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WHII Final Review

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What religion uses this symbol and is known for its 5 pillars?

a)

Islam

b)

Christianity

c)

Hinduism

d)

Judaism

2.

What religion is centered in the country shown in white on the map?

a)

Hinduism

b)

Christianity

c)

Buddhism

d)

Judaism

3.
Movement after the Middle Ages that was a time of new ideas and the interest of the classical learning of Ancient Greece and Rome.
a)
Reformation 
b)
Renaissance
c)
Enlightenment 
d)
Post Classical Learning 
4.
Which movement talked about the importance of human beings and believed in the worth of and potential of all individuals?
a)
Humanism 
b)
Renaissance 
c)
Enlightenment 
d)
Vernacular
5.

Which artist painted the Mona Lisa?

a)

Raphael

b)

Da Vinci

c)

Michelangelo

d)

Donatello

6.
Predestination was the main doctrine of 
a)
theocracy
b)
Calvinism
c)
Islam
d)
the Catholic Reformation
7.
Luther protested the practice of selling indulgences. What was that practice?
a)
reading the bible
b)
selling pardons that released people from their sins to get into heaven
c)
creating beautiful paintings
d)
indulgences permitted priests to marry and have children
8.
Martin Luther is considered the start of the Reformation because he posted this:
a)
10 Commandments
b)
95 Theses
c)
New Testament
d)
Old Testament
9.
What was one of the goals of the Counter-Reformation (Council of Trent)?
a)
To clarify Calvinist teachings
b)
To affirm the Lutheran belief in predestination
c)
To correct abuses/corruption in the Catholic Church
d)
To win people over to Anglican beliefs
10.

The Act of Supremacy named _____________ as leader of the Anglican Church.

a)

John Calvin

b)

Louis XIV

c)

Martin Luther

d)

Henry VIII

11.
Galileo was tried for heresy because he argued  
a)
That heaven did not exist
b)
That Earth revolved around the sun
c)
Against the law of gravity
d)
That the sun revolved around the Earth
12.
During the Scientific Revolution the heliocentric view of the universe was first proposed by __.
a)
Ptolemy
b)
Francis Bacon
c)
Isaac Newton
d)
Nicolaus Copernicus
13.
Who developed the Law of Gravity and Motion?
a)
Sir Francis Bacon
b)
Issac Newton
c)
John Locke
d)
Ptolemy
14.
This was the exchange of ideas, people, culture from the old world to the new world
a)
European Exchange
b)
Colombian Exchange
c)
Colombian Trade
d)
Triangular Trade
15.
Goods that explorers wanted in the New World were
a)
Spices and Silk
b)
Rum
c)
Weapons
d)
None of the above
16.
First explorer to circumnavigate the world 
a)
Columbus 
b)
Magellan 
c)
Cook 
d)
Champlain 
17.
Portuguese explorer, became the first to sail to India by going around Africa.  
a)
Samuel de Champlain 
b)
Columbus 
c)
James Cook 
d)
Vasco de Gama 
18.

Which European made first contact with the Inca?

a)

Francisco Pizarro

b)

Hernan Cortes

c)

Christopher Columbus

d)

Amerigo Vespucci

19.
Type of government in which one ruler has supreme unlimited power that is not bound by any other written law.
a)
Democracy
b)
Absolute Monarchy
c)
Communism
d)
Oligarchy
20.
What is Divine Right?
a)
a set of rules used by the greeks
b)
the God given right to rule
c)
Hitler's reason to exterminate Jewish people
d)
Machiavelli's theory on power
21.
Who modernized Russia bringing better shipbuilding, gov't, manufacturing, city planning, music, and fashion
a)
Louis XIV
b)
Catherine the Great
c)
Peter the Great
d)
Ivan III
22.
What was a result of the Glorious Revolution?
a)
England turned into a Democracy
b)
The patriarchy fell
c)
King and Queens were considered illegal
d)
A bill of rights was made protecting civil liberties
23.
Louis XIV built a new capital city, and palace, in this French town.
a)
Normandy
b)
Paris
c)
Sienne
d)
Versailles
24.
Gutenberg invented the __________ that increased literacy rates and helped spread the ideas of the reformation 
a)
Bible
b)
Telescope
c)
Mass media
d)
Printing Press
25.

Why did Catholic Missionaries travel to the Americas, Africa and Asia?

a)

to destroy Protestant Churches

b)

to spread Christianity to the people there

c)

to teach indigenous people to read and write

d)

to share agricultural methods with indigenous people

26.

Which of these items traveled from North America to Europe?

a)

lumber

b)

slaves

c)

iron goods

d)

fabric

27.

What problems did labor unions protest against?

a)

higher wages

b)

shorter hours

c)

poor working conditions

d)

safety

28.

What was the name of the city that became Istanbul before the Ottomans took it over?

a)

Jerusalem

b)

Damascus

c)

Constantinople

d)

Byzantine

29.

Which of these empire had Islam as the majority religion?

a)

Mughal

b)

Inca

c)

Qing

d)

Ottoman

30.

Japan limited the influence of Europeans on their country through trade. This is called...

a)

Sphere of Influence

b)

Isolationism

c)

Imperialism

d)

Nationalism

31.
Who believed the government should protect a person's three natural rights: life, liberty, and property?
a)
Rousseau
b)
Beccaria
c)
Wollstonecraft
d)
Locke
32.
Who believed in a separation of powers as a way to provide checks and balances?
a)
Montesquieu
b)
Rousseau
c)
Hobbes
d)
Voltaire
33.
Who believed there should be a separation of church and state?
a)
Voltaire
b)
Rousseau
c)
Wollstonecraft
d)
Hobbes
34.

Which enlightenment thinker wrote that a government is needed to keep order in his book Leviathan?

a)

Voltaire

b)

Hobbes

c)

Rousseau

d)

Beccaria

35.
Taking pride in a country's people and culture is known as —
a)
Nationalism
b)
Isolationism
c)
Communism
d)
Capitalism
36.

Even though the Revolutions of 1848 were unsuccessful, they showed...

a)

People wanted a change in government because of nationalism ideas

b)

The absolute monarchs were weak and extravagant leaders

c)

The Congress of Vienna did not consider that many of the old monarchies had passed away

d)

The absolute monarchies refused to listen to the Congress of Vienna's decisions on the land

37.
Why did the Congress of Vienna return absolute monarchs to power in Europe after the Napoleonic Wars?
a)
to restore order and the balance of power
b)
to encourage the spread of nationalism
c)
to promote the spread of Enlightenment ideas
d)
to protect the power of the Catholic Church
38.

How does Napoleon's legacy as leader of France still affect us today?

a)

Shariah Law

b)

English Common Law

c)

Napoleonic Code

d)

Code of Hammurabi

39.
Who led the slave based Revolution in Haiti?
a)
Napoleon Bonaparte
b)
Simon Bolivar
c)
Olaudah Equiano
d)
Toussaint L'Ouverture
40.

Which of the following BEST summarizes the French Revolution?

a)

Robespierre became king of France and ruled with brutality until overthrown by Napoleon

b)

The Second Estate imprisoned thousands of peasants at the Bastille to stop the mobs and prevent a revolution

c)

Lack of food and high taxes led the Third Estate to rebel, proclaim a constitutional monarchy, then execute the king and create a republic

d)

Thousands of people were executed for being enemies of the state during the Reign of Terror, but then Austria and Prussia invaded and restored Louis XVI to the throne

41.

About what percent of France's population belonged to the Third Estate?

a)

2 percent

b)

50 percent

c)

75 percent

d)

97 percent

42.

Based on the graphic, which of these classes were the least powerful?

a)

Mestizos

b)

Natives

c)

Creoles (criollos)

d)

Viceroys

43.

This leader fought for independence in South America.

a)

Toussaint L'Ouverture

b)

George Washington

c)

Simon Bolivar

d)

Oliver Cromwell

44.

What is a weak nation under the protection and control of a strong nation?

a)

Colony

b)

Sphere of influence

c)

Canada

d)

Protectorate

45.

The Boxer Rebellion fought to push westerners out of the country in...

a)

China

b)

India

c)

Japan

d)

France

46.

What was the "spark" that started WWI?

a)

The Zimmerman Telegram

b)

Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand

c)

Sinking of the Lusitania

d)

Battle of the Somme

47.

Who led the 1917 Communist Bolshevik Revolution that led Russia to stop fighting in WWI?

a)

Wilhelm

b)

Lenin

c)

Stalin

d)

Nicholas II

48.

What treat ended WWI and punished Germany immeasurably?

a)

Treaty of Guadalupe Hildalgo

b)

Treaty of Paris

c)

Treaty of Versailles

49.

Which of these happened as a result of WWI?

a)

European Countries started new colonies

b)

Empires were destroyed

c)

the Mandate System began

d)

European Colonies began fighting for independence

e)

ALL European Countries continued to rule their colonies

50.

Which of these are characteristic of WWI?

a)

trench warfare

b)

Allied Bombing Raids

c)

use of poison gas

d)

stalemate

e)

atomic bombs

51.

Why was the League of Nations doomed to fail?

a)

Woodrow Wilson didn't have a good plan for it

b)

The United States didn't join it

c)

International Cooperation never works

d)

It was created to prevent future wars

52.

Which of these pairs correctly shows a Cold War Rivalry?

a)

nationalism v. communism

b)

capitalism v. dictatorship

c)

democracy v. fascism

d)

free enterprise v. communism

53.

Which of these countries became independent when the Mandate System ended?

a)

Lebanon

b)

Turkey

c)

Iraq

d)

Syria

e)

Egypt

54.

This leader was known for Perestroika, a reform of the economy in the USSR.

a)

Vladamir Lenin

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Mikhail Gorbachev

d)

Nikita Khrushchev

55.

Who was the Communist Leader of China in the Chinese Civil War?

a)

Mao Zedong

b)

Chieng-Kai-Shek

56.

Which of these were leaders of independence movements in Africa?

a)

Jomo Kenyatta

b)

Mohandas Ghandi

c)

Mao Zedong

d)

Nelson Mandela

e)

Patrice Lumumba

57.

___________________________ is the systematic killing of a specific racial, religious or political group of people.

a)

war crime

b)

isolation

c)

nationalism

d)

genocide

58.

Which of these are international organizations that were created to facilitate trade?

a)

United Nations

b)

NAFTA

c)

European Union

d)

FIFA

e)

World Trade Organization

59.

Which of these is true of Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia AFTER the fall of the Soviet Union?

a)

they unified in multiethnic nations

b)

they separated based on their ethnic differences

c)

they both experienced discrimination and genocide

d)

they continued their communist regimes

60.

Which of these individuals was responsible for the 9/11 Attacks?

a)

Josef Stalin

b)

Anwar Sadat

c)

Osama bin Laden

d)

Jomo Kenyatta

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