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SEMESTER REVIEW 2.0

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES DURING THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS WAS...

a)

EISENHOWER

b)

KENNEDY

c)

TRUMAN

d)

F.D. ROOSEVELT

2.

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WAS THE LEADER OF JAPAN DURING WWII?

a)

ADOLF HITLER

b)

WINSTON CHURCHILL

c)

BENITO MUSSOLINI

d)

HIROHITO

3.

A GOVERNMENT THAT HAS COMPLETE CONTROL OVER ITS PEOPLE IS CALLED...

a)

DEMOCRATIC

b)

TOTALITARIAN

c)

CAPITALISTIC

d)

COMMUNIST

4.

WHAT IS THE CAPITAL OF NEVADA?

a)

NEVADA

b)

RENO

c)

LAS VEGAS

d)

CARSON CITY

5.

WHO WAS PRESIDENT AT THE BEGINNING OF WWII?

a)

TRUMAN

b)

HITLER

c)

ROOSEVELT

d)

KENNEDY

6.

WHEN DID WWII END?

a)

1941

b)

1943

c)

1944

d)

1945

7.

AFTER THE BOMBING OF PEARL HARBOR, JAPANESE AMERICANS WERE PLACED IN...

a)

PRISON OF WAR CAMPS

b)

INTERNMENT CAMPS

c)

CONCENTRATION CAMPS

d)

TRAINS TO CALIFORNIA

8.

HOW DID WWII END IN EUROPE?

a)

HITLER RAN OUT OF MONEY

b)

GERMANS WERE SURROUNDED BY THE U.S. AND RUSSIA

c)

ITALY WAS TAKEN OVER BY JAPAN

d)

WE DROPPED THE ATOMIC BOMB ON JAPAN

9.

WWII STARTED WHEN HITLER INVADED...

a)

ITALY

b)

POLAND

c)

GREAT BRITAIN

d)

UNITED STATES

10.

THE FIRST WOMAN TO FLY FROM NEW YORK TO PARIS WAS...

a)

AMELIA EARHART

b)

CLARA BARTON

c)

SUSAN B. ANTHONY

d)

FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE

11.

WHAT EVENT MADE THE UNITED STATES ENTER WWII?

a)

THE INVASION OF THE BEACHES AT NORMANDY

b)

THE JAPANESE ATTACK OF CHINA

c)

GERMANY INVADING POLAND

d)

THE JAPANESE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR

12.

HENRY FORD IS GIVEN CREDIT FOR THE INVENTION OF...

a)

THE ASSEMBLY LINE TO BUILD CARS

b)

THE FIRST TELEGRAPH

c)

THE FIRST AUTOMOBILE

d)

THE COTTON GIN TO PICK COTTON

13.

ONE OF THE FIRST PRODUCTS TO BE MADE ON THE ASSEMBLY LINE WAS...

a)

RADIOS

b)

CARS

c)

HIGHWAYS

d)

COMPUTERS

14.

ALL OF THE FOLLOWING WERE PART OF THE ALLIED COUNTRIES IN WWI EXCEPT...

a)

GREAT BRITAIN

b)

FRANCE

c)

RUSSIA

d)

GERMANY

15.

IN WWI, THE AMERICANS FOUGHT AGAINST THE ...

a)

ALLIED POWERS

b)

AXIS POWERS

c)

CENTRAL POWERS

d)

BRITISH

16.

WHICH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT A REASON THAT IMMIGRANTS LEFT THEIR COUNTRY TO COME TO THE U.S.?

a)

OVERPOPULATION

b)

MAKING TOO MUCH MONEY

c)

NOT ENOUGH JOBS

d)

MISTREATED BY THEIR COUNTRY'S LEADERS

17.

THIS 3-DAY BATTLE WAS A TURNING POINT FOR THE UNION AND IT LED TO A TREMENDOUS LOSS OF LIVES ON BOTH SIDES...

a)

BULL RUN

b)

GETTYSBURG

c)

VICKSBURG

d)

ANTIETAM

18.

THE CAPITAL OF THE UNION WAS...

a)

CARSON CITY, NEVADA

b)

RICHMOND, VIRGINIA

c)

WASHINGTON, D.C.

d)

FORT SUMTER, SOUTH CAROLINA

19.

WHICH WAS ONE OF THE NORTH'S STRENGTHS DURING THE CIVIL WAR?

a)

THEY WERE FIGHTING ON THEIR OWN LAND

b)

LONG RIVERS AND PLENTY OF LAKES

c)

ENGLAND'S SUPPORT IN THE FIGHTING

d)

LARGE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE, FACTORIES AND RAILROADS

20.

WHAT DID THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION DO?

a)

STARTED THE CIVIL WAR

b)

FREED ALL SLAVES IN THE CONFEDERACY

c)

FREED ALL SLAVES IN THE NATION

d)

FORCED THE SOUTH TO SURRENDER

21.

WHAT WAS FDR'S PROGRAM TO END THE GREAT DEPRESSION?

a)

THE NEW DEAL

b)

TH MARSHALL PLAN

c)

THE COMPROMISE OF 1850

d)

THE WPA

22.

"BLACK TUESDAY" HAPPENED ON ...

a)

10/1/1929

b)

10/1/1939

c)

10/29/1929

d)

10/29/1939

23.

WHAT WAS THE HOLOCAUST?

a)

THE DESTRUCTION CAUSED BY THE ATOMIC BOMB

b)

THE MURDER OF JEWS AND OTHERS BY THE NAZIS

c)

THE NIGHTLY BOMBING OF BRITAIN BY GERMANY

d)

THE INVASION OF THE BEACHES OF NORMANDY

24.

WHAT DID MILLIONS OF WOMEN DO DURING WWII?

a)

DISGUISED THEMSELVES AS MEN AND FOUGHT

b)

RAN FOR POLITICAL OFFICE SO THEY COULD END WWII

c)

LEARNED TO FLY AIRPLANES

d)

TOOK JOBS IN FACTORIES

25.

WHAT TYPE OF WARFARE WAS USED DURING WWI?

a)

GUERRILLA

b)

TRENCH

c)

SNIPER

d)

DUCK AND COVER

26.

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING EVENTS DID NOT LEAD TO WWI IN EUROPE?

a)

RIVALRIES BETWEEN COUNTRIES

b)

ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR

c)

MURDER OF ARCHDUKE FRANZ FERDINAND

d)

ALLIANCES BETWEEN COUNTRIES

27.

THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES HAS HOW MANY TIME ZONES?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

28.

WHAT GIVES AN INVENTOR ALL THE RIGHTS AND PROFITS TO HIS OR HER INVENTION?

a)

PATENT

b)

CAPITAL

c)

WARRANTY

d)

INVENTION

29.

HOW DID THE CIVIL WAR END?

a)

LEE SURRENDERED TO GRANT

b)

GRANT SURRENDERED TO LEE

c)

THE CONFEDERATES ATTACKED FORT SUMTER

d)

THE UNION ATTACKED AT VICKSBURG

30.

THE FIRST DAY OF FINAL EXAMS IS

a)

TUESDAY, MAY 22

b)

WEDNESDAY, MAY 23

c)

THURSDAY, MAY 24

d)

FRIDAY, MAY 25