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Matkin World History Final FA19

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 42mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This term refers to the idea that monarchs receive their power from God and therefore that power must not be challenged....

a)

Divine Right

b)

Quid Pro Quo

c)

Absolutism

d)

Lay Investiture

2.

Which monarch built the palace of Versailles (in France) and was also know as the "Sun King"?

a)

Francis the Grand

b)

Peter the Mediocre

c)

Louis XIV

d)

Peter the Great

3.

This Prussian monarch built the strongest and most disciplined military in Central Europe....

a)

Frederick the Great

b)

Peter the Mediocre

c)

Louie Louie

d)

Richard II

4.

This very religious monarch built the “Spanish Armada” to punish Protestant England…

a)

Elvis

b)

Frederick the Great

c)

Philip II

d)

Peter the Mediocre

5.

Which monarch sought to “Westernize” Russia by traveling in Europe and learning skills?

a)

Louis XIV

b)

Richard the Lion Hearted

c)

John Paul

d)

Peter the Great

6.

This popular English monarch did not want to share power and never got married…

a)

Richard the Lion Hearted

b)

Louis XIV

c)

Elizabeth I

d)

Henry VIII

7.

Which monarch shifted alliances to defend Austria against a more powerful Prussian rival?

a)

Simba

b)

Kuzco

c)

Maria Teresa

d)

Elizabeth I

8.

This theory, endorsed by the Roman Catholic Church, stated that the earth was the center of the universe…

a)

Heliocentric Theory

b)

Theory of Relativity

c)

Clockwork Universe Theory

d)

Geocentric Theory

9.

This theory, first proposed by Copernicus, stated that the sun (not the earth) was the center of the universe…

a)

Leviathan Theory

b)

Heliocentric Theory

c)

Geocentric Theory

d)

Abaddon Theory

10.

This scientist of the Scientific Revolution worked with laws of gravity and started the field of physics…

a)

Bradbury

b)

Vonnegut

c)

Newton

d)

Kepler

11.

This astronomer invented the telescope, proved Heliocentric Theory, and then later was placed on house arrest for his ideas…

a)

Haldeman

b)

Galileo

c)

Kepler

d)

Tolkien

12.

Which Enlightenment philosopher strongly believed in freedom of thought, speech, and religion in his war against prejudice, intolerance, and superstition?

a)

Atwood

b)

Montesquieu

c)

Voltaire

d)

Sagan

13.

Which philosopher wrote that humans in a state of nature are selfish, evil, and violent and therefore should be ruled by a powerful government or absolute monarch?

a)

Orwell

b)

Hobbes

c)

Vonnegut

d)

Montesquieu

14.

Which philosopher believed that governments receive their power from the people and should use that power to protect the natural rights of life, liberty, and property

a)

Hobbes

b)

Locke

c)

Adams

d)

Woodall

15.

What is the topic of Crane Brinton’s writing?

a)

The rise of Fascism in Europe

b)

Napoleon’s rise to power after the French Revolution

c)

Absolutism and divine right

d)

Stages and symptoms of revolutions

16.

Why didn’t the French peasants like Marie Antoinette?

a)

Her family was from Great Britain (and spoke with a funny accent)

b)

She was from Austria (traditional enemy of French)

c)

She made them eat cake (and that created a negative body image)

d)

She was married to Napoleon and divorced him after Waterloo

17.

Which term describes Napoleon’s seizure of power in France?

a)

Revolution

b)

Hundred Days

c)

Counter-Revolution

d)

Coup d’état

18.

What device was created to execute all equally, in the spirit of the Enlightenment?

a)

Machine Gun

b)

Guillotine

c)

Dull Axe

d)

Flame Thrower

19.

The main strategy of the Congress of Vienna was to create a long-lasting peace by not harshly punishing France and create a ___________ in Europe?

a)

Balance of Power

b)

League of Nations

c)

Principle of Legitimacy

d)

Armistice

20.

What were the basic principles of the French Revolutions?

a)

Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness

b)

Freedom of Thought, Speech, and Religion

c)

Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity

d)

Revolution, Freedom, and Equality

21.

Who would you find in the Third Estate of pre-revolutionary France?

a)

The clergy of the Roman Catholic Church

b)

The French Nobles

c)

The bourgeoisie, artisans, workers, and peasants

d)

King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette

22.

Which of the following best describes the change in working conditions brought about by the industrial revolution?

a)

People moved out of the cities and created suburban neighborhoods

b)

Cottage industries were replaced by factories

c)

Much more farm work was done by hand

d)

Factories were moved overseas for cheaper labor

23.

A person who revolts against technological changes and wants to return to the “old ways” of manual labor is …

a)

Luddite

b)

Montagnard

c)

Aristocrat

d)

Socialist

24.

Europe first took an interest in Africa because…

a)

Industrialized European countries were in a race to create colonies

b)

Europeans wanted to go on safari

c)

Tribal leaders were willing to sell prisoners as slaves

d)

Africa had numerous raw materials to fuel European factories

25.

Which of the following countries did not have colonies in Africa during the Age of Imperialism?

a)

Russia

b)

Great Britain

c)

Germany

d)

Portugal

26.

Which of the following was a cause of WWI?

a)

Meatless Monday

b)

Nationalism

c)

Appeasement

d)

Internment

27.

The systematic use of material to spread information, doctrine, or a particular point of view is called…

a)

Nationalism

b)

Propaganda

c)

Bolshevism

d)

Proposition

28.

According to the Schlieffen Plan, Germany’s first objective was to…

a)

March straight into France and dig trenches as soon as possible

b)

Attack France through neutral Belgium and try to force a quick surrender

c)

Attack Russia and try to get them to surrender quickly

d)

Use U-Boats to invade England and force a quick surrender

29.

Which of the following was a hazard of Trench warfare?

a)

Wookies

b)

Poison Gas

c)

Blitzkrieg

d)

Holocaust

30.

Who wrote the WWI book All Quiet on the Western Front?

a)

Adolf Hitler

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Erick Maria Remarque

d)

Winston Churchill

31.

What was the name of the small Marxist group that sought to change life in Russia through revolution?

a)

Vietcong

b)

Czarists

c)

Zapatistas

d)

Bolsheviks

32.

Who became the new Russian leader after the collapse of the provisional government?

a)

Vladimir Lenin

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

John Lennon

d)

Grigori Rasputin

33.

How did Russia become the USSR?

a)

Stalin changed the name when he made an agreement with Hitler in 1939

b)

Russia defeated Germany in WWI (part of the peace agreement)

c)

It went through a mid-life crisis and needed a change

d)

Lenin changed the name to signify a new Communist Russia

34.

This leader replaced Vladimir Lenin as leader of the USSR in 1924…

a)

Leon Trotsky

b)

John Lennon

c)

Joseph Stalin

d)

Vladimir Putin

35.

In a Nazi Party speech, Hitler claimed that this was designed to humiliate Germany…

a)

Treaty of Versailles

b)

Ledenhosen

c)

Nuremburg Laws

d)

Kristallnact

36.

General Tojo’s vision of a modern Japanese Empire can best be described as the…

a)

Flight of the Concords

b)

Manchurian Candidate

c)

Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere

d)

Axis Alliance

37.

Which of the following was not one of Hitler’s actions that led up to the start of WWII?

a)

Occupying the Sudentenland

b)

Invasion of Poland

c)

Militarizing the Rhineland

d)

Bombing of Britain

38.

Hitler’s goal of creating “living space” for the (chosen) German people to thrive is…

a)

Kristallnact

b)

Untermenschen

c)

Holocaust

d)

Lebensraum

39.

This battle on the beaches of Normandy is considered one of the greatest amphibious invasions in history…

a)

Operation Overlord “D-Day”

b)

Operation Barbarossa

c)

Operation Mandalorian

d)

Operation Midway

40.

Hitler’s plan to isolate German Jews in Ghettos and then move them to concentration camps is called…

a)

Mein Kampf

b)

Lebensraum

c)

Uberführer

d)

The Final Solution

41.

The ideological difference between the USA and the USSR during the Cold War can best be described as…

a)

Good vs. Evil

b)

Democracy vs. Communism

c)

Rocky vs. Drago

d)

Fascism vs. Absolutism

42.

The idea that two enemies are both so powerful that neither one can afford to risk a war is called…

a)

Deterrence

b)

New World Order

c)

Ideology

d)

Resolve

43.

Which answer best describes the end circumstances that brought an end to the Cold War?

a)

Iraq’s 1990 invasion of Kuwait united two former enemies

b)

Metallica played Moscow in 1991

c)

The Unite Nations negotiated a successful armistice

d)

Communism declined in the late 1980s and the USSR broke apart in the early 1990s

44.

A battle of words and ideas in which countries try to avoid direct conflict involving weapons and soldiers is called a…

a)

Phony War

b)

Hot War

c)

Silent War

d)

Cold War

45.

This even involved efforts to save a democratic city located in the middle of a communist country

a)

Berlin Airlift

b)

Munich Conference

c)

Warsaw Pact

d)

Potsdam Relief

46.

After WWII, this country was divided into four quadrants- with the USA, Great Britain, France, and Russia each controlling one quadrant…

a)

Germany

b)

Italy

c)

Japan

d)

Poland

47.

Why did the United States support dictators in Central and South American during the Cold War, even if these dictators were known to torture and/or murder their own citizens?

a)

The USA felt it would be better to have a dictator in power than let Communist rebels take over

b)

The USA moved away from democracy and closer to dictatorship

c)

Many of these dictators gave money and equipment to the United States as a bribe

d)

Many of these dictators had nuclear weapons and created nuclear deterrence

48.

German philosophy of "lightning warfare"...

a)

Abwehr

b)

Holocaust

c)

Blitzkrieg

d)

Kampfgeist

49.

Who would you find in the First Estate of pre-revolutionary France?

a)

The clergy of the Roman Catholic Church

b)

The French Nobles

c)

The bourgeoisie, artisans, workers, and peasants

d)

King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette

50.

Who would you find in the Second Estate of pre-revolutionary France?

a)

The clergy of the Roman Catholic Church

b)

The French Nobles

c)

The bourgeoisie, artisans, workers, and peasants

d)

King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette