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World History 3rd Exam unfinished

Total questions: 38

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

select two characteristics of authoritarian regimes

a)

only one political party is allowed

b)

all use terror and violence as tools

c)

they believe in letting the economy run itself, Laissez fair- economy

d)

They praise and esteem their woman citizens

e)

They allow freedom for individuals as long as the power of the leader is acknowledged

2.

What trick used by Mussolini did Hitler copy in order to come to power in Germany

a)

He had all other German political parties outlawed so that only the Nazi party was legal

b)

he copied Mussolini name of "il Duce" the leader, and became Der Fuhrer to impress German voters

c)

He cut deals with leading businessmen and the Catholic Church

d)

He promised to make Germany like the Roman Empire

3.

Stalin's attempt to reorganize agriculture in the Soviet Union during the 1930s ended up causing

a)

Famines

b)

Surplus grain harvests

c)

increased the number of farms

d)

His award of the Nobel Peace prize for the year 1932

4.

What were two of the government programs initiated by franklin Delano Roosevelt to relieve suffering during the Depression

a)

Social Security Act create old age pensions

b)

Creation of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to protect money in bank accounts

c)

Creation of Medicare to cover older Americans medical bills

d)

creation of the federal stock exchange system to prevent future market crashes

5.

The creator of the first fascist political movement was

a)

Benito Mussolini

b)

Adolf Hitler

c)

Leon Trotsky

d)

Vladmir Lenin

6.

President Wilsons plan for self determination for the worlds peoples after the war was applied to

a)

Only European countries

b)

All countries

c)

Only European and Asian countries

d)

Only pre-war peoples controlled by Germany or Austria-Hungary

7.

the first empire to be destroyed by the Great War was

a)

Russian empire

b)

Ottoman Empire

c)

British Empire

d)

Austria-Hungarian Empire

8.

After failure of the Von Schlieffen Plan this became the mode of warfare on the Western Front

a)

Trench warfare

b)

Gas war fare

c)

Artillery barrages

d)

bombing by aircraft on No Mans Land

9.

The four causes of World War 1 were

a)

Nationalism and alliances

b)

Militarism and imperialism

c)

Nationalism and racism

d)

colonialism and militarism

10.

Leader of the Chinese rebellion ending the Qing Dynasty and creator of the Republic of China was

a)

Sun yat-sen

b)

Mao Zedong

c)

Chiang kai-shek

d)

Feng Shui

11.

The first American president to translate concerns about natural resources into government policy was

a)

Theodore Roosevelt

b)

Woodrow Wilson

c)

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

d)

Herbert Hoover

12.

A new way of thinking which sought to question all the old rules and test the limits of the arts and science at the turn of the 20th century was called

a)

Modernism

b)

Skepticism

c)

Cultural Darwinism

d)

Nihilism

13.

Woman first gained the right to vote in

a)

Sweden

b)

new Zeland

c)

Norway

d)

Finland

14.

The global symbols of the modern economy were

a)

Railroads

b)

Factories

c)

The dollar sign $

d)

Steamships

15.

Who were the new breed of journalists working at exposing the shady dealings of financial and industrial giants

a)

Muckrakers

b)

yellow journalists

c)

mud slingers

d)

paparazzi

16.

The Boxer Rebellion would lead to Western military forces

a)

occupying Beijing

b)

Destroying beijing

c)

Executing the Qing Empress

d)

Destroying the Chinese army

17.

The Boxer Rebellion involved Chinese peasants attacking

a)

missionaries and foreigners

b)

Qing imperial officers

c)

Only Germans in China

d)

Chinese Christians

18.

The most devastating colonial war in Africa was

a)

Boer war

b)

Zulu War

c)

Mau Mau rebellion

d)

The Mahdi rebellion

19.

What group of migrants were banned from entering the United states in 1882

a)

Chinese

b)

Mexicans

c)

Gypsies

d)

Russians

20.

the two factors destinations for the Caucasian Tsunami were

a)

United States

b)

Argentina

c)

Canada

d)

Venezuela

e)

Chile

21.

In the Late 19th to early 20th century the largest group of peoples migrating were

a)

Europeans

b)

Africans

c)

Chinese

d)

South Asians

22.

Tsar Alexander II launched a wave of "Great Reforms" to make Russia more modern with out changing this

a)

Autocratic rule

b)

Public education

c)

The condition of the serfs

d)

Industrial pproduction

23.

In governing Japan, the Meiji adapted a constitution based on this European nations model in 1889

a)

germany

b)

Britain

c)

France

d)

The Netherlands

24.

The spark required to begin the transformation of imperial Japan was

a)

the visit of American naval officer Mathew Perry

b)

Assassination of the Tokugawa Shogun

c)

War with China

d)

War with Russia

25.

Europeans and Americans set out the bring civilization to the peoples of their colonies because

a)

The white mans burden

b)

Their duties as Christian nation

c)

Social Darwinism

d)

Military necessity

26.

What brought the US its first colonies

a)

the Spanish-American war

b)

The Berlin Conference

c)

Military interventions in Latin America

d)

military interventions in China

27.

The only African nation able to fight off the Europeans was

a)

Ethiopia

b)

egypt

c)

Liberia

d)

Congo

28.

The two largest African colonizers were

a)

Britain

b)

France

c)

Germany

d)

italy

e)

Belgium

29.

Europeans decided to divide Africa between themselves by

a)

The Berlin confrence

b)

Drawing lots to select colonies

c)

Africans chose which European country would be their colonists sponsor

d)

By military might, might is right

30.

During the ear of imperialism the prime target for colonies was

a)

Africa

b)

South America

c)

Asia

d)

China

31.

In 1867 Canada became an independent nation by

a)

An act of Parliament

b)

Revolution

c)

Petition to the Queen

d)

National referendum

32.

What two large European nation states were finally unified in the mid-19th century

a)

germany

b)

Italy

c)

Austria-Hungary

d)

Poland

33.

What made North Atlantic societies dominant as world powers

a)

Growth in industrial technologies and production

b)

Growth in military power

c)

Growth in wealth

d)

Growth in education and sciences

34.

The two major land additions to the United States had come via

a)

The Louisiana purchase

b)

The War with Mexico (1846-48)

c)

California Gold Rush

d)

Elimination of the Plains indians

e)

The revolutionary War with Britain

35.

This was the belief that it was Gods plan for the United States to expand and control North America

a)

Manifest Destiny

b)

America exceptionalism

c)

Patriotism

d)

sea to shining sea movment

36.

Chief movers of creating and building nation states were

a)

Elites

b)

Kings

c)

Engineers

d)

generals and military leaders

37.

Nation-states needed these for natural resources to build their countries and economies

a)

Colonies

b)

safe shipping

c)

railroads

d)

Products to trade for natural resources

38.

In what year was the United States connected from East coast to West coast by an intercontinental railroad

a)

1869

b)

1868

c)

1870

d)

1872