World History B Final Exam Review

The palace at Versailles demonstrates which aspect of Louis XIV’s rule in France?

• Extravagance

• Isolationism

• Religious Tolerance

• Social Justice

Which characteristics of government did the U.S. Constitution codify in 1787? Select all that apply.

• election of representatives to a lawmaking body

• establishment of limited government

• centralization of power in a strong executive

• equality of citizens under the law

• a system of checks and balances among branches of government

 

The U.S. Declaration of Independence and the French Declaration of the Rights of Man both drew on which Enlightenment idea?

• Citizens must demonstrate their ability to rule themselves.

• Nations should fight to prove their right to independence.

• People are born with inherent rights that must be protected.

• Rulers and the ruled have shared rights and responsibilities.

Which leaders led nationalist revolutions that freed much of South America from Spanish rule? Select all that apply.

• Dom Pedro

• Father Jose Morelos

• Father Miguel Hidalgo

• Jose de San Martin

• Simon Bolivar

Why did the Dreyfus Affair divide French society?

 

• Anti-Semitic officials convicted Alfred Dreyfus based on secret evidence.

• Émile Zola delivered false testimony against Alfred Dreyfus.

• Few people believed in the innocence of Alfred Dreyfus.

• The royalists and the military refused to give Alfred Dreyfus a public trial.

How did Manifest Destiny deepen divisions among U.S. citizens?

 

• by igniting debate over the expansion of slavery

• by empowering a nationalist revolutionary movement

• by working against the spread of democracy

• by undermining calls to defend the annexation of Texas

  

How did industrialization spur European imperialism in the nineteenth century?

• European businesses needed larger workforces.

• European citizens depended on competition to win better wages.

• European nations sought sources of raw materials for industry.

• European rulers required more land to house excess populations.

Why did the United States support Panama’s revolt and independence from Columbia?

• to justify the sailing of U.S. warships in the Caribbean Sea

• to prevent British and French expansion in the region

• to establish a U.S. colony in Central America

• to build a canal linking the Atlantic and the Pacific

Which technologies and conditions made World War I a new kind of war? Select all that apply

• Trench Warfare

• Field Hospitals and Medics

• Gunpowder and Cannons

• Heavy naval combat

• Poison Gas

 

How did the policy of appeasement influence the beginning of World War II?

• The policy emboldened Hitler to further acts of aggression.

• The policy delayed the entry of the United States into the war.

• The policy encouraged China to resist Japanese aggression.

• The policy promoted Allied intervention to protect European Jews.