Description : During the height of European emigration between 1900 and 1910 most emigrants settled in: (a) Australia (b) New Zealand (c) South America (d) All of these (e) None of these
Last Answer : (d) All of these
Description : Which joined the Union after Alaska: (a) Arizona (b) Oklahoma (c) Utah (d) Hawaii
Last Answer : (d) Hawaii
Description : California was settled most rapidly after_____________ was discovered in 1848: (a) gold (b) coal (c) natural gas
Last Answer : (a) gold
Description : How many years after the first group of settlers travel to Oregon did Mormons arrive in Utah?
Last Answer : The first permanent white settlement in Oregon was at FortAstoria in 1811. The Mormons arrived in Utah in 1847, 36 yearslater.
Description : The colony of New Netherland, founded by the Dutch in 1621, came under English rule in 1664 and was renamed: (a) New Hampshire (b) New Found Land (c) New York (d) New Mexico
Last Answer : (c) New York
Description : The United States gained Texas from: (a) Mexico (b) Spain (c) France (d) Great Britain
Last Answer : (a) Mexico
Description : Care to share with me a terrific diner you've been to in Arizona, Utah, Wyoming, California, or Nevada?
Last Answer : answer:Cafe 50’s Gott’s Roadside Nikel Diner These are all in CA.
Description : Could Colorado Idaho Montana Nevada Utah and wyoming be called great plains region?
Last Answer : No, the great plains are further east. The eastern 1/2 to 2/3 of Montana is the western most part of the great plains, after that its mountains.
Description : What is the time difference between Utah and Nevada?
Last Answer : Utah (MST/MDT) is one hour ahead of Nevada (PST/PDT).
Description : 1. The ODI Player of the Year 2012' Award was given by ICC to which India cricketer? 2. Who has created world record in the men's 100 metres sprint event at 2008 Olympic Games? 3. Which ... reach Sri Lanka from Nagercoil ? 20. Which was the last governor of Bengal appointed by the Mughal emperor?
Last Answer : Answer : 1. Virat Kohli 2. Usain Bolt 3. Mitochondria 4. California and Texas 5. Sheikh Moinuddin Chisti 6. 5 years 7. 5 8. Rules and regulations 9. White Nile and Blue Nile 10. Aurangzeb ... 16. Methane 17. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar 18. Remains constant 19. Gulf of Mannar 20. Murshid Quli Khan
Description : Large scale African slavery began as a means of: (a) Dispersing the captives of African warfare (b) Dispersing populations from overcrowded areas (c) Supplying labour for New World plantations (d) All of these (e) None of these
Last Answer : c) Supplying labour for New World plantations
Description : The first capital of the United States of America was: (a) New York (b) James Town (c) Washington
Last Answer : (a) New York
Description : General Cornwallis Surren dies at: (a) New York (b) Boston (c) York Town (d) None of these
Last Answer : (d) None of these
Description : The Pilgrims from England reached Plymouth (New England) in a ship called: (a) Nina (b) Pinta (c) Mayflower (d) Leopard
Last Answer : c) Mayflower
Description : Give the correct order of the states‟ entry into the Union: (a) Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia (b) Massachusetts, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland (c) Maryland, Georgia, New Jersey, Texas (d) New Hampshire, Virginia, Massachusetts, Georgia
Last Answer : (a) Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia
Description : Columbus discovered the New World in: (a) 1096 (b) 1295 (c) 1492 (d) 1493
Last Answer : (c) 1492
Description : 1st capital of USA was: (a) New York (b) Washington (c) Philadelphia
Description : he Liberty Bell is located in: (a) Washington D.C. (b) New York (c) Pennsylvania
Last Answer : (c) Pennsylvania
Description : The Capital of New York State is: (a) New York (b) Syracuse (c) Albany
Last Answer : (c) Albany
Description : ____________ was the second state of ratify the constitution. (a) Maine (b) New York (c) Pennsylvania
Description : Ku Klux Klan was organized in the state of: (a) New Jersey (b) Florida (c) Tennessee
Last Answer : (c) Tennessee
Description : Which US president was behind the “Star Wars” program?
Last Answer : President Ronald Reagan
Description : First shipload of Negroes landed in Virginia in: (a) 1619 (b) 1570 (c) 1487 (d) 1729 (e) None of these
Last Answer : (a) 1619
Description : The Fair Deal was name, given to ____ programme of Harry Truman. (a) Foreign (b) Security (c) Domestic (d) All of these (e) None of these
Last Answer : (c) Domestic
Description : President Carter secured senate ratification of treaties to return Panama Canal to Panama by: (a) 1997 (b) 1999 (c) 2000 (d) 2001 (e) None of these
Last Answer : (c) 2000
Description : In March 2001 George Bush announced rejection of Kyoto Protocol of: (a) 1995 (b) 1996 (c) 1997 (d) 1998 (e) None of these
Last Answer : (c) 1997
Description : Civil Rights Act was passed in: (a) 1962 (b) 1966 (c) 1862 (d) 1866 (e) None of these
Last Answer : (d) 1866
Description : In 1989 Summit meeting between Bush and Gorbachev was held in: (a) Yalta (b) Malta (c) Camp David (d) Tehran (e) None of these
Last Answer : (b) Malta
Description : Fourteenth amendment pertained to: (a) Definition of citizenship (b) Appointment of Representatives in Congress (c) Validity of public debt (d) All of these (e) None of these
Last Answer : (a) Definition of citizenship
Description : Eighteenth amendment pertained to: (a) Abolition of slavery (b) Extension of suffrage to women (c) Popular election of senators (d) Right to keep and bear arms (e) None of these
Last Answer : (e) None of these
Description : In addition to natural harbours and a hospitable climate, America was easily accessible because of its: (a) Well developed interior waterways (b) Exclusive Western deserts (c) Well travelled interior routes (d) All of these (e) None of these
Last Answer : (a) Well developed interior waterways
Description : The Americas changed from continents inhabited by people of mongoloid stock to: (a) The most racially mixed region of the world (b) Completely Indo-European Stock (c) Majority Negroid Stock (d) All of these (e) None of these
Description : The North American colonies enjoyed economic success because of: (a) Hardworking populations (b) The practice of monoculture on plantations (c) The use of slave labour (d) All of these (e) None of these
Last Answer : (c) The use of slave labour
Description : The “White man‟s burden” refers to: (a) A belief in the equality of all races of man (b) The assumed “Superiority of the white race with obligation to guide and develop “inferior” races (c) European isolation policies (d) All of these (e) None of these
Last Answer : (b) The assumed “Superiority of the white race with obligation to guide and develop “inferior” races
Description : Which of the following was a reason for the Great Depression? (a) Weakness in American Banking System (b) International Economic imbalance of trade (c) Low American wages gave inadequate purchasing power to support excessive capital investment (d) All of these
Last Answer : d) All of these
Description : A major difference between World War I and World War II was: (a) A global involvement (b) American intervention (c) War strategy and weapons (d) All of these (e) None of these
Last Answer : (c) War strategy and weapons
Description : Which of the following pertains to American involvement in World War II? (a) Lend Lease Act (b) Atlantic Charter (c) Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbour (d) All of these (e) None of these ese
Last Answer : (c) Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbour
Description : Europe‟s rapid economic recovery after World War II was mainly due to: (a) Truman Doctrine (b) Big Four Conference (c) Marshall Plan (d) All of these (e) None of these
Last Answer : (c) Marshall Plan
Description : The American commitment to prevent spread of Communism was expressed in: (a) The Marshal Plan (b) The Truman Doctrine (c) The Yalta Declaration (d) All of these (e) None of these
Description : During the Cuban Crisis, President Kennedy demanded: (a) A “quarantine” to stop ships carrying offensive weapons to Cuba (b) The removal of Russian strategic missiles (c) Both of these (d) None of these
Last Answer : (b) The removal of Russian strategic missiles
Description : American Troops finally left Vietnam after the end of the war in: (a) 1970 (b) 1973 (c) 1975
Last Answer : (b) 1973
Description : Martin Luther King won the Novel Peace Prize in: (a) 1958 (b) 1960 (c) 1964
Last Answer : (c) 1964
Description : Who had said, „Ask not what your country do for you‟, say what you can do for your country? (a) George Washington (b) Abraham Lincoln (c) John F. Kennedy
Last Answer : (c) John F. Kennedy
Description : D. David Eisenhower was elected U.S. President (I term) in: (a) 1950 (b) 1952 (c) 1953
Last Answer : (b) 1952
Description : Korean war started in: (a) 1948 (b) 1950 (c) 1953
Last Answer : (b) 1950
Description : Elijah Muhammad assumed leadership of the Black Muslims Movement in: (a) 1930 (b) 1934 (c) 1936
Last Answer : a) 1930
Description : Alva Edison invented Phonograph in: (a) 1872 (b) 1876 (c) 1878 (d) None of these
Description : America entered World War-I in: (a) 1915 (b) 1917 (c) 1918
Last Answer : (b) 1917