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THE FINAL AP WORLD HISTORY FINAL REVIEW

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which WWII battle used radar for the first time?

a)

Stalingrad

b)

Midway

c)

Britain

d)

Pearl Harbor

2.

Name the event that opened a second front in Europe for the Allies during WWII.

a)

Pearl Harbor

b)

D-Day

c)

A-Day

d)

Midway

3.

Which sacred writing is NOT connected with a monotheistic religion?

a)

Upanishads

b)

Torah

c)

Bible

d)

Quran

4.

What native American tribe was located on the western coast of South America?

a)

Olmec

b)

Aztec

c)

Incan

d)

Mayan

5.

What was the Middle Passage?

a)

Part of the triangular trade which sent slaves from Africa to the Americas.

b)

Part of the triangular trade which sent slaves from Africa to America.

c)

Part of the triangular trade which sent slaves from Africa to Europe.

d)

Part of the triangular trade which sent slaves from the Americas to Africa.

6.

Define mercantilism.

a)

Theory that the market should determine production.

b)

Theory that the end justifies the means.

c)

Theory that the country you live in is the best.

d)

Theory that a country's power depends on its wealth.

7.

Which three scientific thinkers supported the heliocentric theory?

a)

Copernicus

b)

Sheldon Cooper

c)

Kepler

d)

Galileo

8.

The acceptance of the English Bill of Rights by the reigning monarchy came about as a result of...

a)

the French Revolution

b)

the English Civil War

c)

the American Revolution

d)

the Glorious Revolution

9.

Montesquieu is most connected with which thought?

a)

Freedom of Speech

b)

Separation of Powers

c)

Life, Liberty, and Property

d)

Social Contract

10.

The belief that a king gets his power to rule directly from God...

a)

Mandate of Heaven

b)

Divine Right

c)

Divine Mandate

d)

Right of Heaven

11.

John Locke and Thomas Jefferson both stressed the idea of...

a)

Life, Liberty, and Property

b)

separation of powers

c)

Social Contract

d)

Freedom of Speech

12.

The Social Contract was written by...

a)

Thomas Hobbes

b)

John Locke

c)

Jean Jacques Rousseau

d)

Montesquieu

13.

Toussaint L'Ouverture led a revolution in which country?

a)

Peru

b)

Bolivia

c)

Haiti

d)

Mexico

14.

Simon Bolivar was from which social class?

a)

Mesizos

b)

Peninsulares

c)

Mulattos

d)

Creoles

15.

What caused the French Revolution (1789)?

a)

no one like Queen Mary!

b)

excessive spending by Peter the Great

c)

the White Walkers were coming.

d)

excessive taxation of the Third Estate

16.

Having pride in a common heritage or shared history is...

a)

mercantilism

b)

imperialism

c)

militarism

d)

nationalism

17.

Who was known as the "Liberator" of South America?

a)

Touissant L'Ouverture

b)

Miquel Hidalgo

c)

Jon Snow

d)

Simon Bolivar

18.

Population increase, pollution, urbanization, and improved transportation are all

a)

results of imperialism

b)

results of industrialization

c)

causes of imperialism

d)

causes of industrialization

19.

Owning the means of production is connected with who and what?

a)

Marx

b)

capitalism

c)

communism

d)

Smith

20.

Leaving morality out of politics and concentrating on the practical is known as...

a)

glasnost

b)

realpolitik

c)

perestroika

d)

detente

21.

Where did the Industrial Revolution begin?

a)

America

b)

Russia

c)

England

d)

Japan

22.

The assassination of the Archduke Francis Ferdinand triggered which global conflict?

a)

the Hundred Years War

b)

World War I

c)

World War II

d)

Star Wars

23.

Wilson's 14 Points hoped to establish...

a)

the United Nations

b)

the Jedi Council

c)

the League of Nations

d)

NATO

24.

Define laissez-faire.

a)

no government interference in the economy

b)

workers own the means of production

c)

a country's power depends on its wealth

d)

government owns key industries

25.

Adam Smith wrote...

a)

the Social Contract

b)

Mein Kampf

c)

the Communist Manifesto

d)

On the Wealth of Nations

26.

Imperialism is NOT known for?

a)

protecting traditional cultures

b)

searching for raw resources

c)

belief in Social Darwinism

d)

political competition

27.

The treaty that ended WWI can best be described as...

a)

a fair and equitable document ensuring peace for years to come.

b)

a document that allowed all parties to keep their weapons and their lands

c)

a vengeful document which left Germany resentful and threatened any lasting peace

d)

a non-agression pact that lasted ... up until this day...!

28.

The causes of the Great Depression include (check all that apply):

a)

German war reparations

b)

Wall Street crash

c)

US control of the global economy

d)

Nazi's

29.

Which African nation did Mussolini invade?

a)

Kenya

b)

Mali

c)

Nigeria

d)

Ethiopia

30.

What happened when Japan needed more raw materials than the country could provide?

a)

World War I

b)

Imperialistic takeover of Asia

c)

the attack on Pearl Harbor

d)

the bombing of Hiroshima

31.

A totalitarian government has the following characteristics:

a)

Repression of civil rights

b)

Censorship

c)

Terror tactics for law enforcement

d)

Labor unions

32.

What is M.A.I.N.?

a)

Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism

b)

Mercantilism, Alliances, Industrialization, Nationalism

c)

Militarism, Autonomy, Imperialism, Nationalism

d)

Maul, Ackbar, Inquisitor, Nudo

33.

The fall of one Asian nation to communism leading to the fall of its neighbors to communism is known as

a)

Fats Domino

b)

Domino Theory

c)

Domino's Pizza

d)

Domhnall Gleeson

34.

Who led the drive to establish communism in Vietnam?

a)

Mao Zedong

b)

Deng Xiaoping

c)

Emperor Palpatine

d)

Ho Chi Minh

35.

What is the best example of restrictive rights and freedoms during the Cold War?

a)

Japan

b)

North Korea

c)

Taiwan

d)

Alderaan

36.

Truman is most closely associated with with policy?

a)

imperialism

b)

militarism

c)

containment

d)

rebellion

37.

Deng Xiaoping is most known for?

a)

instituting limited free market principles

b)

passive resistance and civil disobedience

c)

easing censorship

d)

supplying weapons to rebel groups

38.

What happened after the colonial power left India?

a)

Muslims took control of the government.

b)

Gandhi ruled and there was peace all over the land.

c)

Leia Organa stole the plans and the rebellion continued.

d)

Conflict between Muslims and Hindus caused the India/Pakistan split.

39.

Which monarch sent the Armada to attack England?

a)

Peter the Great

b)

King Jeoffrey

c)

Elizabeth

d)

Philip II

40.

The Huguenots were denied religious toleration because of?

a)

The Treaty of Versailles

b)

Revocation of the Edict of Nantes

c)

The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen

d)

The Magna Carta

41.

Early church reformer burned at the stake for his refusal to recant his criticism of the Catholic Church.

a)

Martin Luther

b)

John Calvin

c)

Jan Huss

d)

John Wycliffe

42.

The Munich Agreement (1938) illustrates?

a)

Europe's willingness to fight.

b)

Imperialism superiority

c)

Western democracies appeasement policies

d)

the toxic effect of nationalism

43.

Which two groups were involved in the Rwandan Genocide of the 1990's?

a)

Rwandans and Congolese

b)

Muslims and Hindus

c)

Congolese and Hutu

d)

Hutu and Tutsi

44.

Define Self-Determination.

a)

the belief that one's own country is superior to all others

b)

that workers should own the means of production

c)

Decide one's own political status and government

d)

there should be no one central government

45.

What is the purpose of NATO?

a)

Military alliance formed in 1949 to protect the west against the Soviets

b)

Military alliance formed in 1949 to protect the Soviets against the West

c)

Military alliance formed between the North and the Wildings to fight the White Walkers

d)

Military alliance formed to protect NC9 from CH9 during the AP test

46.

What is M.A.D.? Which event brought the world to the brink?

a)

Mutually Assigned Detention, TJ skipping class

b)

Mutually Assured Destruction, Cuban Missile Crisis

c)

Mutually Assured Destruction, the Fall of the Berlin Wall

d)

Mean Absolute Deviation, the Fall of the Data Walls

47.

Which US president used the navy to set a blockade of Cuba?

a)

JFK

b)

FDR

c)

GWB

d)

BHO

48.

What caused the Korean War?

a)

Ho Chi Minh's failed presidency

b)

Japan's interference in Korea's government

c)

differences over political ideologies

d)

dispute over who should sit on the Iron Throne

49.

What ended The Cold War?

a)

Total annihilation of the Soviet Union by the US

b)

Soviet Union collapsed from within after economic restructuring

c)

The US forced the end after a successful trade war

d)

The rebels blew up the Death Star

50.

Rwanda, Darfur, Nazi Germany, Early United States were all sites for this

a)

ethnocide

b)

patricide

c)

genocide

d)

regicide

51.

What happened at the Yalta Conference?

a)

Divisions of post-war Germany

b)

the leaders promised to be BFFs forever

c)

the losing side agreed to pay reparations

d)

they agreed to dismantle the Jedi Council

52.

_________________ is considered a turning point battle in WWII for the Russians.

a)

Midway

b)

Stalingrad

c)

Berlin

d)

Moscow

53.

Who was known as the Sun King?

a)

Ivan the Terrible

b)

Catherine the Great

c)

Ashoka the Great

d)

Louis XIV

54.

Who was directly involved with the unification of Italy?

a)

Cavour

b)

Mazzini

c)

Garibaldi

d)

Metternich

55.

Who discovered that germs (ick) and bacteria cause infections?

a)

Pasteur

b)

Harvey

c)

Diesel

d)

Jenner

56.

Which nation controlled the Suez Canal during the Age of Imperialism?

a)

England

b)

Germany

c)

Spain

d)

Italy

57.

Which event caused the escalation of US military forces in Vietnam?

a)

Gulf of Tonkin Incident

b)

Tet Offensive

c)

Bay of Pigs Invasion

d)

Cuban Missile Crisis

58.

Who used passive resistance and civil disobedience to gain independence?

a)

Ho Chi Minh

b)

Toussaint L'Ouverture

c)

Mahatma Gandhi

d)

Mao Zedong

59.

In the Soviet Union, the easing of censorship and political repression and the structuring of a free market economy was brought about by?

a)

Perestroika

b)

Detente

c)

Glasnost

d)

realpolitik

60.

Who conquered the Aztec Empire?

a)

Vasco da Gama

b)

Ferdinand Magellan

c)

Hernando Cortes

d)

Hernando Pizzaro