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WorksheetsMWH Final Spr 2022
Total questions: 136
Worksheet time: 1hrs 22mins
About what percentage of France's population belonged to the Third Estate?
1
10
50
98
During the Reign of Terror, who was safe from the guillotine?
no one
the nobility
known revolutionaries
only Maximilien Robespierre
Why did Napoleon attack Portugal?
to force Portugal to trade with France
to enforce the terms of the Continental System
to prove he was stronger than the Pope
All of the above are true
Which of the following was an important goal of the Congress of Vienna?
to destroy France
to execute Napoleon by guillotine
to establish a balance of power in Europe
to establish Vienna as the new capital of Europe
Which group most strongly embraced the ideals and principles of the Enlightenment?
the nobility
the peasant class
the urban class
the bourgeoisi
Which group imposed the Reign of Terror?
the Second Coalitio
the Committee of Public Safety
the National Assembly
the king's Swiss guard
Which of the following was NOT a reason for Napoleon to sell the Louisiana Territory?
to raise money
to cut his losses in America
to punish the sugar growers in Saint Domingue
to increase America's power as a British rival
How did Great Britain react to the Continental System?
It invaded France.
It organized its own blockade.
It negotiated a peace agreement with France.
It formed an alliance with Austria and Prussia.
What did Klemens von Metternich NOT want to accomplish at the Congress of Vienna?
create a balance of power in Europe
strengthen countries surrounding France to prevent future French aggression
restore Europe's royal families to their thrones
create the beginnings of a European democracy
The actions of the Congress of Vienna helped to generate an independence movement in
Africa.
North America.
South America.
Asia.
Who was the wife of Louis XVI
Marie Bonaparte
Josephine
Marie Antoinette
Marie von Metternich
What was the old order of French society and politics, before the French Revolution, known as?
Estates General
The Old Order or Old Regime
Feudal System
Constitutional Monarchy
What city was burnt to a crisp in order to prevent Napoleon from having it?
Paris
London
Moscow
Berlin
On what Island was Napoleon FIRST exiled?
Elba
Corsica
Helena
Sicily
What was the promise made by the National Assembly to write a constitution for France?
The Sacred Promise
Tennis Court Oath
The Compact
Declaration of the rights of man
100% European, born in Europe; governed the colony, had most of the power and money
Creoles
Peninsulares
Mestizos
Grand Blancs
100% European born in the New World; owned large farms, wealthy, but limited opportunity for government positions
Creoles
Peninsulares
Mestizos
Petite Blancs
One of the most influential revolutionary leaders; creole who became known as the "Great Liberator"
Father Hidalgo
Toussaint L'Ouverture
Simon Bolivar
Juan Pablo Viscado
Why did revolution spread to many Spanish colonies in Latin America?
Resentment had grown toward the peninsulares who dominated social and political life
Colonists rejected taxation without representation
French revolutionaries traveled to the Spanish colonies to organize the people
Slave revolts erupted throughout the colonies
Which famous Revolutionary Leader helped Argentina win Independence from Spain and allied with Bolivar to drive the Spanish from South America?
Jean Dessalines
SImon Bolivar
Jose San de Martin
Toussaint L'Overture
Who took over rule of Russia after Czar Alexander III?
Lenin
Czar Nicholas II
Stalin
Kaiser Wilhelm II
A key characteristic of nationalism is
a shared culture
a flag.
a president.
a supply of weapons.
Which of the following issued the Edict of Emancipation?
Nicholas I
Alexander II
Alexander III
the Decembrists
Camillo di Cavour expanded Piedmont-Sardinia's power and also
conquered part of France
unified Italy
took control of Veneti
all of the above
In which of the following ways did the liberation of Mexico and Brazil differ?
Mexico's liberation was violent; Brazil's liberation was non-violent.
Mexico was liberated from Spanish control; Brazil was liberated from French control.
Mexico's liberation involved Creoles; Brazil's liberation did not involve Creoles.
All of the above are true.
What was the goal of impressionist artists and composers?
to show the ugly conditions created by industrialization
to illustrate a moment in time
to protest the growing wealth of the middle class
to glorify national heroes
How did music change during the Romantic period?
It became more structured.
It lost popularity.
It focused on creating impressions of a moment.
It became a part of middle-class life.
Which of the following combined to form Gran Colombia?
the Viceroyalty of Brazil and the Captaincy-General of Venezuela
the Viceroyalty of New Granada and the Viceroyalty of Peru
the Viceroyalty of New Granada and the Captaincy-General of Venezuela
the Viceroyalty of Peru and the Viceroyalty of Brazil
In the early 1800s, which of the following regions was least affected by independence movements?
the Caribbean
Central America
Spanish-speaking North America
Spanish-speaking South America
Why did many industrialized or advanced countries need to takeover less advanced countries?
For better climate and cleaner environment
To create a democratic government
To teach the local population about recycling
To claim or takeover natural resources located in those countries
Why were European countries interested in colonizing Africa during the Age of Imperialism?
They wanted Africa's natural resources
They wanted land to develop new types of ships
They wanted to create a perfect society
They wanted to learn new languages
Which of the following is true about the Boxer Rebellion?
The rebellion took place in Japan.
The Boxers were trying to keep Christianity in China.
The Boxers were unhappy with foreign influence in China.
The Boxers were able to drive out the foreigners from China.
What resource did Britain want from India?
cotton
tea
wheat
coal
What does the phrase "the sun never sets over the British Empire" mean?
it's always sunny in Britain
it shows how large their empire was
it shows how dangerous they were
is a reference to the shiny money they had
The Berlin Conference split up ________ among European nations.
Africa
Asia
Australia
South America
The "White Man's Burden" refers to
The responsibility of European people to work hard
Industrialized nations should civilize Africa & Asia
The burden of responsibility to provide for one's family
No answers apply
The Sepoy Mutiny was rebellion against British rule over:
better pay for Indian soldiers
disregard for overtime hours/pay for Indian soldiers
Better benefits for Indian soldiers
disregard for Religion / culture of Indian soldiers
By 1914, how many African Nations remained independent?
1: Ethiopia
All of them
0
2: Ethiopia and Liberia
The Age of Imperialism ended in 1914 it the beginning of what war?
WWI
WWII
The Gulf War
The Vietnam War
Overthrowing of __________, the last monarch of Hawaii, was accomplished in the late 1800s by a group of American sugar planters.
Raj
Queen Liliuokalani
Shaka
Menelik II
One similarity between the Sepoy Rebellion in India and the Boxer Rebellion in China is that both were:
Religious reform movements
Reactions to the opium trade
Attempts to end foreign interference
Successful revolts against absolute monarchs
How did the move from farm to factories change peoples lives?
land owners had to share their land
urbanization was a myth
cities grew as people moved to work in factories
the cottage industry thrived
Why was England the first to Industrialize?
It already had large cities
It had tons of natural resources like coal, iron and rivers
It had very little natural resources
It was located in the middle of Europe
Scientist who developed the theory of evolution
William Gladstone
Abraham Lincoln
Queen Victoria
Charles Darwin
Leader of Britain when democratic changes were occurring
Queen Victoria
Queen Liliuokalani
Queen Elizabeth
Queen Elsa
A movement in England to give the right to vote to more people and to obtain other rights
Third Republic
Dreyfus Affair
Chartist Movement
Zionism
Movement to establish a separate homeland in Palestine for the Jews
Third Republic
Dreyfus Affair
Suffrage
Zionism
The right to vote
Third Republic
Dreyfus Affair
Suffrage
Anti-Semitism
Events surrounding the framing of a Jewish officer in the French army
Third Republic
Dreyfus Affair
Suffrage
Anti-Semitism
The native people of Australia
Aborigines
Penal Colony
Home Rule
Irish Republican Army
A place where convicts are sent to serve their sentences as an alternative to prison
Aborigines
Penal Colony
Dominion
Irish Republican Army
Before the Reform Act of 1832, the only British citizens who had voting rights were men who
qualified as wealthy
owned significant amounts of land
were members of the House of Lords
belonged to the upper and middle classes
For 60 years, the Third Republic was the system of government for
France
Ireland
Australia
New Zealand
When former British colonies became dominions, they became
totally self governing
totally governed by the British
self governing in internal/ domestic affairs
free
What was Captain Alfred Dreyfus accused of in the Dreyfus affair?
Zionist activity
being anti-Semitic
covering up a scandal
selling military secrets
Which of the following cities falls within a Mediterranean vegetation zone?
Newcastle
Brisbane
Adelaide
Sydney
Which of the following geographic features crosses three vegetation zones?
Simpson Desert
Murray River
Darling Range
all of the above
Which cities were founded first and last, in that order?
Sydney, Adelaide
Hobart, Melbourne
Newcastle, Albany
Launceston, Brisbane
What period of history did the Meiji era in Japan cover?
1788 to 1822
1812 to 1854
1828 to 1880
1867 to 1912
Russia and Japan went to war over what issue?
trade with China
Japan's annexation of Korea
Japan's colonization of Taiwan
Russia's presence in Manchuria
World War One began in ___.
1914
1913
1915
1918
The Central Powers included Germany, Austria, and ___.
the Ottoman Empire
Russia
Serbia
the US
Germany's plan to fight a two-front war was first to defeat _______ and then to focus on the much bigger enemy, Russia.
France
the US
Belgium
Britain
Trenches were used on the ___ Front.
Western
Eastern
Home
Water
The deadliest type of weapon on the Western Front was ____.
artillery
planes
poison gas
tanks
This country could use soldiers from South Africa, Australia, Canada, and other colonies in its empire
Britain
France
Russia
the US
Who won the war on the Eastern Front?
Germany
Russia
Austria
no one - it was a stalemate
In late 1917, _______ took over the Russian government.
nationalists
Communists
imperialists
republicans
The US entered the war when _____.
German submarines started sinking American ships again
Germany attacked the United States
France and Britain asked America to help
Russia asked America to help
Wilson's goal in the 14 points was to make sure that ___.
the world would be more democratic
America's army would completely destroy Germany's army
Britain and France would not get all the credit for defeating Germany
the German empire would be weakened and broken up
Who won the war on the Western Front?
the Allies (US, Britain, France)
Germany
neither side (it was a stalemate)
the French
More people died of this disease in 1918-19 than from the war itself.
influenza
coronavirus
malaria
measles
Which statement summarizes the Schlieffen Plan that Germany created to prepare for a two-front war?
Attack France first, then Russia
Attack Russia first, then France.
Send half of the army to France and half to Russia.
Ally with Russia to fight France.
What is the policy of glorifying power and keeping an army prepared for war?
nationalism
militarism
imperialism
patriotism
Who led Germany during the last decade of the 1800s and most of World War I?
Otto von Bismark
Vittorio Orlando
Kaiser Wilhelm II
George Clemenceau
What did the war become once the participating countries began devoting all of their resources to the war effort?
industrial war
world war
total war
uncontrolled war
What were the Fourteen Points?
parts of the "war guilt" clause
a plan for the postwar world
the constitution of the League of Nations
the terms of surrender offered to Germany
Which of the following countries completely changed its name after World War I?
Germany
Romania
Great Britain
Ottoman Empire
How many more troops did the Allied Powers have than the Central Powers?
19 million
23 million
42 million
65 million
Which nation lost the most troops?
Russia
France
Italy
Germany
How did the Treaty of Versailles affect postwar Germany?
It left a legacy of bitterness and hatred in the hearts of the German people.
It stabilized the German economy and gave monetary aid to the nation.
It left Germany in much the same state as it was before the war.
It gave Germans the drive to rebuild their nation on a stronger foundation.
Who were the Bolsheviks?
soldiers in the White Army
radical Russian Marxist revolutionaries
members of the Duma, Russia's parliament
followers of Rasputin
What did the pogroms do that occurred in the late 19th-century Russia do?
violently persecute Jews
kill all the kulaks
enlist the aid of foreigners
establish a Communist council
What was the purpose of the Soviet state's Five-Year Plans?
foreign policy
political reform
social restructuring
economic development
What is a totalitarian state?
a state in which the people have a direct say in their government
a state in which the people elect representatives to the legislature
a state in which the government controls every aspect of public and private life
a state in which the working class is glorified and has the greatest voice in government
What were soviets under Russia's provisional government?
labor unions
local councils
revolutionary leaders
plans for redistributing land
What did Sun Yixian's Revolutionary Alliance accomplish?
defeating the Kuomintang
overthrowing the last emperor
spreading Communism in China
controlling the rampaging warlord
Which group was known for taking a 6,000-mile journey known as the "Long March?"
Chinese Communists, fleeing the Nationalists
Chinese Nationalists, fleeing the Communists
Chinese peasants, fleeing the Japanese invaders
the Russian White Army, fleeing the Bolsheviks
In or near which city did the westernmost civil war battle take place?
Murmansk
Petrograd
Brest-Litovsk
Archangel
According to this map, how many Bolshevik uprisings took place between 1905 and 1917?
5
10
15
20
How did the Russo-Japanese war show the czar's weakness?
His insults to the Japanese emperor caused the war.
His poor military strategy prevented his generals from gaining territory.
News of repeated losses sparked unrest and led to revolt during the war.
All of the above are true.
Which of the following did NOT happen as an immediate result of the Bolshevik Revolution?
Factory control returned to the workers.
Farmland was distributed among the peasants.
A truce was signed with Germany.
A totalitarian state was established.
How did the "May Fourth Movement" influence the formation of a Communist party in China?
established the disillusionment of the Chinese people in their government
planted the seeds of Communist ideology within the minds of intellectuals
turned the people against Sun Yixian's beliefs in Western democracy
all of the above
What led Great Britain finally to grant India limited self-rule?
continuous campaigns of civil disobedience by Indians
a sharp drop in the British economy based in India
a demonstration known as the "Salt March"
worldwide demonstrations in support of India's independence
Why did Chinese peasants align themselves with the Communists rather than the Nationalists?
The Communists divided land among the farmers, while the Nationalists ignored their problems.
The Nationalists relocated thousands of peasants in the Long March.
The Nationalists were forcing China to industrialize.
The Communists moved peasants to collective farms, where they prospered.
What influences created an environment for nationalism in Southwest Asia?
nationalist ideas taught by Mustafa Kemal
Communist propaganda campaigns out of China and Russia
worldwide recognition of Gandhi's civil disobedience campaign
the breakup of the Ottoman Empire and Western interest in the region
Under Joseph Stalin's command economy system, all economic decisions were made by
government officials alone.
workers and government officials.
members of the socialist realism movement.
local soviets composed of workers, soldiers, and peasants.
Whose theory of relativity replaced Newton's comforting belief in a world run by absolute laws of motion and gravity?
Sigmund Freud
Albert Einstein
Charles Lindbergh
F. Scott Fitzgerald
After World War I, most European nations had what type of government, if only temporarily?
Fascist
Socialist
Communist
democratic
What event marked the beginning of the Great Depression?
the end of World War I
the passage of the Dawes Plan
the stock market crash of 1929
the election of Franklin Roosevelt
Which German political party sought to overturn the Treaty of Versailles and combat communism?
Socialist
Nazi
Fascist
Republican
Which of the following was true of Germany, Italy, and Japan during the early 1930s?
All three successfully invaded other nations.
All three had governments controlled by Fascists.
All three signed nonaggression pacts with the Soviet Union.
All three pledged to undo the decisions of the Versailles Treaty.
What term was used to identify the alliance of Germany, Italy, and Japan?
Fascist Powers
Allied Powers
Axis Powers
Central Powers
What was the goal of U.S. isolationists after World War I?
that Nazi ties to other countries should be combatted
that political ties to other countries should be avoided
that foreign aid to other countries should be lessened
that industrial ties to other countries should be ended
Which country did Germany conquer in September 1939?
Poland
Austria
East Prussia
Czechoslovakia
What did Germany do to the Rhineland?
It annexed the Rhineland to Belgium
It surrendered the Rhineland to France.
The Rhineland was remilitarized by Germany.
The Rhineland became industrialized.
What caused Germans to start taking Adolf Hitler and his message seriously?
the threat of invasion by the Soviet Union
his skill at making speeches
the example of Mussolini's success in Italy
the economic crisis brought on by the Depression
What prompted Great Britain and France to declare war on Germany?
Soviet invasion of Finland
German invasion of Poland
German invasion of Czechoslovakia
Soviet invasion of Poland
The German blitzkrieg was a military strategy that depended on what advantage?
a system of fortification
"out-waiting" the opponent
surprise and overwhelming force
ability to make a long, steady advance
What was significant about the Battle of Midway?
It turned the war in the Pacific against the Japanese.
It marked the end of the war for the Japanese.
It destroyed the whole of the Japanese navy.
all of the above
Which of the following was the location of a Nazi extermination camp?
Berlin
Warsaw
Auschwitz
Dresden
Which of the following battles marked the final German offensive?
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of Stalingrad
Battle of Leyte Gulf
Battle of El Alamein
What caused the Japanese emperor to have reduced power after the war?
the Allies' insistence
the anger of the Japanese citizenry
the distrust of the Japanese parliament
the emperor's decision to reform the government
Where were atomic bombs dropped?
Tokyo and Hong Kong
Dresden and Berlin
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Leyte Island and Midway
Which of the following was addressed by the Nuremberg Trials?
the Holocaust
the use of nuclear bombs
the firebombing of Dresden
the internment of Japanese-American citizens
In which of the following countries were the most civilians killed during World War II?
Great Britain
Japan
Germany
USSR
How did the Japanese try to build a Pacific empire?
by attacking Pearl Harbor in a surprise raid
by taking over U.S., British, and French territories
by convincing native peoples to save "Asia for the Asians"
by sponsoring Communist overthrow of colonial governments
How did Kristallnacht demonstrate Nazi persecution of Jews?
A law passed on that day required Jews to wear yellow stars.
That was the day the Nazis began large deportations of Jews.
Nazi troops attacked Jewish homes, businesses, and synagogues
all of the above
What was the goal of Hitler's "Final Solution"?
It was a process to divide up his territories among his generals.
It was a system for winning the war before the Americans entered
It was a way to amass more soldiers for the invasion of Russia.
It was genocide of people the Nazis considered inferior.
What combination led to the German defeat in the Battle of Stalingrad?
Russian and British troops
Russian troops and the Russian winter
Russian and German fuel shortages
Russian ground forces and American air strikes
What does the use of kamikaze pilots show about Japanese culture?
They hated Americans enough to die killing them.
They did not mind dying because they expected to lose the war.
They valued national honor more than individual life.
They were full of despair after the atomic bombs fell on Japan.
How did the Lend-Lease Act benefit the United States?
It enriched the U.S. economy through selling arms to the Allies.
It lent the Allies American troops in exchange for European goods.
It allowed the Allies to purchase food and medicine from the United States.
all of the above
Why did President Truman agree to use the atomic bomb?
to punish Japan for Pearl Harbor
to revenge those who died in the Bataan Death March
to destroy weapons plants in Japan
to bring the war to the quickest possible end
Charles de Gaulle was the
French general who negotiated France's terms of surrender.
prime minister of France before World War II.
prime minister of the puppet government in southern France during World War II.
leader of the French government-in-exile and the Free French.
Which of the following occurred on D-Day
the Allied invasion of Italy
the Allied invasion of France
the Allied bombing of Hiroshima
the Allied bombing of Nagasaki
