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history final

Total questions: 46

Worksheet time: 41mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This explorer, "discovered" America for Europe, and made 4 successful voyages to modern day Cuba. However, Vikings were there 1st.

a)

Christopher Columbus

b)

Ferdinand Magellan

c)

Bartholomew Dias

d)

Francisco Pizarro

2.

This explorer was the 1st to circumnavigate the world, and later died in the Philippines on his voyage.

a)

Vasco De Gama

b)

John Cabot

c)

Ferdinand Magellan

d)

Black Beard

3.

This Explorer was the first to sail to India, brought back spices.

a)

Vasco de Gama

b)

Bartholomew Dias

c)

John Cabot

d)

Hernan Cortez

4.

This explorer was the first to sail around the Cape of Good Hope.

a)

Bartholomew Dias

b)

Ferdinand Magellan

c)

Christopher Columbus

d)

Vasco de Gama

5.

What is the Columbian Exhange?

a)

Exchange of ideas between America and Europe

b)

Exchange of different plants, animals, diseases between the New and Old World.

c)

Exchange of disease between colonists and Native Americans.

d)

Exchange of money between the Wergild and Ordeal

6.

What is the name of the voyage West Coast African slaves took to the Americas?

a)

The Middle Passage

b)

The Long Journey

c)

The Long Passage

d)

The Middle Journey

7.

If you were to draw a line that connected Africa to America to Europe what shape would you make?

a)

A rhododendron

b)

An Oval

c)

A Square

d)

A Triangle

8.

A mercantile-based economy heavily focuses on imports and exports, this is called:

a)

Balance of Trade

b)

Mercantilism

c)

Exchange Economy

d)

The Emancipation of the Proletariate

9.

The middle passage was a long journey where over 20% died along the way due to inhumane travel conditions.

a)

False

b)

True

10.

The African Slave Trade devastated West African cities economically and politically.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

While Cortez and his men were aided buy guns, and horses, it was the disease (a)  

12.

What were the 3 major motivating factors for Explorers?

a)

Gold, Silver, Treasure

b)

God, Glory, Gold

c)

God, Glory, Gallantry

d)

Honor, Justice, Reinhardt!

13.

The New World Is the ______________(s)

a)

The Americas

b)

The world after WWII

c)

Europe, Asia, Africa.

d)

The best song in the movie Aladdin.

14.
Galileo was tried for heresy because he argued  
a)
That heaven did not exist
b)
That Earth revolved around the sun
c)
Against the law of gravity
d)
That the sun revolved around the Earth
15.
According to Copernicus, the sun  
a)
Revolved around the earth
b)
Was the center of the Universe
c)
Was the biggest star
d)
 Had many moons
16.
What was Isaac Newton’s biggest contribution to the scientific revolution?  
a)
Laws of Gravity
b)
Heliocentric theory
c)
Geocentric theory 
d)
Scientific Method
17.
What did Kepler add to Copernicus’ heliocentric theory?  
a)
That Jupiter had four moons
b)
That the planets revolved around the earth 
c)
That the sun was the biggest star
d)
That the planets move in an ellipses around the sun
18.

1) The member of the First Estate?

a)

the middle class and the peasants

b)

the Catholic clergy

c)

the nobility

d)

the King

19.

2) The members of the 2nd Estate?

a)

the middle class and the peasants

b)

the Catholic clergy

c)

the nobility

d)

the Bastilles

20.

3) Members of the Third Estate?

a)

the middle class and the peasants

b)

the Catholic clergy

c)

the nobility

d)

the Royals

21.

5) King Louis XVI and his wife, Marie Antoinette, were

a)

beloved by their people

b)

unknown to the people of France

c)

generally disliked and distrusted

d)

cruel and evil people who often had people beheaded

22.

6) The rich palace where King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette lived outside of Paris

a)

Bastille

b)

Versailles

c)

National Assembly

d)

The Grand Estate

23.

8) Louis 16th called for a meeting of delegates called

a)

The Meeting of Versailles

b)

National Convention

c)

Committee of Public Safety

d)

Estates General

24.

9) In the “Tennis Court Oath”, members of the Third Estate

a)

Swore to behead the king

b)

Planned to storm the Bastille

c)

Pledged to improve their tennis game

d)

Promised to not disband until they had a written constitution

25.

12) The machine used to behead enemies of the revolution is called

a)

The Bastille

b)

Sans-Culottes

c)

Guillotine

d)

The Great Beheader

26.

14) The “Reign of Terror” was

a)

King Louis XVI started killing his enemies

b)

Jacobin-led movement to wipe out their enemies

c)

France’s leading musical group

d)

Period of very heavy rainfall just before the French Revolution

27.

15) He led the group responsible for “The Reign of Terror” and was beheaded:

a)

Napoleon

b)

Robespierre

c)

Jacques de Bastille

d)

King Louis XVI

28.

World War I began in ___________.

a)

1614

b)

1714

c)

1814

d)

1914

29.

WWI began because of the assassination of ______________________________.

a)

Archduke Franz Ferdinand

b)

Pope Pius V

c)

King John II

d)

Duke of Buckingham

30.

Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated by a secret organization called the ___________________________.

a)

Black Head

b)

Black Foot

c)

Black Arm

d)

Black Hand

31.

Cooperating teams that promise to defend each other are called _________________.

a)

alliances

b)

enemies

c)

agencies

d)

Orderlies

32.

Nationalism means...

a)

identification with one's own nation and support for its interests

b)

hating your country

c)

betraying your country

d)

going to college

33.

Imperialism is...

a)

extending a country's power and influence through education

b)

extending a country's power and influence through colonization and military force

c)

extending a country's power and influence through industry and technology

d)

extending a country's power and influence through science

34.

At the end of WWI, an agreement was signed called the _________________________.

a)

Treaty of London

b)

Treaty of Rome

c)

Treaty of Versailles

d)

Treaty of Amsterdam

35.

The Treaty of Versailles said that WWI was the fault of which country?

a)

Austria

b)

Yugoslavia

c)

England

d)

Germany

36.

The Treaty of Versailles forced Germany to...

a)

pay large reparations

b)

cut their military

c)

give back all of their colonies

d)

All of the above

37.

Who was the leader of Germany during WWII?

a)

Benito Mussolini

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Adolf Hitler

d)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

38.

WWII started in 1939 and ended in _________.

a)

1940

b)

1952

c)

1945

d)

1930

39.

The two alliances of WWII were called the ___________ Powers and the _____________ Powers.

a)

Allied & English

b)

Allied & Axis

c)

Axis & American

d)

American & Japanese

40.

The Axis Powers were what three countries?

a)

Germany, Italy, and Japan

b)

Germany, Italy, and Poland

c)

Japan, Italy, and China

d)

Japan, Indonesia, and Taiwan

41.

Poland, Austria, Denmark, Norway, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, France, Yugoslavia, and Greece were conquered and occupied by what country?

a)

Italy

b)

Germany

c)

Spain

d)

Finland

42.

The genocide of six million Jews committed by the Nazis was called the __________________.

a)

Black Plague

b)

Apartheid

c)

Reign of Terror

d)

Holocaust

43.

The event that brought the U.S. into WWII was the Japanese attack on __________________________.

a)

Washington, DC.

b)

New York City, New York

c)

Atlanta, Georgia

d)

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

44.

Hitler committed the Holocaust because he was trying to eliminate all imperfections from the Germans. He believed the perfect race was the _____________ Race.

a)

Asian

b)

Black

c)

Latino

d)

Aryan

45.

The event where thousands of Allied soldiers invaded the beaches of Normandy and pushed the Germans out of France is called ____________.

a)

V-J Day

b)

V-E Day

c)

D-Day

d)

K-Day

46.

How did Hitler die?

a)

American soldiers killed him.

b)

Russian soldiers killed him.

c)

The Jews killed him.

d)

He killed himself.