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Total questions: 100
Worksheet time: 2hrs 40mins
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Class
Date
1.
What was used to help rebuild Europe?
a)
Marshall Plan
b)
Encomienda System
c)
Caste System
d)
Eisenhower Plan
2.
According to Thomas Hobbes, what is the best form of government?
a)
Democracy
b)
Constitutional Monarchy
c)
Absolute Monarchy
d)
Republic
3.
The ruler who was beheaded at the end of the English Civil War was
a)
Charles I
b)
Elizabeth I
c)
Oliver Cromwell
d)
William of Orange
4.
The first novel, Don Quixote, was written by
a)
Jean Jacques Rousseau
b)
Eugene Delacroix
c)
Miguel de Cervantes
d)
Wolfgang Mozart
5.
Elizabeth I supported Protestantism in England by -
a)
returning land belonging to the Catholic Church
b)
making the Anglican church the official national church
c)
persecuting people who used Latin in the Catholic Church
d)
removing the leader of the Anglican Church
6.
Which purpose motivated the build of this structure?
a)
to convert native people to Christianity
b)
to develop trade alliances with the French
c)
to preserve the indigenous culture of the area
d)
to recruit nations to work on plantaitons
7.
Which person is most associated with the following
- Considered a " rebirth of knowledge"
- New forms of literature and art flourished
-Symbolized the birth of the modern world
- Considered a " rebirth of knowledge"
- New forms of literature and art flourished
-Symbolized the birth of the modern world
a)
Voltaire
b)
Henry Bessemer
c)
Michelangelo
d)
John Hus
8.
The Society of Jesus was created to spread the Catholic teachings primarily in response to the -
a)
Inquisition
b)
Renaissance
c)
Scientific Revolution
d)
Protestant Reformation
9.
What was a common trade good that traveled west on the Silk Road
a)
Ivory
b)
Gold
c)
Paper
d)
Rum
10.
What was John Calvin's main belief?
a)
The 95 Theses
b)
There were many gods, not just one
c)
Indulgences were good
d)
Predestination
11.
All of the following were reasons for Spanish exploration during the Age of Discovery EXCEPT:
a)
Gold
b)
God
c)
Glory
d)
Good works
12.
The exchange of goods, ideas, animals, and diseases between Europe and the Americas is called:
a)
Triangle Trade
b)
Columbian Exchange
c)
Middle Passage
d)
Bermuda Triangle
13.
These two explorers are credited with being the first to circumnavigate the globe.
a)
Magellan and Cortes
b)
Pizarro and Cabot
c)
Drake and Magellan
d)
Drake and de Gama
14.
Sir Isaac Newton discovered:
a)
How blood circulates through the body
b)
Laws of biology
c)
The laws of motion and gravity
d)
How planets orbit the sun
15.
What economic theory believes colonies should be used for the benefit of the mother country?
a)
Mercantilism
b)
Capitalism
c)
Marxism
d)
Polytheism
16.
Both Italy and Germany were united using:
a)
Containment
b)
Liberalism
c)
Nationalism
d)
Conservatism
17.
Who wrote "The Communist Manifesto?"
a)
John Smith
b)
Adam Smith
c)
Karl Marx
d)
Robert Owen
18.
The Industrial Revolution began in:
a)
England
b)
France
c)
Germany
d)
Italy
19.
Which individual is most closely associated with the changes indicated on these maps?
a)
Pancho Villa
b)
Porfirio Diaz
c)
Simón Bolívar
d)
Emiliano Zapata
20.
Why did people move to cities during the Industrial Revolution?
a)
People were looking for work in factories.
b)
People were looking for farms.
c)
People wanted to buy a house.
d)
People wanted to sell their crops.
21.
Who invented cotton gin and interchangeable parts?
a)
John Deere
b)
Eli Whitney
c)
Samuel Slater
d)
Elias Howe
22.
Anti-imperialism revolt in China
a)
Self-Strengthening Movement
b)
Boxer Rebellion
c)
Taiping Rebellion
d)
Sepoy Rebellion
23.
In what way did alliances cause WWI?
a)
Countries that had alliances were more likely to provoke wars
b)
Countries who were under threat were more likely to leave alliances
c)
Small, regional disputes became magnified when allies were caled upon to assist
d)
Small, regional disputes were quickly settled through negotiations with allies
24.
In what way did Nationalism cause World War I?
a)
Small countries wanted to become a part of something bigger, so tried to become part of bigger nations
b)
Large countries wanted to share their culture with smaller ones, leading to invasions
c)
Countries wanted to be seen as strong and independent, so refused to work with other nations
d)
Countries wanted to be seen as powerful, so tried to diminate others, and resist being dominated themselves.
25.
What is the best description of how Nationalism and Militarism connected together before WWI?
a)
Nations need a bigger military to make the people proud.
b)
Militaries grow larger in nations that have less pride in their nations.
c)
Nations that grow and expand build larger militaries to defend themselves.
d)
Nations that have large militaries need large empires to supply them with food & troops.
26.
Which of the following was NOT one of the central powers in WWI?
a)
France
b)
Germany
c)
Austria-Hungary
d)
The Ottoman Empire
27.
Which nation was blamed for World War I in the Treaty of Versailles?
a)
Germany
b)
Austria Hungary
c)
Serbia
d)
The Balkans
28.
Who was assassinated which led to the outbreak of WWI?
a)
Wilhelm II
b)
Franz Ferdinand
c)
Nicolas II
d)
George V
29.
What was the impact of World War I on the economy of Germany?
a)
It devastated it, because of the War Guilt Clause and massive debt
b)
It helped it, by creating an open economy for Industrialization
c)
It helped it, as Germany was required to rapidly reindustrialize to pay it debts
d)
It hurt it briefly, but they soon recovered under the Weimar republic
30.
Imperialism caused
a)
increased efforts to solve problems between countries
b)
decreased competition between countries
c)
increased competition between countries
d)
decreased tension between countries
31.
Where was Korea divided?
a)
18 parallel
b)
34 parallel
c)
38 parallel
d)
15 parallel
32.
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
33.
Who was the first democratically elected president of South Africa?
a)
Jawaharlal Nehru
b)
Nelson Mandela
c)
Mohammad Jinnah
d)
Jomo Kenyatta
34.
Algeria went to war with the nation that colonized it. This nation was
a)
France
b)
Britain
c)
India
d)
United States
35.
How are Kenyatta and Ghandi similar?
a)
used violence
b)
wanted independence from Great Britain
c)
boycotted British goods
d)
supported colonial practices
36.
Chinese Communist Party leader after 1976; introduced the 4 modernizations and economic reform
a)
Sun Yat-sen
b)
Mao Zedong
c)
Chiang Kai-shek
d)
Deng Xiaoping
37.
Kenyan writer and leader
a)
Chinua Achebe
b)
Jomo Kenyatta
c)
Desmond Tutu
d)
Nelson Mandela
38.
Inventor of the spinning jenny.
a)
James Hargreaves
b)
Eli Whitney
c)
James Watt
d)
Eli Whitney
39.
Inventor of the cotton gin.
a)
Eli Whitney
b)
Alexander Graham Bell
c)
James Hargreaves
d)
Louis Pasteur
40.
This person established the "germ theory" and the process of "pasteurization":
a)
Joseph Lister
b)
John Dalton
c)
Louis Pasteur
d)
Charles Darwin
41.
Copernicus wrote this theory.
a)
the heliocentric theory
b)
the geocentric theory
c)
the mercantilism theory
d)
the scientific method theory
42.
The idea that a monarch gets their power from God.
a)
Absolutism
b)
Balance of Power
c)
Divine Right
d)
Sacraments
43.
Who built St. Petersburg to establish a warm water port for his country?
a)
Frederick the Great
b)
Louis XIV
c)
Peter the Great
d)
Ivan the Terrible
44.
What document was signed by William and Mary in 1689?
a)
The Declaration of the Rights of Man
b)
The Edict of Nantes
c)
The Magna Carta
d)
The English Bill of Rights
45.
Louis XIV built this as a symbol of his power and wealth?
a)
Arc De Triumph
b)
Palace of Versailles
c)
Eiffel Tower
d)
El Escorial
46.
Last Tudor monarch; Protestant; defeated Spanish Armada;
a)
Maria Theresa Hapsburg
b)
Elizabeth II
c)
Catherine the Great
d)
Elizabeth I
47.
He was the conqueror of the Aztec Empire
a)
de Gama
b)
Cortez
c)
Mageliion
d)
Pizarro
48.
What religion is this symbol from?
a)
Christianity
b)
Hinduism
c)
Islam
d)
Judaism
49.
This economic system is based on competition, profits, and self-interest.
a)
Socialism
b)
Communism
c)
Capitalism
50.
This person wrote "The Wealth of Nations" and believed the government should have a limited role in business.
a)
Bernie Sanders
b)
Adam Smith
c)
Charles Fourier
d)
Hillary Trump
51.
If you were a developing country and wanted to build a dam, you would most likely go to this organization.
a)
NAFTA
b)
WTO
c)
UN
d)
IMF
52.
Which person is associated with the NORTHERN Renaissance?
a)
Michelangelo
b)
Raphael
c)
Shakespeare
d)
da Vinci
53.
The study of the humanities/humanism was the hallmark of what event in Europe?
a)
Renaissance
b)
Thirty Years' War
c)
Scientific Revolution
d)
Industrial Revolution
54.
China established foreign enclaves in order --
a)
Improve education
b)
Centralize manufacturing
c)
Spread religion
d)
Control trade
55.
Which explorer contributed to the establishment of Portuguese colonies in Africa + India?
a)
Hernando Cortes
b)
Ferdinand Magellan
c)
Vasco de Gama
d)
Sir Francis Drake
56.
The Columbian Exchange brought what item from EUROPE to the AMERICAS?
a)
Coal
b)
Horses
c)
Corn
d)
Tomatoes
57.
What did Giuseppe Garibaldi do?
a)
Convinced the Papal States to support independence in Italy
b)
Developed fascism in Italy
c)
Conquered southern Italy to unite it with northern Italy
d)
Commanded Italian forces in WWII
58.
During the 19th cent., which change led to an increase in the use of child labor?
a)
Creation of a public welfare system
b)
Development of the factory system
c)
Expansion of large cities
d)
Rise of wages for skilled workers
59.
What were the contents of the Zimmerman Telegram?
a)
A German offer to Mexico to form an alliance against the U.S.
b)
A U.S. proposal to supply arms so Mexico could fight Germany
c)
A German offer to negotiate peace with the U.S. during WWI
d)
A U.S. warning against a German invasion of Great Britain
60.
What was the purpose of the mandate system?
a)
It was intended to prepare territories in the M.E. for future independence
b)
It established permanent systems of government for the territories
c)
It weakened the economies of the countries that were supporting the territories
d)
It was supposed to prepare territories for unification with the controlling country
61.
What region was invaded by Japan in the 1930s in an effort to get more land/raw materials?
a)
Mongolia
b)
Manchuria
c)
USSR
d)
Hong Kong
62.
Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin, & Franklin Roosevelt were all:
a)
Communist leaders
b)
Axis dictators
c)
Military commanders
d)
Allied leaders
63.
What did Mikhail Gorbachev and Deng Xiaoping have in common?
a)
Military expansion
b)
Industrial build-up
c)
New economic reform
d)
Tight gov't. control
64.
The U.S. threatened to use nuclear weapons during the ---
a)
Iraqi invasion of Kuwait
b)
Chinese Civil War
c)
USSR invasion of Afghanistan
d)
Cuban Missile Crisis
65.
The U.S. policy of containment was the nation's foreign policy strategy during what conflict?
a)
WWI
b)
WWII
c)
Cold War
d)
Iraq War
66.
What is the Torah?
a)
A collection of sacred Hindu writings
b)
The sacred writings of the Jews
c)
A collection of Islamic laws
d)
The holy texts of Buddhism
67.
1 reason the Ottoman Turks were successful in creating a large empire was that they ---
a)
Conquered the lands of the Mughal Empire
b)
Taxed visitors who traveled in their empire
c)
Used the Islamic religion as a unifying force
d)
Relied on foreign navies to protect the coastal regions of their empire
68.
The right to life, liberty, and property was the idea of:
a)
John Locke
b)
Niccolo Machiavelli
c)
Karl Marx
d)
Thomas Hobbes
69.
Which Enlightenment philosopher influenced the creation of the U.S. govt. with his ideas of separation of powers?
a)
Thomas Hobbes
b)
Thomas Jefferson
c)
Montesquieu
d)
Voltaire
70.
Which Enlightenment philosopher felt that human beings were inherently evil and needed a strong (absolute) gov. to control them?
a)
John Locke
b)
Voltaire
c)
Thomas Hobbes
d)
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
71.
This organization, formed after WWII, took the place of the ineffective League of Nations...
a)
United Nations
b)
North Atlantic Treaty Org.
c)
World Bank
d)
International Monetary Fund
72.
Rising economic powers, the need for and desire to control raw materials and markets led to the acceleration of colonialism and:
a)
Imperialism
b)
Capitalism
c)
Socialism
d)
Naitonalism
73.
What empire was located in Africa in 1500?
a)
Songhai
b)
Axum
c)
Ghana
d)
Mali
74.
What was the trade route between Asia and the Mediterranean Basin?
a)
Silk Road
b)
Trans-Saharan
c)
Maritime
d)
Danube River
75.
What kind of trade routes crossed the Indian Ocean?
a)
Silk Road
b)
Trans-Saharan
c)
Maritime
d)
Danube River
76.
Why were trade routes important?
a)
Cultural Diffusion
b)
Satellite Communication
c)
the Crusades
d)
Caste System
77.
The practice of lending money at a high rate of interest
a)
interest gauging
b)
heresy
c)
predestination
d)
usury
78.
What church did the Southern German Hapsburg princes support?
a)
Anglican
b)
Catholic
c)
Lutherian
d)
Methodist
79.
The Edict of Nantes granted what?
a)
Freedom of worship for Hugeunots
b)
Freedom of worship for Anglicans
c)
Freedom of worship for Calvinists
d)
Freedom of worship for Anglicans
80.
What was established to reinforce Catholic Doctrine?
a)
the Inquisition
b)
Johann Tetzel
c)
the Printing Press
d)
Church Councils
81.
What building is pictured?
a)
Panthenon
b)
Parthenon
c)
Taj Mahal
d)
Hagia Sophia
82.
One's actions have an unavoidable effect on the next life.
a)
Dharma
b)
Karma
c)
Tao
d)
Noble Truth
83.
Who painted the Mona Lisa?
a)
Michelangelo
b)
Boticceli
c)
Leonardo da Vinci
d)
Donatello
84.
Which of the following occurred as a result of Martin Luther's stand against indulgences? .
a)
Germany rejected Lutheranism and remained Roman Catholic.
b)
Martin Luther became the POPE
c)
Henry VIII started a new religion in England called Anabaptism.
d)
The Protestant Reformation began.
85.
seventeenth-century economic theory that held that the prosperity of a nation depended on a large supply of gold and silver
a)
encomienda
b)
mercantilism
c)
mita
d)
Columbian Exchange
86.
forced labor system used by the Spanish in colonial Latin America
a)
ecomienda
b)
peninsulares
c)
indentured servitude
d)
mita
87.
What was the pattern of trade that connected Europe, Africa, and the American continents called?
a)
Golden Age
b)
triangular trade
c)
slave trade
d)
Middle Passage
88.
The Declaration of Independence represents Enlightenment ideals because it
a)
states that all titles of nobility should be abolished
b)
protects the rights of the accused and prohibited cruel punishment
c)
sets up a system of checks and balances for the US government
d)
says that people have rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
89.
What do these pie charts reveal about the causes of the French Revolution?
a)
all the estates were taxed equally
b)
the upper classes paid the most taxes
c)
the poorest classes paid all the taxes
d)
the third estate was the wealthiest
90.
Which best describes the Congress of Vienna?
a)
One of three social classes in France before the French Revolution.
b)
Village in Belgium near which the Duke of Wellington led British and Prussian forces to final victory over Napoleon.
c)
A wave of senseless panic that spread through the French countryside after the storming of the Bastille in 1789.
d)
A series of meetings in 1814-15, during which European leaders sought to establish long-lasting peace and security after the defeat of Napoleon.
91.
The Iron Chancellor: Unites Germany: Realpolitick
a)
Cavour
b)
Wilhelm I
c)
Bismarck
d)
Garibaldi
92.
The Suez Canal connected
a)
Malay and Indochinese Penninsulas
b)
Nile River and Persian Gulf
c)
Pacific and Atlantic
d)
Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea
93.
The Armenian Genocide occurred under what government?
a)
British
b)
French
c)
Ottoman
d)
Chinese
94.
This was the Church practice of selling forgiveness for sin
a)
Usury
b)
Tithe
c)
Sin Tax
d)
Indulgences
95.
German and English nobles did not like _______ domination of the Catholic Church
a)
Portuguese
b)
French
c)
Italian
d)
Ottoman
96.
Luther's key Beliefs were
- Salvation by faith alone
- All humans are equal before God
-___________
- Salvation by faith alone
- All humans are equal before God
-___________
a)
Only ppl who live a good life will be saved
b)
The Pope is the head of the Church
c)
Separation of Church and State
d)
The Bible is the ultimate authority
97.
This war was between the Protestant and Catholics, found in Europe (1618-1648)
a)
30 years war
b)
War of the Roses
c)
the Final Crusade
d)
100 years war
98.
The #4 on the map indicates which region?
a)
Balkan Peninsula
b)
Iberian Peninsula
c)
Italian Peninsula
d)
Jutland Peninsula
99.
Identify the highlighted country on the map.
a)
Iran
b)
Iraq
c)
Saudi Arabia
d)
Syria
100.
What economic issue is demonstrated in this picture?
a)
Inflation
b)
Deflation
c)
High Tariffs
d)
Scarcity
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