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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21-25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who among Christopher Columbus’s shipmates took the Pinta on an unauthorized expedition in search of an island called "Babeque" to search for gold while in Cuba?
(a) Martín Alonso Pinzón
(b) William Berkeley
(c) Bartolome de las Casas
(d) Nathan Bacon

2. What was the name of the atomic bomb that was dropped over Nagasaki?
(a) Little Boy
(b) White Man
(c) Fat Man
(d) Old Man

3. The Third Seminole War began in what year?
(a) 1901
(b) 1869
(c) 1862
(d) 1855

4. The phrase “War on Terror” is no longer officially used by the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama. What phrase is used by this administration instead?
(a) Gulf Crisis Intervention
(b) Overseas Contingency Operation
(c) Freedom-Spreading Initiative
(d) New World Order

5. The Second Seminole War began in 1835 and lasted until when?
(a) 1846
(b) 1850
(c) 1844
(d) 1842

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the alliance comprised of Germany and Austria-Hungary during World War I?

2. What is the largest physician-led organization in the U.S. working to protect the public from the threats of nuclear proliferation, climate change, and environmental toxins?

3. What two brothers were part of the “Plowshares Eight” that began the Plowshares Movement?

4. When did the Oklahoma City bombing take place?

5. Who founded the first school for women’s higher education, the Troy Female Seminary?

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