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History Final

Total questions: 91

Worksheet time: 46mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was Queen Elizabeth I one major mistake?

a)

Kept losing Wars

b)

She didn't have a well-funded government

c)

She didn't marry

d)

Protestant

2.

What is the church called that Henry VIII started?

a)

Protestant

b)

Puritan

c)

Anglican

d)

Catholic Church

3.

Besides Parliament, who were the Kings biggest rivals for power in England? (best answer)

a)

The House of Lords

b)

Parliament

c)

The People

d)

Puritans

4.

What does Parliament want, no new taxes until…

a)

The king cannot send people to jail for no reason

b)

The King cannot collect taxes until you talk to the Parliament

c)

The king cannot put soldiers in your house for no reason

d)

The king cannot declare martial law

5.

What are the Puritans?

a)

Very Religious and Anti-Catholic

b)

Anti - Sports

c)

Anti-Dancing

d)

Anti-Theater

e)

Anti - Gambling

6.

Who is on Cromwell's side?

a)

Parliament

b)

The Germans

c)

The French people

d)

Puritans

7.

Cromwell dissolves ___ but keeps ___

a)

Parliament... House of Lords

b)

House of Lords... Parliament

c)

3rd House... Parliament

d)

Parliament... 3rd House

8.

The English Constitution includes...

a)

Law is Higher than the King

b)

Monarch gives power to Parliament to be in charge

c)

German influence

d)

Parliament giving Monarchs power to rule

9.

The English Constitution includes... pt2

a)

King is not allowed to suspend Parliament’s laws

b)

King is not allowed to collect taxes unless Parliament allows him

c)

Parliament is allowed to have free speech

d)

Allowed to ask the King without getting killed or arrested

10.

The Directory is...

a)

The French version of Parliament

b)

Short-lived

c)

Came after Robespierre

d)

Ruled before Napoleon

11.

Who teams up with Austria to fight Napoleon for the first time?

a)

Prussia

b)

Germany

c)

Russia

d)

England

12.

Napoleon is an effective ruler because he is…

a)

Is effective at collecting taxes

b)

Create a National Bank

c)

Get the support of the people by bringing back Catholicism

d)

Says he is for people’s rights

13.

What rights does Napoleon take away?

a)

Freedom of Speech/Press

b)

Freedom in colonies (Keeps slavery)

c)

Option to vote for a new ruler

d)

The right to pay taxes

14.

What colony does the idea of Nationalism spread to?

a)

Turkey

b)

England

c)

Haiti

d)

Chad

15.

What is a blockade?

a)

Stopping one country from using ships 4 war trade or warfare

b)

An army marching

c)

A place that is full of guns

d)

An army base

16.

Why did the French create a blockade?

a)

To make trips around the world

b)

To find more ships

c)

To stop the French from trading and importing goods

d)

To stop England from selling goods to the people of Europe

17.

Why did the English create a blockade?

a)

To find more ships

b)

Stop the French from getting raw materials and goods from colonies

c)

To make a trip around the world

d)

To stop the English from selling anything

18.

Who were Napoleon's enemies?

a)

Portugal

b)

England

c)

Russia

d)

Japan

19.

Who were Napoleon's enemies? pt.2

a)

Austria

b)

Sweden

c)

Prussia

d)

Spain

e)

China

20.

List the places Napoleon took in Europe…

a)

Italy

b)

Germany

c)

Poland

d)

Parts of Eastern Europe

e)

Spain

21.

Why did Napoleon start schools?

a)

To promote the French Nation

b)

To promote the ideas of rights

c)

To promote French nationalism

d)

To get people from other countries to buy into French ideas

e)

To replace religious education with secular education

22.

Who dominates education before Napoleon?

a)

The English

b)

The Russians

c)

The Catholic Church

d)

The Puritans

23.

Napoleon major two goals was to?

a)

Take over the Catholic Church

b)

Conquer the World

c)

Bring kings back into power

d)

Spread the ideas of the French Revolution

e)

Become Pope

24.

Why does Napoleon lose in Russia?

a)

The Russian Winter

b)

Scorched Earth policy of the Russians

c)

Starvation of his men

d)

Russians constantly retreating

e)

The willingness of the Russian to burn their own cities, towns, livestock and farms

25.

Why is Louis XVIII is unpopular?

a)

Because he loved the English

b)

Because we wanted to go to war with America

c)

Because the peasant fear he will return land rights back to the nobles

d)

Because he hated the nobles

26.

Name high middle class jobs:

a)

Factory owner

b)

Doctors

c)

Bankers

d)

Merchants

e)

Shippers

27.

What raw material came out of Africa?

a)

Cocoa

b)

Coal

c)

Peanuts

d)

Rubber

e)

Palm oils

28.

What did the Europeans have that allowed them to make industrial progress quickly?

a)

A high working wage

b)

A influx in population that created a need for job other than farming

c)

Availability of credit (Banking)

d)

Easy access to Iron

e)

Easy access to coal

29.

What was happening to the population in Europe? Why?

a)

Staying the same... to create stability

b)

Increasing...because of crop rotation

c)

Decreasing...due to low birth rates

30.

Did Germany own as many countries as England or France?

a)

Yes

b)

No

31.

Who owned Indonesia? (Best Answer)

a)

France

b)

The Dutch/Netherlands

c)

England

d)

Spain

32.

Why were Europeans able to take African countries?

a)

Because of Opium

b)

Being organized into larger groups because of nationalism

c)

Trains

d)

The machine gun

e)

Steamboats

33.

What is social Darwinism?

a)

The "progress" created by using machines to produce more finished goods faster

b)

The domination of a powerful country over a weaker country, by both military force and cultural dominance, in order to secure raw materials

c)

The theory that some people in society are more fit to make progress, which they use to justify imbalances of power between individuals, races, and nations because they consider some people more fit to survive than others

34.

Who were the Boers and what were they fighting for?

a)

The Portuguese ... nationalism

b)

The British.... gold and diamonds

c)

The Dutch.... independence

d)

The Irish... slavery

35.

What countries did England own?

a)

South Africa

b)

India

c)

Australia

d)

Argentina

e)

Canada

36.

Who owned India?

a)

The Netherlands

b)

England

c)

Spain

d)

France

37.

What countries left the Ottoman Empire because it was weaker?

a)

Cipris

b)

Romania

c)

Greece

d)

Serbia/Bosnia

e)

Bulgaria

38.

Which countries were bigger because of nationalism?

a)

Asian

b)

Africa

c)

European

d)

South East Asian

39.

What countries did the US own?

a)

Philippines

b)

South Africa

c)

Guam

d)

Congo

e)

Puerto Rico

40.

What countries had influence in China before the Open Door Policy?

a)

France

b)

Britain

c)

Germany

d)

Japan

e)

Russia

41.

Who modernized more rapidly? (Best Answer)

a)

China

b)

Japan

c)

Korea

d)

Russia

42.

Besides the Emperor who ran the Japanese military before the western powers showed up? (Best Answer)

a)

Empress Cixi

b)

Shogun

c)

Daimyo

d)

Samurai

43.

What areas did Japan take just prior to WWI ?

a)

Parts of China

b)

Vietnam

c)

Korea

d)

Manchuria

e)

Taiwan

44.

Who did the Japanese fight pre-WWI?

a)

Russia

b)

Germany

c)

China

d)

Britain

e)

Korea

45.

What country moved japan away from isolationism? Best Answer

a)

Britian

b)

US

c)

Russia

d)

China

46.

Why were the Europeans and Americans able to force trade in China and Japan? (Best Answer)

a)

Modernization/Industrialization

b)

Nationalism

c)

Feudal System

d)

Imperialism

47.

What made a country a superpower pre-WWI?

a)

Having colonies

b)

Having a modernized military

c)

Having an Atom Bomb

d)

Having an Industrialized Economy

48.

A economic system where taxes are only collected to fund the military

a)

Capitalism

b)

Communism

c)

Lassie-Fair Economy

d)

Socialism

49.

Karl Marx came up with the idea of ________

a)

Socialism

b)

Communism

c)

Capitalism

d)

Utilitarianism

50.

Another word for getting the right to vote was?

a)

Utilitarianism

b)

Socialism

c)

Suffrage

d)

Communism

51.

What type of economic system is America?

a)

Socialism

b)

Communism

c)

Capitalism

d)

Utilitarianism

52.

When an individual controls the machines that make goods and is able to receive most if not all of the profits that system is called?

a)

Socialism

b)

Communism

c)

Capitalism

d)

Sufferage

53.

What economic elements does America have in it?

a)

Socialism

b)

Utilitarianism

c)

Capitalism

d)

Lassie-Fair Economy

54.

What type of economy is America considered?

a)

Socialism

b)

Communism

c)

Capitalism

d)

Utilitarianism

55.

Is Communism a Subcategory of Socialism?

a)

Yes

b)

No

56.

Are all socialist communist?

a)

Yes

b)

No

57.

Is Communism the most extreme form of Socialism?

a)

Yes

b)

No

58.

List some of the early unions

a)

AFL

b)

The People's Charter

c)

General Unions of Trades

d)

Pogroms

59.

What moved more power to make decision for the country away from House of Lords and towards the House of Commons?

a)

The Reform Act of 1832

b)

Property Restrictions for voting

c)

Progroms

d)

The Dreyfus Affair

60.

Select all that had to do with Expanding Democracy (i.e. allowed more people to vote)

a)

Chartist movement and The People's Charter

b)

The 15th Amendment

c)

The Reform Act

d)

The push by some colonies for self rule

e)

Andrew Jackson white mal sufferage movement

61.

Select all that had to do with Checking the ills of Industrialization

a)

Unions

b)

Ten Hours Act

c)

1833 Factory Act

d)

The 15th Amendment

e)

1842 Mines Act

62.

Settlement houses were:

a)

Places run by the wealthy to help the less fortunate

b)

Were government run

c)

Were the main form of help for the needy, instead of government help

d)

Were funded by the government

e)

Were not adequate to fulfill all the needs of the poor

63.

Were there many other countries that were colonies at time that Australia, New Zealand and Canada statues changed?

a)

Yes

b)

No

64.

Mendel did what?

a)

Allowed humanity to understand genetics

b)

Taught people to heat foods and liquids in order to kill of most bacteria and also came up with vaccines

c)

Allowed people to better understand elements

65.

Pasteur did what?

a)

Allowed humanity to understand genetics

b)

Taught people to heat foods and liquids in order to kill most bacteria and also came up with vaccines

c)

Allowed people to better understand elements

66.

Mendeleev did what?

a)

Allowed humanity to understand genetics

b)

Taught people to heat foods and liquids in order to kill of most bacteria and also came up with vaccines

c)

Allowed people to better understand elements

67.

Who was a part of the Triple Alliance?

a)

Austria-Hungry

b)

Russia

c)

Germany

d)

Italy

e)

Britain

68.

Who gave and an unrealistic ultimatum?

a)

Britain

b)

Germany

c)

Austria-Hungry

d)

France

69.

Who was a part of the Triple Entente?

a)

France

b)

Germany

c)

Russia

d)

Italy

e)

Britain

70.

Who was in charge of the main countries during WWI?

a)

Russia - Lenin

b)

Russia - Nicholas II

c)

Germany - Wilhelm

d)

Britain - David Lloyd George

71.

What do we know about German militarization?

a)

Build a strong navy

b)

Wilhelm promotes militarization and war

c)

Built one of the strongest militarizes in the world

d)

Became a country through Bismarck's unifying the area of Germany through war

e)

Did no worry about the prestige of the military or the prestige of Germany

72.

What type of government dominated Europe just prior to WWI? (Best Answer)

a)

Monarchy

b)

Constitutional Monarchy

c)

Republic/Democracy

d)

Czar

73.

Who often was the main source of power in a country in constitutional monarchies prior to WWI? (Best Answer)

a)

King

b)

Nobles

c)

Parliament

74.

What often replaced rulers as the main source of power in a country after WWI?

a)

A Republic/Democracy

b)

A Different King

c)

A Parliament

d)

A non-monarchy system

75.

What was one of the main dilemma's Russia faced during WWI? (Best Answer)

a)

Having to few soldiers

b)

Not having leadership

c)

Fewer supplies because of poverty and weak supply lines

d)

Not putting the right generals in charge

76.

What were the contributing factors to WWI

a)

Power hungry leaders

b)

Serbian (or Balkan) Nationalism - Serbia trying to make all the small countries one big country

c)

Social Darwinism

d)

Imperialism/Industrialization

e)

US aggression

77.

What is the series of events of the German takeover? *

a)

Takeover the Rhineland

b)

Takeover Poland

c)

Attempt take Moscow but fail

d)

Takeover most of what was the Holy Roman Empire

78.

What happened to Germany that caused Hitler to come to power?

a)

The Great Depression

b)

A poor German Economy

c)

The Treaty of Versailles

d)

Stalin taking power

e)

To much German Debt

79.

What ideas led to the Holocaust?

a)

Social Darwinism

b)

Nationalism

c)

Communism

d)

Blaming the Jews for losing WWI

e)

Blaming the Jews for a poor German Economy

80.

What new weapons were used in the war?

a)

Nuclear Bombs

b)

Calvary

c)

Modern Airplanes

d)

ICBM - Missiles that can shoot around the world

e)

Large scale bombings

81.

What were some of the reasons for why Japan tried to conquer China?

a)

To expand their population

b)

To eventually take over Australia

c)

To eventually take over India

d)

To have more farmland for the Japanese

82.

What groups of people were killed in concentration camps?

a)

Romani people ("Gypsies")

b)

Mentally disabled

c)

Jews

d)

Gay people

83.

What were the two major events that started WWII?

a)

D-Day

b)

The invasion of Manchuria by the Japanese

c)

Dropping the a nuke on Nagasaki and Hiroshima

d)

The invasion of Poland by Germany

84.

What are the series of events of the Japanese Takeover?

a)

The Japanese take Beijing

b)

The Communist and Nationalist come together to fight of the Japanese

c)

The Japanese invade India

d)

The rape of Nan-King

e)

The Japanese invade Manchuria

85.

What did Germany do once Hitler took power?

a)

Re-militarized

b)

Put people to work for the government

c)

Started Concentration Camps

d)

Dissolved the Wiemar Republic

e)

Refused to pay their debt

86.

What is Island Hopping? (Best Answer)

a)

Japan invading China

b)

Bombing Britain

c)

Fighting from Island to Island in the Pacific by the Japanese and the US

d)

Pearl Harbor

87.

Which country lost the most people in WWII?

a)

Germany

b)

Spain

c)

Russia

d)

Italy

88.

Who was a fascist and what countries did they represent?

a)

Germany - Hitler

b)

India - Gandhi

c)

Italy - Mussolini

d)

Argentina - Franco

e)

Spain - Franco

89.

Who were the major axis powers?

a)

Italy

b)

Germany

c)

France

d)

Japan

e)

Spain

90.

Who were the major allied powers?

a)

Russia

b)

US

c)

France

d)

Germany

e)

Britain

91.

Which two major countries had a civil war right before WWII? and who won?

a)

France

b)

China

c)

Italy

d)

Russia