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H4 Test #2 Review

Total questions: 55

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

"Archduke Franz Ferdinand Assassinated"

"Germany Declares War on Russia and France!"

"Peace Treaty Signed at Versailles!"

Which event is referred to in these headlines?

a)

Franco-Prussian War

b)

Crimean War

c)

Cold War

d)

World War I

2.

Which statement best expresses the change in economic policy between Deng Xiaoping and Mao Zedong?

a)

A more favorable attitude toward a market economy existed under Deng Xiaoping than under Mao Zedong.

b)

Both Deng Xiaoping and Mao Zedong encouraged peaceful protest.

c)

Deng Xiaoping and Mao Zedong rejected

Western capitalism.

d)

Deng Xiaoping wanted greater government

control of the economy than Mao Zedong did.

3.

One similarity between Stalin’s five-year plans and

Mao Zedong’s Great Leap Forward was that both

programs attempted to

a)

strengthen international trade

b)

increase industrial production

c)

privatize the ownership of land

d)

correct environmental policies

4.

Which factor most helped Communist Party forces

gain control of China after World War II?

a)

The Communists gained the support of China’s

peasant class.

b)

The United States sent weapons to the

Communists.

c)

The Japanese gave economic aid to the Nationalists.

d)

The Chinese Nationalists set up their own government in Taiwan.

5.

Base your answer to the following question on the statements below and on your knowledge of social studies.

Speaker A: Nationalism, democracy, and socialism are the goals of my party.

Speaker B: We must rid our country of all foreign influences and return to the principles of communism.

Speaker C: A good ruler will rule by example, not be decree.

Speaker D: The laws of nature, not government, should rule society.

Which speaker's statement best reflects the ideas of China's Cultural Revolution?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

6.

During the Cold War era (1945 - 1990), the United States and the Soviet Union were reluctant to become involved in direct military conflict mainly because of

a)

pressure from nonaligned countries

b)

increased tensions in the Middle East

c)

the potential for global nuclear destruction

d)

the peacekeeping role of the United Nations

7.

One similarity between the Reign of Terror during the

French Revolution and the Cultural Revolution in

China was that both

a)

limited the power of absolute leaders

b)

established social stability and economic growth

c)

illustrated the power of public opinion in forming national policy

d)

used violent methods to eliminate their opponents

8.

Which of these events that occurred in the Soviet Union was a direct cause of the other three?

a)

establishment of collective farms

b)

famine in Ukraine

c)

development of heavy industry

d)

implementation of five-year plans

9.

The main reason the Chinese Communists gained control of mainland China in 1949 was that

a)

they were supported by many warlords and upper class Chinese

b)

the dynamic leadership of Mao Zedong had the support of the peasant class

c)

they had superior financial resources and were supported by Japan

d)

the United States had supported the Chinese Communist Party during World War II

10.

Base your answer to the following question on the quotations below and on your knowledge of social studies.

"The rule of law is more powerful than the rule of the tyrant." - Simon Bolivar

"Whoever has the ...supreme power...is bound to govern by established standing laws." - John Locke

These ideas were first expressed during which period in European history?

a)

Renaissance

b)

Pax Romana

c)

Middle Ages

d)

Enlightenment

11.

Which pair correctly links the region where Enlightenment ideas first developed to a region to which those ideas spread?

a)

Western Europe > the Americas

b)

Eastern Africa > India

c)

Asia > Eastern Europe

d)

Africa > Southeastern Asia

12.

Which pair of leaders used political purges, including the killing of opposition groups, as a means of maintaining control of the government?

a)

Simon Bolivar and Bernando O'Higgins

b)

F.W. de Klerk and Indira Gandhi

c)

Joseph Stalin and Mao Zedong

d)

Sun Yixian (Sun Yat-sen) and Emperor Hirohito

13.

Which set of events in 19th- and 20th- century Chinese history is in the correct chronological order?

a)

Opium Wars > Long March > Great Leap Forward > Four Modernizations

b)

Great Leap Forward > Opium Wars > Long March > Four Modernizations

c)

Long March > Four Modernizations > Great Leap Forward > Opium Wars

d)

Four Modernizations > Long March > Opium Wars > Great Leap Forward

14.

A comparison of the five-year plans of Joseph Stalin and of the Great Leap Forward of Mao Zedong would show that both leaders

a)

focused on increasing industrial and agricultural output

b)

encouraged individual rights and freedoms

c)

supported the involvement of wealthy entrepreneurs in the economy

d)

implemented some aspects of capitalism

15.

Which heading best completes the partial outline below?

I. __________________________

A. Unification of Italy

B. Formation of Indian National Congress

C. Founding of the Muslim League

D. Breakup of Austria-Hungary

a)

Causes of World War II

b)

Effects of Nationalism

c)

Results of Economic Revolutions

d)

Tensions of the Cold War

16.

The 1956 invasion of Hungary and the 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia by the Soviet Union were attempts to

a)

provide humanitarian aid to the ethnic minorities of these nations

b)

decrease Cold War tensions between Eastern Europe and the United States

c)

keep Communist governments in power in Eastern Europe

d)

prevent German militarism from spreading throughout Europe

17.

Base your answer to the following question on the quote below.

"From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the continent." - Winston Churchill (1946)

This statement refers to the

a)

end of World War I

b)

beginning of the Cold War

c)

Russian Revolution

d)

unification of Germany

18.

Speaker A: I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it.

Speaker B: Government has no other end, but the preservation of property.

Speaker C: Man is born free, and everywhere he is in shackles.

Which historical figure expressed ideas that are most similar to those of Speaker B:

a)

Thomas Malthus

b)

Bishop Jacques-Benigne Bossuet

c)

Peter the Great

d)

John Locke

19.

East is Red

The east is red, the sun is rising. China has brought forth a Mao Zedong. He amasses fortune for the people. Hurrah, he is the people's great savior.

Chairman Mao loves the people, He is our guide, To build a new China, Hurrah, he leads us forward!

The Communist Party is like the sun, Wherever it shines, it is bright. Wherever there is a Communist Party, Hurrah, there the people are liberated!

This 1960s Chinese song would most likely have been sung during the 

a)

Boxer Rebellion

b)

Tiananmen Square incident

c)

return of Hong Kong

d)

Cultural Revolution

20.

Base your answer to the following question on the passage below.

...We must ask ourselves three questions.

1: What is the Third Estate? Everything

2: What has it been until now in the political order? Nothing

3: What does it want to be? Something

The main idea of this passage contributed most directly to which of the following?

a)

increased power of the Catholic Church

b)

rise of Robespierre and the Reign of Terror

c)

assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

d)

Japanese Isolation

21.

The Tiananmen Square massacre in China was a reaction to

a)

China's decision to seek Western investors

b)

student demands for greater individual rights and freedom of expression

c)

Deng Xiaoping's plan to revive the Cultural Revolution

d)

Great Britain's decision to return Hong Kong to China

22.

*Blockade of Berlin

*Operation of the Berlin Airlift

*Organization of the Warsaw Pact

*Construction of the Berlin Wall

These events of the Cold War are examples of

a)

attempts to weaken the Soviet Union's control of its Eastern European allies

b)

policies of peaceful coexistence and detente

c)

efforts to prevent military conflict between the superpowers

d)

situations that increased tensions between communist and democratic nations in Europe

23.

Base your answer on the quote below.

"...Men are born and remain free and equal in rights. Social distinctions may be founded only upon the general good...." - Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, 1789

The point of view in this quote was used to justify which of the following?

a)

the rise of fascism in Italy following World War I

b)

British imperialism in India

c)

the overthrow of the monarchy during the French Revolution

d)

a belief in Social Darwinism during the Industrial Revolution

24.

Philosopher: Idea

Locke: Natural Rights - life, liberty, property

Montesquieu: Separation of powers

Voltaire: Freedom of thought, expression and religion

The ideas in this table most directly led to which of the following?

a)

calls for limiting the power of absolute monarchs

b)

increased stability for absolute rulers across Europe

c)

increased membership in the Catholic Church

d)

a communist revolution in Russia

25.

Philosophers of the Enlightenment period believed that society could best be improved by

a)

relying on faith and divine right

b)

borrowing ideas from ancient Greece and Rome

c)

applying reason and the laws of nature

d)

studying the practices of successful leaders

26.

"The French Revolution is most important for having changed subjects to citizens"

This statement emphasized a shift from

a)

religious traditions to secular values

b)

divine right rule to people's participation in government

c)

rural lifestyles to urban lifestyles

d)

private property ownership to government ownership

27.

"We hold these truths to be self evident: That all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."

The ideas expressed in the quotation are based primarily on the writings of

a)

Niccolo Machiavelli

b)

Charles Darwin

c)

Charlemagne

d)

John Locke

28.

A comparison of the French Revolution (1789) and the Russian Revolution (1917) illustrates that

a)

political and economic inequalities often lead to demands for change

b)

democratic governments generally result from revolutions

c)

revolutions are based on a single grievance

d)

privatization eventually leads to class struggle

29.

One way in which the caste system in traditional India and the Estates system of pre-revolutionary France are similar is that

a)

occupations were attained by merit

b)

social mobility was very limited

c)

status was determined by education

d)

impact on the daily lives of people was minimal

30.

Which event in the history of Russia and the Soviet Union occurred first?

a)

establishment of Joseph Stalin as dictator

b)

end of the Cold War

c)

introduction of Lenin's New Economic Policy

d)

crowning of Czar Nicholas II

31.

Which factors helped cause the defeat of Napoleon during his invasion of Russia?

a)

the severe winters and large size of Russia

b)

the many rivers and mountains of Russia

c)

the coalition between the Russian czar and the democratic leaders

d)

the well-trained and well-supplied Russian army

32.

"Congress of Vienna Restores Monarchy to France"

"Czar Nicholas I Limits Freedom of the Russian Press"

"Reform Movements Crushed in Hungary, Italy, and the German States"

These headlines could be described as

a)

reactions to the French Revolution

b)

movements to unify all of western Europe

c)

efforts to improve the conditions of factory workers

d)

attempts to promote trade between European nations

33.

Which heading best completes the partial outline below?

I. __________________

A. "Blood and Iron"

B. Austro-Prussian War

C. Franco-Prussian War

D. Kaiser Wilhelm I

a)

Congress of Vienna

b)

Scramble for Africa

c)

Age of Absolutism

d)

Unification of Germany

34.

*Abundant coal resources

*Development of steam power

*Building of an extensive canal system

In the late 1700s, these conditions allowed the Industrial Revolution to begin in 

a)

Japan

b)

Germany

c)

Russia

d)

England

35.

Which development caused the other three?

a)

introduction of the factory system

b)

increased urbanization

c)

increased productivity of industrial workers

d)

unsafe working conditions

36.

Adam Smith's laissez-faire theories are most closely associated with

a)

the separation of church and state

b)

minimal government regulation of the economy

c)

a command economy

d)

high tariffs to protect domestic businesses

37.

Which heading best completes the partial outline below?

I. ________________

A. Market System

B. Profit Incentive

C. Entrepreneurs

a)

Forms of Government

b)

Characteristics of Capitalism

c)

Structure of the Guild System

d)

Elements of Culture

38.

Speaker A: Government should not interfere in relations between workers and business owners.

Speaker B: The workers will rise up and overthrow the privileged class.

Speaker C: Private property will cease to exist. The people will own the means of production.

Speakers D: A favorable balance of trade should be maintained by the use of tariffs.

Which speaker is referring to laissez-faire capitalism?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

39.

Speaker A: Government should not interfere in relations between workers and business owners.

Speaker B: The workers will rise up and overthrow the privileged class.

Speaker C: Private property will cease to exist. The people will own the means of production.

Speaker D: A favorable balance of trade should be maintained by the use of tariffs.

Which two speakers represent Karl Marx's ideas of communism?

a)

A and B

b)

B and C

c)

B and D

d)

C and D

40.

"...The need of a constantly expanding market for its products chases the bourgeoisie over the whole surface of the globe. It must nestle everywhere, settle everywhere, establish connections everywhere..." - Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels

Which historical event do Marx and Engels believe created the situation described in this passage?

a)

Cold War

b)

World War I

c)

Russian Revolution

d)

Industrial Revolution

41.

What was a major reason European nations competed for control of Africa during the second half of the 1800s?

a)

Africa had a wealth of natural resources

b)

Slave labor was needed in the Americas

c)

African nations offered religious and political freedom

d)

Europeans needed land for their excess population

42.

Which statement best expresses the Western perspective regarding Rudyard Kipling's "white man's burden"?

a)

Europeans shoudl preserve traditional cultures in Africa and Asia

b)

Europeans must protect existing African and Asian economies

c)

Europeans suffered great hardships in exploring new trade routes to Asia

d)

Europeans had a duty to introduce the benefits of their civilization to non-Europeans

43.

"Ghandi Calls fro Boycott of British Textiles"

"Ghandi and Followers Complete March to the Sea"

"Ghandi Begins Hunger Fast"

These headlines reflect Ghandi's belief in

a)

nonalignment

b)

isolation

c)

appeasement

d)

nonviolence

44.

"It has impoverished the dumb millions by a system of progressive exploitation...it has reduced us politically to serfdom. It has sapped the foundation of our culture...and degraded us spiritually." - Mohandas Gandhi, 1930

In the statement, the "it" referred to by Gandhi is

a)

British imperialism in India

b)

India's involvement in World War II

c)

the exploitation of the proletariat by the bourgeoisie

d)

the British endorseent of apartheid in South Africa

45.

*Development of secret alliances

*Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

*Stalemate along the trenches

Which conflict is directly associated with these events?

a)

Austro-Prussian War

b)

Boer War

c)

World War I

d)

World War II

46.

All the events on the time line show actions taken during the

a)

Green Revolution

b)

policy of appeasement

c)

decline of nationalism

d)

Cold War

47.

Which revolution resulted from the division of society shown in this diagram?

a)

Mexican (1910)

b)

Russian (1917)

c)

Puritan (1642)

d)

French (1789)

48.

Which of the following developed to challenge the situation shown in this cartoon?

a)

French imperialism

b)

French Revolution

c)

League of Nations

d)

Labor unions during the Industrial Revolution

49.

Which title best completes this graphic organizer?

a)

Joseph Stalin and the Rise of the Totalitarian State

b)

Jawaharlal Nehru and the Modern Industrial State of India

c)

Sun Yixian (Sun Yat-sen) and the Defeat of the Manchu Dynasty

d)

Saddam Hussein and the Persian Gulf War

50.

Which global issue is addressed in this cartoon?

a)

environmental pollution

b)

human rights

c)

ethnic strife

d)

Cold War tensions

51.

Which statement is best supported by information found in this chart?

a)

The Reign of Terror affected all classes equally

b)

Clergy were spared from the Reign of Terror

c)

Peasants were the most frequent victims of the Reign of Terror

d)

The Reign of Terror crossed social and economic boundaries

52.

The Chinese communes referred to in this 1961 cartoon are most closely associated with the

a)

Great Leap Forward

b)

Hundred Flowers Campaign

c)

Four Modernizations

d)

Cultural Revolution

53.

Which of the following developments would be most likely to create a challenge for the future of China as expressed in this cartoon?

a)

foreign investments in China's economy

b)

heavy monsoon rains as a result of global climate change

c)

continued popularity of the Chinese Communist Party

d)

increased opposition to one-party rule in China

54.

Which agreement was labeled by the Nazis as unfair to Germany?

a)

Treaty of Versailles

b)

Soviet Nonaggression Pact

c)

Munich Pact

d)

Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

55.

What was one major reason given by Adolf Hitler to justify his demand for additional territory between 1936 and 1939?

a)

All ethnic Germans needed to be united into one German nation.

b)

Germany needed to reestablish its overseas empire.

c)

The German navy needed access to Mediterranean seaports.

d)

Germany needed a buffer zone to protect it from foreign invasion.