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European History Test

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This was a period during WWII when Nazi Germans killed 6 million Jews:

a)

Cold War

b)

Russian Revolution

c)

Holocaust

d)

Rise of Fascism

2.

WWII was fought between the following dates:

a)

1914-1918

b)

1947-1991

c)

1939-1945

d)

1963-1967

3.

Because of the Russian Revolution, the Soviet government changed to:

a)

Communism

b)

Democracy

c)

Monarchy

d)

Confederation

4.

The conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union in which no shots were fired was the:

a)

Holocaust

b)

Russian Revolution

c)

WWII

d)

Cold War

5.

The Russian Revolution began in:

a)

1947

b)

1939

c)

1991

d)

1917

6.

Of the following choices, who could be considered the MOST autocratic leader?

a)

Harry Truman

b)

Benito Mussolini

c)

Franklin Roosevelt

d)

Winston Churchill

7.

What was the Zimmerman note?

a)

Hitler’s speech about the Jews

b)

Note about sinking the Lusitania

c)

Britain’s letter of surrender

d)

Note asking Mexico to fight against the U.S. during WWI

8.

What other name is given to World War I?

a)

The Great War

b)

The Holocaust

c)

The German Revolution

d)

The Cold War

9.

What was America’s position at the beginning of WWI?

a)

On the side of the Central Powers

b)

Neutral

c)

On the side of the Allied Powers

d)

On the side of the Axis Powers

10.

What event finally led the U.S. to declare war on Germany and enter WWI?

a)

Communism

b)

Treaty of Versailles

c)

Bombing of Pearl Harbor

d)

Sinking of the Lusitania and Zimmerman Note

11.

In what year did WWI break out in Europe?

a)

1914

b)

1939

c)

1918

d)

1945

12.

The part of the Treaty of Versailles most damaging to Germany was:

a)

Giving up land

b)

Reparations

c)

Reducing the military

d)

Accepting full responsibility for the war

13.

In 1932, Hitler assumed what leadership role in Germany?

a)

Prime Minister

b)

King

c)

Vice President

d)

Chancellor

14.

During the 1920s, Germans were very unhappy because of:

a)

Democratic reforms

b)

The Treaty of Paris

c)

High unemployment and poverty

d)

Religious persecution

15.

Czar Nicholas II was an:

a)

Autocrat

b)

Investor

c)

Democrat

d)

Italian trader

16.

The dividing line that separated the town of Berlin was the:

a)

Iron Curtain

b)

Great Wall of Berlin

c)

Berlin Wall

d)

Mason-Dixon Line

17.

The Eastern Bloc of Germany was led by the:

a)

United States

b)

Soviet Union

c)

Nazi Party

d)

Confederate States of America

18.

The Western half of Germany was mostly:

a)

Democratic

b)

Fascist

c)

Communist

d)

Christian

19.

In 1939, Germany invaded:

a)

The United States

b)

France

c)

Great Britain

d)

Poland

20.

The Russian Revolution started because of:

a)

A corrupt dictator

b)

Break-up of the Soviet Union

c)

The Cold War

d)

Food shortages

21.

In 1939, France and England declared war on Germany, starting:

a)

WWI

b)

WWII

c)

The Russian Revolution

d)

The Cold War

22.

The breakup of the Soviet Union marked the end of:

a)

WWI

b)

WWII

c)

The Russian Revolution

d)

The Cold War

23.

______________ is the largest country of the former Soviet Union.

a)

Germany

b)

France

c)

Poland

d)

Russia

24.

Which country’s unification led to the collapse of the Soviet Union during the Cold War?

a)

Austria-Hungary

b)

Russia

c)

Poland

d)

Germany

25.

As a result of the Holocaust, the United Nations created ________________, a Jewish state in 1948.

a)

Russia

b)

Germany

c)

Israel

d)

Poland

26.

Who was the leader of the Bolsheviks who took control of Russia during the Russian Revolution?

a)

Czar Nicholas II

b)

Vladimir Putin

c)

Vladimir Lenin

d)

Adolf Hitler

27.

During WWI, who was the leader of Russia before the Bolsheviks took control?

a)

Czar Nicholas II

b)

Vladimir Putin

c)

Vladimir Lenin

d)

Adolf Hitler

28.

Which allied country did not sign the Treaty of Versailles?

a)

Germany

b)

Great Britain

c)

France

d)

The United States

29.

What event started the worldwide depression?

a)

1928 Presidential election

b)

War debt

c)

Bank failures

d)

The U.S. stock market crash

30.

Fascism, Nazism, and Communism are all forms of what type of government?

a)

Democratic

b)

Totalitarian

c)

Oligarchic

d)

Federal

31.

Germany’s unstable government led up to the:

a)

Worldwide depression

b)

Russian Revolution

c)

Rise of Nazism

d)

League of Nations

32.

Anti-Semitism is prejudice against:

a)

Germans

b)

Muslims

c)

Jews

d)

Americans

33.

Which event caused the United States to enter World War II?

a)

The Holocaust

b)

The bombing of Pearl Harbor

c)

The Zimmerman note

d)

The Great Depression

34.

What caused Japan to surrender in World War II?

a)

The bombing of Pearl Harbor

b)

Germany’s surrender

c)

The dropping of two atomic bombs on Japan

d)

The break-up of the Soviet Union

35.

Which dictator established a totalitarian regime called the “Third Reich”?

a)

Stalin

b)

Hitler

c)

Mussolini

d)

Lenin