WORLD HISTORY FINAL

Which statement best explains what these countries had in common during the late 20th century? 

• Vietnam 

• Egypt 

• Congo 

• Chile 

• They were protectorates of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

• Their economies were nationalized by authoritarian rulers.

• They were the locations of Cold War conflicts.

• Their governments attempted to impose theocratic rule.

Use the information to complete the sentence. 

• Defensive military alliance 

• Created in 1949 

• U.S., Canada, Western European nations included 

This list defines the: 

• Warsaw Pact.

• North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

• North American Free Trade Agreement.

• Organization of American States.

Use the excerpt below to complete the sentence. 

To promote justice and nonviolence through education, scholarship and engagement. 

—Mission Statement of the Mahatma Gandhi Center at James Madison University 

This center was established to honor a person who… 

• served as the first ruler of the Indian nationalist government.

• designed the partition of India to prevent ethnic violence

• instituted religious reforms for the government of India

• led a successful passive resistance movement for Indian independence

Which phrase best explains Nelson Mandela’s goal? 

Our struggle has reached a decisive moment. We call on our people to seize this 

moment so that the process towards democracy is rapid and uninterrupted. We have 

waited too long for our freedom. We can no longer wait. Now is the time to intensify 

the struggle on all fronts. To relax our efforts now would be a mistake which 

generations to come will not be able to forgive. 

—Nelson Mandela, quoting himself from his 1964 trial upon his release from prison in 1990 

• to end apartheid

• to declare independence

• to reverse constitutional reforms

• to release key political prisoners

Use the excerpt to answer the question. 

1. . . . We have also granted to all freemen of our kingdom, for us and our heirs forever, all the underwritten liberties, to be had and held by them and their heirs, of us and our heirs forever.  

20. For a trivial [less serious] offence, a free man shall be fined only in proportion to the degree of his offence, and for a serious offence correspondingly, but not so heavily as to deprive him of his livelihood [means of supporting oneself].  

—The Magna Carta, 1215 

Which document contains similar principles as this excerpt from the Magna Carta? 

• Edict of Nantes 

• Petition of Rights

• Ninety-Five Theses

• English Bill of Rights

How did the French invasion of Spain under Napoleon affect the Spanish colonies in the Americas?  

• Several colonies started to rebel to gain independence from Spain. 

• French armies attempted to seize control over Spanish colonies.  

• Spanish forces seized control of French colonial territories.  

• Several colonies voted to offer allegiance to France.

Based on the image, which Enlightenment Philosopher suggested this form of Government?

• Montesquieu 

• Locke

• Rousseau 

• Hobbes

The idea that the government should have complete and sole power was an idea by 

• Thomas Hobbes who believed people were guided by self-preservation.

• Rene Descartes who believed in the separation of mind and matter which led to the separation of governments.

• John Locke who believed that people would act reasonably if they were protected to do so and that the people could remove the government if it broke it’s contract to the people.

• Adam Smith who believed that if people could pursue their own self-interests then all of society would benefit. 

Which event was most influenced by this idea? 

For in all the states of created beings capable of laws, where there is no law, there is no freedom.  

—John Locke, Second Treatise of Government, 1690 

• the nationalist unification of Germany and Italy 

• the rise of industrial unions in England 

• the fall of the czarist government in Russia

• the political revolutions in America and France

Which pair of documents was influenced by this Enlightenment idea? 

Man is born free; and everywhere he is in chains.  

—Jean Jacques Rousseau

• Mayflower Compact and English Bill of Rights

• The Treaty of Paris and Rights of Man

• Declaration of Independence and Declaration of the Rights of Man

• The Federalist Papers and Magna Carta