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WorksheetsModern World History I Final Review
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
The Scientific Revolution, and a new way of thinking began in?
1700's
1400's
Mid-1500's
1300's
The scientific method grew from the belief that the world is best understood through...
Imagination
Teachings of Aristotle
The Church
Direct Observation
Which revolutionary scientist was the first to argue about the heliocentric theory?
Copernicus
Kepler
Ptolemy
Voltaire
_____ was put under house arrest for challenging traditional teachings.
Isaac Newton
Galileo Galilei
Copernicus
Francis Bacon
The Enlightenment takes it's greatest hold on what city?
England
Boston
Madrid
Paris
Which philosopher believed in natural rights, and the governments purpose was to protect them?
Thomas Hobbes
Voltaire
Baron de Montesquieu
John Locke
The belief that the King is God's representative on Earth and chosen to rule?
Rationalism
Divine Right
Absolutism
Nationalism
Which philosopher believed the purpose of government was to provide order & obedience?
John Locke
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Voltaire
Thomas Hobbes
What did Enlightenment philosophers base their ideas on?
Traditional teachings
The Church
Faith in human reasoning
Science
From what did Mary Wollstonecraft base her argument that women should have equal rights?
Teachings of the Catholic Church
The work and discoveries of Rene Descartes
Belief that God made her the spokesperson
Women could reason just as well as men
All of the following were causes of the French Revolution EXCEPT?
Weak Leader
Economic Trouble
Discontented First Estate
Enlightenment Ideals
What enlightenment event contributed to the bankruptcy of France?
Seven Years War
American Revolution
Tennis Court Oath
War of 1812
Radical policies passed meant to defend France from domestic threats?
Coup d'état
The Red Terror
Continental System
Reign of Terror
Which man ruled France as a dictator during the Reign of Terror?
Napoleon
Marat
Danton
Robespierre
The final governing body of France that was overthrown by Napoleon?
Directory
National Convention
Legislative Assembly
Consulate
Napoleon restored the relationship between the state & church by signing the ___________?
Tennis Court Oath
Napoleonic Code
Concordat
Plebiscite
Promotion within Napoleon's new bureaucracy was based on?
Keeping the middle class out of office
Given to Napoleon's favorites
Ability
Rank in society
Napoleon's plan to weaken the economy of Great Britain?
Scorched earth policy
Consulate
British invasion of 1803
Continental System
What was the goal set by the powerful nations at the Congress of Vienna?
Destroy France
Establish a balance of Power in Europe
Execute Napoleon
Restore Napoleon back in power
Napoleon's biggest mistake was invading which country?
Austria
Italy
Prussia
Russia
Where did Industrialization begin?
United States
France
England
Germany
This man created a way to make steel more efficiently and cheaper?
Henry Bessemer
Henry Ford
Alexander Graham Bell
Thomas Edison
What type of economic system is where the government determines all goods & services?
Market
Mixed
Command
Traditional
What became an important source of power during the I.R.?
Nuclear
Steam
Wind
Horses
Poor working conditions gave rise to what economic idea?
Democracy
Capitalism
Theocracy
Socialism
How did the factory create a new labor system?
Workers had to work long hours & repeat tasks
The cottage system began
Animals were used more than ever
Workers had a lot of idle time
All of the following are Industrialization factors in England EXCEPT:
Increase in the population
Capital
Plentiful natural resources
Decrease in the food supply
Karl Marx said class struggle was between what two groups?
Democrats and Republicans
Bourgeoisie and Factory Owners
Bourgeoisie and Proletariat
Populists and Nationalists
What did Otto von Bismarck mean in his "blood and iron" speech?
Germany needed railroads to unite
He would use the military as a force for unification
Prussia would fight to get obtain iron
He should be emperor of Germany
Which war caused the Ottoman Empire to lose most of it's land in Europe?
Franco-Prussian War
Balkan Wars
Pogroms
WWII
Revolutions throughout Europe in the 1830's and 1840's were sparked by?
Conservatism
Romanticism
Nationalism
Zionism
All of the following were key Italian unification leaders EXCEPT?
Giuseppe Mazzini
Franz Joseph
Camillo di Cavour
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries politically and economically.
Nationalism
Self-determination
Imperialism
Militarism
_________ helped European countries settle disputes over lands in Africa.
The Berlin Conference
The Treaty of Nanjing
The African Convention
The Treaty of Kanagawa
_______ was signed in Japan that opened two additional trade ports to Western nations?
Treaty of Nanjing
Treaty of Kanagawa
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of Edo
_______ was a period of modernization in Japan?
Boxer Rebellion
Meiji Restoration
Taiping Rebellion
Shogun Restoration
Why did the United States propose the Open Door policy in China?
China wanted equal trade with everyone
The US wanted the same access to China
No western nations were allowed in China
The US was loosing money in China
France, Russia, and Great Britain made up the ___________ .
Triple Alliance
Triple Entente
Central Powers
Axis Powers
During the war, this alliance was made up of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottomans.
The Allies
The Triple Entente
The Triple Alliance
The Central Powers
What effect did trench warfare have on WWI?
the defeat of France
troop mobility on the Eastern front
Massive stalemate on the Western front
The defeat of Russia
What area is considered the "Powder keg of Europe"?
Belgium
Alsace-Loraine
Western Europe
Balkans
_____ was the strategy of the Germans to attack on two fronts during WWI.
Blitzkrieg
The Anaconda Plan
The German Split Offensive
The Schlieffen Plan
WWI is considered a total war because governments were able to......
Control the enemy's resources
Control the economies and resources of their country
Control the voting of the people
Control the immigration to their allies country
A major cause of the Bolshevik revolution was?
Rasputin's influence on the royal court
Russia's withdraw from WWI
Czar Nicholas's failed military & economic policies
The rise of Joseph Stalin
Civil war occurred in Russia after the Bolsheviks claimed power because.....
Bolsheviks did not fulfill their promises
Foreign troops were on Russian soil
The Red Army seized the government
Many people opposed the Bolshevik gov.
Opponents of the Bolsheviks were called what?
The Red Army
Marxists
The White Amy
Soviets
Germany accepted full responsibility for starting WWI when they agreed to....
War Guilt Clause
Reparation Clause
Accountability Clause
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
What did Woodrow Wilson argue the most for at the Paris Peace conference?
Punishing Germany
Restoring the Czar in Russia
Forgiving Germany
Creation of the League of Nations
Which country abandons its alliance and joins the Allies in 1915?
France
Belgium
Italy
Ottoman Empire
One legacy of WWI was the...
Breakup of the Ottoman & Austro-Hungarian Empires
Rejection of strong central governments
Expansion of the Ottoman & Austro-Hungarian Empires
Prosperous economies worldwide
