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WorksheetsWorld History EOY Practice
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In the 1700s, the process of enclosure tended to increase
farming efficiency.
farmers' reliance on a single cash crop.
the use of the broadcast method of seeding.
the amount of common land available for grazing.
How did the crop rotation system that developed in Britain during the agricultural revolution increase crop yields?
by allowing more land to rest
by increasing nutrients in the soil
by ensuring that more of the seeds that were planted actually sprouted
by decreasing the amount of land used to grow nutrient-depleting crops
All of the following were results of the agricultural revolution in Britain EXCEPT that
food prices decreased.
population increased.
the number of farmers increased.
the average size of farms increased.
Which of the following was the first area to undergo major industrialization?
banking
railroads
coal mining
textile production
By the late 1700s, the best place to find a water frame and a spinning mule was in
a barn.
a factory.
a farm house.
an urban home.
An entrepreneur is a type of
scientist.
inventor.
business person.
personal secretary.
What European nation profited most from trade with the East in the years directly following the Crusades?
Italy
Spain
France
England
Which nation did Prince Henry help to take the lead in overseas exploration?
Italy
Spain
Portugal
the Netherlands
In the 1400s, what was the most important trade good from the East?
tea
silk
spices
porcelain
Bartolomeu Dias captained the first European ship to sail what route?
west across the Atlantic Ocean
along the West Coast of Africa
across the Indian Ocean to India
around the southern tip of Africa
What did Vasco da Gama succeed in gaining for Portugal?
control of the Spice Islands
a sea route between Portugal and India
a sea route between Portugal and China
profitable trade with the Philippine Islands
The Line of Demarcation established a boundary between which two regions?
Portugal and Spain
claimed and unclaimed lands
new lands Portugal could claim and those Spain could claim
the part of the world that was under the pope's control and the part that was not
By the 1700s, which nation's East India Company dominated the Indian Ocean trade?
France
England
Portugal
the Netherlands
NASA and the European space agency cooperated in the launch of
the International Space Station.
the Hubble Space Telescope.
the first manned spacecraft.
the first spacecraft with an international crew.
The Internet was originally developed for use in
online gaming.
missile control.
space exploration.
scientific research.
social media.
The term "genetic engineering" refers to
using extremely precise surgical techniques.
selective breeding to emphasize certain traits.
modifying the hereditary units in an organism.
creating machines that can do the work of humans.
The successful cloning of an organism would, by definition, result in a new organism that was
unable to reproduce itself.
genetically identical to the original.
superior in at least one trait to the original.
larger, stronger, and healthier than the original.
The "green revolution" was an effort to
produce food more efficiently.
use only natural fertilizers and pesticides.
combine small farms into large businesses.
increase the number of people engaged in farming.
The problems caused by developing Brasilia as a new capital city were mainly a result of
the cost of construction.
excessive foreign influence.
conflict over the city's location.
Brazilians' resistance to change.
The land reform that the Brazilian government proposed involved
forbidding foreign investment in the Amazon.
combining small plots into large communal farms.
converting large amounts of the rainforest to farm land.
breaking up large estates to provide land grants for peasants.
During the recession that Brazil experienced in the early 1980s, business activity
boomed.
leveled off.
slowed down.
grew slowly but steadily.
People's "standard of living" is measured by
their level of contentment.
the stability of their income.
the extent of their civil liberties.
the amount of goods they have.
The PRI in Mexico was, for more than 30 years, all of the following EXCEPT
a force for political stability.
the only legal political party.
the controlling political party.
the party affiliation of Mexico's president.
The Soviet Union signed a nonaggression pact in 1939 with
Italy.
Poland.
Germany.
Great Britain.
Great Britain and France entered World War II because of the invasion of
Poland.
Finland.
Denmark and Norway.
the Baltic States.
The Germans first successfully used the blitzkrieg in an attack on
France.
Poland.
Finland.
the Soviet Union.
Charles de Gaulle was the
French general who negotiated France's terms of surrender.
prime minister of France before World War II.
prime minister of the puppet government in southern France during World War II.
leader of the French government-in-exile and the Free French.
All of the following were advantages for the British in fighting the Battle of Britain EXCEPT
radar.
Enigma.
British morale.
superior numbers of aircraft.
The Atlantic Charter was a declaration of the right to freedom of
trade.
speech.
the skies.
economic self-determination.
Before the passage of the Reform Bill of 1832, the percentage of the British population that had voting rights was about
5%.
12%.
20%.
35%.
The Reform Bill of 1832 lowered the property requirements for voting in order to give voting rights to
poor men.
rural working class men.
urban working class men.
wealthy middle class men.
The Chartist movement pressed for all of the following EXCEPT
a secret ballot.
universal male suffrage.
universal woman suffrage.
pay for members of Parliament.
Queen Victoria was forced to
give all power to Parliament.
preside over a shrinking empire.
accept a less powerful role for the monarchy.
die without providing an heir to the throne.
Alfred Dreyfus was a French army officer who was unjustly accused of
disobeying orders.
selling military secrets.
cruelty toward his men.
cowardice under enemy fire.
The pogroms that took place in Russia were fueled by
Zionism.
anti-Semitism.
anti-communism.
demands for voting rights.
The only country to allow women to vote before 1900 was
Britain.
Ireland.
Canada.
New Zealand.
The period of European history known as the Renaissance roughly covers the time from
1100 to 1400.
1200 to 1500.
1300 to 1600.
1400 to 1700.
The best synonym for secular is
new.
worldly.
humane.
religious.
The best synonym for sectarian is
new.
worldly.
humane.
religious.
To become known as an important patron, one most needed to be
wealthy.
creative.
religious.
intellectual.
The technique known as perspective is most useful in the creation of
drama.
sculpture.
two-dimensional art.
the sonnet form in poetry.
A person who produces work "in the vernacular" is one who
relies on realism.
uses only natural light.
uses a verse form of writing.
writes in a local, rather than a classical, language.
The intellectual and cultural movement known as humanism arose from the study of
medieval scholarship.
original Christian writings.
classical Greek and Roman culture.
the contributions of the Tang and Song dynasties.
Which of the following did NOT improve as an early result of the Industrial Revolution?
factory working conditions
the quality of clothing
the average person's diet
transportation
Which of the following did NOT increase as an early result of the Industrial Revolution?
urbanization
the size of the middle class
the length of the average work day
the life expectancy of the average worker
Which of the following did NOT improve as a result of the Industrial Revolution?
living conditions for the average worker
educational opportunities
preservation of the environment
affordability of consumer goods
In the first half of the 1800s, which of the following was most likely to be a political liberal?
a peasant
a revolutionary
a middle-class merchant
a wealthy property owner
A key characteristic of nationalism is
a shared culture.
a flag.
a president.
a supply of weapons.
Which elected ruler of France who declared himself emperor?
Louis Capet
Louis-Philippe
Louis-Napoleon
Alphonse de Lamartine
By 1849, most of Europe was under the control of
liberals.
radicals.
peasants.
conservatives.
Which of the following issued the Edict of Emancipation?
Nicholas I
Alexander II
Alexander III
the Decembrists
How successful were the Revolutions of 1830 and 1848?
Very successful - each revolutionary group achieved its goal.
Only the Greek Revolution was successful.
The liberals won in the Ottoman Empire.
None achieved their goals.
A developed nation is usually LOWER than an emerging nation with respect to
literacy.
life expectancy.
standard of living.
political instability.
In the Gulf War, some 39 allied nations fought against the nation of
Iran.
Iraq.
Kuwait.
Saudi Arabia.
The term "global economy" refers to financial interactions that
cross international borders.
occur anywhere in the world.
decrease one nation's dependence on another.
are controlled or overseen by the United Nations.
A nation that opposed the principles of free trade would
establish import taxes.
import more products than it exports.
refuse to trade with a particular nation.
increase the price of an exported product.
All of the following contributed to the cultural blending that created Ottoman culture EXCEPT
trade.
conquest.
migration.
the pursuit of religious converts.
Originally, the Safavids were members of
the janissary forces.
the Ottoman Dynasty.
a powerful Turkish family.
an Islamic religious brotherhood.
Isma'il was all of the following EXCEPT
a shah.
a Safavid.
a Shi'i Muslim.
an Anatolian Turk.
Isma'il conquered most of what is now
Iran.
Iraq.
Egypt.
Turkey.
The person who rebuilt Esfahan was
Isma'il.
Suleyman.
Shah Abbas.
Nadir Shah Afshar.
The group that provided the model on which the Safavids based their government was
the Uzbek.
the Chinese.
the Ottomans.
the Mughals.
Why is Isoroku Yamamoto famous?
ordering and overseeing the Bataan Death March
leading the Japanese government during World War II
breaking the Japanese secret code during World War II
masterminding the Japanese naval strategy during World War II
Who went on the Bataan Death March, and why?
Japanese soldiers, because they refused to surrender
Allied prisoners of war, because the Japanese forced them to
Allied soldiers, because it was essential to the success of the "island-hopping" strategy
Chinese civilians, because they were forced off their land by the Japanese invasion
Why were the Pacific islands attacked and seized during the Allied "island hopping" chosen?
They were isolated and uninhabited.
They were farthest away from Japan.
They were least heavily defended by Japan.
They were former territories of the United States.
Who was the mastermind of the "island-hopping" strategy?
Chester Nimitz
James H. Doolittle
Franklin Roosevelt
Douglas MacArthur
In 1920, a dictatorship ruled
Italy
Russia
Austria
Germany
All of the following contributed to the weakness of the Weimar Republic EXCEPT
uncontrollable inflation.
lack of democratic tradition.
a large number of political parties
the implementation of the Dawes Plan.
During the global depression, war debts caused great suffering in
France.
Germany.
Great Britain.
the United States.
Under Joseph Stalin's command economy system, all economic decisions were made by
government officials alone.
workers and government officials.
members of the socialist realism movement.
local soviets composed of workers, soldiers, and peasants.
All of the following were goals of the Five-Year Plans EXCEPT
rapid industrial growth.
a stronger national defense.
the promotion of communism worldwide.
the modernization of the Soviet economy.
Between 1934 and 1939, the Great Purge was a campaign to eliminate
traditional religious beliefs.
opposition to Stalin's power.
opposition to the Communist Party.
shortages of housing, food, and goods.
Which of the following is a weapon of totalitarianism?
free elections
uncensored mass media
tolerant treatment of all ethnic groups
police terror
Before the mid-1800s, which one of the following nations carried on trade with Japan?
China
Russia
France
Cambodia
With which nation did Japan sign the Treaty of Kanagawa, opening ports for trade?
Korea
Britain
Germany
the United States
What period of history did the Meiji era in Japan cover?
1788 to 1822
1812 to 1854
1828 to 1880
1867 to 1912
After which nation did Japan decide to model a strong central government during the Meiji era?
Russia
Germany
the Netherlands
the United States
Which of the following was a result of the Sino-Japanese War?
China was forced out of Korea.
China and Japan signed a hands-off agreement on Korea.
Russia was forced out of Manchuria and Korea.
Korea was divided into Chinese and Japanese spheres of influence.
Russia and Japan went to war over what issue?
trade with China
Japan's annexation of Korea
Japan's colonization of Taiwan
Russia's presence in Manchuria
Which of the following events occurred last?
Japan made Korea a protectorate.
Japan imposed annexation on Korea.
Japan drove Russian troops out of Korea.
Japan and China signed a "hands-off" agreement regarding Korea.
The main difference between European colonies and protectorates in Africa had to do with their
economies.
governments.
social organizations.
levels of technology.
The European policy of paternalism reflected the belief that Africans should be
separated into ethnic groups.
trained to function as leaders.
watched over and taken care of.
granted more rights and freedoms.
Which nation adopted and then largely abandoned the policy of assimilation in Africa?
France
Britain
Ethiopia
the United States
How did Menelik II differ from other 19th-century African leaders?
He managed to maintain his nation's independence.
He established colonies in Africa for his own nation.
He eagerly adopted European methods of governing.
He aggressively rebelled against European imperialism.
Which of the following best describes the national boundaries that existed in Africa at the end of the 19th century?
ancient
unnaturally imposed
geographically logical
traditionally established
Canada received the right to control its own domestic affairs when it
became a dominion.
became part of the British Empire.
was reunited as the Province of Canada.
persuaded frontier territories to join the Canadian union.
Most Protestants opposed the idea of home rule in
Ireland.
Canada.
Australia.
New Zealand.
The people known as the Maori are
inhabitants of the Arctic.
nomadic inhabitants of Australia.
French speaking Roman Catholic Canadians.
a Polynesian people that settled in New Zealand.
The British colony originally set up as a penal colony was
Ulster.
Nunavut.
Australia.
Upper Canada.
The Catholic Emancipation Act of 1829 affected the rights of Roman Catholics who lived in
Australia.
New Zealand.
Ireland.
Canada.
The Great Famine was a time of widespread starvation in Ireland caused by the destruction of
cattle herds.
sheep herds.
wheat crops.
potato crops.
Renaissance painters in Flanders, as in Italy, tended to produce work that was
realistic.
idealistic.
distorted.
formal and tightly structured.
The first use of movable type was in
Greece.
Germany.
Italy.
China.
The printing press was invented by
Jan van Eyck.
Johann Gutenberg.
Peter Bruegel the Elder.
Hans Holbein the Younger.
Which of the following correctly matches the author with something he wrote?
Thomas More and Utopia
Christine de Pizan and Hamlet
William Shakespeare and The Praise of Folly
Desiderius Erasmus and Gargantua and Pantagruel
Which of the following did Desiderius Erasmus and Thomas More have in common?
Both were French.
Both wrote only in English.
Both were considered humanists.
Both rejected religion and the Bible.
Which country suffered the most lost territory as a result of the unification of Italy?
France
Russia
Prussia
Austria
Rome became the capital of the Kingdom of Italy after the conquest of
Venetia.
Lombardy.
the Papal States.
Piedmont-Sardinia.
Which event did Otto von Bismarck use to gain support from Germans in the south?
the Franco-Prussian War
the German Confederation
the Seven Weeks War
defeat of the Junkers
Who originated the political style known as realpolitik?
King Victor Emmanuel II
Camillo di Cavour
Otto von Bismarck
Giuseppe Garibaldi
The ruler of the new, unified German empire was given the title of
czar.
reich.
kaiser.
Junker.
Most of the early battles of the Thirty Years' War were won by the
Calvinists.
Hapsburgs.
French Catholics.
German Protestants.
Under Maria Theresa, Austria's greatest enemy was
Prussia.
Hungary.
Bohemia.
the Ottoman Empire.
Frederick II came to power as the
king of Prussia.
king of Austria.
elector of Brandenburg.
emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
The War of the Austrian Succession was fought over the possession of lands belonging to
Charles VI.
Frederick II.
Ferdinand II.
Maria Theresa.
Under Japan's new system of feudalism, the daimyo were
warlords.
emperors.
religious leaders.
peasant foot soldiers.
The Tokugawa Shogunate was a type of
cultural institution.
religious authority.
military government.
commercial partnership or organization.
Kabuki is a type of
music.
drama.
poetry.
religion.
The leader whose rule ended the "warring states" period, even though he did not succeed in unifying Japan, was
Oda Nobunaga.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
Tokugawa Ieyasu.
Tokugawa Hidetada.
In 1600, the person who finally completed the long process of unifying Japan was
Matsuo Basho.
Oda Nobunaga.
Tokugawa Ieyasu.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
Haiku is a type of
literature.
ritual suicide.
fortified castle.
riddle in Zen Buddhism.
Tokugawa Ieyasu used the "alternate attendance policy" to control the
daimyo.
peasants.
merchants.
foreign traders.
Whose traditional homeland crosses the borders of Turkey, Iran, and Iraq?
Croats
Serbs
Palestinians
Kurds
Which world region has suffered the most from the AIDS epidemic?
Asia and the Pacific
Latin America
Sub-Saharan Africa
Western Europe
Push factors of migration include lack of food due to drought, natural disasters, and
gender inequality.
nuclear proliferation.
political oppression.
political dissent.
Before 1990, the most powerful policy-making body in the Soviet Union was
the Politburo.
the Parliament.
the Supreme Soviet.
the Central Committee.
The reforms that led to democratization of the Soviet Union were begun by
Joseph Stalin.
Victor Grishin.
Leonid Brezhnev.
Mikhail Gorbachev.
All of the following occurred in response to glasnost EXCEPT
decreased censorship.
the release of imprisoned dissidents.
the privatization of small businesses.
criticism of the government by the media.
The purpose of perestroika was to
reduce criminal activity.
revive the Soviet economy.
allow a free exchange of ideas.
open up the Soviet political system.
The end result of the August coup attempt was to increase the power of
Boris Yeltsin.
the Soviet Union.
Mikhail Gorbachev.
the politburo.
Members of the Commonwealth of Independent States, or CIS, had all formerly been
Russian colonies in Europe and Asia.
so-called "satellites" of the Soviet Union.
Eastern European allies of the Soviet Union.
part of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
Yeltsin's "shock therapy" plan required the Russian government to
heavily subsidize Russian industry.
take over the Russian banking system.
rapidly set price controls on consumer goods.
dramatically reduce its involvement in the economy.
All of the following were common to both fascism and communism EXCEPT
a classless society.
a one-party system.
a disregard for individual rights.
strong nationalist feelings.
The title of Hitler's book Mein Kampf in English is
Well-Being.
My Country.
My Struggle.
Master Race.
By 1935, which of the following eastern European countries was still a democracy?
Poland
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
Nazism was the German form of
fascism.
socialism.
communism.
a coalition government.
In 1917, Germany returned to its policy of unrestricted submarine warfare, hoping to
bring the United States into the war.
force Russia to withdraw from the war.
keep cargo ships from reaching Great Britain.
destroy the British ships blockading German ports.
World War I was a "total war" in the sense that
it brought great suffering to civilians.
nations from all over the world were involved.
new technologies played a large part in the war.
nations involved devoted all their resources to it.
The purpose of propaganda during World War I was to
censor the press.
inform the public.
expose antiwar activity.
influence public opinion.
The Zimmermann note, which pushed the United States to enter the war, exposed the German plan to
make a truce with Russia.
help Mexico regain U.S. territory.
sink passenger ships without warning.
plant German spies in the United States.
The armistice signed near Paris in November 1918 brought an end to
World War I.
Kaiser Wilhelm's rule.
the Second Battle of the Marne.
Russia's involvement in the war.
By 1914, the Ottoman Empire had
ceased to exist.
achieved its greatest size.
begun to experience a decline.
declined to about a third of its greatest size.
Which of the following lost the Crimean War?
Russia
France
Britain
the Ottoman Empire
Muhammad Ali instituted a series of reforms in the military and in the economy of
Egypt.
Persia.
Herzegovina.
the Ottoman Empire.
The Suez Canal was built through the combined efforts of the
French and British.
French and Egyptians.
Russians and Persians.
Egyptians and Persians.
In 1907, which of the following was divided into spheres of influence by Russia and Britain?
India
Egypt
Persia
Afghanistan
Who defended the free-market system of capitalism in the book, The Wealth of Nations?
Adam Smith
John Stuart Mill
Jeremy Bentham
William Wilberforce
Utilitarianism held that government policies should promote
wars and epidemics to kill off excess people.
public ownership of the means of production.
the complete independence of each individual.
the greatest good for the greatest number of people.
Nineteenth-century socialists argued that government should
leave the economy alone.
actively plan the economy.
destroy the economy.
allow the economy to be controlled by the bourgeoisie.
With which of the following is Karl Marx most closely associated?
socialism
communism
utilitarianism
trade unionism
In the 19th century, collective bargaining was carried out between
government and unions.
employers and employees.
communists and capitalists.
political and financial leaders.
When the trade union movement began in Britain, the strike was an illegal action taken against
child laborers by factory owners.
union workers by factory owners.
factory owners by union workers.
non-union workers by union workers.
Which of the following is largely identified with the artistic movement known as romanticism?
chamber music
the daguerreotype
the Gothic novel
the scientific method
Which of the following ideas is associated with romanticism?
political importance of the working class
wild emotions and feelings
mass distribution of books
impressions of the moment
In the first practical process of reproducing photographs for books on what were the photographs printed?
glass
wood
metal
paper
Which of the following was a factor in the rise of the realism movement?
industrialism
idealism
heroes and heroic actions
perceptions of the human eye
Which of the following descriptions is accurate for Goethe, Chopin, Coleridge, and Constable?
writer
painter
realist
romantic
Each of the following is properly matched with the artistic movement to which he or she contributed EXCEPT
Louis Daguerre-realism.
Emile Zola-romanticism.
Charles Dickens-realism.
Ludwig van Beethoven-romanticism.
Which of the following is a characteristic of impressionism?
creation of mental pictures
reformist ideas
folk traditions
realist views of life
The first Russian ruler to adopt the title czar, meaning "caesar," was
Peter the Great.
Ivan the Terrible.
Michael Romanov.
Anastasia Romanov.
Ivan the Terrible's cruelty was aimed mainly at
serfs.
priests.
nobles.
merchants.
In Russia, the boyars were
merchants.
career soldiers.
slave-like laborers.
landowning nobles.
Peter the Great's main reason for visiting the West was to
gain allies for Russia.
gain a warm-water seaport for Russia.
learn about Western customs and technology.
impress the West with Russia's learning and technology.
At the time that Peter the Great took the throne, the most essential part of the Russian economy was
serfs.
colonies.
trade relations with Europe.
merchants and bankers.
The site for St. Petersburg was chosen because it was near
Moscow.
Peter's favorite palace.
water routes to Europe.
major roadways to Europe.
The major goal of radical religious and cultural terrorist groups is the destruction of
government and religious buildings.
what they consider the forces of evil.
subway stations and shopping malls.
all forms of government.
Why do government officials find the use of chemical and biological agents in terrorist attacks particularly worrisome?
because biochemical agents are relatively easy to acquire
because it is impossible to guard against biochemical attacks
because biochemical attacks inflict huge numbers of casualties
because people fear biochemical attacks more than other terrorist attacks
Terrorism that involves politically motivated attacks on information systems is known as
virtual terrorism.
cyberterrorism.
narcoterrorism.
biochemical terrorism.
Osama bin Laden used mountain hideouts in Afghanistan as a base of operations for his global network of terrorists know as
Islamic Jihad.
FARC.
Aum Shinrikyo.
al-Qaeda.
After the Communist Party in his nation lost power, Lech Walesa became the first freely elected leader of
Poland.
Hungary
Romania.
Czechoslovakia.
Although the group known as Solidarity eventually obtained wide public support and political power, it began as simply an organization of
workers.
radical reformers.
political dissidents.
frustrated shoppers.
Some European nations were hesitant to support the reunification of Germany because of fears that it would
support communism.
attempt to dominate Europe.
require significant foreign aid.
be politically unstable.
Vaclav Havel was elected president of
Poland.
Hungary.
Romania.
Czechoslovakia.
Yugoslavia was led from 1945 to 1980 by
Lech Walesa.
Helmut Kohl.
Nicolae Ceausescu.
Josip Tito.
The brutal policy of ethnic cleansing was most widely used against
Slovenes.
Bosnian Serbs.
Bosnian Muslims.
Croatia's Serbian minority.
During the Cold War, most Third World countries could have been accurately described as being
developing nations.
established democracies.
located in Eastern Europe.
aligned with the United States.
The Bay of Pigs was a failed attempt to overthrow
Fidel Castro.
Fulgencio Batista.
Anastasio Somozoa.
Mohammed Reza Pahlavi.
The United States and the Soviet Union had a dangerous standoff over the presence of Soviet missiles in
Iraq.
Iran.
Cuba.
Afghanistan.
Daniel Ortega was
a U.S.-supported Nicaraguan dictator.
a U.S.-supported El Salvadoran dictator.
a leader of Contra forces in El Salvador.
a Sandinista leader in Nicaragua.
Islamic revolutionaries held more than 60 Americans hostage for over a year in
Iraq.
Iran.
Turkey.
Afghanistan.
In 1979, the Soviet Union invaded
Iraq.
Cuba.
China.
Afghanistan.
Who was the supreme commander of the Western Allied forces in Europe?
General George Patton
General Erwin Rommel
General Bernard Montgomery
General Dwight D. Eisenhower
Which of the following occurred on D-Day?
the Allied invasion of Italy
the Allied invasion of France
the Allied bombing of Hiroshima
the Allied bombing of Nagasaki
What was the main target of the kamikazes?
ships
air bases
ground troops
civilian populations
Which of the following did Stalin repeatedly urge Churchill and Roosevelt to do in order to relieve German pressure on Soviet armies?
invade Italy
invade France
invade Germany
use atomic bombs
Which general led the victorious troops in the Battle of El Alamein?
Erwin Rommel
Friedrich von Paulus
Bernard Montgomery
Dwight D. Eisenhower
All of the following countries took control of other countries' territory during the 1930s EXCEPT
Italy.
Japan.
Spain.
Germany.
What country invaded Manchuria in 1931?
Italy
Japan
Austria
Germany
All of the following joined the Axis Powers EXCEPT
Italy.
Japan.
Germany.
the Soviet Union.
Which of the following was the leader of the Third Reich?
Adolf Hitler
Francisco Franco
Benito Mussolini
Emperor Hirohito
During Spain's civil war, Francisco Franco was the leader of
Spanish rebel troops.
Spanish government troops.
Socialist troops fighting against the rebels.
republican troops supporting the government.
The Munich Conference was held to address the problems of a German threat to the nation of
Poland.
Hungary.
Austria.
Czechoslovakia.
The term Raj is used to refer to the period of Indian history during which India was
independent.
dominated by Britain.
torn apart by civil war.
loosely ruled by the British East India Company.
The sepoys were
Indian soldiers fighting for Britain.
Bengal Hindus fighting for the Netherlands.
Mughal princes fighting for France.
Sikh civil servants.
All of the following were causes of the Sepoy Mutiny EXCEPT
famine.
nationalism.
religious beliefs.
ntment of British rule.
One result of the Sepoy Mutiny was that
the British East India Company went bankrupt
the British government tightened its control over India.
the British stopped trying to convert Indians to Christianity.
British officials became more sensitive to the needs of Indians.
According to Ram Mohun Roy, in order to successfully move towards independence, Indians had to?
convert to Christianity.
hold firmly to traditional ideas.
take up arms against their British rulers.
change some of their cultural and religious practices.
Emilio Aguinaldo fought for the independence of
Java.
Malacca.
Indonesia.
the Philippine Islands.
As a direct result of the Spanish-American War, the United States acquired all of the following EXCEPT
Guam.
Hawaii.
Puerto Rico.
the Philippine Islands.
Which of the following was modernized by King Mongkut?
Siam
Guam
Hawaii
New Guinea
Queen Liliuokalani was the last monarch of
Java.
Hawaii.
Borneo.
the Philippine Islands.
Who led efforts to draw up the Japanese constitution?
Hideki Tojo
Harry Truman
Emperor Hirohito
Douglas MacArthur
What group was tried at the Nuremberg Trials?
Nazis
Communists
the Luftwaffe
war criminals from all of the Axis Powers
In which of the following nations was the pre-war government allowed to return to power after WWII?
Belgium
Japan
Italy
Germany
Which of the following nations paid the greatest price in terms of the number of lives lost during the war?
Germany
Soviet Union
Japan
France
The Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) program was backed by
Jimmy Carter.
Ronald Reagan.
Leonid Brezhnev.
Nikita Khrushchev.
The policy of détente was mainly intended to
reduce Cold War tensions.
restrict the spread of communism.
call world attention to abuses of human rights.
solidify U.S. relations with its economic allies.
In the summer of 1968, forces from Warsaw Pact nations invaded
China.
Hungary.
Afghanistan.
Czechoslovakia.
What is the name of the group that fought against the Soviet-supported government in Afghanistan?
mujahideen
Armenian Christians
al-Qaida
Armenian Muslims
Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, and Deng Xiaoping were all
strong supporters of the Cultural Revolution.
political conservatives but economic moderates.
political moderates but economic conservatives.
participants in the war between Communists and Nationalists.
