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WorksheetsWS Spring Final Review
Total questions: 91
Worksheet time: 46mins
During the Industrial Revolution, life changed in what basic way?
People migrated from villages to work on large farms.
People migrated from rural areas to cities.
People migrated from cities to small towns.
People migrated from warmer areas to colder areas.
Factories were first used by what industry?
textiles
iron manufacturing
coal mining
insect repellant
This was the first industrialized nation in the world.
France
Britain
Germany
United States
Which of these is one of the ideologies that combatted conservatism in the early 19th century?
Liberalism
Georgism
Fascism
Communism
“The greatest happiness for the greatest number” was a goal of
Utilitarianism
Socialism
Capitalism
Fordism
Karl Marx disliked capitalism because he believed that it
limited the individual freedoms of the people.
would cause an explosion in population.
prevented government from protecting workers.
created prosperity for a few and poverty for many.
Creating a homeland for people who shared a common heritage was a goal of
nationalism.
liberals.
conservatives.
communists.
Toussaint L’Ouverture led a revolt for the independence of
Brazil.
Haiti.
Mexico.
Canada.
What effect did the assembly line have on the cost of goods?
It made goods cheaper
It made the goods more expensive
It made the goods less available
it allowed for factories to be abandoned
What was a major reason for the population explosion in Europe between 1850 and 1900?
Couples had more children.
Christian revivalism
Cities eliminated slums
Medical advances reduced death rates
The three social classes in Western Europe by the late 1800s were
the super rich, the aristocrats, and the military
the upper class, the middle class, and the workers/peasants
the professionals, the government workers, and the farmers
there were no social classes, as communism had taken hold by then
What theory applied the idea of natural selection to society?
Socialism
Social Gospel
Social Darwinism
Social Animalism
Which group benefited the most from the Industrial Revolution?
the peasants
the working class
entrepreneurs
socialists
By 1900, which countries were the world’s leading industrial nations?
Britain and the United States
Germany and the United States
Japan and Germany
France and China
How did workers try to improve labor conditions during the Industrial Revolution?
They formed unions.
They sought out new careers.
They started changing jobs.
They took back rural lands.
What was the most powerful nation in Europe in the late 19th century?
Britain
Germany
France
United States
During its unification, Prussia fought wars against
Russia and the Ukraine
Austria and Russia.
France and Great Britain.
Austria and France.
Which statement best describes Bismarck’s Realpolitik?
Power is more important than principle.
Power must be earned from the good will of the people.
Power grows out of economic cooperation.
Power is an illusion; God is all that matters.
Bismarck’s political actions were guided by
the needs of the state.
the needs of the people.
the principle of divine right.
long-standing tradition.
In which two European empires did nationalism create the most tension?
Ottoman and German
Hapsburg and Ottoman
Balkan and Hapsburg
Byzantine and Roman
By which name was the Ottoman Empire known?
The Dual Monarchy
The Great Watchers
The sick man of Europe
The tour de Force
The Reform Act of 1832 gave a greater political voice to
middle-class men.
middle-class men and women.
people without property.
wealthy foreigners.
The suffragists were reformers who wanted to
outlaw slavery and the slave trade.
improve working conditions for children.
get women the right to vote.
destroy new technology destroying jobs.
Through reforms that took place in the late 1800s, Britain transformed itself into
a constitutional monarchy.
an aristocracy.
a direct democracy.
a parliamentary democracy.
William Lloyd Garrison and Frederick Douglass are best known as
opponents of women’s rights.
supporters of Manifest Destiny.
U.S. Presidents.
abolitionists.
Which is a reason why the South lost the Civil War?
Lincoln opposed extending slavery into new territories.
The South had fewer resources and people than the North.
African American men left to fight for the North.
the French coming in to fight alongside the North.
How did the Industrial Revolution contribute to imperialism?
Industrialized countries sought new markets.
Industrialism created many protectorates around the world.
Industrialized countries wanted to build factories in Asia and Africa.
Non-European areas were begging to be shown how to industrialize.
Most Westerners felt that their culture was
equal to non-Western cultures.
in need of transformation.
inferior to non-Western cultures.
better than non-Western cultures.
Christian missionary groups followed explorers to Africa in order to
convert Africans to Christianity.
gather slaves.
study African culture.
look for human life.
What event began the European stampede for colonies in Africa?
the Boer War
Belgian King Leopold II’s activities in the Congo
Henry Stanley’s explorations of the Nile
the Opium trade becoming profitable
Where did European countries meet to decide how Africa should be divided?
Paris
Vienna
London
Berlin
What force began to tear apart the Ottoman empire in the 1800s?
Wahhabism
communism
nationalism
Christianity
What caused the Sepoy Rebellion?
The East India Company proposed a tax on tea.
Issues related to sepoy weaponry violating their religious beliefs.
The British ambushed the sepoys.
A major illness had taken over the camps, with no medical help in sight.
The Open Door Policy proposed
establishing new laws to modernize China.
adopting Western ways and technology to strengthen China.
having equal access to Chinese trade for the Western powers.
creating doors in China that did not use locks for safety.
This was created as part of Wilson’s 14 Points; it was an international organization that would address future diplomatic crises between countries.
Treaty of Versailles
War Guilt Clause
United Nations
League of Nations
Which was NOT a cause of World War I?
Militarism
Alliance System
Neutrality
Imperialism
A belief to maintain a strong military force. To be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote your country’s national interests.
Propaganda
Alliances
Militarism
Isolationism
The devotion to the interests and cultures of one’s nation, and the willingness to sacrifice for it.
Extractive economy
Capitalism
Monroe Doctrine
Nationalism
The policy that kept the U.S. out of the war for almost 3 years was called
Nationalism
The Alliance System
Neutrality
Interventionism
What was the main method used during WWI in France?
Artillery Warfare
Blitzkrieg
Air Warfare
Trench Warfare
What was the reason for American propaganda during WWI?
To get Germans to surrender
To promote neutrality
To promote the involvement of American citizens
To intimidate Britain
The Schlieffen Plan was
a plan that allowed Germany to fight in two fronts against France & Russia.
a plan that prevented ships from entering waters around Britain.
a plan that resulted in years of trench warfare in the United States.
a plan asking Mexico to invade the United States.
The Treaty of Versailles overlooked the importance of
identifying the guilty party in a war.
seeking vengeance against nationalist rivals.
crippling any nations that might prove dangerous in the future.
treating all nations justly, including the losers of a war.
Who led the Russian Revolution?
Vladimir Lenin
Joseph Stalin
Karl Marx
Friedrich Engels
The U.S. entered WWI right after the assassinations the Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
True
False
Where was Franz Ferdinand assassinated?
Germany
Bosnia
Serbia
Austria
FDR's plan to fight the Great Depression
Square Deal
Fair Deal
New Deal
Great Society
Which of the following leaders transformed the Soviet Union form a rural nation into an industrial power?
Stalin
Hitler
Mussolini
Marx
Who became Prime Minister of Great Britain in May of 1940?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Neville Chamberlain
Winston Churchill
Jeremy Corbin
How did the Treaty of Versailles led to WWII?
It gave the Russia the Baltic States
It caused anger and resentment in Germany because they were treated unfairly
It caused Germany’s economy to soar
It gave the territories of Alsace-Lorraine to Germany, angering the French
Which political party rose to power in Germany during the 1930s?
Communist Party
Socialist Party
Nazi Party
Populist Party
What specific event, which happened on September 1, 1939, caused the start of World War II?
Hitler invaded Poland
Hitler invaded the Soviet Union
Hitler invaded Czechoslovakia
Mussolini invaded Ethiopia
Which group of people suffered 6 million deaths during the Holocaust?
Jews
Aryans
Fascists
Muslims
The actions of what country finally forced the United States to enter World War II?
Italy
Japan
Germany
The Ottoman Empire
What was the Manhattan Project?
The development of the atomic bomb
The formation of the United Nations
The development of radar detection
The interception of Japanese code
What was the significance of the Battle of the Bulge?
First major battle of WWII
Last major battle lead by Japanese
Last major German offensive battle in WWII
Turning point in the Pacific theater
What was the significance of D-Day, which happened on June 6, 1944?
Last day of the German invasion of the Soviet Union
First day of the largest scale German invasion of Italy
First day of the largest land, sea, and air invasion in Army history
The official surrendering of Japanese forces
What event in the Pacific ended WWII?
The surrender of the Third Reich
The first atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, with the Japanese surrendering
The second atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, with the Japanese surrendering
The third atomic bomb dropped on Tokyo, with the Japanese surrendering
What bill was passed in 1944 that provided education and training for veterans, paid for by the federal government?
Racial Equality Rights
War Production Bill
G.I. Bill of Rights
Civil Rights Act
What large Asian nation came under communist control in 1949?
Japan
China
India
Korea
Who won the Korean War in 1953?
North Korea
South Korea
The United States
China
There was no winner
Which campaign event did polls show affected John F. Kennedy's close election victory in 1960?
Cuban Missile Crisis
Televised debates
JFK's inaugural address
Bay of Pigs
Which European city was divided by a physical wall constructed by the Soviets in 1961?
Moscow
Paris
Berlin
Havana
Which Latin American country was led by communist revolutionary Fidel Castro by the early 1960s?
Germany
Cuba
Brazil
Mexico
Which government lost of its control of its colonial territory in Vietnam after a defeat at Dienbienphu?
United States
USSR
France
China
Who did the Warren Commission say assassinated President Kennedy?
Earl Warren
Ho Chi Minh
Fidel Castro
Lee Harvey Oswald
Who became president directly after the Kennedy assassination?
Earl Warren
Lyndon Johnson
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Richard Nixon
Which act of Congress gave President Johnson the authority to conduct the war in Vietnam as he saw fit?
Civil Rights Act of 1965
Economic Opportunity Act
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Tet Offensive
In the Spring of 1968, who declared an end to the bombing of North Vietnam and announced he would not run in the upcoming presidential election of that year?
Lyndon Johnson
Robert F. Kennedy
William Westmoreland
Richard Nixon
Under Nixon's plan of Vietnamization, which country would replace U.S. troops in the Vietnam War?
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
China
France
What were the Paris Accords of 1973?
An alliance between the U.S. and France
an end to the nuclear arms race between the U.S. and USSR
ended the Vietnam War for the United States
opened up new diplomatic ties between the US and China
By 1976, what happened to Vietnam?
It was still divided between the communist North and democratic South
It was taken over by the Communist Chinese
It became one country controlled by a Communist government
It was still at war with the United States
What did President Gerald Ford do about the Watergate scandal when he took office?
He pardoned Nixon
He ordered the Attorney General to prosecute Nixon
He proposed a program called "WIN"
He ignored it altogether
The Iranian hostage crisis erupted when which fallen leader entered the United States upon the invitation of President Carter?
Spiro Agnew
Ayatollah Khomeini
the leader of the Soviet Union
Shah Mohammed Pahlavi
What career made Ronald Reagan nationally famous prior to entering politics?
radio
movies
sports
the military
"Supply-side economics" and Reaganomics were names for President Reagan's
military strategy in the Cold War
election strategy for the 1980 presidential campaign
environmental policy
economic policy
The Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) was President Reagan's plan to use lasers in space to defend against
Star Wars.
Soviet nuclear missiles.
Middle East terrorism
Muslim bomb attacks in London.
The Contras and the Sandinistas were military groups in what country?
Bolivia
Nicaragua
Colombia
Costa Rica
What challenge did Reagan give to the Soviet Union in a speech in Berlin?
overcome Glasnost
break up the Soviet Union
feed his starving people
tear down the Berlin Wall
What happened to the Soviet Union in 1991?
It no longer remained a united country
It signed an anti-nuclear missile treaty with the United States
It was attacked by a radical Muslim group
It was implicated in the Iran-Contra Scandal
Who was the dictator of Iraq during Operation Desert Storm?
Manuel Noriega
Saddam Hussein
Norman Schwarzkopf
H. Ross Perot
During the Persian Gulf War, what country did the U.S. lead a coalition of troops against?
Iraq
Iran
China
Russia
What was/were the imported resource(s) that America was trying to protect in the Persian Gulf War?
gold and silver
illegal drugs
oil
coal
To which Central American country did President Bush send U.S. troops to arrest a dictator in 1989?
Panama
Mexico
Saudi Arabia
Nicaragua
During the Clinton administration, Osama Bin Laden was identified as a
leader of North Korea attempting to secure nuclear weapons.
Islamic radical who was training terrorists in Afghanistan.
a communist behind the war in Yugoslavia.
military commander behind the civil war and famine in Somalia.
For what scandal was Bill Clinton impeached?
The Iran-Contra Affair
An affair with a White House intern
The break-in and coverup of Watergate
Digging up information on a political opponent using a foreign power
What countries did the Clinton administration intervene in during the 1990s (choose all that are correct)?
Yugoslavia
Iran
Indonesia
Somalia
Which state in the 2000 presidential vote was in great dispute over election results?
Texas
California
Ohio
Florida
The event known as "9/11" gets its name from
the number of terrorists involved in the attacks on the United States.
the number of attack sites both on the United States and abroad.
a piece evidence discovered after the terrorist attacks.
the date of the event.
During what operation was Saddam Hussein overthrown?
Operation Desert Storm
Persian Gulf War
Operation Enduring Freedom
Operation Overlord
The USA Patriot Act
was written in order to protect the rights of war protestors.
was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court
gave the federal government increased authority to violate constitutional liberties.
has greatly expanded civil liberties since September 11, 2001.
