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1. Period between the conquest of the Persian Empire by Alexander the Great and the establishment of Roman Supremacy, in which Greek culture and learning were preeminent in the Mediterranean and the Middle East.
   
   A. Stone Age
   B. Hellenistic Age
   C. Medieval Period
   D. Dark Ages

2. Common name of a former republic of central Europe, bordered on the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; on the east the former East Germany and the Czech Republic; on the south by Austria and Switzerland; and on the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands.
   
   A. Germany, Federal Republic of
   B. Germany, East
   C. Austria
   D. Germany, West

3. Secret terrorist organization that originated in the southern states during the period of Reconstruction following the American Civil War and was reactivated on a wider geographic basis in the 20th century.
   
   A. Mafia
   B. Ku Klux Klan
   C. Irish Republican Party
   D. Nazi Party

4. The Italian-American gangster of the Prohibition Era, also known as scarface because of a knife cut to his cheek.
   
   A. Sulla, Lucius Cornelius
   B. Capone, Al
   C. Hoover, J(ohn) Edgar
   D. Bogart, Humphrey

5. People in the ancient region in the northern Peloponnesus, Greece.
   
   A. Moors
   B. Germanic Peoples
   C. Continental Congress
   D. Achaeans

6. American Pioneer, who played a major part in the exploration and settlement of Kentucky.
   
   A. Appleseed, Johnny
   B. Billy the Kid
   C. Boone Daniel
   D. Crockett, Davy

7. Person who has fled or been expelled from his or her country of origin because of natural catastrophe, war or military occupation, or fear of religious, racial, or political prosecution.
   
   A. Refugee
   B. Pilgrim
   C. Quakers
   D. Tribes

8. Military struggle fought on the Korean Peninsula from June 1950 to July 1953.
   
   A. Vietnam War
   B. Korean War
   C. Hundred Years' War
   D. Cold War

9. A popular name for action taken on December 16, 1773, by a group of Boston citizens to protest British tax on the tea imported to the colonies.
   
   A. Battle of Lexington
   B. Swamp Act
   C. Boston Tea Party
   D. Revolutionary War

10. American aviator noted for her flight across the Atlantic and Pacific oceans and her attempt to fly around the world.
    
    A. Rankin, Jeanette
    B. Post, Wiley
    C. Earhart, Amelia
    D. Chadwick, Florence

11. Name applied in the American Civil War (1861 - 1865) to the slaveholding states adjoining the free states.
    
    A. Colonies and Colanism
    B. Mason-Dixon Line
    C. Border States
    D. Confederate States of America

12. Peninsula, Asia, divided since 1948 into two political entities: The Democratic of Korea (North Korea) and the republic of Korea (South Korea).
    
    A. Korea, North
    B. Korea, South
    C. Korea
    D. China

13. Battle fought July 1 through July 3, 1863, considered by most military historians as the turning point in the American Civil War.
    
    A. Bulge, Battle of the
    B. Lexington, Battle of
    C. Little Bighorn, Battle of the
    D. Gettysburg, Battle of

14. 44th vice president of the United States (1989 - 1993), who served during the term of President George Bush.
    
    A. Dole, Elizabeth Hanford
    B. Quayle, Dan
    C. Reagan, Ronald W.
    D. Carter, Jimmy

15. American patriot and statesman, who was the first to sign the Declaration of Independence.
    
    A. Jefferson, Thomas
    B. Hancock, John
    C. Lincoln, Abraham
    D. Columbus, Christopher

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