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Final Exam Study Guide

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In what way did Leonardo da Vinci represent the Renaissance Man?

a)

he was a painter, sculptor, inventor, and scientist

b)

he painted the Mona Lisa while holding scientific discussions

c)

he lived in Italy during the 1500s

d)

he used perspective in all of his drawings and paintings

2.

Humanism encompassed all of the following beliefs EXCEPT

a)

an admiration for classical culture

b)

people should expect fulfillment only int he afterlife

c)

every individual had dignity and worth

d)

people should participate in a variety fo activities

3.

Which of the following was a major reasonfor the Reformation?

a)

European merchants resented paying taxes to the Church in Rome

b)

The Church was threatening to excommunicate the King of France

c)

The pope in Rome insisted on speaking only Latin

d)

Martin Luther said he could interpret the Bible better than the pope

4.

The education of children and missionaries was the principal goal of

a)

the Jesuits

b)

The Huguenots

c)

the anabaptists

d)

the presbysterians

5.

The man honoered for suggesting that Columbus had discovered a "New World" was

a)

magellan

b)

vespucci

c)

cortes

d)

hudson

6.

the primary components of the triangular trade involved all of the following except

a)

enslaved people from AFrica

b)

manufactured goods from europe

c)

raw materials from the Americas

d)

porcelain and silk from Asia

7.

the heliocentric, or sun-centered, theory was proposed by

a)

Galileo Galilei

b)

Nicolaus Copernicus

c)

Francis Bacon

d)

Isaac Newton

8.

Kepler used mathematical formulas to prove that

a)

the earth is round

b)

all matter is made up of four elements

c)

the planets move in oval paths

d)

the planets travel at a uniform speed

9.

Newton's theories about the law of gravity were published in

a)

Principia

b)

Discourse on Method

c)

The Skeptical Chymist

d)

The Spirit of Laws

10.

The philosopher-mathematician who wrote Discourse on Method was

a)

Rene' Descartes

b)

Francis Bacon

c)

Hugo Grotius

d)

Thomas Hobbes

11.

Which of the following did the Restoration "restore" to power in England?

a)

Parliament

b)

the Catholics

c)

the monarchy, as an institution

d)

the king who had been overthrown in the civil war

12.

Oliver Cromwell's rule of England was marked by his imposition of

a)

Calvinist doctrine in the Church of England

b)

Puritan rules of behavior

c)

laws guaranteeing freedom of speech and religion

d)

the National Convenant

13.

The United States Constitution split political authority among three branches, a division recommended by

a)

John Locke

b)

Thomas Paine

c)

Oliver Cromwell

d)

Baron de Montesuieu

14.

Which of the following did the Enlightenment promote?

a)

a belief in progress

b)

a more secular outlook

c)

faith in science

d)

all of the above

15.

Maximilien Robespierre's execution marked the end of

a)

the Reign of Terror

b)

the Directory

c)

the Enlightenment

d)

the Napoleonic Code

16.

Which group most strongly embraced the ideals and principles of the Enlightenment?

a)

the nobiliity

b)

the bourgeoisie

c)

the peasat class

d)

the urban class

17.

The action of Napoleon's that caused the greates human losses was

a)

the Battle of Trafalgar

b)

the invasion of Russia

c)

the sale of the Louisiana territory

d)

the Peninsular War

18.

What form of government did England establish during the Glorious Revolution?

a)

constitutional monarchy

b)

direct democracy

c)

absolute monarchy

d)

feaudalism

19.

Which document stated that "men are born and remain free and equal in rights."

a)

Holy Alliance

b)

Declaration of the Rights of MAn

c)

Declaration of Independence

d)

Napoleonic Code

20.

Why did the National Assembly lose the support of many French peasants?

a)

it taxes the bourgeoisie

b)

it made peasants and noblemen equals

c)

it adopted "A Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen"

d)

it took away the Catholic Church's lands and independence

21.

All of the following inventions helped to revolutionize the textile industry except?

a)

the flying shuttle

b)

the spinning jenny

c)

the water frame

d)

the dirigible

22.

James Watt helped set the industrial Revolution in motion by developing

a)

the flying shuttle

b)

a steam engine

c)

a power loom

d)

the water frame

23.

What was the main cause of the process of urbanization that occurred in 19th-century Britain and elsewhere in western Europe?

a)

poor crop yields

b)

industrialization

c)

improved living conditions in cities

d)

more efficient transportation systems

24.

How did the Industrial Revolution affect cities?

a)

it created technology to clean them

b)

it made them lose valuable sources of food

c)

it made the population grow faster than the housing supply

d)

it made the crime rate drop

25.

With which of the following is Karl Marx most closely associated?

a)

socialism

b)

communism

c)

utilitarianism

d)

trade unionism

26.

Who defended the free-market system of capitalism in the book, The Wealth of Nations?

a)

Adam Smith

b)

John Stuart Mill

c)

Jeremy Bentham

d)

William Wilverforce

27.

Which of the following political trends led to the formation of the Second Reich?

a)

a ruthless leadership

b)

friendly diplomatic relations with France

c)

the power of the German parliament

d)

all of the above

28.

During the mid-1800s, Camillo di Cavour expanded Piedmont-Sardinia's power and also

a)

conquered part of France

b)

unified Italy

c)

took control of Venetia

d)

all of the above

29.

The Continental System prohibited European countries from

a)

lifting the Napoleonic Code

b)

trading with the United States

c)

trading with Russia

d)

trading with England

30.

The Reign of Terror referse to a period in which

a)

the Girondists rooted out Jacobin supporters

b)

King Louis XVI suppressed enemies of the monarchy

c)

the Jacobins ruthlessly crushed their enemies

d)

Napoleon's armies swept across Europe

31.

What strategy did Czar Alexander I use to defeat Napoleon in Russia

a)

endless negotiations

b)

guns and cannons

c)

frontal attack

d)

scorched-earth policy

32.

What happened as a result of the Berlin Conference of 1884-1885?

a)

France and Britain agreed to govern their African colonies jointly.

b)

there was less fighting between AFrican leaders and European Powers.

c)

African leaders voiced their suggestions for better relatinos with European powers.

d)

Europeans divided Africa into colonies without consulting African leaders.

33.

What did the Opium War and the Boxer Rebellion have in common?

a)

Both were fought against Great Britain

b)

Resentment of foreigners contributed to both

c)

in both, Hong Xiuquan led the Chinese forces

d)

Both were uprisings against the rule of Dowager Emmpress Cixi

34.

After which nation did Japan decide to model a strong central government during the Meiji Era?

a)

Russia

b)

Germany

c)

the Netherlands

d)

the United States

35.

What effect did the visit of Commodore Perry have on the Japanese?

a)

Japan closed its ports to all Western traders.

b)

Japane declared war on Russia to gain Korea as a buffer zone.

c)

Japan and the United States signed the Treaty of Kanagawa

d)

Japan tried to build it sown modern navy before Perry's return

36.

How did the Treaty of Versailles affect postwar Germany?

a)

it left a legacy of bitterness and hatred in the hearts of the German people

b)

it stabilized the Germany economy and gave monetary aid to the nation

c)

it left Germany in muh the same state as it was before the war

d)

it gave Germans the drive to rebuild their nation on a stronger foundation

37.

What is a main idea of the philosophy known as existentialism?

a)

that one should find his or her own meaining in life

b)

that one should make choices in life based on universal truth

c)

that one should learn to delight in what is absurd and nonsensical

d)

that one should consider the needs of the state above his or her own.

38.

Who were the Bolsheviks?

a)

soldiers in the White Army

b)

radical Russian Marxist revolutionaries

c)

members of the Duma, Russia's parliament

d)

followers of Rasputin

39.

During the Global depression, war debts caused great suffering in?

a)

France

b)

Germany

c)

Great Britain

d)

the United States

40.

Under Joseph Stalin's command economy system, all economic decisions were made by

a)

government officials alone

b)

workers and government officials

c)

members of the socialist realism movement

d)

local soviets composed of workers, soldiers, and peasants

41.

Which of the following did Stalin repeatedly urge Churchill and Roosevelt to do in order to relieve German pressure on Soviet armies?

a)

invade Italy

b)

invade France

c)

invade Germany

d)

use atomic bombs

42.

Why is Isoroku Yamamoto famous?

a)

ordering and overseeing the Bataan Death March

b)

leading the Japanese government during World War II

c)

Breaking the Japanese secret code during World War II

d)

masterminding the Japanese naval strategy during World War II

43.

What group was tried at the Nuremberg Trials?

a)

Nazis

b)

Communists

c)

the Luftwaffe

d)

war criminals from all of the Axis powers.

44.

Which of the following was the location of a Nazi extermination camp?

a)

Berlin

b)

Warsaw

c)

Auschwitz

d)

Dresden

45.

What was the name of the alliance established by European Communist nations in response to Nato?

a)

Iron Curtain

b)

Warsaw Pact

c)

Second World

d)

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

46.

Which leader won China's civil war, and what name did he give to the country?

a)

Mao Zedong; People's Republic of China

b)

Jiang Jieshi; Republic of China

c)

the Dalai Lama; Tibet

d)

Zhou Enlai; New China

47.

In 1978, the Camp David Accords were signed by

a)

Anwar Sadat and Golda Meir

b)

Anwar Sadat and Menachem Begin

c)

Yasir Arafat and Yitzhak Rabin

d)

Yasir Arafat and Menachem Begin

48.

In the Gulf War, some 39 allied nations fought against the nation of

a)

Iran

b)

Iraq

c)

Kuwait

d)

Saudi Arabia

49.

The reforms that led to democratization of the Soviet Union were begun by

a)

Joseph Stalin

b)

Victor Grishin

c)

Leonid Brezhnev

d)

Mikhail gorbachev

50.

The extremist Islamic group that seized control of Afghanistan during the 1980s was known as the

a)

Taliban

b)

Mau Mau

c)

Mujahadeen

d)

Intifada