WorksheetsHistory Prep
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 20mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who started WW1
a)
Austria
b)
Germany
c)
France
d)
England
2.
What were the intolerable acts?
a)
Taxes
b)
Massacres
c)
Taxes due to the Boston Tea Party
d)
Declarations
3.
List communist countries during the cold war,
a)
Poland
b)
Yugoslavia
c)
Albania
d)
Rumania
4.
NATO members
a)
France
b)
Soviet union
c)
Belgium
d)
Poland
e)
Netherlands
5.
When was the Cold War?
a)
Post 1945
b)
Post 1943
c)
Post 1946
d)
Post 1948
6.
When was WW1
a)
1914-1918
b)
1915-1926
c)
1916-1918
7.
When was ww2
a)
1939-1945
b)
1945-48
c)
1946-1986
8.
Who were the first people to climb Mount Everest?
a)
Valentina Tereshkova & James Buchanan
b)
Edmund Hillary & Tenzing Norgay
c)
Pedro Alvares Cabral
9.
Who was the third president of the United States?
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Donald Trump
c)
George Washington
d)
Thomas Jefferson
10.
Who was apart of the Axis Powers?
a)
Russia, China, and Mexico
b)
Germany, USA, and Russia
c)
USA, Great Britain, and France
d)
Germany, Italy, and Japan
11.
Who led the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
a)
Martin Luther King, Jr.
b)
Malcolm X
c)
Rosa Parks
d)
Harriet Tubman
12.
When was the Declaration of Independence created?
a)
1776
b)
1770
c)
1779
d)
1786
13.
Who refused to give up their seat on the bus to a white citizen?
a)
Harriet Tubman
b)
Rosa Parks
c)
Mary McLeod Bethune
d)
Sojourner Truth
14.
What is Malcolm X's real name?
a)
Malcolm Johnson
b)
Malcolm Little
c)
Malcolm Davis
d)
Malcolm Parks
15.
When was the Great Depression?
a)
1912-1917
b)
1929-1939
c)
1945-1960
d)
1940-1944
16.
Who was the 20th President?
a)
Woodrow Wilson
b)
Andrew Johnson
c)
James Garfield
d)
Grover Cleveland
17.
Who invented peanut butter?
a)
George Washington Carver
b)
Madam C. J. Walker
c)
John Parker
d)
Barack Obama
18.
What year did the Revolutionary War end?
a)
1783
b)
1776
c)
1745
d)
1802
19.
Which president served more than 2 terms?
a)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
b)
Harry S. Truman
c)
Theodore Roosevelt
d)
Woodrow Wilson
20.
What year did the Revolutionary War end?
a)
1783
b)
1776
c)
1745
d)
1802
21.
Which president served more than 2 terms?
a)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
b)
Harry S. Truman
c)
Theodore Roosevelt
d)
Woodrow Wilson
22.
Who was the president during the civil rights movement?
a)
Richard Nixon
b)
John F. Kennedy
c)
Gerald Ford
d)
Herber Hoover
23.
When did Christopher Columbus arrive in America?
a)
1442
b)
1482
c)
1492
d)
1490
24.
What was Abraham Lincoln's famous speech?
a)
"I Have A Dream"
b)
"Gettysburg Address"
c)
“Inauguration Address”
d)
"Farewell Address"
25.
When did women get the right to vote?
a)
September 19, 1915
b)
August 25, 1922
c)
August 18, 1920
d)
August 31, 1918
26.
Which German Count invented the zeppelin?
a)
Count "Von" Zeppelin
b)
Count "Van" Zeppelin
c)
Count "Dracula" Zeppelin
d)
Count "Vin" Zeppelin
27.
How many women did Henry VIII have?
a)
4
b)
5
c)
6
d)
7
28.
In which city was the Titanic built?
a)
Belfast
b)
Chicago
c)
New York
d)
Washington
29.
What was the name of Napoleon's first wife?
a)
Josephine
b)
Annieceta
c)
Margarette
d)
Venus
30.
Which city became capital of West-Germany in 1949?
a)
Bonn
b)
Bomm
c)
Benn
d)
Bemm
31.
Xerxes ruled a great empire around the fifth century BC. Which empire?
a)
The Persian Empire
b)
The China Empire
c)
The Japan Empire
d)
The Korean Empire
32.
Which German war criminal was for 21 years the only inmate of Spandau complex?
a)
Rudolf Hess
b)
Arnold Hess
c)
Ronald Hess
d)
Roland Hess
33.
Which of the following is a characteristic of daily life in the 1920s?
a)
Many
Americans lost all of their money in the Stock Market crash.
b)
Many Americans did not have jobs
and there were failed banks and businesses.
c)
Many Americans experienced an economic boom,
furthered by new technologies.
d)
All Americans experienced an economic boom,
furthered by new technologies.
34.
What is the significance of the 19th Amendment?
a)
Women became citizens.
b)
African
Americans became citizens.
c)
Women
were granted the right to vote.
d)
African
Americans were granted the right to vote.
35.
What positive effect did the migration north have on African Americans?
a)
Segregation
b)
Jim Crow Laws
c)
New job oppurtunities
d)
New sharecropping opportunities
36.
During the Harlem Renaissance African Americans had the opportunity to celebrate their culture in all of the following ways EXCEPT…
a)
Art
b)
Clothing
c)
Music
d)
Writing
37.
Which of the following best describes a factor that led to the crash of the stock market?
a)
Many Americans began buying more stocks
b)
Values of stocks increased due to mass production
c)
Factories were not able to produce goods for consumers
d)
Factories were overproducing and began to lay off workers
38.
Which of the following was an effect of unemployment during the Great Depression?
a)
Consumers
rushed to put all of their money in the banks.
b)
Consumers
made many purchases, so businesses boomed.
c)
Consumers
could not or did not want to buy, so some businesses failed.
d)
Consumers
could not buy goods fast enough before businesses sold out.
39.
What is an appropriate title for the chart below?
· Assisted with the feeding and housing of the poorest America citizens
· Put money into the hands of consumers, who spent it, and helped businesses recover
Attempted to reform the system and prevent another economic crisis
· Assisted with the feeding and housing of the poorest America citizens
· Put money into the hands of consumers, who spent it, and helped businesses recover
Attempted to reform the system and prevent another economic crisis
a)
Goals of the New Deal
b)
Causes of World War II
c)
Life During the Roaring 20s
d)
Causes of the Great Depression
40.
What was a result of the government’s response to the Great Depression?
a)
The role of
the federal government increased.
b)
The role of
the federal government decreased.
c)
There
was no change in the role of the government.
d)
The
government’s response quickly ended the Great Depression.
41.
What is an appropriate title for the chart below?
· Assisted with the feeding and housing of the poorest America citizens
· Put money into the hands of consumers, who spent it, and helped businesses recover
Attempted to reform the system and prevent another economic crisis
· Assisted with the feeding and housing of the poorest America citizens
· Put money into the hands of consumers, who spent it, and helped businesses recover
Attempted to reform the system and prevent another economic crisis
a)
Goals of the New Deal
b)
Causes of World War II
c)
Life During the Roaring 20s
d)
Causes of the Great Depression
42.
What was an effect of the Japanese bombing of the Unites States Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor?
a)
The United States began to help Britain with supplies.
b)
The United States economy quickly recovered from the Great
Depression.
c)
President
Roosevelt asked the United States Congress to declare war on Japan.
d)
President
Roosevelt asked the United State Congress to declare war on Italy and Germany.
43.
What was the significance of the invasion of Normandy?
a)
Led
to the surrender of the Axis Powers in Japan
b)
Led to the surrender of the Allied Powers in Japan
c)
Led
to the surrender of the Axis Powers in Europe
d)
Led
to the surrender of the Allied Powers in Europe
44.
What was the significance of the invasion of Normandy?
a)
Led
to the surrender of the Axis Powers in Japan
b)
Led to the surrender of the Allied Powers in Japan
c)
Led
to the surrender of the Axis Powers in Europe
d)
Led
to the surrender of the Allied Powers in Europe
45.
The United States dropped two atomic bombs in August 1945. What impact did these bombs have on the outcome of World War II?
a)
Germany,
Italy, and Japan joined to form the Axis Powers.
b)
Japanese
planes carried out a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor.
c)
Led to the surrender of the Germans and ended World War II.
d)
Led
to the surrender of the Japanese and ended World War II.
46.
The United States dropped two atomic bombs in August 1945. What impact did these bombs have on the outcome of World War II?
a)
Germany,
Italy, and Japan joined to form the Axis Powers.
b)
Japanese
planes carried out a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor.
c)
Led to the surrender of the Germans and ended World War II.
d)
Led
to the surrender of the Japanese and ended World War II.
47.
Which Allied leaders are correctly matched with their nation?
a)
Hitler: United States
Churchill: Soviet Union
Mussolini: Germany
Churchill: Soviet Union
Mussolini: Germany
b)
Roosevelt: Germany
Hitler: Great Britain
Mussolini: United States
Hitler: Great Britain
Mussolini: United States
c)
Roosevelt: United States
Churchill: Great Britain
Stalin: Soviet Union
Churchill: Great Britain
Stalin: Soviet Union
d)
Stalin: Soviet Union
Mussolini: Great Britian
Roosevelt: Italy
Mussolini: Great Britian
Roosevelt: Italy
48.
There were many key developments that had a significant impact on WWII and on the economy during and after the war. All of the following were key developments, EXCEPT:
a)
aviation
b)
communication
c)
railroad
d)
weaponry
49.
Which innovation led to extensive government spending which stimulated the economy and focused spending on the military?
a)
aviation
b)
communication
c)
technology
d)
weaponry
50.
Which innovation led to extensive government spending which stimulated the economy and focused spending on the military?
a)
aviation
b)
communication
c)
technology
d)
weaponry
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