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Which of these artistic styles would have been on display at the 1900 World's Fair in Paris?

  1. Realism

  2. Art Nouvaeu

  3. Romanticism

  4. Abstract Expressionism

  5. Pop Art


Correct Option: A

Which of these leaders were NOT part of the Mexican Revolution which began in 1910?

  1. Francisco Madero

  2. Porfirio Diaz

  3. Emiliano Zapata

  4. Pancho Villa

  5. Jose Morelos


Correct Option: A

Which of the following was NOT an advance in technology and invention in the opening years of the 20th century prior to World War I?

  1. Motored and manned flight

  2. The radio receiver

  3. The Model T

  4. The telephone

  5. The popularization of motion pictures


Correct Option: A

As to be firm land, we are certainly satisfied, and assur'd, that the Spaniards by their barbarous and execrable Action have absolutely Ten Kingdoms... which now lye waste and desolate and are absolutely ruined When as formerly no other Country whatsoever was more populous. Nay we dare boldly affirm, that during the Forty years space wherein they exercised their sanguinary and detestable Tyranny in these Region above Twelve Millions (computing Men, Women and Children) have undeservedly perished:nor do I conceive that I should deviate from the Truth by saying that above Fifty Millions in all paid their last Debt to Nature 
Those that arrived at these Islands from the remotest parts of Spain, and who pride themselves in the Names of Christians, steer'd Two course principally, in order to the Extirpation, and Exterminating of this People from the face of the Earth 


This passage was likely written by______________________.

  1. Christopher Columbus

  2. Bartolome de las Casas

  3. Ignatius of Loyola

  4. Matteo Ricci

  5. Roberto di Nobili


Correct Option: A

The Vichy government in France ________________________.

  1. was a center of widespread rebellion during the World War II period

  2. was the government in exile during the World War II period

  3. continued to use Paris as its capital

  4. was central to Allied plans to retake Western Europe

  5. complied with Nazi policy in France


Correct Option: A

Which country led the way in the Industrial Revolution?

  1. The United States

  2. Germany

  3. England

  4. Japan

  5. Russia


Correct Option: A

After the "British Miracle" other areas that experienced industrialization by 1900 included all of the following EXCEPT:

  1. Austria-Hungary

  2. Russia

  3. Germany

  4. Japan

  5. United State


Correct Option: A

After the "British Miracle", other areas that experienced industrialization by 1900 included all of the following EXCEPT:

  1. Austria-Hungry

  2. Russia

  3. Germany

  4. Japan

  5. United States


Correct Option: A

Which of these BEST describes one of the most influential philosophers Voltaire? 

  1. He proposed that the best governments had separation of and checks on their powers to limit them

  2. He supports the concepts that the general will or desires of the majority, should determine government actions

  3. He argued for equal access to education for both men and women

  4. He compiled works by the leading scholars of the time into the Encyclopedia

  5. He used satire and wit to denounce prejudice, superstition and religious intolerance


Correct Option: A

Women were involved in bettering industrial societies by 1900 in all of the following ways EXCEPT:

  1. Founding settlement houses and community centers to serve urban working population

  2. Achieving the right to vote to better their working conditions and achieve equal pay

  3. Joining the abolitionist cause to encourage the end of slavery

  4. Leading increasingly radical suffrage campaigns

  5. Organizing groups such as the First International Congress for Women's Rights


Correct Option: A