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WORLD HISTOY II FINAL EXAM

Total questions: 69

Worksheet time: 35mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is the founder of Judaism?

a)

Jesus

b)

Abraham

c)

David

d)

Moses

2.

Who is the founder of Buddhism?

a)

Abraham

b)

Muhammad

c)

Asoka

d)

Siddhartha Gautama

3.

What about Jesus do Christians not believe?

a)

The New Testament contains the teachings of Jesus

b)

His teachings complete those of Judaism and Islam

c)

He was the Son of God

d)

He is known as the messiah, or savior

4.

How did Buddhist teachings spread from India?

a)

Chinese traders were converted to Buddhism

b)

Buddhist missionaries were sent out by Asoka into Asia

c)

Ancient writings were found along the Silk Road

d)

Indian invaders into China forced the people to adopt the Buddhist religion

5.

Who is the founder of Islam?

a)

Abraham

b)

Jesus

c)

Muhammad

d)

Siddhartha

6.

Who sculpted the statue of David and painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?

a)

Leonardo

b)

Raphael

c)

Donatello

d)

Michelangelo

7.

In addition to his paintings, The Last Supper and Mona Lisa, this artist was known as the “Renaissance Man” for his inventions, contributions, and vision.

a)

Leonardo da Vinci

b)

Michelangelo

c)

Raphael

d)

Donatello

8.

The above characteristics depict what Renaissance writer?

a)

Machiavelli

b)

Erasmus

c)

William Shakespeare

d)

Thomas More

9.

What is Machiavelli’s book that advises rulers on how to obtain, maintain and use power?

a)

Utopia

b)

The Praise of Folly

c)

The Prince

d)

King Lear

10.

One impact of the invention below was the increase of the sale of books and literacy. Who was the inventor?

a)

Johannes Gutenberg

b)

James Watt

c)

Eli Whitney

d)

William Harvey

11.

What was the South American empire that was conquered by the Spanish led by Francisco Pizarro?

a)

Inca

b)

Aztec

c)

Olmec

d)

Maya

12.

What was the name of the Islamic empire in northern India that was responsible for the building of the Taj Mahal?

a)

Ottomans

b)

Songhai

c)

Indians

d)

Mughals

13.

The above characteristics depict what civilization?

a)
Japan
b)

ottomans

c)

mughals

d)

china

14.

What was the empire located in modern-day Mexico that was conquered by the Spanish led by Cortez?

a)

Inca

b)

Aztec

c)

Olmec

d)

Maya

15.

What was the Islamic empire that controlled the gold-salt trade in West Africa?

a)

Ottomans

b)

Songhai

c)

Mughals

d)

Maya

16.

The above characteristics depict what civilization?

a)

Japanese

b)

Ottomans

c)

Chinese

d)

Mughals

17.

Which of the following expressed the views identified in the above box?

a)

John Calvin

b)

King Henry VIII

c)

John Tetzel

d)

Martin Luther

18.

Who was the English monarch that broke from the Catholic Church and took the title “head of the Church of England”?

a)

Elizabeth I

b)

Peter the Great

c)

Henry VIII

d)

Charles I

19.

Which of the following expressed the views identified in the above box?

a)

John Calvin

b)

King Henry VIII

c)

John Tetzel

d)

Martin Luther

20.

Who was the head of the Anglican Church in England who was tolerant towards dissenters?

a)

Elizabeth I

b)

Peter the Great

c)

Henry VIII

d)

Charles I

21.

Who was the French Catholic official known for refocusing the Thirty Years’ War from religious to political?

a)

Pope Leo

b)

Cardinal Richelieu

c)

King Louis XIV

d)

John Calvin

22.

Which of the following explorers traveled to India by an all sea route under the Portuguese flag?

a)

Jacques Cartier

b)

Francisco Pizarro

c)

Ferdinand Magellan

d)

Vasco da Gama

23.

The pioneering role of Prince Henry the Navigator is best described in which of the following statements?

a)

He discovered the western hemisphere while looking for asia

b)

he established trading post along the silk road.

c)

he set up a school in portugal to teach navigation

d)

he sent out missionaries to convert native americans to the protestant faith

24.

Who was the French navigator and explorer who claimed Canada for France?

a)

Vasco da Gama

b)

Ferdinand Magellan

c)

Francis Drake

d)

Jacques Cartier

25.

Whose crew from Spain was the first to circumnavigate the world?

a)

Vasco da Gama

b)

Ferdinand Magellan

c)

Francis Drake

d)

Jacques Cartier

26.

What was Johannes Kepler's contribution to science?

a)

development of the heliocentric theory

b)

discovery of the laws of gravity

c)

use of the telescope to support the heliocentric theory

d)

discovery of planetary motion

27.

What is William Harvey known for discovering?

a)

circulation of the blood

b)

chemical interactions

c)

heliocentrism

d)

gravitation

28.

What was Peter the Great's contribution to Russia?

a)

replacing the Orthodox Church with the Roman Catholic Church

b)

bringing Western ideas to Russia

c)

eliminating the influence of the nobility in political affairs

d)

expanding the rights of all Russians

29.

Who developed the laws of gravity and motion?

a)

Galileo Galilei

b)

Johannes Kepler

c)

William Harvey

d)

Isaac Newton

30.

Who was the "Sun King" in France who claimed his power was divine right and had the Palace of Versailles built?

a)

Peter the Great

b)

Louis XIV

c)

Frederick the Great

d)

Louis XVI

31.

What scientist supported the heliocentric theory using the telescope he invented, and was later put on house arrest by the Catholic Church for his "heretical views"?

a)

Galileo

b)

Copernicus

c)

Kepler

d)

Harvey

32.

Who introduced the theory that the sun was the center of the universe, not the earth?

a)

Galileo Galilei

b)

Nicolas Copernicus

c)

Johannes Kepler

d)

Isaac Newton

33.

Which of the following men was significant in the independence movements of South American countries such as Bolivia and Venezuela?

a)

Toussaint L'Ouverture

b)

Marquis de Lafayette

c)

Simon Bolivar

d)

Napoleon Bonaparte

34.

What was the result of the Glorious Revolution in England?

a)

the execution of Charles I

b)

the military dictatorship of Oliver Cromwell

c)

William and Mary taking the throne and an end to absolutism

d)

James II reclaiming the throne and dissolving the Parliament

35.

Influenced by the American and French Revolutions, what former slave led a successful revolt in Haiti against the French government?

a)

Toussaint L'Ouverture

b)

Marquis de Lafayette

c)

Simon Bolivar

d)

Napoleon Bonaparte

36.

Who established a military dictatorship after the French Revolution and established a code of laws that is the basis of modern European laws today?

a)

Oliver Cromwell

b)

Napoleon Bonaparte

c)

Louis XVI

d)

Klemens von Metternich

37.

Who helped to start the independence movement in Mexico from Spain's control with a speech at a church?

a)

Klemens von Metternich

b)

Simon Bolivar

c)

Napoleon Bonaparte

d)

Father Miguel Hidalgo

38.

What was the result of the English Civil War?

a)

The execution of the Puritan military general, Oliver Cromwell

b)

the invasion of England by Mary and William of Orange from the Netherlands

c)

the execution of Charles I and the beginning of a military dictatorship

d)

the establishment of the first political parties, the Roundheads and the Cavaliers

39.

From which Enlightenment thinker did our Founding Fathers borrow the idea of a "separation of powers" and a three-branch government, and wrote the Spirit of Laws?

a)

John Locke

b)

Thomas Hobbes

c)

Baron von Montesquieu

d)

Jean Jacques Rousseau

40.

Whose ideas of "life, liberty, and property" influenced the author of the Declaration of Independence and wrote Two Treatises of Government?

a)

John Locke

b)

Thomas Hobbes

c)

Baron von Montesquieu

d)

Jean Jacques Rousseau

41.

Who advocated absolute and central government and wrote the Leviathan?

a)

John Locke

b)

Thomas Hobbes

c)

Baron von Montesquieu

d)

Jean Jacques Rousseau

42.

What French philosopher advocated religious tolerance and the separation of church?

a)

Montesquieu

b)

Voltaire

c)

Rousseau

d)

L'Ouverture

43.

By the late 1700's, the Enlightenment influenced the arts, including what writer of Don Quixote?

a)

Miguel de Cervantes

b)

Voltaire

c)

Eugene Delacroix

d)

Johann Sebastian Bach

44.

Who are two Enlightenment era composers?

a)

Mozart and Bach

b)

Voltaire and Hobbes

c)

Delacroix and Beethoven

d)

Robespierre and Locke

45.

What French artist who painted Liberty Leading the People?

a)

Mozart

b)

Voltaire

c)

Delacroix

d)

Bach

46.

Who led the kingdom of Sardinia in the unification of northern Italy?

a)

Count Cavour

b)

Otto von Bismarck

c)

Giuseppe Garibaldi

d)

Napoleon Bonaparte

47.

Which leader used war and the appeal to nationalistic feelings to unify Germany?

a)

Camillo di Cavour

b)

Kaiser Wilhelm I

c)

Giuseppe Garibaldi

d)

Otto von Bismarck

48.

Who is best known for his contributions towards steam engine capability in factories and faster transportation?

a)

Henry Bessemer

b)

James Watt

c)

Eli Whitney

d)

John Kay

49.

Which inventor improved the process for making steel?

a)

John Kay

b)

Eli Whitney

c)

Edward Jenner

d)

Henry Bessemer

50.

Who wrote the Wealth of Nations, defending capitalism and free markets?

a)

Adam Smith

b)

Karl Marx

c)

Friedrich Engels

d)

John Locke

51.

Whose invention of the cotton gin increased the demand for American slavery?

a)

Henry Bessemer

b)

James Watt

c)

Eli Whitney

d)

John Kay

52.

Who discovered the presence of bacteria and developed the process of pasteurization?

a)

Louis Pasteur

b)

Henry Bessemer

c)

Edward Jenner

d)

James Watt

53.

What person is known as the father of communism and wrote Communist Manifesto and Das Kapital?

a)

Adam Smith

b)

Karl Marx

c)

Friedrich Engels

d)

John Locke

54.

Who developed the first vaccine for smallpox?

a)

Louis Pasteur

b)

Henry Bessemer

c)

Edward Jenner

d)

James Watt

55.

What was the event that triggered World War I?

a)

the refusal of Russian Czar Nicholas II to assist the German war effort

b)

the assassination of Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary

c)

the election of a communist leader in France

d)

a German blockade of Britain

56.

What American president created the Fourteen Points after World War I to promote peace?

a)

Nicholas II

b)

Wilhelm II

c)

Woodrow Wilson

d)

Winston Churchill

57.

Who was the Tsar of Russia during World War I?

a)

Wilhelm II

b)

Alexander III

c)

Otto von Bismarck

d)

Nicholas II

58.

Who was the leader of the Bolsheviks during the Russian Revolution and the first Communist leader of the USSR?

a)

Leon Trotsky

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Vladimir Lenin

d)

Mikhail Gorbachev

59.

The above characteristics depict what Soviet leader?

a)

Leon Trotsky

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Vladimir Lenin

d)

Mikhail Gorbachev

60.

Who was the Fascist dictator of Italy during the 1930's and early 40's?

a)

Adolf Hitler

b)

Benito Mussolini

c)

Josef Stalin

d)

Giuseppe Garibaldi

61.

Who was the US general who devised the D-Day invasion and later became an American president?

a)

Woodrow Wilson

b)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

c)

Douglas MacArthur

d)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

62.

Who was the Japanese military leader during World War II?

a)

Hirohito

b)

Hideki Tojo

c)

Adolf Hitler

d)

Benito Mussolini

63.

Which American president was responsible for the dropping of the atomic bombs in Japan and developed the theory of containment?

a)

Woodrow Wilson

b)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

c)

Harry Truman

d)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

64.

Who was the British prime minister during World War II?

a)

Neville Chamberlain

b)

George Marshall

c)

Douglas MacArthur

d)

Winston Churchill

65.

Who led the Indian independence movement against the British using nonviolence?

a)

Jomo Kenyatta

b)

Mao Zedong

c)

Mohandas Gandhi

d)

Ho Chi Minh

66.

Who developed the economic plan to rebuild Europe after World War II?

a)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

b)

George Marshall

c)

Douglas MacArthur

d)

Winston Churchill

67.

Who was the communist leader of Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

a)

Mao Zedong

b)

Fidel Castro

c)

Jomo Kenyatta

d)

Mohandas Gandhi

68.

Jomo Kenyatta led the violent independence movement against the British in what African country?

a)

Algeria

b)

South Africa

c)

Kenya

d)

Egypt

69.

The above terms describe what 20th century leader? - Chinese Civil War 1945-49 - Communist leader of China - "Cultural Revolution"

a)

Chiang Kai-Shek

b)

Ho Chi Minh

c)

Mikhail Gorbachev

d)

Mao Zedong