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WHAP Semester 2 Exam Prep

Total questions: 100

Worksheet time: 51mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

One sided communications intended to persuade their audience is known as ...

a)

Propaganda

b)

War Journalism

c)

Muckraking

d)

Yellow Journalism

2.

Toussaint L'Overture was a central figure in which revolution?

a)

French Revolution

b)

American Revolution

c)

Mexican Revolution

d)

Haitian Revolution

3.

The poem "White Man's Burden"...

a)

Was written to explain to Natives why they were being expelled from their homes

b)

Was written to justify the actions of the British imperialists

c)

Pushed for decolonization and independence in European colonies

d)

Explained the economic benefits of imperialism

4.

An economic system in which the government has control over wealth and businesses is called...

a)

Capitalism

b)

Socialism

c)

Mercantilism

d)

Monarchism

5.

Which countries fought in the Opium Wars? (Select All)

a)

China

b)

Japan

c)

Germany

d)

Great Britain

6.

Apartheid was a system of strict racial segregation practiced where?

a)

India

b)

South Africa

c)

The Netherlands

d)

China

7.

Which is NOT a cause of the American Revolution?

a)

Taxation without representation

b)

The Enlightenment

c)

Discontent with British monarchy

d)

Mistreatment of women and slaves

8.

The belief that one race is naturally, biologically superior to another is known as...

a)

White Man's Burden

b)

Evolution

c)

Social Darwinism

d)

Survival of the Fittest

9.

Adolf Hitler led which country during WWII?

a)

Italy

b)

Germany

c)

Great Britain

d)

Japan

10.

What word refers to one country exerting power over another?

a)

Annexation

b)

Colonization

c)

Imperialism

d)

Nationalism

11.

In 1994, a genocide of Hutus by Tutsis occurred in...

a)

Armenia

b)

Cambodia

c)

China

d)

Rwanda

12.

Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party throughout the Chinese Civil War?

a)

Mao Zedong

b)

Pol Pot

c)

Ho Chi Minh

d)

Deng Xiaoping

13.

During the Berlin Airlift,

a)

The United States declared war on Germany

b)

The Soviet Union deployed missiles in Cuba

c)

The United States flew supplies into the blockaded region of West Berlin

d)

The United States placed missiles in Turkey

14.

Picasso painted "Guernica" to protest the violence of...

a)

World War I

b)

World War II

c)

The Spanish Civil War

d)

The dropping of the atomic bomb

15.

The Cold War was "fought" between

a)

The U.S. and Vietnam

b)

China and the Soviet Union

c)

The U.S. and Afghanistan

d)

The U.S. and the Soviet Union

16.

Gandhi is remembered for leading the independence movement of what country?

a)

India

b)

China

c)

Indonesia

d)

South Africa

17.

The WWII era leader of the Soviet Union was

a)

Vladimir Lenin

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Nikita Khrushchev

d)

Mikhail Gorbachev

18.

The Cuban Missile Crisis was when

a)

Cuba underwent a revolution to become communist

b)

The Soviet Union took control and colonized Cuba

c)

Cuba ignored a military quarantine placed on them by the U.S.

d)

The Soviet Union placed nuclear missiles in Cuba as a threat to the U.S.

19.

Where did the Industrial Revolution begin?

a)

India

b)

Russia

c)

Great Britain

d)

United States

20.

The French Revolution was caused by... (Select All)

a)

The Enlightenment

b)

Extravagance of the French monarchy

c)

Shortage of wheat in France

d)

Imperialism imposed on France by Britain

21.

The Jewish Holocaust took place in...

a)

South Asia

b)

Latin America

c)

Middle East

d)

Europe

22.

What was the immediate cause of World War I?

a)

Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

b)

Invasion of Ethiopia by Italy

c)

Invasion of Poland by Germany

d)

Death of Tsar Nicholas II

23.

Matthew Perry was sent to __________ to open trade with the United States.

a)

Japan

b)

China

c)

Madagascar

d)

Australia

24.

The application of reason and logic to society and politics was known as...

a)

the Renaissance

b)

the Enlightenment

c)

the Reformation

d)

the Scientific Revolution

25.

Which of the following is NOT one of the main underlying causes of WWI?

a)

Alliances

b)

Imperialism

c)

Treaty of Versailles

d)

Militarism

26.

Who is the Father of Communism?

a)

Vladimir Lenin

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Adam Smith

d)

Karl Marx

27.

Private (individual) ownership of wealth and businesses is the central idea of what economic system?

a)

Socialism

b)

Mercantilism

c)

Communism

d)

Capitalism

28.

Fascism was first used by...

a)

Adolf Hitler

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Francisco Franco

d)

Benito Mussolini

29.
A program of loans that was designed to aid Western European nations rebuild from WWII's devastation was the
a)
The MacArthur Plan
b)
The Marshall Plan
c)
The Churchill Plan
d)
The Dreyfus Affair
30.
In order to avoid a two-front war, Hitler signed a non-aggression pact with this country in 1939
a)
Austria
b)
Poland
c)
the Soviet Union
d)
Spain
31.

What caused the Taiping and Boxer rebellions?

a)

Foreign economic involvement in China

b)

British selling opium to China

c)

Indians refusing to touch the gunpowder pouches

d)

Americans moving into West North America

32.
The Haitian revolution was the only revolution of the period 1750 to 1900 that was initiated and fought by
a)
Creoles
b)
Mestizos
c)
Foreign mercenaries
d)
Slaves
33.
In which rebellion in India in the mid-1800s did natives challenge British power?
a)
Zulu
b)
Taiping
c)
Boxer
d)
Sepoy
34.

Who was the leader of the United States during World War II?

a)

Mussolini

b)

Stalin

c)

Roosevelt (FDR)

d)

Hitler

35.

Who was the Prime Minister of Great Britain during World War II?

a)

Adolf Hitler

b)

Benito Mussolini

c)

Josef Stalin

d)

Winston Churchill

36.

Who was the leader of Italy during World War II?

a)

Mussolini

b)

Stalin

c)

Roosevelt (FDR)

d)

Hitler

37.
What policy did other European nations adopt when dealing with Germany before WWII?
a)
Totalitarianism
b)
Isolationism
c)
Appeasement
d)
Aggressionism
38.
Before independence, Haiti was a colony of _____.
a)
Great Britain
b)
France
c)
The United States
d)
Belgium
39.
What group was at the top of the Latin American social hierarchy?
a)
Creoles
b)
Mestizos
c)
Peninsulares
d)
Mulattos
40.
Mixed-race people of White Spaniards and Native American parents were ______________.
a)
Mestizo
b)
Mulatto
c)
Peninsulares
d)
Creoles
41.
____________ were wealthy white Spanish residents of Latin America who were born in the Spanish colonies
a)
Mulattos
b)
Creoles
c)
Mestizo
d)
Peninsulares
42.
The poem, The White Man's Burden, by Rudyard Kipling, represents the belief that European culture was _______.
a)
superior to other cultures
b)
misunderstood by Americans
c)
the oldest culture in the world
d)
a replica of Ancient Greek culture
43.
What was the Meiji Restoration?
a)
a period of industrial growth in China
b)
a period of modernization and industrialization in Japan
c)
the return of Indian art objects
d)
the return of African lands after the Zulu Wars
44.
This country in Asia was known as Britain's "crown jewel".
a)
China
b)
India
c)
Manchuria
d)
Korea
45.

The Berlin Conference split up ________ among European nations.

a)

Africa

b)

Asia

c)

Australia

d)

South America

46.
Where did the Sepoy Rebellion occur?
a)
Germany
b)
France
c)
India
d)
Britain
47.

Which of the following groups would most likely benefit most from the ideas of Karl Marx?

a)

Entrepreneurs

b)

Factory Workers

c)

Large Business Corporations

d)

Factory Managers

48.

Which of the following is social affect of the Industrial Revolution?

a)

the increase in air pollution

b)

people dying from lack of food

c)

an increase in deaths by road accidents

d)

the rise of the industrial middle class and industrial working class

49.

What European country had control over the area of Africa called the Congo?

a)

Great Britain

b)

France

c)

Italy

d)

Belgium

50.

The Congo was exploited primarily for it's supply of what?

a)

Rubber

b)

Corn

c)

Oil

d)

Cotton

51.

Through the British East Indian Company, the British slowly gained control over...

a)

Indonesia

b)

Vietnam

c)

the Philippines

d)

India

52.

Chinese citizens who used violence to protest foreign influence were called

a)

Boxers

b)

Loyalists

c)

Confucians

d)

Rebels

53.

Why did the Sepoys revolt against Great Britain in 1859?

a)

They were being forced to do domestic labor

b)

British cartridges were greased with animal fat, which went against their religion

c)

The British were physically torturing the soldiers

d)

There were no education opportunities given to the soldiers

54.

The sun never set on the ____________________ empire

a)

British

b)

Japanese

c)

American

d)

French

55.

Which European country had territories in Northern Africa and Indochina?

a)

Great Britain

b)

Spain

c)

France

d)

United States

56.

Which country won the Opium War?

a)

China

b)

Japan

c)

Great Britain

d)

the United States

57.

Who was the Queen of England at the height of British imperialism?

a)

Elizabeth

b)

Victoria

c)

Mary

d)

Isabella

58.

Within a penal colony, settlers are typically...

a)

Peasants

b)

Farmers

c)

Government leaders

d)

Criminals

59.

What new imperial power of the 1800s gained territories such as Puerto Rico and the Philippines?

a)

Germany

b)

Italy

c)

Japan

d)

United States

60.

What was the name of the final Chinese dynasty?

a)

Yuan

b)

Meiji

c)

Qing

d)

Mughal

61.

This picture could be used as an example of...

a)

Yellow Journalism

b)

Propaganda

c)

Muckraking

d)

War Journalism

62.

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

a)

John Locke

b)

George Washington

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

Alexander Hamilton

63.

The Armenian Genocide occurred in which empire?

a)

Russian

b)

Safavid

c)

Ottoman

d)

Khmer

64.

Which of the following groups was NOT persecuted during the Holocaust?

a)

Aryans

b)

Jehovah's Witnesses

c)

Roma

d)

Homosexuals

65.

Adam Smith is known as the Father of ___________________.

a)

Capitalism

b)

Mercantilism

c)

Communism

d)

Socialism

66.

The Taiping Rebellion occurred in...

a)

Communist China

b)

Meiji Japan

c)

the Ottoman Empire

d)

Qing China

67.

The central conflict within the Cold War was...

a)

Decolonization

b)

How to recover from WWII

c)

Capitalism vs Communism

d)

How to prevent future genocides

68.

Who painted the "Guernica"?

a)

Vincent Van Gogh

b)

Francisco Franco

c)

Pablo Picasso

d)

Claude Monet

69.

All of the following are aspects of fascism EXCEPT

a)

Glorification of military

b)

Totalitarian government

c)

Extreme nationalism

d)

Emphasis on equality

70.

Which motivation would apply to all political revolutions of the 18th century?

a)

the spread of Enlightenment ideas

b)

the desire to end slavery

c)

the mistreatment of females

d)

the desire to rid themselves of unfair social class differences

71.

Matthew Perry was sent on behalf of ___________ to open trade with Japan.

a)

Great Britain

b)

the USA

c)

China

d)

Russia

72.

In what year was the Declaration of Independence written?

a)

1789

b)

1781

c)

1776

d)

1803

73.

What cause of the French Revolution is represented by this image?

a)

Weak leadership of the monarchy

b)

Unequal social class system

c)

Economic crisis

d)

Inspiration from the Enlightenment

74.

Napoleon Bonaparte came to rule what empire?

a)

France

b)

Great Britain

c)

Russia

d)

Ottoman

75.

Joseph Stalin's organized program to increase industrialization within the Soviet Union was known as the...

a)

Cultural Revolution

b)

Great Leap Forward

c)

Gulag Plan

d)

Five Year Plans

76.

Which President of the United States initiated the Berlin Airlift?

a)

John F Kennedy

b)

Richard Nixon

c)

Harry Truman

d)

Franklin Roosevelt

77.

Which of the following is remembered for non-violently protesting Apartheid?

a)

Mahatma Gandhi

b)

Jawaharlal Nehru

c)

Nelson Mandela

d)

Muhammad Ali Jinnah

78.

Which Latin American Revolutionary figure was known as "The Great Liberator"?

a)

Simon Bolivar

b)

Toussaint Louverture

c)

Napoleon Bonaparte

d)

Miguel Hidalgo

79.

Who gave the deeply inspirational "We shall fight on the beaches..." speech in 1940?

a)

George Patton

b)

Douglas MacArthur

c)

Winston Churchill

d)

Dwight Eisenhower

80.

Who was the President of the United States during the Great Depression, who developed what was known as the 'New Deal'?

a)

Dwight Eisenhower

b)

John Kennedy

c)

Franklin Roosevelt

d)

Harry Truman

81.

The Armenian Genocide primarily targeted people who practiced what religion?

a)

Islam

b)

Christianity

c)

Sikhism

d)

Buddhism

82.

Who was the President of the United States during the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962?

a)

Harry Truman

b)

Richard Nixon

c)

Franklin Roosevelt

d)

John Kennedy

83.

What country was the first to institute communism?

a)

Vietnam

b)

Korea

c)

Russia

d)

China

84.

The Munich Conference of 1938 is a perfect example of which failed foreign policy in action?

a)

Containment

b)

Appeasement

c)

Detente

d)

Brinkmanship

85.

Peninsulares were born in...

a)

Latin America

b)

Spain or Portugal

c)

the United States

d)

Great Britain

86.

Mao Zedong's 1968 program that was used to revitalize society and reaffirm the nation's loyalty to communism was called...

a)

the Five Year Plans

b)

the Cultural Revolution

c)

the Taiping Rebellion

d)

the Great Leap Forward

87.

Which social caste did Simon Bolivar belong in?

a)

Peninsulare

b)

Creole

c)

Mestizo

d)

Mulatto

88.

In 1803, Napoleon Bonaparte sold _________ to the United States in order to help France recover their economy.

a)

Louisiana

b)

Alaska

c)

Texas

d)

Puerto Rico

89.

Which of the following figures is most closely associated with the American Revolution?

a)

Napoleon Bonaparte

b)

Simon Bolivar

c)

Maximilian Robespierre

d)

George Washington

90.

The U.S. economic imperialism, seen through institutions such as the United Fruit Company, was primarily imposed on which region?

a)

East Asia

b)

Middle East

c)

Europe

d)

Latin America

91.

The Qing Dynasty was unique in Chinese history because they were not ethnically Chinese, but instead

a)

Mongols

b)

Manchu

c)

Korean

d)

Vietnamese

92.

Which of the following areas was used as a penal colony for Great Britain?

a)

Egypt

b)

Madagascar

c)

Australia

d)

India

93.

Ho Chi Minh led the fight against French imperialism in which of their colonies?

a)

Vietnam

b)

Cambodia

c)

Algeria

d)

Morocco

94.

Social classes such as Peninsulares, Creoles, Mestizos, and Mulattos were used to identify people in which region of the world?

a)

Latin America

b)

Middle East

c)

South Asia

d)

North America

95.

Adolf Hitler was inspired by which fascist dictator?

a)

Joseph Stalin

b)

Francisco Franco

c)

Benito Mussolini

d)

Hideki Tojo

96.

Mao Zedong's economic program to redistribute agricultural land and promote rapid industrialization was called the

a)

Cultural Revolution

b)

Peasant Uprising

c)

Red Plans

d)

Great Leap Forward

97.

In 1884, European leaders met to organize the distribution of African Imperialism. Where did they meet?

a)

Belgium

b)

Berlin

c)

Barcelona

d)

Britain

98.

The Meiji Restoration was a complete reorganization of the government and economy of...

a)

China

b)

Korea

c)

Vietnam

d)

Japan

99.

The Cold War led to conflicts in all of the following areas, EXCEPT

a)

Japan

b)

Afghanistan

c)

Korea

d)

Vietnam

100.

During the Imperialism of the 1800s, which of the following areas was NOT colonized by Europeans?

a)

India

b)

New Zealand

c)

Ethiopia

d)

South Africa

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