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Final Exam Review

Total questions: 39

Worksheet time: 49mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What was the British ship sunk by Germany, killing over 1,000 passengers?
a)
USS Maine
b)
Titanic
c)
Lusitania
d)
Envoy
2.
What event angered Austria-Hungary and led to WWI?
a)
a Slave entered a parade
b)
the Ottoman Empire refused them independence
c)
Gavrilo Princip was assassinated
d)
a Slav assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand 
3.
What proposed an alliance between Germany and Mexico?
a)
Treaty of Versailles
b)
Treaty of Saint-Germain
c)
Zimmerman Note
d)
The German-Mexican Agreement
4.
The idea that "my country is better than your country"
a)
Militarism
b)
Alliance System
c)
Nationalism
d)
Imperialism
5.
Which of the following is NOT  a M.A.I.N. cause of WWI?
a)
Assassination
b)
Alliances
c)
Militarism
d)
Nationalism
6.
This cause of WWI has to do with countries joining each other in hopes to NOT have a war. It failed.
a)
Militarism
b)
Alliances
c)
Imperialism
d)
Nationalism
7.
This marks the official end of WWI
a)
Armistice day
b)
The Treaty or Berlin
c)
The Schlieffen Plan
d)
The Treaty of Versailles
8.
Which of the following was NOT part of the Triple Entente?
a)
UK
b)
Russia
c)
France 
d)
Italy
9.
Which of the following was NOT part of the Triple Alliance?
a)
Germany
b)
Italy
c)
Austria-Hungary
d)
Russia
10.
What is extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force?
a)
imperialism
b)
nationalism
c)
militarism 
d)
alliance system.
11.
Gutenberg invented the __________ that increased literacy rates and helped spread the ideas of the reformation 
a)
Bible
b)
Telescope
c)
Mass media
d)
Printing Press
12.
The United States enters WWI on the side of who?
a)
Triple Entente
b)
Triple Allaince
13.
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
14.
Which set of countries made up the Axis Powers?
a)
Italy, Japan, France, Germany
b)
Great Britain, France, U.S., USSR
c)
Japan, Germany, Italy
d)
France, Great Britain, U.S., Canada
15.
Fun one (but a hard one!):
Which ninja turtle is this?
a)
Mikey
b)
Donnie
c)
Raphael
d)
Leo
16.
Based on this map (& the map on your notes), what two European powers colonized MOST of Southeast Asia?
a)
United States & Canada
b)
British & Dutch
c)
Germans & French
d)
Chinese & Australians
17.
Why did "cottage industry" come to an end?
a)
Too many people moved to the city.
b)
It was replaced by the factory system.
c)
The need for textiles decreased.
d)
Women who worked in cottage industries went on strike.
18.
Written by Rudyard Kipling, this poem expresses the idea that Europeans had a moral obligation to bring civilization to the uncivilized.
a)
The White Man's Burden
b)
Rikki Tikki Tavi
c)
The Jungle Book
d)
If---
19.
Name this Minneapolis musician whose favorite color is purple. 
a)
Michael Jackson
b)
Jay Z
c)
Prince
d)
Mr. Krier
20.
Which of the following is not a cause of WWI?
a)
Militarism
b)
Isolationism
c)
Imperialism
d)
Nationalism
21.
How did the Industrial Revolution change the social life of people in Europe?
a)
People moved to the country to be away from the factories.
b)
The working conditions were excellent.
c)
Women and child were NOT allowed to work.
d)
People moved from the country to the cities in order to work in factories.
22.
What were the working conditions like for the industrial working class during the Industrial Revolution?
a)
Hot, dirty, dusty, dangerous, and unhealthy. 12-16 hours a day, six days a week.
b)
Cool, clean, fresh, safe, and healthy. 8-10 hours a day, five days a week.
23.
What did Richard Arkwright invent?
a)
The water frame
b)
The  cotton mill
c)
The tractor
d)
Trains
24.
This country was blamed for World War I and forced to pay huge war reparations to the Allies.
a)
France
b)
Great Britain
c)
Germany
d)
United States
25.
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during WWII?
a)
Trotsky
b)
Stalin
c)
Mussolini
d)
Kruschev
26.
On June 6, 1944 General Eisenhower directed the largest combined land-sea-air invasion in history known as __________.
a)
V-E Day
b)
Battle of Stalingrad
c)
Battle of the Bulge
d)
D-Day
27.
Ghana, Mali, and Songhai all traded which TWO items?
a)
Gold and fish
b)
Gold and salt
c)
Gold and timber
d)
Gold and bronze
28.
Deliberate extermination of a racial or cultural group.
a)
compressed
b)
nightmare
c)
humanity
d)
genocide
29.
Japanese Americans were sent where after Pearl Harbor?
a)
Ellis Island
b)
They stayed at their farms
c)
Internment camps
d)
Japan
30.
Another name for D-Day
a)
Operation Torch
b)
Operation Overlord
c)
Operation Death
d)
Operation Take Back
31.
What event caused “Kristallnacht”?
a)
an uprising in the Warsaw ghetto
b)
Herschel Grynszpan shooting a German diplomat in Paris
c)
Einstein fleeing Germany
d)
German Jews protesting the Nuremberg Laws
32.
______ became the leader of Germany.  He promised the German people that they would have prosperity.
a)
Jewish People
b)
Fascists
c)
Adolf Hitler
d)
Benito Mussolinni
33.
Which country did Hitler sign a non-aggression pact with in 1939 prior to the start of WWII? 
a)
France
b)
Great Britain
c)
Poland
d)
Soviet Union 
34.
What is an agreement between people and the government?
a)
Consent
b)
Natural Rights
c)
Social Contract
d)
Voting
35.
The idea that the earth is the center of the universe is the ___________ theory.
a)
geocentric
b)
heliocentric
c)
earthcentric
d)
world's worst
36.
Which set of countries made the Allies?
a)
Great Britain, France, U.S., Italy
b)
Germany, USSR, Japan, France
c)
Germany, Japan, Italy
d)
U.S., Great Britain, France, USSR
37.
What is a totalitarian state?
a)
a state in the people elect their government
b)
a state in which people have control over businesses
c)
a state in which the gov't controls every aspect of public and private lives
d)
a state in which the working class is glorified
38.
A mass slaughter of Jews and other civilians, carried out by the Nazi government of Germany before & during WWII.
a)
holocaust
b)
propaganda
c)
slaughtered
d)
systematically
39.
What do Czar Nicolaus of Russia and Joseph Stalin have in common 
a)
They were both soldiers in the Russian revolution 
b)
They were both totalitarian leaders
c)
Both were Enlightenment thinkers
d)
Both supported democracy in Russia