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1 What ancient civilization built Machu Picchu?

A) Aztec

B) Inca

C) Maya

D) Olmec

2 What metal defined the Iron Age?

A) Gold

B) Copper

C) Iron

D) Bronze

3 What Japanese period saw isolation from the outside world for over 200 years?

A) Meiji period

B) Edo period

C) Heian period

D) Nara period

4 What country dropped atomic bombs in WWII?

A) UK

B) Germany

C) USA

D) USSR

5 What was the Cold War between?

A) China and Japan

B) UK and France

C) USA and USSR

D) Germany and Italy

6 What sci-fi franchise features the USS Enterprise?

A) Star Trek

B) Star Wars

C) Battlestar Galactica

D) The Expanse

7 What was the civil rights movement in the United States primarily fighting for?

A) Labor union rights

B) Equal rights and an end to

C) Environmental protection

D) Women's voting rights

8 What social movement sought equal rights for women including the right to vote?

A) The temperance movement

B) suffragette/women's suffrage

C) The abolitionist movement

D) The labor movement

9 Who was the first person to fly a plane?

A) Blériot

B) Lindbergh

C) Wright

D) Earhart

10 What was the Iron Curtain?

A) A military defense line

B) A trade barrier

C) A physical wall

D) political and

11 What famous document did Luther nail to a door?

A) Constitution

B) Bible

C) 95 Theses

D) Magna Carta

12 What ancient wonder was at Giza?

A) Gardens

B) Great

C) Colossus

D) Lighthouse

13 What was the Marshall Plan?

A) US program providing

B) A military alliance

C) A space program

D) A trade agreement

14 What war was fought between England and France from 1337 to 1453?

A) Thirty Years' War

B) Hundred Years' War

C) Seven Years' War

D) Napoleonic Wars

15 What is the ancient Greek concept of 'xenia'?

A) A type of plant

B) A musical mode

C) Sacred hospitality —

D) A warfare strategy

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