Arvernes
B) Des Carnutes
C) Des Eduens
Q2. Which book was written by Julius Caesar?
A) Grande Rome
B) De la Republique
C) La Guerre des Gaules
Q3. On the eve of the Roman conquest, how many peoples were there in Gaul?
A) About 20
B) About 60
C) About 250

A bit of Antiquity

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A 6th 10-question quiz on Antiquity.

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Q1. Which country suffered the German invasion that led to the outbreak of the Second World War?
A) Poland
B) Portugal
C) Netherlands
D) England
Q2. On what date did France sign an armistice with Germany to end the German occupation of the northern half…
A) June 18, 1940
B) June 26, 1940
C) June 22, 1940
D) July 12, 1940
Q3. In June 1940, which Axis country took part in the conflict?
A) Japan
B) Spain
C) Italy
D) United Kingdom

The Second World War

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Q1. Which president of the Third Republic died in the arms of his mistress?
A) Felix Faure
B) Jules Grevy
C) Raymond Poincare
Q2. What disease spread through Europe in 1348?
A) Cholera
B) Plague
C) Rabies
Q3. Which US president had to resign following the Watergate scandal?
A) Richard Nixon
B) Bill Clinton
C) John Fitzgerald Kennedy

144 - History (1)

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Do you know anything about history?

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Q1. Which two superpowers clashed during the Cold War?
A) The USA and Japan
B) The USA and the USSR
C) The USSR and China
D) The UK and Germany
Q2. What is the name of the economic plan put in place by the USA to help Europe after the Second World War?
A) The Molotov Plan
B) The Marshall Plan
C) The Warsaw Pact
D) The Truman Doctrine
Q3. Which wall symbolizes the division of the world into two blocs?
A) The Beijing Wall
B) The Warsaw Wall
C) The Berlin Wall
D) The Moscow Wall

The Cold War in third grade

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Quiz on the Cold War. Third grade.

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Q1. What are the names of the followers of Islam?
A) Christians
B) Muslims
C) Orthodox
Q2. What is their holy book?
A) The Koran
B) The Bible
C) The Torah
Q3. What is their god?
A) Jesus
B) Allah
C) Zeus

Islam

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Q1. Born in Prague, American diplomat and politician, Democrat, Permanent Representative of the USA, she…
A) Madeleine Allbright
B) Simone Alcan
Q2. French actress who made a name for herself in films by Marcel Carne, notably 'Les enfants du paradis'.
A) Arletty
B) Madeleine Sologne
Q3. British woman of letters, wrote novels virtually devoid of plot.
A) Virginia Woolf
B) Jane Austen

Famous women

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Do you know who these extraordinary women are?

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Q1. Who is this character?
A) Scipio
B) Julius Caesar
C) Trajan
Q2. Who is this character?
A) Charlemagne
B) Clovis
C) Pepin le Bref
Q3. Who is this character?
A) Charles VII
B) Charles VIII
C) Charles IX

7 historical figures

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Do you know these 7 illustrious characters?

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Q1. What word meaning 'guide' in German refers to the person of Adolf Hitler ( 1889-1945 ) ?
A) Fuhrer
B) Kaiser
C) Duce
Q2. Which grouping did he join in 1919 to make it the main party in Germany?
A) The National Socialist Party of the German Workers
B) The Social Nationalist Party of the Aryan People
C) The Christian Democratic Party of the German People
Q3. What was the name of the party militia led by Ernest Rohm?
A) The Assault Section (SA)
B) The Blackshirts
C) The Combat Clusters

Adolf Hitler's Nazi Germany

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