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WorksheetsMatkin World History Final FA19
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 42mins
This term refers to the idea that monarchs receive their power from God and therefore that power must not be challenged....
Divine Right
Quid Pro Quo
Absolutism
Lay Investiture
Which monarch built the palace of Versailles (in France) and was also know as the "Sun King"?
Francis the Grand
Peter the Mediocre
Louis XIV
Peter the Great
This Prussian monarch built the strongest and most disciplined military in Central Europe....
Frederick the Great
Peter the Mediocre
Louie Louie
Richard II
This very religious monarch built the “Spanish Armada” to punish Protestant England…
Elvis
Frederick the Great
Philip II
Peter the Mediocre
Which monarch sought to “Westernize” Russia by traveling in Europe and learning skills?
Louis XIV
Richard the Lion Hearted
John Paul
Peter the Great
This popular English monarch did not want to share power and never got married…
Richard the Lion Hearted
Louis XIV
Elizabeth I
Henry VIII
Which monarch shifted alliances to defend Austria against a more powerful Prussian rival?
Simba
Kuzco
Maria Teresa
Elizabeth I
This theory, endorsed by the Roman Catholic Church, stated that the earth was the center of the universe…
Heliocentric Theory
Theory of Relativity
Clockwork Universe Theory
Geocentric Theory
This theory, first proposed by Copernicus, stated that the sun (not the earth) was the center of the universe…
Leviathan Theory
Heliocentric Theory
Geocentric Theory
Abaddon Theory
This scientist of the Scientific Revolution worked with laws of gravity and started the field of physics…
Bradbury
Vonnegut
Newton
Kepler
This astronomer invented the telescope, proved Heliocentric Theory, and then later was placed on house arrest for his ideas…
Haldeman
Galileo
Kepler
Tolkien
Which Enlightenment philosopher strongly believed in freedom of thought, speech, and religion in his war against prejudice, intolerance, and superstition?
Atwood
Montesquieu
Voltaire
Sagan
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?
Orwell
Hobbes
Vonnegut
Montesquieu
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
Hobbes
Locke
Adams
Woodall
What is the topic of Crane Brinton’s writing?
The rise of Fascism in Europe
Napoleon’s rise to power after the French Revolution
Absolutism and divine right
Stages and symptoms of revolutions
Why didn’t the French peasants like Marie Antoinette?
Her family was from Great Britain (and spoke with a funny accent)
She was from Austria (traditional enemy of French)
She made them eat cake (and that created a negative body image)
She was married to Napoleon and divorced him after Waterloo
Which term describes Napoleon’s seizure of power in France?
Revolution
Hundred Days
Counter-Revolution
Coup d’état
What device was created to execute all equally, in the spirit of the Enlightenment?
Machine Gun
Guillotine
Dull Axe
Flame Thrower
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?
Balance of Power
League of Nations
Principle of Legitimacy
Armistice
What were the basic principles of the French Revolutions?
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness
Freedom of Thought, Speech, and Religion
Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity
Revolution, Freedom, and Equality
Who would you find in the Third Estate of pre-revolutionary France?
The clergy of the Roman Catholic Church
The French Nobles
The bourgeoisie, artisans, workers, and peasants
King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette
Which of the following best describes the change in working conditions brought about by the industrial revolution?
People moved out of the cities and created suburban neighborhoods
Cottage industries were replaced by factories
Much more farm work was done by hand
Factories were moved overseas for cheaper labor
A person who revolts against technological changes and wants to return to the “old ways” of manual labor is …
Luddite
Montagnard
Aristocrat
Socialist
Europe first took an interest in Africa because…
Industrialized European countries were in a race to create colonies
Europeans wanted to go on safari
Tribal leaders were willing to sell prisoners as slaves
Africa had numerous raw materials to fuel European factories
Which of the following countries did not have colonies in Africa during the Age of Imperialism?
Russia
Great Britain
Germany
Portugal
Which of the following was a cause of WWI?
Meatless Monday
Nationalism
Appeasement
Internment
The systematic use of material to spread information, doctrine, or a particular point of view is called…
Nationalism
Propaganda
Bolshevism
Proposition
According to the Schlieffen Plan, Germany’s first objective was to…
March straight into France and dig trenches as soon as possible
Attack France through neutral Belgium and try to force a quick surrender
Attack Russia and try to get them to surrender quickly
Use U-Boats to invade England and force a quick surrender
Which of the following was a hazard of Trench warfare?
Wookies
Poison Gas
Blitzkrieg
Holocaust
Who wrote the WWI book All Quiet on the Western Front?
Adolf Hitler
Joseph Stalin
Erick Maria Remarque
Winston Churchill
What was the name of the small Marxist group that sought to change life in Russia through revolution?
Vietcong
Czarists
Zapatistas
Bolsheviks
Who became the new Russian leader after the collapse of the provisional government?
Vladimir Lenin
Joseph Stalin
John Lennon
Grigori Rasputin
How did Russia become the USSR?
Stalin changed the name when he made an agreement with Hitler in 1939
Russia defeated Germany in WWI (part of the peace agreement)
It went through a mid-life crisis and needed a change
Lenin changed the name to signify a new Communist Russia
This leader replaced Vladimir Lenin as leader of the USSR in 1924…
Leon Trotsky
John Lennon
Joseph Stalin
Vladimir Putin
In a Nazi Party speech, Hitler claimed that this was designed to humiliate Germany…
Treaty of Versailles
Ledenhosen
Nuremburg Laws
Kristallnact
General Tojo’s vision of a modern Japanese Empire can best be described as the…
Flight of the Concords
Manchurian Candidate
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
Axis Alliance
Which of the following was not one of Hitler’s actions that led up to the start of WWII?
Occupying the Sudentenland
Invasion of Poland
Militarizing the Rhineland
Bombing of Britain
Hitler’s goal of creating “living space” for the (chosen) German people to thrive is…
Kristallnact
Untermenschen
Holocaust
Lebensraum
This battle on the beaches of Normandy is considered one of the greatest amphibious invasions in history…
Operation Overlord “D-Day”
Operation Barbarossa
Operation Mandalorian
Operation Midway
Hitler’s plan to isolate German Jews in Ghettos and then move them to concentration camps is called…
Mein Kampf
Lebensraum
Uberführer
The Final Solution
The ideological difference between the USA and the USSR during the Cold War can best be described as…
Good vs. Evil
Democracy vs. Communism
Rocky vs. Drago
Fascism vs. Absolutism
The idea that two enemies are both so powerful that neither one can afford to risk a war is called…
Deterrence
New World Order
Ideology
Resolve
Which answer best describes the end circumstances that brought an end to the Cold War?
Iraq’s 1990 invasion of Kuwait united two former enemies
Metallica played Moscow in 1991
The Unite Nations negotiated a successful armistice
Communism declined in the late 1980s and the USSR broke apart in the early 1990s
A battle of words and ideas in which countries try to avoid direct conflict involving weapons and soldiers is called a…
Phony War
Hot War
Silent War
Cold War
This even involved efforts to save a democratic city located in the middle of a communist country
Berlin Airlift
Munich Conference
Warsaw Pact
Potsdam Relief
After WWII, this country was divided into four quadrants- with the USA, Great Britain, France, and Russia each controlling one quadrant…
Germany
Italy
Japan
Poland
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?
The USA felt it would be better to have a dictator in power than let Communist rebels take over
The USA moved away from democracy and closer to dictatorship
Many of these dictators gave money and equipment to the United States as a bribe
Many of these dictators had nuclear weapons and created nuclear deterrence
German philosophy of "lightning warfare"...
Abwehr
Holocaust
Blitzkrieg
Kampfgeist
Who would you find in the First Estate of pre-revolutionary France?
The clergy of the Roman Catholic Church
The French Nobles
The bourgeoisie, artisans, workers, and peasants
King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette
Who would you find in the Second Estate of pre-revolutionary France?
The clergy of the Roman Catholic Church
The French Nobles
The bourgeoisie, artisans, workers, and peasants
King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette
