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Adams World History FINAL

Total questions: 115

Worksheet time: 1hrs 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which description accurately portrays Leon Trotsky.

a)

Right hand man to Vladimir Lenin, assisted in the Bolshevik Revolution and Russian Civil War

b)

Created communism in the "Communist Manifesto", which outlined ideas towards achieving a perfect society.

c)

He created his political ideologies based off of Communism and was the leader of the Red Army and the Bolsheviks.

d)

The Emperor of Russia during the Russian Civil War, he made awful decisions, and was very foolish man who destroyed the Empire.

2.

Who helped Vladimir Lenin return to Russia after his exile in order to de-stabalize their opponent in WWI?

a)

Germany

b)

Great Britain

c)

France

d)

United States

3.

Siberian monk who became the advisor to the Tsar and his wife. Was killed by a group of nobles.

a)

Rasputin

b)

Kerensky

c)

Kornilov

d)

Alexei

4.

Tsar Alexander II is known most for his decision to ______________.

a)

emancipate the serfs

b)

start the February Revolution

c)

conduct pogroms against Russian Jews

d)

create the duma

5.

A Bolshevik believes in ________.

a)

monarchy

b)

socialism/communism

c)

democracy

d)

fascism

6.

Leader of the Duma and the Provisional Government, he could not create a functioning government for Russia.

a)

Kerensky

b)

Lenin

c)

Kornilov

d)

Trotsky

7.

Tsar of Russia who abdicated his throne in 1917

a)

Nicholas II

b)

Alexander II

c)

Alexander III

d)

Gregory Rasputin

8.

Who were the "Reds" in the Russian civil war?

a)

Bolshevik army

b)

supporters of Nicholas II

c)

a full communist state

d)

White army

9.

The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk did what?

a)

got Russia out of WWI

b)

was signed by Nicholas II

c)

Russia was blamed for WWI

d)

created the Soviet Union

10.

What was the duma?

a)

A legislative body in the ruling assembly of Russia.

b)

Russian secret police

c)

Ownership by the government of an asset, corporation, or industry.

d)

A philosopher who saw the struggles of the working class during the industrial revolution and came up with a theory advocating class war

11.

What is an autocracy?

a)

A system of government by one person with absolute power.

b)

A Country's trade and financial systems are based on private ownership for profit rather than run by the government.

c)

A socialist manifesto written by Marx and Engels (1848) describing the history of the working-class movement according to their views.

d)

Bolsheviks led by Leon Trotsky and Lenin claimed power in name of the soviets and proclaimed a full-scale revolution with support of workers and troops

12.

What was the October Revolution?

a)

Bolshevik takeover of Russia in 1917

b)

Provisional Government taking over for Nicholas II

c)

Alexander II's emancipation of the serfs

d)

Civil war between the Red and the Whites

13.

Who was Karl Marx?

a)

A philosopher who saw the struggles of the working class during the industrial revolution and came up with a theory advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs.

b)

A philospher who strongly encourages capitalism.

c)

Last tsar of Russia. He was killed by the Bolsheviks.

d)

The dictator of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) from 1929 to 1953.

14.

Before the 1905 Revolution, Russia suffered what humiliating defeat?

a)

Russo-Japanese War

b)

Napoleonic Wars

c)

Battle of Stalingrad

d)

Reds vs. Whites

15.

What were soviets?

a)

Elected councils formed during the Russian Revolution

b)

class struggle and revolution

c)

Bolsheviks

d)

secret police

16.

What happened to Tsar Alexander II?

a)

assassinated by a radical group called the Narodnaya Volya ("The People's Will")

b)

died of natural causes

c)

failed to emancipate the serfs

d)

signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

17.

Tsar Alexander III was known for what kind of rule?

a)

large-scale repression

b)

free and open democracy

c)

Fascist rule

d)

reform

18.

Tsar Nicholas II abdicated after what event?

a)

Bloody Sunday

b)

February Revolution

c)

October Revolution

d)

1905 Revolution

19.

The Romanov family was executed because _________

a)

The Bolsheviks feared that the White Army would re-install the monarchy if they were captured

b)

They supported democratic rule

c)

Rasputin was running the country

d)

The White Army did not want them to return

20.

How did Russia do in World War One?

a)

Terribly; they were unprepared and suffered defeat after defeat.

b)

Remarkably well. Victory after victory

c)

Russia left the war after 1 year.

d)

Russia's army was well-prepared and had too many resources.

21.

One of the fateful decision made by the Provisional Government was ____________

a)

staying in WWI

b)

pulling out of WWI

c)

supporting autocracy

d)

winning the Russo-Japanese War

22.

One of the ways Rasputin was able to assert himself into the Romanov's world was his ability to:

a)

calm the hemophiliac heir to the throne, Alexei

b)

share his views about Marxism

c)

dance beautifully

d)

show that democracy was a better system than autocracy

23.

What was the event known as "Bloody Sunday" about?

a)

Nicholas II's troops fired upon protestors in 1905

b)

Raputin's execution

c)

the abdication of Nicholas II

d)

the first battle of the Civil War between the Reds and the Whites

24.

Lenin's popular phrase that won him support among the lower class was __________

a)

"Peace, Land, and Bread"

b)

"War, Land, and Government"

c)

"Peace, Democracy, and Shame"

d)

"Never Surrender"

25.

Mao Zedong believed the Communists should seek support from the

a)

ruler of Germany.

b)

urban working class.

c)

peasant population.

d)

radical military groups.

26.

Who took over the Guomindang after the death of Sun Yat-sen in 1925?

a)

Mao Zedong

b)

Chiang Kai-shek

c)

Yuan Shikai

d)

Gao Xingzu

27.

In 1931 the Japanese military seized __________ and set up a puppet state there (Pu Yi placed on the throne).

a)

Hirohito

b)

Hong Kong

c)

Manchuria

d)

Manilla

28.

__________ condemned Japanese aggression against China, but did not prevent the slaughter in Nanking.

a)

Hirohito

b)

The League of Nations

c)

The ultranationalists

d)

The Axis Powers

29.

Despite leaning toward greater democracy in 1920s Japan, political parties were influenced by its powerful business leaders, called ______________.

a)

hirohito

b)

guomindang

c)

zaibatsu

d)

taiping rebels

30.

Better technology allowed factories to make more products faster during a time when people were buying less, which resulted in

a)

overproduction.

b)

general strike.

c)

disarmament.

d)

finance.

31.

Mussolini gained power by promising to

a)

grant independence to Italian colonies.

b)

share power with the Communists.

c)

replace chaos with order.

d)

give every Italian a free college education.

32.

Mussolini's "combat squad" supporters who marched with him on the infamous "March on Rome" were known as the

a)

Brown Shirts

b)

Red Shirts

c)

Black Shirts

d)

Blue shirts

33.

What was most important to the Fascists?

a)

agriculture

b)

the individual

c)

Marxism

d)

the state

34.

Which is NOT true of Fascism?

a)

Fascists reject democracy.

b)

Fascism is rooted in extreme nationalism.

c)

Fascists value individual rights.

d)

Fascists believe in aggressive foreign expansion.

35.

When Fascists in Italy made a bid for power, tens of thousands participated in the

a)

totalitarian state.

b)

Proclamation of Naples.

c)

March on Rome.

d)

Black Shirts.

36.

Stalin believed that __________ were resisting collectivization by killing farm animals and burning crops. He ordered the destruction of these "wealthy peasants."

a)

the kulaks

b)

the collectives

c)

the gulags

d)

the Comintern

37.

Which phrase best describes the Gulag?

a)

large farms owned and operated by peasants as a group

b)

an organization of wealthy farmers

c)

a system of brutal labor camps

d)

organizations aiding revolutionary groups around the world

38.

What was one unintentional result of Stalin's purges?

a)

Stalin increased his power through his terror tactics.

b)

Stalin got rid of many of the nation's most skilled and talented workers, soldiers, and thinkers.

c)

Stalin got rid of any rivals who were plotting against him.

d)

Stalin discouraged the people's dissent.

39.

Hitler's secret police were known as the

a)

Gestapo.

b)

The Black Shirts

c)

Third Reich.

d)

Nuremberg Laws.

40.

The __________ deprived Jews of German citizenship and placed severe restrictions on them.

a)

Nuremberg Laws

b)

Gestapo

c)

Ruhr Valley

d)

chancellor

41.

The Nazis indoctrinated young people by

a)

encouraging marriages as quickly as possible.

b)

giving them the best health care available.

c)

sending them to Switzerland.

d)

creating the "Hitler Youth."

42.

Stalin's proposals to build heavy industry, improve transportation, and increase farm output were called

a)

terror tactics.

b)

socialist realism.

c)

the great purges.

d)

five-year plans.

43.

After World War One, which nation emerged as the world's leading economic power?

a)

Germany

b)

Japan

c)

the United States

d)

Great Britain

44.

What did Hitler do while he was imprisoned for the failed attempt to seize power in Munich?

a)

Hitler became a Christian.

b)

Hitler planned the invasion of France.

c)

Hitler wrote Mein Kampf.

d)

Hitler organized a network of Gestapo spies.

45.

Fascists are ideologically most closely allied with

a)

Marxists.

b)

socialists.

c)

nationalists.

d)

communists.

46.

the process of forcing Russian culture on all ethnic groups in the Soviet Union

a)

Great Purge

b)

Lenin-cloning

c)

Commintern

d)

Russification

47.

Communists favor international action and the creation of a ______________ society

a)

fascists

b)

aristocratic

c)

chaotic

d)

classless

48.

Was the democratic government which ruled over Germany from 1919 to 1933. Germany's first democracy and it failed miserably.

a)

Mein Kampf

b)

Maginot Republic

c)

2nd Reich

d)

Weimar Republic

49.

"Night of Shattered Glass" when Nazis burned Jewish synagogues and destroyed thousands of Jewish businesses.

a)

Lebensraum

b)

Collectivization

c)

Kristallnacht

d)

Einsatzgruppen

50.

Full name of Nazi Party = ___________

a)

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

b)

National German Communist Party

c)

National Socialist German Workers’ Party

d)

National Communist Party

51.

After the emperor was overthrown, what two political parties emerged in China?

a)

Republican & Democrats

b)

Nationalist & Communist

c)

Fascists & Socialsts

d)

The People for Republic of China & The Japanese Communist Party

52.
Which of the following European country faced the greatest economic challenges after WW I? 
a)
Austria
b)
Great Britian
c)
France
d)
Germany
53.

What was Hitler's belief that German people needed more 'living space' called?

a)

Anschluss

b)

Lebensraum

c)

Gleichschaltung

d)

Nazism

54.

Where was Hitler born?

a)

Germany

b)

Poland

c)

Berlin

d)

Austria

55.

What was the event where Hitler and the Nazi's attempted to overthrow the government in 1923?

a)

Night of Long Knives

b)

Kristallnacht

c)

Beer Hall Putsch

d)

Final Solution

56.

What was the event in 1938 where German Jews were arrested, killed, sent to concentration camps, and had their temples and businesses destroyed?

a)

Night of Long Knives

b)

Kristallnacht

c)

Beer Hall Putsch

d)

Final Solution

57.
What is Anti-Semitism?   
a)
A term used to describe the ideal of human being blond-haired, blue-eyed and of Nordic stock
b)
A term used to describe hatred, hostility and prejudice against Jews
c)
A term used to describe the hatred, hostility and prejudice against Asians
d)
A term used to describe the hatred for democratic governance
58.
In 1946, Winston Churchill used the term “Iron Curtain "when describing conditions in Europe. What did he mean by this term?
a)
•European nations needed to build more factories
b)
•Peace had finally spread throughout the countries of Europe.
c)
•The militaries of Western Europe were becoming too powerful.
d)
•There was a division between the communist Eastern Europe and Western Europe. 
59.
In 1950, the United States and other countries from the United Nations became involved in the Korean War. What was the cause of this war?
a)
•North Korea attacked South Korea to spread communism.
b)
•South Korea wanted to drive out troops from Vietnam.
c)
•North Korea attacked China to spread communism.
d)
•South Korea attacked North Korea to spread democracy.
60.
What two nations were in competition with each other during the Cold War?
a)
Spain and Portugal
b)
England and France
c)
Germany and Italy
d)
United States and Soviet Union
61.
Who built the Berlin Wall?
a)
Soviet Union
b)
NATO
c)
The UN
d)
China
62.
What does the ‘Iron Curtain’ symbolize? 
a)
The division between East Germany and West Germany
b)
The division between East Berlin and West Berlin
c)
The division between communist Europe and noncommunist Europe 
d)
The division between North Korea and South Korea
63.
A competition between nations to build powerful weapons is called ___________.
a)
Arms Race
b)
Blockade
c)
Space Race
d)
Atomic Bomb
64.

South African Policy of legal separation of the races

a)

Apartheeid

b)

Decolonization

c)

Apartheid

65.

This image represents :

a)

Great Leap forward

b)

Long Marh

c)

Tiananmen Square massacre

d)

Cultural Revolution

66.

The Great Leap Forward was

a)

very successful

b)

did not change much in China.

c)

was very unsuccessful

d)

all the above

67.

What was Pol Pot’s goal?

a)

Create a dictatorship

b)

To form a communist Agrarian utopia

c)

Destroy the government

d)

To kill all Cambodians

e)

All of the Above

68.

Mecca and Medina, the two holy sites in Islam, are located in which country?

a)

Iraq

b)

Saudi Arabia

c)

Iran

d)

Syria

69.

Many of the jihadists trained for the Afghan war would mature into the jihadists of al Qaeda and ISIS, encouraged by Saudi __________ teachings.

a)

Shia

b)

Wahhabi

c)

democratic

d)

socialist

70.
Saddam Hussein was an abusive dictator in this country from the 1970's until 2003.
a)
Iraq
b)
Iran
c)
Saudi Arabia
d)
Syria
71.
Since 1979, Iran is this type of government.
a)
theocracy
b)
democracy
c)
monarchy
d)
communist
72.
This leader took over Iran after the Shah was removed in 1979 and implemented a theocracy
a)
Ayatollah Khomeini
b)
Shah Pahlevi
c)
Mohammed Mossadeq
d)
Jimmy Carter
73.

The two major ethnic groups in Rwanda are:

a)

Hera and Tari

b)

Hutu and Tari

c)

Hutu and Tulsi

d)

Hutu and Tutsi

74.
What is conscription?
a)
being sentenced to death
b)
writing a legal document
c)
drafting into the war
d)
making a war plan
75.
A belief that a country should have a strong military and use it to gain power
a)
Imperialism
b)
Nationalism
c)
Isolationism
d)
Militarism
76.
The spark that ignited World War 1 
a)
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
b)
Germany attacking Belgium
c)
Russian support of Serbia
d)
The sinking of the Lusitania
77.
Gavrilo Prinicip
a)
Was a German commander in the Battle of the Somme
b)
Was the Archduke of Austria-Hungary
c)
Was a Russian spy
d)
Was a Serbian Nationalist who assassinated the Archduke of Austria-Hungary
78.
Nationalism is best described as
a)
the desire for more land and power
b)
extreme or intense patriotism
c)
the build up of a large military force
d)
the desire to team up with other nations
79.
Which of the following are responsible for World War 1?
a)
Imperialism
b)
Nationalism
c)
Alliances
d)
All of these
80.
Which of the following belong to the Central Powers?
a)
Russia
b)
France
c)
Belgium
d)
Austria-Hungary
81.
Which of the following is not a member of the Allied Powers?
a)
Russia
b)
France
c)
Italy
d)
Germany
82.
Which contributed to the outbreak of World War I?
a)
German domination in Morocco
b)
English domination of Scotland
c)
French domination of Alsace and Lorraine.
d)
Austro-Hungarian domination in the Balkans.
83.
Which of these happened FIRST, following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand on June 28, 1914?
a)
France invaded Belgium.
b)
Germany declared war on Russia.
c)
Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia.
d)
Russia mobilized its forces for a possible war.
84.
This term describes when large nations take resources and land from weaker nations. 
a)
Militarism
b)
Alliances 
c)
Imperialism
d)
Nationalism 
85.
Which of these country's had to leave the war early because of a Communist Revolution?
a)
England
b)
Germany
c)
Russia
d)
Ottoman Empire
86.
The Treaty of Versailles wanted Germany to do which of the following:
a)
Pay war debt
b)
give up land
c)
lose colonies
d)
all of the above
87.
What is the concept of using all tools, machines , people and ideas to fight a war?
a)
Blitzkrieg
b)
Trench War
c)
Stalemate
d)
Total War
88.

President Truman believed that using atomic weapons on Japan would enable the United States to avoid the heavy casualties an invasion would produce.

a)

True

b)

False

89.

Hitler demanded, and was given, what area in Czechoslovakia?

a)

Slovenia

b)

Parma

c)

Danzig

d)

Sudetenland

90.

Two days after Hitler’s invasion of ____, Britain and France declared war on Germany.

a)

Poland

b)

Austria

c)

France

d)

Soviet Union

91.

On December 7, 1941, the Japanese

a)

launched a full-scale invasion of Southern China.

b)

attacked the British colony on the Bataan Peninsula.

c)

launched a surprise attack on the U.S. Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor.

d)

invaded Alaska.

92.

Great Britain’s policy of ____ toward Germany was based on the belief that the satisfaction of reasonable demands would maintain peace in Europe.

a)

firm resistance

b)

detente

c)

Anschluss

d)

appeasement

93.

At ____, heroic efforts by the British Royal Navy and civilians in private boats managed to evacuate 338,000 Allied troops from the beaches of the English Channel.

a)

Danzig

b)

Maginot Line

c)

Normandy

d)

Dunkirk

94.

Nazi extermination camp in Poland, the largest center of mass murder during the Holocaust. Close to a million Jews, Gypsies, Communists, and others were killed there

a)

Berlin

b)

Maginot

c)

Auschwitz

d)

Leningrad

95.

Meeting with US president FDR, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet Leader Stalin during WWII to plan for post-war (foreshadowed a split among the Allies)

a)

Munich Conference

b)

Yalta Conference

c)

Berlin Conference

d)

Truman Doctrine

96.

What was the Luftwaffe?

a)

German army force

b)

German naval force

c)

German air force

d)

It was Hitler’s idea of Expansionism that eventually led to war.

97.

A United States program of economic aid for the reconstruction of Europe

a)

Warsaw Pact

b)

Siege of Leningrad

c)

Marshall Plan

d)

North Atlantic Trade Organization

98.

A secret U.S. project for the construction of the atomic bomb

a)

Fatherland Project

b)

Manhattan Project

c)

American Command Project

d)

Star Wars project

99.

An alliance between the Soviet Union and other Eastern European nations. This was in response to the NATO

a)

Warsaw Pact

b)

Marshall Plan

c)

United Nations

d)

Anschluss

100.

Ideas spread to influence public opinion for or against a cause (used widely during WWII)

a)

annexation

b)

propaganda

c)

pacificsm

d)

isolationism

101.

1947 - Stated that the U.S. would support any nation threatened by Communism

a)

United Nations

b)

FDR's Five Points

c)

Potsdam Declaration

d)

Truman Doctrine

102.

During World War II, __________ was surrounded and besieged by the German Wehrmacht, which cut off all supplies going into the city and trapping the people inside for 900 days

a)

Paris

b)

Moscow

c)

Leningrad

d)

Vienna

103.

Anschluss refers to

a)

the German air force.

b)

the union of Germany and Austria.

c)

the region of Czechoslovakia annexed by Germany.

d)

Hitler's belief in the superiority of the German people

104.

Which African nation was invaded by Italy in 1935?

a)

Ethiopia

b)

Libya

c)

Egypt

d)

Tunisia

105.

At the Munich Conference of 1938

a)

the British and French chose appeasement as their strategy with the Germans and convinced Czechoslovakia to give up the Sudetenland.

b)

the United States agreed to form an alliance with Great Britain and France in order to defend Europe from German aggression.

c)

the French ceded control of the provinces of Alsace and Lorraine to Germany.

d)

Italy agreed to withdraw from Ethiopia, and Germany agreed to withdraw from Sudetenland.

106.

Which of the following countries made up the Axis powers?

a)

Great Britain, France, Russia, and the United States

b)

Japan, Germany, and Italy

c)

Russia, Germany, and Japan

d)

United States, Great Britain, and France

107.

The opposition of all war is known as

a)

pacifism.

b)

neutrality.

c)

appeasement.

d)

nationalism.

108.

Which country did Germany and the Soviet Union agree to divide up between them in the Nazi-Soviet Pact of 1939?

a)

Czechoslovakia

b)

Poland

c)

France

d)

Hungary

109.

The enormous power of the German military was revealed in their "lightning war", or __________ against Poland in 1939.

a)

Luftwaffe

b)

Vichy

c)

Zerstörung

d)

blitzkrieg

110.

After the Allies liberated France, Germany launched a bloody counterattack in a desperate attempt to stave off defeat known as the Battle of

a)

Berlin.

b)

Stalingrad.

c)

El Alamein.

d)

the Bulge.

111.

American forces embarked on a campaign known as __________, with the goal of recapturing some Japanese-held islands which were used as steppingstones to the next objective.

a)

the Pacific theatre

b)

island-hopping

c)

Operation Free Asia

d)

the Tokyo Plan

112.

Kamikaze pilots

a)

were sent only on the most dangerous missions.

b)

rebelled against Japanese rule, joining the Allies in late 1944.

c)

helped the Nazis during their assault on the British islands.

d)

crashed their explosive-laden airplanes into American warships.

113.

Which Japanese city was the target of the second atomic bomb, dropped by the United States on August 9, 1945?

a)

Tokyo

b)

Hiroshima

c)

Nagasaki

d)

Kyoto

114.

May 8, 1945, the day after Germany surrendered, officially became known as

a)

V-E Day.

b)

Memorial Day.

c)

V-J Day.

d)

Veterans Day

115.

Where in Germany did the Allies have Axis leaders tried for "crimes against humanity"?

a)

Hamburg

b)

Berlin

c)

Nuremberg

d)

Würzburg