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WorksheetsWorld War II Final
Total questions: 60
Worksheet time: 30mins
Who was the Renaissance statesman that wrote The Prince?
Erasmus
Marlowe
Shakespeare
Machiavelli
Each book is the sacred writing for a monotheistic religion Except
Bible
Upanishads
Torah
Koran
Which religion has the 4 Nobles Truths and 8 Fold Path and was founded by Siddhartha Gautama?
Judaism
Christianity
Buddhism
Islam
The first European sailor to reach India by sailing around Africa was?
Christopher Columbus
Vasco da Gama
Ferdinand Magellan
Bartholomew Dias
Which Native American empire was located on the western coast of South America, in modern-day Chile and Peru?
Aztec
Mayan
Cherokee
Incan
Who conquered the Aztec Empire?
Herman Cortes
Francisco Pizzarro
Ferdinand Magellan
Vasco da Gama
What statement best describes the Spanish effects on the new world?
Importation of slaves from West Africa
Importation of paid labor from Europe
Increase in pay for indigenous labor
Increase in the Muslim slave trade from East Africa
What was part of the triangular trade which sent enslaved people from the west coast of Africa to the Americas called?
Columbian Exchange
Silk Road
Middle Passage
Line of Demarcation
What is the name of the theory that a country's power depends on its wealth?
Joint-stock theory
Mercantilism
Columbian Exchange
Commercialism
What is Divine Right?
The need to purify the Anglican church of Catholic rituals and symbols
The belief that a king gets his power to rule directly from God
The belief that buying an indulgence will get person into heaven
The need to have a church ritual to be closer to God
What is the best title for the diagram
Encomienda System
Columbian Exchange
Silk Road
Open Door Policy
"The most effective government is one that shares powers equally between three separate branches." Which Enlightenment thinker would MOST AGREE with this quote?
Rousseau
Hobbes
Voltaire
Montesquieu
What was the name of the book written by Rousseau that stated that people have the right to overthrow oppressive governments?
On the Spirit of Laws
Leviathan
The Social Contract
The Prince
What caused the French Revolution of 1789?
the excessive spending by Peter the Great
The return of William and Mary to rule the nation
dislike for protestant King Louis XVI and his English wife
burdening the 3rd estate with the heaviest taxes
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?
Terrible Empire
Reign of Terror
Fall of the Bastile
Rule of Fear
The American Revolution influenced independence movements in South America by-
offering military aid to support revolts
providing an example of a successful colonial rebellion
blockading Spanish military and trade ships
undermining English military and economic power
What was one of Napoleon's MOST important achievements?
Creating a uniform code of law
defeating the Russian Empire
ending of capital punishment
establishing freedom of speech
Where did the Industrial Revolution begin?
England
France
Germany
Russia
Population increase
Improved Transportation
Urbanization
Pollution
What title Best completes the words above?
Cause of industrialization
Results of Imperialism
Causes of Imperialism
Results of Industrialization
Karl Marx's idea that workers should collectively own the means of production instead of private owners was held by which group?
Capitalists
Anarchists
Communists
Utopians
Which reason is NOT a motive for imperialism?
search for raw materials and new markets
political rivalries among nations
belief in civilizing underdeveloped countries
desire to preserve traditional vultures of native populations
a____________ was an imperial system in which a European power ruled another power directly and forced them to adopt European customs and language.
Colony
Protectorate
Sphere of Influence
Laissez Faire
What was Woodrow Wilson's chief goal at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919?
make Germany pay for the war it caused
strip Germany of it overseas possessions
establish the League of Nations
create Poland as a buffer against Russia
What event BEST completes the title of this chart?
World War I
World War II
Korean War
Vietnam War
Which statement BEST describes the Treaty of Versailles?
The Treaty of Versailles avoided blame and retribution, insuring a lasting peace
The Treaty of Versailles was signed by the U.S. which then joined the League of Nations
The Treaty of Versailles was resented by Germany, and did little to promote lasting peace
The Treaty of Versailles included the strong military enforcement of a League of Nations
The events in the headlines led the United Sates to
Negotiate a separate peace with the Central Power
Enter World War I on the side of the Allies
Aid the German war effort against the French
Declare a policy of isolationism in World War I
Which reason did NOT contribute to the start of the Great Depression in the 1930's?
German war reparations
US domination of the global economy
Wall street stock market crash
Growth of the Nazi Party
In 1935, Italian Fascists led by Benito Mussolini invaded the African Nation of
Ethiopia
Libya
Egypt
Nigeria
Which statement is NOT true regarding Germany during the Interwar Period?
There was an economic depression and high inflation
The Nazi Party grew in power
The Weimar Republic was strengthened
There was an increase in anti-Semitism
Who was the militaristic leader of World War 2 Japan?
Ho Chi Minh
Chiang Kai-shek
Mao Zedong
Hideki Tojo
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?
Totalitarian
Democratic
Republican
Theocratic
Who was the Prime Minister of England during the Battle of Britain?
Winston Churchill
Franklin Roosevelt
Douglas MacArthur
George Marshall
The Munich Agreement of 1938 BEST illustrates which of the following seeds of World War II?
Appeasement by the Western Democracies
Failures of the Treaty of Versailles
Isolationism of the United Nations
Ineffectiveness of the League of Nations
Which event would BEST replace the question mark?
World War I
World War II
Chinese Revolution
Russian Revolution
Which two cities were the targets of the United States' atomic bombs in 1945?
Rome and Moscow
Tokyo and Beijing
Berlin and Munich
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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?
Stalingrad
Pearl Harbor
Midway
Britain
Why did the United States declare war on Japan?
The Japanese invaded Manchuria
The Japanese took control of the Philippines
The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor
The Japanese froze the US assets in Japan
What was the importance of the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944?
The Axis Power showed their superior industrial power
Britain avenged the bombing of London with huge air raids over Munich
The Allied Powers established a second front in Europe
Italy exited the war, leaving Germany to fight alone
What is the purposeful extermination of an ethnic, religious or national group is known as?
Patricide
Regicide
Genocide
Ethnocide
What was the military alliance formed in 1949 for the common defense of Western Europe against Soviet aggression called?
Warsaw Pact
UN
Potsdam Pact
NATO
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?
World War I
World War II
Korean War
Vietnam War
What caused the Korean War?
Disagreement over differing political ideologies
Japan's determination to hold onto Korean as a colony
The proliferation of nuclear weapons in North Korea
Dispute over the validity of Ho Chi Minh's leadership
The Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 led the superpowers to the brink of
Era of Detente
Mutually Assured Destruction
Military alliance
Peaceful coexistence
What happened to end the Cold War?
The USSR agreed to join the USA in a war against Europe’s economic power
The USA agreed to accept Communism as their economic system
The USSR adopted a restructuring of their economy away from Communism which led to the internal collapse of the USSR
The USA began trading with the USSR and was forced by American businesses to accept the end of the Cold War
What time period is the political cartoon depicting
Imperialism
Industrial Revolution
Cold War
World War I
Which US president was MOST associated with the Cold War policy of Containment?
Truman
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Nixon
What term described the fall of one Asian nation to communism leading to the fall of its neighbors to communism?
Anti-Aggression Act
Cold War Agreement
Post War Act
Domino Theory
What is Ho Chi Minh's lasting legacy?
He led the drive to establish communism in
Vietnam
He worked with the USSR to get rid of Chinese influence in Vietnam
He opposed Mao Zedong's philosophy
He unified Korea under a communist government
On what continent did prehistoric humans originate?
Africa
Asia
North America
Europe
What job would study objects from the past
Geographers
Economistis
Archaeologists
Doctors
The invention of tools, mastery over fire, and the development of oral language all occurred in the
Neolithic Age
Bronze Age
Ice Age
Paleolithic Age
The land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers was called
Iran
Mesopotamia
Judea
Babylon
The rulers of Egypt were considered
Priests
Democrats
God-Kings
Polytheists
The most important, long-lasting legacy of the Phoenicians was the
Purple dye
Alphabet
Ship-building technology
Paper money
Toward what city do Muslims pray?
Mecca
Medina
Jerusalem
Baghdad
“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
Genghis Khan
Jesus
Buddha
the Angel Gabriel
In feudal Japan, the________ was generally powerless; real power rested with the supreme military commander known as the_______.
Emperor- samurai
Emperor- daimio
Shogun-daimio
Emperor-Shogun
Where did Shinto originate?
India
China
Japan
Egypt
The map above shows the:
Salt route
Silk Road
Royal Road
Roman Road
All of the following inventions were made by what society
Porcelain
Paper Money
Magnetic Compass
Gunpowder
Muslim Empire
Europe
Russia
China
