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WorksheetsSemester 2 World Final
Total questions: 47
Worksheet time: 24mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What are the three factors of production?
a)
Land, Labor, Capital
b)
Factories, workers, capital
c)
Production, people, buyers
d)
Producers, sellers, consumers
2.
What were the goals of labor unions?
a)
To urge workers to produce more products
b)
To urge employers to raise wages and improve conditions
c)
To urge employers to step down from their positions of power
d)
To urge union workers to take laboring jobs
3.
“Interchangeable parts” and the “assembly line” were a part of the system of…
a)
toy making
b)
mass production
c)
specialization
d)
manufacturing
4.
The idea that government should not interfere in business is called…
a)
Sin Manos
b)
Entrepreneurship
c)
Socialism
d)
Laissez-Faire
5.
The system in which government owns almost all means of production and controls economic planning is called…
a)
Socialism
b)
Communism
c)
Capitalism
d)
Democracy
6.
One reason why Great Britain became the first to industrialize was that it had…
a)
a high population density
b)
an empire that could supply it with coal
c)
a government that supported property rights.
d)
A strong belief in the free market
7.
The American car maker Henry Ford was the first large-scale manufacturer to use
a)
interchangeable parts
b)
Unskilled workers throughout the production process
c)
the use of chemical fertilizers
d)
the assembly line method of production
8.
During the enclosure movement in England, landowners
a)
took back the rights to their lands from small farmers
b)
sold their land to small farmers who had previously rented it
c)
funded the manufacturing ventures of men who lived on their land
d)
expanded the private property rights of their tenants
9.
What was one reform labor unions succeeded in winning in most Western countries by 1900?
a)
health insurance
b)
the 6-day work week
c)
paid vacation time
d)
overtime pay
10.
The spark that began World War I was the assassination of
a)
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary
b)
Gavrilo Princip of Bosnia
c)
President Woodrow Wilson of United States
d)
Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany
11.
“A strong feeling of pride in and loyalty to a nation or ethnic group” is known as…
a)
Nationalism
b)
Patriotism
c)
Spirit
d)
Belligerence
12.
Germany sinking the British ship the “Lusitania” was part of Germany’s….
a)
Sussex Pledge
b)
Unrestricted submarine warfare
c)
Central Pact
d)
Preparedness Movement
13.
The intercepted German telegraph that was intended to influence Mexico to go to war against the United States become known as….
a)
The Dirty Message
b)
La Nota de Aleman
c)
The Mexican Message
d)
The Zimmerman Note
14.
This empire was completely abolished with the conclusion of WWI, and was partitioned into many nations.
a)
Roman Empire
b)
Ottoman Empire
c)
Bulgarian Empire
d)
Arabian Empire
15.
The Treaty of Versailles forced Germany to do all EXCEPT
a)
Take all the responsibility for the war
b)
Pay an enormous amount of reparations
c)
Forfeit their colonies around the globe
d)
All men in the government were to be hanged
16.
One reason The League of Nations was weak was because
a)
The U.S. did not join
b)
There were too many third world nations involved
c)
Adolf Hitler was one of the ambassadors
d)
It was centrally located in Germany
17.
All of the following were new weapons used in WWI EXCEPT
a)
The Atomic Bomb
b)
Poison Gas
c)
Machine Guns
d)
Tanks
18.
It is often argued that the Treat of Versailles led to
a)
World Peace
b)
WWII
c)
The Armenian Wars
d)
The Russian Revolution
19.
Who were the three leaders of the Axis Powers?
a)
Hitler, Stalin and de Gaulle
b)
Hitler, Roosevelt, and Stalin
c)
Hitler, Roosevelt, and Stalin
d)
Hitler, Mussolini, and Tojo
20.
Who were the three leaders of the Allied Powers?
a)
Stalin, Roosevelt, and Hitler
b)
de Gaulle, Roosevelt, and Stalin
c)
Roosevelt, Stalin, and Lenin
d)
Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin
21.
Leaders of the League of Nations were
a)
Germany and Japan
b)
France and Canada
c)
USA and Canada
d)
Britain and France
22.
The conference to work out a deal to prevent Germany from expanding was referred to as
a)
Munich Conference
b)
Austro-Hungarian conference
c)
Paris Conference
d)
The PAC-12 conference
23.
Germany’s strong and fast attacks using air raids, artillery, and tanks was referred to as
a)
Blitzkrieg Bop
b)
Kamikaze
c)
Blitzkrieg
d)
attacke
24.
December 7, 1941
a)
U. S. attacked the Philippines
b)
Japan attacked Pearl Harbor
c)
Japan invaded Manchuria
d)
U.S. attacked Japan
25.
Mussolini’s fate at the end of WWII resulted in him
a)
Continuing to lead Italy
b)
Brought up on war crimes charges at the Hague
c)
Fled to Argentina
d)
Captured and executed by the Italian Resistance
26.
Operation Overload is referred to as
a)
VJ-Day
b)
VE-Day
c)
SST Day
d)
D-Day
27.
The deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group is called
a)
annihilation
b)
slaughter
c)
decimation
d)
genocide
28.
Hitler’s plan for the Jews is commonly referred to as
a)
Final Exam
b)
Final Termination
c)
Final Destination
d)
Final Solution
29.
After WWII Germany was occupied. Which of the following did NOT occupy Germany?
a)
Russia
b)
England
c)
Luxemburg
d)
United States
30.
Russia agrees to allow free elections in territories once controlled by Germany at this conference
a)
Tehran
b)
Yalta
c)
Berlin
d)
Versailles
31.
NATO stands for
a)
None of these choices
b)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
c)
North Atlantic Top Office
d)
North Atlantic Trade Organization
32.
The Truman Doctrine provided aide to which countries?
a)
Greece and Albania
b)
Turkey and Albania
c)
Greece and Turkey
33.
The Warsaw Pact was signed in 1955 and was in response to
a)
NATO
b)
Spread of Democracy
c)
Spain joining NATO
d)
The rearming of Germany
34.
The Marshall Plan was also called the
a)
European Relief Act
b)
European Aide Act
c)
European Recovery Act
d)
European Assistance Act
35.
Who gave the “Iron Curtain” speech condemning the Soviet Union for the foreign politics
a)
Truman
b)
Eisenhower
c)
Churchill
d)
Stalin
36.
Conflict erupted in Asia in the 1950’s -1970’s. Which of the following did conflict occur in.
a)
Korea
b)
Cambodia
c)
Vietnam
d)
All of them
37.
What policy in South Africa instituted by Afrikaner government sparked criticism around the world.?
a)
Apartheid
b)
Genocide
c)
Communism
d)
Hegemony
38.
The notion of Social Darwinism stated that
a)
every nation has the right to be social
b)
the United States was an evil world power
c)
certain nations or races are more fit than others
d)
the social aspect of a country was more important than it's political
39.
The Scramble for African DID NOT include which independent countries?
a)
Nigeria & Egypt
b)
Liberia & Ethiopia
c)
Ethiopia & Egypt
d)
Liberia & Libya
40.
To protect US interest and maintain stability in Latin America the ______________ was put into place which threatened that the US would use military force to keep Europeans out of the Americans.
a)
Roosevelt Corollary
b)
Berlin Conference
c)
Monroe Doctrine
d)
Extraterritoriality
41.
What canal linked the Mediterranean and The Red Sea, drastically shortening the trip from Europe to the Indian Ocean?
a)
Panama
b)
Guata
c)
Welland
d)
Suez
42.
How did Ethiopia remain independent?
a)
By defeating the Italians at Adwa
b)
By defeating the Germans at Dunkirk
c)
By defeating the French at Mali
d)
By defeating the British at Liquor
43.
Who wrote “The White Man’s Burden”?
a)
Longfellow
b)
Hobbes
c)
Kipling
d)
Sterling
44.
At what ‘conference’ did the European nations come to an agreement on rules for dividing the African continent?
a)
Berlin
b)
Paris
c)
London
d)
New York
45.
In the late 1700’s and early 1800’s what drug, supplied by the British, was in great demand in China?
a)
Marijuana
b)
Zanex
c)
Opium
d)
Gouza
46.
What ‘New Technologies’ gave Europeans huge military advances over Africans and Asians?
a)
Steam-powered gun boats
b)
Repeating rifles
c)
Exploding shells
d)
All of them
47.
What two factors allowed Europeans states to expand their power in Asia and Africa
a)
Trade and travel was less restrictive
b)
New technologies and weakening empires
c)
Kings and Queens demanded it
d)
The lack of desire and the need to do
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