Question 1

Which of the following statements about the Silk Road is NOT true?

Accepted Answer

A)  The mutation of bubonic plague that turned into the Black Death originally entered Europe via the rats that infested Silk Road merchant vessels.
B)  Trade along the Silk Road eventually ended due to two factors: increasing political barriers that interfered with free passage and opportunistic mercenary soldiers who enforced ever-increasing tolls, making the route's use too expensive.
C)  The revenue that Italian merchants derived from selling Eastern goods ultimately funded the art, science, and academic projects that collectively became the Renaissance.
D)  Marco Polo's Silk Road adventures were one of the primary inspirations for later generations of European explorers, making the Silk Road integral in launching the Age of Exploration.E) A) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 2

What is 13% expressed as a decimal?

Accepted Answer

A)  13.0
B)  1.3
C)  .13
D)  .013E) All of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 3

The European Recovery Plan, authorized by the U.S. Senate in 1947 to help rebuild Western Europe, was nicknamed for what man?

Accepted Answer

A)  Prime Minister Winston Churchill
B)  President Harry S. Truman
C)  President Franklin D. Roosevelt
D)  Secretary of State George C. MarshallE) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 4

What is the range for the following set of numbers?
13, 9, 24, 3, 13, 8, 32, 13, 3, 2

Accepted Answer

A)  30
B)  13
C)  118
D)  8E) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

Question 5

In what treatise did Jean-Jacques Rousseau write, "Man is born free, but everywhere he is in chains"?

Accepted Answer

A)  On Reason
B)  Treatise on Human Nature
C)  An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
D)  The Social ContractE) All of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 6

X + 3 > 0 is an example of a(n)  __________________________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Equality
B)  Inequality
C)  Number line
D)  None of the aboveE) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 7

Which property is the following equation an example of?
2(3+4)  = 2(3)  + 2(4)

Accepted Answer

A)  The distributive property
B)  The multiplicative inverse property
C)  Associative property
D)  Additive inverse propertyE) B) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 8

Kim is on her way to Melissa's house, traveling 59 miles per hour. Kim lives 29 miles from Melissa's house. Estimate the amount of time it will take Kim to arrive at Melissa's house.

Accepted Answer

A)  60 minutes
B)  1 hour
C)  A half hour
D)  20 minutesE) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 9

In what order did the following events in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict occur? I. Creation of the State of Israel
II)  Balfour Declaration
III)  Oslo Accord
IV)  Yom Kippur War (October War)

Accepted Answer

A)  I, II, III, and IV.
B)  II, I, IV, and III.
C)  I, IV, II, and III.
D)  IV, I, III, and II.E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 10

"Therefore, your Worship should know that it has pleased us to remove all conditions whatsoever, which were in the rescripts formerly given to you officially, concerning the Christians and now any one of these who wishes to observe Christian religion may do so freely and openly, without molestation." Who among the following leaders was a signatory to the document quoted above?

Accepted Answer

A)  Pope Leo I
B)  Charlemagne
C)  Constantine
D)  JustinianE) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 11

Which conflict forced China to engage in unrestricted trade with Western countries for the first time in the country's history?

Accepted Answer

A)  First Opium War
B)  Boxer Rebellion
C)  World War I
D)  Sino-Russian WarE) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 12

What was the purpose of the Boxer Rebellion?

Accepted Answer

A)  Russia wanted to expel foreign colonizers from the country.
B)  The Russian people wanted to overthrow the monarchy and institute a communist government.
C)  China wanted to expel foreign colonizers from the country.
D)  China wanted to expel foreign diplomats and missionaries from the country.E) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 13

"I believe that it must be the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures." When President Harry S. Truman made the statement above, what policy was he describing and to what "free peoples" was he referring?

Accepted Answer

A)  A containment policy; Greece and Turkey.
B)  An intervention policy; Korea and Vietnam.
C)  A containment policy; Soviet Union and Korea.
D)  An intervention policy; Soviet Union and Turkey.E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 14

According to the number line below, what number is missing?
-3 0 6 9 12

Accepted Answer

A)  1
B)  2
C)  3
D)  4E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 15

Nora is mailing a package that weighs 5.3 kg. How many grams does the package weigh?

Accepted Answer

A)  53 g
B)  530 g
C)  5,300 g
D)  53,000 gE) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 16

The Muslim Arab Invasion of Persia in 651 C.E. resulted in the radical decline of what religion that was native to Persia?

Accepted Answer

A)  Buddhism
B)  Zoroastrianism
C)  Hinduism
D)  JudaismE) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 17

Kim has 4 apples and 5 oranges. What is the ratio of apples to oranges?

Accepted Answer

A)  45
B)  4:5
C)  5:4
D)  None of the aboveE) B) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 18

On which continent did imperial European states begin widespread colonization in the 19th century?

Accepted Answer

A)  East Asia
B)  South America
C)  Africa
D)  Australia and the Pacific islandsE) A) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 19

Solve for y in the following equation:
2(y + 4)  - 4y = 12

Accepted Answer

A)  y = 10
B)  y = ?10
C)  y = 2
D)  y = ?2E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 20

Which of the following is NOT a prime factor of 204?

Accepted Answer

A)  5
B)  3
C)  17
D)  2E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Exam 53: World History

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Which conflict forced China to engage in unrestricted trade with Western countries for the first time in the country's history?

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X + 3 > 0 is an example of a(n) __________________________.

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Which of the following statements about the Silk Road is NOT true?

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Which of the following is NOT a prime factor of 204?

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Kim is on her way to Melissa's house, traveling 59 miles per hour. Kim lives 29 miles from Melissa's house. Estimate the amount of time it will take Kim to arrive at Melissa's house.

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In what treatise did Jean-Jacques Rousseau write, "Man is born free, but everywhere he is in chains"?

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Which property is the following equation an example of? 2(3+4) = 2(3) + 2(4)

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On which continent did imperial European states begin widespread colonization in the 19th century?

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What was the purpose of the Boxer Rebellion?

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What is 13% expressed as a decimal?

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The Muslim Arab Invasion of Persia in 651 C.E. resulted in the radical decline of what religion that was native to Persia?

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In what order did the following events in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict occur? I. Creation of the State of Israel II) Balfour Declaration III) Oslo Accord IV) Yom Kippur War (October War)

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Solve for y in the following equation: 2(y + 4) - 4y = 12

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Nora is mailing a package that weighs 5.3 kg. How many grams does the package weigh?

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What is the range for the following set of numbers? 13, 9, 24, 3, 13, 8, 32, 13, 3, 2

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According to the number line below, what number is missing? -3 0 6 9 12

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The European Recovery Plan, authorized by the U.S. Senate in 1947 to help rebuild Western Europe, was nicknamed for what man?

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"I believe that it must be the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures." When President Harry S. Truman made the statement above, what policy was he describing and to what "free peoples" was he referring?

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Kim has 4 apples and 5 oranges. What is the ratio of apples to oranges?

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Which conflict forced China to engage in unrestricted trade with Western countries for the first time in the country's history?

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X + 3 > 0 is an example of a(n) __________________________.

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Which of the following is NOT a prime factor of 204?

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In what treatise did Jean-Jacques Rousseau write, "Man is born free, but everywhere he is in chains"?

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Which property is the following equation an example of? 2(3+4) = 2(3) + 2(4)

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