World History Semester Test

After what event did the USA start fighting in WII?

• Pearl Harbor

• Dropping of atomic bombs

• Japanese expansion in the Pacific

• Raise of the Nazi Party

One of the most gruesome and well known death camps:

• Flossenburg

• Auschwitz

• Deathville

The Soviet Union won this battle and was a major turning point in Eastern Europe:

• Okinawa

• Stalingrad

• Battle of the Bulge

• All of the above

The invasion at Normandy/ D Day/ Omaha Beach is important because:

• It forcibly gave victory to the Allies in Northern Africa

• It established the Allies, especially the U.S. in France

• It re-opened the Eastern Front for the Soviet to escape certain capture

Another name for the time period known as the Voyages of Discovery is:

• Era of Investigation
• Drive to Explore
• Age of Exploration
• Birth of Society 

Spain and Portugal were the foremost leader in the beginning of the Voyages of Discovery for which of the following reasons:

• Geographic position facing westward
• Distance from Russia
• Lack of wealth 
• Rulers who had little interest in the rest of the world

Christopher Columbus intended, and believed, he had landed where in 1492?

• North America
• Russia
• Africa
• East Indies Islands/ Asia

Plantations were:

• Slaving ships
• Spanish rule and control over colonies 
• Large estates where crops are grown
• All of the Above

This picture is: 

• The City of the King
• The Hall of The Hall of Heroes
• The Grand Ole Opry
• The Forbidden City

Often in Chinese history, they have practiced the idea the idea that they do not want trade or be involved with the rest of the world, this idea is known as: 

• Adventure/ Adventurism 
• Anti-Social 
• Isolation/ Isolationism  
• Lost and Confused