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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5: "Tea and the British Empire".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What nineteenth-century historian wrote History of England?
(a) Richard Steele.
(b) Thomas Jordan.
(c) Christopher Wren.
(d) Thomas Macauley.

2. When did Englishman Richart Ligon catch his first glimpse of the Caribbean island of Barbados?
(a) 1623.
(b) 1669.
(c) 1647.
(d) 1717.

3. What were the first animals that were domesticated throughout the Fertile Crescent between 7000 BCE and 5000 BCE?
(a) Chickens and dogs.
(b) Cats and horses.
(c) Cows and pigs.
(d) Sheep and goats.

4. Who was the professor of the French medical school of Montpellier who produced instructions for distilling win around 1300?
(a) Michael Puff von Schrick.
(b) Jabir ibn Hayyan.
(c) Johannes Gutenberg.
(d) Arnald of Villanova.

5. How many chests of tea were dumped into the Boston Harbor during the Boston Tea Party?
(a) 130.
(b) 342.
(c) 212.
(d) 569.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Dutch doctor championed tea and its benefits in 1641?

2. What word refers to a Roman banquet?

3. Who was the founder of Buddhism?

4. Approximately when did the civilizations of Mesopotamia and Egypt arise?

5. Who declared the British Empire in 1773 as an empire on which the sun never sets?

(see the answer key)

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