WorksheetsWorld History Final Exam - Part 2
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
All of the following countries made up the Central Powers in WWI EXCEPT:
Austria-Hungary
The Ottoman Empire
Germany
Italy
The Triple Entente is an example of _____; one of the 4 MAIN causes of WWI.
Militarism
Alliances
Imperialism
Nationalism
Germany steadily increasing its army and navy in the years before 1914 is an example of ____; one of the 4 MAIN causes of WWI.
Militarism
Alliances
Imperialism
Nationalism
Gavrilo Princip's assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand is an example of extreme ___________; one of the 4 MAIN causes of WWI.
Militarism
Alliances
Imperialism
Nationalism
Austria-Hungary's control over Bosnia and other nations is an example of_____; one of the 4 MAIN causes of WWI.
Militarism
Alliances
Imperialism
Nationalism
The spark that started WWI was...
The signing of the Treaty of Versailles
Hitler's invasion of Poland
The abdication of Czar Nicholas II
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
WWI became a giant conflict so quickly with many countries declaring war in a short period of time because of_____.
Bosnia's strong military
Globalization
Hitler's annexation of Austria
Alliances that existed in Europe
WWI eventually involved over 100 countries - many of them outside of Europe. What did so many non-European countries participate in WWI?
Because of Globalization
Because of Global Interdependence
Because these countries didn't want to be left out
Because of European Imperialism
The Battle of the Somme was fought______.
On the Eastern Front
On the Western Front
On the Italian Front
At sea
Which of the following was NOT a technology used for the first time during WWI?
Machine guns
Radar
Airplanes
Poison gas
All of the following is true about the Battle of Gallipoli EXCEPT
It took place on a peninsula in modern day Turkey
It was a victory for the Ottoman Empire
It was fought for control of the Dardanelles water passage
It was a major victory for the Allied Powers
All of the following are dictators that rose to power between WWI and WWII EXCEPT:
Hitler
Stalin
Mussolini
Churchill
Nazism is _____.
A system that allows for private business and free enterprise
Extreme nationalism focused on racial purification (particularly popular in Germany)
Extreme nationalism where individuals give up their rights to the government
When the government controls the means of production in industry
Fascism is _____.
A system that allows for private business and free enterprise
Extreme nationalism focused on racial purification (particularly popular in Germany)
Extreme nationalism where individuals give up their rights to the government
When the government controls the means of production in industry
Communism is _____.
A system that allows for private business and free enterprise
Extreme nationalism focused on racial purification (particularly popular in Germany)
Extreme nationalism where individuals give up their rights to the government
When the government controls the means of production in industry
Capitalism is _____.
A system that allows for private business and free enterprise
Extreme nationalism focused on racial purification (particularly popular in Germany)
Extreme nationalism where individuals give up their rights to the government
When the government controls the means of production in industry
The Invasion of Poland was ____
A Japanese sneak attack on the US; Dec. 7, 1941
When Hitler violated the Treaty of Versailles in 1939; started WWII
When Jewish homes and businesses were destroyed and Nazis
June 6, 1944; Normandy beach; Allied liberation of France
Pearl Harbor was ____
A Japanese sneak attack on the US; Dec. 7, 1941
When Hitler violated the Treaty of Versailles in 1939; started WWII
When Jewish homes and businesses were destroyed and Nazis
June 6, 1944; Normandy beach; Allied liberation of France
Kristallnacht was ____
A Japanese sneak attack on the US; Dec. 7, 1941
When Hitler violated the Treaty of Versailles in 1939; started WWII
When Jewish homes and businesses were destroyed and Nazis
June 6, 1944; Normandy beach; Allied liberation of France
D-Day was ____
A Japanese sneak attack on the US; Dec. 7, 1941
When Hitler violated the Treaty of Versailles in 1939; started WWII
When Jewish homes and businesses were destroyed and Nazis
June 6, 1944; Normandy beach; Allied liberation of France
V-E day was____.
Japan surrenders after an atomic bomb is dropped here (Aug. 9, 1945)
May 8th 1945; Germany is defeated
German advance stalled in Russia; major turning point of the war; Germany starts to lose
Code name for the program developing the Atomic Bomb
The Manhattan Project was____.
Japan surrenders after an atomic bomb is dropped here (Aug. 9, 1945)
May 8th 1945; Germany is defeated
German advance stalled in Russia; major turning point of the war; Germany starts to lose
Code name for the program developing the Atomic Bomb
The Battle of Stalingrad was____.
Japan surrenders after an atomic bomb is dropped here (Aug. 9, 1945)
May 8th 1945; Germany is defeated
German advance stalled in Russia; major turning point of the war; Germany starts to lose
Code name for the program developing the Atomic Bomb
Nagasaki was____.
Japan surrenders after an atomic bomb is dropped here (Aug. 9, 1945)
May 8th 1945; Germany is defeated
German advance stalled in Russia; major turning point of the war; Germany starts to lose
Code name for the program developing the Atomic Bomb
Adolf Hitler was ____.
Fascist dictator of Italy
Fascist dictator of Germany
US President during most of WWII
Prime Minster of Great Britain
Franklin D. Roosevelt was ____.
Fascist dictator of Italy
Fascist dictator of Germany
US President during most of WWII
Prime Minster of Great Britain
Winston Churchill was ____.
Fascist dictator of Italy
Fascist dictator of Germany
US President during most of WWII
Prime Minster of Great Britain
Benito Mussolini was ____.
Fascist dictator of Italy
Fascist dictator of Germany
US President during most of WWII
Prime Minster of Great Britain
Joseph Stalin was _______.
Leader of the U.S.S.R. (part of the Allied powers but still a dictator)
leader of the French Resistance; President of France after WWII
Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces; US President after WWII (1953-1961)
Fascist dictator of Spain
Francisco Franco was _______.
Leader of the U.S.S.R. (part of the Allied powers but still a dictator)
leader of the French Resistance; President of France after WWII
Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces; US President after WWII (1953-1961)
Fascist dictator of Spain
Dwight Eisenhower was _______.
Leader of the U.S.S.R. (part of the Allied powers but still a dictator)
leader of the French Resistance; President of France after WWII
Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces; US President after WWII (1953-1961)
Fascist dictator of Spain
Charles de Gaulle was _______.
Leader of the U.S.S.R. (part of the Allied powers but still a dictator)
leader of the French Resistance; President of France after WWII
Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces; US President after WWII (1953-1961)
Fascist dictator of Spain
The Yalta Conference (Feb. 4-11, 1945) was ______.
The Nazi Plan for the extermination of Jews during WWII
Organization for international peace (since the League of Nations had failed)
Conference with the "Big Three", Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin; agreed that Poland, Bulgaria and Romania would hold free elections
Allied meeting (Truman, Atlee, Stalin) to divide Germany into zones of occupation
The Postdam Conference (July 17-August 2, 1945) was ______.
The Nazi Plan for the extermination of Jews during WWII
Organization for international peace (since the League of Nations had failed)
Conference with the "Big Three", Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin; agreed that Poland, Bulgaria and Romania would hold free elections
Allied meeting (Truman, Atlee, Stalin) to divide Germany into zones of occupation
The United Nations is ______.
The Nazi Plan for the extermination of Jews during WWII
Organization for international peace (since the League of Nations had failed)
Conference with the "Big Three", Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin; agreed that Poland, Bulgaria and Romania would hold free elections
Allied meeting (Truman, Atlee, Stalin) to divide Germany into zones of occupation
The Final Solution ______.
The Nazi Plan for the extermination of Jews during WWII
Organization for international peace (since the League of Nations had failed)
Conference with the "Big Three", Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin; agreed that Poland, Bulgaria and Romania would hold free elections
Allied meeting (Truman, Atlee, Stalin) to divide Germany into zones of occupation
The Nuremburg Trials were____
Laws put in place by the Nazis that took rights away from Jews.
Trials for high ranking Nazi officials. Many were sentence to death.
A major battle in the South Pacific; Allies against Japan; famous US flag planted here
The Code name for D-Day
The Nuremburg Laws were____
Laws put in place by the Nazis that took rights away from Jews.
Trials for high ranking Nazi officials. Many were sentence to death.
A major battle in the South Pacific; Allies against Japan; famous US flag planted here
The Code name for D-Day
Operation Overlord was ____
Laws put in place by the Nazis that took rights away from Jews.
Trials for high ranking Nazi officials. Many were sentence to death.
A major battle in the South Pacific; Allies against Japan; famous US flag planted here
The Code name for D-Day
Iwo Jima was ____
Laws put in place by the Nazis that took rights away from Jews.
Trials for high ranking Nazi officials. Many were sentence to death.
A major battle in the South Pacific; Allies against Japan; famous US flag planted here
The Code name for D-Day
All of the following were part of the Axis Powers during WWII EXCEPT:
Germany
Italy
U.S.S.R
Japan
Which event prompted the US to enter WWII?
The Assassination of Franz Ferdinand
The Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor
The sinking of the Lusitania
The discovery of the Zimmerman Telegram
Which country militarized and invaded the Rhineland (eastern France, western Germany) in 1936, starting a series of events that would eventually lead to the start of WWII?
Japan
Italy
U.S.S.R.
Germany
Which country invaded China in 1938 as part of a mass campaign of territorial expansion?
Japan
Italy
U.S.S.R.
Germany
Which country invaded Ethiopia in an attempt to create an empire?
Japan
Italy
U.S.S.R.
Germany
With which country did Germany sign a "non-aggression" pact that Hitler later violated?
Japan
Italy
U.S.S.R.
France
During the Holocaust, many Jews were taken to death camps such as:
Ethiopia
Normandy
Kristallnacht
Auschwitz
The Nazi secret invasion of the Soviet Union that broke the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact was called____.
Operation Barbarossa
Operation Overlord
Invasion of Normandy
Night of Broken Glass
Which of the following was NOT a major effect of WWII?
The creation of an international peace keeping organization known as the United Nations.
A political and economic war between the United States and the Soviet Union known as the Cold War.
The emergence of the United States and the Soviet Union as world superpowers
A half-century of world peace because of the trauma caused by World War II
Which of the following was NOT an effect of World War I?
The breaking up of many European empires
The creation of new countries such as Austria and Turkey
The end of Communism in Eastern Europe
The rise of Nazism in Germany resulting from the harsh treatment Germany received in the Treaty of Versailles.
