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Year End Quiz

Total questions: 101

Worksheet time: 1hrs 2mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Government run by religious leader/leaders; no separation of church and state. 
a)
Theocracy
b)
Democracy
c)
Monarchy
d)
Anarchy
2.

Example: United States; citizens vote for representatives on local, state and national levels who make laws.

a)

Monarchy

b)

Anarchy

c)

Theocracy

d)

Representative Democracy

3.
Example: Modern day – England – ruler is a symbolic head of state with elected members of Parliament who govern.
a)
Constitutional Monarchy
b)
President
c)
Dictator
d)
Republic
4.

Example: Saddam Hussein from Iraq in the 1980s-2000s

a)

Supreme Leader

b)

Pope

c)

Dictator

d)

Monarch

5.

Example: Ancient Greece; citizens gathered to make decisions for their city-states and voted directly on issues.

a)

Monarchy

b)

Republic

c)

Totalitarian

d)

Direct Democracy

6.
Ruler, king/queen/emperor/empress, etc.), inherits power.  Rules by divine right- given power to rule by God.
a)
Theocracy
b)
Democracy
c)
Republic
d)
Monarchy
7.
 Self-appointed single person/group rules controlling all aspects of public life (example: freedom of speech) often through military force, intimidation
a)
Dictatorship
b)
Totalitarian
c)
Monarchy
d)
Liberty
8.
Government authority is based on the consent of the governed.
a)
Anarchy
b)
Monarchy
c)
Democracy
d)
Dictatorship
9.
What is the type of government where there is no ruler in charge, and has no structure of authority?
a)
Anarchy
b)
Oligarchy
c)
Theocracy
d)
Dictatorship
10.
What type of government is being described? Fidel Castro held total authority over the citizens of Cuba and punished those who were against him.
a)
Theocracy
b)
Democracy
c)
Dictatorship 
d)
Oligarchy
11.
A government where a God or divine ones are given the status of supreme ruler?
(Examples: The Vatican, Egyptians, etc..)
a)
Democracy
b)
Dictatorship
c)
Monarchy
d)
Theocracy
12.

Which type of government do we have in the United States?

a)

Monarchy

b)

Representative Democracy

c)

Dictatorship

d)

Direct Democracy

13.

When the central government is run by a small group of people who all have similar beliefs on how to control the nation.

a)

Autocracy

b)

Democracy

c)

Oligarchy

d)

Parliamentary

14.
Which of the following is a good example of a dictatorship?
a)
Great Britain
b)
Germany
c)
North Korea
d)
Canada
15.

People do not answer to any leader or govenment.

a)

Oligarchy

b)

Anarchy

c)

Tyranny

d)

Monarchy

16.
Government run by religious leader/leaders; no separation of church and state. 
a)
Theocracy
b)
Democracy
c)
Monarchy
d)
Anarchy
17.

Example: United States; citizens vote for representatives on local, state and national levels who make laws.

a)

Monarchy

b)

Anarchy

c)

Theocracy

d)

Representative Democracy

18.
Government run by religious leader/leaders; no separation of church and state. 
a)
Theocracy
b)
Democracy
c)
Monarchy
d)
Anarchy
19.

Example: United States; citizens vote for representatives on local, state and national levels who make laws.

a)

Monarchy

b)

Anarchy

c)

Theocracy

d)

Representative Democracy

20.
Example: Modern day – England – ruler is a symbolic head of state with elected members of Parliament who govern.
a)
Constitutional Monarchy
b)
President
c)
Dictator
d)
Republic
21.

Example: Saddam Hussein from Iraq in the 1980s-2000s

a)

Supreme Leader

b)

Pope

c)

Dictator

d)

Monarch

22.

Example: Ancient Greece; citizens gathered to make decisions for their city-states and voted directly on issues.

a)

Monarchy

b)

Republic

c)

Totalitarian

d)

Direct Democracy

23.
Ruler, king/queen/emperor/empress, etc.), inherits power.  Rules by divine right- given power to rule by God.
a)
Theocracy
b)
Democracy
c)
Republic
d)
Monarchy
24.
 Self-appointed single person/group rules controlling all aspects of public life (example: freedom of speech) often through military force, intimidation
a)
Dictatorship
b)
Totalitarian
c)
Monarchy
d)
Liberty
25.
Government authority is based on the consent of the governed.
a)
Anarchy
b)
Monarchy
c)
Democracy
d)
Dictatorship
26.
What is the type of government where there is no ruler in charge, and has no structure of authority?
a)
Anarchy
b)
Oligarchy
c)
Theocracy
d)
Dictatorship
27.
What type of government is being described? Fidel Castro held total authority over the citizens of Cuba and punished those who were against him.
a)
Theocracy
b)
Democracy
c)
Dictatorship 
d)
Oligarchy
28.
A government where a God or divine ones are given the status of supreme ruler?
(Examples: The Vatican, Egyptians, etc..)
a)
Democracy
b)
Dictatorship
c)
Monarchy
d)
Theocracy
29.

Which type of government do we have in the United States?

a)

Monarchy

b)

Representative Democracy

c)

Dictatorship

d)

Direct Democracy

30.

When the central government is run by a small group of people who all have similar beliefs on how to control the nation.

a)

Autocracy

b)

Democracy

c)

Oligarchy

d)

Parliamentary

31.
Which of the following is a good example of a dictatorship?
a)
Great Britain
b)
Germany
c)
North Korea
d)
Canada
32.

People do not answer to any leader or govenment.

a)

Oligarchy

b)

Anarchy

c)

Tyranny

d)

Monarchy

33.

Choose all correct definitions of "citizen"

a)

A resident of a city

b)

A person who legally belongs to a country with protections extended to them

c)

A member of a community

d)

A person who visits a country for more than 30 days

34.

This person hears a case and decides on the guilt or innocence of a fellow citizen.

a)

Juror

b)

Armed Forces Member

c)

Petitioner

d)

Protestor

35.

A citizen who is attempting to change a law by presenting a written document would best be described as _________.

a)

Petitioner

b)

Protestor

c)

Juror

d)

Armed Services Member

36.

Choose all examples of "responsibilities" of a DAA student

a)

To come to school in appropriate uniform

b)

To go to Black Cherry at least once a week

c)

To complete their work on time

d)

To pay their school fees

37.

___________ often organize in an attempt to change a government law or policy

a)

Jurors

b)

Protestors

c)

Office Holders

d)

Voters

38.

Choose all options that are forms of civic engagement

a)

running for mayor of your town

b)

volunteering at a food bank

c)

talking to your friends about the president

d)

campaigning for a candidate

39.

True/False - Citizens cannot become civically engaged until they are over 18 in most places.

a)

True

b)

False

40.

The earliest democracy was created in _______

a)

Greece

b)

Rome

c)

Egypt

d)

Mesopotamia

41.
Which Europeans powers colonized South Africa? 
a)
Dutch & British
b)
French & English
c)
Spanish & French 
d)
German & British
42.
What did the apartheid laws do? 
a)
gave power to white officials
b)
segregated different types of Europeans
c)
separated men and wolmen
d)
separated whites and non-whites
43.
Which is not an apartheid law that affect non-white South Africans? 
a)
Restricted who to marry
b)
Restricted where to work
c)
Restricted where to live
d)
Restricted what to eat
44.
What was the main group that fought against apartheid? 
a)
African Union
b)
Africans Against Apartheid
c)
African National Congress
d)
African Nationalist Corporation
45.
Who was the educated leader of the African National Congress and spoke out in opposition of apartheid?
a)
Nelson Mandeal
b)
FW de Klerk
c)
Jono Kenyatta
d)
Shaka Zulu
46.
What happened to Nelson Mandela when he spoke out against apartheid and the ANC was banned? 
a)
He was killed
b)
He was imprisoned
c)
He was exiled
d)
He was put into office
47.
What year was significant in South Africa and showed a change in racial prejudice? 
a)
1991
b)
1994
c)
1996
d)
2001
48.

What does the term apartheid mean?

a)

Apartness

b)

Separateness

c)

Segregation

d)

All responses

49.

The term Afrikaans refers to:

a)

People who are of British descent

b)

People who are of Indian descent

c)

People who are of Dutch descent

d)

People who are of African descent

50.

The international community responded to apartheid with...

a)

Support for the National Party

b)

Trade sanctions

c)

Australia joining the ANC

d)

Passive resistance

51.

How many years was Nelson Mandela imprisoned for?

a)

15 years

b)

19 years

c)

23 years

d)

27 years

52.

Systematic segregation means that apartheid was implemented through law.

a)

True

b)

False

53.

Slums were the lower income part of the towns. They had no access to __ and ___.

a)

food and friends

b)

water and electricity

c)

jobs and money

d)

homes and jobs

54.
What country did South Africa gain its independence from?
a)
Great Britain
b)
France
c)
Germany
d)
Portugal
55.
Under the rule of apartheid, which of the following could a black person do?
a)
work as a laborer
b)
marry a white person
c)
go to college
d)
protest against the government
56.
Even with the end of apartheid, what was a major problem that remained?
a)
laws that treated whites better than blacks
b)
income inequality between blacks and whites
c)
an unfair tax system
d)
blacks being forced to live in homelands
57.
Which was not a racial division during apartheid?
a)
black (Bantu)
b)
white
c)
Asian (Indian)
d)
Dutch
58.
Why was apartheid undemocratic?
a)
It involved a majority using its power to reject the ideas of minority groups.
b)
It was imposed on the South African population by a European government.
c)
There were no elections in South Africa.
d)
A small minority of the South African population controlled all political power.
59.
South African goods were boycotted around the world. What does this mean?
a)
People refused to buy South African goods.
b)
People burned and destroyed South African goods.
c)
People refused to send goods to South Africa.
d)
People forced South Africa to stop producing goods.
60.

The former official South African policy of separating people according to race. It gave most of the political and economic power to white South Africans.

a)

Slums

b)

Nelson Mandela

c)

Poverty

d)

Apartheid

61.

The separation of one group of people from another. It can involve laws that require different groups to use different facilities and live in separate areas based on their ethnic group.

a)

Ethnic Group

b)

Segregation

c)

Multiracial

d)

Poverty

62.

In South Africa, a poor urban settlement where blacks were forced to live during apartheid

a)

Townships

b)

Segregation

c)

Apartheid

d)

Multiracial

63.

He led the opposition against apartheid and became first black president of South Africa.

a)

Apartheid

b)

Ethnic Group

c)

Multiracial

d)

Nelson Mandela

64.

What does South Africa have a lot of that attracted European migration?

a)

land area

b)

precious resources

c)

large populations

d)

year around sunlight

65.
What was the purpose of the African National Congress (ANC)? 
a)
To draw more Europeans to the country to oppress black people
b)
To promote segregation between the races
c)
To unite South Africans to fight for equality for black South Africans
d)
To force Europeans out of their homelands
66.

Why did South Africa adopt a policy of apartheid?

a)

to solve conflict between black and white South Africans

b)

to divide jobs between the different ethnic groups

c)

to segregate the different ethnic groups

d)

to grow their economy

67.

Which statement does the above graph help to prove?

a)

South Africa is a developed country.

b)

South Africa is a multiracial country.

c)

South Africa is a democratic country.

d)

South Africa is an urban country.

68.

What percent of South Africans are non-white?

a)

82.1%

b)

79.4%

c)

90.6%

d)

11.2%

69.

How did apartheid affect Asians and colored South Africans?

a)

They were equal to white South Africans

b)

They were treated worse than black South Africans

c)

They had fewer rights and opportunities than white South Africans

d)

They were forced to leave South Africa

70.

Adolf Hitler

a)

leader of Germany

b)

leader of Italy

c)

leader of Soviet Union

d)

leader of France

71.

Benito Mussolini

a)

leader of Germany

b)

leader of Italy

c)

leader of Soviet Union

d)

leader of France

72.

On August 6, 1945 where was the 1st atomic bomb dropped?

a)

Nagasaki

b)

Beijing

c)

Hiroshima

d)

Berlin

73.

True or False: France was an Axis Power?

a)

True

b)

False

74.

True or False: Japan was on the Axis Power?

a)

True

b)

False

75.

True or False: Soviet Union was on the Axis and then Allied Powers?

a)

True

b)

False

76.

Which country was invaded which caused France and Great Britain to declare war?

a)

Thipoia

b)

Soviet Union

c)

United States

d)

Poland

77.

Which president ordered the atomic bomb?

a)

FDR

b)

Truman

c)

Stalin

d)

Churchill

78.

Pearl Harbor happened in what country and/or state?

a)

Hawaii

b)

Japan

c)

Phillipines

d)

Midway

79.

The persons pictured were the World War II leaders of the

a)

Axis Powers

b)

League of Nations

c)

The Allies

d)

Central Powers

80.

What happened as a result of the event in the newspaper article?

a)

United States declared war on Japan

b)

United States remained neutral

c)

Japan captured and took control of Hawaii

d)

Germany declared war on Japan

81.

The systematic attempt to rid Europe of all Jews during

World War II was called

a)

the Progressive Movement

b)

Internment camps

c)

the Marshall Plan

d)

the Holocaust

82.

In the World War II poster, what did Rosie the Riveter

symbolize to Americans?

a)

American women who were placed in internment camps

b)

American women who fought for the right to vote

c)

American women who were opposed to the war

d)

American women who took jobs in defense plants

83.
Someone who has complete control of the government is known as a ___________ . 
a)
dictator 
b)
leader
c)
president
d)
governor 
84.
Hitler's political party was the 
a)
Communist Party
b)
Fascist Party
c)
Nazi Party
d)
German Christian Party
85.

Germany's use of tanks and planes to quickly takeover countries was called ___________________________.

a)

U-boat war

b)

trench war

c)

blitzkrieg (lightening war)

d)

nuclear war

86.

__________________ is a type of government where the leader has total control and individual freedoms are denied.

a)

Fascism

b)

Democracy

c)

Representative Democracy

d)

Parliamentary Governement

87.

_________________ is the policy of making concessions to an aggressor.

a)

Blitzkrieg

b)

Communism

c)

Dollar Diplomacy

d)

Appeasement

88.
Some historians believe what contributing factor helped set the stage for World War II?
a)
Treaty of Paris
b)
Treaty of Versailles
c)
giving Germany funds 
89.
What was NOT one of the three punishments placed on Germany after World War I?
a)
forced to pay reparations
b)
had to give their military to the Soviet Union
c)
Military was weakened
d)
Territories were taken away
90.
Select two countries that allowed Germany to annex them.
a)
Great Britain and France
b)
Poland and Austria
c)
Austria and Czechoslovakia
d)
Czechoslovakia and France
91.
What did the Lend-Lease program do? 
a)
Sent weapons to the Axis Powers in hopes we wouldn't be attacked by them
b)
Sent weapons to the Allied Powers to help them fight the Axis
c)
Sent troops and supplies to the Allies for the war effort
d)
Sent troops and supplies to the Axis powers for the war effort
92.
What country made it to Berlin first and forced the Nazis to surrender? 
a)
United States
b)
Japanese
c)
Soviet Union
d)
France
93.
What was the Manhattan Project?
a)
Testing and creation of the Atomic Bomb
b)
preparing the borough of Manhattan for nuclear safety
c)
secret plan to create spies in the war effort 
d)
Operation to create secret airplanes for the war effort 
94.

takes place when many depositors decide to withdraw their money at one time.

a)

bank run

b)

Stock Market Crash

c)

long bull market

95.

October 29, 1929 Stock Market crash

a)

Black Tuesday

b)

Black Friday

c)

Black Market

96.

Roosevelt’s policies for ending the Depression

a)

New Deal

b)

Real Deal

c)

Square Deal

97.

What caused the Great Depression and when did it occur?

a)

stocks lost their value & investors lost their money in October 1929

b)

stocks lost their value & investors gained money in October 1929

c)

stocks were sold and investors lost money in October 1928

d)

stocks were sold and investors lost money in October 1933

98.

Based on this graph of the stock market, how would you describe the stock market after the crash in 1929?

a)

it bounced back and did very well

b)

it continued to get worse

c)

it had drastic changes

d)

it did not change much and stayed steady

99.

Many people were going into debt because they were buying goods on -

a)

trade

b)

credit

c)

fair prices

d)

stocks

100.

What does it mean when you put your money in the stock market?

a)

You have bought shares of companies

b)

When the stock market does well, you make money

c)

When the stock market does poorly, you lose money

d)

You have put your money in a safe, steady retirement fund

101.

How did America's economic depression impact other countries?

a)

high taxes on foreign goods meant Americans weren't purchasing those products

b)

America gave out more loans to countries that were also facing an economic depression

c)

many Americans moved to other countries in search of job opportunities

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