History quiz

• Exercises on the Spanish Civil War

  question 1 (Fuvest) In his famous Guernica panel, Picasso recorded the tragic destruction of this Basque city by: a) attacks by Nazi troops during World War II; b) Spanish Republicans supported by the Soviet Union during the Civil War; c) French Army forces during World War I; d) Spanish government

• Exercises on the Civil War in Rwanda

  question 1 The Civil War fought in Rwanda from 1990 to 1994 brought the two largest ethnic groups in that country to confrontation. What were these ethnicities? a) zulus and twas b) tsongas and twas c) twas and tutsis d) Hutus and Tutsis e) Hutus and Tsongas question 2 The rivalry in Rwanda between

• Exercises on Greece - Classical Period

  question 1 (Fatec) The city-state was an object more worthy of devotion than the Olympian gods, made in the image of human barbarians. The human personality, when emancipated, suffers if not found an object more or less worthy of her devotion, outside herself. (Toynbee, Arnold J. HELLENISM, HISTORY

• Exercises on Ancient Greece

  question 1 (Consesp - adapted) During the Classical Period, Greek polis vied for supremacy throughout Greece. This phase was marked by hegemonies and imperialisms in the Greek world that a) founded the first city-states of antiquity. b) ended a fratricidal war between the Greeks themselves, ending w

• Exercises on the formation of the Persian Empire

  question 1 (Unifesp-SP) “I have never feared men who have in the center of their city a place to meet and deceive one another with oaths.” With these words Cyrus insulted all the Greeks, for they have their agoras [squares] where they meet to buy and sell; the Persians completely ignore the use of

• Exercises on the Formation of the British National State

  question 1 (FCC-SP) The Magna Carta (1215), accepted by João Sem-Terra, from England, is of great importance because, among other things: provided free men with protection from the arbitrariness of political power. solved the conflict between State and Church over the assassination of Bishop Thoma

• Exercises on the formation of the Greek polis

  question 1 (Vunesp-SP) The classical city-state seems to have been created in parallel by the Greeks and the Etruscans and/or Romans. In the case of the latter, the Greek influence was undeniable, although difficult to assess and measure. CARDOSO, Ciro Flamarion. The ancient city-state . 1985. Po

• Exercises on African Slavery in Brazil

  question 1 (IF sul-riograndense) Read the following excerpt. “Brazil, due to its size and lack of concern for the biological reproduction of blacks, was the largest importer of slaves in the Americas. Recent studies estimate the number of blacks transferred to the New World at almost 10 million betw

• Exercises on the Napoleonic Era

  question 1 (Unesp) Article 5 — Trade in English goods is prohibited, and any goods belonging to England, or coming from its factories and colonies are declared good prey. Article 7 — No vessel coming directly from England or the English colonies, or having been there since the publication of this de

• Exercises on the Kennedy Era

  question 1 The administration of the young US Democratic president John F. Kennedy was marked by numerous events of great media and political scope, whether in the US or in the rest of the world. Among these facts, it cannot be cited: a) the Bay of Pigs crisis in Cuba. b) the Vietnam War. c) the

• Exercises on the economy, society and politics of the Aztecs

  question 1 (UFSM-RS) “Warriors constituted one of the most important groups in Aztec society. In the beginning, they were chosen from among the most courageous and valiant individuals of the people. Over time, however, the role of warrior began to be passed from father to son, and only a few privile

• Exercises on the Rurik dynasty

  question 1 Throughout the monarchic history of Russia, there were two monarchies that ruled that region from the 9th century to the beginning of the 20th century. These two dynasties were: a) Rurik and Novgorod b) Rurik and Vladimir c) Rurik and Olgovich d) Rurik and Romanov e) Rurik and Tsadorovich

• Exercises on Athenian Democracy

  question 1 How did Athenian political institutions work before the establishment of the democratic regime? question 2 Establish some of the historical transformations that destabilized the Eupatrid-controlled regime in Athens. question 3 Rate and explain the three principles that define the organ

• Exercises on the Christianization of Barbarians

  question 1 About the process of conversion of the barbarian peoples, who invaded the Roman Empire, by the Christian leaders, we can say that: it was an acculturation action, in which the barbarians lost all their cultural characteristics. Christians bet on the strategy of calling the barbarians to

• Exercises on The crisis of the feudal system.

  question 1 From the 11th century onwards, the feudal system of western Europe experienced changes in its social structure that generated contradictions and resulted in the end of this type of organization of society. On the reasons that led to the crisis of the feudal system is incorrect say that:

• Exercises on the 14th Century Crisis

  question 1 (Fatec-SP) The dissolution of feudalism was hastened, at the end of the Middle Ages, by a succession of events that generated the so-called “crisis of the 14th century”. Among these events, it is correct to cite: Epidemics, such as the Black Death, originated mainly from the lack of str

• Exercises on the 1973 Oil Crisis

  question 1 (UFMG) Under pressure from the oil producer cartel, OPEC, the price of the product, then low and, in real terms, falling since the war, more or less quadrupled in 1973. [...] In fact, the range The real fluctuation was even more sensational:in 1970 oil was sold at an average price of 2.5

• Exercises on the Crisis of the Roman Empire

  question 1 What costs involved protecting the borders that formed the extent of the Roman Empire? And how did these costs hamper the growth of slaves in the Roman economy? question 2 How did the decrease in the supply of slaves affect the great Roman rural properties? question 3 To what extent di

• Exercises on the crisis of feudalism

  question 1 (UEL-PR) “[...] the demographic increase, which took place from the 11th to the 16th century, allowed the multiplication of the increasingly parasitic nobility. Their consumption habits became more demanding and larger, which determined a need for an increasingly higher income. There fol

• Exercises on the 1929 Crisis

  question 1 (Learn – adapted) In 1932, the US government of Franklin Roosevelt undertook an economic plan to control the economic crisis that started with the stock market crash in 1929. plan became known and what is its main feature? a) New Deal, proposed state intervention in the economy. b) Marsha