AEPA HISTORY PRACTICE TEST EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS | LATEST VERSION 2025/2026.
Historians divide the past into distinct eras or periods primarily to achieve which of the
following aims?
A. to identify cause-and-effect relationships between historical events.
B. to promote an interdisciplinary approach to the study of historical events
C. to impose a degree of order and coherence on the flow of historical events.
D. to create patterns of continuity and change in a series of historical events. - ANS C
Which of the following citations references a secondary source?
A. Richard L. Greaves and Robert Zaller, eds., Biographical Dictionary of British Radicals in the
Seventeenth Century (Brighton, Sussex, 1982-1984).
B. Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, ed., Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay
in New England (Boston, 1853-1854) - ANS
A U.S Historian would most likely examine tax records from the colonial era to - ANS assess
the personal wealth of colonial households.
A Marxist interpretation of the French Revolution would most likely focus on which of the
following aspects of that event? - ANS the demands of the French middle class for greater
social equality.
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, Which of the following developments was an important precondition for the emergence of the
first cities? - ANS the production of food surpluses.
The political organization of ancient Sumerian civilization can best be described as - ANS a
series of independent city-states ruled by kings.
which of the following features of ancient Egypt best illustrates the central role of pharaohs in
Egyptian civilization? - ANS its death rituals and funeral monuments
Which of the following statements best describes a major characteristic of society established
by Aryan invaders in India during the first millennium BCE? - ANS Aryan culture placed strong
emphasis on material skills and heroic exploits.
The governments of China's Shang dynasty and the kingdom of Egypt shared which of the
following characteristics? - ANS Rulers claimed to have special relationships with the gods.
What route did prehistoric humans most likely take to migrate to the Americas - ANS The
land bridge through Alaska
Which of the following developments best enabled early civilizations to impose an abstract
order over natural and social world? - ANS the invention of a system of writing
Identify four prehistoric and historic eras in chronological order - ANS 1. the Paleolithic Age
2. the Neolithic Age
3. the Bronze Age
4. the Iron Age
Which of the following factors was most responsible for the spread of Greek culture across
Southwest Asia? - ANS the conquests of Alexander the Great
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QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS | LATEST VERSION 2025/2026.
Historians divide the past into distinct eras or periods primarily to achieve which of the
following aims?
A. to identify cause-and-effect relationships between historical events.
B. to promote an interdisciplinary approach to the study of historical events
C. to impose a degree of order and coherence on the flow of historical events.
D. to create patterns of continuity and change in a series of historical events. - ANS C
Which of the following citations references a secondary source?
A. Richard L. Greaves and Robert Zaller, eds., Biographical Dictionary of British Radicals in the
Seventeenth Century (Brighton, Sussex, 1982-1984).
B. Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, ed., Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay
in New England (Boston, 1853-1854) - ANS
A U.S Historian would most likely examine tax records from the colonial era to - ANS assess
the personal wealth of colonial households.
A Marxist interpretation of the French Revolution would most likely focus on which of the
following aspects of that event? - ANS the demands of the French middle class for greater
social equality.
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, Which of the following developments was an important precondition for the emergence of the
first cities? - ANS the production of food surpluses.
The political organization of ancient Sumerian civilization can best be described as - ANS a
series of independent city-states ruled by kings.
which of the following features of ancient Egypt best illustrates the central role of pharaohs in
Egyptian civilization? - ANS its death rituals and funeral monuments
Which of the following statements best describes a major characteristic of society established
by Aryan invaders in India during the first millennium BCE? - ANS Aryan culture placed strong
emphasis on material skills and heroic exploits.
The governments of China's Shang dynasty and the kingdom of Egypt shared which of the
following characteristics? - ANS Rulers claimed to have special relationships with the gods.
What route did prehistoric humans most likely take to migrate to the Americas - ANS The
land bridge through Alaska
Which of the following developments best enabled early civilizations to impose an abstract
order over natural and social world? - ANS the invention of a system of writing
Identify four prehistoric and historic eras in chronological order - ANS 1. the Paleolithic Age
2. the Neolithic Age
3. the Bronze Age
4. the Iron Age
Which of the following factors was most responsible for the spread of Greek culture across
Southwest Asia? - ANS the conquests of Alexander the Great
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