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World War II Final

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the Renaissance statesman that wrote The Prince?

a)

Erasmus

b)

Marlowe

c)

Shakespeare

d)

Machiavelli

2.

Each book is the sacred writing for a monotheistic religion Except

a)

Bible

b)

Upanishads

c)

Torah

d)

Koran

3.

Which religion has the 4 Nobles Truths and 8 Fold Path and was founded by Siddhartha Gautama?

a)

Judaism

b)

Christianity

c)

Buddhism

d)

Islam

4.

The first European sailor to reach India by sailing around Africa was?

a)

Christopher Columbus

b)

Vasco da Gama

c)

Ferdinand Magellan

d)

Bartholomew Dias

5.

Which Native American empire was located on the western coast of South America, in modern-day Chile and Peru?

a)

Aztec

b)

Mayan

c)

Cherokee

d)

Incan

6.

Who conquered the Aztec Empire?

a)

Herman Cortes

b)

Francisco Pizzarro

c)

Ferdinand Magellan

d)

Vasco da Gama

7.

What statement best describes the Spanish effects on the new world?

a)

Importation of slaves from West Africa

b)

Importation of paid labor from Europe

c)

Increase in pay for indigenous labor

d)

Increase in the Muslim slave trade from East Africa

8.

What was part of the triangular trade which sent enslaved people from the west coast of Africa to the Americas called?

a)

Columbian Exchange

b)

Silk Road

c)

Middle Passage

d)

Line of Demarcation

9.

What is the name of the theory that a country's power depends on its wealth?

a)

Joint-stock theory

b)

Mercantilism

c)

Columbian Exchange

d)

Commercialism

10.

What is Divine Right?

a)

The need to purify the Anglican church of Catholic rituals and symbols

b)

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

c)

The belief that buying an indulgence will get person into heaven

d)

The need to have a church ritual to be closer to God

11.

What is the best title for the diagram

a)

Encomienda System

b)

Columbian Exchange

c)

Silk Road

d)

Open Door Policy

12.

"The most effective government is one that shares powers equally between three separate branches." Which Enlightenment thinker would MOST AGREE with this quote?

a)

Rousseau

b)

Hobbes

c)

Voltaire

d)

Montesquieu

13.

What was the name of the book written by Rousseau that stated that people have the right to overthrow oppressive governments?

a)

On the Spirit of Laws

b)

Leviathan

c)

The Social Contract

d)

The Prince

14.

What caused the French Revolution of 1789?

a)

the excessive spending by Peter the Great

b)

The return of William and Mary to rule the nation

c)

dislike for protestant King Louis XVI and his English wife

d)

burdening the 3rd estate with the heaviest taxes

15.

What was the name of the period in the French Revolution in which Robespierre and the Committee of Public Safety used the guillotine to suppress opponents?

a)

Terrible Empire

b)

Reign of Terror

c)

Fall of the Bastile

d)

Rule of Fear

16.

The American Revolution influenced independence movements in South America by-

a)

offering military aid to support revolts

b)

providing an example of a successful colonial rebellion

c)

blockading Spanish military and trade ships

d)

undermining English military and economic power

17.

What was one of Napoleon's MOST important achievements?

a)

Creating a uniform code of law

b)

defeating the Russian Empire

c)

ending of capital punishment

d)

establishing freedom of speech

18.

Where did the Industrial Revolution begin?

a)

England

b)

France

c)

Germany

d)

Russia

19.

Population increase

Improved Transportation

Urbanization

Pollution

What title Best completes the words above?

a)

Cause of industrialization

b)

Results of Imperialism

c)

Causes of Imperialism

d)

Results of Industrialization

20.

Karl Marx's idea that workers should collectively own the means of production instead of private owners was held by which group?

a)

Capitalists

b)

Anarchists

c)

Communists

d)

Utopians

21.

Which reason is NOT a motive for imperialism?

a)

search for raw materials and new markets

b)

political rivalries among nations

c)

belief in civilizing underdeveloped countries

d)

desire to preserve traditional vultures of native populations

22.

a____________ was an imperial system in which a European power ruled another power directly and forced them to adopt European customs and language.

a)

Colony

b)

Protectorate

c)

Sphere of Influence

d)

Laissez Faire

23.

What was Woodrow Wilson's chief goal at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919?

a)

make Germany pay for the war it caused

b)

strip Germany of it overseas possessions

c)

establish the League of Nations

d)

create Poland as a buffer against Russia

24.

What event BEST completes the title of this chart?

a)

World War I

b)

World War II

c)

Korean War

d)

Vietnam War

25.

Which statement BEST describes the Treaty of Versailles?

a)

The Treaty of Versailles avoided blame and retribution, insuring a lasting peace

b)

The Treaty of Versailles was signed by the U.S. which then joined the League of Nations

c)

The Treaty of Versailles was resented by Germany, and did little to promote lasting peace

d)

The Treaty of Versailles included the strong military enforcement of a League of Nations

26.

The events in the headlines led the United Sates to

a)

Negotiate a separate peace with the Central Power

b)

Enter World War I on the side of the Allies

c)

Aid the German war effort against the French

d)

Declare a policy of isolationism in World War I

27.

Which reason did NOT contribute to the start of the Great Depression in the 1930's?

a)

German war reparations

b)

US domination of the global economy

c)

Wall street stock market crash

d)

Growth of the Nazi Party

28.

In 1935, Italian Fascists led by Benito Mussolini invaded the African Nation of

a)

Ethiopia

b)

Libya

c)

Egypt

d)

Nigeria

29.

Which statement is NOT true regarding Germany during the Interwar Period?

a)

There was an economic depression and high inflation

b)

The Nazi Party grew in power

c)

The Weimar Republic was strengthened

d)

There was an increase in anti-Semitism

30.

Who was the militaristic leader of World War 2 Japan?

a)

Ho Chi Minh

b)

Chiang Kai-shek

c)

Mao Zedong

d)

Hideki Tojo

31.

Characteristics of a_________________ Regime

Governmental control of labor and business

Civil rights repressed

Censorship of media

Terror tactics to enforce law

Which title Best completes the title of the box?

a)

Totalitarian

b)

Democratic

c)

Republican

d)

Theocratic

32.

Who was the Prime Minister of England during the Battle of Britain?

a)

Winston Churchill

b)

Franklin Roosevelt

c)

Douglas MacArthur

d)

George Marshall

33.

The Munich Agreement of 1938 BEST illustrates which of the following seeds of World War II?

a)

Appeasement by the Western Democracies

b)

Failures of the Treaty of Versailles

c)

Isolationism of the United Nations

d)

Ineffectiveness of the League of Nations

34.

Which event would BEST replace the question mark?

a)

World War I

b)

World War II

c)

Chinese Revolution

d)

Russian Revolution

35.

Which two cities were the targets of the United States' atomic bombs in 1945?

a)

Rome and Moscow

b)

Tokyo and Beijing

c)

Berlin and Munich

d)

Hiroshima and Nagasaki

36.

Battle of _____________

Radar used in warfare for the first time

Civilian morale to fight strengthened

Hitler's Blitzrieg halted

Primarily fought in the air

Which battle BEST completes the title of the box?

a)

Stalingrad

b)

Pearl Harbor

c)

Midway

d)

Britain

37.

Why did the United States declare war on Japan?

a)

The Japanese invaded Manchuria

b)

The Japanese took control of the Philippines

c)

The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor

d)

The Japanese froze the US assets in Japan

38.

What was the importance of the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944?

a)

The Axis Power showed their superior industrial power

b)

Britain avenged the bombing of London with huge air raids over Munich

c)

The Allied Powers established a second front in Europe

d)

Italy exited the war, leaving Germany to fight alone

39.

What is the purposeful extermination of an ethnic, religious or national group is known as?

a)

Patricide

b)

Regicide

c)

Genocide

d)

Ethnocide

40.

What was the military alliance formed in 1949 for the common defense of Western Europe against Soviet aggression called?

a)

Warsaw Pact

b)

UN

c)

Potsdam Pact

d)

NATO

41.

Outcomes of_________________

Loss of Empires by European powers

War crimes trials

Division of Europe, Iron Curtain

Establishment of the United Nations

Marshall Plan


Which war BEST completes the title of the box?

a)

World War I

b)

World War II

c)

Korean War

d)

Vietnam War

42.

What caused the Korean War?

a)

Disagreement over differing political ideologies

b)

Japan's determination to hold onto Korean as a colony

c)

The proliferation of nuclear weapons in North Korea

d)

Dispute over the validity of Ho Chi Minh's leadership

43.

The Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 led the superpowers to the brink of

a)

Era of Detente

b)

Mutually Assured Destruction

c)

Military alliance

d)

Peaceful coexistence

44.

What happened to end the Cold War?

a)

The USSR agreed to join the USA in a war against Europe’s economic power

b)

The USA agreed to accept Communism as their economic system

c)

The USSR adopted a restructuring of their economy away from Communism which led to the internal collapse of the USSR

d)

The USA began trading with the USSR and was forced by American businesses to accept the end of the Cold War

45.

What time period is the political cartoon depicting

a)

Imperialism

b)

Industrial Revolution

c)

Cold War

d)

World War I

46.

Which US president was MOST associated with the Cold War policy of Containment?

a)

Truman

b)

Eisenhower

c)

Kennedy

d)

Nixon

47.

What term described the fall of one Asian nation to communism leading to the fall of its neighbors to communism?

a)

Anti-Aggression Act

b)

Cold War Agreement

c)

Post War Act

d)

Domino Theory

48.

What is Ho Chi Minh's lasting legacy?

a)

He led the drive to establish communism in

Vietnam

b)

He worked with the USSR to get rid of Chinese influence in Vietnam

c)

He opposed Mao Zedong's philosophy

d)

He unified Korea under a communist government

49.

On what continent did prehistoric humans originate?

a)

Africa

b)

Asia

c)

North America

d)

Europe

50.

What job would study objects from the past

a)

Geographers

b)

Economistis

c)

Archaeologists

d)

Doctors

51.

The invention of tools, mastery over fire, and the development of oral language all occurred in the

a)

Neolithic Age

b)

Bronze Age

c)

Ice Age

d)

Paleolithic Age

52.

The land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers was called

a)

Iran

b)

Mesopotamia

c)

Judea

d)

Babylon

53.

The rulers of Egypt were considered

a)

Priests

b)

Democrats

c)

God-Kings

d)

Polytheists

54.

The most important, long-lasting legacy of the Phoenicians was the

a)

Purple dye

b)

Alphabet

c)

Ship-building technology

d)

Paper money

55.

Toward what city do Muslims pray?

a)

Mecca

b)

Medina

c)

Jerusalem

d)

Baghdad

56.

“The greatest happiness is to scatter your enemy, to drive him before you, to see his cities reduced to ashes, to see those who love him shrouded in tears….”

Who likely stated the quote above

a)

Genghis Khan

b)

Jesus

c)

Buddha

d)

the Angel Gabriel

57.

In feudal Japan, the________ was generally powerless; real power rested with the supreme military commander known as the_______.

a)

Emperor- samurai

b)

Emperor- daimio

c)

Shogun-daimio

d)

Emperor-Shogun

58.

Where did Shinto originate?

a)

India

b)

China

c)

Japan

d)

Egypt

59.

The map above shows the:

a)

Salt route

b)

Silk Road

c)

Royal Road

d)

Roman Road

60.

All of the following inventions were made by what society

Porcelain

Paper Money

Magnetic Compass

Gunpowder

a)

Muslim Empire

b)

Europe

c)

Russia

d)

China