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10th Grade Honors World History FinalExamStudyGuide (Part 2)

Total questions: 100

Worksheet time: 2hrs 40mins

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Class
Date
1.

Which of the following was not a change for the worker brought on by the factory system?

a)

The worker was required to supply his own tools.

b)

The worker moved to an urban environment.

c)

The worker no longer controlled his working hours.

d)

The worker performed his job while separated from his family.

2.

Which country did not see great increases in industrialism in the last half of the nineteenth century?

a)

England

b)

Germany

c)

Russia

d)

the United States

3.

The nation which led the way in social reform was . . .

a)

Great Britain.

b)

Russia.

c)

France.

d)

Italy.

e)

Sweden.

4.

As a result of the Factory Act of 1833, children under age nine . . .

a)

could work no more than eight hours a day in the mills.

b)

could work no more than twelve hours a day in the mills.

c)

could not work in the mills.

d)

had to attend eight hours of school a day.

5.

What brought workers, raw materials, and machinery under one roof?

a)

domestic system

b)

enclosure movement

c)

factory system

d)

social reform

6.

The Reform Bill of 1832 was passed when the king threatened to . . .

a)

create new lords to ensure passage by the House of Lords.

b)

disband Parliament.

c)

abdicate the throne.

d)

institute martial law.

7.

Which of these men was not an impressionist or postimpressionist artist?

a)

William Wilberforce

b)

Auguste Renoir

c)

Vincent van Gogh

d)

Paul Cézanne

8.

The Parliament Bill of 1911 . . .

a)

provided for old-age pensions.

b)

took the power of veto away from the House of Lords.

c)

limited the power of the House of Commons.

d)

provided for unemployment insurance.

9.

Who led the antislavery movement in Britain?

a)

Benjamin Disraeli

b)

William Gladstone

c)

John Newton

d)

William Wilberforce

10.

John McAdam aided the building of . . .

a)

canals.

b)

railroad tracks.

c)

roads.

d)

tunnels.

11.

Which of the following men was not an influencer in the textile industry?

a)

John Kay

b)

Richard Arkwright

c)

Robert Raikes

d)

James Hargreaves

12.

Karl Marx called which of the following a drug used by the ruling class to keep workers in subjection?

a)

religion

b)

money

c)

education

d)

law

13.

Who discovered x-rays?

a)

Wilhelm Roentgen

b)

Marie Curie

c)

Dmitri Mendeleev

d)

Albert Einstein

14.

Who wrote The Descent of Man?

a)

Charles Dickens

b)

Charles Darwin

c)

Karl Marx

d)

Adam Smith

15.

E = mc2 was demonstrated by . . .

a)

Pierre Curie.

b)

Albert Einstein.

c)

Dmitri Mendeleev.

d)

Henry Moseley.

16.

Which of the following men was not a realist writer?

a)

Samuel Clemens

b)

Leo Tolstoy

c)

Thomas Hardy

d)

Claude Monet

17.

Which two nations were rivals for control of India?

a)

Britain and France

b)

France and Spain

c)

Spain and Portugal

d)

Portugal and Britain

18.

Most of Australia’s original settlers were . . .

a)

missionaries.

b)

farmers.

c)

convicts.

d)

prospectors.

19.

Which of the following kept the United States from being totally isolated from world affairs?

a)

expansion of foreign trade and investments by American merchants and businessmen

b)

placement of troops in Mexico by the Spanish

c)

American tolerance for Cuban independence

d)

placement of troops in Cuba by the French

20.

Which of the following permitted French Canadians the right to retain their language, law, and customs and to practice freely their Roman Catholic religion?

a)

British North America Act

b)

Monroe Doctrine

c)

Quebec Act

d)

Roosevelt Corollary

21.

What two countries did Japan defeat between 1894 and 1905?

a)

Russia and France

b)

United States and China

c)

Britain and Russia

d)

China and Russia

22.

Which British commander led his forces to defeat an Indian ruler in 1757?

a)

Robert Clive

b)

James Cook

c)

Matthew Perry

d)

Cecil John Rhodes

23.

The Boers of South Africa were descendants of what European nationality?

a)

British

b)

French

c)

Dutch

d)

Austrian

24.

Thousands of miners poured into South Africa after the discovery of . . .

a)

gold and silver.

b)

gold and diamonds.

c)

diamonds and uranium.

d)

platinum and silver.

25.

The Crimean War was the result of Russian attempts to gain Mediterranean territories from . . .

a)

France.

b)

Great Britain.

c)

Spain.

d)

the Ottoman Empire.

26.

Which country was forced to give up much of its imperialistic gains due to the Congress of Berlin and the Anglo-Russian Entente?

a)

Germany

b)

Britain

c)

Ottoman Empire

d)

Russia

27.

Who founded the famous Foreign Legion, an elite army unit in West Africa?

a)

Britain

b)

United States

c)

Spain

d)

France

28.

The most positive result of imperialism was the

a)

division of African tribes.

b)

missionary outreach.

c)

imposing of Western culture.

d)

acquisition of wealth.

29.

Which of the following was not true about the African slave trade?

a)

Slaves were examined and branded like animals.

b)

Europeans raided many African villages to get slaves.

c)

Trade grew significantly when Spain needed slaves for its colonies.

d)

About one in four slaves died on the voyage across the Atlantic.

30.

The Boxer Rebellion occurred because . . .

a)

a cult overthrew the Manchu dynasty.

b)

Westerners wanted to overthrow the Manchu dynasty.

c)

the Chinese wanted to eliminate Western influence.

d)

Chinese Christians hated the Manchu dynasty.

31.

Which country gained control of regions in northern and western Africa using its elite fighting force?

a)

France

b)

Britain

c)

Germany

d)

Belgium

32.

In what year was Archduke Francis Ferdinand assassinated>

a)

1912

b)

1913

c)

1914

d)

1915

33.

Italian entrance into the war was important because . . .

a)

the Germans and Austrians were forced the fight on another front.

b)

Italian troops almost immediately knocked Ottoman troops out of the war.

c)

Italian pressure forced the Austrians to sign the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk.

d)

the defeat of the Italians encouraged France to begin unrestricted submarine warfare.

34.

What country's neutrality did the Germans violate as they made their way to France?

a)

Switzerland

b)

Belgium

c)

Luxembourg

d)

Italy

35.

For the Russians, the greatest advantage of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was . . .

a)

it kept Lenin out of power.

b)

Russia no longer had to fight.

c)

Russia gained territory.

d)

while Russia lost population, it preserved most of its coal mines.

36.

Who was the steel manufacturer who gave money to build the Peace Palace in the Netherlands?

a)

George Stephenson

b)

Andrew Carnegie

c)

Nelson Rockefeller

d)

Jean Henri Dunant

37.

What country was forbidden Anschluss with Germany after World War I?

a)

Austria

b)

Bulgaria

c)

Czechoslovakia

d)

Denmark

38.

When Germany stopped making reparation payments to France in 1923, France retaliated by . . .

a)

seizing the German fleet.

b)

invading the Ruhr Valley.

c)

freezing German assets in France.

d)

seizing American assets in France.

39.

What agreement called on the nations of the world to renounce the use of offensive war?

a)

Locarno Pact

b)

Treaty of Versailles

c)

Washington Naval Conference

d)

Kellogg-Briand Pact

40.

Which American banker loaned money to Germany after the war?

a)

Nelson Rockefeller

b)

Joseph Chase

c)

Charles Dawes

d)

Andrew Carnegie

41.

What was the name of President Roosevelt’s plan to end the Great Depression?

a)

Fair Deal

b)

New Deal

c)

Real Deal

d)

Big Deal

e)

Square Deal

42.

One hindrance for effective government under the Weimer Republic was . . .

a)

that there were too many political parties.

b)

that the government was too centralized.

c)

not a strong military in the Republic.

d)

opposition from America toward the Weimer Republic.

43.

What occurred in October 1929?

a)

Mussolini marched on Rome.

b)

Hitler became chancellor of Germany.

c)

Calvin Coolidge was elected president of the United States.

d)

The American stock market collapsed.

44.

During the administration of Woodrow Wilson, the United States Senate twice refused to ratify . . .

a)

the Versailles Treaty.

b)

“normalcy.”

c)

the Civilian Conservation Corps.

d)

the Lateran Treaty.

45.

The Comintern was organized to . . .

a)

promote nationalism in Russia.

b)

found Communist parties in other countries.

c)

give the Russian people a legislative body.

d)

suppress the Nazi Party, which opposed communism.

46.

The New Economic Policy may best be described as . . .

a)

the nationalization of heavy industry.

b)

an attempt to collectivize agriculture.

c)

a temporary retreat from communism to rescue the Russian economy.

d)

the organization of the entire work force into thirteen groups, or syndicates.

47.

Lenin’s takeover of the Russian government was the result of all the following except . . .

a)

the assassination of Nicholas II.

b)

the Russian people’s desire for an end to war.

c)

the desertion of over two million Russian soldiers.

d)

the failure of the provisional government to deal with the Russian economy.

48.

The Statute of Westminster established . . .

a)

Léon Blum as premier of France.

b)

the separation of church and state in Britain.

c)

a British Commonwealth of Nations.

d)

the trend toward socialism in Britain.

49.

Who led the SS and the Gestapo?

a)

Kemal Ataturk

b)

Leon Trotsky

c)

Heinrich Himmler

d)

Warren G. Harding

50.

According to Mein Kampf, what group of people was to blame for Germany’s problems?

a)

Christians

b)

capitalists

c)

Jews

d)

Aryans

e)

Indians

51.

“The Waste Land” was written by . . .

a)

T. S. Eliot.

b)

Walter Gropius.

c)

James Joyce.

d)

Thomas Mann.

52.

During World War II, the alliance of Germany, Italy, and Japan was known as the

a)

Axis.

b)

Alliance for Progress.

c)

Central Powers.

d)

Comintern.

53.

The world was shocked in August 1939 when Hitler announced that Germany had signed a nonaggression pact with . . .

a)

Britain.

b)

Italy.

c)

Japan.

d)

the Soviet Union.

54.

Hitler was surprised when France and Britain declared war following his invasion of . . .

a)

Austria.

b)

Belgium.

c)

Poland.

d)

Russia.

55.

In 1939 the Soviets easily subdued the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, but they had difficulty breaking the resistance of . . .

a)

Romania.

b)

Poland.

c)

Finland.

d)

Hungary.

56.

After which of the following did a sitzkrieg occur in military operations during World War II?

a)

attack on Pearl Harbor

b)

invasion of Poland

c)

invasion of Italy

d)

invasion of Russia

57.

After Hitler conquered France, resistance continued through the Free French movement led by . . .

a)

Édouard Daladier.

b)

Charles de Gaulle.

c)

Henri Pétain.

d)

Pierre Vichy.

58.

Who followed Neville Chamberlain as prime minister of Britain?

a)

Clement Atlee

b)

Winston Churchill

c)

David Lloyd George

d)

Ramsay MacDonald

59.

Blitzkrieg means . . . .

a)

living space.

b)

air force.

c)

standing army.

d)

lightning war.

60.

Which word refers to divisions of German tanks?

a)

sitzkrieg

b)

panzer

c)

blitzkrieg

d)

Luftwaffe

61.

What new invention gave a real advantage to the Royal Air Force as it fought against Germany in the Battle of Britain?

a)

ballistic missiles

b)

long-range bomber planes

c)

anti-aircraft guns

d)

radar

62.

What French World War I hero ruled for the Germans in Vichy France?

a)

Marshal Henri Pétain

b)

Ferdinand Foch

c)

Charles de Gaulle

d)

Marquis de Lafayette

63.

Who was the Japanese military leader during World War II?

a)

Hideki Tojo

b)

Sun Yat-sen

c)

Chiang Kai-shek

d)

Mao Zedong

64.

According to the text, what has prevented the outbreak of another world war?

a)

direct intervention of the United Nations

b)

threat of nuclear war

c)

stronger alliances between UN member nations

d)

international focus on solving worldwide humanitarian problems

65.

Much like the League of Nations before it, the United Nations’ main weakness is a lack of . . .

a)

money.

b)

good intentions.

c)

military force.

d)

authority.

66.

What happened on June 6, 1944?

a)

Victory Europe Day (V-E Day)

b)

Victory Japan Day (V-J Day)

c)

D-Day

d)

bombing of Pearl Harbor

67.

Who ordered the dropping of the atomic bomb?

a)

Franklin Roosevelt

b)

Harry Truman

c)

Douglas MacArthur

d)

Erwin Rommel

68.

How did the U.S. Marines prevent the Japanese from breaking their code?

a)

They used a complicated super computer.

b)

They changed the code so frequently that it stayed unbroken.

c)

They used Navajos speaking their own language.

d)

They used a special code that transposed letters for numbers.

69.

V-E Day took place on . . .

a)

December 7, 1941.

b)

May 8, 1945.

c)

August 6, 1945.

d)

September 2, 1945.

70.

The purpose of NATO was . . .

a)

to hasten European union.

b)

to help European economic recovery.

c)

to unite Western defenses in Europe against Soviet expansion.

d)

to fight terrorism.

71.

In what year was the Berlin Wall torn down?

a)

1988

b)

1989

c)

1990

d)

1991

e)

1992

72.

What began in 1949 when the Soviets developed their first atomic bomb?

a)

Cuban Missile Crisis

b)

violent, antiwar protests

c)

Berlin airlift

d)

arms race

73.

Yugoslavia differed from other Communist states in Eastern Europe in that it . . .

a)

had been allied with the Axis powers.

b)

joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

c)

was made an integral part of the Russian empire.

d)

maintained a greater degree of independence from Moscow.

74.

The immediate cause of the Korean War was the . . .

a)

North Korean invasion of South Korea.

b)

withdrawal of the Soviet occupation force.

c)

invasion of MacArthur at Inchon.

d)

Chinese invasion of North Korea.

75.

After an attack on American warships in the Gulf of Tonkin, Congress effectively authorized the president to fight a war in . . .

a)

China

b)

Cuba

c)

Korea

d)

Vietnam

e)

Cambodia

76.

The Tet Offensive was important because . . .

a)

the Viet Congress won.

b)

it failed.

c)

the American public turned against the war effort.

d)

the UN sent more reinforcements.

77.

The "U-2 incident" refers to . . .

a)

an American spy plane shot down by the Soviets.

b)

the launching of Sputnik.

c)

the destruction of two American nuclear submarines.

d)

the Americans' successful moon landing.

78.

What U.S. movement centered on equal rights for black citizens and issues like school desegregation?

a)

civil rights movement

b)

apartheid

c)

Great Society

d)

counterculture movement

79.

What was Mao's plan to modernize China's industry and agriculture?

a)

Final Solution

b)

Five-Year Plan

c)

Cultural Revolution

d)

Great Leap Forward

80.

The purpose of the Cultural Revolution was to . . .

a)

bring China's industry up to Western standards.

b)

reform the Chinese state.

c)

renew the zeal of the Chinese revolution.

d)

allow free-market reforms.

81.

One of the most serious crises of the Cold War occurred in 1962 when the United States insisted that . . .

a)

the Soviet military move out of China.

b)

Israel be allowed to join NATO.

c)

Soviet missiles be removed from Cuba.

d)

Castro be removed from Cuba.

82.

President Reagan proposed the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) because . . .

a)

he wanted to win the 1980 election.

b)

he wanted to deal with the Soviet Union from a position of strength.

c)

the Defense Department was underfunded.

d)

the Soviets had one already.

83.

Gorbachev’s goal in introducing perestroika was to . . .

a)

reduce military spending.

b)

promote open discussion.

c)

intimidate the United States.

d)

increase industrial productivity.

84.

This nation persecutes religious groups.

a)

Taiwan

b)

South Korea

c)

China

d)

Austria

85.

What is considered to be one of the fastest growing transnational crimes in the world?

a)

diamond theft

b)

human trafficking

c)

hijacking of airliners

d)

racism

86.

South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Singapore have become more prosperous by copying the success of which country?

a)

Japan

b)

North Korea

c)

China

d)

Laos

87.

In 1997 control of Hong Kong passed to . . .

a)

China.

b)

Japan.

c)

South Korea.

d)

Vietnam.

88.

Following September 11, 2001, the U.S. used

special forces and air power to topple the . . .

a)

Iranian government.

b)

Taliban government.

c)

Assad government.

d)

Libyan government.

89.

How did President Bush respond to the instability in Iraq as a result of the clashes between Shia and Sunni Muslims following the American invasion?

a)

He asked Iran to help stabilize the country.

b)

He launched only air strikes in response.

c)

He withdrew all American troops.

d)

He sent additional troops to stabilize the country.

90.

The majority religion in India is . . .

a)

Buddhism.

b)

Islam.

c)

Hinduism.

d)

Christianity.

91.

When did the first Gulf War begin with airstrikes being launched on Iraq?

a)

May 2004

b)

December 2011

c)

January 1991

d)

October 2001

e)

February 1996

92.

Who tried to maintain dominance over Bosnia even if it meant slaughtering Bosnian people?

a)

Russia

b)

Greece

c)

Serbia

d)

Croatia

93.

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) refers to . . .

a)

the amount of money each person in a country makes.

b)

all the money printed within a country.

c)

all the goods and services produced within a geographic border.

d)

the principle product a country produces.

94.

Kim Jong Un is the ruthless dictator of . . .

a)

China.

b)

Vietnam.

c)

North Korea.

d)

South Korea.

95.

In 2001 what country was allowed to join the World Trade Organization?

a)

Japan

b)

India

c)

South Korea

d)

China

96.

Greece has been experiencing a . . .

a)

civil war in recent years.

b)

major drought in recent years.

c)

debt crisis in recent years.

d)

drug crisis in recent years.

97.

Who is the leader of ISIS?

a)

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

b)

Saddam Hussein

c)

Bashar al-Assad

d)

Osama Bin Laden

98.

Iran is a majority . . .

a)

Shiite Muslim nation.

b)

Christian nation.

c)

Sunni Muslim nation.

d)

Kurdish nation.

99.

Where is the conclusion of history described?

a)

Genesis, Leviticus, and Isaiah

b)

Gospel of John and Matthew

c)

Daniel, Ezekiel, and Revelation

d)

None of the above

100.

A major reason for migration from the Middle East to Western Europe has been the . . .

a)

Turkish civil war.

b)

Russian civil war.

c)

Syrian civil war.

d)

Palestinian intifada.