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    Question 1 (for 11th grade students):

    Each of the following contributed to the golden Age of Athens except:

    a. Hippocrates
    b. Herodotus
    c. Sophocles
    d. Alexander

    Answer


    Question 2 (for 11th grade students):

    Which of these was a result of the Meiji Restoration in Japan?

    a. Return to feudal traditions
    b. Move toward industrialization
    c. Limit to Western influences
    d. Adoption of Buddhism

    Answer


    Question 3 (for 8th grade students):

    As the British monarchy began to take greater control of colonial governments in the early 1770s, the British government began to:

    a. change self-governing colonies to royal colonies.
    b. give the colonies greater control over economic matters.
    c. assign members of British parliament to oversee all three types of colonies.
    d. change all of the colonies to proprietary colonies.

    Answer


    Question 4 (for 8th grade students):

    The total cost of a stereo is $230. Jamie put $50 down on the stereo and will pay the rest in 3 equal payments. If x is the amount of each payment, which equation could you use to find the amount of each payment?

    a. $230 + $50 = 3x
    b. 3x - $50 = $230
    c. 3x + $50 = $230
    d. $180 + x = $230

    Answer


    1. Each of the following contributed to the golden Age of Athens except:

    Answer:
    d. Alexander


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    2. Which of these was a result of the Meiji Restoration in Japan?

    Answer:
    b. Move toward industrialization


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    3. As the British monarchy began to take greater control of colonial governments in the early 1770s, the British government began to: Answer:

    a. change self-governing colonies to royal colonies.


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    4. The total cost of a stereo is $230. Jamie put $50 down on the stereo and will pay the rest in 3 equal payments. If x is the amount of each payment, which equation could you use to find the amount of each payment?

    Answer:
    c. 3x + $50 = $230


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