Final Exam Review Fall 22

In what way did the Renaissance affect the European exploration of North America?

• The wealth and curiosity the Renaissance created made it the right time to explore

• European feudal lords wished to spread their influence to new lands

• Artists' depiction of life in the New World caused people to want to see the continent.

• The rejection of religious thought made people want to leave Europe.

Although it was officially founded in 1946, the United Nations was a continuation of the World War II group of nations known as

• Empire

• Axis

• Allies

• Entente

The primary purpose of the Marshall Plan was to

• set up a military alliance of anti communist nations.

• aid the economic recovery of war-torn Europe.

• stop the spread of Communism in Southeast Asia.

• end the rift between the United States and the Soviet Union

Historians have regarded the American Revolution as being of worldwide importance because it

• was won without foreign military assistance.

• B involved almost every nation of Europe and North America

• ended European imperialism in the Western Hemisphere

• marked the successful emergence of a new concept in government.

In what country did the Industrial Revolution begin in the late-1700s?

• Italy

• Britain

• Spain

• Asia

The socialist group called the Bolsheviks lead the final stage of the Russian Revolution and followed the teachings of

• Thomas Paine

• John Locke

• Karl Marx

• Johann Gutenburg

Which French king is sometimes called the Sun King because he believed that his country should revolve around him much as the planets revolve around the sun?

• Louis XIV

• Philip V

• Edward VI

• Charles V

· unrestricted submarine warfare

· tanks

· poison gas

· airplanes

All of these items found their first significant usage in what war?

• Spanish American War

• WW1

• WW2

• The Civil War

According to imperialists, which of these would have been an economic justification for the expansion of the United States?

• The nation's manufacturers needed raw materials and new markets were needed for the nation's goods.

• The nation should colonize as many available lands to prevent other countries from expanding.

• The nation needed a stronger military since other nations were building a global presence.

• The nation had a responsibility to spread Christianity and civilization to "inferior peoples" of the world

Collectivization of farms, state industrialization, and secret police are Post-World War I policies that affected millions of people. Who was responsible for these policies?

• Joseph Stalin

• Benito Mussolini

• Adolph Hitler

• Hideki Tojo