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Worksheets3rd Nine Weeks WHII Benchmark Review
Total questions: 53
Worksheet time: 50mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What was one result of the British Enclosure Movement?
a)
There was less production of coal
b)
There were fewer factory owners
c)
More people moved to the cities
d)
More foreigners bought farmland
2.
Edward Jenner's innovation helped to
a)
improve public health
b)
enable mass production
c)
increase energy output
d)
allow faster transportation
3.
How did the Industrial Revolution improve the standard of living in England?
a)
By discovering new sources of raw materials
b)
By increasing the production of affordable goods
c)
By protecting industries from foreign competition
d)
By giving government more power to regulate business
4.
Who believed that governments should NOT interfere with a free market economy?
a)
Karl Marx
b)
Adam Smith
c)
Vladimir Lenin
d)
Adolf Hitler
5.
No private property, Equal distribution on wealth, and Rule of the working class are all....
a)
Causes of Mercantilism
b)
Results of Capitalism
c)
Theories of Classicism
d)
Principles of Communism
6.
Improving economic status for workers through collective bargaining was the primary reason for the formation of
a)
associations of journeymen
b)
craft guilds
c)
secret fraternal organizations
d)
labor unions
7.
Which statement best describes the effects of the Industrial Revolution on families?
a)
Family-based cottage industries were weakened
b)
Families returned to a primary focus on domestic goods
c)
Families striggled to share responsibility in the household
d)
Families were hired as a group in local industries
8.
During the 19th century, one reason European nations were interested in controlling the Suez canal was that the canal
a)
enabled the discovery of silks and spices in South America
b)
established a direct sea trade route from Europe to east Asia
c)
linked ports in China and Japan to India
d)
allowed for European access to India around the southern tip of Africa
9.
Which of the following best describes this list: Sepoy Rebellion in India, Mahdi Rebellion in the Sudan, Boxer Rebellion in China
a)
Responses to European Imperialism
b)
Stages of economic development
c)
conflicts over religion
d)
reasons for colonization
10.
Industrialization helped lead to the European colonization of Africa by
a)
prompting the development of tourist markets
b)
causing domestic governments to collapse
c)
increasing competition for oversees markets
d)
bringing the major powers into armed conflict
11.
A response to growing European influence in China was the
a)
Nanking Massacre
b)
Boxer Rebellion
c)
Shanghai Massacre
d)
Cultural Revolution
12.
Which Empire was characterized by a powerless emperor, controlled by the Shogun, and Adopted a policy of isolationism to limit foreign trade?
a)
Mughal
b)
China
c)
Japan
d)
Ottoman
13.
Which Empire was characterized by the creation of foreign enclaves to control trade, increase in European demand for goods such as porcelain and tea, and Imperial policy of controlling foreign trade
a)
Mughal
b)
China
c)
Japan
d)
Ottoman
14.
Which Empire was located in Southern India, Spread Islam into India, and the Taj Mahal is a great example of their architecture
a)
Mughal
b)
China
c)
Japan
d)
Ottoman
15.
What were the contents of the Zimmerman telegram?
a)
A German offer to Mexico to form an alliance against the United States
b)
A United States proposal to supply arms so Mexico could fight Germany
c)
A German offer to negotiate peace with the United States
d)
A United States warning against German invasion of Great Britain
16.
One reason the United States ended its policy of isolation and entered World War I was the
a)
fall of the Ottoman Empire
b)
discovery of German attempts to ally with Mexico
c)
truce between revolutionary Russia and Germany
d)
Japanese invasion and conquest of Manchuria
17.
Which event happened first?
A. Great Britain Declares war on Germany.
B. The US declares war on Germany.
C. Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinated.
D. Russia withdraws from the war.
A. Great Britain Declares war on Germany.
B. The US declares war on Germany.
C. Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinated.
D. Russia withdraws from the war.
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
18.
Which event happened last?
A. Great Britain Declares war on Germany.
B. The US declares war on Germany.
C. Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinated.
D. Russia withdraws from the war.
A. Great Britain Declares war on Germany.
B. The US declares war on Germany.
C. Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinated.
D. Russia withdraws from the war.
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
19.
Which statement is true about colonies after World War I?
a)
European colonies developed independent economies
b)
European colonies organized independence movements
c)
European nations established new colonial territories
d)
European governments merged with colonial governments
20.
Which of the following was a result of Alsace-Lorraine being returned to France, West Prussia, Upper Silesia, and Poznania being given to Poland, and Reparations being paid by Germany?
a)
The Axis defeat in World War II
b)
The Charter of the United Nations
c)
The formation of the European Union
d)
The Allied victory in World War I
21.
"Germany renounces in favor of the Principal Allied and Associated Powers all her rights and titles over her oversea possessions." -Article 19
This quotation is from which document?
This quotation is from which document?
a)
A speech made by the German president
b)
A trade agreement signed by Germany
c)
A peace treaty that ended World War I
d)
A verdict of the International Military Tribunal
22.
What was one factor that increased demands for colonial independence after World War I?
a)
Participation of colonies in the war
b)
Breakup of the British Empire
c)
Cost of German war reparations
d)
Discovery of oil in the colonies
23.
Vladimir Lenin's New Economic Policy differed from Joseph Stalin's Five-Year Plan because the New Economic Policy
a)
imposed production mandates
b)
allowed some privately owned businesses
c)
eliminated collective farming
d)
increased regulation of production
24.
Russian troops withdrew from World War I because
a)
Great Britain became nuetral
b)
submarine warfare disrupted trade
c)
the United States entered the war
d)
communists overthrew the government
25.
What is the best title for this list:
-Russia's defeat in the Russo-Japanese War
-High Russian casualties in World War I
-Incompetent leadership by Tsar Nicholas II
-Peasants' demands for land reform
-Russia's defeat in the Russo-Japanese War
-High Russian casualties in World War I
-Incompetent leadership by Tsar Nicholas II
-Peasants' demands for land reform
a)
Failures of the League of Nations
b)
Weakness of Russia on the Eve of World War II
c)
Causes of the Russian Revolution of 1917
d)
Reasons for the Nazi Party's Rise to Power
26.
What was the purpose of the mandate system?
a)
It was intended to prepare territories for future independence
b)
It established permanent systems of government for the territories
c)
It weakened the economies of countries that were supporting the territories
d)
It was supposed to prepare territories for unification with the controlling country
27.
Failed because there was no power to enforce its decisions and the United States did not participate
a)
World Trade Organization
b)
League of Nations
c)
Congress of Vienna
d)
International Monetary Fund
28.
The mandate system was established by the
a)
League of Nations
b)
Ottoman Empire
c)
Soviet Union
d)
Warsaw Pact
29.
The stock market crash of 1929 is generally associated with
a)
high tarriffs
b)
the worldwide depression
c)
hyperinflation
d)
the Russian Revolutions
30.
Which of the following was NOT a cause of the United States' Great Depression?
a)
Stock Market Crash
b)
Urbanization
c)
High protective tariffs
d)
Excessive expansion of credit
31.
All of the following increased during the Great Depression EXCEPT
a)
bank closings
b)
global trade
c)
business failures
d)
unemployment
32.
Which group used the worldwide depression to gain influence in Germany?
a)
Monarchists
b)
Fascists
c)
Democrats
d)
Nazis
33.
Which country invaded China in the 1930s?
a)
Mongolia
b)
Korea
c)
India
d)
Japan
34.
Which government had a five year plan to boost the economy in 1928?
a)
the Soviet Union
b)
Italy
c)
the United States
d)
Germany
35.
In what year did Germany invade Poland?
a)
1939
b)
1941
c)
1943
d)
1944
36.
In what year was the Fall of France, Battle of Britain, and British evacuation from Dunkirk?
a)
1939
b)
1940
c)
1941
d)
1942
37.
In what year did Germany invade the Soviet Union?
a)
1939
b)
1940
c)
1941
d)
1942
38.
What year did German air raids begin against cathedral cities in Britain and the Soviet gain a victory at Stalingrad?
a)
1940
b)
1941
c)
1942
d)
1943
39.
In what year was the Italian surrender to the Allies announced?
a)
1941
b)
1942
c)
1943
d)
1944
40.
In what year was the Allied invasion of Europe, D-Day?
a)
1941
b)
1942
c)
1943
d)
1944
41.
During the decades before WWII, industrialization in Japan led to a growing demand for
a)
natural resources
b)
universities
c)
immigrant labor
d)
democracy
42.
What dictator introduced fascism to their nations, attempted to restore the nations to its past glory, and invaded Ethiopia?
a)
Joseph Stalin
b)
Francisco Franco
c)
Benito Mussolini
d)
Adolf Hitler
43.
The Soviet Union entered World War II
a)
after the D-day invasion of Normandy
b)
in response to United States involvement
c)
in response to German invasion
d)
after the defeat of the Bolshevik party
44.
During World War II Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin, and Franklin Roosevelt were
a)
communist leaders
b)
Axis dictators
c)
military commanders
d)
Allied leaders
45.
Which factor had the most influence on the outbreak of World War II?
a)
Fascism in Spain
b)
Communism in the Soviet Union
c)
Nationalism in China
d)
Militarism in Germany
46.
Who was the commander of the Pacific during World War II and administrator of Japan after the war?
a)
Douglas MacArthur
b)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
c)
George Marshall
d)
George S. Patton
47.
Which World War leader encouraged the British people to resist the Nazis by saying, "...wage war, by sea, land and air, with all our strength, that God can give us...against monstrous tyranny."
a)
Winston Churchill
b)
Joseph Stalin
c)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
d)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
48.
The rise of nationalism and belief in a master race led to the
a)
Invasion of the Normandy coast
b)
Dropping of the atomic bomb on Japan
c)
Development of the Final Solution
d)
Bombing of a naval fleet at Pearl Harbor
49.
"A Jew cannot be a Reich citizen. He has no voting rights in political matters; he cannot occupy public office." This law is an example of policies that eventually led to the
a)
invasion of Poland
b)
invasion of the Soviet Union
c)
Holocaust
d)
Great Purge
50.
During the decades immediately after World War II, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, and Poland were
a)
divided into smaller independent states
b)
democracies with free market economies
c)
dominated by the Soviet Union
d)
provinces of Austria-Hungary
51.
The zones of occupation in Germany became the countries of
a)
East Pakistan and West Pakistan
b)
East Germany and West Germany
c)
Albania and Yugoslavia
d)
Bosnia and Serbia
52.
Which of the following adopted a democratic constitution and disbanded their military after World War II?
a)
Spain
b)
France
c)
Japan
d)
Russia
53.
The Marshall Plan was in response to
a)
the Boxer Rebellion
b)
World War I
c)
the Great Depression
d)
World War II
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