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WorksheetsApex 7.2.5 Practice
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 22mins
What is your first and last name?
Daniella McKee is the author of Men on the Wrong Side of History, a book about the women's suffrage movement in Great Britain during the 1800s. She is the granddaughter of one of the founding members of the National Society for Women's Suffrage, a group that rallied to change laws in the United Kingdom that prevented women from voting. McKee is a professor of feminist studies at Windsor College and has written several other books on feminism and women's rights.
Which statement best describes a bias that the author of Men on the Wrong Side of History might have?
McKee supports organizations that want to take away wormens' right to vote
McKee is critical of the people who tried to deny women the right to vote
McKee opposes the idea of giving women in Great Britain the right to vote
McKee believes the government was correct to deny women the right to vote
Daniella McKee is the author of Men on the Wrong Side of History, a book about the women's suffrage movement in Great Britain during the 1800s. She is the granddaughter of one of the founding members of the National Society for Women's Suffrage, a group that rallied to change laws in the United Kingdom that prevented women from voting. McKee is a professor of feminist studies at Windsor College and has written several other books on feminism and women's rights.
Which statement best describes a bias that the author of Men on the Wrong Side of History might have?
McKee supports women's rights
McKee opposes women's rights
McKee things women are uninformed voters
McKee feels women in Great Britain shouldn't vote
An excerpt from Prime Minister Winston Churchill's speech to the Parliament of the United Kingdom on June 18, 1940:
I spoke the other day of the colossal military disaster which occurred when the French High Command failed to withdraw the northern Armies from Belgium at the moment when they knew the French front was decisively broken at Sedan and on the Meuse. This delay entailed the loss of fifteen or sixteen French divisions and threw out of action for the critical period the whole of the British Expeditionary Force. Our Army and 120,000 French troops were indeed rescued by the British Navy from Dunkirk but only with the loss of their cannon, vehicles and modern equipment.
Who is the creator of this primary source?
Members of the Parliament
The British Expeditionary Force
The people of the United Kingdom
Prime Minister Winston Churchill
An excerpt from Prime Minister Winston Churchill's speech to the Parliament of the United Kingdom on June 18, 1940:
I spoke the other day of the colossal military disaster which occurred when the French High Command failed to withdraw the northern Armies from Belgium at the moment when they knew that the French front was decisively broken at Sedan and on the Meuse. This delay entailed the loss of fifteen or sixteen French divisions and threw out of action for the critical period of the whole of the British Expeditionary Force. Our Army and 120,000 French troops were indeed rescued by the British Navy from Dunkirk but only with the loss of their cannon, vehicles, and modern equipment.
When was this primary source created?
At the end of World War 2
Before the start of World War 2
June 18, 1940
At the end of World War 1
An excerpt from Prime Minister Winston Churchill's radio address to the people of the United Kingdom on May 8, 1945:
Yesterday morning at 2:41 am at Headquarters, General Jodl, the representative of the German High Command, and Grand Admiral Doenitz, the designated head of the German State, signed the act of unconditional surrender of all German Land, sea, and air forces in Europe to the Allied Expeditionary Force, and simultaneously to the Soviet High Command.
When was this source created?
Before the beginning of World War 2
After the end of World War 1
2:41 am
May 8, 1945
An excerpt from Prime Minister Winston Churchill's radio address to the people of the United Kingdom on May 8, 1945:
Yesterday morning at 2:41 am at Headquarters, General Jodl, the representative of the German High Command, and Grand Admiral Doenitz, the designated head of the German State, signed the act of unconditional surrender of all German Land, sea, and air forces in Europe to the Allied Expeditionary Force, and simultaneously to the Soviet High Command.
What type of source is this, and how do you know that?
A primary source, because it is an excerpt of a radio address given by the prime minister
A secondary source, because it is an excerpt of a radio address given by the prime minister
A primary source, because Churchill speaks directly to the people of the United Kingdom
A secondary source, because it is a radio address and not an actual speech
Patricia Nee is the author of A Woman in Military Fatigues, a memoir about her time in the US military. Nee served as a soldier in Afghanistan and Iraq. She is also the founder of Skills for Girls, an after-school program that focuses on training girls for nontraditional careers, such as engineering and the military.
Which statement best describes a bias the author of A Woman in Military Fatigues might have?
Nee believes women do not make acceptable soldiers
Nee doesn't understand women who want to go into the military
Nee supports the presence of women in the military
Nee opposes the presence of women in the military
Patricia Nee is the author of A Woman in Military Fatigues, a memoir about her time in the US military. Nee served as a soldier in Afghanistan and Iraq. She is also the founder of Skills for Girls, an after-school program that focuses on training girls for nontraditional careers, such as engineering and the military.
Which statement best describes a bias the author of A Woman in Military Fatigues might have?
Nee thinks women should hold traditional jobs
Nee supports women working in nontraditional roles.
Nee opposes women working in nontraditional roles
Nee doesn't support women serving in the military
In 1219, Ala ad-Din Muhammad II was the ruler of the Khwarezmid Empire in Central Asia. Genghis Khan, the leader of the Mongol Empire, sent a group of merchants to the Khwarezmid Empire to try to form an alliance. Muhammad, who had heard about the savagery of the Mongols, refused to negotiate and had all of Khan's merchants killed. Khan attacked the Khwarezmid Empire and, in less than two years, completely destroyed it.
Interpretation 1-Ala ad-Din Muhammad II should have respected the power of the Mongol Empire and negotiated with Genghis Khan
Interpretation 2-Ala ad-Din Muhammad II was within his rights as ruler of the Khwarezmid Empire to refuse to negotiate with Genghis Khan.
Which statement best compares the two interpretations of Ala ad-Din Muhammad II's decision?
Both interpretations agree that he should have respected the power of the Mongol Empire
Both interpretations support his decision to refuse to negotiate with Genghis Khan
Interpretation 1 opposes his decision, while interpretation 2 supports it.
Interpretation 1 supports his decision, while interpretation 2 opposes it.
Written in 1848, the Declaration of Sentiments was a list of goals for the women's rights movement. There was one goal, however, that was heavily debated: women's right to vote. Some women thought the entire women's movement would lose support if they included the goal of voting rights. But in the end, the right to vote became one of the most important issues in the women's rights movement.
Interpretation 1: Women's right to vote should have been included in the Declaration of Sentiments because it was important for women to become more politically active in order to push for change.
Interpretation 2: The Declaration of Sentiments should not have included women's right to vote because the public didn't support the idea.
Which statement best compares the two interpretations of the Declaration of Sentiments?
Interpretation 1 opposes the inclusion of women's right to vote in the Declaration of Sentiments, while interpretation 2 supports it
Both interpretations agree that women's right to vote should have been included in the Declaration of Sentiments
Both interpretations agree that women's right to vote should have been left out of the Declaration of Sentiments
Interpretation 1 supports the inclusion of women's right to vote in the Declaration of Sentiments, while interpretation 2 opposes it.
