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World Civ. Final Review

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Paris Commune members, many of whom were called ______________, considered themselves ordinary patriots. 
a)
Priests
b)
Sans-culottes
c)
Aristocrats
d)
Bureaucrats
2.
One of three classes into which French society was divided before the revolution is referred to as a/an __________________.
a)
Faction
b)
Estate
c)
Assembly
d)
Taille
3.
A/an _______________ is a sudden overthrow of the government. 
a)
Rebellion
b)
Coup d'etat
c)
Election
d)
Crowning
4.
Thousands of people who opposed the French government were executed when ________________ was in power. 
a)
Louis XVI
b)
The Estates-Badgley
c)
The Committee of Public Safety
d)
Napoleon
5.
When was the French Revolution? 
a)
1789-1799
b)
1799-1815
c)
1679-1683
d)
1859-1865
6.
Where was Napoleon defeated for the final time? 
a)
Moscow in Russia
b)
Waterloo in Belgium
c)
Leipzig in Germany
d)
Annecy in France
7.
Another word for “popular vote” is ___________________. 
a)
Emancipation
b)
Secession
c)
Plebiscite
d)
Kaiser
8.
__________________ is based on tradition and social stability. 
a)
Liberalism
b)
Socialism
c)
Abolitionism
d)
Conservatism
9.
Under _______________, the public – generally the government – owns the means of production. 
a)
Democracy
b)
Liberalism
c)
Conservatism
d)
Socialism
10.
_________________ was a movement that emphasized feelings, emotion, and imagination as sources of knowledge. a.) Romanticism c.) Realism b.) Socialism d.) Secularization
a)
Realism
b)
Romanticism
c)
Socialism
d)
Nazism
11.
Which engineer improved the steam engine so it could drive machinery? 
a)
Robert Fulton
b)
James Watt
c)
Henry Cort
d)
Robert Owen
12.
What ideology or ideologies were behind the 1830 revolutions? 
a)
Liberalism & Nationalism
b)
Communism
c)
Romanticism
d)
Radicalism & Socialism
13.
Who was the politician who was known for practicing realpolitik? 
a)
Otto von Bismarck
b)
Camilio di Cavour
c)
Guiseppe Garibaldi
d)
Klemens von Metternich
14.
What was the largest problem in czarist Russia in the 19th century?
a)
Serfdom
b)
Romanticism
c)
Disease
d)
Poor Soil
15.
Who classified all the material elements known in the 1860s based on their atomic weights? 
a)
Dimitry Mendeleyev
b)
Louis Pasteur
c)
Robert Fulton
d)
Michael Faraday
16.
Karl Marx used the term _______________ to mean the working class. 
a)
Bourgeoisie
b)
Zionist
c)
Proletariat
d)
Suffrage
17.
__________________ is a Jewish nationalist movement. 
a)
Liberalism
b)
Modernism
c)
Extiminism
d)
Zionism
18.
The movement for women’s rights is known as ______________. 
a)
Socialism
b)
Suffrage
c)
Realism
d)
Feminism
19.
In the 1840s and 1850s, women believed that ___________, the right to vote, was the key to improving their overall position in society. 
a)
Literacy
b)
Suffrage
c)
Ministerial Responsibility
d)
Modernism
20.
Who pioneered the assembly line? 
a)
Henry Ford
b)
Clara Barton
c)
Thomas Edison
d)
Jimmy Fallon
21.
What is the process used in negotiations between union representatives and employees? 
a)
Collective Bargaining
b)
Bartering
c)
Selective Hearing
d)
Collective Negotiating
22.
What theory did some people use to justify the dominance of Western nations? 
a)
Laissez-Faire
b)
Marxism
c)
Social Darwinism
d)
Zionism
23.
The British East India Company hired Indian soldiers called ________________ to protect its interests in India. 
a)
Caudillos
b)
Cowboys
c)
Sepoys
d)
Viceroys
24.
A political unit that depends on another government for protection is known as: 
a)
A Protectorate
b)
A Colony
c)
An Annex
d)
A Territory
25.
The Boers fought with many _______________ people, especially the Zulu of South Africa. 
a)
Imperialist
b)
Colonial
c)
Racist
d)
Indigenous
26.

The Suez Canal connects what 2 bodies of water?

a)

Mediterranean Sea & Red Sea

b)

Bosporus Strait & Strait of Gibraltar

c)

Atlantic Ocean & Mediteranean Sea

d)

Pacific Ocean & Atlantic Ocean

27.
Which famous leader used nonviolent resistance to help win independence for India? 
a)
Nelson Mandella
b)
Chuck Norris
c)
Barack Obama
d)
Mohandas Gandhi
28.
“Europeans have a moral responsibility to civilize primitive people.” This statement best expresses which of the following concepts?   
a)
The Monroe Doctrine
b)
Nationlism
c)
Social Darwinism
d)
The "white man's burden"
29.
Early 20th century Chinese culture reflected a struggle between Western social ideas and what traditional Chinese beliefs? 
a)
Islamic
b)
Confucian
c)
Shinto
d)
Hindu
30.
European states created _________________ in China for their exclusive trading rights. 
a)
Open Door Policies
b)
Self-Strengthening Policies
c)
Extraterritoriality
d)
Spheres of Influence
31.
What does “Meiji” mean in English? 
a)
Enlightened Rule
b)
Majestic Rule
c)
Emancipated Reform
d)
Enlightened Reform
32.
Ideas that are spread to influence public opinion for or against a cause are known as: 
a)
Propaganda
b)
Brochures
c)
Mandates
d)
Newsletters
33.
Germany had to make ________________ to cover the costs of WWI. 
a)
Debts
b)
Reparations
c)
Sacrifices
d)
Planned Economies
34.
Wearing down the opposing side by constant attacks and heavy losses is called: 
a)
Conscription
b)
Beating up Bad People
c)
A War of Attrition
d)
Trench Warfare
35.
When was Archduke Francis Ferdinand assassinated? 
a)
June 28, 1914
b)
September 20, 1915
c)
August 4, 1916
d)
November 11, 1918
36.
Which faction of a Marxist party came under the leadership of V.I. Lenin? 
a)
Stalinists
b)
Zionists
c)
Slavsheviks
d)
Bolsheviks
37.
______________ glorifies the state above the individual. 
a)
Racism
b)
Fascism
c)
Dadaism
d)
Surrealism
38.
The __________________ was the Communist Party’s main policy making body. 
a)
Politburo
b)
Weimar Republic
c)
Reichstag
d)
Dawes Plan
39.
In what country did Hitler test the new weaponry of Germany’s air force? 
a)
France
b)
Spain
c)
Italy
d)
Russia
40.
What group did Hitler claim would dominate Europe and the world? 
a)
Socialists
b)
Americans
c)
Aryans
d)
Communists
41.
Whose work influenced the literary technique known as “stream of consciousness?” 
a)
Werner Heisenberg
b)
Albert Einstein
c)
Adolf Hitler
d)
Sigmund Freud
42.
Between 1915 and 1918, what Christian minority group was targeted by the Ottoman Turks?
a)
Zionists
b)
Slavs
c)
Roma
d)
Armenians
43.
Who began transforming Turkey into a modern secular state in the early 1920s? 
a)
Reza Shah Pahlavi
b)
Mustafa Kemal
c)
Nelson Mandella
d)
Ibn Sa'ud
44.
What British document supported the creation of a Jewish homeland in Palestine? 
a)
The Zionist Act
b)
The Dawes Plan
c)
The Balfour Declaration
d)
The Palestine Act
45.
Who founded the Pan-Africanism movement? 
a)
Mohandas Gandhi
b)
Carmelo Anthony
c)
Jomo Kenyatta
d)
Marcus Garvey
46.
What policy attempted to satisfy the reasonable demands of dissatisfied powers in WWII? 
a)
Appeasement
b)
Neutrality
c)
Isolationism
d)
Colonization
47.
To which General, and on which ship, did the Japanese surrender to end WWII? 
a)
General Cornwallis, USS Arizona
b)
General MacArthur, USS Missouri
c)
General Patton, USS Utah
d)
General Badgley, USS Whitefield
48.
What is NATO? North Atlantic Treaty Organization
a)
New Armistace Treaty Organization
b)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
c)
Never Ate Turkey Outside
d)
Northern American Turkey Organization
49.
When was the Vietnam war? Korean War? 
a)
Vietnam (1970-1973) Korea (1955-1975)
b)
Vietnam (1975-1995) Korea (1960-1965)
c)
Vietnam (1955-1975) Korea (1950-1953)
d)
Vietnam (1985-1995) Korea (1990-1993)
50.
What side of the Berlin Wall was communist?
a)
North
b)
South 
c)
East
d)
West
51.
When was the Cold War?
a)
1800-1900
b)
1945-1990
c)
1914-1918
d)
1939-1945
52.
About how old was Martin Luther King Jr. when he died? About when did he die?
a)
About 40, in the late 1960s
b)
About 70, in the late 1980s
c)
About 20, in the late 1970s
d)
Still alive
53.

Barbie, Elvis, Korean War

a)

1940s

b)

1950s

c)

1960s

d)

1970s

54.

Apartheid ends, Clinton, Backstreet Boys

a)

1960s

b)

1970s

c)

1980s

d)

1990s

55.

JFK & MLK jr. both assassinated. Woodstock.

a)

1940s

b)

1950s

c)

1960s

d)

1970s

56.

Vietnam War ends, Kent State, Nixon

a)

1990s

b)

1960s

c)

1970s

d)

1980s

57.

Mrs. Badgley was born and then what happened?

a)

Vietnam War Ended

b)

Chernobyl Exploded

c)

Nixon Resigned

d)

Reagan became President

58.

Which is NOT an Ocean?

a)

Southern

b)

Indian

c)

Artesian

d)

Pacific

59.

Top 3 Rivers of the world in order:

a)

Amazon, Nile, Mississippi

b)

Nile, Amazon, Yangtze

c)

Mississippi, Hudson, Nile

d)

Yangtze, Amazon, Hudson

60.

What river is odd and flows North?

a)

Nile River

b)

Amazon River

c)

Mississippi River

d)

Hudson River