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WorksheetsWorld History Final S17
Total questions: 77
Worksheet time: 1hrs 22mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The Great Depression began with the stock market crash in __________.
a)
September, 1939
b)
October, 1945
c)
December, 1941
d)
October, 1929
2.
Which of the following is a direct result of the attack on Pearl Harbor?
a)
The relocation of Japanese people to internment camps
b)
The Great Depression
c)
The attacks on Nagasaki and Hiroshima
d)
The election of Harry Truman
3.
We generally consider the invasion of _________ by _________ the start of WW2.
a)
France, Germany
b)
Poland, Austria-Hungary
c)
Poland, Germany
d)
Northern Africa, Italy
4.
Which event pulled the United States into WWII?
a)
The Battles of Lexington and Concord
b)
The attack on Fort Sumter
c)
The bombing of Pearl Harbor
d)
The sinking of the Lusitania
5.
Who was the leader of the Nazi party and was the leader of Germany?
a)
Stalin
b)
Roosevelt
c)
Mussolini
d)
Hitler
6.
Who was the president of US during the first few years of WWII?
a)
Hitler
b)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
c)
Stalin
d)
Mussolini
7.
What was the name of the book that Adolf Hitler wrote while in prison?
a)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
b)
Mein Kampf
c)
Catcher in the Rye
d)
The Red Badge of Courage
8.
Which event caused the United States to officially enter World War II?
a)
The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii
b)
The Allied Invasion in Normandy, France
c)
The "Night of Broken Glass" in Nazi Germany
d)
The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
9.
Why were Japanese-Americans ordered to internment camps in 1942?
a)
Americans wanted to send Japanese-Americans away so that they could take their property and businesses.
b)
Americans feared Japanese-Americans had possible involvement with Japan after the
attack on Pearl Harbor.
attack on Pearl Harbor.
c)
Americans thought the Japanese-Americans were to blame for the spread of Communism.
d)
Americans felt the Japanese-Americans should be blamed for starting of WWII.
10.
America did not want to get involved in other country's conflicts. This was known as __________________________
a)
Imperialism
b)
Axis
c)
Isolationism
d)
Dictatorship
11.
German strategy to strike an enemy fast, using tanks, airplanes and mechanized infantry is known as _____
a)
Trench Warfare
b)
Kamikaze
c)
Blitzkrieg
d)
Holocaust
12.
What began the liberation of Western Europe?
a)
Battle of Midway
b)
Battle of Stalingrad
c)
D-Day
d)
Atom bomb was dropped
13.
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union (USSR)?
a)
Joseph Stalin
b)
Benito Mussolini
c)
Hideki Tojo
d)
Winston Churchhill
14.
Who was the leader of the Italy?
a)
Winston Churchill
b)
Benito Mussolini
c)
Joseph Stalin
d)
Franklin Roosevelt
15.
This is extreme feelings of patriotism
a)
Militarism
b)
Nationalism
c)
Isolationism
d)
Reparations
16.
In what year did WWI begin?
a)
1776
b)
1914
c)
1918
d)
1939
17.
What did Germany send to Mexico that offered to help them win land back from the United States if Mexico would start a war with the US?
a)
The Zimmerman Telegram
b)
A secret letter that was delivered by mail
c)
A long distance, coded phone call
d)
An uncoded E-mail
18.
Who took over after Lenin died?
a)
Marx
b)
Obama
c)
Stalin
d)
Trotsky
19.
Who was assassinated by a Serbian National to began WWI in 1914?
a)
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
b)
Prince Charles
c)
Queen Elizabeth
20.
What style of fighting came to dominate the Western Front in World War I?
a)
Blitzkrieg
b)
Trench warfare
c)
Fast attacks with tanks
d)
Guerrilla warfare
21.
What was the land between two enemy lines called in WWI?
a)
No Man's Land
b)
His brother's land
c)
Auntie Anne's Land
d)
Pen Cattle
22.
In this, Germany alone was blamed for starting WWI and was forced to pay reparations and reduce their military.
a)
Treaty of Paris
b)
Treaty of Alsace-Lorraine
c)
Treaty of St. Germain
d)
Treaty of Versailles
23.
An ideology rooted in militarism, extreme nationalism, racism, and blind loyalty to the state.
a)
Totalitarianism
b)
Facism
c)
Genocide
d)
Blitzkrieg
24.
What was the name of Stalin's political party?
a)
Communist
b)
Socialist
c)
Nazi
d)
Fascist
25.
Place the following events in the correct chronological order from first to last.
a)
French Revolution, World War II, World War I, Civil War
b)
Civil War, American Revolution, World War I, World War II
c)
American Revolution, French Revolution, World War I, World War II
d)
World War I, French Revolution, Civil War, World War II
26.
Who is the only nation in history to use atomic weapons on an enemy in war?
a)
Russia
b)
United States
c)
Germany
d)
Japan
27.
Spain settled all of the following countries EXCEPT ______
a)
Mexico, Texas, California
b)
Columbia, Peru, and Argentina
c)
Brazil
d)
Cuba, Puerto Rico and most of Central America
28.
France settled the colony of ____________
a)
Maine
b)
New York
c)
Quebec
d)
Florida
29.
All of the following were French explorers EXCEPT _____
a)
Champlain
b)
Cartier
c)
Columbus
d)
La Salle
30.
The first English colony was a total failure. 91 men, 17 women and 9 children died at the Lost Colony of _____
a)
Jamestown
b)
Roanoke
c)
Plymouth
d)
Boston
31.
The first successful English colony in the new world was at ________ Virginia.
a)
Jamestown
b)
Roanoke
c)
Boston
d)
Washington
32.
What Native-American princess became legendary in the development of Jamestown?
a)
Zoe
b)
Pocahontas
c)
Powhatan
d)
Cartier
33.
The Plymouth Colony was settled by people seeking religious independence from England. They were known as the _____
a)
Rebels
b)
Pilgrims
c)
Loyalists
d)
Kingsmen
34.
The Mayflower Compact became the first written legal framework in the new world in AD1620.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
35.
Who was the last King of France before the French Revolution?
a)
Louis XVI
b)
Henry II
c)
Washington
d)
Voltaire
36.
Who was the last Queen of France before the French Revolution?
a)
Mary II
b)
Marie Antoinette
c)
Madam Butterfly
d)
Elizabeth I
37.
What Revolution preceded the French Revolution and encouraged some in France to dream of a Republic?
a)
American
b)
Canadian
c)
Italian
d)
Dutch
38.
Why did King Louis call the Estates General in session in 1789?
a)
To call for war with England
b)
To lower taxes on the wealthy
c)
To Raise Taxes on the poor and middle classes
d)
To create a national holiday
39.
What happened at the Estates General meeting at the Palace of Versailles?
a)
The Third Estate met on the Tennis Court and formed a new government
b)
The First Estate declared war on the King
c)
The First and Second Estates went home
d)
They all voted to raised taxes
40.
Today, __________ is celebrated as the day of the start of the French Revolution.
a)
4th of July
b)
Bastille Day
c)
Reign of Terror
d)
Death of Louis XVI
41.
What happened to the King and Queen of France during the French Revolution?
a)
They were placed under house arrest and allowed to live
b)
They were placed under arrest, tried, convicted and executed
c)
They were sent into exile to Austria
d)
Nothing happened to them
42.
What was the name of the panic that spread throughout the French countryside when the rich aristocracy fled France?
a)
The Great Fear
b)
The Reign of Terror
c)
The Occupation
d)
The French Renaissance
43.
How many people were send to the guillotine to be executed during the French Revolution?
a)
over 40,000
b)
under 4,000
c)
14,502
d)
142.500
44.
What is the name of the French Declaration of Independence?
a)
The Declaration of Independence
b)
The Declaration of the Rights of Man
c)
The Republic Constitution
d)
The French Bill of Rights
45.
_______ overthrows the DIRECTORY in 1799 and becomes first CONSUL of FRANCE.
a)
Napoleon
b)
Robespierre
c)
Louis XVI
d)
Henry II
46.
This young man was born on the Island of Corsica and became the Emperor of France.
a)
Maximilien Robespierre
b)
Henry II
c)
Napoleon Bonaparte
d)
Louis XVI
47.
Napoleon restored _________ by creating a federal banking system that lowered inflation.
a)
Economic Order
b)
Social Order
c)
Religious Order
d)
Civil Order
48.
Napoleon restored ______ by encouraging the rich nobles to come back to France.
a)
Economic Order
b)
Social Order
c)
Religious Order
d)
Peace
49.
Napoleon restored _________ by encouraging religious toleration.
a)
Social Order
b)
Legal Order
c)
Religious Order
d)
Political Peace
50.
Napoleon ended the HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE and destroyed the concept of _______ in Western Europe
a)
Serfs
b)
Monarchy
c)
Catholic Rule
d)
Protestant Rule
51.
Napoleon established a new set of written laws, known as the Napoleonic Code, restoring _______ order.
a)
Religious
b)
Legal
c)
Social
d)
Legislative
52.
Napoleon marched into Russia and suffered his worst defeat because of the ____________
a)
Russian Winter
b)
Russian Summer
c)
Russian Army
d)
Austrian Army
53.
Napoleon's final defeat was at the Battle of _________
a)
Moscow
b)
Elba
c)
Waterloo
d)
Yorktown
54.
Leader of Hawaii when the American businesses over threw the government by surrounding her throne at gunpoint.
a)
Sanford Dole
b)
Queen Liliokahlani
c)
Queen Kalakaua
d)
Jose Marti
55.
Why was building the Panama Canal so important to the United States?
a)
It allowed endangered animals to expand their territory
b)
It allowed U.S. families to stay connected with each other
c)
It increased Canada's military capability.
d)
It would be a major shipping canal connecting the Pacific & Atlantic Oceans
56.
The 'Native-Americans' were not indigenous to North America. They came to this continent by way of a temporary land bridge across the Bering Strait from Asia.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
57.
The _________ were the first Europeans to explore North America in 1001 AD.
a)
English
b)
Vikings
c)
Spanish
d)
French
58.
NO EDUCATED MAN of the 15th Century believed the world was flat...
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
59.
The reason we have the 'Flat World' myth in our historical culture is because of a best-selling book by Washington Irving written in 1828.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
60.
The ___________ became the world's leading sailors and shipbuilders between 1419-1543.
a)
Spanish
b)
French
c)
Portuguese
d)
English
61.
____________ established a school for ship builders and captains in Portugal in 1419.
a)
Sir Walter Raleigh
b)
Bartholomew Dias
c)
Pedro Alvarez Cabral
d)
Prince Henry the Navigator
62.
What nation sponsored Christopher Columbus' voyages of discovery?
a)
Spain
b)
Portugal
c)
France
d)
Italy
63.
How many ships did Columbus set sail with from Spain in 1492?
a)
Two
b)
Three
c)
Four
d)
One
64.
Who conquered the Aztec City of Tenochtitlan (Mexico)?
a)
Hernan Cortes
b)
Cabeza de Vaca
c)
Francisco Pizarro
d)
Christopher Columbus
65.
Who was given the title: "Admiral of the Ocean Seas?"
a)
Cortes
b)
DeSoto
c)
Balboa
d)
Columbus
66.
Voltaire, Rousseau, Francis Bacon, Denis Diderot, John Locke, and Sir Isaac Newton are best associated with the __________
a)
New Age Movement
b)
Age of Enlightenment
c)
Age of Discovery
d)
Protestant Reformation
67.
The Treaty of Versailles (1919) took away all military power and put huge debt on which country?
a)
Germany
b)
Italy
c)
USA
d)
Berlin
68.
During the Enlightenment, people were encouraged to use their own ability to ______ in order to judge what is right or wrong.
a)
dream
b)
hypothesize
c)
reason
d)
philosophize
69.
Copernicus proposed that
a)
all matter is made up of four elements
b)
the force of gravity prevents objects from flying off the Earth
c)
the planets move in oval paths
d)
the sun is at the center of the universe
70.
Who conquered the Aztec?
a)
Sir Francis Drake
b)
Christopher Columbus
c)
Hernan Cortes
d)
Francisco Pizarro
71.
Who conquered the Inca in Peru?
a)
Christopher Columbus
b)
Sir Francis Drake
c)
Hernan Cortes
d)
Francisco Pizarro
72.
Even though he died in-route, who is credited with being the first to sail around the world.
a)
Christopher Columbus
b)
Balboa
c)
Captain Jack Sparrow
d)
Magellan
73.
What invention did a French doctor invent to make execution more humane?
a)
Gas Chamber
b)
Firing Squad
c)
Hangman's noose
d)
Guillotine
74.
Which ocean is this?
a)
Atlantic
b)
Pacific
c)
Indian
d)
Southern
75.
Which ocean is this?
a)
Atlantic Ocean
b)
Pacific Ocean
c)
Southern Ocean
d)
Indian Ocean
76.
What continent is this?
a)
Asia
b)
Africa
c)
Europe
d)
The Americas
77.
What Continent is this?
a)
South America
b)
North America
c)
Australia
d)
Europe
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