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WHII Pre-Test

Total questions: 52

Worksheet time: 45mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is the first person to circumnavigate the globe?

a)

Christopher Columbus

b)

Hernan Cortez

c)

Ferdinand Magellan

d)

Sir Francis Drake

2.

What Spanish conquistador conquered the Incan Empire?

a)

Francisco Pizarro

b)

Hernan Cortez

c)

Ferdinand Magellan

d)

John Green

3.

Who's explorations of the St. Lawrence River laid claim to France's land in Canada?

a)

Hernan Cortez

b)

Francisco Pizarro

c)

Christopher Columbus

d)

Jacques Cartier

4.

Who posted the 95 Theses and started the Protestant Reformation?

a)

Jan Huss

b)

John Wycliffe

c)

Martin Luther

d)

John Calvin

5.

Who advocated predestination?

a)

Martin Luther

b)

Jan Huss

c)

John Wycliffe

d)

John Calvin

6.

Who broke with the Church of Rome and created his own church so that he could get a divorce?

a)

Henry VIII

b)

Martin Luther

c)

John Calvin

d)

Luke Combs

7.

Where did the Industrial Revolution begin?

a)

England

b)

France

c)

Spain

d)

Italy

8.

Who developed the smallpox vaccination?

a)

Edward Jenner

b)

Louis Pasteur

c)

James Watt

d)

James Hargreaves

9.

Who created the steam engine?

a)

Eli Whitney

b)

Edward Jenner

c)

James Watt

d)

James Hargreaves

10.

Who developed the process for making steel?

a)

James Watt

b)

Andrew Carnegie

c)

Louis Pasteur

d)

Henry Bessemer

11.

Who invented the cotton gin?

a)

Eli Whitney

b)

James Watt

c)

Stone Cold Steve Austin

d)

Edward Jenner

12.

_______ is an economic/political system where government owns means of production & operates all business

a)

Hinduism

b)

Humanism

c)

Communism

d)

Capitalism

13.

Karl Marx advocated for...

a)

Capitalism

b)

Protestantism

c)

Catholicism

d)

Communism

14.

What did the Ottomans change the name of Constantinople to?

a)

Islamabad

b)

Istanbul

c)

Timbuktu

d)

Madrid

15.

Which empire was located in northern India?

a)

Byzantine Empire

b)

Mughal Empire

c)

Ottoman Empire

d)

Songhai Empire

16.

Who unified Northern Italy?

a)

Giuseppe Garibaldi

b)

Matilda

c)

Count Cavour

d)

Otto von Bismarck

17.

Who joined Northern Italy to Southern Italy?

a)

Giuseppe Girabaldi

b)

Count Cavour

c)

Otto von Bismarck

d)

Miguel Hidalgo

18.

Who led the Indian independence movement and used civil disobedience and passive resistance?

a)

Gandhi

b)

Kenyatta

c)

Nasser

d)

Nerhu

19.

Who became president in South Africa when they ended apartheid?

a)

Kenyatta

b)

Mandela

c)

Nerhu

d)

Meir

20.

What religion had a strong influence on the development of the Latin American colonies?

a)

Islam

b)

Catholicism

c)

Judaism

d)

Protestantism

21.

What country did Haiti gain independence from?

a)

Spain

b)

England

c)

Portugal

d)

France

22.

Who won independence for areas such as Bolivia, Panama, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela?

a)

Miguel Hidalgo

b)

Miguel de Cervantes

c)

Francisco Pizarro

d)

Simon Bolivar

23.

Which of these was not a cause of WWI?

a)

Nationalism

b)

Imperialism

c)

Conservatism

d)

Militarism

24.

Who was not a member of the Triple Alliance?

a)

Austria-Hungary

b)

Italy

c)

Germany

d)

France

25.

What was the "spark" that started WWI?

a)

The Zimmerman Telegram

b)

Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand

c)

Sinking of the Lusitania

26.

Who did Germany invade to start WWII?

a)

France

b)

England

c)

Soviet Union

d)

Poland

27.

What happened on December 7, 1941, "a date that will live in infamy"?

a)

Pearl Harbor attack

b)

DDay

c)

Battle of Stalingrad

d)

Battle of Midway

28.

Who was the dictator of Germany during WWII?

a)

:Joseph Stalin

b)

Franklin Roosevelt

c)

Adolf Hitler

d)

Benito Mussolini

29.

What was the plan called where American gave financial payment to rebuild Europe after WWII?

a)

Final Solution

b)

Roosevelt Corrolary

c)

The New Deal

d)

Marshall Plan

30.

Who proposed the League of Nations?

a)

Theodore Roosevelt

b)

Woodrow Wilson

c)

Franklin Roosevelt

d)

Harry Truman

31.

Muhammad is the founder of what religion?

a)

Islam

b)

Christianity

c)

Judaism

d)

Hinduism

32.

Siddartha Guatama is the founder of which religion?

a)

Buddhism

b)

Hinduism

c)

Judaism

d)

Christianity

33.
Which of the following is NOT an accomplishment of Peter the Great?
a)
First absolute monarch in Spain
b)
Established capital at St. Petersburg
c)
Increased Russia's military power
d)
Westernized his country
34.
The U.S. threatened to use nuclear weapons during the ---
a)
Iraqi invasion of Kuwait
b)
Chinese Civil War
c)
USSR invasion of Afghanistan
d)
Cuban Missile Crisis
35.
Which Enlightenment philosopher felt that human beings were inherently evil and needed a strong (absolute) gov. to control them?
a)
John Locke
b)
Voltaire
c)
Thomas Hobbes
d)
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
36.
This organization, formed after WWII, took the place of the ineffective League of Nations...
a)
United Nations
b)
North Atlantic Treaty Org.
c)
World Bank
d)
International Monetary Fund
37.

What had emphasis on reasoned observation, systematic measurement, and changed the way people viewed the world?

a)

Scientific Revolution

b)

Age of Absolutism

c)

Glorious Revolution

d)

Industrial Revolution

38.

Who used the telescope to support the heliocentric theory?

a)

Smiley Waltman

b)

William Harvey

c)

Nicolaus Copernicus

d)

Galileo Galilei

39.

Who discovered the circulation of blood?

a)

William Harvey

b)

Nicolaus Copernicus

c)

Isaac Newton

d)

Ol boy from France

40.

Who built the Palace of Versailles as a symbol of his royal power of France?

a)

Louis XVI

b)

James II

c)

Peter IX

d)

Louis XIV

41.
This device was used to execute thousands of people during the period known as the Reign of Terror.
a)
guillotine
b)
astrolabe
c)
gallows
d)
Bastille
42.

The type warfare depicted in this photograph is indicative of which war?

a)

World War I

b)

World War II

c)

Franco-Prussian War

d)

Cold War

43.
The term referring to giving into some of the demands of the aggressor is called
a)
appeasement
b)
 alliances
c)
 advancement.
d)
arms control
44.

Hutu committed genocide against the Tutsi in this country:

a)

Rwanda

b)

Armenia

c)

Ottoman Empire

d)

Cambodia

45.

Pol Pot carried out a genocide against educated people in this country:

a)

Vietnam

b)

Cambodia

c)

Armenia

d)

Rwanda

46.

What is an agreement signed by Canada, Mexico, and the United States, creating a trilateral trade bloc in North America?

a)

NAFTA

b)

WTO

c)

UN

d)

IMF

47.

Which conclusion about the 19th century is best supported by this table?

a)

Asia had the most natural resources for development.

b)

The United States developed the largest colonial empire.

c)

Western Europe was the most heavily industrialized area.

d)

France experienced the greatest industrial growth.

48.

Which leader was responsible for the communist revolution in China?

a)

Mao Zedong

b)

Deng Xiaoping

c)

Ho Chi Mihn

d)

Sun Yat-sen

49.

Britain, France, and Israel did not support returning the Suez Canal to what country, led by Gamal Abdul Nasser?

a)

Iran

b)

Iraq

c)

Egypt

d)

Panama

50.

Who was the Prime Minister during the Yom Kippur War?

a)

Golda Meir

b)

Bibi Netanyahu

c)

David Ben Gurim

d)

Levi Eschol

51.
exchange of plants, animals, and people between Europe, Asia, and the Americas
a)
Middle Passage
b)
Northwest Passage
c)
Columbian Exchange
d)
Magellan Exchange
52.
An agreement between people and the government to give up some rights for safety and protection
a)
Philosophers
b)
Democracy
c)
Social Contract
d)
Divine Right of Kings

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