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Grade 5 Latin America and Caribbean
The oldest cities in the Americas were in which country?
  1. Peru
  2. Mexico
  3. Canada
  4. United States
Grade 5 The Americas
Who led the Norse explorers that settled in Greenland?
  1. Cnut
  2. Leif Erikson
  3. Erik the Red
  4. Harald Bluetooth
Grade 5 Egypt
Both Ra and Horus are sometimes depicted as a man with the head of a                .
  1. jackal
  2. falcon
  3. ibis
  4. bull
Grade 5 Egypt
Osiris is usually depicted as a                .
  1. tree
  2. falcon
  3. mummy
  4. hippopotamus
Grade 5 Egypt
Bast was often represented by a woman with the head of a                .
  1. cat
  2. beetle
  3. hawk
  4. ibis
Grade 5 Exploration
What was the original Dutch name for New York?
  1. New Amersterdam
  2. The Antilles
  3. Hudson City
  4. Nova Scotia
Grade 5 Ancient History

Stonehenge is an example of a                 structure.
  1. Chalcolithic
  2. Monolithic
  3. Megalithic
  4. Dolmen
Grade 5 Exploration
Which Tsar was responsible for Russia's first scientific mapping expeditions?
  1. Catherine the Great
  2. Ivan the Terrible
  3. Peter the Great
  4. Nicholas II
Grade 5 Egypt
In the 16th century BCE, Ra merged with which god?
  1. Bast
  2. Aten
  3. Amun
  4. Osiris
Grade 5 Exploration
Ivan the Terrible was responsible for the Russian conquest of Siberia.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Exploration
Europeans began to look for a sea route to Asia because the overland route had become increasingly dangerous.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Mythology
Hercules' nephew          Iolaus                         aided him on some of the labors.
Grade 5 Other Asia
Despite mainland China's insistence on ruling there, Taiwan has its own constitution and president.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 WWII
German, Italy, and Japan formed the                 during WWII.
  1. Allies
  2. Axis powers
  3. Central powers
Grade 5 Greece
Athens is the only ancient Greek city with an acropolis.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Greece
Caryatids are columns carved to look like female figures.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Greece
Art on the west side of the Parthenon depicted the war between the Greeks and the Amazons.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Mythology
Nothing could pierce the hide of the Nemean lion.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Mythology
Hercules captured the Erymanthian Boar by luring it into deep snow.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Mythology
Hippolyta was the queen of Troy.
  1. True
  2. False
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