History Final

The printer who invented the movable-type printing press was _?_.

• Johann Gutenberg
• John Wycliffe
• Martin Luther
• William Tyndale

The Portuguese navigator who began the first successful expedition to circumnavigate the earth was _?_.

• Bartolomeu Dias
• Ferdinand Magellan
• Juan Ponce de León
• Pedro Cabral

Ancient Egyptians built tall, pointed pillars called _?_ to honor their gods.

• obelisks
• pyramids
• shadoofs
• sphinxes

The man who overthrew the Libyan monarchy and set himself up as dictator was _?_.

• Anwar el-Sadat
• Gamal Abdel Nasser
• Muammar al-Qaddafi
• Sultan Mohammed V

The man who established Morocco as a monarchy and became its king was _?_.

• Anwar el-Sadat
• Gamal Abdel Nasser
• Muammar al-Qaddafi
• Sultan Mohammed V

The deepest river in the world is the _?_ River.

• Congo
• Malawi
• Niger
• Nile

Australia’s longest mountain range is the _?_.

• Atlas Mountains
• Caucasus Mountains
• Drakensberg Mountains
• Great Dividing Range

The body of water that separates Australia from Papua New Guinea is _?_.

• Coral Sea
• Gulf of Carpentaria
• Indian Ocean
• Torres Strait

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during most of World War II.

• Winston Churchill
• Adolf Hitler
• Joseph Mobutu
• Roald Amundsen
• Captain James Cook

First leader of an independent Ghana.

• Richard E. Byrd
• Adolf Hitler
• Joseph Mobutu
• Roald Amundsen
• Captain James Cook