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World History Final Exam

Total questions: 48

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When 2 or more countries join together for protection and benefits:

a)

Friendship

b)

Alliance

c)

Enmity

d)

Union

2.

The death of which Austro-Hungarian ruler led directly to the start of WWI?

a)

Rasputin

b)

Woodrow Wilson

c)

Benito Mussolini

d)

Franz Ferdinand

3.

What is a deadlock where neither side can defeat the other?

a)

Win

b)

Loss

c)

Stalemate

4.

Which World War One battle was fought at a river and neither side won?

a)

Battle of Alamein

b)

Battle of the Somme

c)

Battle of Waterloo

d)

Battle of Bunker Hill

5.

 Who was the leader of the Russian Revolution and the first leader of the Soviet Union?

a)

Vladimir Lenin

b)

Adolf Hitler

c)

Joseph Stalin

d)

Woodrow Wilson

6.

When countries at war sign a treaty to stop fighting, this is called:

a)

A Declaration

b)

A Stalemate

c)

Appeasement

d)

An Armistice

7.

When did World War One end?

a)

November 11, 1920

b)

November 11, 1918

c)

November 11, 2020

d)

November 11, 1945

8.

What was the longest, most severe economic downturn that we studied?

a)

The Great Recession.

b)

The Roaring 20's.

c)

The Great Depression.

d)

The Great Purge.

9.

Which country was Benito Mussolini the dictator of?

a)

Russia

b)

Great Britain

c)

Italy

d)

France

10.

Hitler became leader of what party? 

a)

Soviet Party

b)

Fascist Party

c)

The Black Hand

d)

National Socialist German Workers Party (Nazi Party)

11.

A detention center where Nazis sent Jews, gypsies, homosexuals and other groups of people that Hitler hated.

a)

Gulag

b)

Concentration Camp

c)

Military Prison

d)

Stockade

12.

What was it called when Allied forces invaded France in 1944?

a)

D-Day

b)

Operation Dynamo

c)

V-E Day

d)

Operation Overlord

13.

Who was the prime minister of Britain during WWII? 

a)

Joseph Stalin

b)

Douglas McArthur

c)

FDR

d)

Winston Churchill

14.

What country did Hitler invade that started WW2?

a)

Asia

b)

United Kingdom

c)

Poland

d)

Austra

15.

On Dec. 7, 1941, Japan bombed this location, bringing the U.S. into WW2.

a)

Dunkirk

b)

Pearl Harbor

c)

Washington D.C.

d)

The Philippines

16.

What country did Hitler invade (making the same mistake as Napoleon) that led to his downfall?

a)

Russia

b)

Belgium

c)

Austria

d)

France

17.

What was the U.S. war strategy against Japan in the Pacific Front of WW2?

a)

Blitzkreig

b)

Island-hopping

c)

Island-skipping

d)

Blitzkreig

18.

Giving in to the demands of an aggressor/ruler is called:

a)

Accommodation

b)

Submission

c)

Appeasement

d)

Bribery

19.

On May 8, 1945, WW2 in Europe came to an end. This day is known as:

a)

D-Day

b)

V-Day

c)

V-E Day

d)

E-V Day

20.

The man who designed the atomic bomb:

a)

Robert Oppenheimer

b)

Douglas McArthur

c)

Neville Chamberlin

d)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

21.

Germany, Japan and Italy made up the....

a)

Allied Powers

b)

Triple Entente

c)

Triple Alliance

d)

Axis Powers

22.

What two cities did the U.S. drop the atomic bombs on?  

a)

Tokyo & Nagoya

b)

Osaka & Kyoto

c)

Shanghai & Beijing

d)

Hiroshima & Nagasaki

23.

The plan for the U.S. gov't to give food and economic assistance to help Europe rebuild after WW2.

a)

Truman Doctrine

b)

Marshall Plan

c)

Appeasement

d)

Manhattan Project

24.

U.S. + 11 other countries made up an anti-communist alliance during the Cold War known as:

a)

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

b)

European Union (EU)

c)

Warsaw Pact

d)

Triple Entente

25.

The theory that if one country fell to communism, all others would as a result was called:

a)

Island-Hopping

b)

Domino Theory

c)

Appeasement

d)

Pacifism

26.

The U.S. and Soviet Union divided Korea along what parallel?

a)

18th

b)

38th

c)

17th

d)

40th

27.

Who was put on trial in the Nuremberg Trials?

a)

Former police officers

b)

Soldiers who avoided the draft

c)

Former Soviets

d)

Former Nazis

28.

Which war was a period of hostility between U.S.A. & Soviet Union and their ideologies?

a)

The Cold War

b)

The Winter War

c)

The 7 Years War

d)

The 30 Years War

29.

What 3 modern countries make up Indochina?

a)

Vietnam, China & North Korea

b)

China, Russia & Laos

c)

Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia

d)

North Korea, Cuba, Pakistan

30.

How was Vietnam divided in 1954?

a)

North & South Vietnam

b)

East & West Vietnam

c)

Old & New Vietnam

d)

Vietnam was not divided in 1954.

31.

Who ruled North Vietnam?

a)

Ngo Dinh Diem

b)

Fidel Castro

c)

Ho Chi Minh

d)

John F. Kennedy

32.

What two world leaders were assassinated in 1963 within weeks of each other (Hint: one of them was American, one of them was Vietnamese)?

a)

R.F.K. & Fidel Castro

b)

Ho Chi Minh & L.B.J.

c)

Adolf Hitler & Joseph Stalin

d)

J.F.K & Ngo Dinh Diem

33.

A group of Vietnamese fighters fought against U.S. forces in the Vietnam War. They wanted a communist government in unified Vietnam. These fighters were called:

a)

Viet Cong

b)

Communist Rebls

c)

Viet Communists

d)

Viet Reds

34.

Which country was brought into the Vietnam War by the Gulf of Tonkin incident?

a)

Russia

b)

North Korea

c)

South Korea

d)

U.S.A.

35.

By 1969, how many American troops were in Vietnam?

a)

100

b)

1 million

c)

42,000

d)

500,00

36.

Who did the U.S. draft into the Vietnam War?

a)

Poor people.

b)

College Students who failed classes.

c)

People of Color.

d)

All of the Above.

37.

A country forcing people to serve in the military during wartime is called a draft.

a)

False

b)

True

38.

Who became president right after J.F.K. was assassinated?

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Richard Nixon

c)

Robert F. Kennedy (R.F.K.)

d)

Lyndon B. Johnson (L.B.J.)

39.

U.S. soldiers who were forced to clear out undergrounds tunnels that Vietnamese soldiers dug to hide during the Vietnam War:

a)

Crawlers

b)

Tunnel Rats

c)

Tunnel Boys

d)

Rat Soldiers

40.

What was sprayed over Vietnam that killed a lot of people?

a)

Liquid Nitrogen

b)

Agent Black

c)

Agent Orange

d)

Gasoline

41.

What offensive convinced people that America could not have victory in the Vietnam War?

a)

Da Nang Offensive

b)

Tet Offensive

c)

Orange Offensive

d)

Battle of the Bulge

42.

Which American University was the location where 4 students were killed during a protest in 1970?

a)

Duke University

b)

Middle Tennessee State University

c)

University of Ohio

d)

Kent State Univesity

43.

What strategy did Martin Luther King Jr. advocate for in the Civil Rights Movement?

a)

Civil Disobedience

b)

Uncivil Disobedience

c)

Riots

d)

Civil Silence

44.

Which president pulled U.S. troops out of Vietnam?

a)

Richard Nixon

b)

John F. Kennedy

c)

Ho Chi Minh

d)

Lyndon B. Jonhson

45.

What exposed the horrors of the Vietnam War to the American public?

a)

Soldiers coming home and telling their stories.

b)

The News

c)

Soldiers writing letters home.

d)

Prisoners of War

46.

How many U.S. men died in Vietnam?

a)

22 thousand

b)

100 thousand

c)

200 thousand

d)

58 thousand

47.

In the Vietnam War, 61% of the men killed were 21 years old or younger.

a)

True

b)

False

48.

What was built in Washington D.C. to honor those who died in Vietnam?

a)

A Bench with the names of general.

b)

A Museum.

c)

A Wall of the names of those who died.

d)

A fountain with a large tree in the center.