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Total questions: 128
Worksheet time: 1hrs 12mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What was traded in the Middle Passage?
a)
Raw Materials
b)
Slaves
c)
Finished Goods
2.
What products came out of England to supply its colonies?
a)
Timber and Furs
b)
Rum and Guns
c)
Manufactured Goods
d)
Slaves and Ships
3.
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
4.
What were the three reasons for European exploration?
a)
Game, God, Glory
b)
Glory, Fame, and God
c)
God, Glory, and Gold
d)
Gifts, Greatness, Glory
5.
What is an astrolabe?
a)
A tool that helped sailors use the sun and stars to find their location.
b)
A small, fast ship.
c)
A tool that shows which direction is North.
d)
None of the above.
6.
What is a caravel?
a)
A small, fast ship.
b)
A tool that helped sailors use the sun and stars to find their location.
c)
A tool that shows which direction is North.
d)
All of the above.
7.
This Portuguese explorer's expedition was the first to circumnavigate the world. Who was he?
a)
Robert La Salle
b)
Bartholomeu Diaz
c)
Henry Hudson
d)
Ferdinand Magellan
8.
_____ went to his grave believing he had discovered a westward passage to Asia, when in fact he had actually discovered the Americas.
a)
Amerigo Vespucci
b)
John Cabot
c)
Christopher Columbus
d)
Alfonso de Albuquerque
9.
Spain and Portugal were the wealthiest countries in the world in the 1500s because they were extracting wealth such as gold, silver, precious gems and brazil wood from their colonies
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
10.
Which country colonized Brazil?
a)
Portugal
b)
France
c)
Spain
d)
Britain
11.
Technically, when did the First Global Age begin?
a)
when Hernan Cortez conquered the Aztecs
b)
when Queen Elizabeth took the throne of England
c)
when Columbus discovered the Americas in 1492
d)
when the French settled in Canada
12.
Is it limited or unlimited government?
•Restraints placed on Government
•Restraints placed on Government
a)
Limited Government
b)
Unlimited Government
13.
Is it limited or unlimited government?
•Magna Carta
•Magna Carta
a)
Limited government
b)
Unlimited government
14.
Is it limited or unlimited government?
•Total obedience to ruler
•Total obedience to ruler
a)
Limited Government
b)
Unlimited Government
15.
Is it limited or unlimited government?
•No ability to limit government
•No ability to limit government
a)
Limited Government
b)
Unlimited Government
16.
Is it limited or unlimited government?
•Constitution
•Constitution
a)
Limited Government
b)
Unlimited Government
17.
Is it limited or unlimited government?
•Divine right
•Divine right
a)
Limited Government
b)
Unlimited Government
18.
Is it limited or unlimited government?
•Absolute monarchy
•Absolute monarchy
a)
Limited Government
b)
Unlimited Government
19.
Is it limited or unlimited government?
•Constitutional monarchy
•Constitutional monarchy
a)
Limited Government
b)
Unlimited Government
20.
Is it limited or unlimited government?
•Separation of power and democracy
•Separation of power and democracy
a)
Limited government
b)
Unlimited government
21.
Bacon, Galileo, & Newton promoted the idea that knowledge should be based on experimentation & ________.
a)
observation
b)
guessing
c)
research
d)
what your friends say
22.
The idea that the sun is the center of the universe is the ____________ theory.
a)
geocentric
b)
heliocentric
c)
solar
d)
sunny
23.
The idea that the earth is the center of the universe is the ___________ theory.
a)
geocentric
b)
heliocentric
c)
earthcentric
d)
world's worst
24.
Who created the Scientific Method?
a)
Copernicus
b)
Kepler
c)
The Pope
d)
Francis Bacon
25.
An approach to scientific investigation using reason, observation, and experimentation to test a hypothesis.
a)
natural rights
b)
rationalism
c)
scientific method
d)
geocentric theory
26.
The rights that all people are born with, such as the rights to life, liberty, and property.
a)
natural rights
b)
rationalism
c)
scientific method
d)
geocentric theory
27.
English scientist who invented calculus and developed the theory of gravity.
a)
Nicolaus Copernicus
b)
Johannes Kepler
c)
Rene Descartes
d)
Sir Isaac Newton
28.
An 18th century movement applying reason to understand human nature.
a)
John Locke
b)
Enlightenment
c)
Galileo Galilei
d)
microscope
29.
An 18th century philosopher who advocated natural rights and influenced the U.S. Declaration of Independence.
a)
John Locke
b)
Enlightenment
c)
Galileo Galilei
d)
microscope
30.
An Italian astronomer who is credited with inventing the telescope and supported the theories of Copernicus, which resulted in conflict with the RCC.
a)
John Locke
b)
Enlightenment
c)
Galileo Galilei
d)
microscope
31.
An 18th century French philosopher who championed religious tolerance and free speech.
a)
Sir Francis Bacon
b)
Voltaire
c)
Thomas Hobbes
d)
hypothesis
32.
The period when European scholars began to question classical scientific ideas and Christian beliefs.
a)
Scientific Revolution
b)
thermometer
c)
heliocentric
33.
True or False: The French were the Patriots' greatest ally during the American Revolution
a)
True
b)
False
34.
The last MAJOR battle of the American Revolution was the __________.
a)
Battle of Bunker Hill
b)
Battle of Yorktown
c)
Battle of Trenton
d)
Battle of Lexington
35.
What is considered the first battle of the American Revolution?
a)
Lexington and Concord
b)
Bunker Hill
c)
Trenton
d)
Yorktown
36.
Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?
a)
Thomas Jefferson
b)
Ben Franklin
c)
George Washington
d)
John Adams
37.
What was one purpose of the Declaration of Independence?
a)
to establish a framework for government
b)
to state the reasons for the colonies to separate from England
c)
to express reasons for limiting immigration
d)
to list arguments for women’s suffrage
38.
Which document is a primary source concerning the American Revolution?
a)
a videotape showing a reenactment of a battle
b)
a journal of the events written by a Continental soldier
c)
a social studies textbook
d)
a published article written by a history teacher
39.
Which statement represents one of the main ideas in the Declaration of Independence?
a)
The United States needs a strong central government.
b)
The power of the president must be limited by the legislative and judicial branches.
c)
People have a right to rebel against an unjust government.
d)
Americans cannot afford to pay high British taxes.
40.
The city workers and servants were:
a)
First Estate
b)
Second Estate
c)
Third Estate
41.
The clergy were
a)
First Estate
b)
Second Estate
c)
Third Estate
42.
The French nobility were:
a)
First Estate
b)
Second Estate
c)
Third Estate
43.
What happened when Louis tried to tax the nobles?
a)
there was a rebellion among the peasants
b)
a meeting of the Estates-General was called for the first time in the 175 years
c)
Louis simply increased the taxes on the peasantry
d)
Louis began demanding 50% of the tithe from the Catholic Church
44.
When the king sided with the First and Second Estates regarding voting rules, what action did the Third Estate delegates take (this was the first act of the revolution)?
a)
they created the National Assembly and ended the absolute monarchy
b)
they arrested the king
c)
they left the meeting and refused to participate in the voting
d)
none of these are true
45.
Because the members of the Third estate were locked out of their meeting room in Versailles, what action did they take?
a)
the broke into an indoor tennis court
b)
the made a pledge called the “Tennis Court Oath”
c)
the refused to leave the tennis court until they had written a constitution
d)
all of the above are true
46.
On July 14, 1789, the Parisian people committed the first great symbolic act of the Revolution. This act was:
a)
forming the National Assembly
b)
forming the Legislative Assembly
c)
attacking the Bastille prison to get gunpowder
d)
when the National Convention was sending people to the guillotine
47.
How did Louis die?
a)
he was found guilty of treason and guillotined publicly
b)
he died of old age at Versailles
c)
he died in prison
d)
he was shot trying to escape
48.
The Reign of Terror was characterized by which of the following:
a)
Robespierre governed as a dictator
b)
all of these are characteristics
c)
the execution of revolutionary leaders who were less radical than he was
d)
thousands of unknown people being executed on flimsy charges
49.
This Priest sparked the Mexican Independence Movement by inspiring his followers to take up arms against the upper class before he was quickly captured.
a)
Símon Bolívar
b)
Miguel Hidalgo
c)
José de san Martín
d)
Dom Pedro
50.
In 19th Century Latin America, what was the ethnic/racial group of people born in Spain called?
a)
Creoles
b)
Mulattos
c)
Mestizos
d)
Peninsulares
51.
This former slave led a movement to free Haiti from French colonial rule and establish Haiti as an independent republic.
a)
Touissant L'ouverture
b)
José de san Martín
c)
Símon Bolívar
d)
Miguel Hidalgo
52.
In 19th Century Latin America, what was the ethnic/racial group of European and African descent called?
a)
Mestizos
b)
Mulattos
c)
Creoles
d)
Peninsulares
53.
In 19th Century Latin America, what was the ethnic/racial group of people born in South America to Spanish parents called?
a)
Mestizos
b)
Mulattos
c)
Creoles
d)
Peninsulares
54.
Which German Chancellor was able to unite Germany into a single empire in the 19th Century?
a)
Wilhelm I
b)
Angela Merkel
c)
Helmut Schmidt
d)
Otto von Bismarck
55.
Through what event was a loose confederation of 39 German kingdoms founded?
a)
Treaty of Versailles 1919
b)
Congress of Vienna 1815
c)
Treaty of Utrecht 1713
d)
Potsdam Conference 1945
56.
Finish this sentence: “Western powers began to carve out ____________ along the Chinese coast. The British took the Chang River valley, the French took territories near Indochina.”
a)
Spheres of Influence
b)
Statism
c)
Political Priviledges
d)
Colonies
57.
Britain forced China to allow its merchants to trade along the Chinese coast in a series of wars known as the ________.
a)
Colonial Wars
b)
Boxer Rebellion
c)
Nationalist Revolutions
d)
Opium Wars
58.
Britain sold primarily ________ to Chinese merchants, a commodity they acquired in India that was extremely profitable.
a)
Rhubarb
b)
Silver
c)
Gold
d)
Opium
59.
What type of nationalist movement occurred in Italy and in Germany?
a)
Unification
b)
Separation
60.
What was Napoleon's blockade of British goods called?
a)
The French System
b)
The Napoleonic System
c)
The Continental System
d)
The Metric System
61.
Which country did Napoleon try to invade that wiped out most of his army?
a)
Prussia
b)
Russia
c)
Austria
d)
England
62.
Where did Napoleon suffer his final defeat?
a)
Trafalgar
b)
Waterloo
c)
Moscow
d)
Egypt
63.
What did Camillo di Cavour, Giuseppe Garibaldi, and King Victor Emmanuel II have in common?
a)
They all wanted to unify the Italian people.
b)
They all wanted to unify the German people.
c)
They all wanted to keep the German Confederation from joining.
d)
They all wanted to keep Italy under foreign rule.
64.
Which Prussian leader believed," We would not get nearer to our goal by speeches and votes...This contest could only be settled by blood and iron."
a)
Charles X
b)
Otto von Bismarck
c)
Kaiser Wilhelm I
d)
Napoleon III
65.
Who led the largest slave revolt in history, and led Haiti to independence?
a)
Miguel Hidalgo
b)
Simon Bolivar
c)
Toussaint L'Overture
d)
Jose de San Martin
66.
Which of the following was considered the "George Washington" of South American independence, and had a country named after him?
a)
Jose de San Martin
b)
Simon Bolivar
c)
Miguel Hidalgo
d)
Toussaint L'Ouverture
67.
Who believed that our natural rights are life, liberty, and property?
a)
Voltaire
b)
Locke
c)
Rousseau
d)
Montesquieu
68.
a period of rapid growth in using machines for manufacturing and production that began in the mid-1700s.
a)
Technology
b)
Transportation Revolution
c)
Industrial Revolution
d)
Interchangeable Parts
69.
What is mass production?
a)
The efficient production of large numbers of identical goods.
b)
Making mass using energy according to the equation E=mc2
c)
Making lots of tractors
d)
Having lots of kids
70.
Which of the following groups would most likely benefit from the socialist ideas of Karl Marx?
a)
Entrepreneurs
b)
Factory Workers
c)
Large Business Corporations
d)
Factory Managers
71.
What product was first made using machines in factories?
a)
Steel
b)
textiles
c)
locomotives
d)
flying shuttles
72.
Which of the following would NOT be associated with mass production?
a)
Interchangeable parts
b)
division of labor
c)
unique, hand made goods
d)
assembly line
73.
Which of the following was NOT associated with early factory working conditions?
a)
Low wages
b)
Safe working conditions
c)
Dangerous working conditions
d)
Widespread pollution
74.
The system in which the government owns and controls the means of production, such as mines and factories, is called?
a)
fascism
b)
socialism
c)
capitalism
d)
mercantilism
75.
What is the movement of people from rural to urban areas called?
a)
ruralization
b)
colonization
c)
inflation
d)
urbanization
76.
Which innovation allowed factories to be built anywhere?
a)
flying shuttle
b)
spinning jenny
c)
cotton gin
d)
steam engine
77.
Which 2 natural resources were the backbone of the Industrial Revolution?
a)
wood and peat
b)
oil and natural gas
c)
coal and iron
d)
cotton and tobacco
78.
In which country did the Industrial Revolution begin?
a)
The United States
b)
England
c)
France
d)
Germany
79.
What is imperialism?
a)
When one country takes over another country
b)
When one country is allies with another country
c)
When one country is at war with another country
d)
all of these options
80.
What is a colony?
a)
The result of imperialism; when a foreign country owns you
b)
When you are best buddies with another country
c)
A place where ants live
d)
When you are at war with another country
81.
Which of the following is a main player for imperialism?
a)
China
b)
India
c)
Africa
d)
Great Britain
82.
What is direct rule?
a)
Replacing local leaders with foreigners
b)
Putting local leaders in charge (with guidance from foreigners)
c)
Controlling a country through trade and economy
d)
Removing the government and having anarchy
83.
What is Spheres of Influence?
a)
Replacing local leaders with foreigners
b)
Putting local leaders in charge (with guidance from foreigners)
c)
Controlling a country through trade and economy
d)
Removing the government and having anarchy
84.
Who controlled India before the Sepoy Mutiny?
a)
Great Britain
b)
Britain East India Company
c)
China
d)
France
85.
What caused the Sepoy Rebellion?
a)
Distrust of Britain after animal fat rumors for bullets
b)
India's addiction to opium and retaliation
c)
The changing western culture of India
d)
The Berlin Conference where they decided who got which area
86.
Fun one (but a hard one!):
Which ninja turtle is this?
Which ninja turtle is this?
a)
Mikey
b)
Donnie
c)
Raphael
d)
Leo
87.
What caused Americans to support Cuban rebels?
a)
to protect American interests
b)
to create an American empire
c)
yellow journalism
d)
fear of developing a Spanish colony
88.
The U.S. would intervene in L.A. affairs if needed to maintain economic/political stability
a)
Roosevelt Corollary
b)
Pan-Americansim
c)
Foraker Act
d)
Platt Amendment
89.
Which European nation colonized India?
a)
France
b)
Russia
c)
England
d)
United States
90.
Uncle Sam represents which nation in political cartoons?
a)
England
b)
USA
c)
France
d)
Italy
91.
Industrialized nations:
a)
developed technology and machines to do work and produce goods
b)
needed and wanted more resources and sources of cheap labor
c)
conquered lands in order to create new markets
d)
all of these
92.
Franz Ferdinand was the Archduke of:
a)
England
b)
Russia
c)
Germany
d)
Austria-Hungary
93.
When a country is neutral it:
a)
makes an official alliance with another country
b)
sends troops to battle when a war begins
c)
does not take either side in a war and stays out of it
d)
declares war and joins the fight
94.
Which of the following WAS NOT a major cause of World War I?
a)
Militarism
b)
Nationalism
c)
Christianity
d)
Alliances
95.
What was the "spark" that ignited the "Powder Keg" of Europe and started WWI?
a)
The sinking of the USS Maine
b)
The use of animal grease on the ammunition
c)
The assassination of the Archduke of Austria-Hungary
d)
The bombing of Pearl-Harbor
96.
What is the name of the alliance during WWI that included Austria-Hungary, Germany, the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria?
a)
The Central Powers
b)
The Allied Powers
c)
The Axis Powers
d)
The Entente Powers
97.
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
98.
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
99.
RUSSIAN REVOLUTION:
Following the revolution what was the name of the government/philosophy that was introduced. This philosophy had a huge impact on the economy.
Following the revolution what was the name of the government/philosophy that was introduced. This philosophy had a huge impact on the economy.
a)
Communism
b)
Democracy
c)
Facism
d)
Oligarchy
100.
What government was based on the ideas of Karl Marx?
a)
Democracy
b)
Monarchy
c)
Dictatorship
d)
Communism
101.
What was Russia's named changed to after the Russian Revolution?
a)
Serbia
b)
USSR or Soviet Union
c)
St. Petersburg
d)
Stalingrad
102.
Which was NOT a LONG-TERM cause of the Great Depression?
a)
Buying stock on margin
b)
Stock market crash (Black Tuesday)
c)
too much production and consumer spending
d)
Laisezz-faire economic policies
103.
The Great Depression began in
a)
1925
b)
1929
c)
1932
d)
1940
104.
Roosevelt's collection of laws and programs to help the nation deal with the Depression was known as
a)
the New Deal.
b)
the Square Deal.
c)
the Hundred Days.
d)
Public Works.
105.
Recovery from the Great Depression was accomplished by
a)
public works programs.
b)
the Social Security Act.
c)
The National Recovery Administration.
d)
the outbreak of World War II.
106.
Japanese Suicide Bombers were called
a)
Kamikaze
b)
Blitzkrieg
c)
Stalingrad
d)
Sitzkrieg
107.
Benito Mussolini
a)
Germany
b)
Italy
c)
United States
d)
Soviet Union
108.
Stalin
a)
Germany
b)
Italy
c)
United States
d)
Soviet Union
109.
Adolf Hitler
a)
Germany
b)
Italy
c)
United States
d)
Soviet Union
110.
All of the following were members of the Axis powers EXCEPT:
a)
Germany
b)
Italy
c)
Japan
d)
Soviet Union
111.
Germany used what type of strategy to quickly overwhelm their opponents?
a)
Sitzkrieg
b)
Total War
c)
Blitzkrieg
d)
Appeasement
112.
What caused the U.S. to enter World War II?
a)
Germany invading Poland
b)
Sinking of the Lusitania
c)
Attack on Pearl Harbor
d)
France being taken over
113.
The policy that the British and French carried out towards Germany in the 1930's that gave Germany what is wanted with the hope Germany would stop conquering other countries.
a)
partisan
b)
collaborator
c)
appeasement
d)
blitz
114.
How did the end of World War I lead to World War II?
a)
The Treaty of Versailles was too harsh to Germany
b)
The German government was so weak that Hitler convinced the military to kill the German leaders
c)
World War I made Japan the lone superpower in the world and they used that power to conquer land
d)
The League of Nations was too aggressive thus leading to fascist governments in Italy and Germany
115.
Who overthrew China during the Cold War and created a Communist government there?
a)
Miguel Gorbachev
b)
Fidel Castro
c)
Mao Zedong
d)
Ho Chi Minh
116.
Which Parallel line split the country of Korea in half?
a)
38th
b)
19th
c)
45th
d)
21st
117.
Who was put in charge of the American forces in Korea and even wanted to use the atomic bomb against China?
a)
John Bassilone
b)
Douglas MacArthur
c)
Harry Truman
d)
Richard Nixon
118.
Who leads a Communist revolution in Cuba?
a)
Fidel Castro
b)
Mao Zedong
c)
Ho Chi Minh
d)
Nikita Gorbachev
119.
Which side of Vietnam and Korea was originally set up to be a Communist country?
a)
North
b)
South
120.
Who was the Communist leader of Vietnam that invaded South Vietnam?
a)
Ho Chi Minh
b)
Mao Zedong
c)
Fidel Castro
d)
Bernie Sanders
121.
Which of the following was a direct result of the 1957 launch of Sputnik1?
a)
The US began a period of technology sharing with the USSR
b)
The US Gov't founded a Fed. Agency dedicated to space exploration
c)
The USSR was unable to collect images of the US from space
d)
The USSR collapsed because of economic competition
122.
What program aided the rebuilding of Western Europe?
a)
Truman Doctrine
b)
NATO
c)
Warsaw Pact
d)
Marshall Plan
123.
What was the mutual defense alliance of non comminist nations?
a)
NATO
b)
Warsaw Pact
c)
Truman Doctrine
d)
Open Skies
124.
The Truman Doctrine's main goal was to:
a)
Contain communism
b)
Provide weapons to democratic countries
c)
Destroy communism
d)
Provide collective security
125.
How did the United States respond to the Soviet Union’s Berlin blockade?
a)
airlifted supplies to the people of Berlin
b)
withdrew its troops from Germany
c)
sent troops into the Soviet zone of Germany
d)
built a wall between East Berlin and West Berlin
126.
What was the Iron Curtain?
a)
the boundary between Western Europe and communist Eastern Europe
b)
the boundary between the United States and Mexico
c)
the boundary between the United States and Mexico
d)
the wall dividing East and West Berlin
127.
What is the policy of removing or killing people of a certain ethnic group.
a)
ethnic cleansing
b)
ethnic reorganization
c)
ethnic fixing
128.
What organization allows for free trade and movement of people in Europe?
a)
European Union
b)
European Market
c)
European Conglomerate
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