History quiz

• Exercises on Salazarism

  question 1 (UFV) In Europe and in other parts of the world, Italian fascism served as an inspiration for authoritarian regimes. In Portugal, for example, the Salazar regime was established, which would be extinguished in the 1970s, with the Carnation Revolution. Based on your knowledge, tick the co

• Exercises on the Holy German Empire

  question 1 (Ufes) In February 1076, Pope Gregory VII, reacting against the decision of the German bishops to proclaim themselves independent from the Holy See, excommunicated Henry IV, sovereign of the Holy Roman Empire, in the following terms:The episode is part of one of the most important conflic

• Exercises on Ancient Rome

  question 1 (FAU) The consolidation of Roman power over the Mediterranean Sea began with the conflicts known as the Punic Wars. Which city was the main core of rivalry with Ancient Rome in that conflict? a) Sparta b) Shooting c) Babylon d) Carthage e) Nineveh question 2 (Gualimp – adapted) Among the

• Exercises on Chinese Cultural Revolution

  question 1 (UEM) “In 1976, the Cultural Revolution, which began in 1966, ran out of steam in China. In that year, Mao Tse-tung, its main creator, died. In 1978, under the leadership of Deng Xiaoping, the country would begin to relax the socialist regime. A difficult conciliation was then sought betw

• Exercises on Cuban Revolution

  Question 1 “(...) Fidel benefited from the Cold War and sold Cubas geopolitical importance to the Soviet Union in exchange for generous subsidies. Cuba is much more important in the world as a symbol. And she is a symbol because of Fidel. Without Fidel, the Cuban regime loses the symbol of the vangu

• Exercises on Chinese Revolution

  question 1 (Nucepe) In an essay he wrote in mid-1949 entitled “On the Peoples Democratic Dictatorship”, Mao Zedong succinctly explained the ideas that would permeate the governmental orientations of the new Chinese state. . The experience of the revolution so far could be analyzed into two basic cat

• Exercises on Plebeian Revolts

  question 1 Establish how the exclusion of commoners took place in the republican period. question 2 What political rights could a plebeian tribune exercise? question 3 To what extent were the Laws of the Twelve Tables important to alleviate the inequalities that differentiated patricians and pleb

• Exercises on Commercial and Urban Renaissance

  question 1 Read the following excerpt and answer the question: To the north, […], a broad commercial confederation, which quickly acquires political strength, dominates exchanges in a wide range of action […]. At the end of the 13th century it extended its influence from Flanders and England to nort

• Exercises on Scientific Renaissance

  question 1 (Cesgranrio) The Scientific Revolution, which took place in Modern Europe between the 16th and 17th centuries, was characterized by: a) to accentuate the critical spirit of man through the development of experimental science. b) reinforce the anti-naturalist conceptions that emerged in

• Viking religion exercises

  question 1 The religion of the Vikings, also known as Norse paganism, was polytheistic, that is, it had several gods. Which of the following gods DOES NOT belong to the religiosity of the Vikings: a) Odin b) Njord c) Týr d) Nyyrikki e) Balder question 2 Regarding the religiosity of the vikings, sele

• Exercises on totalitarian regimes

  question 1 (Fafipa - adapted) Between 1939 and 1945, the world went through World War II, one of the best known facts being the Nazi persecution of Jews, condemning them to camps of extermination, the most famous being that of Auschwitz, Poland. On the subject, mark the meaning of the word “holocaus

• Exercises on Gregorian Reform

  question 1 (FGV – SP) “On one side, the Church. On the other hand, lay powers, namely that of the Germanic Roman Empire, partial heir of Charlemagne. These two powers are distinct, but they face each other vividly to ensure the pre-eminence of the one over the other. The aspiration to reform the Chu

• Pol Pot Exercises

  question 1 Pol Pot assumed power in Cambodia in 1975, after conquering the capital Phnom Penh during the civil war that had dragged on since 1970. Which event was responsible for the outbreak of this war that led to the Khmer Rouge to power: a) the defeat of the Khmer Rouge in the 1970 general elect

• Marshall Plan Exercises

  question 1 (FATEC) It stands to reason that the US should do whatever it can to help bring about a return to normal economic power in the world, without which there can be no political stability and no guarantee of Peace. (Marshall Plan - 5.VI.1947). The Marshall Plan constituted: a) on the main goa

• Exercises on the Roman Republican Period

  question 1 Explain how the monarchy was extinguished in Rome and what part the patricians played in this process. question 2 To what extent did the Roman Republic possess characteristics of an aristocratic, monarchical and democratic nature? question 3 For what reason can we say that the Republi

• Exercises on Perestroika and Glasnost in the USSR

  question 1 (PUC-MG - modified) In 1989, Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev visits the island of Cuba. In the times of Perestroika, the Russian president aims to: a) to bring the Cuban leader closer to the US government with the aim of overcoming the economic blockade imposed on the Caribbean island. b)

• Exercises on Otto Von Bismarck

  question 1 (UFF) The time of Bismarck (1871-1890) was associated with some elements that came to reinforce industrial and financial capitalism in newly unified Germany. Check the option that contains references linked to the mentioned political moment. a) Victory of the more moderate Christian-socia

• Exercises on the Vikings in America

  question 1 In the 1960s, evidence was discovered that proved that archaeological remains in the region of Newfoundland and Labrador (present-day Canada) had belonged to the Vikings who began the colonization of the region. Viking colonization, however, was short-lived. Which factor raised by histori

• Exercises about the Vikings

  question 1 This social class present in the Nordic peoples had great wealth and numerous armies and, in certain regions of Scandinavia, their power rivaled the power of kings. Were talking about: a) Konungr b) Karls c) Thrall d) Jarls e) Thing question 2 The Viking peoples had their own religious be

• Exercises on the Spanish Mystical Saints

  question 1 The tradition of the Catholic Church has great moments of high literary contribution associated with religious doctrine. In sixteenth-century Spain, the Spanish mystical saints Saint Teresa and Saint John of the Cross were great representatives of a special mode of Catholic literature. Th