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WorksheetsWorld Studies Final Review 2nd Semester
Total questions: 81
Worksheet time: 1hrs 4mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who is the founder of Islam?
a)
Abraham
b)
Siddhartha Guatama
c)
They have no founder.
d)
Muhammad
2.
Who is the founder of Hinduism
a)
Abraham
b)
There is no single founder
c)
Muhammad
d)
David
3.
What is the name of Muslim holy book?
a)
Quran
b)
Holy Bible
c)
Tanach
d)
Vedas
4.
Which religion believes in many gods?
a)
Buddhism
b)
Hinduism
c)
Judaism
d)
Islam
5.
The belief in a single all-powerful god, as opposed to religions that believe in multiple gods. Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are widely practiced forms of this
a)
polytheistic
b)
monotheistic
c)
animism
d)
public policy
6.
This image displays the founder of
a)
Hinduism
b)
Janism
c)
Buddhism
d)
Islam
7.
What was the Renaissance?
a)
A reform movement against the Roman Catholic Church
b)
The time of “rebirth” and creativity that followed Europe’s Middle Ages
c)
A series of events that led to the birth of modern science
d)
A long conflict between England and France
8.
Why did the Renaissance begin on the Italian peninsula?
a)
Many trade routes went through there.
b)
The Alps Mountains protected them from barbarians.
c)
It was located far away from people.
d)
It was protected by a large desert.
9.
Why was Leonardo da Vinci known as the “Renaissance Man”?
a)
He started a movement against the Catholic Church.
b)
He translated the Bible into the Italian language.
c)
He could do many things well.
d)
He put a dome on the cathedral in Florence.
10.
What was Johann Gutenberg famous for?
a)
inventing paper
b)
starting the Protestant Reformation
c)
inventing the printing press
d)
painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
11.
What led to the Reformation?
a)
The Church not having enough services in Latin
b)
The disagreement between Queen Elizabeth and the Pope
c)
Abuses in the Catholic Church and selling indulgences
d)
Martin Luther wanting to become Pope instead of a Bishop
12.
Who started the Protestant Reformation?
a)
Marco Polo
b)
Medici family
c)
Bloody Mary
d)
Martin Luther
13.
What was the Protestant Reformation?
a)
A reform movement against the Roman Catholic Church
b)
A series of events that led to the birth of modern science
c)
The conflict between Catholics and Protestants
d)
The time of “rebirth” and creativity that followed Europe’s Middle Ages
14.
What was Martin Luther famous for?
a)
Nailing a list of 95 complaints to the door of a church
b)
Discovering the New World
c)
Introducing feudalism throughout Europe
d)
Giving money to support art and education
15.
What was the Scientific Revolution?
a)
A period of time when scientists compared notes
b)
A series of events that led to the birth of modern science
c)
A time when scientists revolted against the government
d)
A group of scientists who gave seminars about their theories
16.
What do these men have in common? Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo, Newton
a)
They developed new theories about the natural world.
b)
They started new monasteries throughout Italy.
c)
They invented machines that are used today.
d)
They created new techniques used in art.
17.
The part of the slave’s journey aboard the ship between Africa and the American colonies was known as the _________________ _________________
a)
Triangular Trade Route
b)
Middle Passage
c)
Northwest Passage
d)
Bermuda Triangle
18.
What is an economic system, where African slaves were exchanged for raw materials, money, and finished goods? Those countries/continents involved included Ivory Coast (Africa), Europe, and the Americans.
a)
Mercantalism
b)
Triangular Trade
c)
Market economics
d)
Feudalism
19.
Which three continents were part of the triangle trade?
a)
France, Africa, the Americas
b)
The Americas, Europe, Africa
c)
Australia, Antartica, Africa
d)
Africa, Europe, Middle East
20.
A key characterization of globalization is...
a)
separation
b)
interdependence
c)
isolationism
d)
trade barriers
21.
True or False? The US and the USSR engaged in a war in Siberia during the Cold War from 1947-1991.
a)
True
b)
False
22.
Companies that choose the cost of the goods they produce matches which ideology?
a)
Democracy
b)
Nazism
c)
Communism
d)
Capitalism
23.
Joseph Stalin's Soviet Union matches which ideology?
a)
Democracy
b)
Nazism
c)
Communism
d)
Capitalism
24.
Which country switched alliances during WWI?
a)
Italy
b)
Germany
c)
Bulgaria
d)
Great Britain
25.
What German government signed the Treaty of Versailles which led to the rise of Nazism?
a)
Vichy regime
b)
Parliament
c)
Weimar Republic
d)
Mein Kampf
26.
The Anschluss was the unification of
a)
Germany and Hungary
b)
Germany and France
c)
Germany and Austria
27.
Define Appeasement ?
a)
Persons of mixed European and African ancestry
b)
Giving in to an aggressor to keep peace .
c)
A temporary rule by military authorities
d)
An agreement in 1993
28.
Which nation was NOT in the Triple Entente before the war started?
a)
Italy
b)
France
c)
Russia
d)
Great Britain
29.
Which of the following WAS NOT a major cause of World War I?
a)
Militarism
b)
Nationalism
c)
Christianity
d)
Alliances
30.
Another cause of the war was an increase in military spending and a glorification of war called
a)
militarism
b)
neutrality
c)
alliances
d)
war glory
31.
WORLD WAR 1:
What is the name of the treaty that officially ends WW1?
What is the name of the treaty that officially ends WW1?
a)
Lusitania Armistice
b)
The Treaty of Versailles
c)
The Paris Treaty
d)
The China Treaty
32.
WORLD WAR 1:
What country had to accept blame for WW1?
What country had to accept blame for WW1?
a)
Serbia
b)
Russia
c)
Germany
d)
Austria-Hungary
33.
Germany: Central Powers or Allied Powers?
a)
Central
b)
Allied
34.
France: Central Powers or Allied Powers?
a)
Central
b)
Allied
35.
Appeasing Germany led to
a)
more aggression by Germany
b)
Germany reduced aggression
c)
brought peace to the continent
36.
Attrition was the process of which one nation would reduce the ____ of another nation.
a)
Weekness
b)
Strength
c)
Germans
d)
Treaties
37.
America, France, Great Britain, and Russia Allied Powers in WWII were called during WWI
a)
Allied powers
b)
Central Powers
c)
Triple Entente
d)
The Great French Russian BritERICAN TEAM
38.
Central Powers consist of what three powers.
a)
MERICA
b)
Russia, Russia, and more Russia
c)
Germany, Austria, Ottoman empier
d)
France, British, America,
39.
Under his leadership, the Bolsheviks became a party dedicated to violent revolution
a)
Kerensky
b)
Rasputin
c)
Lenin
d)
Alexandra Romanov
40.
What did the Bolsheviks rename themselves as ?
a)
Communists
b)
Soviets
41.
What is a union?
a)
a meeting
b)
a group of workers
c)
an organized association of workers formed to protect their rights; a labor union.
42.
How did industrialism lead to imperialism?
a)
Industrialized nations wanted new technology
b)
Industrialized nations wanted natural resources and markets
c)
Industrialized nations wanted a cheap source of labor
d)
Industrialized nations wanted to spread their culture
43.
What was the Enclosure Movement?
a)
A system based on the use of machines rather than on animal or human power
b)
Sweeping changes in farming that helped industry take place in Great Britain
c)
Rotating crops on three fields instead of two
d)
Movement that began when Parliament allowed large landowners to fence off common lands
44.
What is industrialism?
a)
Rotating crops on three fields instead of two
b)
System based on the use of machines rather than people or animals
c)
Sweeping changes in farming that helped industry take place in Great Britain
d)
Naturally woven cloth industry
45.
What does "capital" mean?
a)
Love for one's country
b)
Money you invest
c)
System based on the use of machines rather than on animal or human power
d)
Naturally woven cloth industry
46.
Who was Jethro Tull?
a)
Carried the spinning know how to Rhode Island
b)
Invented the sea drill (helped plant seeds)
c)
Created textile mills in New England
d)
Exposed Japan to the power of industry
47.
Which one of the following was a consequence of the Industrial Revolution?
a)
urbanization
b)
ruralization
c)
Enlightenment
d)
Renaissance
48.
According to Marx, workers would take control of governments through:
a)
Non-violent protest
b)
Democratic reforms
c)
Violent revolution
d)
Trickery
49.
What societal problem did Karl Marx attempt to address in his manifesto? Choose the best answer.
a)
The exploitation of the poor by the rich
b)
The low quality of good produced at large factories.
c)
The fact that poor people were not allowed to vote.
d)
Unfair laws that allow poor people to be sent to prison
50.
The production of goods using machines
a)
Industrialization
b)
Mechanization
c)
Progress
d)
Machines
51.
The growth of cities caused by people moving from rural and suburban areas into the city
a)
Mechanization
b)
Urbanization
c)
Transportation
d)
Industrialization
52.
The division of labor; breaking down the manufacturing of a product into the different steps (Assembly Line)
a)
Industrialization
b)
Mechanization
c)
Hard work
d)
Specialization
53.
believed the proletariat were the true working class and should take control away from the bourgeoisie
a)
Samuel Slater
b)
Eli Whitney
c)
Karl Marx
d)
Fredrick Ingles
54.
Laissez-faire means...
a)
natural rights
b)
iron law of wages
c)
let it happen
d)
tabula rasa
55.
Who developed laissez-faire economics as a en economic philosophy?
a)
Adam Smith
b)
Karl Marx
c)
John Locke
d)
Louis XVI
56.
While Adam Smith believed that the government should be involved in all of the following areas EXCEPT:
a)
military
b)
property
c)
business
d)
nothing at all
57.
John Locke argued that life, liberty, and property were these
a)
Guarantees of Happiness
b)
Separation of Church and State
c)
Available for the Rich
d)
Natural Rights
58.
When was the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted?
a)
Before the Second World War.
b)
During the Second World War.
c)
After the Second World War.
d)
In 19th centrury.
59.
What is Racial Discrimination?
a)
Everyone is treated equally
b)
Majorities and minorites are both equal
c)
When a person is treated less favorably because of race
d)
All of the above
60.
To who does the UDHR apply?
a)
Immigrants and Refugees
b)
People who are in prison
c)
The poor and starving
d)
All people
61.
The middle and lower classes were able to find a common causes during the French Revolution because they had similar levels of wealth.
a)
True
b)
False
62.
Which queen was known as Bloody Mary?
a)
Queen Mary I
b)
Queen Elizabeth I
63.
One cause of the French Revolution was the emergence of a new middle class of merchants and professionals called the
a)
bourgeoisie
b)
aristocracy
c)
denoument
d)
ennui
64.
The idea that reason should guide society rather than tradition helped cause the revolution and came from
a)
the Declaration of Independence
b)
the Scientific Revolution
c)
the Enlightenment
d)
all of the above
65.
What class was introduced during the Industrial Revolution?
a)
Upper
b)
Middle
c)
Lower
66.
Who was Queen of France 1774-1793 & wife of Louis XVI, before being executed during French Revolution?
a)
Mary Wollstonecraft
b)
Marie Antoinette
c)
Robespierre
d)
Napoleon Bonaparte
67.
What was the purpose of labor unions?
a)
Negotiate as a group for bigger factories
b)
Negotiate as a group for better working conditions
c)
Negotiate as a group for a political revolution
d)
Negotiate as a group for a social revolution
68.
During the Enlightenment, many people placed their faith in ___.
a)
the church
b)
the military
c)
reason
d)
science
69.
Adam Smith’s doctrine that maintains that the state should not intervene in economics, from his book Wealth of Nations, is called ______.
a)
Laissez-faire
b)
Socialism
c)
Mercantilism
d)
Imperialism
70.
This was an 18th century philosophical movement of intellectuals, aiming to apply reason to all endeavors.
a)
Reformation
b)
Renaissance
c)
Enlightenment
71.
Belief that the power to rule was given to them by God
a)
Absolute Monarchy
b)
Divine Right of Kings
c)
Separation of Powers
d)
Social Contract
72.
A government leader who has all the power
a)
Democracy
b)
Anarchy
c)
Absolute Monarchy
d)
Separation of Powers
73.
An era when people began to use reason to solve problems
a)
Enlightenment
b)
Democracy
c)
Anarchy
d)
Separation of Powers
74.
Queen Mary I defeated the Spanish Armada and reestablished the Anglican Church.
a)
True
b)
False
75.
Why was the Magna Carta so important?
a)
Because it limited the power of the Catholic Church
b)
It limited the power of the King
c)
It helped raise the money needed to fund the Crusades
d)
It allowed the King to tax people without their approval
76.
That both the Magna Carta and the Bill of Rights restrict the authority of their rulers is an example of which principle?
a)
Shared Powers
b)
Rule of Law
c)
Limited Government
d)
Individual Rights
77.
How did the Magna Carta affect the King?
a)
Serfs came from Japan and killed the king
b)
The King got a new swimming pool
c)
It limited his power
78.
Which absolute monarch is in this photo?
a)
William of Orange
b)
John
c)
Louis 200
d)
Louis 14
79.
What was considered "Old World" during the time of the European Exploration?
a)
Europe
b)
Africa
c)
North America
d)
China
80.
What was considered "New World" during the time of the European Exploration?
a)
Europe
b)
Africa
c)
North America
d)
China
81.
What is one result of the Treaty of Tordesillas?
a)
The Germans would have to pay over 33 billion in war damages
b)
New World would be divided between Spain and Portugal
c)
Portugal gained rights to colonize
d)
Trading of slaves ended
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