Chronology, Eras and Turning Points

Question 1

An inscription is dated 350 BCE and a coin is dated 200 BCE. Which statement is correct?

Accepted Answer

The inscription is 150 years older than the coin.

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The coin is 150 years older than the inscription.

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The inscription is 550 years older than the coin.

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The coin was made 550 years after the inscription.

Question 2

A record from 44 BCE and a record from 27 BCE are compared. Which record is earlier, and by how much?

Accepted Answer

The 44 BCE record is earlier by 17 years.

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The 27 BCE record is earlier by 17 years.

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The 44 BCE record is earlier by 71 years.

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The 27 BCE record is earlier by 71 years.

Question 3

A temple was begun in 10 BCE and a road was begun in 10 CE. How much time passed between the two beginnings?

Accepted Answer

19 years

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20 years

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10 years

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21 years

Question 4

A clay tablet is dated 500 BCE, and a manuscript is dated 500 CE. Which statement uses the dating system correctly?

Accepted Answer

The tablet is 999 years older than the manuscript.

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The manuscript is 999 years older than the tablet.

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The tablet is 1,000 years older than the manuscript.

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The manuscript is 1,000 years older than the tablet.

Question 5

A sculpture from 1200 BCE and a palace from 800 BCE are placed on a timeline. Which statement is correct?

Accepted Answer

The sculpture is 400 years older than the palace.

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The palace is 400 years older than the sculpture.

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The sculpture is 2,000 years older than the palace.

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The palace was built 2,000 years after the sculpture.

Question 6

A treaty is dated 1 BCE, and a law is dated 1 CE. How far apart are the dates?

Accepted Answer

1 year apart

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0 years apart

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2 years apart

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100 years apart

Question 7

The Qin dynasty began in 221 BCE. That year falls in which century?

Accepted Answer

The third century BCE

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The second century BCE

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The fourth century BCE

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The first century BCE

Question 8

The Hijra is dated 622 CE. That year falls in which century?

Accepted Answer

The seventh century CE

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The sixth century CE

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The eighth century CE

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The fifth century CE

Question 9

Constantinople fell to the Ottomans in 1453 CE. Which century includes 1453?

Accepted Answer

The fifteenth century CE

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The fourteenth century CE

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The sixteenth century CE

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The thirteenth century CE

Question 10

The French Revolution began in 1789 CE. Which century was that?

Accepted Answer

The eighteenth century CE

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The seventeenth century CE

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The nineteenth century CE

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The sixteenth century CE

Question 11

World War I began in 1914 CE. Which century includes that year?

Accepted Answer

The twentieth century CE

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The nineteenth century CE

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The twenty-first century CE

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The eighteenth century CE

Question 12

Which list puts these events in chronological order?

Accepted Answer

Code of Hammurabi written, Battle of Marathon, Qin dynasty founded, Julius Caesar assassinated

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Battle of Marathon, Code of Hammurabi written, Qin dynasty founded, Julius Caesar assassinated

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Code of Hammurabi written, Qin dynasty founded, Battle of Marathon, Julius Caesar assassinated

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Julius Caesar assassinated, Qin dynasty founded, Battle of Marathon, Code of Hammurabi written

Question 13

Which sequence is earliest to latest?

Accepted Answer

Augustus receives his title, western Roman emperor is deposed, Hijra, Council of Clermont

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Western Roman emperor is deposed, Augustus receives his title, Hijra, Council of Clermont

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Augustus receives his title, Hijra, western Roman emperor is deposed, Council of Clermont

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Council of Clermont, Hijra, western Roman emperor is deposed, Augustus receives his title

Question 14

Which list correctly orders these early modern events?

Accepted Answer

Columbus reaches the Caribbean, Luther issues the Ninety-five Theses, Council of Trent opens, Peace of Westphalia

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Luther issues the Ninety-five Theses, Columbus reaches the Caribbean, Council of Trent opens, Peace of Westphalia

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Columbus reaches the Caribbean, Council of Trent opens, Luther issues the Ninety-five Theses, Peace of Westphalia

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Peace of Westphalia, Council of Trent opens, Luther issues the Ninety-five Theses, Columbus reaches the Caribbean

Question 15

Which sequence places these Atlantic-era events in order?

Accepted Answer

U.S. Declaration of Independence, French Revolution begins, Haitian Revolution begins, Congress of Vienna convenes

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French Revolution begins, U.S. Declaration of Independence, Haitian Revolution begins, Congress of Vienna convenes

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U.S. Declaration of Independence, Haitian Revolution begins, French Revolution begins, Congress of Vienna convenes

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Congress of Vienna convenes, Haitian Revolution begins, French Revolution begins, U.S. Declaration of Independence

Question 16

Which list puts these twentieth-century events in order?

Accepted Answer

World War I begins, Russian Revolution begins, Treaty of Versailles signed, Great Depression begins

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Russian Revolution begins, World War I begins, Treaty of Versailles signed, Great Depression begins

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World War I begins, Treaty of Versailles signed, Russian Revolution begins, Great Depression begins

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Great Depression begins, Treaty of Versailles signed, Russian Revolution begins, World War I begins

Question 17

Which sequence orders these World War II events correctly?

Accepted Answer

Germany invades Poland, Japan attacks Pearl Harbor, Germany surrenders, Japan signs surrender

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Japan attacks Pearl Harbor, Germany invades Poland, Germany surrenders, Japan signs surrender

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Germany invades Poland, Germany surrenders, Japan attacks Pearl Harbor, Japan signs surrender

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Japan signs surrender, Germany surrenders, Japan attacks Pearl Harbor, Germany invades Poland

Question 18

Which list is in chronological order?

Accepted Answer

India becomes independent, NATO forms, Bandung Conference meets, Berlin Wall falls

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NATO forms, India becomes independent, Bandung Conference meets, Berlin Wall falls

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India becomes independent, Bandung Conference meets, NATO forms, Berlin Wall falls

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Berlin Wall falls, Bandung Conference meets, NATO forms, India becomes independent

Question 19

Historians call printing a cause of the Reformation's spread, not just a nearby invention. Which evidence supports that claim?

Accepted Answer

Printed copies of Luther's arguments circulated in many German cities soon after 1517.

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Printing and the Reformation both happened in parts of Europe.

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Many people in Europe still could not read printed pamphlets.

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Some Catholic writers also used presses during the same century.

Question 20

A historian argues that Atlantic voyages helped cause the Columbian Exchange. Which evidence best supports causation?

Accepted Answer

After contact, crops, animals, people, and diseases moved repeatedly between the hemispheres.

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The Atlantic Ocean existed before the voyages began.

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European sailors wanted wealth and trade routes in Asia.

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Some Indigenous societies had large populations before 1492.

Question 21

Which evidence would best support the claim that the Treaty of Versailles helped the Nazi Party gain support?

Accepted Answer

Nazi speeches and posters blamed Germany's hardships on reparations and territorial losses from the treaty.

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The treaty was negotiated outside Paris after World War I.

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Germany and the Allies fought many battles before the treaty.

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The Nazi Party used symbols and rallies during election campaigns.

Question 22

A historian links factory industrialization to urban growth. Which evidence would show more than coincidence?

Accepted Answer

Census and employment records show workers moving to towns after mills opened there.

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Towns existed in Europe before the first large factories were built.

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Some rural families continued farming after factories opened.

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Industrialization and urban growth are both topics in modern history.

Question 23

Which evidence supports treating Soviet control of Eastern Europe as a cause of Cold War tension?

Accepted Answer

U.S. containment policies and NATO formed in response to fears of Soviet expansion.

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The United States and Soviet Union were allies during World War II.

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Berlin was located inside the Soviet occupation zone of Germany.

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Both superpowers had different political systems before NATO formed.

Question 24

Why do many historians treat 476 CE as a turning point for western Europe?

Accepted Answer

Western imperial rule ended, while Roman culture and the eastern Roman Empire continued.

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All Roman government and culture disappeared everywhere in that year.

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The western empire expanded, while Germanic kingdoms vanished.

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Islam became dominant in western Europe, while Latin stopped being used.

Question 25

Which statement best explains why 1492 is a turning point without erasing earlier American history?

Accepted Answer

Sustained Atlantic contact began, while Indigenous societies had already developed for centuries.

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The first humans reached the Americas, while Europe stopped trading overseas.

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The first American empires formed, while Africa and Europe had no contact.

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Atlantic contact ended, while Indigenous societies first began farming.

Question 26

Which option states both a change and a continuity after the French Revolution began in 1789?

Accepted Answer

Old-regime privilege was challenged, but many women still lacked political rights.

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All European monarchies ended at once, and every adult could vote.

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France became an absolute monarchy, but estate privilege disappeared.

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The revolution ended Enlightenment ideas, but feudal privilege expanded.

Question 27

Which option best treats 1945 as a turning point with a continuity?

Accepted Answer

Axis defeat ended World War II, but colonial rule still continued in many places.

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World War I began, but the United Nations already governed the world.

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All colonies became independent at once, but fascist empires expanded.

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The Cold War ended, but Nazi Germany remained in control of Europe.

Question 28

A museum label dates a tool to c. 1750 BCE. What does the c. tell the reader?

Accepted Answer

The date is approximate rather than exact.

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The date was copied from a later source.

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The date is measured in the Common Era.

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The date has been rejected by historians.

Question 29

A historian divides world history into ancient, medieval, and modern periods. What is that historian doing?

Accepted Answer

Periodization

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Corroboration

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Projection

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Bias

Question 30

Which choice best describes continuity in a history comparison?

Accepted Answer

A feature that stays much the same while other things change

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An event that redirects later developments

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A reason one event helped bring about another

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A list of dates arranged from earliest to latest

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Zombie Escape

Avalanche

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Cave Climb

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