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21-22 WH2 SOL Review: Important People

Total questions: 85

Worksheet time: 43mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

- Renaissance painter

- Created David and painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling (shown in image)

- Italian Renaissance artist

Who is described by the list?

a)

Michelangelo

b)

Leonardo da Vinci

c)

Shakespeare

d)

Erasmus

2.

- "Renaissance man" - artist, writer, scientist, mathematician

- Painted Mona Lisa and The Last Supper

- Italian Renaissance artist

Who is described by the list?

a)

Michelangelo

b)

Leonardo da Vinci

c)

Shakespeare

d)

Erasmus

3.

- Renaissance-era writer of plays and sonnets (poems)

- Northern Renaissance writer (England)

Who is described by the list?

a)

Michelangelo

b)

Leonardo da Vinci

c)

Shakespeare

d)

Erasmus

4.

- Renaissance writer

- Associated with Humanism

Who is described by the list?

a)

Michelangelo

b)

Leonardo da Vinci

c)

Shakespeare

d)

Erasmus

5.

- Starts the Protestant Reformation

- Writes the 95 Theses

- Believes in salvation by faith alone, thinks the Bible should be source of authority for Christians, not the Pope, and hates indulgences

Who is this list describing?

a)

Queen Elizabeth I of England

b)

King Henry VIII of England

c)

John Calvin

d)

Martin Luther

6.

- Part of the Protestant Reformation

- Believes in concept of predestination

- Calvinism is named for him

Who is this list describing?

a)

Queen Elizabeth I of England

b)

King Henry VIII of England

c)

John Calvin

d)

Martin Luther

7.

- Broke England away from the Catholic Church

- Signed the Act of Supremacy + became head of Church of England

- Wanted a divorce from his first wife but the Catholic Church refused

Who is this list describing?

a)

Queen Elizabeth I of England

b)

King Henry VIII of England

c)

John Calvin

d)

Martin Luther

8.

- Ruled as head of Anglican Church (Church of England)

- Protestant but tolerated Catholics in England

- Expanded English power by est. colonies in the Americas (i.e. Jamestown)

- Her navy defeated the Spanish Armada (big surprise)

Who is this list describing?

a)

Queen Elizabeth I of England

b)

King Henry VIII of England

c)

John Calvin

d)

Martin Luther

9.

This was the name of the ruling royal family in the Holy Roman Empire:

a)

Romanovs

b)

Hapsburg

c)

Mongol

d)

Tokugawa

10.

These two individuals were dissenters (spoke against) the Catholic Church in Europe even before the Protestant Reformation began:

a)

John F. Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev

b)

Peter the Great and Catherine the Great

c)

Jan Huss and John Wycliffe

d)

Siddhartha Gautama and Ashoka

11.

People who wanted to help spread Catholicism to new parts of the world (i.e. outside of Europe) were called ___ and were members of the Society of Jesus:

a)

Jesuits

b)

Protestants

c)

Lutherans

d)

Patrons

12.

Who created the moveable-type printing press in Germany?

a)

Wilhelm I

b)

Franz Ferdinand

c)

Mansa Musa

d)

Johannes Gutenberg

13.

Which individual (from Portugal) was known for establishing a school for sailing but did not do much of his own exploring (ironic for a person whose nickname was "the Navigator")?

a)

Ferdinand Magellan

b)

King Henry VIII

c)

Prince Henry

d)

Zheng He

14.

Which person sailed for Portugal and sailed south of Africa to India, establishing the first European sea route from Europe to Asia?

a)

Vasco de Gama

b)

Christopher Columbus

c)

Hernando Cortez

d)

Jacques Cartier

15.

Which person sailed for Spain and accidentally landed in the Caribbean, opening up exchange between the Western/Eastern Hemispheres (he had been trying to sail to Asia)?

a)

Sir Francis Drake

b)

Francisco Pizarro

c)

Ferdinand Magellan

d)

Christopher Columbus

16.

Which two individuals are Spanish conquistadors whose arrival in the Americas led to the downfall of the Aztec and Inca Empires?

a)

Sir Francis Drake and Ferdinand Magellan

b)

Hernando Cortez and Francisco Pizarro

c)

Christopher Columbus and Vasco de Gama

d)

Prince Henry and Jacques Cartier

17.

Which two individuals (or their crew) sail around (or circumnavigate) the world?

a)

Vasco de Gama and Ferdinand Magellan

b)

Christopher Columbus and Prince Henry

c)

Ferdinand Magellan and Sir Francis Drake

d)

Francisco Pizarro and Hernando Cortez

18.

Which person sailed for France and claimed Canada for France?

a)

Jacques Cartier

b)

Sir Francis Drake

c)

Francisco Pizarro

d)

Vasco de Gama

19.

Which person sailed for England and successfully circumnavigated (sailed around) the world?

a)

Ferdinand Magellan

b)

Hernando Cortez

c)

Christopher Columbus

d)

Sir Francis Drake

20.

- Peninsulares

- Creoles

- Mestizos

The social groupings listed above were part of what class system used in Spanish Latin America?

a)

Mit'a system

b)

Castas system

c)

Mercantilism

d)

Caste system

21.

What was the name for a military leader in Japan?

a)

Secular

b)

Samurai

c)

Shogun

d)

Serf

22.

This person of the Scientific Revolution is known for developing the heliocentric theory (sun is at the center of the universe):

a)

Nicolaus Copernicus

b)

Johannes Kepler

c)

Galileo Galilei

d)

Isaac Newton

23.

This person of the Scientific Revolution is known for helping to prove the heliocentric theory (sun is at the center of the universe) using the telescope:

a)

Nicolaus Copernicus

b)

Johannes Kepler

c)

Galileo Galilei

d)

Isaac Newton

24.

This person of the Scientific Revolution is known for proving that planets orbit the sun in OVAL shapes (ellipses), not in circles:

a)

Nicolaus Copernicus

b)

Johannes Kepler

c)

Galileo Galilei

d)

Isaac Newton

25.

This person of the Scientific Revolution is known for his work with physics, including studying laws of gravity, inertia, motion, etc.

a)

Nicolaus Copernicus

b)

Johannes Kepler

c)

William Harvey

d)

Isaac Newton

26.

This person of the Scientific Revolution is known for his work studying how blood moves within the body (circulation):

a)

Nicolaus Copernicus

b)

Johannes Kepler

c)

William Harvey

d)

Isaac Newton

27.

This person was an absolute monarch in France who was known as the "Sun King" and who built the Palace of Versailles:

a)

Louis XIV (14)

b)

Peter the Great

c)

Catherine the Great

d)

Justinian

28.

This person was an absolute monarch in Russia who "Westernized" Russia, fought a war to get Russia access to a warm water port, and built a new capital at St. Petersburg:

a)

Louis XIV (14)

b)

Peter the Great

c)

Catherine the Great

d)

Justinian

29.

- King of England at the start of the English Civil War

- His supporters in the English Civil War were called "Cavaliers"

- Killed at the end of the English Civil War

Which person is described by this list?

a)

Charles II

b)

Oliver Cromwell

c)

Charles I

d)

William and Mary

30.

- Comes into power as a dictator basically in England after Charles I's death

- His supporters in the English Civil War were called "Roundheads"

- Used martial law to control people/keep order after the war

Which person is described by this list?

a)

Charles II

b)

Oliver Cromwell

c)

Charles I

d)

William and Mary

31.

- Son of Charles I

- Becomes king after the death of Oliver Cromwell

- Gets along better with Parliament than his father did

Which person is described by this list?

a)

Charles II

b)

Oliver Cromwell

c)

Charles I

d)

William and Mary

32.

- Became king and queen of England after the Glorious Revolution

- Signed the English Bill of Rights

- Ruled as constitutional (not absolute) monarchs

Which person is described by this list?

a)

Charles II

b)

Oliver Cromwell

c)

Charles I

d)

William and Mary

33.

- Wrote Leviathan

- Enlightenment philosopher who supported absolute monarchies

- Felt people were naturally bad and needed harsh laws/punishments to curb their bad nature

Who does this list describe?

a)

Thomas Hobbes

b)

John Locke

c)

Montesquieu

d)

Rousseau

34.

- Wrote Two Treatises on Government

- Believed in natural rights for people ("life, liberty, property")

Felt people were born good and thus could be trusted in gov't

- Supported (limited) democracy

Who does this list describe?

a)

Thomas Hobbes

b)

John Locke

c)

Montesquieu

d)

Rousseau

35.

- Wrote The Spirit of Laws

- Believed in separation of powers between gov't branches (checks and balances)

Who does this list describe?

a)

Voltaire

b)

John Locke

c)

Montesquieu

d)

Rousseau

36.

- Wrote The Social Contract

- Felt gov't is an agreement between the people and rulers

- Supported democracy

- Believed in majority rule ("general rule")

Who does this list describe?

a)

Voltaire

b)

John Locke

c)

Montesquieu

d)

Rousseau

37.

- Supported separation of church and state

- Supported right to free speech ("I disagree with what you say, but I'll defend to death your right to say it.")

Who does this list describe?

a)

Voltaire

b)

John Locke

c)

Montesquieu

d)

Rousseau

38.

Which person (who wrote the Declaration of Independence) was inspired by the ideas of Enlightenment philosophers like Locke, Montesquieu, and Rousseau?

a)

Giuseppe Garibaldi

b)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

Thomas Hobbes

39.

Who was king of France when the French Revolution broke out in 1789 CE?

a)

Henry VIII

b)

Peter the Great

c)

Shah Jahan

d)

Louis XVI (16)

40.

This person came to power late in the French Revolution, expanded French control in Europe, and created a law code that was named for him:

a)

Hammurabi

b)

Napoleon

c)

Charles de Gaulle

d)

Justinian

41.

This musical composer wrote BAROQUE music:

a)

Bach

b)

Mozart

c)

Cervantes

d)

Delacroix

42.

This musical composer wrote CLASSICAL music:

a)

Bach

b)

Mozart

c)

Cervantes

d)

Delacroix

43.

This author is a Spanish novelist who wrote Don Quixote, a European novel:

a)

Bach

b)

Mozart

c)

Cervantes

d)

Delacroix

44.

This person is a painter who created works in the style of Romanticism:

a)

Bach

b)

Mozart

c)

Cervantes

d)

Delacroix

45.

This person was the leader of the Haitian Revolution for independence from France:

a)

Simon Bolivar

b)

Miguel Hidalgo

c)

Touissant L'Ouverture

d)

Christopher Columbus

46.

This person was the leader of the Latin American revolutions in South America and also tried to create a pan-South American nation in Gran Colombia:

a)

Simon Bolivar

b)

Miguel Hidalgo

c)

Touissant L'Ouverture

d)

Francisco Pizarro

47.

This person was the first leader of the Mexican Revolution in the 1810s-1820s:

a)

Simon Bolivar

b)

Miguel Hidalgo

c)

Touissant L'Ouverture

d)

Maximilian Robespierre

48.

The ______ Doctrine was signed to prevent European encroachment in the Western Hemisphere after nations had become independent there; it was named for the U.S. president in office when it was written:

a)

Madison

b)

Truman

c)

Roosevelt

d)

Monroe

49.

- Involved in Italian unification

- Unified NORTHERN Italy specifically

The list describes:

a)

Otto von Bismarck

b)

Benito Mussolini

c)

Giuseppe Garibaldi

d)

Count Camilo Cavour

50.

- Involved in Italian unification

- Unified Northern and Southern Italy together

- Leader of the Red Shirts in Italy

The list describes:

a)

Otto von Bismarck

b)

Benito Mussolini

c)

Giuseppe Garibaldi

d)

Count Camilo Cavour

51.

- Involved in German unification

- Helped Germany unify by appealing to nationalistic emotions

- His ideas were described by the term Realpolitik (meaning all means are justified if the ends are accomplished)

- Served in the German government post-unification

The list describes:

a)

Otto von Bismarck

b)

Benito Mussolini

c)

Giuseppe Garibaldi

d)

Count Camilo Cavour

52.

This person created the spinning jenny, used to make fabric/textiles during the Industrial Revolution:

a)

Eli Whitney

b)

James Hargreaves

c)

James Watt

d)

Henry Bessemer

53.

This person created improvements to the steam engine, used to power machinery during the Industrial Revolution:

a)

Eli Whitney

b)

James Hargreaves

c)

James Watt

d)

Henry Bessemer

54.

This person created the cotton gin:

a)

Eli Whitney

b)

James Hargreaves

c)

James Watt

d)

Henry Bessemer

55.

This person created the process for making steel (this process is named for him):

a)

Eli Whitney

b)

James Hargreaves

c)

James Watt

d)

Henry Bessemer

56.

This person is known for developing the smallpox vaccination:

a)

Eli Whitney

b)

James Hargreaves

c)

Louis Pasteur

d)

Edward Jenner

57.

This person is known for studying bacteria and creating the pasteurization process:

a)

Eli Whitney

b)

James Hargreaves

c)

Louis Pasteur

d)

Edward Jenner

58.

- Supporter of capitalism ("father" of capitalism)

- Wrote Wealth of Nations

Who is this list describing?

a)

Adam Smith

b)

Karl Marx

59.

- Supporter of communism ("father" of communism)

- Wrote The Communist Manifesto with Friedrich Engels

- Created communism as a response to problems he saw with capitalism

Who is this list describing?

a)

Adam Smith

b)

Karl Marx

60.

- U.S. president during World War I

- Created the Fourteen Points, which were added to the Treaty of Versailles

- Wanted to have the U.S. join the League of Nations but couldn't get support from Congress

Who does this list describe?

a)

Nicholas II

b)

Woodrow Wilson

c)

Kaiser Wilhelm I

d)

Franz Ferdinand

61.

- German emperor during World War I

- Declared war on Serbia to support its ally, Austria-Hungary

Who does this list describe?

a)

Nicholas II

b)

Woodrow Wilson

c)

Kaiser Wilhelm I

d)

Franz Ferdinand

62.

- Russian tsar (czar) during World War I

- Overthrown as a result of the Russian Revolution

- Last of the Romanov rulers in Russia

Who does this list describe?

a)

Nicholas II

b)

Woodrow Wilson

c)

Kaiser Wilhelm I

d)

Franz Ferdinand

63.

- Russian tsar (czar) during World War I

- Overthrown as a result of the Russian Revolution

- Last of the Romanov rulers in Russia

Who does this list describe?

a)

Nicholas II

b)

Woodrow Wilson

c)

Kaiser Wilhelm I

d)

Franz Ferdinand

64.

- Leader of the Bolshevik (Communist) revolution in Russia

- First leader of the Soviet Union (communist gov't)

- Put New Economic Policy in place

- Replaced by Joseph Stalin

Who is this list describing?

a)

Mikhail Gorbachev

b)

Nicholas II

c)

Peter the Great

d)

Vladimir Lenin

65.

- Leader of the Soviet Union after Lenin

- Used collectivization, Five Year Plans to rapidly industrialize the Soviet Union

- Governed as a totalitarian dictator - used Great Purge to eliminate enemies

Who is this list describing?

a)

Mikhail Gorbachev

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Peter the Great

d)

Vladimir Lenin

66.

- Leader of Nazi Germany

- Elected to office but ruled as a totalitarian dictator

- Fascist

- Annexed Austria and the Sudetenland (could not be appeased)

Who is this list describing?

a)

Adolf Hitler

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Benito Mussolini

d)

Hirohito and Hideki Tojo

67.

- Leader of Italy during the Interwar Period and World War II

- Fascist dictator

- Wanted to recapture the glory of the Roman Empire

- Conquered Ethiopia in the 1930s

Who is this list describing?

a)

Adolf Hitler

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Benito Mussolini

d)

Hirohito and Hideki Tojo

68.

- Leader(s) of Japan during the Interwar Period/WWII

- One was emperor, one was prime minister/military leader

- Led a military totalitarian dictatorship

Who is this list describing?

a)

Adolf Hitler

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Benito Mussolini

d)

Hirohito and Hideki Tojo

69.

Which two individuals were U.S. presidents during World War II?

a)

Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin

b)

Hirohito and Hideki Tojo

c)

Winston Churchill and Neville Chamberlain

d)

Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry Truman

70.

Which person was NOT a U.S. general during World War II?

a)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

b)

Douglas MacArthur

c)

Napoleon Bonaparte

d)

George C. Marshall

71.

Which person was the British prime minister during World War II?

a)

Harry Truman

b)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

c)

Winston Churchill

d)

Adolf Hitler

72.

Which two individuals led competing groups (Chinese Nationalists vs. Chinese Communists) during the Chinese Civil War?

a)

Hirohito and Hideki Tojo

b)

Chiang Kai-Shek (Jiang Jieshi) and Mao Zedong

c)

Ho Chi Minh and Deng Xiaoping

d)

Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev

73.

Who led the communist forces and communist government in North Vietnam before and during the Vietnam War?

a)

Ho Chi Minh

b)

Mao Zedong

c)

Gamal Abdel Nasser

d)

Jomo Kenyatta

74.

- Indian prime minister

- First woman to be prime minister in India

- Developed India's nuclear program

Who is described by the list?

a)

Indira Gandhi

b)

Margaret Thatcher

c)

Mikhail Gorbachev

d)

Deng Xiaoping

75.

- British prime minister

- She was pro-capitalist and wanted more free trade

- Close relationship w/ the U.S.

- Strengthened Great Britain's military power

Who is described by the list?

a)

Indira Gandhi

b)

Margaret Thatcher

c)

Mikhail Gorbachev

d)

Deng Xiaoping

76.

- Last leader of the Soviet Union

- Put perestroika and glasnost reforms into place

Who is described by the list?

a)

Indira Gandhi

b)

Margaret Thatcher

c)

Mikhail Gorbachev

d)

Deng Xiaoping

77.

- Leader in China

- Reformed China's economy to be more capitalist but kept gov't communist

Who is described by the list?

a)

Indira Gandhi

b)

Margaret Thatcher

c)

Mikhail Gorbachev

d)

Deng Xiaoping

78.

This person was a leader in the Indian National Congress and a leader in the independence movement in India; advocated for nonviolent protest (civil disobedience):

a)

Jawaharlal Nehru

b)

Indira Gandhi

c)

Mohandas Gandhi

d)

Nelson Mandela

79.

This person was a leader in Kenya's independence movement against Great Britain:

a)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

b)

Jawaharlal Nehru

c)

Nelson Mandela

d)

Jomo Kenyatta

80.

This person was involved in the movement to end apartheid in South Africa and later became South Africa's first Black president:

a)

Nelson Mandela

b)

Jomo Kenyatta

c)

Gamal Abdel Nasser

d)

F. W. de Klerk

81.

This person was a prime minister in Israel who sought to strengthen Israel's ties to the United States:

a)

Golda Meir

b)

Catherine the Great

c)

Indira Gandhi

d)

Harry Truman

82.

- President of Egypt

- Nationalized the Suez Canal

- Built the Aswan High Dam

a)

Muhammad Ali

b)

Mohandas Gandhi

c)

Benito Mussolini

d)

Gamal Abdel Nasser

83.

The founder of Christianity is:

a)

Abraham

b)

Moses

c)

Jesus of Nazareth

d)

Muhammad

84.

The final prophet in Islam:

a)

Abraham

b)

Siddhartha Gautama

c)

Jesus of Nazareth

d)

Muhammad

85.

The founder of Buddhism is:

a)

Abraham

b)

Siddhartha Gautama

c)

Jesus of Nazareth

d)

Muhammad