High School Questions

Mark the statement if it describes a republic. Multiple Choice A. A government in which the citizens elect their leaders. B. A government in which all citizens come together to make important decisions. C. A government with a king as the head of the government. D. A government where the people can vote to replace their leaders if they don't approve of the job they are doing.
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Which is an accurate description of the Oracle of Delphi? A. A priestess who told the Thebans to build a defensive wall. B. A priestess who told the Persians to attack Greece by land. C. A priestess who told the Athenians to have faith in their navy. D. A priestess who told the Spartans not to fight the Persians.
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The body's reaction to information is to send these to the brain
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Which statements describe factors that led to the decline of the Roman Empire? Choose all answers that are correct. A. The empire expanded to a size that was too large to effectively govern. B. Strong and competent rulers remained in charge to the very end of the empire. C. Roman emperors and generals fought each other over land. D. The army kept barbarian tribes from invading imperial territory.
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Choose the answer that lists three barbarian tribes that threatened the Roman Empire in the fourth and fifth centuries A.D. A. Visigoths, Parthians, Greeks B. Burgundians, Egyptians, Franks C. Iberians, Ostrogoths, Visigoths D. Vandals, Ostrogoths, Huns
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What event in 1956 threatened the flow of Middle eastern oil to Europe? a. Hungarian revolt b. Khrushchev's becoming leader of the USSR c. the launch of Sputnik d. the Suez Canal Crisis
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Which of the following is not a major position of the political spectrum? A. liberal B. moderate C. presbyterian D. conservative E. radical F. reactionary
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Mark each statement if it is a key characteristic of Greek drama and theater. A. Greek theaters had a circular or semicircular stage called an orchestra. B. Only men could be actors, even when characters in a play were female. C. Women formed a chorus that sang behind the actors. D. The Greeks did not want to feel sad at the theater.
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Help! The Council of Trent did all the following except approve the sale of indulgences reaffirm the authority of the Pope establish seminaries for the training of priests back the traditional interpretation of transubstantiation
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Who saw no personal connection between the gods and individual people? A. Egyptians B. Hebrews C. both
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Rosie the Riveter was one of the most successful propaganda campaigns of the Office of War Information (OWI). What best describes the objective of the OWI? to encourage laborers to work efficiently to attract women and minorities to the workplace to change attitudes about women and minorities in the workplace to create a visual call to arms to encourage people to buy savings bonds
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Which of the following is a form of indirect lobbying? Calling government leaders to ask for support Contacting local elected officials by email Mailing advertisements to the public Meeting with lawmakers
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Which tribe of Native Americans partnered with the Dutch and helped them expand the boundaries of New Netherlands further west? A. the Huron B. the Iroquois C. the Algonquin D. the Mugwump
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What was the primary goal of the New Deal? (4 points) balance the federal budget and pay down debt remove restrictive regulation from business grow the role of the federal government provide economic relief, reform, and recovery
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What did the Emergency Banking Act allow the government to do? (4 points) to insure customers' deposits up to $5,000 to reorganize and reopen banks with enough money to operate to hire workers to staff deserted banks and financial institutions to borrow money so that it could spend more than it took in
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Petrarch and _______ were renaissance scholars in the field of philosophy.. Michelangelo Erasmus Leonardo da Vinci
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Which of the following Frenchmen would not be interested in settling in New France? fur traders noblemen priests fur trappers
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The term scarcity means that society has a limited amount of resources fear determines what people will purchase businesses succeed if they use high prices people cannot have everything they want
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