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WorksheetsSpring World History Final 2024
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 2hrs 55mins
Who was the President during World War 1?
Abraham Lincoln
Woodrow Wilson
Teddy Roosevelt
Franklin Roosevelt
9) WWI began when Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia one month after:
Serbia tried to take more of Austria-Hungary's land.
Serbia burned their flag.
Archduke Ferdinand and his wife were killed.
The Lusitania was sunk.
What was the Zimmermann Note?
The German policy of attacking all ships entering or leaving Britain
Wilson's speech concerning why the U.S should enter WWI
A proposal by Germany that Mexico attack the US in return for territory
a note left behind by a Serbian Nationalist in Austria-Hungary
Which treaty ended World War I?
The Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Versailles
The Armistice of Versailles
The Treaty of World Powers
In what ways was Russia was unprepared for WWI?
the tsar never thought Germany would attack
Germany was more militarized
Russia was not properly industrialized
All of the above
What is a Pogrom?
a massacre of Jewish people in Russia
a holiday celebrated by Russian Jews
Russia's first elected government
the illness that Nicholas II's son suffered from
Who was known as the "Mad Monk" and was responsible for Czarina Alexandra's failures as a leader?
Rasputin
Lenin
Tsar Nicholas II
Alexei Romanov
What is a Soviet
a communist Russian
Lenin's political party
a person in the Soviet Union
a council made up of soldiers, farmers, and workers
What is serfdom?
a form of agricultural slavery
a communist dictatorship
the name given to the lower classes by Marx
a water sport
Who was the leader of the Bolsheviks (Communists)?
Lenin
Putin
Hitler
Franco
The Bolsheviks later renamed themselves what?
The Communist Party
The Fascist Party
The Socialist Party
The Democratic Party
What issues were going on in Russia during this?
Food Shortages
Involvement in War
Unhappiness With The Government
All of the above were issues going on
Who came up with communism?
Adam Smith
John Locke
Thomas Hobbes
Karl Marx
What is the book that lays out communism?
The Communist Manifesto
The Wealth of Nations
The Encylopedia
Two Treatises on Government
What did Russia become known as after this?
Soviet Union
Austria Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Ukraine
Post war Italy saw
widespread unemployment
demobilisation of millions of soldiers
para-military organisations recruiting unemployed ex-servicemen
All of the other answers are correct
In October 1922 Mussolini organised a march on Rome which resulted in
his arrest after Facta sent the army and police in to deal with it
King Victor Emmanuel III inviting Mussolini to form a government
Which type of government is characterized by extreme nationalism, censorship, militarism, and dictatorship?
fascist
direct democracy
constitutional confederation
parliamentary democracy
One purpose of the Nuremberg Trials and of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa was to (HINT: if they are COMPARING the two, you don't need to know both! If you know which is true for one, it is true for the other, too!)
address human rights abuses
support the establishment of democratic
establish free trade zones throughout the
provide encouragement to people behind the iron curtain
Neville Chamberlain visited Munich in 1938 to negotiate the fate of Sudetenland. Which policy is most closely associated with Chamberlain’s action?
appeasement
nonalignment
reparations
colonialism
Why is D-Day (June 6, 1944) considered a turning point in World War II?
The landing of Allied troops forced Germany to fight on the western front, a two-front war.
A string of Russian victories led to their control over eastern Europe.
The death of Hitler left Germany without clear military leadership.
Dropping the first nuclear bomb quickly led to Japan’s surrender.
First they came for the Communists, but I was not a Communist so I did not speak out. Then they came for the Socialists and the Trade Unionists, but I was neither, so I did not speak out. Then they came for the Jews, but I was not a Jew so I did not speak out. And when they came for me, there was no one left to speak out for me. — Martin Niemöller
Which event is Martin Niemöller referring to in this passage?
(1) Ukrainian famine
(2) World War I
(3) breakup of Yugoslavia
(4) Holocaust
The military conflicts of World War II ended in August 1945 when
(1) the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki prompted Japan’s unconditional surrender
(2) Allied armies captured Berlin and divided Germany
(3) Germany and Japan negotiated a settlement for “peace without victory”
(4) the International Military Tribunal for the Far East began hearing testimony in Tokyo
What military strategy did Germany use to overrun much of Europe and North Africa during World War II?
Trench Warfare
Blitzkrieg
Naval Blockade
Guerilla Warfare
Who was the British Prime Minister during the Battle of Britain?
Clement Atlee
Neville Chamberlain
What strategy did General Douglas MacArthur develop to combat the Japanese in the Pacific?
During the Holocaust, how many Jews were killed by Hitler's Nazis?
What event is known as the "Night of Broken Glass"?
What proportion of the Europeans who died during World War 2 were civilians?
What major global conflict resulted from the differing postwar goals of the US and the Soviet Union?
Hot War
Which two countries emerged as superpowers after World War II?
Who was the Korean War between?
U.S. and South Korea
Russia and North Korea
North Korea and South Korea
North Korea and North Vietnam
Korea was divided along the __________ Parallel after World War II.
35th
36th
37th
38th
The Ho Chi Minh Trail was
a secret path which was used by the Viet Cong in Saigon.
a supply line for the Vietcong which ran through neutral countries.
the route that the Americans took when they left South Vietnam.
a supply line used by South Vietnam.
In the ____________________, United States soldiers killed at least 450 women, children, and elderly men, shocking the American public.
My Lai Massacre
Attack on Sai Pan
Tet Offensive
Attack on Khe Sanh
The sustained bombing of North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops, ordered by Johnson in 1965
Domino Theory
Operation Rolling Thunder
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Tet Offensive
Leading Vietnamese nationalist figure, supporting the Communist party
Ngo Dinh Diem
Ho Chi Minh
Viet Cong
Kent State University
Protests over military missions in Cambodia resulted in confrontation between protestors and police, with four students killed on May 4, 1970
Kent State University
Vietnamization
Domino Theory
Viet Cong
A similarity of the goals of Nelson Mandela and Mohandas Gandhi is that both leaders wanted to
secure political power for the majority of the people
encourage a greater degree of industrialization
improve the economy by expanding governmental control
gain independence from the Soviet Union
The policy of strict racial separation and discrimination that was implemented in the Republic of South Africa is called
collectivization
apartheid
intifada
communism
-Widespread dissatisfaction with communist practices
-Bureaucratic stagnation within the communist government
-Lack of goods available due to economic inefficiencies
-Demand for independence by different nationalities
Which historic event was caused by these situations?
Ayatollah Khomeini’s revolution in Iran Aung
San Suu Kyi’s election to Burma’s parliament
return of Hong Kong to Chinese control
breakup of the Soviet Union
Which set of problems most directly contributed to the situation shown in this 1991 cartoon featuring Mikhail Gorbachev?
refusal to adopt and accept aid from the Marshall Plan
a forced famine in Ukraine and rebellions in the gulags
invasions by foreign troops and Soviet cities under military siege
a deteriorating Soviet economy and secessionist republics desiring independence
Which leader’s policies included glasnost and perestroika?
Fidel Castro
Nikita Khrushchev
Mikhail Gorbachev
Deng Xiaoping
The destruction of the Berlin Wall and the breakup of the Soviet Union signify the
end of the Cold War
collapse of the Taliban
strength of the Warsaw Pact
power of the European Union
Which sequence of 20th-century Cold War events is in the correct chronological order?
fall of the Berlin Wall, Cuban missile crisis, adoption of the Marshall Plan
Cuban missile crisis, fall of the Berlin Wall, adoption of the Marshall Plan
fall of the Berlin Wall, adoption of the Marshall Plan, Cuban missile crisis
adoption of the Marshall Plan, Cuban missile crisis, fall of the Berlin Wall
