Free Printable Full World History Pre-Test

1.

The ancient Greek city-state of Sparta was run as an oligarchy, meaning...

a)

the economy was controlled by the masses

b)

a small group of citizens controlled things

c)

foreigners were not allowed to participate in trade

d)

all adult males enjoyed equal political rights

2.

Which philosopher used the method of asking questions to reach the truth?

a)

Pythagoras

b)

Socrates

c)

Plato

d)

Aristotle

3.

The influence of Greek and Roman culture on some Renaissance art is reflected in...

a)

the impact of William Shakespeare's writing in southern Europe

b)

a realistic portrayal of the human body

c)

a competition promoted between northern and southern European artists

d)

challenges made to ancient religious ideals

4.

Johann Gutenberg contributed to the spread of information by improving

a)

the printing press

b)

the telegraph

c)

the construction of railroads

d)

the copier machine

5.

This queen tolerated dissenters (people who didn't agree with protestantism). She also made the Anglican Church the Official Church of England.

a)

Queen Elizabeth I

b)

Queen Victoria

c)

Princess Diana

d)

Queen Mary I

6.

Why did the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade expand after the 16th century?

a)

The slave trade increased mainly because of the need for skilled laborers at the start of the Industrial Revolution.

b)

European powers such as Spain and Netherlands brought slaves to their colonies in Southwest Asia to work on plantations.

c)

European countries such as Spain and Portugal brought slaves to their colonies in Latin America to work on plantations.

d)

The slave trade increased mainly because of the need for domestic slaves to work in the homes of the wealthy.

7.

All of these were inspirations for 15th century European exploration of the Western Hemisphere EXCEPT

a)

to search for basic resources and land suitable for farming

b)

the desire to establish new trade routes to Asia

c)

the desire to spread Christianity

d)

the desire to conquer India and China

8.

The Columbian Exchange is best defined as...

a)

the transfer of technology and ideas between the old and new world

b)

the development of a system of transportation used for communication around the world

c)

the exchange of goods, plants, animals, and diseases between the western and eastern hemispheres

d)

the forced colonization of nations in Africa and Asia

9.

What did the ideas of John Locke, Baron de Montesquieu, and Jean Jacques Rousseau have in common?

a)

Their philosophies challenged the tradition role of women

b)

Their philosophies inspired the American and French revolutions

c)

Their theories promoted fairness in the criminal justice system

d)

Their theories encouraged the establishment of absolute monarchs

10.

THE PREAMBLE TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION

"WE THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES, IN ORDER TO FORM A MORE PERFECT UNION, ESTABLISH JUSTICE, INSURE DOMESTIC TRANQUILITY, PROVIDE FOR THE COMMON DEFENSE, PROMOTE THE GENERAL WELFARE, AND SECURE THE BLESSING OF LIBERTY TO OURSELVES AND OUR POSTERITY, DO ORDAIN AND ESTABLISH THIS CONSTITUTION FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA"

What Enlightenment idea is reflected in the Preamble to the US Constitution?

a)

A system of check and balances is necessary

b)

The government's power comes from the people

c)

All men are created equal

d)

Power should be divided among three branches

11.

THE PREAMBLE TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION

"WE THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES, IN ORDER TO FORM A MORE PERFECT UNION, ESTABLISH JUSTICE, INSURE DOMESTIC TRANQUILITY, PROVIDE FOR THE COMMON DEFENSE, PROMOTE THE GENERAL WELFARE, AND SECURE THE BLESSING OF LIBERTY TO OURSELVES AND OUR POSTERITY, DO ORDAIN AND ESTABLISH THIS CONSTITUTION FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA"

With which philosopher would we most associate with the ideas contained in this selection?

a)

Thomas Hobbes

b)

Montesquieu

c)

Rousseau

d)

John Locke

12.

Historians have regarded the American Revolution as being of worldwide importance because it...

a)

a monarchy won and maintained control over the colonies

b)

ended European imperialism in the Western Hemisphere

c)

was the first war against the South Americans

d)

marked the successful emergence of other revolutions

13.

Who is considered the father of Latin American independence?

a)

Simon Bolivar

b)

Toussaint L'Ouverture

c)

George Washington

d)

Napoleon Bonaparte

14.

WHEN I WAS A SURGEON IN THE INFIRMARY, ACCIDENTS WERE VERY OFTEN ADMITTED. THE INFIRMARY, THROUGH THE CHILDREN'S HANDS AND ARMS HAVING BEING CAUGHT IN THE MACHINERY; IN MANY INSTANCES MUSCLES, AND THE SKIN IN STRIPPED DOWN TO THE BONE, AND IN SOME INSTANCES A FINGER OR TWO MIGHT BE LOST. LAST SUMMER I VISITED LEVER STREET SCHOOL. THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN AT THE TIME IN THE SCHOOL, WHO WERE EMPLOYED IN THE FACTORIES, WAS 106. THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN WHO HAD RECEIVED INJURIES FROM THE MACHINERY AMOUNTED TO VERY NEARLY ONE HALF. THERE WERE FOURTY-SEVEN INJURED THIS WAY.

-INTERVIEW OF DR. WARD OF MANCHESTER,

MARCH 25, 1819

Which time period is BEST associated with the information provided in the interview?

a)

Scientific Revolution

b)

Reformation

c)

Spanish Inquisition

d)

Industrialization

15.

WHEN I WAS A SURGEON IN THE INFIRMARY, ACCIDENTS WERE VERY OFTEN ADMITTED. THE INFIRMARY, THROUGH THE CHILDREN'S HANDS AND ARMS HAVING BEING CAUGHT IN THE MACHINERY; IN MANY INSTANCES MUSCLES, AND THE SKIN IN STRIPPED DOWN TO THE BONE, AND IN SOME INSTANCES A FINGER OR TWO MIGHT BE LOST. LAST SUMMER I VISITED LEVER STREET SCHOOL. THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN AT THE TIME IN THE SCHOOL, WHO WERE EMPLOYED IN THE FACTORIES, WAS 106. THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN WHO HAD RECEIVED INJURIES FROM THE MACHINERY AMOUNTED TO VERY NEARLY ONE HALF. THERE WERE FOURTY-SEVEN INJURED THIS WAY.

-INTERVIEW OF DR. WARD OF MANCHESTER,

MARCH 25, 1819

What reform needed to take place based on this interview?

a)

Women's Suffrage

b)

Shorter Workdays

c)

Pollution Control

d)

Child Labor Laws

16.

Which of the following was a short term impact of the Industrial Revolution?

a)

Growth of factories

b)

New inventions

c)

Banking and Investment system

d)

All of the Above

17.

This map best represent which time period in history?

a)

Imperialism

b)

WWII

c)

The Trans-Saharan Trade Routes

d)

20th century African revolutions

18.

The mid-20th century revolutions in Africa resulted in the independence of many nations whom...

a)

the people who persecuted them from their Muslim beliefs

b)

the imperialist countries of the 1800s

c)

the nations who claimed land during the Age of Exploration

d)

the fascist leaders' conquests during WWII

19.

*Tanks

*Machine Guns

*Flamethrowers

*Airplanes

These new military technologies resulted in a huge expansion of the military tactic known as trench warfare and made ___________ the most deadly war up to that point in history.

a)

Civil War

b)

World War II

c)

Cold War

d)

The Great War

20.

Whose assassination on June 28, 1914 triggered the diplomatic crisis of 1914?

a)

Russian Czar Nicholas

b)

American Martin Luther King Jr

c)

Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand

d)

German Adolf Hitler

21.

What treaty ended World War I in 1919?

a)

Treaty of Tordesillas

b)

Treaty of Versailles

c)

Treaty of Paris

d)

the Marshall Plan

22.

During his rise to power, Hitler gained popularity and helped stir extreme anti-Semitic sentiment by...

a)

blaming the collapse of world trade and other economic failures on Jewish financiers

b)

destroying the rule of law in Germany so that Germans would seek retribution on each other

c)

making the people of Germany believe that the Soviet Union was going to attack them

d)

convincing Germans that the United States was responsible for their many hardships

23.

Joseph Stalin was a powerful and ruthless leader of the Soviet Union from 1929-1953. Which of the following was associated with Stalin during his time of leadership?

a)

The Boston Massacre

b)

The Holocaust

c)

The Five Year Plan

d)

The Reign of Terror

24.

The nature of totalitarianism as it differs from authoritarian governments is BEST illustrated in...

a)

the Islamic absolute monarchy of Saudi Arabia

b)

the military of junta of Myanmar

c)

the single-party Communist state of the People's Republic of China

d)

the police state of Nazi Germany

25.

Based on the chart below, it is evident a major cause of WWII was...

1931 - Japan invades Manchuria

1935 - Italy invades Ethiopia

1936 - Germany militarizes the Rhineland

1938 - Hitler agrees to stop expansion at the Munich Conference.

a)

the warlike attitude of countries in the Pacific Ocean region

b)

the failure of the League of Nations to stop the aggressive behaviors of some countries

c)

the reluctance of European countries to look outside of their boarders after Napoleon's empire

d)

the failed economic policies of the Great Depression

26.

- created October 24, 1945

- created to foster international unity

- 51 nations joined in 1945

- 192 member nations

What international organization is being described in the list above?

a)

The Atlantic Charter

b)

The Warsaw Pact

c)

The League of Nations

d)

The United Nations

27.

The primary purpose of the Marshall Plan was to...

a)

aid the economic recovery of war-torn Europe

b)

set up a military alliance of anti-communist nations

c)

end the rift between the United States and the Soviet Union

d)

stop the spread of Communism in Southeast Asia

28.

What was the purpose of the "ghettoes" created by the Nazi regime in Poland and Eastern Europe during WWII?

a)

exterminate the Jews

b)

to allow the Jews to express their culture freely without Nazi pressure

c)

reunite the German Jews with the Polish Jews

d)

isolate the Jews from the rest of the populace

29.

What was the name of the military alliance formed by the United States and its European and Canadian allies during the 1950s?

a)

League of Nations

b)

NATO

c)

NAFTA

d)

European Union

30.

What would be the BEST title for this chart?

World War II

Military Invasions

- Germany invades Poland

- Italy attacks Ethiopia

- Japan invades China

Rise of Fascist Leaders:

- Hitler (Germany)

- Mussolini (Italy)

- Tojo (Japan)

Failure of European and World Economies:

- High unemployment

- Failure of Banks

- Start of the Great Depression

Treaty of Versailles:

- Germany must take reparations

- Germany loses African colonies

- Germany must take blame for causing the war

World War I

a)

Events during WWI

b)

Economic problems between the Wars

c)

Totalitarian Regimes between the Wars

d)

Causes of WWII

31.

After World War II, the United Nations formed a new country in the Middle East to compensate for the Holocaust. However the area they chose was already predominated by another culture. The formation of this country caused a longstanding, bloody conflict between these two groups. Which two groups was the fight between?

a)

Egyptians and Ottomans

b)

United Nations and the Israelities

c)

Palestinians and British

d)

Palestinians and Israelities

32.

"WE BELIEVE THAT THE PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW THE FACTS ABOUT THE RELATIVE POSITIONS OF THE U.S. AND THE SOVIET UNION IN THIS TECHNOLOGICAL RACE WHICH IS PERHAPS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT EVENT OF OUR TIMES. THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO FIND OUT WHY A NATION WITH OUR VASTLY SUPERIOR SCIENTIFIC, ECONOMIC, AND MILITARY POTENTIAL IS BEGING AT THE VERY LEAST EQUALED AND PERHAPS SURPASSED BY A COUNTRY THAT LESS THAN TWO DECADES AGO WOULDN'T EVEN PLAY IN THE SAME SCIENTIFIC BALL PARK. THEY ALSO HAVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE DECISIONS AS TO WETHER THEY WANT THEIR GOVERNMENT TO MAINTAIN OUR CURRENT LEADERSHIP OF THE FREE WORLD REGARDLESS OF THE COST IN DOLLARS AND SWEAT."

-ROBERT HOTZ, "SPUTNIK IN THE SKY", AVIATION WEEK, OCTOBER 14, 1975

In reference to the passage above, what term is BEST related?

a)

Globalization

b)

Appeasement

c)

World War One

d)

Arms Race

33.

Looking at the political cartoon above, with which time period would this cartoon BEST be associated?

a)

Cold War

b)

Industrial Revolution

c)

WWI

d)

Protestant Reformation

34.

Who helped bring an end to apartheid in South Africa during the 1990s, after the 27-year sentence in prison?

a)

F.W. de Klerk

b)

Mohandas Gandhi

c)

Desmond Tutu

d)

Nelson Mandela

35.

Which twentieth century invention can be compared to the Silk Road of the Information Revolution?

a)

Telephone

b)

Camera

c)

Microscope

d)

Internet

36.

What term represents the worldwide movement toward economic, financial, trade, and communications integration?

a)

Protectionsim

b)

People Sovereignty

c)

Globalization

d)

Absolute Advantage

37.

What was the goal of the Protestant Reformation?

a)

to reform Protestantism

b)

to change the world

c)

to challenge the view of divorce

d)

to reform the Church

38.

President Truman decided to use the atomic bomb from the Manhattan Project on Japan in 1945 because...

a)

Congress would not fund an invasion of the Japanese mainland

b)

it was the last hope the US had for winning the war

c)

he believed it would convince Hitler to surrender

d)

it would prevent hundreds of thousands of deaths that an invasion of Japan would cause

39.

The actions Al Qaeda have had the BIGGEST impact on what?

a)

Decreasing food prices

b)

the Real Estate collapse

c)

formation of Communist groups

d)

Increasing fuel prices

40.

The Tiananmen Square protests, the anti-apartheid efforts, and the fall of the Berlin Wall all represent efforts...

a)

to resist Western influence during the Cold War

b)

in pursuit of freer governments

c)

an uneducated majority against minority rule

d)

of the bureaucratic elite to stop foreign intervention

41.

What happened DIRECTLY after WWII?

a)

Marshall Plan to rebuild Europe and MacArthur Plan to build Japan along Capitalist lines

b)

Nuclear Test Ban Treaty to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons

c)

Marshall Plan to rebuild Asia and MacArthur Plan to prevent the spread of communism

d)

Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty to prevent testing nuclear weapons in certain places

42.

What BEST describes what trade promoted?

a)

Growth of the military

b)

Spread of Disease

c)

Family Travel

d)

Spread of Ideas and Inventions

43.

Which is the common aspect of the religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam?

a)

monotheism

b)

belief in the New Testament

c)

reincarnation

d)

polytheism

44.

Which three things did Martin Luther utilize when he nailed the 95 Thesis on the Church Door to spark the Protestant Reformation?

a)

Humanism, Astrolabe, the Academy

b)

Black Death, Columbian Exchange, Steam Engine

c)

Alexander the Great, Renaissance, Trade

d)

Vernacular, Printing Press, the Socratic Method

45.

The 1st Amendment of the Constitution (part of the Bill of Rights) was largely inspired by whom?

a)

Rousseau

b)

Voltaire

c)

Locke

d)

Montesquieu

46.

Which Roman form of government inspired the founding fathers when they wrote the US Constitution?

a)

the election of representatives

b)

the rule by a few

c)

the rule of the people

d)

the election of an aristocracy

47.

What two things are VERY important?

a)

Exploration and Technology

b)

Trade and Writing

c)

Writing and Art

d)

Trade and Exploration

48.

Which city is considered a holy city for the monotheistic religions?

a)

Damascus

b)

Warsaw

c)

Jerusalem

d)

Baghdad

49.

During which period did philosophers apply reason and the scientific method to better understand life?

a)

Age of Exploration

b)

Enlightenment

c)

Renaissance

d)

Reformation

50.

Who was the first Emperor of the Roman Empire?

a)

Alexander the Great

b)

Augustus Caesar

c)

Cleopatra

d)

Justinian

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