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Quiz 4
Quiz 4
61. **Which ancient civilization is credited with the invention of paper around 100 BCE?**
- A) Ancient Egypt
- B) Ancient Greece
- C) Ancient China
- D) Ancient Rome
62. **Who was the founder of the Mongol Empire, which became the largest contiguous empire in
history?**
- A) Genghis Khan
- B) Kublai Khan
- D) Tamerlane
63. **Which city was the center of the Italian Renaissance, known for its art, architecture, and
culture?**
- A) Florence
- B) Venice
- C) Rome
- D) Milan
- **Answer: A) Florence**
64. **Who was the first African American to serve as President of the United States?**
- A) Barack Obama
- C) Malcolm X
- D) Nelson Mandela
- A) Aztecs
- B) Incas
- C) Mayans
- D) Olmecs
- **Answer: C) Mayans**
66. **Who was the first European explorer to reach the southern tip of Africa, paving the way for
future sea routes to Asia?**
- A) Christopher Columbus
- B) Ferdinand Magellan
- C) Vasco da Gama
- D) Marco Polo
67. **Which ancient civilization is known for its system of government known as democracy, which
originated in the city-state of Athens?**
- A) Ancient Egypt
- B) Ancient Greece
- C) Ancient Rome
- D) Ancient Persia
68. **Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize in Literature, awarded in 1909?**
- A) Virginia Woolf
- B) Toni Morrison
- C) Pearl S. Buck
- D) Selma Lagerlöf
70. **Who was the primary author of the Communist Manifesto, published in 1848?**
- A) Karl Marx
- B) Friedrich Engels
- C) Vladimir Lenin
- D) Leon Trotsky