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World History Final Exam - Part 2

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

All of the following countries made up the Central Powers in WWI EXCEPT:

a)

Austria-Hungary

b)

The Ottoman Empire

c)

Germany

d)

Italy

2.

The Triple Entente is an example of _____; one of the 4 MAIN causes of WWI.

a)

Militarism

b)

Alliances

c)

Imperialism

d)

Nationalism

3.

Germany steadily increasing its army and navy in the years before 1914 is an example of ____; one of the 4 MAIN causes of WWI.

a)

Militarism

b)

Alliances

c)

Imperialism

d)

Nationalism

4.

Gavrilo Princip's assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand is an example of extreme ___________; one of the 4 MAIN causes of WWI.

a)

Militarism

b)

Alliances

c)

Imperialism

d)

Nationalism

5.

Austria-Hungary's control over Bosnia and other nations is an example of_____; one of the 4 MAIN causes of WWI.

a)

Militarism

b)

Alliances

c)

Imperialism

d)

Nationalism

6.

The spark that started WWI was...

a)

The signing of the Treaty of Versailles

b)

Hitler's invasion of Poland

c)

The abdication of Czar Nicholas II

d)

The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

7.

WWI became a giant conflict so quickly with many countries declaring war in a short period of time because of_____.

a)

Bosnia's strong military

b)

Globalization

c)

Hitler's annexation of Austria

d)

Alliances that existed in Europe

8.

WWI eventually involved over 100 countries - many of them outside of Europe. What did so many non-European countries participate in WWI?

a)

Because of Globalization

b)

Because of Global Interdependence

c)

Because these countries didn't want to be left out

d)

Because of European Imperialism

9.

The Battle of the Somme was fought______.

a)

On the Eastern Front

b)

On the Western Front

c)

On the Italian Front

d)

At sea

10.

Which of the following was NOT a technology used for the first time during WWI?

a)

Machine guns

b)

Radar

c)

Airplanes

d)

Poison gas

11.

All of the following is true about the Battle of Gallipoli EXCEPT

a)

It took place on a peninsula in modern day Turkey

b)

It was a victory for the Ottoman Empire

c)

It was fought for control of the Dardanelles water passage

d)

It was a major victory for the Allied Powers

12.

All of the following are dictators that rose to power between WWI and WWII EXCEPT:

a)

Hitler

b)

Stalin

c)

Mussolini

d)

Churchill

13.

Nazism is _____.

a)

A system that allows for private business and free enterprise

b)

Extreme nationalism focused on racial purification (particularly popular in Germany)

c)

Extreme nationalism where individuals give up their rights to the government

d)

When the government controls the means of production in industry

14.

Fascism is _____.

a)

A system that allows for private business and free enterprise

b)

Extreme nationalism focused on racial purification (particularly popular in Germany)

c)

Extreme nationalism where individuals give up their rights to the government

d)

When the government controls the means of production in industry

15.

Communism is _____.

a)

A system that allows for private business and free enterprise

b)

Extreme nationalism focused on racial purification (particularly popular in Germany)

c)

Extreme nationalism where individuals give up their rights to the government

d)

When the government controls the means of production in industry

16.

Capitalism is _____.

a)

A system that allows for private business and free enterprise

b)

Extreme nationalism focused on racial purification (particularly popular in Germany)

c)

Extreme nationalism where individuals give up their rights to the government

d)

When the government controls the means of production in industry

17.

The Invasion of Poland was ____

a)

A Japanese sneak attack on the US; Dec. 7, 1941

b)

When Hitler violated the Treaty of Versailles in 1939; started WWII

c)

When Jewish homes and businesses were destroyed and Nazis

d)

June 6, 1944; Normandy beach; Allied liberation of France

18.

Pearl Harbor was ____

a)

A Japanese sneak attack on the US; Dec. 7, 1941

b)

When Hitler violated the Treaty of Versailles in 1939; started WWII

c)

When Jewish homes and businesses were destroyed and Nazis

d)

June 6, 1944; Normandy beach; Allied liberation of France

19.

Kristallnacht was ____

a)

A Japanese sneak attack on the US; Dec. 7, 1941

b)

When Hitler violated the Treaty of Versailles in 1939; started WWII

c)

When Jewish homes and businesses were destroyed and Nazis

d)

June 6, 1944; Normandy beach; Allied liberation of France

20.

D-Day was ____

a)

A Japanese sneak attack on the US; Dec. 7, 1941

b)

When Hitler violated the Treaty of Versailles in 1939; started WWII

c)

When Jewish homes and businesses were destroyed and Nazis

d)

June 6, 1944; Normandy beach; Allied liberation of France

21.

V-E day was____.

a)

Japan surrenders after an atomic bomb is dropped here (Aug. 9, 1945)

b)

May 8th 1945; Germany is defeated

c)

German advance stalled in Russia; major turning point of the war; Germany starts to lose

d)

Code name for the program developing the Atomic Bomb

22.

The Manhattan Project was____.

a)

Japan surrenders after an atomic bomb is dropped here (Aug. 9, 1945)

b)

May 8th 1945; Germany is defeated

c)

German advance stalled in Russia; major turning point of the war; Germany starts to lose

d)

Code name for the program developing the Atomic Bomb

23.

The Battle of Stalingrad was____.

a)

Japan surrenders after an atomic bomb is dropped here (Aug. 9, 1945)

b)

May 8th 1945; Germany is defeated

c)

German advance stalled in Russia; major turning point of the war; Germany starts to lose

d)

Code name for the program developing the Atomic Bomb

24.

Nagasaki was____.

a)

Japan surrenders after an atomic bomb is dropped here (Aug. 9, 1945)

b)

May 8th 1945; Germany is defeated

c)

German advance stalled in Russia; major turning point of the war; Germany starts to lose

d)

Code name for the program developing the Atomic Bomb

25.

Adolf Hitler was ____.

a)

Fascist dictator of Italy

b)

Fascist dictator of Germany

c)

US President during most of WWII

d)

Prime Minster of Great Britain

26.

Franklin D. Roosevelt was ____.

a)

Fascist dictator of Italy

b)

Fascist dictator of Germany

c)

US President during most of WWII

d)

Prime Minster of Great Britain

27.

Winston Churchill was ____.

a)

Fascist dictator of Italy

b)

Fascist dictator of Germany

c)

US President during most of WWII

d)

Prime Minster of Great Britain

28.

Benito Mussolini was ____.

a)

Fascist dictator of Italy

b)

Fascist dictator of Germany

c)

US President during most of WWII

d)

Prime Minster of Great Britain

29.

Joseph Stalin was _______.

a)

Leader of the U.S.S.R. (part of the Allied powers but still a dictator)

b)

leader of the French Resistance; President of France after WWII

c)

Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces; US President after WWII (1953-1961)

d)

Fascist dictator of Spain

30.

Francisco Franco was _______.

a)

Leader of the U.S.S.R. (part of the Allied powers but still a dictator)

b)

leader of the French Resistance; President of France after WWII

c)

Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces; US President after WWII (1953-1961)

d)

Fascist dictator of Spain

31.

Dwight Eisenhower was _______.

a)

Leader of the U.S.S.R. (part of the Allied powers but still a dictator)

b)

leader of the French Resistance; President of France after WWII

c)

Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces; US President after WWII (1953-1961)

d)

Fascist dictator of Spain

32.

Charles de Gaulle was _______.

a)

Leader of the U.S.S.R. (part of the Allied powers but still a dictator)

b)

leader of the French Resistance; President of France after WWII

c)

Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces; US President after WWII (1953-1961)

d)

Fascist dictator of Spain

33.

The Yalta Conference (Feb. 4-11, 1945) was ______.

a)

The Nazi Plan for the extermination of Jews during WWII

b)

Organization for international peace (since the League of Nations had failed)

c)

Conference with the "Big Three", Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin; agreed that Poland, Bulgaria and Romania would hold free elections

d)

Allied meeting (Truman, Atlee, Stalin) to divide Germany into zones of occupation

34.

The Postdam Conference (July 17-August 2, 1945) was ______.

a)

The Nazi Plan for the extermination of Jews during WWII

b)

Organization for international peace (since the League of Nations had failed)

c)

Conference with the "Big Three", Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin; agreed that Poland, Bulgaria and Romania would hold free elections

d)

Allied meeting (Truman, Atlee, Stalin) to divide Germany into zones of occupation

35.

The United Nations is ______.

a)

The Nazi Plan for the extermination of Jews during WWII

b)

Organization for international peace (since the League of Nations had failed)

c)

Conference with the "Big Three", Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin; agreed that Poland, Bulgaria and Romania would hold free elections

d)

Allied meeting (Truman, Atlee, Stalin) to divide Germany into zones of occupation

36.

The Final Solution ______.

a)

The Nazi Plan for the extermination of Jews during WWII

b)

Organization for international peace (since the League of Nations had failed)

c)

Conference with the "Big Three", Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin; agreed that Poland, Bulgaria and Romania would hold free elections

d)

Allied meeting (Truman, Atlee, Stalin) to divide Germany into zones of occupation

37.

The Nuremburg Trials were____

a)

Laws put in place by the Nazis that took rights away from Jews.

b)

Trials for high ranking Nazi officials. Many were sentence to death.

c)

A major battle in the South Pacific; Allies against Japan; famous US flag planted here

d)

The Code name for D-Day

38.

The Nuremburg Laws were____

a)

Laws put in place by the Nazis that took rights away from Jews.

b)

Trials for high ranking Nazi officials. Many were sentence to death.

c)

A major battle in the South Pacific; Allies against Japan; famous US flag planted here

d)

The Code name for D-Day

39.

Operation Overlord was ____

a)

Laws put in place by the Nazis that took rights away from Jews.

b)

Trials for high ranking Nazi officials. Many were sentence to death.

c)

A major battle in the South Pacific; Allies against Japan; famous US flag planted here

d)

The Code name for D-Day

40.

Iwo Jima was ____

a)

Laws put in place by the Nazis that took rights away from Jews.

b)

Trials for high ranking Nazi officials. Many were sentence to death.

c)

A major battle in the South Pacific; Allies against Japan; famous US flag planted here

d)

The Code name for D-Day

41.

All of the following were part of the Axis Powers during WWII EXCEPT:

a)

Germany

b)

Italy

c)

U.S.S.R

d)

Japan

42.

Which event prompted the US to enter WWII?

a)

The Assassination of Franz Ferdinand

b)

The Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor

c)

The sinking of the Lusitania

d)

The discovery of the Zimmerman Telegram

43.

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?

a)

Japan

b)

Italy

c)

U.S.S.R.

d)

Germany

44.

Which country invaded China in 1938 as part of a mass campaign of territorial expansion?

a)

Japan

b)

Italy

c)

U.S.S.R.

d)

Germany

45.

Which country invaded Ethiopia in an attempt to create an empire?

a)

Japan

b)

Italy

c)

U.S.S.R.

d)

Germany

46.

With which country did Germany sign a "non-aggression" pact that Hitler later violated?

a)

Japan

b)

Italy

c)

U.S.S.R.

d)

France

47.

During the Holocaust, many Jews were taken to death camps such as:

a)

Ethiopia

b)

Normandy

c)

Kristallnacht

d)

Auschwitz

48.

The Nazi secret invasion of the Soviet Union that broke the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact was called____.

a)

Operation Barbarossa

b)

Operation Overlord

c)

Invasion of Normandy

d)

Night of Broken Glass

49.

Which of the following was NOT a major effect of WWII?

a)

The creation of an international peace keeping organization known as the United Nations.

b)

A political and economic war between the United States and the Soviet Union known as the Cold War.

c)

The emergence of the United States and the Soviet Union as world superpowers

d)

A half-century of world peace because of the trauma caused by World War II

50.

Which of the following was NOT an effect of World War I?

a)

The breaking up of many European empires

b)

The creation of new countries such as Austria and Turkey

c)

The end of Communism in Eastern Europe

d)

The rise of Nazism in Germany resulting from the harsh treatment Germany received in the Treaty of Versailles.