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Worksheets5th 6 Weeks Review Quiz
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 28mins
Enlightened thinkers based their philosophical beliefs on what two things?
power and privilege
money and fame
good looks and charm
reason and logic
The Scientific Revolution can best be described as:
A period when scientists embraced the teachings of the Church
The time when the Catholic Church empathized most with scientists
period when scientists began to question the old teachings of the Church
Scientific property invented by astrophysicists to explain the rotation of the Earth
Sir Isaac Newton is associated with the Laws of:
Electricity
Motion and gravity
Human biology
Astronomy
In which country did the Industrial Revolution begin?
The United States
England
France
Germany
What product was first made using machines in factories?
Steel
textiles
locomotives
flying shuttles
Mass production led to:
Products being more superior in quality
goods became less expensive
laborers received higher wages
industries moved to rural areas
What is the movement from rural to urban areas called?
Moving
colonization
inflation
urbanization
Who ruled as a dictator and leader of the Nazi party and wanted to build a powerful military and make his country a strong nation?
Hitler
Mussolini
Stalin
Who did Hitler blame for most of the Germany's problems?
Americans
Christians
Muslims
Jews
Which 3 countries made up the Axis Powers?
American, England, and Russia
Sweden, Germany, and Denmark
Italy, Russia, and Austria
Italy, Germany, and Japan
When was Pearl Harbor attacked?
December 7, 1941
September 1, 1939
October 31, 1941
December 25, 1941
Who were the Allied powers?
Portugal, Spain, France, United States
Britain, Russia, United states, Spain
Turkey, Spain, United states
Russia, Britain, United States, France
Normandy beach was site of
allied saving of French at dunkirk
allied invasion of German occupied france
Allied invasion of russia
Japanese invasion of france
September 1, 1939 was....
When Germany invaded poland
great Britain and France declared war on germany
japan attacked pearl harbor
germany invaded soviet
Which event led to the beginning of World War 2?
the Bombing of Pearl Harbor
the explosion of the USS Maine
Germany's invasion of Poland
the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima
What nation was invaded by Germany on September 1, 1939, beginning World War 2?
Czechoslovakia
Russia
Poland
Ukraine
Originally, Germany and _______ had signed a non-aggression pact and split Poland between the two of them.
Austria
Soviet Union (Russia)
Ukraine
Belgium
What is D-Day?
The day the armistice was signed
the day the allied powers began the invasion of northern France, turning the tides of war and leading to the end of the war.
The first day of fighting in Europe after the invasion of Poland
The last day of fighting after German surrender
What weapon was used for the first time ever in order to defeat Japan and lead them to surrender?
Airplanes
Tanks
Hand Grenades
Atomic Bombs
What term refers to the extermination of the Jews in Germany?
Kristallnacht
Glasnost
Final Solution
Final plan
when a dictator has complete control of a country
Totalitarianism
Fascism
Propaganda
Appeasement
Why did Adolf Hitler want Germany to invade other counties?
To expand Germany's land (called lebensraum or living space) and power
To gain more people for his Nazi army.
To give money and resources to Africa
To help surrounding counties get out of the depression.
Where was the atom bomb dropped?
Hirtimo and Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor and Hiroshima
Hiroshima and Normandy
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
How did women's involvement in the workforce during World War 2 affect them after the war was over?
Women gave up their rights
Women started fighting for equal rights and more power, no more homemaking only
Women stayed at home and kept quiet
Women fought for the right to vote
Blitzkrieg means
lightning storm
lightning war
fire fight
bombing war
Which was the Soviet Union Dictator?
Benito Mussolini
Joseph Stalin
Winston Churchill
Joseph Lenin
What was the result of the attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese?
Chinese surrendered to Japan
The US declared war on Japan
Britain was bombed and attacked using blitzkrieg
France was taken over by Nazi Germany
The deliberate destruction, in whole of an ethnic, racial, religious or national group
Holocaust
Genocide
Concentration Camp
Nuremberg Laws
Which event greatly contributed to the global economic slow down, specifically in Germany, shortly after the conclusion of the first World War?
the gradual rebuilding of Europe
the harsh reparation agreement stipulated in the Treaty of Versailles
the international impact of decisions made by the League of Nations
the failure of Wilson's Fourteen Points peace plan
The purpose of the League of Nations was to help
prepare for the coming of World War II
stop the spread of Communism
maintain a lasting peace
Britain and France get revenge on Germany
What happened in the U.S. on October 24 of 1929?
Roosevelt was elected President
the stock market crashed
we banned immigration from the U.S.S.R. because we feared Communism
Great Britain paid back all the money they owed us and there was a national celebration
A cause of the GLOBAL depression
The stock market crash
Chinese production
Global interdependence and interconnectedness
Marxism
One party rule, terror, and censorship (not allowing people to read bad stuff about the government) are characteristics of what type of government system?
Constitutional Monarchy
Totalitarianism
Democracy
Republic
Word that means that the government has complete control over the private and public lives of its citizens
Absolute
Monarchy
Republic
Totalitarian
What was the term 'iron curtain' used to describe the division of?
North and South Vietnam
East and West Asia
North and South Korea
East and West Europe
What is the purpose of N.A.T.O?
Countries joining together to end democracy
Countries joining together to stop trade between the East and West
Countries joining together to fend off attacks by other communist countries
Countries joining together to create one kind of currency (S)
In what country is the city of Berlin located?
France
Germany
England
Soviet Union
Why did Joseph Stalin block the city of Berlin from getting supplies after WWII?
He wanted to make the people dependent on communist Germany for their needs
He hated Berlin
The railroads were broken and still needed to be fixed after the war
The people of Berlin were very wealthy and did not need his help
Which 2 superpowers were involved in the Cold War?
Britain and the Soviet Union
France and Germany
Japan and the Soviet Union
The U.S. and the Soviet Union
The purpose of "containment" was to--
stop the spread of democracy
stop the spread of hate
stop global warming
stop the spread of communism
In this economic system, the government owns all property and means of production opposite of free enterprise
communism
capitalism
socialism
democracy
The physical barrier separating Communist East Berlin and Democratic West Berlin--
Berlin Bloackade
Berlin Base
Berlin Wall
Berlin Barrier
The organization whose members agreed to mutually defend other Communist nations is called--
Korean Pact
Warsaw Pact
NATO
Satellite Nations
What type of warfare did Germany use when invading Poland?
Super nice warfare
Blitzkrieg
Phalanx
Standard formation
Why did the league of nations fail?
No army to stop Hitler; used appeasement to try and negotiate
They could not stop Putin from taking over Russia
They were also Nazi sympathizers
They didn't believe in peace
