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MC Sculptor 1.00 Who was the sculptor of Bacchus, Sleeping Cupid, Madonna of the Stairs, and David? 4 Donatello Leonardo da Vinci Giotto
MC Composer 1.00 This German composer is known for the following works: Magnificat, Christmas Oratorio, and the Brandenburg Concertos. 4 Handel Beethoven Mozart
MC Summa theologica 1.00 Who authored Summa theologica? 2 Martin Luther Thomas Acquinas St. Augustine
TF Machiavelli 1.00 Machiavelli is the author of Il Principe, which describes the means by which a prince may gain and maintain his power. True
MR Laws of Motion 1.00 Newton's three famous laws of motion include these concepts (select three): a,b,d Speed Velocity Mass
MC Smallpox 1.00 Who discovered the vaccine for smallpox? 2 Louis Pastuer Edward Jenner Alfred Nobel
MC Penicillin 1.00 Who is credited for discovering the antibacterial medicine penicillin? 3 Louis Pastuer Edward Jenner Alexander Fleming
MC Psychoanalysis 1.00 Who is considered to be the founder of psychoanalysis? A Sigmund Freud Emile Durkheim C. G. Jung
MR New World 1.00 Who are the first two European mariners credited for sailing to the "New World"? 1,3 Leif EricsonChristopher Columbus Thorfinn Karlsefni
MC South Pole 1.00 Who is credited as being the first person to reach the South Pole? 2 Frederick Cook Roald Amundsen Robert E. Peary
MC Wireless radio 1.00 Who is credited for inventing the wireless radio? 3 Vladimar Zworykin Thomas Edison Guglielmo Marconi
FB First computer 1.00 In 1946, J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly created the first large general-purpose electronic computer. It was given the name _________. ENIAC the ENIAC Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer
MC Louisiana Purchase 1.00 In 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. 4 Great BritainSpain Mexico
MC Independence 1.00 In 1803, _______________ was the first black nation to gain independence from European colonial rule. 3 Nigeria Trinidad and Tobago Haiti
FB Inca 1.00 The remains of the Inca empire can be found in the modern-day country of __________. Peru
ES Essays 1.00 Respondus 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.
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Michaelangelo Michaelangelo was the sculptor of Bacchus, Sleeping Cupid, Madonna of the Stairs, and David
Bach Brahms The German composer is Bach. He is probably best known for the Brandenburg Concertos.
John Calvin Summa theologica was authored by Thomas Acquinas.
Machiavelli's Il Principe ("the prince") describes how to gain and maintain political power.
Vector Energy Gravity Speed, Velocity, and Vector are the concepts Newton used in his three laws of motion.
Jonas Salk Edward Jenner inoculated people with the related "cow-pox" virus which helped them build an immunity against the deadly scourge of smallpox.
Jonas Salk In 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.
Eugen Bleuler Josef Breuer Sigmund Freud was the founder of psychoanalysis.
Amerigo Vespucci Wheris Waldo Leif 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.
Ernest Shackleton Edmund Hillary Roald 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.
David Sarnoff Edwin Armstrong In 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.
the 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.
France Russia The 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.
Kenya Angola Haiti 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).
The Inca empire was located in the modern-day country of Peru, South America.
The correct answer for the essay question can be entered in this section. However, grading cannot be done automatically by the course management system.
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Michaelangelo was the sculptor of Bacchus, Sleeping Cupid, Madonna of the Stairs, and David
The German composer is Bach. He is probably best known for the Brandenburg Concertos.
Summa theologica was authored by Thomas Acquinas.
Machiavelli's Il Principe ("the prince") describes how to gain and maintain political power.
Speed, Velocity, and Vector are the concepts Newton used in his three laws of motion.
Edward Jenner inoculated people with the related "cow-pox" virus which helped them build an immunity against the deadly scourge of smallpox.
In 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.
Sigmund Freud was the founder of psychoanalysis.
Leif 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.
Roald 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.
In 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.
J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly called their general-purpose electronic computer the ENIAC, which stood for Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer.
The 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.
Haiti 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).
The Inca empire was located in the modern-day country of Peru, South America.
The correct answer for the essay question can be entered in this section. However, grading cannot be done automatically by the course management system.
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Edward Jenner inoculated people with the related "cow-pox" virus which helped them build an immunity against the deadly scourge of smallpox.
In 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.
Leif 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.
Roald 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.
In 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.
J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly called their general-purpose electronic computer the ENIAC, which stood for Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer.
The 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.
Haiti 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).
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Leif 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.
Roald 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.
In 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.
The 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.
Roald 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.
The 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.
Roald 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.
The 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.