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WorksheetsWHII Practice SOL
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 50mins
The Society of Jesus was created to spread Catholic teachings, primarily in response to the...
Inquisition
Renaissance
Scientific Revolution
Protestant Reformation
Which of the following people is most associated with the Renaissance time period?
Voltaire
Henry Bessemer
Michelangelo
John Huss
"Be it enacted by authority of this present Parliament that the King...shall be...the only supreme head in Earth of the Church of England..." - Act of Supremacy 1534.
What was one effect of this act?
The influence of the Catholic Church declined
Protestantism was prohibited in England
The Pope granted greater authority to the King
The colonies were subjected to the authority of the Church
Which of the following was a common trade good that travelled West on the Silk Road?
Ivory
Gold
Paper
Rum
The Colombian Exchange is best explained as the...
exchange of South American land between Spain and Portugal
result of a struggle between the Spanish and the Incas
exchange of agricultural goods between Europe and the Americas
result of a conflict between South American colonies and Europe
Islam became a prominent religion in India because of...
Trade with Africa
The rule of the Mughals
An invasion by the Persians
Alliances with Southwest Asia
Which religious group was most affected when the Edict of Nantes was revoked?
Puritans living in England
Jesuits living in France
Protestants living in France
Catholics living in England
Queen Elizabeth I supported Protestantism in England by...
returning land belonging to the Catholic Church
making the Anglican Church the official national church
persecuting people who used Latin in the Catholic Church
removing the leader of the Anglican Church
Which form of literature was introduced to Europe during the Enlightenment?
Poems
Novels
Satires
Essays
The Mexican state of Hidalgo, the district of Miguel Hidalgo in Mexico City, and Hidalgo County in New Mexico USA are all named after the man who...
protected Mexican territory from a French invasion
was the first president of the Mexican Republic
started the movement for Mexican Independence
led the Mexican army in the war against Texas
Which of the following people first discovered and documented the human circulatory system?
Johannes Kepler
Galileo Galilei
Isaac Newton
William Harvey
One response to the growing influence of Europeans in China was...
the Nanking Massacre
the Boxer Rebellion
the Shanghai Massacre
the Cultural Revolution
Which of the following events inspired independence movements in Spanish and Portuguese colonies in the Caribbean and South America in the early 19th Century?
the Reformation
the American Revolution
the Renaissance
the Commercial Revolution
Which of the following statements best describes the effects of the Industrial Revolution on families?
Family-based cottage industries were weakened or destroyed
Families returned to focusing on producing domestic goods
Families struggled to share responsibilities in the household
Families were hired as a group in local industries
The concept of divine right was important to absolute monarchs because it...
reserved governmental positions for the clergy
guaranteed natural rights of the people
justified the King or Queen's right to rule
honored the King or Queen for supporting religious freedoms
Which of the following people is famous for leading the independence movements in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia in the 1830's?
Hernando de Soto
Simon Bolivar
Napoleon Bonaparte
Vasco de Gama
Which political organization's member states were described as being behind the "Iron Curtain" after World War II?
the United Nations
the Axis Powers
the European Union
the Warsaw Pact
Russian troops withdrew from World War I because...
Great Britain became neutral
submarine warfare disrupted trade
the United States entered the war
communist revolutionaries overthrew the Russian government
A "rise of nationalism" and a "belief in a master race" led to which of the following events happening?
The Invasion of Normandy by the Allies
The dropping of the atomic bomb on Japan
Development and implementation of the "Final Solution" by Nazi Germany
The bombing of Pearl Harbor in Hawaii
1928, the Government announces the first Five-Year plan to boost the economy. If this were the headline of a newspaper in 1928, which country would it best describe?
the Soviet Union
Italy
the United States
Germany
Which military tactic did Nazi Germany use in the Battle of Britain?
Land invasions
Submarine attacks
Trench warfare
Aerial bombing raids
This event led to Britain and France declaring war on Nazi Germany on September 1st, 1939.
German invasion of Poland
British evacuation from Dunkirk
Soviet victory at Stalingrad
Allied invasion of Europe
In which nation did Nelson Mandela lead a successful reform movement?
Kenya
South Africa
The Congo
India
The sacred cities of Mecca and Medina in modern day Saudi Arabia are most important to the people of which religion?
Hinduism
Christianity
Islam (Muslims)
Buddhism
Which of the following leaders led the Communist Revolution in China?
Mao Zedong
Deng Xiaoping
Ho Chi Minh
Sun Yat-Sen
