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10th Grade CP World History Final Exam Study Guide (Part 2)

Total questions: 99

Worksheet time: 3600secs

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Class
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1.

Which of the following was not true concerning British involvement in India?

a)

The quality of life for many Indians diminished drastically.

b)

The British East India Company ruled for several years.

c)

The British taught the Indians certain Western ideas like political liberty.

d)

The British government eventually took over in India.

2.

Most of Australia’s original settlers were . . .

a)

missionaries.

b)

farmers.

c)

convicts.

d)

prospectors.

3.

What term best describes U.S. foreign policy from the time of Washington to World War I?

a)

alliance

b)

imperialism

c)

isolationism

d)

dominance

4.

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

5.

The Sepoy Mutiny was a revolt . . .

a)

of Indian soldiers employed by the East India Company.

b)

by natives of Burma.

c)

by Indian sailors on a British ship.

d)

of Indonesian Muslims.

6.

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

7.

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.

8.

Thailand is unique among Southeast Asian countries because . . .

a)

it remained independent.

b)

it became the only French colony.

c)

it was ruled by kings.

d)

it was the largest island nation.

9.

The first major international conflict after the defeat of Napoleon was the . . .

a)

Franco-Prussian War.

b)

Seven Weeks’ War.

c)

Crimean War.

d)

Austro-Prussian War.

10.

Which of the following was a missionary to the cannibals of West Africa?

a)

William Carey

b)

David Livingstone

c)

Karl Peters

d)

Mary Slessor

11.

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

12.

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

a)

Britain

b)

United States

c)

Spain

d)

France

13.

Britain received Hong Kong through the Treaty of . . .

a)

Canton.

b)

Nanking.

c)

Peking.

d)

Shanghai.

14.

Wars between China and Great Britain were fought over the smuggling of . . .

a)

tea.

b)

silks.

c)

gold.

d)

opium.

15.

Which was the first treaty that Japan signed with a Western nation?

a)

Treaty of Nanking

b)

Treaty of Kanagawa

c)

Treaty of Tokugawa

d)

Treaty of Nagasaki

16.

The trend toward international cooperation in the late nineteenth century is demonstrated by all the following except . . .

a)

the Red Cross.

b)

the Universal Postal Union.

c)

Bismarck’s System.

d)

the revival of the Greek Olympic games.

17.

In 1905 and again in 1911, Germany tried to break up the Entente Cordiale by . . .

a)

starting a war in the Balkans.

b)

interfering with France’s interest in Morocco.

c)

taking Russia’s side in the Balkan War.

d)

allowing the British to take Morocco.

18.

The Schlieffen Plan was designed to . . .

a)

knock Italy out of the war before it could play an important role.

b)

win the war before the United States could enter it.

c)

defeat France before Russia could organize for war.

d)

spread out reparation payments.

19.

At what river did the French stop the initial German advance of World War I?

a)

Rhine River

b)

Somme River

c)

Marne River

d)

Seine River

20.

Italy entered World War I because it . . .

a)

was fulfilling its obligation to Germany under the Triple Alliance.

b)

was outraged at the violation of Belgian neutrality.

c)

feared a German invasion.

d)

was promised loans and territory by the Allies.

21.

Italian entrance into the war was important because . . .

a)

the Germans and Austrians were forced to 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 submarinewarfare.

22.

Which leader proposed the Fourteen Points?

a)

Woodrow Wilson

b)

Georges Clemenceau

c)

David Lloyd George

d)

Otto von Bismarck

23.

What ship was sunk by a German submarine on May 7, 1915?

a)

Titanic

b)

Maine

c)

Lusitania

d)

Bismarck

24.

Which British prime minister attended the Paris Peace Conference?

a)

David Lloyd George

b)

Woodrow Wilson

c)

Vittorio Orlando

d)

Winston Churchill

25.

Which Italian prime minister attended the Paris Peace Conference?

a)

David Lloyd George

b)

Woodrow Wilson

c)

Vittorio Orlando

d)

Winston Churchill

26.

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

a)

Switzerland

b)

Belgium

c)

Luxembourg

d)

Italy

27.

The sinking of the Lusitania was important because . . .

a)

it was the first American ship sunk during the war.

b)

the ship was loaded with arms and ammunition bound for Germany.

c)

American protests forced the Germans to temporarily halt unrestrictedsubmarine warfare.

d)

it demonstrated the sophistication of the German propaganda machine.

28.

Who was the French representative at the Paris Peace Conference?

a)

Charles Dawes

b)

David Lloyd George

c)

Georges Clemenceau

d)

Ferdinand Foch

29.

By signing the Locarno Pact, Germany . . .

a)

recognized its western borders as permanent.

b)

reduced the number of her warships.

c)

promised to renounce war as an instrument of national policy.

d)

reduced her reparations payments.

30.

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

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.

31.

Which of the following was one of the results of the Treaty of Versailles?

a)

Britain received German warships.

b)

Poland was established as an independent country.

c)

Germany gained colonies in Africa.

d)

The kaiser was executed.

32.

What country signed the Treaty of St. Germain?

a)

Ottoman Empire

b)

Germany

c)

Austria

d)

Russia

33.

Under the Treaty of Versailles, Germany had to grant land to all the following countries except . . .

a)

Belgium.

b)

France.

c)

Denmark.

d)

Russia.

34.

What treaty dismantled the Ottoman Empire?

a)

Treaty of St. Germain

b)

Kellogg-Briand Pact

c)

Treaty of Sèvres

d)

Treaty of Versailles

35.

What was an attempt to disarm the great powers in the early 1920s?

a)

League of Nations

b)

Fourteen Points

c)

Treaty of St. Germain

d)

Washington Naval Conference

36.

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

37.

The Russian czar Alexander III wished to do all the following except . . .

a)

censor the press.

b)

suppress revolutionary ideas.

c)

help exiled Bolsheviks return to their homeland.

d)

force minority groups to become “Russian” in language and religion.

38.

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.

39.

Which U.S. president received most of the blame for the Depression?

a)

Calvin Coolidge

b)

Herbert Hoover

c)

Franklin Roosevelt

d)

Warren G. Harding

40.

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.

41.

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.

42.

What group did Hitler form in 1920 only to purge later on?

a)

Gestapo

b)

Bolsheviks

c)

SA (Sturm Abteilung)

d)

SS (Schutzstaffel)

43.

During World War I the German government helped Bolshevik leaders return to Russia because . . .

a)

it supported a worldwide Bolshevik revolution.

b)

it hoped to strengthen the rule of moderates such as Kerensky.

c)

it was required to do so under terms of the Versailles Treaty.

d)

it hoped the Bolsheviks would disrupt Russia’s war effort.

44.

Which of the following is not associated with Hitler?

a)

Mein Kampf

b)

stormtroopers

c)

Five-Year Plans

d)

Autobahnen

45.

Who led the SS and the Gestapo?

a)

Kemal Ataturk

b)

Leon Trotsky

c)

Heinrich Himmler

d)

Warren G. Harding

46.

Lenin’s demand that Russian peasants turn over their surplus crops to the state was part of . . .

a)

autarky.

b)

pogroms.

c)

war communism.

d)

the New Economic Policy.

47.

Which of the following is a twentieth-century art movement?

a)

cubism

b)

impressionism

c)

classicalism

d)

provincialism

48.

“The Waste Land” was written by . . .

a)

T. S. Eliot.

b)

Walter Gropius.

c)

James Joyce.

d)

Thomas Mann.

49.

The Fascist Party was founded by . . .

a)

Adolf Hitler.

b)

Vladimir Lenin.

c)

Benito Mussolini.

d)

Paul von Hindenburg.

50.

Which of the following was not a cause for Mussolini’s coming to power in Italy?

a)

Italy had gained very little from its support for the Allies in World War I.

b)

Strikes, inflation, and debt plagued the economy.

c)

The Italians were bitter about the “war guilt” clause in the Treaty of Versailles.

d)

Landowners and industrialists feared a Communist revolution.

51.

How did Adolf Hitler treat German Christians?

a)

He supported the churches.

b)

He persecuted Christians who did not support him.

c)

He allowed them to worship as normal

d)

He didn’t even know about them.

52.

The Spanish Civil War is called a “dress rehearsal” for World War II because . . .

a)

Germany discovered Britain’s weakness.

b)

the civil war’s results were identical to those of World War II.

c)

Spain prepared for its role in World War II.

d)

Germany and Italy tried out new weapons under battle conditions.

53.

In 1931 Japan invaded the Chinese province of . . .

a)

Formosa.

b)

Manchuria.

c)

Midway.

d)

Mongolia.

54.

Before Germany demanded and received the Sudetenland, the region had been a part of . . .

a)

Austria.

b)

Belgium.

c)

Czechoslovakia.

d)

Denmark.

55.

Mao Zedong and Chiang Kai-shek called a truce in their civil war because

a)

the League of Nations asked them to.

b)

the Japanese invaded China.

c)

Mao renounced his communist beliefs.

d)

they had reached an agreement on sharing power in China.

56.

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.

57.

Hitler’s militarizing the Rhineland violated which treaties?

a)

Locarno and Versailles

b)

Locarno and Warsaw

c)

Versailles and Kellogg-Briand

d)

Warsaw and Potsdam

58.

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

a)

Austria.

b)

Belgium.

c)

Poland.

d)

Russia.

59.

The Germans defeated France in 1940 because the French . . .

a)

surrendered without a fight.

b)

had abandoned the Maginot Line.

c)

did not expect Hitler to come through the forests of the Ardennes.

d)

were surprised by Spain’s attack on France.

60.

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.

61.

The Italian army was severely defeated by British forces in . . .

a)

Albania.

b)

Ethiopia.

c)

North Africa.

d)

Switzerland.

62.

Blitzkrieg means . . . .

a)

living space.

b)

air force.

c)

standing army.

d)

lightning war.

63.

Which of the following was not a reason that Britain won the Battle of Britain?

a)

Churchill inspired the British people to persevere.

b)

Germans did not bother bombing any civilian targets.

c)

Pilots of the Royal Air Force fought in a heroic fashion.

d)

British people remained tough in the face of hard circumstances.

64.

Which word refers to divisions of German tanks?

a)

sitzkrieg

b)

panzer

c)

blitzkrieg

d)

Luftwaffe

65.

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

66.

Who was the Japanese military leader during World War II?

a)

Hideki Tojo

b)

Sun Yat-sen

c)

Chiang Kai-shek

d)

Mao Zedong

67.

The miracle at Dunkirk was . . .

a)

the victory of French troops over the Germans.

b)

a battle between American and Japanese aircraft carriers.

c)

the retreat to safety of Allied soldiers.

d)

the American victory that followed D-day.

68.

When Winston Churchill said, “Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few,” he was referring to the . . .

a)

flotilla of ships that saved British soldiers at Dunkirk.

b)

American invasion of the Philippines.

c)

Americans who died at Pearl Harbor.

d)

pilots of the Royal Air Force.

69.

Where was the second atomic bomb dropped?

a)

Nagasaki

b)

Hiroshima

c)

Tokyo

d)

Yamaha

70.

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

71.

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

72.

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.

73.

What did Hitler order regarding the Jews early in the war?

a)

He ordered them out of the country.

b)

He ordered them to live in ghettos.

c)

He ordered them into concentration

d)

He ceased persecution of them.

74.

V-E Day took place on . . .

a)

December 7, 1941.

b)

May 8, 1945.

c)

August 6, 1945.

d)

September 2, 1945.

75.

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

76.

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.

77.

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

78.

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.

79.

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.

80.

What has the PLO continued to demand since 1964?

a)

a separate Palestinian state

b)

to take over Syria

c)

an alliance with Russia

d)

the right to develop nuclear weapons

81.

The Viet Cong was . . .

a)

the government of North Vietnam.

b)

the secret police of North Vietnam.

c)

a group of Communist guerrillas in South Vietnam.

d)

the Congress of South Vietnam.

82.

In 1948 a crisis developed over Western access to . . .

a)

Berlin.

b)

Bulgaria.

c)

Korea.

d)

Poland.

83.

Charles De Gaulle helped bring about the Fifth Republic’s constitution which provided for a . . .

a)

strong judicial system.

b)

strong legislature.

c)

weak military.

d)

strong president.

84.

What president brought renewed confidence and hope to America in the 1980s by reducing government regulations and lowering taxes?

a)

George H. Bush

b)

Jimmy Carter

c)

Gerald Ford

d)

Ronald Reagan

85.

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.

86.

Which of the following was not a part of the Vietnam War?

a)

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

b)

Vietnamization

c)

U-2 incident

d)

Tet offensive

87.

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

88.

The ground invasion of Iraq in the first Gulf War was preceded by . . .

a)

an invasion of special forces troops three weeks before.

b)

a heavy naval bombardment for four months.

c)

a five-week bombing campaign.

d)

a two-week bombing campaign.

89.

What is the “world’s largest democracy”?

a)

Brazil

b)

United Kingdom (UK)

c)

India

d)

China

90.

In 1997 control of Hong Kong passed to . . .

a)

China.

b)

Japan.

c)

South Korea.

d)

Vietnam.

91.

What is the term for the uprisings that occurred in many Muslim nations like Tunisia, Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Yemen, and Syria?

a)

Christian revolt

b)

Shiite rebellion

c)

Arab Spring

d)

ISIS uprising

92.

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

93.

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

a)

Russia

b)

Greece

c)

Serbia

d)

Croatia

94.

The countries that border the Persian Gulf are almost exclusively . . .

a)

Jewish.

b)

Christian.

c)

Hindu.

d)

Muslim.

95.

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.

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.

Iran is a majority . . .

a)

Shiite Muslim nation.

b)

Christian nation.

c)

Sunni Muslim nation.

d)

Kurdish nation.

98.

The Asian country with the greatest percentage of protestant Christians is . . .

a)

the Philippines.

b)

Vietnam.

c)

China.

d)

South Korea.

99.

Why have many African countries suffered civil wars?

a)

National unity supersedes ethnic loyalties.

b)

Policies differ over how to feed the people.

c)

Ethnic loyalties supersede national unity.

d)

Groups disagree over whether to save endangered wildlife.