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WorksheetsWorld History Semester 2 Final Exam Review
Total questions: 100
Worksheet time: 50mins
What did the People's Charter of 1838 petition for?
Suffrage for non-landowning men
Suffrage for men and women
Suffrage for all men and annual parliamentary elections
Suffrage for women and annual parliamentary elections
Who were the Zionists?
Founders of France's Third Republic
Supporters of the British Parliament
Jews who worked for a homeland in Palestine
French journalists who opposed a military cover-up
What was Captain Alfred Dreyfus accused of in the Dreyfus Affair?
Zionist Activity
Being Anti-Semitic
Covering up a scandal
Selling military secrets
What did it mean to be a dominion?
It meant that a country pledged its allegiance to the Catholic Church.
It meant that a country was domestically self-governing but part of the British Empire.
It meant that a country paid tariffs to another country for protection.
It meant that a country could not take part in international trade due to war.
Why did Great Britain establish a penal colony in Australia?
To claim it before the Americans could
To have a trading colony close to Asia
To further their industrialization overseas
To relieve overcrowding in English prisons
To which country did the largest population of Irish emigrants go during the Great Famine?
Canada
England
Australia
The United States
How was most of the territory to the west of Texas obtained by the United States?
Texas Annexation
Gadsden Purchase
Louisiana Purchase
Mexican-American War
Which American Inventor and industrialist made factory production more efficient by introducing the assembly line?
Marie Curie
Orville Wright
Henry Ford
Thomas Edison
What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
Guaranteed former slaves the right to vote
Forever abolish slavery in all parts of the United States
Declared slaves in ONLY Confederate states as free
All of the above
What concept is the theory of evolution based on?
Special creation
Natural selection
Manifest Destiny
Power of the Subconscious
Before the Reform Act of 1832, who were the only British citizens who could vote?
Wealthy men
Owners of large landholdings
Members of the House of Lord
Members of the Middle and Upper Classes
Which of the following reforms did NOT occur in Great Britain in the early 1900s?
The secret ballot came into use
Working class men received voting rights
Members of Parliament were paid a salary
Annual elections to the House of Commons were held
During the early 1900s, who was the British woman who formed the Women's Social and Political Union?
Emmeline Pankhurst
Queen Victoria
Sylvia Pankhurd
Marie Curie
What form of government did France adopt in 1875?
Monarchy
Republic
Dictatorship
Socialist State
What two lands did Captain Cook claim for Great Britain in 1770?
Ireland and Scotland
Australia and New Zealand
Canada and Nova Scotia
Hawaii and New Zealand
Which of the following political reforms occurred in New Zealand in 1893?
Secret Ballot
Women's Suffrage
Home Rule
All of the Above
How did California and much of the Southwest become part of the United States?
Texas Annexaction
Gadsden Purchase
Mexican Cession
Louisiana Purchase
What policy or action led to the Trail of Tears?
Texas Annexation
Emancipation Proclamation
Indian Removal Act of 1830
Building of the transcontinental railroad
What event provoked the secession of the Southern States from the United States?
Attack on Fort Sumter
Issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation
Election of Abraham Lincoln
Formation of the Confederate States of America
What is the policy of glorifying power and keeping an army prepared for war?
Nationalism
Militarism
Imperialism
Patriotism
What region was referred to as the powder keg of Europe?
the Middle East
Alsace-Lorraine
Austria-Hungary
the Balkan Peninsula
Who led Germany during the last decade of the 1800s and most of World War I?
Otto Von Bismark
Adolf Hitler
Kaiser Wilhelm II
George Clemenceau
Which statement summarizes the Schlieffen Plan that Germany created to prepare for a two-front war?
Attack France first, then Russia
Attack Russia first, then France
Send half the army to France and half to Russia
Ally with Russia to fight France
Why were Germany and Austria-Hungary known as the Central Powers?
because the war was fought on two fronts
Because of their combined armies
Because of their alliance in the war
Because of their location in the heart of Europe
Which nation's actions caused the United States to fight in World War I?
Russia
Mexico
Germany
Austria-Hungary
What did the war become once the participating countries began devoting all of their resources to the war effort?
Industrial War
Total War
World War
Uncontrolled War
What action on November 11, 1918, ended World War I?
An armistice was signed
A surrender was given
A propaganda campaign was waged
The allies won a major battle
What were the 14 Points?
Parts of the War Guilt Clause
A plan for the postwar world
The Constitution of the League of Nations
The terms of surrender offered to Germany
Which country was forced to assume sole responsibility for World War I under the Treaty of Versailles?
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Russia
Italy
What did the programs do that occurred in late 19th Century Russia?
Violently persecute Jews
Kill all the kulaks
Enlist the aid of foreigners
Establish a Communist council
Who were the Bolsheviks?
Soldiers in the White Army
Members of the Duma, Russia's parliament
Radical Russian Marxist Revolutionaries
Followers of Rasputin
Who did China's peasants align themselves with in the 1920s?
Warlords
Nationalists
Qing Dynasty
Communists
What were soviets under Russia's provisional government?
Labor Unions
Local Councils
Revolutionary Leaders
Plans for redistributing land
What is a totalitarian state?
a state in which the people have a direct say in their government
a state in which the people elect representatives to the legislature
a state in which the government controls every aspect of public and private life
a state in which the working class is glorified and has the greatest voice in government
What was the purpose of the Soviet States' Five-Year Plan?
Foreign Policy
Political Reform
Social Restructuring
Economic Development
Who seized power from Persia's shah and changed the name of his country to Iran?
Mustafa Kemal
Reza Shah Pahlavi
Alexander Kerensky
Abd al-Aziz Ibn Saudi
What did Sun Yixian's Revolutionary Alliance accomplish?
defeating the Kuomintang
Overthrowing the last emperor
Spreading Communism in China
Controlling the rampagin warlords
Which group was known for taking a 6000 mile journey known as the Long March?
Chinese Communists, fleeing Nationalists
Chinese Nationalists, fleeing the Communists
Chinese peasants, fleeing the Japanese invaders
The Russian White Army, fleeing the Bolsheviks
Who led the famous protest known as the Salt March?
Sun Yixian
Mustafa Kemal
Mao Zedong
Mohandas K. Gandhi
How did Czars Alexander III and Nicholas II deal with calls for reform?
They immediately moved to enact reforms
They made a few reforms but not all
They resisted all efforts for reform
They appointed ministers to study reforms
How did the Russo-Japanese War show the czars weakness?
His insults to the Japanese emperor caused the war
His poor military strategy prevented his generals from gaining territory
News of repeated losses sparked unrest and led to revolt during the war
All of the above are true
Under the Treaty of Versailles, to whom did the Allies give Chinese territories that were previously controlled by Germany?
Italy
Japan
India
Russia
Which of the following did NOT happen as an immediate result of the Bolshevik Revolution?
Factory control returned to the workers
Farmland was distributed among the peasants
A truce was signed with Germany
A totalitarian state was established
Which of the following reflects the leader who was responsible for the Great Purge and the main group victimized by it?
Lenin---> Mensheviks
Jiang ---> Kuomintang
Jiang ----> members of the Communist Party
Stalin ---> members of the Communist Party
Which revolutions were started under Stalin's rule as a means to improve the Soviet Union's economy?
Industrial and Agricultural Revolutions
Socialist and Totalitarian Revolutions
Bolshevik and Communist Revolutions
All of the above
How did the "May Fourth Movement' influence the formation of a Communist party in China?
established the disillusionment of the Chinese people in their government
planted the seeds of Communist ideology within the minds of intellectuals
turned the people against Sun Yixian's beliefs in Western democracy
all of the above
What was the result of China having a Nationalist government recognized by the world but a Communist party growing in the countryside?
A social realist art campaign was created to uplift nationalist ideas.
Nationalist troops and armed gangs wiped out the Communists.
Civil war broke out between the two groups.
Communist leaders were forced to work in labor camps.
How was the result of the nationalist movement in Saudi Arabia different from the results in Turkey and Iran?
Saudi Arabia had a violent revolution, while the other countries did not.
Turkey and Iran pursued modernization more than Saudi Arabia did.
Saudi Arabia built a state on oil money, while the other two did not.
All of the above are true.
What led Great Britain to finally grant India limited self rule?
Continuous campaigns of civil disobedience by Indians
A sharp drop in the British economy based in India
A demonstration known as the Salt March
Worldwide demonstrations in support of India's independence
Whose theory of relativity replaced Newton's comforting belief in a world run by absolute laws of motion and gravity?
Sigmund Freud
Albert Einstein
Charles Lindbergh
F. Scott Fitzgerald
What were Franz Kafka, James Joyce, and F. Scott Fitzgerald?
Painters
Composers
Novelists
Philosophers
After World War I, most European nations had which type of government, if only temporarily?
Fascist
Socialist
Communist
Democratic
What event marked the beginning of the Great Depression?
the End of World War I
The Stock Market Crash of 1929
The passage of the Dawes Act
The election of Franklin Roosevelt
What was one part of Roosevelt's New Deal Program to fight the Depression?
The stock market and banking system created their own reform council.
Government agencies took over businesses and farms.
Large public works projects helped to provide jobs.
All of the above are true.
Il Duce was the title of which of the following leaders?
Juan Peron
Adolf Hitler
Haile Selassie
Benito Mussolini
Which German political party sought to overturn the Treaty of Versailles and combat communism?
Socialist
Nazi
Fascist
Republican
Which of the following was true of Germany, Italy, and Japan during the early 1930s?
All three successfully invaded other nations
All three signed nonaggression pacts with the Soviet Union
All three had governments controlled by Fascists
All 3 pledged to undo the decisions of the Treaty of Versailles
What term was used to identify the alliance of Germany, Italy, and Japan during World War II?
Fascist Powers
Allied Powers
Axis Powers
Central Powers
What was the goal of U.S isolationists after World War I?
that Nazi ties to other countries should be combatted
that foreign aid to other countries should be lessened
that political ties to other countries should be avoided
that industrial ties to other countries should be ended
What is a main idea of the philosophy known as existentialism?
that one should find his or her own meaning in life
that one should make choices in life based on universal truth
that one should learn to delight in what is absurd and nonsensical
that one should consider the needs of the state above his or her own
Which of the following in not an art movement from the early 20th Century?
Cubism
Expressionism
Existentialism
Surrealism
What effect did World War I have on the literature of the 1920s?
War stories became very popular
Literature decline because many writers died in the war
Writers expressed disillusionment about reason and progress
Writers began to warn people about flaws in the Treaty of Versailles
What effect did the Dawes Plan have on the economy of postwar Germany?
It saved Germany from an inflationary crisis and stabilized the economy.
It replaced German marks with the U.S. dollar as the nation’s monetary system.
It introduced into Germany U.S. businesses, which provided jobs to the German people
All of the above are true.
In the late 1920s, which of the following did NOT damage the U.S economy?
soaring stock prices
a shortage of workers
an uneven distribution of wealth
the economic crisis brought on by the Depression
What caused Germans to start taking Adolf Hitler and his message seriously?
the threat of invasion by the Soviet Union
his skill at making speeches
the example of Mussolini's success in Italy
the economic crisis brought on by the Depression
Which of the following does Fascism stress?
nationalism
isolationism
individual rights
a classless society
What was the policy of appeasement?
the British and French decision to give into aggression to keep peace
the move that Mussolini made to form an alliance with Germany
the U.S. desire to stay out of foreign affairs
the treaty between Germany and the Soviet Union agreeing not to fight against each other
Why did Japan invade Manchuria?
to revenge an ancient grudge
to gain its iron ore and coal deposits
to regain land lost in the Russo-Japanese War
to obey the terms of the Kellogg-Briand Pact
What effect did the nonaggression pact between the Nazis and the Soviets have on the balance of power in Europe?
It brought the United States out of its isolation
It allowed the Axis Powers to continue unchecked.
It forced Britain and France to abandon the policy of appeasement
All of the above are true.
What prompted Great Britain and France to declare war on Germany?
Soviet invasion of Finland
German invasion of Poland
German invasion of Czechoslovakia
Soviet invasion of Poland
Blitzkrieg was a German military strategy that depended on what advantage?
a system of fortifications
out-waiting the opponent
surprise and overwhelming force
the ability to make a long, steady advance
What crucial lesson was learned at the Battle of Britain?
the Germany had a powerful air force
that Hitler's advances could be blocked
that the RAF needed more planes
that the British were inexperienced
What event occurred on the day described as "a date which will live in infamy?"
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Battle of Guadalcanal
Bombing of Hiroshima
Signing of the Atlantic Charter
What was significant about the Battle of Midway?
It turned the war in the Pacific against the Japanese
It destroyed the whole of the Japanese navy
It marked the end of the war for the Japanese
All of the above
Which of the following was the location of a Nazi extermination camp?
Berlin
Warsaw
Auschwitz
Dresden
Which of the following battles marked the final German offensive?
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of Stalingrad
Battle of Leyte Gulf
Battle of El Alamein
What caused the Japanese emperor to have reduced power after the war?
the Allies insistence
The distrust of the Japanese parliament
the anger of the Japanese citizenry
The emperor's decision to reform the government
Where were the atomic bombs dropped?
Tokyo and Hong Kong
Dresden and Berlin
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Leyte Island and Midway
Which of the following was addressed by the Nuremberg Trials?
the Holocaust
the use of nuclear bombs
the firebombing of Dresden
the internment of Japanese-American citizens
What was Hitler's prime reason for wanting to take Poland?
He knew it would be a bargaining chip with the Soviet Union
He wanted the Polish Corridor and the port city of Danzig.
He knew it would cause Great Britain and France to declare war
all of the above
Which of the following factors led to the fall of France to the Nazis?
the fall of Dunkirk
evacuation of the British forces
the fall of Paris
all of the above
What was the significance of the Atlantic Charter both during and after the war?
It was signed on a ship in the Atlantic where the U.S. navy would soon enter an undeclared naval war with Germany.
It established an alliance between Great Britain and the United States to oversee postwar peace.
It upheld rights of free trade and choice of government, and it became the plan for postwar peace.
It cut off trade with Axis Powers and established trade embargoes for the postwar era.
What did the Allies strategy of Island Hopping in the Pacific involve?
attacks on all Japanese-held islands
attacks on all islands within 500 miles of Japan
attacks only on islands that were not well-defended
attacks on on islands that were Japanese strong-holds
How did the Japanese try to build a Pacific empire?
by attacking Pearl Harbor in a surprise raid
by taking over U.S, British, and French territories
by convincing native peoples to save "Asia for the Asians"
by sponsoring Communist overthrow of colonial governments
How did Kristallnacht demonstrate Nazi persecution of the Jews?
Nazi troops attacked Jewish homes, businesses, and synagogues.
A law passed on that day required Jews to wear yellow stars.
That was the day the Nazis began large deportations of Jews.
all of the above
What was the goal of Hitler's "Final Solution?"
It was a process to divide his territories among his generals.
It was a system for winning the war before the Americans entered.
It was a way to amass more soldiers for the invasion of Russia.
It was genocide of people the Nazis considered inferior.
What combination led to the German defeat in the Battle of Stalingrad?
Russian and British troops
Russian troops and the Russian winter
Russian and German fuel shortages
Russian ground forces and American air support
Under the postwar constitution of Japan, who was the head of government?
the emperor
the leader of the diet
a prime minister selected by the diet
a prime minister selected by the emperor
What did the use of kamikaze pilots show about Japanese culture?
They hated Americans enough to die killing them
They did not mind dying because they expected to lose the war
They valued national honor more than individual life
They were full of despair after the atomic bombs fell on Japan
In the 1940s and 1950s, what did the region described as being 'behind the iron curtain' include?
Soviet Union only
Soviet Union and its satellite nations
democratic nations of Western Europe
German Democratic Republic, or East Germany
What was the purpose of the Truman Doctrine?
to raise funds for Communist activities in Europe
to create a Communist party in the U.S
to judge political parties that favored Communism
to support countries that rejected Communism
What was the name of the alliance established by European Communist nations in response to NATO?
Iron Curtain
Warsaw Pact
Second World
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Which two groups fought a civil war in China both before and after World War II?
the peasants and the middle class
the warlords and the emperor
the nationalists and the Communists
the socialists and the nationalists
During the Cultural Revolution, who were the "new heroes" of China?
artists
peasants
intellectuals
commune leaders
When did the Chinese troops enter the war in Korea?
when the UN voted to intervene
when the fighting neared China's border
when MacArthur's troops landed at Inchon
when North Korean troops crossed the 38th parallel
What was the major justification for U.S foreign policy during the Cold War era?
Vietnamization
Domino Theory
Nonaligned nations
Khmer Rouge
What were Third World countries?
countries aligned with the United States and its allies
countries aligned with the Soviet Union and its allies
developing countries not aligned with the United States or the Soviet Union
countries with a gross national product higher than First and Second World countries
Which exiled leader led the religious opposition to Western influences in Iran?
Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeini
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
Fidel Castro
Anastasio Zomoza
What was the Strategic Defense Initiative?
a council create to create defense measures
a failed operation to invade the Soviet Union
a system to protect the United States against enemy missiles
a program to weed out terrorist activity in the United States
Which European countries could receive aid through the Marshall Plan?
any European country that needed it
any European country that shared a border with iron curtain countries
any European country that politically opposed the Soviet Union
any European country that modeled its government after U.S democracy
