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Semester 2 Review - World Studies

Total questions: 71

Worksheet time: 36mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
a truce or an agreement to end fighting
a)
armistice
b)
mandate
c)
conscription
d)
mobilization
2.

How did industrialization impact warfare?

a)

It led to greater death tolls

b)

It created new methods of building greater and more powerful arms

c)

It allowed for arms to be made faster

d)

All of the above

3.
military draft
a)
armistice
b)
mandate
c)
conscription
d)
mobilization
4.
military strategy for Germany to mobilize against France and Russia at the same tim
a)
Mobilization
b)
Bismarck Plan
c)
Conscription
d)
Schlieffen Plan
5.
Woodrow Wilson's peace proposal that asserted people's right to self-determination
a)
Treaty of Versailles
b)
Fourteen Points
c)
Paris Peace Conference
d)
League of Nations
6.
fighting from ditches protected by barbed wire, as in World War I
a)
No mans land
b)
stalemate
c)
trench warfare
d)
blitzkreig
7.
What empires fell during WWI?
a)
Russian Empire
b)
Austro-Hungarian Empire
c)
Ottoman Empire
d)
All of the above
8.
What did Woodrow Wilson want most from the Paris Peace Conference?
a)
Territory for the United States
b)
For Germany to be treated harshly
c)
Creation of the League of Nations
d)
France to be given its own Statue of Liberty
9.
held Germany (and Austria) responsible for the war and required reparations.
a)
Article 231 (war guilt clause)
b)
mandate
c)
Alsace-Lorraine
d)
League of Nations
10.
a war based on wearing down the other side with constant attacks and heavy losses, such as World War I
a)
total war
b)
war of attrition
c)
war bonds
d)
blitzkreig
11.
a war that involved the complete mobilization of resources and people, affecting the lives of all citizens in the warring countries, even those remote from the battlefield
a)
total war
b)
war of attrition
c)
war bonds
d)
blitzkreig
12.
What land did Germany have to give back to France?
a)
Belguim
b)
Poland
c)
Rhineland
d)
Alsace and Lorraine
13.
international peacekeeping organization created at the end of World War I
a)
Wilson's Fourteen Points
b)
League of Nations
c)
Self-determination
d)
Treaty of Versailles
14.
ideas spread to influence public opinion for or against a cause
a)
propaganda
b)
conscription
c)
telenovela
d)
abdicate
15.
a payment made to the victor by the vanquished to cover the costs of war
a)
credit
b)
reparation
c)
loan
d)
visa
16.
an economic system directed by government agencies
a)
market economy
b)
laissez faire
c)
capitalism
d)
planned economy
17.
Who was assassinated during a visit to Sarajevo in Bosnia?
a)
David Oldham
b)
Archduke Francis Ferdinand
c)
David Lloyd George
d)
Fredrick Schlieffen
18.

Which factor led to the Russian Revolution

a)

Rasputin led a revolt against the Czar

b)

Stalin organized the peasants to revolt

c)

Trostky's victories in WWI led the people to love him more than the Czar

d)

Russia did not have any competent military leaders and was not ready for war

19.

What did Lenin and the Bolsheviks want to destroy?

a)

the proletariot

b)

Germany

c)

Capitalism

d)

Socialism

20.

a political philosophy that glorifies the state above the individual by emphasizing the need for a strong central government led by a dictatorial ruler

a)

communism

b)

fascism

c)

socialism

d)

capitalism

21.

when a government pays out more money than it takes in through taxation and other revenues, thus going into debt

a)

deficit spending

b)

lowering interest rates

c)

collective bargaining

d)

inflation

22.

the right of unions to negotiate with employers over wages and hours

a)

deficit spending

b)

lowering interest rates

c)

collective bargaining

d)

inflation

23.

A British economist who argued for deficit spending in the government to alleviate the Great Depression and argued against harsh reparations on Germany

a)

John Maynard Keynes

b)

Adam Smith

c)

Thomas Hobbes

d)

Karl Marx

24.

Russian councils composed of representatives from the workers and soldiers

a)

Soviets

b)

Bolsheviks

c)

Communists

d)

Anarchists

25.

a government that aims to control the political, economic, social, intellectual, and cultural lives of its citizens

a)

communist

b)

fascist

c)

totalitarian state

d)

democratic state

26.

the National Socialist German Workers’ Party; a member of such party

a)

fascits

b)

nazi

c)

socialist

d)

anarchist

27.

a system in which private farms are eliminated and peasants work land owned by the government

a)

seletivism

b)

anarchism

c)

elimination

d)

collectivization

28.

Reduced Germany’s payments and coordinated them with the nation’s ability to pay. This led to a brief period of economic prosperity in Europe.

a)

Locarno Treaty

b)

Dawes Plan

c)

League of Nations

d)

Treaty of Versailles

29.

What was the second front?

a)

The front in North Africa and Italy

b)

The Battle for Britain

c)

The British term for the German air raids on British cities and towns during World War II

d)

The front attacking Germany from the west in France, while the Soviet Union is attacking from the east

30.

elimination or prohibition of weapons, fortifications, and other military installations

a)

demilitarized

b)

remilitarized

c)

abstinence

d)

fortifying

31.

Why did Japan say it wanted to create a "New Asian Order"?

a)

to bring order to Asia so that they could defeat the Germans

b)

to help all Asian countries

c)

to bring Daoism to Asia

d)

to bring a culture of creating haiku

32.

Why were cities bombed during WWII?

a)

to destroy hospitals and schools

b)

to break the morale of the people and cause them to surrender

c)

to show all the destruction they could cause

d)

to defy the League of Nations

33.

restrictions intended to enforce international law

a)

sanctions

b)

ditats

c)

appeasement

d)

isolationism

34.

German for “lightning war”; a swift and sudden military attack; used by the Germans during World War II

a)

the blitz

b)

blitzkrieg

c)

thunder

d)

kamikaze

35.

What part of northwestern Czechoslovakia did Hitler want?

a)

Austria

b)

Danzig

c)

Polish Corridor

d)

Sudetenland

36.

Why did Japan want Manchuria?

a)

to get revenge on China

b)

for the gold that was there

c)

for resources

d)

for trade

37.

How did Hitler view the leaders of the Western states that signed the Treaty of Versailles?

a)

strong leaders not to mess with

b)

as little worms that would not fight to enforce the treaty

c)

nobel leaders who he could respect

d)

as weak, but willing to fight

38.

What country was in the best position economically after WWII?

a)

USA because the rest of the world was devastated by war

b)

France because the Germans helped them during occupation

c)

Great Britain because they had the most colonies

d)

China because they were communist

39.

the deliberate mass murder or physical extinction of a particular racial, political, or cultural group

a)

appeasement

b)

genocide

c)

termination

d)

kamikae

40.

the period of political tension following World War II and ending with the fall of Communism in the Soviet Union at the end of the 1980s

a)

post WWII

b)

WWIII

c)

Final Solution

d)

The Cold War

41.

Why did the Allies agree to fight until the Axis powers surrendered unconditionally?

a)

So that they could never wage war again

b)

Because it would be easier

c)

So that they could have power over the rest of the world

d)

To acquire their resources

42.

the refusal to take sides or become involved in wars between other nations

a)

neutrality

b)

isolationism

c)

nazism

d)

appeasement

43.

the protective border France set up to protect itself against Germany

a)

the second front

b)

Belguim

c)

Maginot Line

d)

eastern front

44.

a policy of national isolation by abstention from alliances and other international political and economic relations

a)

neutrality

b)

isolationism

c)

nazism

d)

appeasement

45.

satisfying reasonable demands of dissatisfied powers in an effort to maintain peace and stability.

a)

neutrality

b)

isolatinsim

c)

nazism

d)

appeasement

46.

Why did Hitler want more land?

a)

to build the Third Reich, an Aryan racial state

b)

to create a buffer zone to protect Germany

c)

the Soviet land was better than Germany's

d)

because apples and almonds are the best

47.

What was the Final Solution?

a)

Hitler's answer for lebesraum

b)

the killing of the Jewish people

c)

his strategy to win the war

d)

fleeing to Argentina

48.

Why did Stalin not allow free elections in Eastern Europe?

a)

He wanted to expand capitalism

b)

He wanted the Sakhalin and Kuril Islands

c)

He hated the United States after Germany was defeated

d)

He was afraid of capitalist expansion

49.

What war conference did the Big Three discuss their major tactical decision for their final assault on Germany?

a)

Tehran - Nov. 1943

b)

Yalta - Feb. 1945

c)

Potsdam - July 1945

d)

Nuremberg Trials

50.

Why did the USA and USSR fear each other?

a)

The USA was expanding its territory

b)

The USSR feared leader Mao Zedong

c)

They did not fear each other

d)

Mutual distrust and different political beliefs

51.

Economic aid from the USA to countries devastated economically by WWII

a)

Truman Plan

b)

Stalin Plan

c)

Marshall Plan

d)

NATO

52.

New policies in industry, agriculture, technology and national defense

a)

China's Four Modernizations

b)

Stalin's Four Modernizations

c)

USA's Four Modernizations

d)

Russia's Four Modernizations

53.

a country that is economically and politically dependent on another country

a)

natural satellite

b)

satellite state

c)

the Marshall Plan

d)

COMECON

54.

building up armies and stores of weapons to keep up with an enemy

a)

deterrence

b)

arms race

c)

Gary Killian

d)

satellite state

55.

in China during the 1950s, a group of collective farms which contained more than 30,000 people who lived and worked together

a)

gulag

b)

work camp

c)

death camp

d)

commune

56.

the idea that if one country falls to communism, neighboring countries will also fall

a)

deterrence

b)

containment

c)

domino theory

d)

Truman Plan

57.

a war in which the powers in conflict use third parties as substitutes instead of fighting each other directly

a)

hot war

b)

cold war

c)

proxy war

d)

police action

58.

How did Chinese peasants respond to Mao's "Great Leap Forward"?

a)

They loved it, because they were all treated equally

b)

They love it, because it came from their Great Leader Mao

c)

They disliked it, because they had to work on communes and food production fell

d)

They disliked it, because they had to work on communes but made a great leap forward in food production

59.

What city is Tiananmen Square in?

a)

Tiananmen City

b)

Hong Kong

c)

Shanghai

d)

Beijeing

60.

a phase of relaxed tensions and improved relations between two adversaries

a)

detente

b)

de-Stalinization

c)

dissident

d)

deflation

61.

a Soviet policy permitting open discussion of political and social issues

a)

perestroika

b)

glasnost

c)

detente

d)

containment

62.

the fundamental restructuring of the Soviet economy; a policy introduced by Gorbachev

a)

perestoika

b)

glasnost

c)

detente

d)

containment

63.

Why did China seek to improve relations with the USA

a)

They were afraid of Chiang Kai Shek invasion of China

b)

They wanted support for Korea

c)

They wanted to improve their economy

d)

Their relations with the USSR were worsening

64.

What alliance was the USA apart of?

a)

NATO

b)

SEATO

c)

CENTO

d)

Warsaw Pact

e)

A,B & C

65.

What alliance was the Soviet Union apart of?

a)

NATO

b)

SEATO

c)

CENTO

d)

Warsaw Pact

e)

A, B & C

66.

the first satellite in space

a)

Niel Armstrong

b)

Yuri Gargarin

c)

Laiki

d)

Sputnik

67.

What was the purpose of the Berlin Wall?

a)

to eastern technology out of West Berlin

b)

to contain communism

c)

To force the USA into a airlift

d)

to keep East Germans from going into West Berlin

68.

leader of the Communists in Vietnam

a)

Kim Il Sung

b)

Ho Chi Minh

c)

Mao Zedong

d)

Joseph Stalin

69.

Which country colonized Vietnam?

a)

Great Britain

b)

Germany

c)

Russia

d)

France

70.

Why was the Berlin Conference (1884-85) important?

a)

It was the first conference that allowed native people a voice in the distribution of their land

b)

It peacefully resolved the Berlin conflict

c)

It brought economic prosperity to the natives of colonies

d)

It allowed the European countries to settle their different land claims peacefully

71.

An American foreign policy that proposed to stop Soviet expansion, starting with giving financial aid to Greece and Turkey

a)

NATO

b)

Truman Doctrine

c)

Domino Theory

d)

Greek Plan