Vocabulary Test About HISTORY Choose The Best One MCQ Exercise 105

Choose the one word or phrase that best keeps the meaning of the original sentence if it is substituted for the capitalized word or phrase.

Vocabulary Test About HISTORY Choose The Best One MCQ Exercise 105

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Question 1

At the Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon's forces RETREATED.

A	attacked
B	intercepted
C	pursued
D	withdrew

Question 1 Explanation:

To retreat means to move back or away from the enemy, usually because you are losing. Withdrew has the same meaning: The army withdrew from the city. Not pursued, which means the opposite: to chase the enemy.

Question 2

Defined most BROADLY, folklore includes all the customs, beliefs and traditions that people have handed down from generation to generation.

A	dryly
B	fancifully
C	liberally
D	quaintly

Question 2 Explanation:

Broadly here means in a wide, general way, not strictly. Liberally can have the same sense: understood freely, not too narrowly. Defined broadly, folklore includes a very wide range of customs and traditions.

Question 3

Embroidery DEPICTING scenic views became popular especially towards the end of the eighteenth century.

A	commemorating
B	distorting
C	emphasizing
D	portraying

Question 3 Explanation:

To depict something means to show it in a picture or a work of art. Portraying has the same meaning: The painting portrays a country village. Not commemorating, which means honouring the memory of a person or event.

Question 4

Salt has been a respected COMMODITY for much of recorded time.

A	article of trade
B	flavouring
C	preservative
D	remedy for illness

Question 4 Explanation:

A commodity is a product that people buy and sell, especially a raw material such as salt, oil or coffee. So it means an article of trade. Salt is also a flavouring and a preservative, but those words describe how it is used, not what commodity means.

Question 5

During her husband's presidency, Jacqueline Kennedy UNDERTOOK the coordination of the White House restoration.

A	took down
B	took on
C	underestimated
D	underplayed

Question 5 Explanation:

To undertake a task means to accept it and start doing it. The phrasal verb take on has the same meaning: She took on extra responsibilities at work. Not underestimated, which means thought something was smaller or easier than it really was.

Question 6

MOUNTING evidence indicates that acid rain is damaging historic sites in Cracow.

A	Increasing
B	Irrefutable
C	Hanging
D	Tentative

Question 6 Explanation:

Mounting means growing or increasing: mounting evidence is more and more evidence. Not hanging, which matches only the literal meaning of 'mount' (to fix something on a wall). Not irrefutable, which means impossible to deny.

Question 7

Most people know that Copernicus was an acclaimed astronomer, but how many realize that he also WON recognition for his talent as a politician?

A	achieved
B	anticipated
C	deserved
D	sought

Question 7 Explanation:

To win recognition means to achieve it: other people actually came to respect him. Not deserved, which only says he should have received recognition, not that he got it. Not sought, which means he only tried to get it.

Question 8

Grunwald was the SCENE of one of the most famous victories of the Polish army.

A	adventure
B	event
C	landscape
D	location

Question 8 Explanation:

The scene of an event is the place where it happened, so it means the location: the scene of the crime. Not event: the victory itself was the event, and Grunwald was the place where it happened.

Question 9

The attack on Fort Sumter near Charleston PROVOKED a sharp response from the North, which led to the American Civil War.

A	defied
B	demanded
C	elicited
D	expedited

Question 9 Explanation:

To provoke a reaction means to cause it. Elicit means to draw out or produce a response: The question elicited a strong reaction. The attack caused the North to respond. Not demanded, which means asked for something firmly.

Question 10

Bread has been a STAPLE of the human diet since prehistoric times.

A	basic part
B	fastener
C	great delicacy
D	highlight

Question 10 Explanation:

A staple is a basic, main part of something, especially a food that people eat regularly, such as bread or rice. A staple is also a small metal fastener for paper, but that meaning does not fit a sentence about diet.

Question 11

As early as the eleventh century, large groups of people DWELT IN the vicinity of our lake.

A	longed for
B	planned for
C	resided in
D	worshipped in

Question 11 Explanation:

To dwell in a place is a formal or old-fashioned way of saying to live there. Reside in has the same meaning: He resides in London. The other options do not mean 'live'.

Question 12

The president requested from the parliament an APPROPRIATION to build a spacecraft.

A	funding
B	guidance
C	power
D	property

Question 12 Explanation:

An appropriation is an amount of public money that a parliament officially sets aside for a particular purpose. So it means funding: Parliament approved an appropriation for new schools. Not power, because the president was asking for money, not authority.

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