Historic Analogies

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Analogies are a form of problem solving. They are an excellent vehicle for checking your history knowledge and analysis skills. In this exercise you are comparing one relationship to another while matching their similarities.

Examine the first comparision then complete the second comparision's blank with a matching idea. Score five points for each correct answer. Ten minute time limit.

Example: Jefferson is to Thomas as Kennedy is to .

Answer: Jefferson is to Thomas as Kennedy is to John

1. Statue of Liberty is to NYC as Eiffel Tower is to_______________

2. Nine is to baseball as three is to_______________

3. First is to Washington as last is to_______________

4. Fahrenheit is to 212 degrees as Centigrade is to_______________

5. Civil War is to Clara Barton as Crimean War is to_______________

6. Iverson is to 76ers as Young is to_______________

7. Jordan is to basketball as Woods is to_______________

8. Penn is to Pennsylvania as Fremont is to_______________

9. Two is to four as four is to_______________

10. 25,000 is to circumference as 8,000 is to_______________

11. Checkers is to 64 as Tic-Tac-Toe is to_______________

12. Harrisburg is to Pennsylvania as Austin is to_______________

13. Mayans is to Pizzaro as Aztecs is to_______________

14. Mercury is to our Sun as Venus is to_______________

15. Foot is to yard as nine is to_______________

16. Volcano is to lava as geyser is to_______________

17. 1812 is to England as 1941 is to_______________

18. Beet is to beat as him is to_______________

19. Thermometer is to temperature as odometer is to_______________

20. Fish is to gills as human is to_______________

21. Luck is to rabbit's foot as bad luck is to_______________

22. Stop is to red as caution is to_______________

23. King is to queen as prince is to_______________

24. Steam engine is to Watt as cotton engine is to_______________

25. Hudson is to New York as Ponce DeLeon is to_______________