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Unit 7

Total questions: 79

Worksheet time: 1hrs 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of these countries were created before 1939? (Multiple Apply)

a)

Czechoslovakia

b)

Yugoslavia

c)

USSR

d)

Poland

e)

Turkey

2.

Which of these events led to the creation of a new state?

a)

Collapse of the Ottoman Empire

b)

the Bolshevik Revolution

c)

Signing of the Treaty of Versailles

d)

Creation of East and West Germany

3.

When countries dedicate all of their resources to the war effort it is called...

a)

total war

b)

rationing

c)

propaganda

d)

armistice

4.

What is information used persuade people to support the war called?

a)

total war

b)

propaganda

c)

rationing

d)

censor

5.

What did volunteers from European colonies hope to get out of the war?

a)

independence

b)

money

c)

colonies

d)

monarchy

6.

Why did Russia leave WWI?

a)

because Russia became communist

b)

because Russia was too good

c)

because Russia became a democracy

d)

because Russia won the war

7.

What is an agreement to stop fighting called?

a)

armistice

b)

stalemate

c)

communist

d)

total warfare

8.

Germany was forced to pay billions of dollars for war damages. This is called paying for

a)

reparations

b)

armistice

c)

stalemate

d)

war guilt

9.

What is the organization created to prevent future wars called?

a)

League of Nations

b)

total war

c)

Paris Peace

d)

armistice

10.

Which future event did the Treaty of Versailles cause?

a)

World War 2

b)

World War 1

c)

World War 3

d)

Cold War

11.

Which European attitude of imperialism did Japan use to justify its own imperialism?

a)

mission to civilize natives

b)

exploration and cartography

c)

religious conversion of natives

d)

find new markets for goods

12.

The Nazis blamed ___________ for Germany losing WWI.

a)

minority ethnic groups

b)

Aryans

c)

British

d)

French

13.

identification with one's own nation and support for its interests, especially to the exclusion or detriment of the interests of other nations.

a)

Nationalism

b)

Patriotism

c)

Fascism

d)

Communism

14.

Fierce nationalism and the need for a surrender was one reason for...

a)

dropping two atomic bombs on Japan

b)

precision bombing Germany

c)

carpet bombing Italy

d)

the amphibious landing in North Africa

15.

During WWI, the Netherlands remained neutral, but what were the effects of their their neutrality? (Multiple Apply)

a)

they made a large profit during the war

b)

they helped Germany get around a naval blockade

c)

they gained a large naval fleet during the war

d)

they exploited the chaos of the war to become a large empire

16.

What is true about the Ottoman Empire prior to 1910?

a)

much of their territory had been lost to other imperial powers

b)

they were more technologically evolved than other imperial powers

c)

they were one of the wealthiest empires

d)

They shared the same religion and language as Germany

17.

During the 1930s and 1940, many governments started regulating businesses and taking an active role in their economy. Why?

a)

the economic depressions of the Interwar Period caused significant disruptions in the world

b)

factory owners began to oppress the average person, disrupting the war effort during WWI

c)

factory owners started using too many raw materials and causing widespread environmental damage

d)

new economic theories started proving laissez-faire does not actually lead to economic growth

18.

Improved wartime technology during World War I led to

a)

Smaller nations becoming part of larger nations after the war

b)

A smaller number of refugees during the war

c)

Increased casualties in battles fought during the war

d)

A slowdown in transportation improvements after the war

19.

Which of the following statements is an accurate comparison of the Ottoman, Russian, and Qing Empires in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries?

a)

Prior to their collapse, each of the empires attempted a series of Western-style reforms, but the ruling elites eventually failed to support the needed changes.

b)

These land based empires collapsed due to a variety of internal and external factors, including WWI, failure to modernize and revolution

c)

The Ottoman and Russian Empires survived because of the adoption of some Western-style reforms while the Qing failed because it refused to alter centuries of Chinese tradition.

d)

The Ottoman Empire and Qing dynasty both lost territory to aggressive European powers while Russia, acting as an aggressor, expanded its empire during this time.

20.

“At school the teachers say it is our patriotic duty to stop using foreign words. I didn’t know what they meant by this at first, but now I see it—you must no longer say ‘adieu’ [‘farewell’] because that is French. It is in order to say ‘lebwohl’ [‘farewell’ in German] instead. We also have a little tin box in which we’ll put some small change in every time we slip up and use a foreign word. The contents of this little war savings box will go towards buying knitting wool. We must now knit woollen things for the soldiers.”


Diary of a twelve-year old German girl, August 1914


The passage above best exemplifies which of the following processes shortly after the outbreak of the First World War?

a)

The increasingly authoritarian methods used by European teachers

b)

The strengthening of nationalist sentiment throughout Europe

c)

The emergence of a pan-European antiwar movement

d)

The key role European women played in sustaining the war effort

21.

The mobilization of state resources during World War II:

a)

Occurred in fascist, democratic, and totalitarian states

b)

Occurred in only fascist states like Germany and Italy through corporate/labor cooperation

c)

Occurred in only colonies of imperial powers in order to better serve their rulers

d)

Occurred in only countries that were lead by powerful dictators like Stalin, Hitler, and Mussolini

22.

Stalin was most successful in:

a)

Industrializing the Soviet Union

b)

Expanding access to consumer goods

c)

Extending suffrage to a majority of the population

d)

Improving higher education possibilities for both men and women

23.

What effect did World War I have on the status of women?

a)

The demands of total war actually reduced the opportunities for women

b)

Women in many countries received the vote in the years after the war.

c)

The slaughter caused by capitalistic tensions caused 32 percent of women to join socialist or communist parties.

d)

All women took advantage of new economic opportunities, which lasted long past the end of the war.

24.

Which of the following statements BEST describes the Russian Revolution

a)

The peasants of Russia deeply wanted new liberties and thus killed the Tsar to get it

b)

The first part of the Revolution got rid of the Tsar and the Second Revolution made a Communist state

c)

Lenin killed Stalin and caused a mass revolt

d)

Nicholas II was a great ruler whose death in WWI caused the chaotic revolution

25.

The mandate system

a)

was one of Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points.

b)

led to the occupation of Germany after the war.

c)

allowed for the rapid spread of communism.

d)

angered the Arab world because it was little more than a glorified form of imperialism.

26.

The term, coined by Wilson in his 14 points, means the idea that people with the same ethnic origins, language, and political ideals had the right to form sovereign states was

a)

Utopian socialism

b)

Fabianism

c)

self-determination

d)

positive nationalism

27.

In the wake of World War I, he president of the newly formed Turkey

a)

Edvard Munch

b)

Benito Mussolini

c)

Mustafa Kemal

d)

Ali Jinahn

28.

The key factor in the United States’s decision to enter World War I was

a)

its position as leader of the free world.

b)

Germany’s resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare.

c)

its long-standing friendship with Great Britain.

d)

the U.S. desire to pick up German colonies in the Pacific.

29.
What did allied forces do on D-Day, June 6, 1944?
a)
They sent thousands of troops to Berlin.
b)
They stormed the beaches of Normandy, France.
c)
The fought the Nazi troops in Russia.
d)
They took control of many Japanese islands.
30.
What strategy did the United States develop to help defeat Japan?
a)
island hopping
b)
total war
c)
Anaconda plan
d)
blockade
31.

The Soviet Union entered World War II ---

a)

in response to United States involvement

b)

after the D-Day invasion of Normandy

c)

after the defeat of the Bolshevik party

d)

in response to German invasion

32.

Which two cities were attacked with atomic bombs by the United States?

a)

Nagasaki & Hiroshima

b)

Tokyo & Kyoto

c)

Tokyo & Yokohama

d)

Osaka & Kyoto

33.

Ended U.S neutrality, caused to immediately enter WWII

a)

Chinese Attack Pearl Harbor (1941)

b)

Japanese Attack Pearl Harbor (1941)

c)

Tuskegee Airmen Attack

d)

U.S Allies

34.

U.S secret project to build the world's first nuclear bomb, the atom bomb

a)

Manhattan Project

b)

Nagasaki Project

c)

Navajo Code Talkers Project

d)

D-day

35.

Hitler and Stalin's secret deal

a)

Non-Aggression Pact

b)

Blitzkrieg

c)

Dictator

d)

Holocaust

36.
What war was the turning point of the war in the Pacific?
a)
The battle of Coral sea
b)
D-day
c)
The battle of the bulge 
d)
The battle of Midway
37.

Hitler annexed ________ to bring more Germans within his control.

a)

The Rhineland

b)

Sudetenland

c)

Lebensraum

d)

Romania

38.
What was the time period where Adolf Hitler had 6 million Jews killed because he wanted a pure Aryan Race?
a)
Holocaust
b)
Reign of Terror
c)
Middle Passage
d)
Rwanda Genocide
39.
Trials used to convict criminals who were in charge of the Holocaust.
a)
Nuremberg Trials
b)
Scopes Trials
40.
What happened September 11, 1938 when Adolf order the Jewish businesses and synagogues to be destroyed?
a)
Lieben
b)
Schmerzhaft
c)
Kristallnacht
d)
Glucklich
41.
What was the plan that Adolf and his advisors came up with to get rid of the Jews or anyone who resisted?
a)
Final Solution
b)
Starve them
c)
Beat them
d)
Killed them
42.
What was a political consequence of British settlement in South Africa?
a)
South Africans enjoyed a sense of equality
b)
Great Britain extended the protection of the English Bill of Rights to all people
c)
A system of apartheid developed
d)
Great Britain established a free & open democracy in South Africa
43.
The _______ was organized to fight against the all white government in South Africa.
a)
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
b)
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
c)
African National Congress
d)
Sharpeville Congress
44.
This man would become the first African President of South Africa.
a)
Nelson Mandela
b)
Kanye
c)
Gandhi 
d)
Malcolm X
45.
Pan-Africanism is a movement which
a)
was popularized by Jamaican Bob Marley & African-American Martin Luther King Jr.
b)
Advocated the unity of all African peoples in the global struggle against white supremacy & colonialism
c)
In many ways used ideas of Chinese nationalism
d)
was a combination of ideals of the Poor Peoples Alliance
46.
The greatest impact of WWII on Africa was what?
a)
WWII increased the presence of European military operations in Africa 
b)
At the Paris Peace Conference, it was decided that Africans could no longer be rule by European powers 
c)
Support for colonialism significantly increased among African citizens
d)
WWII was the starting point of anti-colonial independence movements
47.
Which country witnessed a massive case of ethnic cleansing in 1994?
a)
Egypt
b)
Namibia
c)
Nigeria
d)
Rwanda
48.
In 1994, genocide occurred in Rwanda. Genocide means:
a)
the random extermination of various individuals
b)
the systematic annihilation of a variety of unconnected people
c)
the chance extermination of a group of people
d)
the systematic extermination of a group of people
49.
Hutu refers to
a)
a group of people who are the minority in Rwanda.
b)
a group of people who ruled Rwanda under Belgian rule.
c)
a group of people who ruled Rwanda under German rule.
d)
a group of people who are the majority of Rwandans.
50.
Tutsi refers to
a)
Rwandans who ruled Rwanda for the Belgians
b)
Rwandans who committed the genocide
c)
Rwandans who are the majority group
d)
Rwandans who discriminated against the Belgians
51.
The excuse to begin the genocide in a small African country was 
a)
the killing of the Hutu President of Rwanda
b)
the killing of a Tutsi rebel leader
c)
the killing of the Hutu militia leader
d)
the killing of the killing of the Tutsi President of Rwanda
52.
One of the reasons death tolls during the genocide in Africa in 1994 were on such a massive scale was due to
a)
the United Nations withdrawal of 90% of their peacekeeping forces
b)
the United States withdrawal of 90% of their peacekeeping forces
c)
a major drought & famine in Rwanda that year
d)
the use of chemical & biological weapons
53.

Which of the following are reasons Palestinians may object, or be against, their current status in the Middle East? Check all that apply.

a)

The creation of Israel following WWII

b)

Israeli settlements in the West Bank

c)

The creation of a Palestinian state

d)

Balfour Declaration (1917) which established a national home for the Jewish people

54.

What was the motivation for the mass killings of Tutsis by the Hutus in Rwanda?

a)

To encourage Pan-Africanism and national unity

b)

To force religious assimilation

c)

The political struggle for control after imperialism

d)

The end of apartheid

55.

Armenians would be considered a(n)

a)

ethnic group

b)

religious group

c)

social group

d)

economic group

56.

Armenians were different from most other groups within the Ottoman Empire, in that they were mostly

a)

Pagan

b)

Muslim / Islamic

c)

Buddhist

d)

Christian

57.

In the 1890s, Armenians attempted to petition and protest for equal rights. What was the response by the Ottoman Sultan Hamid II?

a)

Gave Armenians equality under the law in order to stop the protests

b)

Allowed Armenian representatives to voice their concerns in a Parliament-style meeting

c)

Sent out police and troops leading to 200,000 dead Armenians in a massacre

58.

In 1912, the Ottoman Empire _____ territory from the Balkan area of Europe.

a)

gained

b)

lost

59.

In 1913, the organization that rose up and took power in the Ottoman Empire was called the

a)

Committee of Union and Progress

b)

Committee of Public Safety

c)

Young Turks

d)

Young Kurds

60.

This is the day in which, to "protect the Turkish homeland", hundreds of Armenian intellectuals were rounded up and later executed

a)

Red Sunday

b)

Red Monday

c)

Black Tuesday

d)

Blue Saturday

61.

What is Sharia Law?

a)

Means the same as Murphey's Law

b)

A governing system in

c)

Islam's legal system.

d)

Rules and regulations for the Muslim people

62.

Who was Henry Morgenthau?

a)

German Ambassador to Turkey

b)

A doctor who helped the deported Armenians

c)

Photographer who sent images of the Genocide to America

d)

The United States Ambassador To Turkey

63.

How were Armenians treated by the Ottoman Empire before World War I?

a)

They were denied citizenship in Turkey until after the war.

b)

They were praised due to their contribution to the war effort.

c)

They were fully integrated into Ottoman political system.

d)

They were imprisoned and tortured mercilessly.

64.

Who was Pol Pot?

a)

Prime Minister of Cambodia

b)

Leader of Vietnamese Military

c)

Coach of the Chicago Bulls

d)

Marxist Dictator

65.

What group did Pol Pot create?

a)

Khmer Military

b)

Khmer Rogue

c)

Cambodia Communist Association

d)

Youns

66.

Many survivors that escaped Cambodia fled to Thailand.

a)

True

b)

False

67.

What was Pol Pot’s goal?

a)

Create a dictatorship

b)

To form a communist Agrarian utopia

c)

Destroy the government

d)

To kill all Cambodians

e)

All of the Above

68.

What event brought the country out of the Great Depression?

a)

the Bonus Army

b)

the building of the Hoover Dam

c)

going off of the gold standard

d)

World War II

69.
What was the name of FDR's plans and programs designed to meet the needs and problems of the Great Depression?
a)
New Deal
b)
Great Deal
c)
Social Security
d)
the New Liberalism
70.
What were the major goals of the New Deal?
a)
no gold standard and free coinage of silver
b)
abolition and suffrage
c)
relief, recovery, and reform
d)
expanding the size and economic influence of the United States
71.
The major difference between Adolph Hitler and Josef Stalin was –
a)
Hitler and Stalin were totalitarian; however, Stalin was democratically elected
b)
Hitler’s brand of totalitarianism was based on race while Stalin’s was based on devotion to communism
c)
Stalin hated Jewish people and made that a central part of his plan
d)
Hitler ruled without the support of the people while Stalin was very popular
72.

What area is the darker shaded region on this map?

a)

Manchuria

b)

Korea

c)

Japan

d)

Indonesia

73.

Who conquered the darker area on this map during the 1930s?

a)

Russia

b)

Korea

c)

Japan

d)

England

74.

Which totalitarian dictator invaded Ethiopia in 1935?

a)

Hitler

b)

Tojo

c)

Mussolini

d)

Stalin

75.

In the USSR, collectivization of farms means that--

a)

larger numbers of farmers are eliminated because the state now owns farms

b)

increasing dependence on manufacturing

c)

using capitalism as an economic system

d)

fencing in sheep instead of using farm land

76.

What year was the Russian Revolution?

a)

1917

b)

1919

c)

1929

d)

1914

77.

Which group participated in the Russian Revolution?

a)

Peasant farmers and workers

b)

Bankers

c)

Religious leaders

d)

the Czar and Czarina

78.

The Stock Market Crash of 1929 is generally associated with —

a)

the worldwide depression

b)

high tariffs

c)

the Russian Revolutions

d)

hyperinflation

79.

What was Joseph Stalin’s economic plan to industrialize the Soviet Union?

a)

5 Year Plan

b)

Mandate Plan

c)

Self Managed Plan

d)

National Economic Plan