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WorksheetsWHII People Review
Total questions: 48
Worksheet time: 56mins
Who was known for tacking the 95 Theses to a church door?
King Henry VIII
Pope Leo X
Martin Luther
John Calvin
This monarch created the Church of England after the pope refused to grant his annulment from his first wife.
Anne Boleyn
John Wycliffe
Henry VIII
Thomas Cronwell
Which monarch brought religious unity and tolerance to England while encouraging expansion and power?
Mary Tutor
Elizabeth I
Thomas Cranmer
Sir Thomas Moore
During the Reformation, the Hapsburg family –
fought to suppress Protestantism in the German states
became a Protestant leader in France
led Spain in the Armada against England
forced the princes to become Catholic supporting the Pope
Desiderius Erasmus was known for –
visual arts
creating sonnets, plays, and essays
spreading humanist ideas
mathematics
Which English playwright and poet drew people from all social classes to the theater?
Sir Thomas Moore
William Shakespeare
Leonardo da Vinci
Peter Paul Rubens
The Sistine Chapel Ceiling
The Last Supper
The Mona Lisa
La Pieta
What book did Machiavelli write?
The Prince
The Communist Manifesto
The Wealth of Nations
Mein Kampf
Who created the printing press?
Leonardo Da Vinci
Johannes Guttenberg
Niccolo Machiavelli
Martin Luther
Which country sponsored Christopher Columbus's voyage to America?
Spain
France
England
Portugal
Who is this "Great" Tsar in Russian History?
St. Peter
Peter I
Ivan IV (Ivan the Terrible)
Henry VIII
French Enlightenment philosopher who strongly believed in freedom of speech and religion
Voltaire
Denis Diderot
Mary Wollstonecraft
John Locke
Which of the following represent the ideas of Copernicus
Which person pictured was responsible for starting the Mexican independence movement?
Jose Morelos
Toussaint L'Ouverture
Simon Bolivar
Miguel Hidalgo
Which was a former slave who led the Haitian rebellion against the French?
Jose Morelos
Toussaint L'Ouverture
Simon Bolivar
Miguel Hidalgo
Which was a native resident who led revolutionary efforts in areas of South America?
Jose Morelos
Toussaint L’Ouverture
Simon Bolivar
Miguel Hidalgo
Which is the founder of Buddhism?
Abraham
Siddhartha Gautama
Brahma
Muhammad
Which was the Allied commander in Europe during World War II?
Roosevelt
MacArther
George Marshall
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Winston Churchill, during World War II, was known as –
the Soviet dictator
a general for the United States
the British prime minister
the U.S. President
After World War II, the Nuremberg defendants shown were –
Nazi leaders being tried for war crimes
Communist leaders at the show trials in Moscow
Axis leaders discussing land boundary changes
All released and not held accountable for World War II
Which major leader of World War II was the lead general in the Pacific Theater, during World War II?
Douglas MacArthur
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Erwin Rommel
Hideki Tojo was known in World War II as –
the emperor of Japan
an Allied commander
a general for Japan
the Soviet dictator
Which is a legacy of Napoleon?
Unified Europe under French domination
Refused to be crowned emperor
Awakened feelings of pride and nationalism
France was not centralized and lacked a constitution
Who was a strong nationalist leader that wanted a single republic and joined southern Italy to northern Italy?
Alexis de Tocqueville
Count Cavour
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Louis XVIII
Realpolitik was the philosophy of this individual who is credited with establishing the German state following the Franco-Prussian War -
Otto von Bismarck
Count Cavour
Victor Emmanuel III
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Britain, France, and Israel did not support returning the Suez Canal to what country, led by Gamal Abdul Nasser?
Iran
Iraq
Egypt
Panama
Who was the Prime Minister during the Yom Kippur War?
Golda Meir
Bibi Netanyahu
David Ben Gurim
Levi Eschol
Where was Vasco de Gama from?
France
Portugal
Spain
England
Where was Sir Francis Drake from?
Spain
Portugal
France
England
Where was Jacques Cartier from?
France
Spain
England
Portugal
Who is the first person to circumnavigate the globe?
Christopher Columbus
Hernan Cortez
Ferdinand Magellan
Sir Francis Drake
What Spanish conquistador conquered the Aztec Empire?
Francisco Pizarro
George Marshall
Sir Francis Drake
Hernan Cortez
What Spanish conquistador conquered the Incan Empire?
Francisco Pizarro
Hernan Cortez
Ferdinand Magellan
John Green
Which of these best describes Oliver Cromwell?
He was a supporter of the king.
He was a member of the nobility.
He was a devout Catholic.
He was an enemy of the king.
Parliament invited William and Mary to take the English throne on the condition that they
convert to Catholicism.
promise not to have children.
promise to stay at home and rule from Holland.
accept Parliament’s limits on their power.
After Charles I became king, tensions increased when he
freed all prisoners from jail throughout the country.
formed an alliance with England’s traditional enemies, France and Spain.
asked Parliament to take over the role of taxation.
dissolved Parliament when members refused to give him funds.
What are European descended Latin Americans known as?
Indians
Creoles
Mestizos
Gringos
What were the people of Native American and European descent known as?
Creoles
Indians
Mestizos
Gringos
The Policy of Containment was created in the __________ Doctrine
Monroe
Roosevelt
Kennedy
Truman
Who was the communist leader of Vietnam?
Mikhail Gorbachev
Deng Xiaoping
Ho-Chi-Minh
Who was the Nationalist leader of China in the Chinese Civil War?
Ho-Chi-Minh
Mao-Tse-Tung
Shrek
Chiang Kai-Shek
Who was the communist leader of China in the Chinese Civil War?
Mao Zedong
Deng Xiaping
Chieng-Kai-Shek
Who was the leader of India that had a close relationship with the USSR and started nuclear programs?
Indira Gandhi
Deng Ziaoping
Mikhail Gorbachev
Margaret Thatcher
Who was the communist Chinese leader that continued communist rule after Mao Zedong?
Mikhail Gorbachev
Deng Ziaoping
Margaret Thatcher
Who was the last president of the USSR?
Vladimir Lenin
Joseph Stalin
Mikhail Gorbachev
Nikita Khrushchev
Who was the British prime minister that asserted the UK's military power?
Margaret Thatcher
Mikhail Gorbachev
Indira Gandhi
Elizabeth III
