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Semester 2 Review

Total questions: 55

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which dictator led France during the French Revolution?

a)

Napoleon

b)

Franco

c)

Mussolini

d)

Lafayette

2.

Which two men led successful revolutions in Latin America? (Choose two)

a)

Toussaint

b)

Franco

c)

San Martin

d)

Chavez

3.

Which economist is given credit for the ideas of Capitalism and Laissez-Faire?

a)

Karl Marx

b)

Adam Smith

c)

John Keynes

d)

David Hume

4.

Which social class grew due to the Industrial Revolution?

a)

Nobility

b)

Upper Class

c)

Farmers

d)

Working Class

5.

What were cities like during the Industrial Revolution?

a)

Small and Simple

b)

Spread Out

c)

Big and Dirty

d)

Non-Existence

6.

What was it like working in factories during the Industrial Revolution?

a)

Easy and Safe

b)

Hard and Dangerous

c)

Everyone was working on farms

7.

How were factories eventually made safer?

a)

Parliament passed safety laws

b)

Business owners decided to invest more in safety

c)

Factories were simply destroyed

d)

People stopped working in factories

8.

Which philosopher talked about class struggle/ rich vs poor?

a)

Adam Smith

b)

Karl Marx

c)

Otto von Bismarck

d)

San Martin

9.

Why did Karl Marx start talking about class struggle?

a)

The Civil War

b)

French Revolution

c)

Industrial Revolution

d)

WWI

10.

Which two things are the same?

a)

Socialism/Communism

b)

Capitalism/Communism

c)

Capitalism/Free Enterprise

d)

Socialism/Imperialism

11.

Who campaigned for Women's Suffrage during the Industrial Revolution?

a)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

b)

Karl Marx

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

British Parliament

12.

What idea became popular because of Jewish persecution?

a)

Imperialism

b)

Zionism

c)

Morantism

d)

Militarism

13.

Who led the non-violent Salt March in India?

a)

Karl Marx

b)

Garibaldi

c)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

d)

Ghandi

14.

Who is most known for fighting for Italian Nationalism?

a)

Mussolini

b)

Hitler

c)

Garibaldi

d)

Napoleon

15.

What major political figure helped unify Germany?

a)

Otto von Bismarck

b)

Hitler

c)

Tsar NIcholas

d)

Winston Churchill

16.

Who fought during the Opium War?

a)

Britain and China

b)

Britain and Japan

c)

Britain and Russia

d)

Britain and Germany

17.

What happened at the Berlin Conference?

a)

Europeans divided Africa

b)

Europeans divided South America

c)

European divided Asia

d)

Germany declared war on France

18.

How did Russia connect to new territories in the 19th century?

a)

Planes

b)

Cars

c)

Trains

d)

Walking

19.

The British focused on improving their colonies just as much as they did on improving the people living in the colonies.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

What were the Indians and Chinese fighting against in the Sepoy Mutiny and Boxer Rebellion?

a)

Industrialization

b)

Imperialism

c)

Militarism

d)

Nationalism

21.

Why did the Chinese government decide to start to Opium War?

a)

Britain wouldn't stop trading opium

b)

China wanted more opium

c)

Japan wouldn't stop trading opium

d)

The pig greased cartridges went against their religion

22.

The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand started what major conflict?

a)

WWII

b)

The Cold War

c)

WWI

d)

Opium War

23.

WWI is best characterized by what new fighting style?

a)

Blitzkrieg

b)

Aircraft Carriers

c)

Guerilla Warfare

d)

Trench Warfare

24.

An Arms Reduction would have helped stopped which one of the causes of WWI?

a)

Militarism

b)

Alliances

c)

Imperialism

d)

Nationalism

25.

Which new technologies were used for the first time in WWI?

a)

Gas and Submarines

b)

Gatling Guns and Trains

c)

Horses and Grenades

d)

Chariots and Spears

26.

The world went back to being perfectly peaceful in 1919 after WWI ended

a)

True

b)

False

27.

How did the United States and Britain react to the Great Depression?

a)

They just waited for it to fix itself

b)

They asked other nations for help

c)

They formed NATO

d)

They tried to improve the economy by themselves

28.

The Treaty of Versailles directly led to...

a)

Rise of Democratic Leaders

b)

Rise of Communist Leaders

c)

Rise of Monarchs

d)

Rise of Fascist Leaders

29.

Censorship is often a part of what type of government?

a)

Totalitarian

b)

Democratic

c)

Monarchical

d)

Anarchy

30.

Why did people turn to fascist dictators?

a)

They were attractive people

b)

They had won great military victories

c)

They promised better economies

d)

They asked nicely

31.

Jews in Germany faced what kind of treatment?

a)

Laissez-Faire

b)

Equal Rights

c)

Favored Status

d)

Discrimination

32.

Why did Japan feel the need to expand?

a)

Natural Resources

b)

China provoked them

c)

Opium

d)

Wanted Anime Studios in Korea

33.

On the home-front, what were most citizens asked to do during WWII?

a)

Build Bomb Shelters

b)

Conserve Resources

c)

Flee to Canada

d)

Get Office Jobs

34.

Why was Hitler unable to conquer Russia in WWII?

a)

Harsh Summer

b)

Dry Spring

c)

Harsh Winter

d)

Mild Fall

35.

Following WWII, why did the USSR have satellite states?

a)

To spread communism

b)

To join NATO

c)

To reestablish the Russian Tsar

d)

To have a buffer zone from Europe

36.

"The Wall" in the Cold War is usually a reference to...

a)

Where JFK was shot

b)

The divide between Berlin

c)

The countries surrounding the USSR

d)

Where Black Widow trained in the USSR

37.

"The Wall" also represented what ideological struggle?

a)

Democracy v. Communism

b)

Democracy v Fascism

c)

Democracy v Socialism

d)

Communism v Fascism

38.

What's the purpose of NATO?

a)

Economic Alliance

b)

Military Alliance

c)

Cultural Alliance

d)

To Provide World Peace

39.

The Truman Doctrine was written to stop what?

a)

Democracy

b)

Socialism

c)

Communism

d)

Monarchies

40.

The Iron Curtain separated what to areas?

a)

China and Japan

b)

USA and Mexico

c)

Eastern and Western Europe

d)

The North and The South

41.

What are the reforms of Gorbechev called?

a)

The New Deal

b)

Glasnost and Perestroika

c)

Cosmonaut

d)

Sputnik and Igor

42.

Russia and China both wanted to what?

a)

Industrialize

b)

Have an alliance with the US

c)

Invade eachother

d)

End the Cold War

43.

Who led the Communists in China?

a)

Ho Chi Minh

b)

Chiang Kai-shek

c)

Mao Zedong

d)

Todo

44.

What type of system did Fidel Castro establish in Cuba

a)

Communist

b)

Democratic

c)

Socialist

d)

Monarchy

45.

What movement sought to unite all of Africa under one flag?

a)

Imperialization

b)

Militarism

c)

Back to Africa

d)

Pan-Africanism

46.

What technique did Ghandi use to gain independence?

a)

Non-Violence

b)

Militarism

c)

Riots

d)

Feasts

47.

Which groups worked to end foreign rule in India in 1947?

a)

The CIA

b)

The Interhamue

c)

Indian National Congress and Muslim League

d)

The Sepoys

48.

What does the Middle East Crisis affect?

a)

The Whole World

b)

Just the United States

c)

Just the Middle East

d)

Just the USSR

49.

Does the world stop human rights violations after the Holocaust?

a)

Yes

b)

No

50.

Hutu and Tutsi are associated with what country?

a)

South Africa

b)

Rwanda

c)

Germany

d)

India

51.

Apartheid happened in what country?

a)

South Carolina

b)

Rwanda

c)

Egypt

d)

South Africa

52.

Did racism end in South Africa because Apartheid ended?

a)

Yes

b)

No

53.

Epidemics typically do what to a nation's economy?

a)

Grow the economy

b)

Shrink the economy

c)

Maintain the economy

54.

In what areas does HIV tend to spread? more

a)

More developed societes

b)

Less developed societies

c)

It spreads equally throughout the world

d)

It's completely random

55.

NAFTA and the EU are what kind of alliances?

a)

Military

b)

Informational

c)

Economic