WorldHistoryTypeTitle/IDPointsQuestion WordingCorrect AnswerChoice 1Choice 2Choice 3Choice 4Choice 5Choice 6Choice 7Choice 8Choice 9Choice 10General FeedbackCorrect FeedbackIncorrect FeedbackFeedback 1Feedback 2Feedback 3Feedback 4Feedback 5Feedback 6Feedback 7Feedback 8Feedback 9Feedback 10TopicDifficulty LevelMeta 1Meta 2Meta 3Meta 4MCSculptor1.00Who was the sculptor of Bacchus, Sleeping Cupid, Madonna of the Stairs, and David?4DonatelloLeonardo da VinciGiottoMichaelangeloMichaelangelo was the sculptor of Bacchus, Sleeping Cupid, Madonna of the Stairs, and DavidMCComposer1.00This German composer is known for the following works: Magnificat, Christmas Oratorio, and the Brandenburg Concertos.4HandelBeethovenMozartBachBrahmsThe German composer is Bach. He is probably best known for the Brandenburg Concertos.MCSumma theologica1.00Who authored Summa theologica?2Martin LutherThomas AcquinasSt. AugustineJohn CalvinSumma theologica was authored by Thomas Acquinas.TFMachiavelli1.00Machiavelli is the author of Il Principe, which describes the means by which a prince may gain and maintain his power.TrueMachiavelli's Il Principe ("the prince") describes how to gain and maintain political power.MRLaws of Motion1.00Newton's three famous laws of motion include these concepts (select three):a,b,dSpeedVelocityMassVectorEnergyGravitySpeed, Velocity, and Vector are the concepts Newton used in his three laws of motion.MCSmallpox1.00Who discovered the vaccine for smallpox?2Louis PastuerEdward JennerAlfred NobelJonas SalkEdward Jenner inoculated people with the related "cow-pox" virus which helped them build an immunity against the deadly scourge of smallpox.MCPenicillin1.00Who is credited for discovering the antibacterial medicine penicillin?3Louis PastuerEdward JennerAlexander FlemingJonas SalkIn 1928, Alexander Fleming noticed that mold inhibited the growth of bacteria, which led to the isolation of penicillin in 1940. Fleming later won the Nobel prize in medicine in 1945.MCPsychoanalysis1.00Who is considered to be the founder of psychoanalysis?ASigmund FreudEmile DurkheimC. G. JungEugen BleulerJosef BreuerSigmund Freud was the founder of psychoanalysis.MRNew World1.00Who are the first two European mariners credited for sailing to the "New World"?1,3Leif EricsonChristopher ColumbusThorfinn KarlsefniAmerigo VespucciWheris WaldoLeif Ericson (also known as Leiv Eiriksson, and "Eirik the Red") became the first European to set foot on the shores of North America (modern-day New Foundland). Several years later (in 1006), fellow Norwegian Thorfinn Karlsefni led a colonizing expedition to New Foundland.MCSouth Pole1.00Who is credited as being the first person to reach the South Pole?2Frederick CookRoald AmundsenRobert E. PearyErnest ShackletonEdmund HillaryRoald Amundsen is credited as being the first person to reach the South Pole (1911). As far as the others... Frederick Cook claimed that he reached the North Pole in 1909 (which would have made him the first to do so) but this was later determined to be fraudulent... Ernest Shackleton led a failed Antarctica expedition in 1914 that resulted in an amazing tale of survival by Shackleton and 27 of his men (read the story "Endurance" by Alfred Lansing)... Edmund Hillary (and Nepalese Tenzing Norgay) was the first to reach the top of Mt. Everest.MCWireless radio1.00Who is credited for inventing the wireless radio?3Vladimar ZworykinThomas EdisonGuglielmo MarconiDavid SarnoffEdwin ArmstrongIn 1895 Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi built the equipment and transmitted electrical signals through the air from one end of his house to the other, and then from the house to the garden. These experiments were, in effect, the dawn of practical wireless telegraphy or radio.FBFirst computer1.00In 1946, J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly created the first large general-purpose electronic computer. It was given the name _________.ENIACthe ENIACElectronic Numerical Integrator and Computerthe Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer"ENIAC"J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly called their general-purpose electronic computer the ENIAC, which stood for Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer.MCLouisiana Purchase1.00In 1803, the U.S. negotiated the Louisiana Purchase from _______________ for $15 million. With this purchase, the U.S. doubles its domain, increasing its territory by 827,000 sq. mi. (2,144,500 sq km), from the Mississippi River to the Rockies and from the Gulf of Mexico to British North America.4Great BritainSpainMexicoFranceRussiaThe Louisiana Purchase has been described as the greatest real estate deal in history. In 1803 the United States paid France $15 million for the Louisiana Territory--827,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River. The lands acquired stretched from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains and from the Gulf of Mexico to the Canadian border. Thirteen states were carved from the Louisiana Territory. The Louisiana Purchase nearly doubled the size of the United States, making it one of the largest nations in the world.MCIndependence1.00In 1803, _______________ was the first black nation to gain independence from European colonial rule.3NigeriaTrinidad and TobagoHaitiKenyaAngolaHaiti was the first black nation to gain independence from European colonial rule. Independence for other black nations came much later: Nigeria (1960), Trinidad & Tobago (1962), Kenya (1963), and Angola (1975).FBInca1.00The remains of the Inca empire can be found in the modern-day country of __________.PeruThe Inca empire was located in the modern-day country of Peru, South America.ESEssays1.00Respondus can be used to create essay questions (also known as "paragraph" questions).The correct answer for the essay question can be entered in this section. However, grading cannot be done automatically by the course management system.