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AP World History 7-9

Total questions: 72

Worksheet time: 1hrs 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which was not a cause of WW1?
a)
nationalism
b)
imperialism
c)
militarism
d)
isolationism 
2.
The "spark" that was an immediate cause of World War I was
a)
The sinking of the Lusitania
b)
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
c)
Increased nationalism
d)
The Zimmerman Telegram
3.
This cartoon is showing a German soldier beating up a French, British, and Russian soldier.  This represents which idea?
a)
Militarism
b)
Alliances
c)
Imperialism
d)
Nationalism
4.
This cartoon represents which cause of World War I?
a)
Militarism
b)
Alliances
c)
Imperialism
d)
Nationalism
5.
The Balkan Peninsula was called a "powder keg" because:
a)
the largest weapons factories were there
b)
it was heavily fortified/defended
c)
it was on the trade route to the powerful Ottoman Empire
d)
nationalist groups there were creating instability in the region
6.

Which of the following best describes warfare during World War I?

a)

Naval battles between ships fighting over trade routes

b)

Quick attacks with coordinated aircraft, artillery, and infantry

c)

Guerrilla combatants attacking from behind trees and in cities

d)

Soldiers digging in trenches and coming out over the top to attack

7.

Which of the following had the most influence on the United States' decision to enter World War I?

a)

The entry of the Ottoman Empire

b)

The capture of Paris by the Germans

c)

Unrestricted submarine warfare by the Germans leading to the sinking of the U.S.S. Lusitania

d)

Mexico's insinuation that it would ally itself with Germany

8.

Which statement about the technology developed during World War I is correct?

a)

The new technology led to fewer refugees being displaced from their homes during the conflict.

b)

The new technology created deadlier weapons which led to increased military casualties in battles fought during the conflict.

c)

The new technology led to smaller nations joining large empires following the conflict.

d)

The new technology led to a reduced focus on transportation improvements following the conflict.

9.

He ruled Mexico for almost 35 years, winning reelection as president again and again. He welcomed foreign investors who developed mines, built railroads, and drilled for oil. However, underneath the surface, discontent rippled through Mexico. The country’s prosperity benefited only a small group.

a)

Francisco Madero

b)

Porfirio Díaz

c)

Victoriano Huerta

d)

Venustiano Carranza

10.

He began a revolt in the North of Mexico against Diaz in 1911 and later formed his own army of Rebels to oppose Huerta, and later Carranza. In 1916, he led his rebels to invade the United States because the US backed Carranza.

a)

Diego Rivera

b)

Emiliano Zapata

c)

Francisco “Pancho” Villa

d)

Porfirio Díaz

11.
 Which event best replaces the question mark in this sequence?  
Russia 1917-1918
• Czar Nicholas II abdicated Russian Imperial throne
•  ?
• Bolsheviks seized power and became the Communist Party
• Russia signed a peace treaty with the Central Powers
a)
A.  Vladimir Lenin returned to lead the Russian Revolution 
b)
B. Leon Trotsky escaped Russia for exile in Mexico 
c)
C. The Russian government adopted the New Economic Policy 
d)
D. The Red Army won the Russian Civil War
12.
What event is credited with starting the Great Depression in the US?
a)
The Stock Market Crash
b)
The Dust Bowl
c)
A run on the bank in Louisville, Kentucky
d)
Herbert Hoover's inability to govern
13.
What was the purpose of the New Deal?
a)
To institute Soviet-style Marxist communism in the formerly free market
b)
To increase government spending and further enrich the Roosevelt family
c)
To let the free market function and correct itself as part of the natural business cycle
d)
To use government agencies to provide employment, regulate industry, and provide relief. 
14.
How were the Fascists able to gain control in Italy and Germany?
a)
Political and economic instability left the people desperate for a strong leader.
b)
Hitler and Mussolini made false promises to the people, and took control by force.
c)
The people were too involved in their own lives and failed to resist their unjust government.
d)
Mussolini and Hitler committed widespread election fraud and ruled without the consent of the people.
15.

". . . The key-stone of the Fascist doctrine is its conception of the State, of its essence, its functions, and its aims. For Fascism the State is absolute, individuals and groups relative. Individuals and groups are admissible in so far as they come within the State. Instead of directing the game and guiding the material and moral progress of the community, the liberal State restricts its activities to recording results. The Fascist State is wide awake and has a will of its own. For this reason it can be described as ethical'. . . ."

— Benito Mussolini, Fascism: Doctrine and Institutions, Howard Fertig, 1932


Which statement expresses the main idea of the passage?

a)

The people have a right to overthrow ineffective governments.

b)

The state is more important than the individuals within it.

c)

The state gets its authority from the power of individuals.

d)

The establishment of an empire will cause division and chaos.

16.
The Nuremberg Laws & Kristallnacht were the early stages of what?
a)
The Holocaust
b)
Anschluss
c)
Lebensraum
d)
Third Reich
17.

Number 1 region on the AP World map is?

a)

North America

b)

South America

c)

USA

d)

Latin America

18.

Number 2 region on the AP World map is....

a)

North America

b)

Asia

c)

South America

d)

Latin America

19.

Number 3 region on the AP World map is...

a)

West Africa

b)

Central Asia

c)

East Africa

d)

South Asia

20.

Number 4 region on the AP World map is....

a)

South Asia

b)

the Caribbean

c)

East Africa

d)

Southern Africa

21.

Number 5 region on the AP World map is....

a)

America

b)

Mexico

c)

the Caribbean

d)

Oceania

22.

Number 6 region on the AP World map is...

a)

Oceania

b)

Caribbean

c)

Middle East

d)

Southeast Asia

23.

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

24.

“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

25.

1. Which of the following best describes the 1936 lithograph (entitled The Hero) by German artist George Grosz?

a)

A propaganda poster prepared by the Nazi Party

b)

A protest poster against the atrocities of the atomic bomb

c)

A representation of a Holocaust victim

d)

A post-First World War print expressing antiwar sentiment

26.

Which of the following is NOT one of the extreme beliefs that people turned to during the low period of economic activity?

a)

Totalitarianism

b)

Fascism

c)

Mercantialism

d)

Ultra-nationalism

27.

Which of the following was NOT one of the decisions made at the Potsdam Conference?

a)

Truman demands free elections in Eastern Europe, Stalin says no

b)

Germany will be unified again which ends the Cold War

c)

Truman and Churchill become untrusting of Stalin and the Soviet Union beginning the Cold War

d)

Nazi officials will be arrested and placed on trial for crimes against humanity

28.

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

29.

It could be said that World War II began in Asia in 1931

when which nation invaded Manchuria?

(a)  

30.

The figurative curtain expressed in the source above refers to

a)

The division between communist countries from democratic counties in Asia

b)

The division between communist countries from democratic counties in Africa

c)

The division between communist countries from democratic counties in Europe

d)

The division between communist countries from democratic counties China

31.
Which of the following foreign policies gave financial aid to European nations to rebuild after WWII?
a)
Truman Doctrine
b)
Marshall Plan
c)
Warsaw Pact
d)
Domino Theory
32.

What was the political and military alliance of Western, non communist nations?

a)

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

b)

Warsaw Pact

c)

United Nations

d)

League of Nations

33.

US President Harry Truman's policy of preventing the spread and expansion of communism was -

a)

Containment

b)

Deterrence

c)

Militarism

d)

Diplomacy

34.

How did the Soviets begin the "Space Race" which started in 1957?

a)

They launched the first ICBM (Intercontinental Ballistic Missile)

b)

They launched the first artificial satellite named Sputnik into space

c)

They created the first space station

d)

They produced the largest hydrogen bomb ever

35.
Who was the leader of the Chinese Communists?
a)
Kim Jung-Un
b)
Chiang Zhou
c)
Jiang Jieshi
d)
Mao Zedong
36.
Which side of the wall was under the control of the Soviets?
a)
West
b)
East
c)
Both
d)
Neither
37.
All of the following were results of the Soviet-American arms race during the Cold War EXCEPT
a)
Sputnik and the space race
b)
diminished military sizes and spending due to technology
c)
the Helsinki Accords
d)
was through third parties (wars by proxy)
38.
Which city was the symbolic point for the beginning and end of the Cold War?
a)
Sarajevo
b)
Prague
c)
Budapest
d)
Berlin
39.

The All-India Muslim League wanted to break away from India and create another country specifically for Muslims. What's the name of the country?

a)

Pakistan

b)

Calcutta

c)

Afghanistan

d)

Burma

40.
The dividing line between the democracies in blue and the Communist in red was referred to as what?
a)
The line of demarkation
b)
The DeMilitarized Zone
c)
The Iron Curtain
d)
The 38th Parallel
41.

The "American War/Vietnam War" began because...

a)

The United States wanted to stop the spread of communism.

b)

The United States wanted to end the enslavement of the Vietnamese population by the Japanese during WWII.

c)

The French had begun to spread capitalism and freedom to communist countries, but ran out of funding to continue in Vietnam.

d)

The occupation after World War II led the nation to be divided in half, much like Berlin and Germany.

42.

The activities in the image best offer evidence of which of the following nineteenth century developments?

a)

Creation of regional networks of transportation

b)

Growing independence of working class women

c)

Changes in global migration patterns

d)

Material benefits of industrialization

43.

The photograph of the trial of rebels, who were participants in the Boxer Rebellion, by mandarins representing the Chinese bureaucracy exemplifies which of the following?


a)

Imposition of a religion of salvation by military conquest

b)

Imposition of centralized governmental authority to quell internal dissent

c)

Evolution of a rivalry between secular authorities and commercial interests

d)

Devolution of political authority from centralized to regional governments

44.

The map illustrating migration patterns in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries BEST exemplifies which of the following?

a)

influence of imperialism on migration

b)

effects of pandemic disease on patterns settlement

c)

manipulation of immigration decisions to spread religions of salvation

d)

resettlement of peoples as a result of world war

45.

The White Man's Burden


Citation: Kipling, Rudyard. "The White Man's Burden," McClure's Magazine vol. XII. no. 4. (February 1899). pp. 290-91.


Take up the White Man's burden--

Send forth the best ye breed--

Go, bind your sons to exile

To serve your captives' need;

To wait, in heavy harness,

On fluttered folk and wild--

Your new-caught sullen peoples,

Half devil and half child.


Take up the White Man's burden--

In patience to abide,

To veil the threat of terror

And check the show of pride;

By open speech and simple,

An hundred times made plain,

To seek another's profit

And work another's gain.


Take up the White Man's burden--

The savage wars of peace--

Fill full the mouth of Famine,

And hid the sickness cease;

And when your goal is nearest

(The end for others sought)

Watch sloth and heathen folly

Bring all your hope to nought.


Take up the White Man's burden--

No iron rule of kings,

But toil of serf and sweeper--

The tale of common things.

The ports ye shall not enter,

The roads ye shall not tread,

Go, make them with your living

And mark them with your dead.


Take up the White Man's burden,

And reap his old reward--

The blame of those ye better

The hate of those ye guard--

The cry of hosts ye humour

(Ah, slowly!) toward the light:--

"Why brought ye us from bondage,

Our loved Egyptian night?"


Take up the White Man's burden--

Ye dare not stoop to less--

Nor call too loud on Freedom

To cloke your weariness.

By all ye will or whisper,

By all ye leave or do,

The silent sullen peoples

Shall weigh your God and you.


Take up the White Man's burden!

Have done with childish days--

The lightly-proffered laurel,

The easy ungrudged praise:

Comes now, to search your manhood

Through all the thankless years,

Cold, edged with dear-bought wisdom,

The judgment of your peers.


In the first and last stanzas of the poem The White Man's Burden (1899), the poet’s main purpose was to point out that

a)

it did not matter what one’s peers believed, scientific racism wrongly presented the assumption that only Europeans and Euro-Americans could achieve high levels of civilization

b)

it was the duty of Europeans and Euro-Americans to bring enlightenment, order, and civilization to peoples in distant lands.

c)

people in distant lands—“half devil and half child”—could never aspire to a level of culture, sophistication, and traditions of Europeans and Euro-Americans.

d)

European and Euro-Americans were interested in exploiting the resources of various lands they colonized.

46.

The Cold War was an indirect conflict between

a)

US & England

b)

US & USSR

c)

USSR & Germany

47.

One reason the US created NATO was to...

a)

contain democracy

b)

contain capitalism

c)

contain communism

48.

In response to the creation of NATO

a)

Berlin was divided into 4 zones

b)

the USSR created the Warsaw Pact

c)

Cuba became communism

49.

Nations that didn't want to join NATO or the Warsaw Pact and remain neutral supported

a)

SEATO

b)

Axis

c)

Non Aligned Movement

50.

Which event brought the US and the USSR the cloest to nuclear war?

a)

Berlin airlift

b)

Cuban Missle Crisis

c)

glasnost

51.

Following Mao's success in the Chinese Civil War he implemented

a)

 collectivization and then redistribution of land to peasants, which failed

b)

the New Economic Plan

c)

the invasion of South Vietnam

52.

Mao Zedong attempted to control China by reforming China’s culture and “re-educating” children of the elite with...

a)

The Five Year Plan

b)

The Cultural Revolution

c)

The Four Modernizations

53.

Shortly after the fall of the Berlin Wall all of the following happened except

a)

dissolution of the USSR

b)

resignation of Gorbachev

c)

a period of detente

54.

Multiple conflicts between Israel and surrounding Arab nations are often over

a)

disputed land in the Middle East

b)

access to warm water ports

c)

the spread of communism

55.

One reason Nelson Mandela was elected president of South Africa in 1994 was...

a)

apartheid was enacted by the Afrikaner National Party

b)

recent political changes had given the black majority the right to vote

56.
Why was the United Nations founded?
a)
To ensure that Germany would never become powerful again
b)
To ensure that another Holocaust could never happen
c)
To try and preserve peace and international cooperation
d)
To protect Europe against Russia
57.
The United Nations was created primarily to
a)
replace national governments with one world government
b)
support the spread of world communism
c)
improve international cooperation
d)
promote domestic disputes in member nations
58.
The World Trade organization's purpose is to  
a)
promote trade barriers
b)
promote free international trade
c)
help poor countries trade with other poor countries.
d)
Help world powers maintain world powers.
59.
The World bank is a program from the UN that provides loans around the world with a purpose to _____________________.
a)
Fight Poverty
b)
Give loans to rich corperations
c)
encourage investment in developed countries
d)
pay teachers to teach students how to read.
60.
Who created the "Universal Declaration  of Human Rights?"
a)
UN
b)
World Bank
c)
IMF
d)
GATT/WTO
61.
What is the Green Revolution?
a)
A dramatic increase of corn from 1951-1987
b)
a program that encourage farmers to adapt modern agriculture methods
c)
When plants turn green after winter
d)
The increase of plants because of artificial means
62.
Why did the United States bomb and invade Afghanistan in 2001?
a)
Afghanistan invaded the country of Kuwait and threatened the United States supply of oil
b)
The United Nations asked the US to overthrow the Taliban government of Afghanistan.
c)
The United States was afraid that Afghanistan was working to develop nuclear weapons and they wanted to put a stop on the program.
d)
They believed the government was offering the safety to al-Qaeda, the organization that attacked the United States on September 11,2001.
63.
Was the leader of China during the 1980s. He was known for strengthening China's economy through the Four Modernizations.
a)
Deng Xiaoping
b)
Daniel Ortega
c)
Vladimir Putin
d)
Indira Gandhi
64.

Nuclear accident at Chernobyl in the former Soviet Union Dumping of toxic waste in the ocean Cutting down the rain forest in Africa and South America


Which conclusion can be drawn from these situations?

a)

Environmental problems need global solutions.

b)

The fall of the Soviet Union has caused severe environmental hazards.

c)

Technology has helped the world stop polluting the environment

d)

Only nations that create environmental problems will suffer from them.

65.

What is one explanation for the great change in the world population between 1950 and 2000?

a)

Family planning was successful.

b)

There was an absence of war and conflict.

c)

New medicines and technology were discovered and applied.

d)

Famine and other natural disasters increased.

66.

Based on this late 20th-century map, which conclusion is accurate?

a)

The worldwide distribution of wealth is unequal.

b)

Social mobility between social classes is increasing.

c)

The communist movement is growing.

d)

Economic self-sufficiency in less developed countries is increasing.

67.

Which conclusion about Internet usage can be drawn from this chart?

a)

Developing nations have easier access to the Internet than developed nations do.

b)

A high standard of living in a nation is linked to high Internet usage.

c)

Internet usage limits international cooperation.

d)

Eastern Hemisphere nations use Internet connections more than Western Hemisphere nations do.

68.

The best conclusion that can be drawn from these graphs is that in 1991

a)

the Boers outnumbered the British in South Africa

b)

the black population has decreased due to emigration

c)

Asians controlled a greater proportion of income in

comparison to their population

d)

whites continued to control the largest amount of income after the end of apartheid

69.

Which natural resource or crop have developing nations been able to trade in the global economy on terms most favorable to themselves?

a)

cocoa

b)

coffee

c)

diamonds

d)

oil

70.

Neocolonialism is best-defined as

a)

Western efforts to expand colonial holdings after WWII

b)

post-WWII population boom in developing nations

c)

economic dependence of developing nations after decolonization

d)

colonization of Latin America after independence from Spain

71.

One significant result of the electronic information age is that

a)

English has become the primary language of global communications.

b)

politically repressive regimes such as that of China are trying to control the Internet.

c)

the gulf between the technological haves and have-nots has widened.

d)

All these answers are correct.

72.

Global warming refers to

a)

natural variations in the global climate over time.

b)

the rise in global temperatures caused by atmospheric pollution such as the emissions of cars and factories.

c)

the risk of a nuclear war when the planet is politically "hot."

d)

the increase in temperature caused by volcanic activity on the oceans' floors.