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World History Final Review

Total questions: 108

Worksheet time: 54mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The capital of the Byzantine Empire was located in which city?
a)
Rome
b)
Constantinople
c)
Kiev
d)
Carthage
2.
The Byzantine Empire preserved the cultural heritage of what two places?
a)
Greece & Persia
b)
Rome & Persia
c)
Greece & Rome
d)
Russia & Rome
3.
The importance of Justinian's Code is that:
a)
It provided equality for women
b)
It outlawed slavery
c)
It was based on Christian beliefs
d)
It was the basis of western law codes 
4.
Which Emperor was responsible for organizing and simplifying old Roman law into a new code?
a)
Constantine
b)
Diocletian
c)
Justinian
d)
Xerxes
5.
What is the name of this Byzantine domed structure that originally served as a church?
a)
Dome of the Rock
b)
Pantheon
c)
Hagia Sophia
d)
Parthenon
6.

How did the physical geography help the capital city become so powerful?

a)

The desert conditions allowed for sand castle sales.

b)

The mountains provided tons of rainfall.

c)

The strait allowed the capital to control trade.

d)

The ocean provided much needed source of food.

7.

What is the name of strait on which the capital city was built?

a)

The Constantinople Strait

b)

The Bosporus Strait

c)

The Black Sea Strait

d)

The Mediterranean Strait

8.

The Justinian Code has been in effect since around the year _________________.

a)

100 BCE

b)

500 AD

c)

1000 AD

d)

1500 AD

9.

Which statement is true regarding the Justinian Code?

a)

It updated & organized the laws of the Byzantine Empire.

b)

It put the laws of the Byzantine Empire in alphabetical order.

c)

It governed the Western Roman Empire and eliminated chaos..

d)

It was created by Constantine & Cleopatra.

10.

What was the name of the set of laws were established during Justinian's reign?

a)

Justinian's Lawyers

b)

Roman Code Laws

c)

Bill of Rights

d)

Justinian's Code

11.

At its height, the ___________________ was almost entirely surrounded by the Byzantine Empire.

a)

African Continent

b)

The Sea of Japan

c)

Western Europe

d)

The Mediterranean Sea

12.

Monotheism is the belief in

a)

one god

b)

many gods

c)

all gods

d)

all of the above

13.

What are the monotheistic religions we discussed

a)

Hinduism, Buddhism, Daoism

b)

Islam, Christianity, Buddhism

c)

Judaism, Christianity, Confucianism

d)

Judaism, Islam, Christianity

14.

How did Japan's location influence its history?

a)

Japan dominated world trade.

b)

Japan was open to multiple invasions.

c)

Japan was isolated from other cultures.

d)

Japan had contact with many different cultures.

15.

What culture influenced the culture of Japan?

a)

China

b)

Great Britian

c)

Korea

d)

Russia

16.

Which group on the social hierarchy was considered lowest in Japanese society?

a)

Daimyo

b)

Merchants

c)

Peasants

d)

Shogun

17.

In feudal Japan, who was at the top of the social structure, but really had no power?

a)

Daimyo

b)

Emperor

c)

Farners

d)

Shoguns

18.

Which characteristic is true of feudalism?

a)

a strong emphasis on learning

b)

strict obedience to Hindu learning

c)

a rigid social hierarchy with little mobility

d)

devotion to the focus of nature

19.

Samauri protect the daimyo's land. Samuari follow an honor code called

a)

Hammurabi's Code

b)

Bushido

c)

Chivalry

d)

10 Commandments

20.

Which food did the Japanese rely on due to their geographic location?

a)

flour

b)

rice

c)

sugar

d)

wheat

21.

Which system of warriors in Japan were similar to knights in Medieval Europe?

a)

crusaders

b)

peasants

c)

samurai

d)

warlords

22.

How are the code of chivalry and the Bushido code similar?

a)

They both stress honor, bravery, and loyalty.

b)

They both stress loyalty to the emperor.

c)

They both stress loyalty to women.

d)

They both stressed loyalty to the country rather than the ruler

23.
The bond of loyalty between a lord and those to whom he has given land
a)
vassal
b)
clan
c)
feudalism
d)
constitution
24.

trans-Saharan trade

a)

requires travel across the Sahara to reach sub-Saharan (south of the Sahara) Africa from the North African coast and Europe.

b)

the act of communicating to another

c)

the activity of buying and selling

d)

tropical grasslands dotted with small trees and shrubs

25.
Mali controlled part of the _____________ Routes
a)
Silk Road Trade
b)
Trans-Sahara Trade
c)
Maritime Trade 
26.

Mansa Musa was from which country in Africa

a)

Mali

b)

Congo

c)

Madagascar

d)

I don't Know

27.

Musa was famous for making a pilgrimage to?

a)

Mali

b)

Mecca

c)

Miami

d)

None of these

28.

Compared to Africa, Europe during the 13th century was more:

a)

chaotic

b)

unified

c)

peaceful

d)

prosperous

29.

Musa's pilgrimage to Mecca was a religious obligation, as well as a:

a)

Search for gold

b)

Military expedition

c)

Publicity tour

d)

Vacation

30.

Musa brought scholars back to Mali in order to:

a)

Learn about European culture

b)

Further the spread of Islam

c)

Record African history

d)

Encourage African exploration

31.

Which Meso or South American culture was located in the area shaded in green?

a)

Aztec

b)

Inca

c)

Maya

d)

Olmec

32.

Which Meso or South American culture was located in the area shaded brown on the map?

a)

Aztec

b)

Inca

c)

Maya

d)

Olmec

33.

What caused the similarities in architecture between the three major Mesoamerican civilizations of the Olmec, Maya, and Aztec?

a)

The similarities were because each of the civilizations was conquered by the Inca.

b)

The similarities were because each of the civilizations reached their peak in the same time period.

c)

The similarities were caused by cultural diffusion over time between all three cultures.

d)

The similarities were caused by the same architect building the pyramids/temples for all three cultures.

34.

What did the Inca build in order to connect their empire?

a)

Roads

b)

Canals

c)

Bridges

d)

Chinampas

35.

In what location did the Aztec build their capital city of Tenochtitlan?

a)

On a swampy island in the middle of lake Texococo

b)

In the fertile valleys of the Andes Mountains

c)

In the rain forests of the Yucatan Peninsula

d)

In the steamy jungles of Brazil

36.

What physical feature separated the Inca Empire from the rest of South America?

a)

Lake Texcoco

b)

The Gulf of Mexico

c)

Andes Mountains

d)

The Caribbean Sea

37.

What is Meso-America?

a)

region from Northern Mexico to Central America where Native american societies grew.

b)

Region from North America to South America.

c)

Region from South America to Antarctica.

d)

Region from Europe to Africa.

38.

How did the first Americans possibly get to America?

a)

They crossed a land bridge called Beringia from Asia to America

b)

They swam across the Bering Strait

c)

They rode wooly mammoths over the ice

d)

They built a bridge across the water

39.
Which country would you visit if you wanted to see the Inca ruins?
a)
Mexico
b)
Peru
c)
Costa Rica
d)
Brazil
40.
Who used terrace farming?
a)
Inca
b)
Aztec
c)
Mayan
41.

What is domination by one country of the political, economic, or cultural life of another country or region

a)

Imperialism

b)

Industrialization

42.

US entered war to gain control of Puerto Rico, Guam, Cuba, and the Philippines in this war...

a)

Rico War

b)

Spanish American War

c)

War on terrorism

d)

Island war

43.

What is a territory settled and ruled by people from another land

a)

colony

b)

territory

c)

spoils

d)

Island

44.
Industrialization affected the relationships between industrialized nations and non-industrialized nations because it
a)
was the driving force behind imperialism. 
b)
weakened economic ties between nations. 
c)
allowed industrialized nations to take slaves. 
d)
enabled the two types of nations to strengthen each other.
45.
 Imperialism was brought on as a result of 
a)
Democratic Revolutions 
b)
World War I 
c)
Industrialization 
d)
The Renaissance 
46.

Which of the following best describes the assembly line manufacturing process?

a)

Each product is fully manufactured one at a time

b)

Products are made one step at a time as they pass down a line

c)

Products are manufactured by robots

d)

Products are made by people who stand in a line

47.

Which of the following methods of farming enables farmers to maximize farmland & increased production by growing different crops on the same land, from time to time?

a)

Crop rotation

b)

Drip irrigation

c)

Crop cultivation

d)

Ploughing

48.

During the Industrial Revolution, life changed in what basic way?

a)

People migrated from villages to work on large farms.

b)

People began selling their goods instead of trading them.

c)

People learned to use machines to make their own clothes.

d)

People migrated from rural areas to cities.

49.

The Industrial Revolution made businesses more profitable (more money) by

a)

Allowing workers to travel daily to their job by train or steamboat

b)

increasing opportunities for workers to find jobs on farms and rural areas

c)

A machine allowed businesses to produce more products efficiently.

50.

Foreign policy of William Howard Taft

A country using diplomacy, economic pressure and military power to protect their interests outside their borders

a)

Moral Diplomacy

b)

Big Stick Diplomacy

c)

Dollar Diplomacy

d)

Treaty

51.
Local Rulers are allowed to keep their authority and status in a new colonial setting. 
a)
Imperialism
b)
Direct Rule
c)
Protectorate
d)
Indirect Rule
52.
A system of government in which the local government authorities are replaced with new, Western officials. 
a)
Direct Rule
b)
Resources
c)
Indirect Rule
d)
Westernization
53.

What is Nationalism?

a)

Agroup of people playing :)

b)

Love and devotion to yourself.

c)

Love of military government.

d)

Love and devotion to one's country.

54.

What was the immediate cause of World War 1?

a)

Economy

b)

Assasination of Francis Ferdinand

c)

They didn't like the same football teams

d)

Language

55.

international peacekeeping organization created at the end of World War I

a)

United Nations

b)

Holenzoner Leauge

c)

Leauge of Nations

d)

Berlin Conference

56.
What is an alliance?
a)
An agreement between nations to defend one another.
b)
An agreement between nations to trade with one another.
c)
When nation's pick teams to fight against.
d)
Groups of countries that finished nationalism.
57.
What is isolationism?
a)
The choice to remain neutral on foreign affairs
b)
When countries decide to defend each other.
c)
When countries agree to not fight in wars.
d)
The answer is not present.
58.
What does the Treaty of Versailles have to do with WW1?
a)
Used to help France Defeat Germany?
b)
It Eliminated the need for Alliances
c)
It Ended World War One
d)
It was a way to allow countries to fight fair.
59.

The Soviet Union broke ties with Germany when:

a)

Japan invaded China and the Germans sided with Japan

b)

After Germany took the Rhineland

c)

Germany invaded Poland

60.

In the 1930's, Hitler became chancellor of Germany and led the change of the the country's government into a _________________.

a)

concentration camp

b)

dictatorship

c)

holocaust

d)

fascism

61.

A____________is a person with total control control of a country's government and often leads in a _______________and harsh way.

a)

dictator, happy

b)

dictator, cruel

c)

Nazi, cruel

d)

fascism, unusual

62.
What was the primary goal of the Nuremberg Laws?
a)
designed to segregate the Jews into ghettos and starve them to death
b)
designed to separate Aryans from non-Aryans and define the rights of Nazi Germany and make laws to give Jews inferior status
c)
designed to integrate the Jews and Germans in society to fool them until they loaded the Jews into the trains for death camps
d)
designed to keep Jewish people away from Hitler so he didn't have to see them
63.
What were some of the restrictions the Nuremberg Laws placed on Jews in Germany?
a)
forbade marriages between those of German or related blood
b)
prohibited Jews from flying the Third Reich flag
c)
made Jews register with the government and wear a Star of David
d)
all of the answers are correct
64.
What was the Holocaust? 
a)
Ethnic killings in Rwanda between the Hutus and the Tutsis
b)
The systematic killing of Jews by Nazi Germany
c)
The destruction of Islamic holy sites in the Middle East
d)
The genocide in Kosovo
65.
What is Anti-Semitism?   
a)
A term used to describe the ideal of human being blond-haired, blue-eyed and of Nordic stock
b)
A term used to describe hatred, hostility and prejudice against Jews
c)
A term used to describe the hatred, hostility and prejudice against Asians
d)
A term used to describe the hatred for democratic governance
66.
Cases held 1945-1949 to prosecute Nazi leaders and members for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
a)
Hideki Tojo
b)
Nuremberg Laws
c)
Final Solution
d)
Nuremberg Trials
67.
The mass murder of a whole group of people because they belong to a certain racial or ethnic category.
a)
Kristallnacht
b)
Security police
c)
Star of David
d)
genocide
68.
What was the purpose of the Nuremberg Trials?
a)
To hold top Nazi officials accountable for the atrocities of the Holocaust
b)
To try the Japanese for attacking Pearl Harbor
c)
To put Hitler on trial for breaking the Munich Pact
d)
To try Soviets for war crimes
69.

Hitler violated the Treaty of Versailles by doing all of the following except

a)

tripled size of miltiary

b)

continued paying reparations

c)

occupied the Rhineland

d)

constructed the Anschluss

70.
The practice of giving in to aggression in order to avoid war.
a)
Genocide
b)
Mein Kampf
c)
Appeasement
d)
Blitzkrieg
71.

A system of government that exerts complete control over its citizens; individuals have no rights and all opposition to the government is suppressed

a)

Monarchy

b)

Democracy

c)

Totalitarianism

d)

Dictatorship

72.

What was the policy of appeasement?

a)

The British and French agreement to give into aggression to keep the peace

b)

The move that Mussolini made to form an alliance with Germany

c)

The U.S. desire to stay out of foreign affairs

d)

The treaty between Germany and the Soviet Union agreeing not to fight against each other

73.
On what date did the attack on Pearl Harbor occur?
a)
December 7, 2016
b)
December 7, 1916
c)
December 7, 1941
d)
December 14, 1971
74.
Who was the US President at the time of Pearl Harbor?
a)
Teddy Roosevelt
b)
Franklin Roosevelt
c)
Barack Obama
d)
Bill Clinton
75.
On what date did the attack on Pearl Harbor occur?
a)
December 7, 2016
b)
December 7, 1916
c)
December 7, 1941
d)
December 14, 1971
76.
Where is Pearl Harbor?
a)
Japan
b)
Hawaii
c)
Atlantic Ocean
d)
China
77.
Who was the US President at the time of Pearl Harbor?
a)
Teddy Roosevelt
b)
Franklin Roosevelt
c)
Barack Obama
d)
Bill Clinton
78.
What cities did the US attack in Japan in 1945?  
a)
Hiroshima and Hawaii
b)
Hiroshima and Tokyo
c)
Tokyo and Nagasaki
d)
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
79.
What is the name of the memorial at Pearl Harbor? 
a)
USS Arkansas
b)
USS Alaska
c)
USS Arizona
d)
USS America
80.
About how many Americans died in the attack on Pearl Harbor?  
a)
240
b)
24000
c)
24
d)
2400
81.
President Roosevelt said December 7, 1941 was a day that will live in 
a)
infirmary
b)
infamy
c)
infamous
d)
informal
82.
Why was Pearl Harbor important?
a)
It had many pearls around it
b)
It was a great tourist area
c)
It was an American Naval Base
d)
The President lived there
83.
What day of the week did the Japanese attack?
a)
a. Monday
b)
b. Sunday
c)
c. Friday
d)
d. Saturday
84.
The ___ was sunk during the attack and is a memorial today.
a)
Oklahoma
b)
Texas
c)
Pennsylvania
d)
Arizona
85.
Where did the Japanese practice the attack on Pearl Harbor?
a)
flying over Pearl Harbor itself
b)
an area of Japan that looks like Pearl Harbor
c)
an area of Mexico
d)
an area in the Mediterranean
86.
The Japanese hoped to find ___ at Pearl Harbor.
a)
airplanes
b)
aircraft carriers
c)
submarines
d)
tugboats
87.
The United States declared war on Japan on ___.
a)
January 1, 1942
b)
December 18, 1941
c)
December 8, 1941
d)
March 31, 1944
88.
The Japanese sent ___ carriers to Pearl Harbor.
a)
6
b)
12
c)
9
d)
3
89.
The attack sank____.
a)
3 aircraft carriers
b)
4 battleships and damaged 3
c)
2 submarines and damaged 4
d)
7 battlesips
90.
Hitler declared war on the United States on _____.
a)
December 11, 1941
b)
December 24 1941 
c)
December 11 1943
d)
February 23,1944
91.

Why were so many planes destroyed in the attack on Pearl Harbor?

a)
They were shot down in the air.
b)

All the planes were grouped together on the runway.

c)
They were sunk.
d)
They were blown up by sabotage.
92.
What is a similarity between the attack on Pearl Harbor and 9/11?
a)
The same country was behind both.
b)
They were both sanctioned by a government
c)
They were both unprovoked attacks.
d)
Thye both targeted civillians.
93.
Why was Pearl Harbor important?
a)
It had many pearls around it
b)
It was a great tourist area
c)
It was an American Naval Base
d)
The President lived there
94.
What is a similarity between the attack on Pearl Harbor and 9/11?
a)
The same country was behind both.
b)
They were both sanctioned by a government
c)
They were both unprovoked attacks.
d)
Thye both targeted civillians.
95.

Which said we would support countries who are resisting communism?

a)

Truman Doctrine

b)

Marshall

Plan

c)

Berlin Airlift

d)

CIA

96.
Truman had the policy of __________ toward Communism
a)
Appeasement
b)
Containment
c)
Expansion
d)
Eradication
97.

Which country did the Berlin Airlift take place?

a)

Germany

b)

France

c)

U.S.

d)

Russia

98.

During the Cold War, the United States adopted the ___________________ in order to stop the spread of communism around the world.

a)

Domino Theory

b)

Expansionist Policy

c)

Containment Policy

d)

Marshall Plan

99.

What war is being desrcibed: Kim Il Sung and Soviet Union invade Southern region of this country, US and 20 nations help the Southern Region, China helped northern region, ended in Stalemate.

a)

Guerilla War

b)

Vietnam War

c)

First Indochina War

d)

Korean War

100.

The United States intervened in Korea and Vietnam to stop the spread of:

a)

Facism

b)

Democracy

c)

Socialism

d)

Communism

101.
Truman had the policy of __________ toward Communism
a)
Appeasement
b)
Containment
c)
Expansion
d)
Eradication
102.
Which two countries did Truman fear would fall to Communism if the U.S. didn’t give aid?
a)
Greece and Germany
b)
Greece and Poland
c)
Greece and Ukraine
d)
Greece and Turkey
103.

What were the effects of the Marshall Plan?

a)

stop spread of communism

b)

Money for Western Europe to rebuild

c)

Supplies for Western Europe

d)

all of the above

104.

The Truman Doctrine became known as:

a)

The Marshall Plan

b)

The policy of Containment

c)

The Riga Axioms

d)

The Domino Theory

105.

NATO stands for

a)

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

b)

North Atlanta Treaty Organization

c)

National Atlantic Thirty Organization

d)

North Atlantic Treaty Organizations

106.

TRUE or FALSE


NATO was the first peacetime military alliance the United States entered into outside of the Western Hemisphere.

a)

True

b)

False

107.

What was created by the Soviet Union in response to NATO?

a)

Warsaw Pact

b)

Berlin Wall

c)

Central Powers

d)

The Kremlin

108.

Why was NATO created?

a)

To challenge the British empire.

b)

To protect limited government countries from Hitler and Nazi Germany.

c)

To create a unified military defense with the US and western European countries to protect themselves from another world war and the nuclear threat.

d)

To increase trade and business with the US and western Europe.

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