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Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 35mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Both _________________ are central ideas of the Scientific Revolution.

a)

observation and experimentation

b)

listening to the Pope

c)

geocentrism

d)

guessing

2.

Fidel Castro led and won a communist revolution in Cuba because he gained the support of the

a)

Cuban missiles

b)

frogs

c)

the peasants

d)

the rich

3.

Copernicus, Galileo, Isaac Newton and Rene Descartes are all associated with the

a)

That Jupiter had four moons

b)

That the planets revolved around the earth

c)

That the sun was the only star

d)

The Scientific Revolution

4.

These two countries both had genocides

a)

Rwanda and Sudan

b)

Texas and USA

c)

Great Britain and Mexico

d)

Bosnia and Canada

5.

Even after apartheid ended in South Africa many blacks continued to _____________________?

a)

boycott diamonds.

b)

expelled Whites from Africa.

c)

struggle economically

d)

enjoy pinapples

6.

Contaminated food from China, computer viruses shut down businesses worldwide, and multinational corporations are all examples of

a)

decreasing competition

b)

Increasing employment

c)

economic interdepence

d)

Imposing trade barriers

7.

Enlightenment thinkers wanted to improve society through the

a)

absolutism

b)

the use of reason

c)

religion

d)

hobbies

8.

John Locke believed all people were born with the basic rights of

a)

Life, liberty, and property

b)

Checks and balances

c)

Tyranny is bad

d)

Natural curls

9.

The ideas of the Enlightenment and the discontent with the Third Estate were causes of the

a)

the Declaration of Dependence

b)

the Scientific Revolution

c)

French Revolution

d)

Meiji Restoration

10.

Under the old Regime in France, the burden of taxation fell mostly on the

a)

1st Estate

b)

2nd Estate

c)

commoners or 3rd estate

d)

1st and 3rd Estates

11.

A mob destroyed the Bastille, Robespierre is executed ending the Reign of Terror, and Napoleon seized power. These headlines are all associated with

a)

China

b)

England

c)

France

d)

USA

12.

The Enlightenment, increasing discontent among creoles, weakening of Spain’s power, and strong leaders like Simon Bolivar are all reasons for ___________?

a)

Latin American Revolutions

b)

the Industrial Revolution

c)

Imperialism

d)

Socialism

13.

One goal of the Congress of Vienna was to

a)

to restore order and the balance of power

b)

to encourage the spread of nationalism

c)

to promote the spread of Enlightenment ideas

d)

to protect the power of the Catholic Church

14.

The slogan “Blood and Iron” and a united Germany are most closely associated with ____________________.

a)

Wilhelm II

b)

Napoleon III

c)

Cavour

d)

Bismarck

15.

The unification of Italy and Germany show how _________________ can be used to consolidate political interests.

a)

social darwinism

b)

imperilism

c)

nationalism

d)

pudding

16.

One reason for mass migration of many Irish to North America in the 19th Century was

a)

British blockade of Irish ports

b)

failure of the potato crop

c)

war between Protestants and Catholics in Northern Ireland

d)

environmental damage caused by coal mining

17.

Transportation in the 1800’s was revolutionized by the development of the

a)

ships

b)

covered wagons

c)

automobiles

d)

steam engines

18.
This machine allowed factories to be built anywhere, powered by coal.
a)
flying shuttle
b)
steam engine
c)
spinning jenny
d)
cotton gin
19.

During the Industrial Revolution, what is the result of unskilled laborers receiving low wages, machinery replacing workers, and poor factory conditions?

a)

Corporations

b)

Fraternity

c)

Labor Unions

d)

Board of Directors

20.

A key idea in the Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels is that workers should support the

a)

overthrow of the capitalist

b)

overthrow of the French

c)

overthrow of the Joseph Stalin

d)

overthrow of the poor

21.

A map of 1895-1914 of China showing that they were under spheres of influence by several European powers would demonstrate

a)

Militarism

b)

Imperialism

c)

Westernization

d)

Industrialization

22.

Peter the Great is to Russia as Emperor Meiji is to

a)

Mongolia

b)

Japan

c)

India

d)

Korea

23.

The Treaty of Nanjing, the French in Vietnam, and the Italians in Ethiopia demonstrate

a)

Imperialism

b)

Colony

c)

White man's burden

d)

Protectorate

24.
What was the Berlin Conference?
a)
A meeting of European nations to declare war
b)
A meeting of the US and European Nations to partition African lands
c)
A meeting of Germans to create a plan for German unification
d)
A meeting of Africans to develop a plan to keep European nations out of Africa
25.

A goal of the Sepoy Rebellion and the Boxer Rebellion was

a)

welcome all foreigners

b)

to remove foreign influences

c)

decreased nationalistic feelings and never rebelled again

d)

increased to power of the Chinese emperor

26.

Much of ___________________________ came under European colonial control in the 19th century.

a)

Africa

b)

the USa

c)

Brazil

d)

Russia

27.

The Berlin Conference in 1884 was significant because it

a)

modernize Mexico

b)

created Industrialization

c)

established roles for the European conquest of Africa

d)

Google that bro??

28.

The immediate cause of WWI was the

a)

The sinking of the Lusitania

b)

The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

c)

Increased nationalism

d)

The Zimmerman Telegram

29.

What groups supported 20th-century communist movements?

a)

workers and peasants

b)

rich and powerful

c)

capitalist and industrialist

d)

Zulu and Vietcong

30.

Five year plans and collectivization are most closely associated with

a)

Boris Yeltsin

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Vladimir Lenin

d)

Karl Marx

31.

In the early 1930’s, millions of Ukrainians died as a result of

a)

End a civil war

b)

implement free-market practices

c)

forced famine

d)

introduce crop rotation

32.

With the League of Nations people tried to

a)

use boycotts to end wars

b)

Courts, coversation, trade sanctions and an army

c)

Oil Sanctions, arbitration, condemnation and war

d)

give up

33.

One reason the League of Nations failed as a world organization was that it

a)

passes tax reform

b)

stopped everyone from completely disarming

c)

lacked a military force to settle conflict

d)

helped Hitler rebuild the German army

34.

One way in which King Louis XVI of France and Czar Nicholas II of Russia are similar is that both

a)

were saved

b)

were disarmed

c)

were executed by revolutionaries

d)

given French fries

35.

Between 1923 and 1938, ___________________________ was a leader who instituted a modernization program in Turkey.

a)

Sun Yixian

b)

Attaturk

c)

Reza Khan

d)

Ali Jinnah

36.

Kwame Nkrumah and Ho Chi Minh both relied on __________________________________________ in the struggle to gain independence for their nations.

a)

nationalist sentiments

b)

Imperialism

c)

Gandhi

d)

the United States

37.

Armenians under Ottoman rule and Cambodians under the Khmer Rouge both experienced

a)

modernized economies

b)

democratic ideas

c)

minority rights

d)

human rights violation

38.

What policy is closely associated with the Nelson Mandela, President DeKlerk, and Bishop Desmond Tutu?

a)

For the amish

b)

Against apartheid

c)

For the natives

d)

For the slaves

39.

Which country was ruled by Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge and was the location of a genocide?

a)

Cambodia

b)

Laos

c)

Vietnam

d)

China

40.

Which political leader gained power as a result of the failing economy of the Weimar Republic?

a)

Joseph Stalin

b)

Winston Churchill

c)

Adolf Hitler

d)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

41.

The British reliance on India as a market for its manufactured goods caused Mohandas Gandhi to

a)

practicing the Hindu religion

b)

purchasing British goods

c)

refusing to buy British Textiles

d)

writing letter to British politicians

42.

The Amritsar Massacre and the Salt March are both associated with the independence movement of

a)

India

b)

China

c)

Germany

d)

America

43.

The Berlin blockade, Cuban Missile Crisis, and Vietnam War are all

a)

part of the Industrial revolution

b)

They began placing missiles in the Soviet Union.

c)

Cold War confrontation

d)

They invaded Cuba and the Soviet Union.

44.

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was initially formed to

a)

Countries joining together to end democracy

b)

Countries joining together to stop trade between the East and West

c)

defend Western Europe against Soviet agression

d)

Countries joining together to create one kind of currency (S)

45.

The European Union (EU) and the North American Free trade Agreement (NAFTA) have both resulted in

a)

increase economic interdepence

b)

To help Canada become a more independent nation

c)

To eliminate the environmental issues between the nations involved

46.

What was a direct result of the Four Modernization's introduced in China by Deng Xiaoping?

a)

economic opportunities expanded

b)

Brought democracy to China

c)

Reformed India's economy

d)

Brought democracy to India

47.

The Nuremburg Trials are considered an important event in the 20th century because they

a)

increased war crimes

b)

established principles for human rights violations

48.

Which leader’s policies included glasnost and perestroika?

a)

Joseph Stalin

b)

Mikhail Gorbachev

c)

Ronald Reagan

d)

Pol Pot

49.

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Japan rapidly Industrialized. During which period did this change take place?

a)

Mongolian Restoration

b)

Meiji Restoration

c)

French Revolution

d)

Jazz Age

50.

An incompetent government, massacres on Bloody Sunday, and high costs of WWI were causes of

a)

Russian Revolution

b)

French Revolution

c)

Industrial Revolution

d)

Chinese Communist Revolution