Abeka World History and Cultures Test
12 (Final Exam) with Complete Solutions
Mesopotamia - Answer-the first civilization arose in what land?
Lee Teng-hui - Answer-first democratically elected leader in Chinese history
Treaty of Verdun - Answer-what treaty laid the foundations for the nations of France and
Germany?
China - Answer-world's oldest living civilization
writing - Answer-Sumer's greatest contribution to civilization
England - Answer-what country is NOT a member of NAFTA?
John Knox - Answer-great leader of the Scottish Reformation
Isaac Newton - Answer-greatest scientist of all time
South Africa - Answer-Nelson Mandela was the first black president where?
Desiderius Erasmus - Answer-greatest scholar of the Northern Renaissance
AD 500 - Answer-when did the period of ancient history end?
Russia - Answer-what was NOT an axis power of WWII?
July 28, 1914 - Answer-when did WWI begin?
Albania - Answer-Mussolini's first act of aggression
John Dewey - Answer-liberal educator that promoted "progressive education"
Margaret Thatcher - Answer-conservative that was first women prime minister of Great
Britain
William Carey - Answer-"Father of Modern Missions"
Dwight D. Eisenhower - Answer-supreme Allied commander during WWII
Marshall Plan - Answer-program designed to give massive financial aid to help rebuild
war-torn Europe
, New York - Answer-in what city is the United Nations headquartered?
John Wycliffe - Answer-"Morning Star of the Reformation"
Hiroshima - Answer-first city destroyed by an atomic weapon
Kuwait - Answer-what nation did Saddam Hussein invade, prompting Operation Desert
Storm?
Eli Whitney - Answer-invented the cotton gin
Cold War - Answer-type of war fought with words and diplomacy rather than weapons
1945 - Answer-WWII ended
1776 - Answer-Declaration of Independence
1517 - Answer-Protestant Reformation
1991 - Answer-Persian Gulf War
1066 - Answer-Battle of Hastings
1440 - Answer-moveable-type printing press invented
1975 - Answer-Vietnam war ended
1815 - Answer-defeat of Napoleon
1215 - Answer-Magna Carta signed
1789 - Answer-French Revolution began
Midway - Answer-turning point of the war in the Pacific
law - Answer-Rome's greatest contribution to civilization
Vietnam - Answer-Tet Offensive took place during what war?
Edward Teller - Answer-"Father of the Hydrogen Bomb"
Pacific Ocean - Answer-what did Vasco de Balboa discover?
Justinian - Answer-Byzantium's greatest ruler
Douglas MacArthur - Answer-who said of war, "there is no substitute for victory"?
12 (Final Exam) with Complete Solutions
Mesopotamia - Answer-the first civilization arose in what land?
Lee Teng-hui - Answer-first democratically elected leader in Chinese history
Treaty of Verdun - Answer-what treaty laid the foundations for the nations of France and
Germany?
China - Answer-world's oldest living civilization
writing - Answer-Sumer's greatest contribution to civilization
England - Answer-what country is NOT a member of NAFTA?
John Knox - Answer-great leader of the Scottish Reformation
Isaac Newton - Answer-greatest scientist of all time
South Africa - Answer-Nelson Mandela was the first black president where?
Desiderius Erasmus - Answer-greatest scholar of the Northern Renaissance
AD 500 - Answer-when did the period of ancient history end?
Russia - Answer-what was NOT an axis power of WWII?
July 28, 1914 - Answer-when did WWI begin?
Albania - Answer-Mussolini's first act of aggression
John Dewey - Answer-liberal educator that promoted "progressive education"
Margaret Thatcher - Answer-conservative that was first women prime minister of Great
Britain
William Carey - Answer-"Father of Modern Missions"
Dwight D. Eisenhower - Answer-supreme Allied commander during WWII
Marshall Plan - Answer-program designed to give massive financial aid to help rebuild
war-torn Europe
, New York - Answer-in what city is the United Nations headquartered?
John Wycliffe - Answer-"Morning Star of the Reformation"
Hiroshima - Answer-first city destroyed by an atomic weapon
Kuwait - Answer-what nation did Saddam Hussein invade, prompting Operation Desert
Storm?
Eli Whitney - Answer-invented the cotton gin
Cold War - Answer-type of war fought with words and diplomacy rather than weapons
1945 - Answer-WWII ended
1776 - Answer-Declaration of Independence
1517 - Answer-Protestant Reformation
1991 - Answer-Persian Gulf War
1066 - Answer-Battle of Hastings
1440 - Answer-moveable-type printing press invented
1975 - Answer-Vietnam war ended
1815 - Answer-defeat of Napoleon
1215 - Answer-Magna Carta signed
1789 - Answer-French Revolution began
Midway - Answer-turning point of the war in the Pacific
law - Answer-Rome's greatest contribution to civilization
Vietnam - Answer-Tet Offensive took place during what war?
Edward Teller - Answer-"Father of the Hydrogen Bomb"
Pacific Ocean - Answer-what did Vasco de Balboa discover?
Justinian - Answer-Byzantium's greatest ruler
Douglas MacArthur - Answer-who said of war, "there is no substitute for victory"?
