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11 History Exam Warm Up

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

JFK's assassination took place in which city?

a)

New York

b)

Memphis

c)

Massachusetts

d)

Dallas

2.

The man commonly referred to as JFK's assassin is

a)

Jack Ruby

b)

Lee Harvey Oswald

c)

Leigh Harold Osprey

d)

Hee Larry Oscold

3.

JFK defeated which politician in the 1960 presidential election?

a)

Richard Nixon

b)

Lyndon B. Johnson

c)

Bill Clinton

d)

George W Bush Snr

4.

Prior to American involvement in Vietnam, which foreign powers had experienced control over Vietnam?

a)

France and China

b)

Japan and Belgium

c)

France and Japan

d)

Belgium and China

5.

The Americans sent troops to Vietnam because of the ...

a)

Chinese aggression in the North Sea

b)

Russian invasion of Vietnam

c)

Expansion of Freedom Theory

d)

Domino Theory

6.

The North Vietnamese were led by

a)

Ling Bao

b)

Ho Chi Minh

c)

Dat Guuy

d)

How Chin Mind

7.

Which US President decided to pull the American troops out of Vietnam?

a)

John F Kennedy

b)

Richard Nixon

c)

Lyndon B. Johnson

d)

Jimmy Carter

8.

What defined the border between North Vietnam and South Vietnam?

a)

Mekong River

b)

38th Parallel

c)

Saigon River

d)

17th Parallel

9.

What major Vietnamese city was renamed Ho Chi Minh City in honor of Ho Chi Minh?

a)

Saigon

b)

Hanoi

c)

Can Tho

d)

Lit Fam

10.

What made the war difficult for the US Army and troops fighting in the war?

a)

The jungle conditions

b)

The limits put on troops by President Johnson

c)

Ambushes and traps

d)

All of the above

e)

None of the above

11.

The Armenians were massacred under which regime?

a)

The Russian Empire

b)

The Ottoman Empire

c)

The Egyptians

d)

The British Empire

12.

Which group ordered the extermination of the Armenians in 1915?

a)

The Special Turks

b)

The Sultans

c)

The Russian Federation

d)

The Young Turks

13.

What, if anything, made the Armenians an identifiable group that could be cast in the role of "outsiders" within the Ottoman Empire?

a)

They were Christians in a Muslim state

b)

Armenians had a high proportion of the jobs requiring literacy and higher education

c)

A relatively high proportion of Ottoman merchants were Armenian

d)

All of these

14.

What reason did the Young Turks give for its actions against the Armenians?

a)

An Armenian minority in the Ottoman Empire was an insult to Turkey

b)

Armenians were Christians

c)

Armenians had fought with the Russians

d)

No reason at all

15.

Who led the Cambodian Genocide?

a)

Hitler

b)

Pol Pot

c)

El Shibab

d)

Hutu government

16.

What year did the Cambodian Genocide start?

a)

1979

b)

1991

c)

1975

d)

2002

17.

How long did the Rwandan Genocide last for?

a)

Eight months

b)

Three weeks

c)

One hundred days

d)

Four years

18.

How many people died in the Cambodian Genocide?

a)

1.5 million

b)

7.7 billion

c)

4 million

d)

100,000

19.

Why did the Khmer Rouge communist movement start the persecution of Cambodians?

a)

For the money

b)

For the fun of it

c)

For the meme

d)

For the creation of a communist society

20.

What was the codename for the school turned torture centre?

a)

B1/B2

b)

C3PO

c)

S-21

d)

HDMI