NES History Study Guide Questions With Correct Answers

NES History Study Guide Questions With
Correct Answers
Where ||was ||the ||first ||great ||human ||civilization ||located? ||- ||CORRECT ||ANSWER✔✔-
Mesopotamia



Which ||of ||the ||following ||was ||not ||an ||ancient ||Egyptian ||ruler? ||- ||CORRECT ||ANSWER✔✔-
Anubis



How ||did ||the ||Crusader ||army ||that ||went ||on ||the ||First ||Crusade ||differ ||from ||the ||Crusader ||
armies ||that ||Pope ||Urban ||ll ||envisioned? ||- ||CORRECT ||ANSWER✔✔-Pope ||Urban ||II ||had ||
envisioned ||an ||army ||of ||skilled ||knights ||and ||professional ||soldiers; ||instead, ||men ||and ||women
||from ||all ||classes ||joined ||together ||to ||retake ||the ||Holy ||Land.




Which ||Western ||European ||monastic ||order ||developed ||an ||early ||form ||of ||banking ||that ||
helped ||make ||pilgrimages ||to ||the ||Holy ||Land ||safer ||for ||the ||pilgrims? ||- ||CORRECT ||
ANSWER✔✔-The ||Knights ||Templar



Which ||early ||feminist ||work ||was ||written ||by ||Mary ||Wollstonecraft? ||- ||CORRECT ||ANSWER✔✔-
A ||Vindication ||of ||the ||Rights ||of ||Woman



What ||is ||the ||historical ||significance ||of ||the ||Dome ||on ||the ||Rock's ||site ||to ||Jews? ||- ||CORRECT ||
ANSWER✔✔-It ||is ||located ||on ||Temple ||Mount, ||where ||the ||second ||Temple ||previously ||stood ||
and ||the ||traditional ||site ||of ||Solomon's ||Temple



How ||did ||the ||Nile ||shape ||the ||Ancient ||Egyptian ||Empire? ||- ||CORRECT ||ANSWER✔✔-It ||
routinely ||flooded, ||;leaving ||behind ||fertile ||silt ||that ||helped ||make ||large ||scale ||agriculture ||
possible.

,In ||which ||country ||does ||a ||large ||part ||of ||the ||native, ||traditionally ||nomadic ||people ||currently ||
live ||in ||large ||tents ||known ||as ||yurts ||or ||gers? ||- ||CORRECT ||ANSWER✔✔-Mongolia



Which ||of ||the ||following ||was ||not ||a ||tax ||levied ||on ||the ||American ||colonies ||by ||the ||British ||
Government ||in ||the ||1760's ||and ||70's? ||- ||CORRECT ||ANSWER✔✔-The ||Lead ||Act ||of ||1772



To ||whom ||was ||the ||Declaration ||of ||Independence ||addressed ||and ||why? ||- ||CORRECT ||
ANSWER✔✔-To ||the ||King ||of ||England ||because ||the ||colonists ||were ||upset ||that ||Parliament ||
was ||passing ||laws ||for ||them ||even ||though ||they ||did ||not ||have ||the ||right ||to ||elect ||members ||
of ||Parliament ||to ||represent ||their ||interests



How ||did ||the ||ruling ||in ||Marbury ||v. ||Madison ||alter ||the ||supreme ||Court's ||power ||in ||the ||
federal ||government? ||- ||CORRECT ||ANSWER✔✔-It ||increased ||it. ||The ||decision ||in ||Marbury ||v. ||
Madison ||gave ||the ||Supreme ||Court ||it's ||now ||traditional ||right ||to ||overturn ||legislation.



Which ||President ||of ||the ||United ||States ||changed ||the ||date ||of ||Thanksgiving ||from ||the ||last ||
Thursday ||of ||November ||to ||the ||fourth ||Thursday ||of ||November? ||- ||CORRECT ||ANSWER✔✔-
Franklin ||D. ||Roosevelt



Which ||of ||the ||following ||is ||an ||example ||of ||historiography? ||- ||CORRECT ||ANSWER✔✔-An ||
explanation ||of ||past ||treatments ||of ||an ||historical ||event.



Which ||of ||the ||following ||questions ||would ||most ||likely ||be ||asked ||by ||a ||historian ||concerned ||
with ||the ||philosophy ||of ||history? ||- ||CORRECT ||ANSWER✔✔-Should ||history ||be ||measured ||by ||
changes ||in ||individual ||lives ||or ||by ||larger ||political ||trends?



Which ||sources ||is ||likely ||to ||be ||accurate ||about ||the ||research ||of ||the ||Battle ||of ||the ||Buldge ||
Malmedy ||Massacre? ||- ||CORRECT ||ANSWER✔✔-The ||account ||of ||a ||wounded ||survivor ||written
||immediately ||following ||the ||massacre.

, Which ||of ||the ||following ||is ||considered ||to ||be ||the ||largest ||cause ||of ||death ||among ||Native ||
Americans ||following ||the ||arrival ||of ||European ||colonists ||in ||North ||America? ||- ||CORRECT ||
ANSWER✔✔-European ||diseases



What ||is ||the ||historical ||significance ||of ||the ||Dome ||on ||the ||Rock's ||site ||to ||Muslims? ||- ||
CORRECT ||ANSWER✔✔-It ||is ||the ||traditional ||site ||of ||Mohammed's ||ascent ||into ||heaven.



What ||method ||did ||Johannes ||Gutenberg ||use ||to ||create ||printing ||plates ||for ||his ||printing ||
press? ||- ||CORRECT ||ANSWER✔✔-Moveable ||type, ||Gutenberg ||cast ||metal ||type ||through ||the ||
use ||of ||molds ||in ||order ||to ||achieve ||the ||individual ||letters ||which ||were ||then ||loaded ||into ||
composing ||sticks, ||which ||were ||then ||used ||to ||form ||printing ||plates.



Which ||groups ||of ||people ||were ||originally ||responsible ||for ||selecting ||the ||members ||of ||the ||
U.S. ||Senate? ||- ||CORRECT ||ANSWER✔✔-State ||legislatures



The ||Erie ||Canal ||is ||363 ||miles ||long ||and ||connects ||which ||body ||of ||water ||to ||Lake ||Erie? ||- ||
CORRECT ||ANSWER✔✔-The ||Hudson ||river



The ||telephone ||was ||a ||solution ||to ||which ||of ||the ||following ||problems ||with ||the ||telegraph? ||-
||CORRECT ||ANSWER✔✔-Telegraphs ||could ||only ||relay ||one ||message ||at ||a ||time?




Why ||did ||each ||Incan ||ruler ||have ||to ||earn ||his ||own ||fortune? ||- ||CORRECT ||ANSWER✔✔-A ||
tradition ||that ||all ||the ||wealth ||an ||Incan ||king ||accumulated ||during ||his ||reign ||would ||be ||used ||
to ||house ||and ||care ||for ||the ||king's ||mummified ||remains.



What ||was ||the ||ancient ||Agora ||of ||Athens? ||- ||CORRECT ||ANSWER✔✔-It ||was ||the ||name ||of ||
the ||primary ||marketplace ||an ||also ||an ||important ||gathering ||center ||for ||Athenians.



Who ||was ||Genghis ||Khan? ||- ||CORRECT ||ANSWER✔✔-Founder ||of ||the ||Mongol ||Empire.