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World History Review Final Practice

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen is associated with the evolution of democracy in

a)

Greece

b)

England

c)

The United States

d)

France

2.

The Industrial Revolution changed the social structure in many European countries by increasing the power and prestige of

a)

landowners

b)

factory workers

c)

monarchy

d)

factory owners

3.

Nations colonized by European nations generally

a)

welcomed European control

b)

maintained their original way of life

c)

changed culturally and economically

d)

avoided all European influence

4.

In the early 1900s, which European nations were involved in a naval rivarly?

a)

Germany and Britain

b)

Russia and Britain

c)

Germany and Russia

d)

France and Britain

5.

The slaughter of the Armenian people by the Ottoman Turks was attributed to

a)

Nationalistic and religious attitudes

b)

economic reasons and land reforms

c)

women's rights and social issues

d)

Armenian resistance to military service

6.

Which of the following is NOT a key idea of Enlightenment thinkers?

a)

Reason

b)

Religion

c)

Nature

d)

Progress

7.

As a result of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

a)

Germany left WWI

b)

Russia left WWI

c)

Poland surrendered 25% of its territory

d)

Germany surrendered 25% of its territory

8.

A system of government with a dictatorship of the extreme right, a merging of state and business leadership, and extreme nationalism is called

a)

Fascism

b)

Communism

c)

Utilitarianism

d)

Social Darwinism

9.

The phrase "peace in our time" refers to the policy of

a)

Appeasement

b)

Living Space

c)

Reparations

d)

World Revolution

10.

The Truman Doctrine was an effort to

a)

stop Soviet expansion.

b)

build a strong Germany.

c)

establish new policies toward Europe colonies in Africa and Asia.

d)

reduce international tension through the United Nations.

11.

Which country in modern times did NOT base its political system on the U.S. Constitution?

a)

People's Republic of China

b)

Japan

c)

Philippine Islands

d)

Federal Republic of Germany

12.

The Napoleonic Code was a set of

a)

military strategies

b)

political judgements

c)

economic rules

d)

laws

13.

What is the result of an increase in the supply of a manufactured item?

a)

No significant change in the price of the item would occur.

b)

Price of the item would decrease.

c)

Price of the item would increase.

d)

More factories would be built.

14.

What is the term used to describe the theory of "survival of the fittest"?

a)

Missionary zeal

b)

Right of strong will

c)

Social Darwinism

d)

White Man's Burden

15.

Stalin's major goal as a dictator of the Soviet Union was to

a)

Increase agricultural production.

b)

increase production of consumer goods.

c)

speed industrialization of the country.

d)

export the revolution to Europe and Asia.

16.

Which of the following best explained why Mao Tse-Tung's forces triumphed in China?

a)

He followed Gandhi's philosophy of passive resistance.

b)

He promised freedom of religion to all peasants.

c)

He promised to improve the life for peasants.

d)

He received military aid from the United States.

17.

Current problems in the Middle East involving Palestinian Arabs and Israelis can be traced to the

a)

Yalta Conference

b)

UN's plan to divide Palestine.

c)

Truman Doctrine

d)

Scarcity of good farmland.

18.

North Vietnam was allied with what Cold War power?

a)

United States

b)

Soviet Union

c)

France

d)

India

19.

The main purpose of teh system of alliances set up by Bismarck was to

a)

unify the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

b)

contain Russian expansionism.

c)

build up German Naval power.

d)

isolate France.

20.

Realists thought that artists and writers should

a)

present life as it actually is.

b)

emphasize the beauty of nature.

c)

defend the freedom of the individual.

d)

glorify the past.