WorksheetsWH 2nd Semester Final
Total questions: 46
Worksheet time: 35mins
What is the definition of socialism?
The idea that the means of production, distribution and exchange should be owned and regulated by the community as a whole.
The idea that all free men over the age of 21 of good standing should have the right to vote.
The idea that women should have equal political, social and economic rights as men.
The idea that a country’s trade and industry should be controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.
(a) means classless society in which all wealth and property should be owned by the community as a whole?
Karl Marx created _________.
Communism
Capitalism
Socialism
Toaster Strudels
Wal-Mart is opening in the small town of Vado, New Mexico. This is creating over 400 jobs in the area. Population is quickly increasing in the city. This is an example of...
Urbanization
Inflation
Urban Center
Influence
An organization of workers dedicated to protecting members' interests and improving wages, hours and working conditions for all.
Labor Union
Workers Rights
Worker Strikes
Collective Bargaining
A person who is associated with starting a business is know as
Merchant
Entrepreneur
Salesman
Businessman
The money an investor uses to start new business enterprises is…
Detente
Opportunity Costs
Capital
Profit
The working class is also known as the...
Proletariats
Capitalists
Idealists
A group of middle class people who own property is known as...
Proletariat
Capitalist
Bourgeoisie
Aristocracy
What was one major effect of the Industrial Revolution?
The rise of imperialism searching for raw materials.
an increased desire of the wealthy class to share its power
the spread of the ideas of liberty and fraternity
government control of agricultural production
The belief that strong nations should naturally conquer the weak incorporating the idea of "survival of the fittest" from animals to humans was called
Social Darwinism
White Man's Burden
Nationalism
Economics
A policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries politically, socially. or economically.
Militarism
Imperialism
Nationalism
Sphere of Influence
Treating conquered people as if they were children; denying them rights.
Imperialism
Assimilation
Geopolitics
Paternalism
This theory was developed by Francis Galton and suggested that the human population needed to be controlled through selective breeding.
Evolution
Social Darwinism
Natural Selection
Eugenics
Which of the following is the best example of how World War I was a total war?
The alliance system drew nation after nation into the war.
Modern weapons caused high casualty rates on the Western Front.
Women took over many jobs in war industries.
U-boats attacked Allied shipping in the Atlantic.
What was the immediate result of the sinking of the British liner Lusitania by a German u-boat?
Britain instituted a naval blockade of German ports.
The United States entered the war on the Allied side.
Germany resumed unrestricted submarine warfare against the Allies.
Woodrow Wilson threatened to cut diplomatic ties with Germany.
The glorification of the military for purposes of nationalism is…
Self-determination
Reparations
Armistice
Militarism
Military agreement uniting Britain, Russia, and France
Triple Alliance
Triple Entente
Central Powers
Allied Powers
What is a U-Boat?
A German submarine used in World War I or World War II.
Built exclusively for fishing, fishing boats in different sizes are used on both salt and freshwater bodies.
Considered the most popular boats in the world, these multi-hull craft rely on pontoons, which resemble large tubes, to float.
Your moms boat.
Your uncles fishing boat.
In January 1918, President Wilson spoke to Congress about the war aims of the nation. His plan ultimately became known as the _______________________ and was designed to create a lasting peace in the world.
Fourteen Points
Treaty of Versailles
Wilson's suggestions
League of Nations
WWI began because of the assassination of ______________________________.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Pope Pius V
King John II
Duke of Buckingham
The spreading of ideas to promote a cause or to damage an opposing cause is…
Militarism
Propaganda
Proletariat
Reparations
An ___ is an agreement to end fighting.
amendment
armistice
autocracy
alliance
• Led the Russians in a second revolution (1917)
• Promised "Peace, Land, and Bread"
• Established the New Economic Policy (NEP)
Which leader is being described by these statements?
Czar Nicholas II
Nikita Khrushchev
Vladimir I. Lenin
Mikhail Gorbachev
"All nations should have the right to govern themselves without interference of other countries". This idea was called s (a) .
Totalitarianism is a form of government that
asserts total control over the lives of its citizens
allows for individuality
equality distributes the wealth of the nation to its people
does not have any historical examples
Why did fascism appeal to many in Italy during WWI?
it was very strict
it promised stability
it offered workers hope for socialist reforms
emphasized equality
After Germany invaded Poland, which Allied countries declared war on Germany?
Japan and Italy
France and Britain
USA and Soviet Union
Italy and Belgium
Why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor?
Because they wanted to continue to take over countries in Southeast Asia
They wanted to invade the United States.
They wanted to stop the United States from selling war materials to Britain.
They wanted to seize the natural resources of Hawaii.
In 1949 the United States and European countries worked together to form an alliance for protection against Communist aggression called N.A.T.O. What does N.A.T.O stand for?
National Alliance Traffic Organization
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
North American Traffic Organization
National Airlift Traffic Organization
In response to NATO, the Soviet Union and its allies formed a defense known as the _______________ _____________.
Warsaw Pact
Soviet Treaty
Warsaw Treaty
Soviet Pact
"I believe that it must be the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures." What policy does this quote refer to?
Domino Theory
Marshall Plan
The Four Freedoms
The Truman Doctrine
What is the principal difference between the US and Soviet economies?
Prices are frozen on essential goods
The federal government makes all economic decisions
There are fewer economic freedoms
There is more economic freedom
Containment was the American strategy to...
Apply economic sanctions on communist satellite countries
Root out communist within America
Limit communism to areas already under Soviet control
Support self-determination if a country "chose" communism
The belief that if one government in SE Asia falls to communism then they all will is what idea?
Domino Theory
SEATO
Containment
Reeducation Initiative
What is the term for the state of tension/hostility between nations aligned with the US and the Soviet Union?
Cold War
NATO
Detente
Domino Theory
The relaxation of the Cold War tensions during the 1970’s.
Fall of the Berlin Wall
NATO
Globalization
Detente
This country withdrew from the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty in 2003 and began testing nuclear weapons in 2006.
N. Vietnam
Russia
China
N. Korea
This terrorist organization formed out of the remains of al-Qaeda in Iraq. It is headed by Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and its goal is to establish a religious caliphate across the Middle East
OPEC
PLO
ISIS
FARC
After 9/11, the U.S. made it national policy to go after those responsible for the attacks and any person or group who supported or cooperated in the attacks. This policy was called…
The War on Terror
The War on Diabetes
The War on Drugs
The War on Violence
The September 11, 2001 attacks on America were orchestrated by al Qaeda and its leader, …
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
Osama bin Laden
Saddam Hussein
Saddam Hussein wanted Kuwait’s vast oil fields and greater access to the Persian Gulf. The U.S. saw the invasion as a threat to its ally, Saudi Arabia, and to the vital oil resources of the region. What was the ensuing conflict called?
Iran/Iraq War
Infinity War
Tigris/Euphrates War
Persian Gulf War
