History quiz

• Exercises on Egyptian Hieroglyphics

  question 1 It is known that the writing developed in ancient Egypt was called hieroglyphics, or hieroglyphic writing. The name hieroglyph, however, is of Greek origin and means: a) “Writing the papyrus” b) “Praise to Pharaoh” c) “Stone inscription” d) “Sacred inscription”. e) “Word of the Sun”. ques

• Exercises on guerrilla and terrorism

  question 1 (ENEM) 1 – “(...) the use of terror by those who already hold power within the State cannot be listed among the forms of political terrorism, because this qualifies, on the contrary, as as the instrument used by certain groups to overthrow a government accused of maintaining itself throug

• Exercises on the Franco-Prussian War

  question 1 (Pucsp 2006) Consider the following texts, which refer to two distinct moments in German history:respectively, the unification of the national state, in the 19th century, and the Nazi period, in the 20th century. “Bismarck himself seems not to have been very concerned with symbolism, exce

• Exercises on coups d'état in the history of Brazil

  question 1 In 1937, Getúlio Vargas presented the Cohen Plan to the nation, which spoke about a supposed communist revolution that would be underway in the country. This document, however, was false and was only intended to alarm the Brazilian population, becoming the trigger for Vargas to establish

• Exercises on Francoism

  question 1 (Enem-MEC) The totalitarian regimes of the first half of the 20th century relied heavily on the mobilization of youth around the defense of grandiose ideas for the future of the nation. In these projects, young people should understand that there was only one person worthy of being loved

• Exercises on the Formation of Modern Nation States

  question 1 (Pucsp) 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 too much far and higher; it must be believed that he sees better... (Jacques Bossuet.). These statements by Bossuet refer to

• Exercises on the Formation of the French National Monarchy

  question 1 (FGV) About the formation of absolutism in France, it is incorrect to say that: a) its antecedents are also located in the reigns of Felipe Augusto, Luís IX and Felipe IV, between the twelfth and fourteenth centuries. b) it was necessary in this process to centralize armies, taxes, justic

• Exercises on Fordism and Taylorism

  question 1 The innovations in the organization of the production process, developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, became known from the derivation of the names of its main exponents, Frederick Winslow Taylor and Henry Ford. In addition, Taylorism and Fordism characterize, respectively,

• Exercises on Medieval Philosophy

  question 1 (Puccamp) Preparing her book on Emperor Hadrian, Marguerite Yourcenar found in a letter from Flaubert this sentence:When the gods had ceased to exist and Christ had not yet come, there was a unique moment in history, between Cicero and Marcus Aurelius, in which man was left alone. The pag

• Exercises on Phases of World War II

  question 1 (UEL-PR) Check the alternative that presents one of the main reasons alleged by Harry Truman, US president, to justify the use of the atomic bomb against the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. a) Despite the US victories in the Pacific, the Japanese showed notable resistan

• Exercises on Phases of the First World War

  question 1 (Mackenzie) Regarding US involvement. in the First World War it is INCORRECT state that: a) was influenced by the Germanic intention to attract Mexico, promising it help in the reconquest of territories lost to the USA. b) the USA. they directly financed the Franco-British arms industry a

• Exercises on Portuguese Maritime Expansion

  question 1 The maritime and commercial expansion undertaken by the Portuguese in the 15th and 16th centuries is linked: a) the mercantile interests focused on the spices of the East, responsible even for the non-exploitation of African gold and ivory found in the 15th century; b) the Portuguese m

• Exercises on Spanish Maritime Expansion

  question 1 Why did the Spaniards only undertake their maritime expansion project at the end of the 15th century? question 2 What was the main objective of the Spanish maritime expansion project? And how does it differ from the Lusitanian project? question 3 What is the historical importance of th

• Exercises on the evolution of cities

  question 1 (ENEM, 2011). If the mania to close, true habitus of the medieval mentality, born perhaps from a deep feeling of insecurity, it was widespread in the rural world, it was also in the urban environment, since one of the characteristics of the city was to be limited by doors and a wall. (DU

• Exercises on Sparta and Athens

  question 1 Explain what the Greek city-states were. question 2 Name and explain the two main characteristics of the city-state Sparta. question 3 Carry out an analysis of Spartan society question 4 Regarding Athenian society, mark the alternative true : a) It was formed by the citizens, that t

• Exercises on Slavery in the Muslim World

  question 1 Among the famous Europeans who came under the yoke of Muslim slavery was Miguel de Cervantes, author of “Don Quixote de La Mancha”. Under what circumstances did this occur? a) After the publication of the second part of his novel, “Don Quixote”, in 1615. b) After the wars against the Moor

• Exercises on Education in the Middle Ages

  question 1 (Fuvest) The proliferation of medieval universities in the 13th century, responsible for important cultural transformations, is related: a) to the cultural Renaissance promoted by Charlemagne and the educated men he brought to his court. b) the invention of the printing press that made

• Exercises on Spartan Education

  question 1 On education in Spartan society, read the fragment below: “It was a very militarized state, which managed to conquer about a third of Greece. In Sparta, all men should be warriors.” (Catelli Junior, Roberto. History:Text and context:High school. Ed. Scipione – São Paulo, 2006. p, 31.)

• Exercises on Jacobin Discourses in the French Revolution

  question 1 (Unirio) Robespierre - Whats going on here? III Citizen - What could happen? It happens that those few drops of blood from August and September did not make the cheeks of the people blush. The guillotine moves very slowly. We need a good downpour! I Citizen- Our women and children cr

• Exercises on Afro-Asian Decolonization

  question 1 (FGV-RJ) Read the excerpt from the song below to answer the question: Until the philosophy that sustains a race Top and bottom Be finally and permanently discredited and abandoned, There will be war, I say, war. (...) Until the ignoble and unhappy regimes, Who imprison our brothers in Ang