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WorksheetsSpring Semester Review
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
Which of the following was NOT a motivation for European exploration?
God
Gold
Glory
Grain
Knotted pieces of rope used by the Inca to keep track of their history?
Quipu
Chinampas
Glyphs
Cuneiform
Which explorer landed in the Bahamas and established the first European colony?
Columbus
Magellan
Cook
Vasco de Gama
Which Spanish conquistador conquered the Aztecs?
Francisco Pizarro
Hernan Cortes
Columbus
James Cook
The exchange of plants, animals, and diseased between the Americas and Europe is known as the—
Atlantic Slave Trade
European Exploration
Columbian Exchange
Mercantilism
Which of the following explorers became the first person to circumnavigate the world?
Vasco de Gama
Cook
Columbus
Magellan
The map represents which trade route?
Triangular Trade Route
Columbian Exchange
New World Trade
The Silk Road
Which of the following is NOT one of the four major ancient American civilizations?
Inca
Aztec
Mayan
Commanche
"As all persons are held innocent until they have been declared guilty, if arrest is considered essential, all harshness not necessary for the securing of the person shall be severely repressed by law."
Which philosopher would agree with the statement above?
Locke
Voltaire
Montesquieu
Beccaria
This document consists of ten laws that protect a person’s individual rights and freedoms from the federal government. What is this document?
Constitution
Declaration of Independence
Federalist Papers
Bill of Rights
which of the following Enlightenment philosophers would best agree with the idea of "three branches of government"?
Montesquieu
Rousseau
Voltaire
Locke
This person is credited with developing the cotton gin.
James Watt
Eli Whitney
James Bessemer
Thomas Eddison
Which of the following is a POSITIVE effect of Imperialism in Africa?
Increased tribal conflicts
Better transportation
Decreased tribal language
Increased demand for slave labor
Early factories were established along ___________
Rivers
Coastlines
Port cities
Railways
Which industry boomed as a result of iron production?
Textile
Oil
Railroad
Steel
In order to keep up with the growing population at the start of the Industrial Revolution, which industry was the first to become industrialized?
Textile
Steel
Iron
Coal
In the 1870’s England introduced a drug to the Chinese to decrease the trade imbalance between the two countries. What drug did the English introduce?
Marajuaina
Cocaine
Peyote
Opium
Which of the following is a NEGATIVE effect of the Industrial Revolution?
Women working in factories
Created jobs
Development of railways
Child labor
Which major event SPARKED the beginning of WWI?
Invasion of Poland
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Sinking of the Lusitania
Zimmerman Telegram
Which of the following countries made up the Allied Powers during WWI?
Germany, France, Russia, Serbia
France, Great Britain, Italy, Russia
Austria-Hungary, Germany, Ottoman Empire, United States
Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Ottoman Empire
Which of the following best describes the role women played on the homefront during WWI?
Served as military clerks and nurses
Took up jobs in factories
Grew victory gardens
All of the above
Which weapon below was NOT developed in the First World War?
Machine Gun
Poisonous Gas
Atomic Bomb
Tanks
At the start of WWI, the United States wanted to remain neutral. However, a series of events ended up pulling the U.S. into the war by 1917. Which of the events below forced the U.S. to join WWI?
Zimmerman telegram and Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor and invasion of Poland
Sinking of Lusitania and assassination of Franz Ferdinand
Sinking of Lusitania and Zimmerman telegram
This treaty brought an end to WWI?
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of Paris
Treaty of Tordesillas
Which of the following is NOT a punishment enforced on Germany after World War I?
Give up overseas colonies
Reduce military
Pay war reparations
Restrictions on international trade
Who introduced the idea of the League of Nations?
Joseph Stalin
Winston Churchill
Franklin Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
How did WWI change the way future wars would be fought?
Nations would commit to total war tactics
Nations would establish new territories
Nations would form large Navy’s
Nations would give into demands
Which of the following are the M.A.I.N causes of WWI and WWII?
Monarchies, Alliances, Industrialization, Nationalism
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism
Militarism, Alliances, Industrialization, Nationalism
Militarism, Airplanes, Industrialization, Nationalism
WWII began when Hitler invaded which European country?
Sudentland
France
Czechoslovakia
Poland
At the Tehran conference, the “Big Three” agreed to open up a second front by invading France. What is the name of this invasion?
D-Day
V-E Day
V-J Day
V-Day
What tactic did the U.S. use to push Japanese forces back?
Firebombing
Kamikaze pilots
Island Hopping
Nuclear threats
Which battle was the turning point for the U.S. in the Pacific?
Battle of Iwo Jima
Battle of Midway
Battle of Okinawa
Battle of El Aleman
Looking at the descriptions below, which of the following is a reason for why banks failed/shut down during the Great Depression?
People began to withdraw their savings
Banks had loaned out to much money
People could not afford to pay off their loans
All of the above
In order to keep peace, the League of Nations used what tactic with Hitler?
Blitzkrieg
Appeasement
Trade embargo
Complacency
Which major world event caused a sharp increase in unemployment rates between 1929-1939?
WWI
Roaring 20’s
Great Depression
WWII
The first atomic bomb was dropped on which Japanese city?
Iwo Jima
Nagasaki
Hiroshima
Okinawa
In order to conquer Europe in 1939, Hitler implemented which of the following tactics?
Island Hopping
Blitzkrieg
Mein Kempf
Kristallnacht
Which of the following is NOT an impact of the Great Depression?
Decline of jobs
Bank failures and closures
Decrease of food
Increased spending
President Roosevelt introduced new programs as part of his plan to help the U.S. recover from the Great Depression. He referred to his plan as…
Operation Overlord
New Deal
Build Back Program
Reinforce Plan
The top-secret program involved in developing the first nuclear bomb was called?
Operation Overlord
Manhattan Project
Trinity Project
D-Day Invasion
