History quiz

• Exercises on the Pax Romana

  question 1 The Pax Romana is understood as a period of relative peace and prosperity in which the Roman Empire consolidated its rule over the territories conquered through bounties. This strategy aimed to develop and improve the quality of life of the conquered peoples, in addition to deploying mili

• Exercises on the origin of capitalism

  question 1 (UFRS) In his classic work, published in 1776, “The Wealth of Nations ”, the Scotsman Adam Smith described the workings of a way of producing pins: “one pulls the wire, the other straightens it, a third cuts it, a fourth sharpens it, a fifth grinds it at the other end for the head placem

• Exercises on the social organization of the Roman Empire

  question 1 (USP) - University of São Paulo. “I contemplated the common people with 300 sesterces a head, in execution of my fathers will; I gave in my fifth consulship 400 sesterces; in my eleventh consulship I distributed wheat bought at my expense twelve times; in my twelfth Tributary Branch I gav

• Exercises on Operation Barbarossa

  question 1 Operation Barbarossa, started in June 1941 by Nazi Germany, organized the invasion of which country: a) France b) England c) Poland d) Soviet Union e) Yugoslavia question 2 What was the state of the Soviet Union when the Germans began their invasion of the country from June 1941? a) the G

• Crystal Night Exercises

  question 1 The Crystal Night was one of the most important events in Nazi Germany before the outbreak of World War II. It was an action coordinated by the government itself, since the orders came from Adolf Hitler and Joseph Goebbels. What was the Crystal Night? a) An attempted coup by the Nazis in

• Exercises on the Portuguese National Monarchy

  question 1 (PUC-MG) The Revolution of Mestre de Avis (1383-1385) enabled the rise of a new dynasty in Portugal, with d. João I, extending until 1580, when the Iberian Union took place. The victory of d. João I, the master of Avis: imposed a reorientation of Portuguese expansionist policy, threaten

• Exercises on the Monarchy in Rome

  question 1 It was during the period of the Monarchy that the city of Rome was constituted, later giving rise to the greatest Empire of Antiquity. About the origin myth of the city of Rome is correct state that: It was founded by Cicero and Titus Flavius, orphans suckled by a goat. It was founded b

• Exercises on Norse Mythology

  question 1 Religious belief, which is now known as Norse mythology, was part of the practice of which European people? a) Celts b) Lombards c) vikings d) Cretans e) Britons question 2 Much of what is known about the stories and myths of the traditional religion of the Norse peoples is due to the rec

• Exercises on the Mythification of the Monarchy

  question 1 (PUC-SP) The royal throne is not the throne of a man, but the throne of God himself. Kings are gods and participate in some way in divine independence. The king sees from farther and higher; it must be believed that he sees better... (Jacques Bossuet) These statements by Bossuet refer t

• Exercises on the March on Rome

  question 1 The March on Rome was responsible: a) for the creation of the Vatican. b) for the expulsion of the Jews from Rome. c) for the attack on the communists in Rome. d) by demanding Mussolinis inauguration as prime minister. e) for the open confrontation between fascists and royalists in the st

• Exercises on Medieval Literature

  question 1 (MACKENZIE) “Oh, ugly lady! you went to complain because I never praise you my trobar but now I want to sing a song in which I will praise you all the way and see how I want to praise you: ugly lady, old and sandia!” Check the correct information about the excerpt by João Garcia d

• Exercises on the Ku Klux Klan

  question 1 The Ku Kux Klan is known to be a terrorist organization that persecutes and commits acts of violence against black people. This organization emerged in what context in the history of the United States? a) American Civil War b) Reconstruction c) American Revolution d) Great Depression e) M

• Exercises on Yugoslavia

  question 1 (UFPE 98) In the following question(s), mark the correct items and the wrong items: After the Versailles meeting in 1919 and the signing of the Treaties of Saint Germain, Trianon, Neully and Sevres, the European political map underwent the following changes: (0) The break-up of the Aus

• Exercises on the Muslim Brotherhood

  question 1 The Muslim Brotherhood, or Islamic Brotherhood, is an international organization that was founded in 1928 by Hassan Al-Banna. Recently, this organization became known in the media around the world because of: a) the fall of Saddam Hussein, who persecuted this organization. b) the war betw

• Exercises on the Invention of the Press

  question 1 (ENEM - 2012) With the electronic text, finally, a very old dream of humanity seems to be within reach of our eyes and hands, which could be summarized in two words, universality and interactivity. The Enlightenment, who thought that Gutenberg had given men a universal promise, cultivated

• Exercises on the Nazi invasion of Greece

  question 1 The occupation of Greece by the Nazis, starting in 1941, was largely due to the pretension of control of the Balkan region. However, a year earlier, Greece had already suffered an attack from another country. What country was this? a) Portugal, led by Salazar. b) Spain, led by Francisco F

• Exercises on the Nazi Invasion of France

  question 1 Shortly before the invasion of France began, Hitler had invaded another European country due to the postponement of these plans to incursion into French territory. The invasion of that country was considered strategic, as it guaranteed access to Swedish ore production and would give Germa

• Exercises on the Invasion of Poland and the Beginning of the Second World War

  question 1 (UTFPR) In 1935, Germany had restarted armaments production and re-established compulsory military service, contrary to the Treaty of Versailles. In 1938, it annexed Austria; soon after, it incorporated the Sudetenland region, which was home to German minorities in Czechoslovakia, and sig

• Exercises on the Independence of the United States

  question 1 (Fuvest-SP) Puritanism was almost as much a theory as a religious doctrine. Thats why they had barely landed on that inhospitable coast [...J the immigrants (Puritans) first care was to organize themselves into society. This passage from A. de Tocquevilles Democracy in America concerns

• Exercises on the Church and Holy Roman Empire

  question 1 The formation of the Holy Roman Empire took place in 962, in an alliance between the Church and the Saxon nobility, after Pope John XII crowned him as Emperor of the West: Charles the Great. Cucumber the Short. Otto I. Carlos Martel. Ricardo Heart of the Lion. question 2 The Holy Roma