WorksheetsMixed Bag WC2
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
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Class
Date
1.
The idea that all people are born with the natural rights of life, liberty, and property is most directly associated with the writings of --
a)
Baron de Montesquieu
b)
Thomas Hobbes
c)
Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet
d)
John Locke
2.
What influence did the Scientific Revolution have on the Enlightenment in Europe?
a)
Natural laws were used to explain human affairs.
b)
Economic growth was slowed by the lack of useable technology
c)
Scientific truths were used to justify absolute monarchies.
d)
The emphasis on religious doctrine led to the rejection of scientifi c ideas.
3.
Capitalism is to private ownership as communism is to --
a)
supply and demand
b)
laissez-faire
c)
state control
d)
self-determination
4.
• Japan fights China. (1894)
• Japan defeats Russia. (1905)
• Japan annexes Korea. (1910)
These events show Japan's goal of being what?
• Japan defeats Russia. (1905)
• Japan annexes Korea. (1910)
These events show Japan's goal of being what?
a)
an imperial power
b)
a fair trading partner
c)
protector of Asia against Europe
d)
peaceful and isolationist
5.
What does this cartoon from 1919 most likely show?
a)
efforts to stabilize the global economy
b)
the removal of Lenin from power
c)
widespread German victories
d)
the aftermath of war
6.
• Development of secret alliances
• Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
• Stalemate along the trenches
Which conflict is directly associated with these events?
• Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
• Stalemate along the trenches
Which conflict is directly associated with these events?
a)
Napoleonic War
b)
Franco-Prussian War
c)
World War I
d)
World War II
7.
• Bitterness over the Treaty of Versailles
• Loss of the Ruhr and overseas colonies
• Rising inflation and unemployment
These factors are most closely associated with -
• Loss of the Ruhr and overseas colonies
• Rising inflation and unemployment
These factors are most closely associated with -
a)
the Russian Revolution of 1917
b)
the rise of fascism in Germany
c)
the communist revolution in China
d)
French imperialism in Africa
8.
Use of the term Iron Curtain is meant to symbolize and highlight differences in what?
a)
religious philosophy
b)
political ideology
c)
art and architecture
d)
resources and climate
9.
One reason Mao Zedong, Ho Chi Minh, and Fidel Castro rose to power was that these leaders --
a)
promoted capitalism and democracy
b)
gained the support of the peasants
c)
represented the interests of rich landowners
d)
wanted their countries to stress religious values
10.
The organization of campaigns in South Africa against the policy of racial separation and segregation are most closely associated with
a)
Jomo Kenyatta
b)
Cecil Rhodes
c)
Nelson Mandela
d)
Kwame Nkrumah
11.
Beginning in the late 1970s, one of Deng Xiaoping’s major goals for the People’s Republic of China was to --
a)
encourage economic growth through modernization
b)
support the practice of traditional religions
c)
lessen control over the bureaucracy
d)
protect the purity of revolutionary doctrine
12.
• Emperor Montezuma falls from power.
• Large numbers of Native Americans died from smallpox and other diseases.
These events occurred as a result of the --
• Large numbers of Native Americans died from smallpox and other diseases.
These events occurred as a result of the --
a)
Mexican Revolution
b)
Colonization
c)
Cuban Revolution
d)
Latin American independence movements
13.
One similarity between the rule of Peter the Great and the rule of Emperor Meiji is that their governments did what?
a)
encouraged the people to convert to Christianity
b)
supported isolationist policies
c)
implemented democratic elections for legislative bodies
d)
began to modernize by adopting Western technology
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