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World Cultures Final Exam Part 1

Total questions: 51

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

England's government is a?

a)

Republic

b)

Constitutional Republic

c)

Constitutional Monarchy

d)

Dictatorship

2.

What are the two houses of Parliament

a)

House of Commons and House of Lords

b)

House and Senate

c)

House of Commons and Senate

d)

House of Lords and House of Lands

3.

This British reformer would serve two terms as Prime Minister and led the charge for all men to have the right to vote.

a)

Jimmy Donaldson

b)

William Sadstone

c)

William Gladstone

d)

Benjamin Disraeli

4.

This political party in England would back major reforms including old-age pensions, and unemployment/health insurance.

a)

Labour

b)

Republican

c)

Green

d)

Liberal

5.

In 1801 the Act of Union would pass making _______ a part of Great Britain.

a)

Ireland

b)

Australia

c)

New Zealand

d)

Canada

6.

What British dominion was formally established as a prisoners colony.

a)

New Zealand

b)

India

c)

Australia

d)

Canada

7.

The first four Canadian provinces included Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and who?

a)

New Brunswick

b)

British Colombia

c)

Saskatchewan

d)

Washington

8.

King Charles of France attempted to dissolve the legislature, end free press, and restrict voting rights with what?

a)

July Ordinances

b)

January Ordinances

c)

Habeas Corpus

d)

Principles of Government

9.

What French King earned the nickname "Citizen-King?"

a)

Louis Philippe

b)

Louis XVI

c)

Charles II

d)

Napoleon Bonaparte

10.

The Crimean War was fought between France and England against _________ over the right to protect Christians and the Holy Land.

a)

Russia

b)

Prussia

c)

Germany

d)

Hungary

11.

The Franco-________ War was fought over conflicts between Napoleon and whom?

a)

England

b)

Spain

c)

Prussian

d)

Egypt

12.

The _________ of Paris was an attempted overthrow of the government in Paris that led to Bloody Week where more than 20,000 people would die.

a)

Cynical

b)

Commune

c)

Community

d)

Seige

13.

What major church controlled almost half of Latin America?

a)

Protestant

b)

Catholic

c)

Baptist

d)

Anglican

14.

Who led the first revolution in Mexico even though it was unsucessful?

a)

Francouis Toussaint-Louverture

b)

Dom Pedro

c)

Miguel Hidalgo

d)

Simon Bolivar

15.

What Latin American revolutionary was nicknamed the liberator?

a)

Francouis Toussaint-Louverture

b)

Miguel Hidalgo

c)

Dom Pedro

d)

Simon Bolivar

16.

Who lead the first successful uprising in Latin America in the colony of Haiti

a)

Simon Bolivar

b)

Francouis Toussaint-Louverture

c)

Dom Pedro

d)

Miguel Hidalgo

17.

Who led some of the earliest attempts to unify Italy?

a)

Giuseppe Mazzini

b)

Victor Emmanuel

c)

Count Cavour

d)

Pope Leo XIII

18.

What secret society would Mazzini found in 1831?

a)

Young Rome

b)

Young Italy

c)

Two Scillies

d)

Old Italy

19.

Following Mazzini’s defeat what kingdom in the Italian peninsula would lead the struggle for Italian unification?

a)

Sardinia

b)

Papal State

c)

Sciliy

d)

Prussia

20.

Where would Victor Emmanuel II move the national capital to in 1871?

a)

Rome

b)

Constantinople

c)

Berlin

d)

Tuscany

21.

Who became King of Prussia and helped lead the German Unification process?

a)

Mazzini

b)

Franz Ferdinand

c)

William I

d)

Victor Emmanuel II

22.

Who would the Prussian King appoint as Prime Minister of Prussia?

a)

Otto Von Bismarck

b)

Count Carvour

c)

Victor Emmanuel II

d)

Zollverein XIII

23.

Right of the nation-state to pursue its own advantage by any means necessary is known as?

a)

Kulturkampf

b)

Zollverein

c)

Infallibility

d)

Realpolitik

24.

What title would William I assume on January 18, 1871?

a)

Kaiser of Germany

b)

Emperor of Prussia

c)

Kaiser of Berlin

d)

Emperor of Berlin

25.

What was kulturkampf?

a)

Cultural Struggle

b)

Individual Struggle

c)

National Unity

d)

Cultural Unity

26.

The doctrine of the pope, when speaking on matters of faith and morals was free from error is known as?

a)

Papal Infallibility

b)

Kulturkampf

c)

Realpolitik

d)

Zollverein

27.

These laws deprived Catholic Bishops of their authority within the Church and even prevented them from performing weddings. What laws were they?

a)

May Laws

b)

June Laws

c)

Nuremberg Laws

d)

December Laws

28.

A government in which one person rules with unlimited power is known as a?

a)

Democracy

b)

Republic

c)

Autocracy

d)

Direct Democracy

29.

What would Alexander II do on March 3, 1861 to help strengthen industry in Russia?

a)

Freed the serfs

b)

Created the Duma

c)

Created the autocracy

d)

Started the Universal German Workingmen's Association

30.

The official policy of intolerance and persecution of non-Russian peoples was known as?

a)

Russification

b)

Zemstvos

c)

Nihilists

d)

Bloody Sunday

31.

The killing of hundreds of unarmed citizens by palace guards who were protesting Czar Nicolas II was known as?

a)

Bloody Monday

b)

Bloody Sunday

c)

Russification Day

d)

Boleshevik Day

32.

__________ Manifesto granted civil rights to citizens and allowed the duma to make laws

a)

January

b)

October

c)

November

d)

May

33.

What word is used to describe extreme Patriotism in Europe prior to World War I

a)

Jingoism

b)

Kulturkampf

c)

Zollverein

d)

Zemstvos

34.

Beyond just riches, what was another reason some Europeans were going to all remote corners of Africa and Asia?

a)

spread Hinduism

b)

spread Christianity

c)

vacation

d)

donations

35.

People who spread their beliefs and practices, build churches, and set up schools and hospitals are known as?

a)

missionaries

b)

renegades

c)

prothonotaries

d)

turncoats

36.

A territory of imperial power ruled directly by colonial officials is known as a?

a)

colony

b)

imperial

c)

protectorate

d)

territory

37.

What is the world's largest desert?

a)

Sahara

b)

Gobi

c)

Arabian

d)

Kalahari

38.

This canal would join the red sea and mediterranean sea together. What canal is it? 

a)

Suez

b)

Panama

c)

Oregon

d)

Erie

39.

In 1882, Egypt became a protectorate of what European nation?

a)

England

b)

France

c)

Spain

d)

Germany

40.

The nations of Liberia and _______ were the only two African nations to remain independent after 1900?

a)

Chad

b)

Kenya

c)

Ghana

d)

Ethiopia

41.

What European nation would be the first to settle in South Africa?

a)

Dutch

b)

English

c)

Spain

d)

France

42.

In 1600 British traders would form what company in India? 

a)

East India Company

b)

Dutch East India Company

c)

West India Company

d)

French West India Company

43.

Native Indians fighting back against British rule was known as the ________ Rebellion.

a)

British

b)

Sepoy

c)

Indian

d)

Dutch

44.

How did England get around China's trade barriers?

a)

trading opium instead of cash

b)

a treaty

c)

overthrow the Chinese government

d)

China did not have a trade barrier with England

45.

What island did England gain from China out of the Nanking Treaty?

a)

Virgin Islands

b)

Taiwan

c)

Hawaii

d)

Hong Kong

46.

Who did the United States purchase Alaska from? 

a)

Russia

b)

England

c)

China

d)

Spain

47.

The cry of "Remember the Maine!" would lead to the United States declaring war on whom?

a)

Spain

b)

Philippines

c)

Cuba

d)

China

48.

French colonies in Indochina included all of the following; Laos, Cambodia and ________.

a)

Vietnam

b)

Malya

c)

Siam

d)

Guam

49.

Following the Russo-Japanese War, Japan would gain total control over what country?

a)

Korea

b)

Vietnam

c)

Russia

d)

China

50.

What US Commander would demand and get a trade agreement with Japan?

a)

Matthew Prescott

b)

Matthew Perry

c)

George McClellan

d)

Dwight Eisenhower

51.

What US President would get the backing of Congress to acquire the Panama Canal?

a)

Theodore Roosevelt

b)

Martin Van Buren

c)

Dwight Eisenhower

d)

James Buchanan