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2nd Term World History Final Review Tool

Total questions: 110

Worksheet time: 55mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the 1900 uprising in China aimed at ending foreign influence in the country?

a)

Berlin Conference

b)

Bloody Sunday

c)

Boxer Rebellion

d)

Congress of Vienna

e)

Sepoy Mutiny

2.

What is the 1857 rebellion of Hindu and Muslim soldiers against the British in India, resulted in the British government taking over rule of all India?

a)

Berlin Conference

b)

Bloody Sunday

c)

Boxer Rebellion

d)

Congress of Vienna

e)

Sepoy Mutiny

3.

What is the 1905 peaceful march by Russians turned deadly when Tzar's guards fire on the crowd, killing hundreds?

a)

Berlin Conference

b)

Bloody Sunday

c)

Boxer Rebellion

d)

Congress of Vienna

e)

Sepoy Mutiny

4.

What is the meeting of European powers to carve up Africa, nations agree to notify each other of their claims and show they could control the area?

a)

Berlin Conference

b)

Bloody Sunday

c)

Congress of Vienna

d)

Boxer Rebellion

e)

Sepoy Mutiny

5.

What is the assault carried out by mainly Turkish military forces against Armenian population in Anatolia in 1915?

a)

Armenian Genocide

b)

Bloody Sunday

c)

Boxer Rebellion

d)

Russo-Japanese War

e)

Sino-Japanese War

6.

What is the war between Great Britain and China, ended with the Chinese treaty with the British, opening five Chinese ports to foreign merchants, and the grant of other commercial and diplomatic privileges?

a)

Bloody Sunday

b)

Boxer Rebellion

c)

Opium Wars

d)

Russo-Japanese War

e)

Sino-Japanese War

7.

What is the meeting of European powers to redraw the map of Europe?

a)

Berlin Conference

b)

Bloody Sunday

c)

Boxer Rebellion

d)

Congress of Vienna

e)

Sepoy Mutiny

8.

What is the war between China and Japan for influence, power, and territory in China?

a)

Bloody Sunday

b)

Boxer Rebellion

c)

Opium Wars

d)

Russo-Japanese War

e)

Sino-Japanese War

9.

What is the war between Russia and Japan, Japan wins and takes parts of Manchuria under its control?

a)

Bloody Sunday

b)

Boxer Rebellion

c)

Opium Wars

d)

Russo-Japanese War

e)

Sino-Japanese War

10.

Who was the Italian nationalist whose writings spurred the movement for a unified and independent Italy?

a)

Giuseppe Mazzini

b)

King Leopold II

c)

Matthew Perry

d)

Nicholas II

e)

Otto von Bismarck

11.

Who was the American naval commander who opened Japan to the West in 1854?

a)

Giuseppe Mazzini

b)

King Leopold II

c)

Matthew Perry

d)

Nicholas II

e)

Otto von Bismarck

12.

Who was the king of Belgium who set off a scramble among European powers for African colonies?

a)

Giuseppe Mazzini

b)

King Leopold II

c)

Matthew Perry

d)

Nicholas II

e)

Otto von Bismarck

13.

Who was the Tzar of Russia, attempted to grant more freedom to Russians?

a)

Giuseppe Mazzini

b)

King Leopold II

c)

Matthew Perry

d)

Nicholas II

e)

Otto von Bismarck

14.

Who was the German chancellor who united a modern Germany?

a)

Giuseppe Mazzini

b)

King Leopold II

c)

Matthew Perry

d)

Nicholas II

e)

Otto von Bismark

15.

What is the drug used for fighting malaria?

a)

Duma

b)

imperialism

c)

nationalism

d)

patriotism

e)

quinine

16.

What is policy under which ALL nations would have equal opportunities to trade in China?

a)

Duma

b)

imperialism

c)

nationalism

d)

Open Door Policy

e)

patriotism

17.

What was the group that controlled the political, social, and economic life in India for more than 200 years?

a)

British East India Company

b)

Duma

c)

imperialism

d)

nationalism

e)

realpolitik

18.

What is loyalty and devotion to a country/ nation often with the belief that it is better and more important than other countries?

a)

Dual Monarchy

b)

imperialism

c)

nationalism

d)

patriotism

e)

realpolitik

19.

What was Bismarck's philosophy of focusing on the needs of the state/ country's power?

a)

Blood and Iron

b)

imperialism

c)

nationalism

d)

Open Door Policy

e)

realpolitik

20.

What is domination by one country of the political, economic, or cultural life of another country or region?

a)

Blood and Iron

b)

imperialism

c)

nationalism

d)

patriotism

e)

realpolitik

21.

What is the term for when Austria and Hungary became separate states, but remained together in defense and foreign policy?

a)

Blood and Iron

b)

Dual Monarchy

c)

imperialism

d)

nationalism

e)

realpolitik

22.

What is the devotion to and vigorous support for one's country?

a)

Blood and Iron

b)

imperialism

c)

nationalism

d)

patriotism

e)

realpolitik

23.

What was Bismarck's belief that industry and war would unify Germany?

a)

Blood and Iron

b)

imperialism

c)

nationalism

d)

patriotism

e)

realpolitik

24.

Who led the unification of Italy by starting a revolutionary group?

a)

Leonardo da Vinci

b)

Otto von Bismarck

c)

Benito Mussolini

d)

Giussepe Mazzini

25.

How did Japan respond differently to imperialism in Asia?

a)

violently resisted western ways and thinking

b)

closed the country off to outsiders

c)

embraced western technology and created its own empire

d)

they didn't

26.

Which of the following was an obstacle to progress in Russia in the 1800s?

a)

too much economic growth

b)

a rigid social structure

c)

the lower classes had the freedom they wanted

d)

the Tsar

27.

What problems did the Ottoman Empire face in the closing years of the 19th Century?

a)

British imperialism

b)

resistance to technology

c)

decreasing demand for furniture

d)

ethnic and regional nationalism

28.

What event ended the Qing Dynasty of China?

a)

Sepoy Mutiny

b)

Boxer Rebellion

c)

Sino-Japanese War

d)

the Annexation of Puerto Rico

29.

Which of the following was an obstacle to Italian unity?

a)

more identity with regions rather than a country

b)

war with Germany

c)

the Italian peninsula is too big

d)

the Italians did not want democracy

30.

Italy's northern economy was more focused on ___ and was wealthier, while southern Italy was focused on ___ and was poor.

a)

agriculture - industry

b)

industry - agriculture

c)

war - peace

d)

art - politics

31.

What event changed how the British governed India?

a)

Sepoy Mutiny

b)

Boxer Rebellion

c)

Sino-Japanese War

d)

the Annexation of Puerto Rico

32.

What is the Serbian nationalist / terrorist group responsible for the assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand leading to World War One?

a)

Black Hand

b)

Triple Entente

c)

Lusitania

d)

Central Powers

33.

What was Wilson's plan for world peace following World War One?

a)

Lusitania

b)

Triple Entente

c)

Schlieffen Plan

d)

Fourteen Points

e)

League of Nations

34.

What is the world organization established in 1920 to promote international cooperation and peace?

a)

Triple Entente

b)

League of Nations

c)

Fourteen Points

d)

Central Powers

e)

Schlieffen Plan

35.

What was the British passenger ship sunk by a German U-boat during World War One?

a)

Lusitania

b)

Titantic

c)

Hindenberg

d)

Lovely Flower

e)

Yadin

36.

What was the revolution against the tsarist government in Russia which led to the abdication of Nicholas II and the creation of a provisional government in March 1917 followed by the Bolshevik Revolution in October 1917?

a)

Russian Revolution

b)

League of Nations

c)

Schlieffen Plan

d)

Black Hand

37.

What ended World War One, blamed Germany for the war, and handed down harsh punishments for Germany?

a)

Schlieffen Plan

b)

Russian Revolution

c)

Treaty of Versailles

d)

Fourteen Points

e)

League of Nations

38.

What was the alliance between Great Britain, France, and Russia in the years before World War One?

a)

Central Powers

b)

Fourteen Points

c)

Schlieffen Plan

d)

Triple Entente

e)

League of Nations

39.

What is the term for an agreement to stop fighting?

a)

reparations

b)

militarism

c)

atrocities

d)

mobilization

e)

armistice

40.

What is the term for horrible acts committed against an innocent people?

a)

propaganda

b)

armistice

c)

total war

d)

contraband

e)

atrocities

41.

What is the term for drafting citizens for military service?

a)

armistice

b)

mobilization

c)

reparations

d)

conscription

e)

militarism

42.

What is the policy of glorifying military power and keeping a standing army always prepared for war?

a)

propaganda

b)

mobiliation

c)

miltarism

d)

reparations

e)

total war

43.

What is the process of assembling troops and supplies, making them ready for war?

a)

conscription

b)

militarism

c)

total war

d)

mobilization

e)

reparations

44.

What is the spreading of ideas to promote a cause or to damage an opposing cause?

a)

total war

b)

militarism

c)

armistice

d)

mobilization

e)

propaganda

45.

What is the right of people to choose their own form of government?

a)

self-determination

b)

contraband

c)

militarism

d)

reparations

e)

mobilization

46.

What is the channeling of a nation's entire resources into a war effort?

a)

armistice

b)

militarism

c)

total war

d)

contraband

e)

mobilization

47.

The US Senate rejected the Treaty of Versailles because it...

a)

took away American sovereignty.

b)

was too harsh on the Central Powers.

c)

was too soft on the Central Powers.

d)

would not end the war.

48.

Select all the new technologies used in World War One.

a)

zepplin

b)

horses

c)

poison gas

d)

tanks

e)

airplanes

49.

Select al the fronts where fighting took place on during World War One.

a)

Western Europe

b)

America

c)

Africa

d)

Eastern Europe

e)

Italy

50.

The impact of the United States entering World War One was...

a)

small because the Germans had more soldiers than the Allies.

b)

crucial because Russia had just left the war and both sides were tired.

c)

huge because the Americans had more soldiers than the Allies.

d)

delayed because the Germans were shooting down all the planes carrying the American troops across the Atlantic Ocean.

51.

The Germans wanted an armistice in the Fall of 1918 because...

a)

the other Allied Powers were out of the war.

b)

Wilson's Fourteen Points were very attractive.

c)

they were satisfied with the territory conquered.

d)

they were tired and its people were one the edge of revolt.

52.

The Russian people removed Tsar Nicholas II because...

a)

he won World War One.

b)

the people were starving.

c)

the Germans won World War One.

d)

the people were happy with his rule.

53.

Which of the following were causes of World War One?

a)

alliances

b)

militarism

c)

nationalism

d)

the Cold War

e)

appeasement

54.

What were the years of World War One?

a)

1914-1918

b)

1939-1945

c)

1954-1972

d)

1945-1991

55.

In World War One, France, Russia, Great Britain, and the United States were in an alliance called...

a)

the Central Powers.

b)

the Allies.

c)

the Axis.

d)

the Three Stooges.

e)

NATO.

56.

In World War One, Germany and Austria-Hungary were in an alliance called...

a)

the Central Powers.

b)

the Allies.

c)

the Axis.

d)

the Three Stooges.

57.

Who was the German Nazi dictator during World War II?

a)

Benito Mussolini

b)

Hideki Tojo

c)

Joseph Stalin

d)

Adolf Hitler

58.

Who was the Italian leader, founder of Italian Fascist Party, and sided with Hitler in World War Two?

a)

Joseph Stalin

b)

Adolf Hitler

c)

Benito Mussolini

d)

Hideki Tojo

59.

Who was the prime minister of Japan during World War II?

a)

Joseph Stalin

b)

Adolf Hitler

c)

Benito Mussolini

d)

Hideki Tojo

60.

Who was the US President during the Great Depression and World War II?

a)

Winston Churchill

b)

Harry Truman

c)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

d)

Joseph Stalin

61.

Who was the communist dictator of the Soviet Union during World War II?

a)

Winston Churchill

b)

Harry Truman

c)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

d)

Joseph Stalin

62.

Who was the prime minister of Great Britain during World War II?

a)

Winston Churchill

b)

Harry Truman

c)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

d)

Joseph Stalin

63.

Who was the US President that finished World War II by deciding to use atomic weapons on Japan?

a)

Winston Churchill

b)

Harry Truman

c)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

d)

Joseph Stalin

64.

What was the union of Austria and Germany that resulted in German occupation in 1938?

a)

fascism

b)

lebensraum

c)

Munich Conference

d)

appeasement

e)

anschluss

65.

What is the giving in to a potential enemy to avoid conflict?

a)

fascism

b)

appeasement

c)

lebensraum

d)

communism

e)

anschluss

66.

What is a classless society where all property is publicly owned, each person works and is given essentials by the government according their needs?

a)

fascism

b)

communism

c)

aschluss

d)

totalitarianism

e)

lebensraum

67.

What is any centralized, authoritarian government that is not communist whose policies glorify the state over the individual and are destructive to basic human rights?

a)

totalitarianism

b)

fascism

c)

lebensraum

d)

communism

e)

anschluss

68.

What was Hitler's expansionist theory based on a drive to acquire "living space" for the German people?

a)

totalitarianism

b)

fascism

c)

lebensraum

d)

communism

e)

anschluss

69.

What was the name of the influential book written by Adolf Hitler describing his life and ideology?

a)

fascism

b)

anschluss

c)

Mein Kampf

d)

lebensraum

e)

totalitarianism

70.

What was the 1938 conference at which European leaders attempted to appease Hitler by turning over the Sudetenland to him in exchange for promise that Germany would not expand Germany's territory any further?

a)

Nazi-Soviet Non-Agression Pact

b)

totalitarianism

c)

Munich Conference

d)

anschluss

e)

lebensraum

71.

What is the agreement wherein Hitler and Stalin agreed not to attack each other but divided Poland for an easy win for both?

a)

Munich Conference

b)

lebensraum

c)

anschluss

d)

Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact

e)

appeasement

72.

What is the name for the Third Republic Germany which began Hitler's rule in 1933 and ended with his defeat in 1945?

a)

lebensraum

b)

Third Reich

c)

appeasement

d)

anschluss

e)

fascism

73.

What is the name for a centralized, dictatorial government requiring complete loyalty to the state?

a)

fascism

b)

lebensraum

c)

totalitarianism

d)

communism

e)

anschluss

74.

What is the name for a member of the National Socialist German Workers' Party?

a)

lebensraum

b)

Munich Conference

c)

Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact

d)

Nazis

e)

Mein Kampf

75.

What is the term introduced by President Franklin D. Roosevelt for America's role in World War II of giving supplies to the British, and eventually the Russian, war efforts?

a)

Atlantic Charter

b)

Scorched Earth Policy

c)

Lend-Lease Act

d)

Arsenal of Democracy

76.

What was the agreement between Churchill and Roosevelt that promised to uphold free trade, rights of people to choose their own government, and the promise to return captured land to its rightful owners?

a)

Atlantic Charter

b)

Scorched Earth Policy

c)

Lend-Lease Act

d)

Arsenal of Democracy

77.

What was the Nazi extermination camp in Poland that was the largest center of mass murder during the Holocaust?

a)

Holocaust / Final Solution

b)

Arsenal of Democracy

c)

Auschwitz

d)

blitzkrieg

e)

farfegnugen

78.

What was the "lightning war" that was a fast moving warfare used by Germany in the early part of World War II?

a)

blitzkrieg

b)

Auschwitz

c)

Lend-Lease Act

d)

Scorched Earth Policy

e)

Arsenal of Democracy

79.

What was the Nazi program of exterminating Jews under Hitler?

a)

Holocaust / Final Solution

b)

Arsenal of Democracy

c)

Auschwitz

d)

blitzkrieg

e)

farfegnugen

80.

What was the US law that allowed the US to offer weapons and other war supplies to the Allied Powers in their fight against the Axis Powers in World War II?

a)

Lend-Lease Act

b)

blitzkrieg

c)

Arsenal of Democracy

d)

Scorched Earth Policy

e)

Atlantic Charter

81.

What was the Soviet practice of burning and destroying everything in the advancing German's path as they invaded the Soviet Union in 1941?

a)

Atlantic Charter

b)

blitzkrieg

c)

Scorched Earth Policy

d)

Holocaust / Final Solution

e)

Lend-Lease Act

82.

What was the name of the retaliatory attack by American bombers after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor?

a)

Maginot Line

b)

Doolittle Raid

c)

island hopping campaign

d)

Operation Torch

83.

What was the name of the Allied plan to recapture Japanese held island in the Pacific by getting one island at a time and attacking only those island that were not well-defended?

a)

Maginot Line

b)

Doolittle Raid

c)

island hopping campaign

d)

Operation Torch

84.

What was the name of the French line of defense built along it border with Germany?

a)

Maginot Line

b)

Doolittle Raid

c)

island hopping campaign

d)

Operation Torch

85.

What was the name of the Allied invasion of North Africa?

a)

Maginot Line

b)

Doolittle Raid

c)

island hopping campaign

d)

Operation Torch

86.

Which date is the start of World War II?

a)

September 1, 1939

b)

June 6, 1944

c)

December 7, 1941

87.

Which date is the attack on Pearl Harbor?

a)

September 1, 1939

b)

June 6, 1944

c)

December 7, 1941

88.

Which date is the D-Day Landings in France?

a)

September 1, 1939

b)

June 6, 1944

c)

December 7, 1941

89.

Who were members of the Allied Powers during World War II?

a)

Germany

b)

Soviet Union

c)

Italy

d)

Great Britain

e)

United States

90.

Who were members of the Axis Powers during World War II?

a)

Germany

b)

Soviet Union

c)

Italy

d)

Great Britain

e)

United States

91.

What rights did accused WWII war criminals possess?

a)

right to freedom

b)

right to cruel and unusual punishment

c)

right to defend themselves at trial

d)

right to remain silent

e)

right to an attorney

92.

WWII war crimes trials were held in _____ and ____ following World War II? (select the locations)

a)

London

b)

Berlin

c)

Nuremberg

d)

Tokyo

e)

Washington, D.C.

93.

Accused WWII war criminals found guilty were _____ or _____. (select those that apply)

a)

jailed

b)

executed

c)

set free

d)

found not guilty

e)

tickle torture

94.

What was the Cold War?

a)

the power struggle between China and the United States after WWII until 1991

b)

the power struggle between North Korea and the United States after WWII until 1991

c)

the power struggle between Vietnam and the United States after WWII until 1991

d)

the power struggle between Soviet Union and the United States after WWII until 1991

95.

How did the United States and the Soviet Union differ during the Cold War?

a)

the US was a democracy, the Soviet Union was communist

b)

the US was a dictatorship, the Soviet Union was a democracy

c)

the US was communist, the Soviet Union was a democracy

d)

the US was a democracy, the Soviet Union was a free market economy

96.

Stalin violated the ____ Agreement by not withdrawing from European countries occupied by the Soviet Army.

a)

London

b)

Casablanca

c)

Potsdam

d)

Yalta

e)

Berlin

97.

During the Cold War, the red countries represented the...

a)

Warsaw Pact.

b)

Allies.

c)

Axis.

d)

NATO countries.

98.

During the Cold War, the blue countries represented the...

a)

Warsaw Pact.

b)

Allies.

c)

Axis.

d)

NATO countries.

99.

What was the policy to prevent the spread of communism?

a)

containment

b)

Warsaw Pact

c)

capitalism

d)

NATO

e)

Marshall Plan

100.

The US policy of providing economic and military aid to countries resisting communism was called the...

a)

Truman Doctrine.

b)

Warsaw Pact.

c)

NATO.

d)

capitalism.

e)

containment.

101.

In 1948, the Soviet Union cut off all ground access to Berlin, Germany. The Allies responded by supplying the city in what became know as the...

a)

Irving Berlin

b)

Berlin Airlift.

c)

Berlin Rescue.

d)

Berlin Wall.

102.

To prevent East Berliners from escaping to the freedom of the West, the communist governments of East Germany and the Soviet Union constructed the...

a)

Irving Berlin

b)

Berlin Airlift.

c)

Berlin Rescue.

d)

Berlin Wall.

103.

The idea that once a country fell to communism, the other countries nearby would also fall to communism is known as...

a)

democracy.

b)

the domino theory.

c)

containment.

d)

the Marshall Plan.

e)

communism.

104.

The 38th Parallel is associated with...

a)

China.

b)

Vietnam.

c)

Korea.

d)

the Marshall Plan.

e)

Berlin.

105.

The communist leader of Vietnam was...

a)

Chiang Kai Shek

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Mao Zedong

d)

Mikhail Gorbachev

e)

Ho Chi Minh

106.

In the 1970s, tensions between the US and the Soviet Union were reduced. This reduction was known as...

a)

mutually assured destruction.

b)

containment.

c)

detente.

d)

the domino theory.

e)

the Marshall Plan.

107.

Mikhail Gorbachev wanted the USSR to be more open to freedom of speech, press, and religion. This plan was called...

a)

glasnost.

b)

perestroika.

c)

free market.

d)

containment.

e)

democracy.

108.

Mikhail Gorbachev wanted to reform and restructure the economy of the Soviet Union towards a free market system. This plan was called...

a)

glasnost.

b)

democracy.

c)

communism.

d)

perestroika.

e)

containment.

109.

Following WWII, the world attempted to regulate the way war was fought. This agreement attempted to protect wounded soldiers and prisoners of war. What was this agreement called?

a)

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

b)

Yalta Agreement

c)

Paris Peace Conference

d)

Geneva Convention

e)

Oslo Accords

110.

Following WWII, the United Nations made clear what were the basic rights and freedoms all humans possessed. This document was called...

a)

the Geneva Convention.

b)

the Yalta Agreement.

c)

the Paris Peace Conference.

d)

the Oslo Accords.

e)

the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.