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WorksheetsSemester 1 Exam Review
Total questions: 71
Worksheet time: 36mins
He believed in the seperation of powers and the checks and balances system
Montesquieu
Newton
Copernicus
Hobbes
Developed the theory where gravity rules all matter on earth and in space
Copernicus
Newton
Galileo
Hobbes
Proposed the heliocentric theory that the planets and stars revolved around the sun
Montesquieu
Newton
Copernicus
Galileo
Improved the telescope in 1609 and supported the heliocentric theory of the solar system
Galileo
Newton
Copernicus
Hobbes
He believed that people were born bad, and that a king was necessary in order to provide order and protection
Copernicus
Galileo
Hobbes
Montesquieu
Time of discovery and the transition to using the scientific method to solve problems was called the...
Enlightenment
Scientific Revolution
Progressive Movement
Reformation
John Locke believed that if a government failed to protect your natural rights you had the right to...
Refuse to vote
Move to another country
Continue to be persecuted
Overthrow the government
The American and French Revolutions were turning points in global history because they...
Led to the abolition of slavery
Inspired other peoples seeking democracy and independence
Marked the end of European influence in the Western hemisphere
Demonstrated the need for strong international peacekeeping organizations
The belief that people are born with basic human rights (such as life, liberty, and property)
Natural rights
States rights
Divine rights
Individual rights
Which of the following best illustrates a separation of powers?
The king is the absolute authority.
Dividing power among different countries.
Total power in the legislative branch.
Dividing power in 3 branches of government.
Which of the following is not an idea from the Enlightenment?
Government should serve the people.
Kings rule by divine right.
People have natural rights.
Problems could be solved by using reason.
The intellectual movement that stressed reason and thought and the power of the individual
Scientific Revolution
Renaissance
Great Awakening
Enlightenment
One way in which the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment were similar is that they:
Encouraged the spread of new ideas
Rejected Renaissance individualism
Strengthened religious institutions
Led to the Protestant Reformation
Which of the following best represented the shift away from rule by a monarch?
Renaissance
The Scientific Revolution
The Industrial Revolution
Reformation
Which form of government did Hobbes prefer?
Anarchy
Direct democracy
Representative democracy
Absolute monarchy
Which of Montesqueieu’s beliefs are reflected in the Constitution?
Freedom of speech
Natural rights
Divine right
Checks and balances
What was the colonists’ PRIMARY issue with the British government?
They lacked representation in Parliament, which decided taxation.
The colonists were forced to house soldiers after the French and Indian War.
The king gave monopoly rights to British merchants.
The king failed to provide them with food and supplies.
Which major event was a protest against unfair taxation policies by the British government?
Battles of Lexington and Concord
Boston Massacre
Boston Tea Party
Stamp Act Congress
Who wrote the Enlightenment-influenced Declaration of Independence?
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
James Madison
Which of the following best describes the main cause of the French Revolution?
Cultural differences between the First and Second Estates.
Poverty and a lack of political power among most French citizens.
Territorial conflicts over resources among the French nobility.
Religious opposition to slavery in the French colonies.
The American Revolution and the French Revolution were similar in that both:
Sought to limit the participation of people in government.
Supported the theory of divine right.
Increased the influence of religious institutions in government.
Were encouraged by the Enlightenment idea of natural rights.
Which of the following is not an Enlightenment idea included in The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen?
People give rights to their governments to limit their governments’ power.
Citizens should have a choice in the decisions the government makes on their behalf.
People are incapable of ruling themselves because they are inherently disorganized and chaotic.
All citizens possess certain basic human rights, such as the freedom of speech.
The period during the French Revolution when thousands of political figures and ordinary citizens were executed by the guillotine was known as the:
Great Purge
Medieval Days
Reign of Terror
Great Fear
The fall of the _______ became a great symbolic act of revolution to the French people.
Versailles
Coup d'etat
Estates
Bastille
The largest social class in French society was the Third Estate. It was made up of:
Bourgeoisie, city workers, and peasants.
Nobles, clergy, and generals.
Priests, lawyers, and clergy.
Soldiers, bankers, and priests.
The bourgeoisie lacked the privileges of the ________________, such as exemption from paying taxes, and believed they should have more political power on account of their economic support of the government.
Farmers
Nobles
Merchants
Bankers
How did Napoleon Bonaparte become France’s sole ruler?
He seized control in a military takeover of the government.
He was restored as a member of the royal family.
He was elected by the citizens of Paris.
He was elected by the members of the National Convention.
Radical Jacobin leader who became a virtual dictator during the Reign of Terror
Maximilien Robespierre
Napoleon Bonaparte
Tennis Court Oath
Louis XVI (16th)
Pledge made by the Third Estate not to leave this meeting until a new constitution was complete
Committee of Public Safety
Reign of Terror
Tennis Court Oath
Louis XVI (16th)
Revolutionary court system in France whose chief task was to protect the revolution from its enemies
Tennis Court Oath
Reign of Terror
Committee of Public Safety
Maximilien Robespierre
King of France whose weak and indecisive leadership helped lead to the French Revolution and his beheading in 1793
Maximilien Robespierre
Napoleon Bonaparte
Louis XVI (16th)
Marie Antoinette
Emperor of France from 1799 to 1815 who conquered most of Europe
Louis XVI (16th)
Maximilien Robespierre
Marie Antoinette
Napoleon Bonaparte
By 1801, Toussaint L’Ouverture led a slave revolt and took control _________, freeing all of the enslaved Africans.
Cuba
Venezuela
Haiti
Mexico
What was the Industrial Revolution?
Widespread use of slaves as factory laborers who worked long hours.
Increased purchases of land by wealthy landowners to cultivate larger fields.
An increase in machine-made goods beginning in England during the 1700s.
Decreased populations of urban areas during the 1800s.
The first area of industry to undergo major industrialization was in:
Banking
Coal Mining
Railroads
Textiles
Factory owners usually hired women and children because they were easily trained and:
Worked faster.
Worked quieter.
Worked for less money.
Worked harder.
Which of the following was NOT an effect of the Industrial Revolution?
An increasing number of people left the family farms for jobs in the cities.
An increasing number of people worked in factories.
An increasing number of people lived in cities.
An increasing number of people worked on family farms.
Why were most of the factories built near the sources of energy or raw materials such as coal or iron ore?
There were more people near these locations.
The weather was almost always better near these locations.
Family farms requested more business.
It was cheaper to transport these materials.
Which of these is NOT an effect of the steam engine?
Growth of other related industries
Faster transportation of raw materials to factories
Growth of the Underground Railroad in the US
Growth of new towns and cities
Why did the Industrial Revolution begin in Great Britain?
Britain had all of the main factors of production
Britain was an island nation with water surrounding it
Great Britain was expanding its empire
The Americas were still fighting the American Revolution
“Steam boilers discharge into it their seething contents, and drains and sewers their fetid impurities; till at length it rolls on– here between tall dingy walls, there under precipices of red sandstone – considerably less a river than a flood of liquid manure” - Hugh Miller, Eyewitness
What statement below best fits what the above source is describing?
Industrialism led to the pollution of the natural environment
Industrialism created more jobs for workers in the cities
Industrialism produced many cheap consumer goods
Industrialism led to overcrowded living conditions
Which of the following was a POSITIVE result of the Industrial Revolution?
The rise of communist ideas
Low wages
Growth of the middle class and wealth
Dangerous working conditions
Which of the following was a NEGATIVE effect of the Industrial Revolution?
Increase in the standard of living.
Cheaper mass-produced goods.
Factory jobs for children.
Healthier diets for people.
What happened as a result of the Berlin Conference of 1884-1885?
African leaders gave suggestions for better relations with European leaders
Europeans divided Africa into colonies without consulting African leaders
There was less fighting between African leaders and European powers
France and Britain agreed to govern their African colonies jointly
Which of the following is NOT a factor that motivated intense imperialism among European countries?
Industrialization generated the demand for new sources of raw materials
There was a belief in the racial superiority of Africans
The military need to establish strategic bases around the world
There was a need to establish new markets for European made goods
What caused low food supplies in Africa during European colonization?
Native farmers were drafted into the colonial armies
Most of the farmland was used for mining.
Europeans insisted on the growth of cash crops such as cotton
Europeans used too much of the farmland as building sites
In the 19th century, European nations claimed that the conquest of Africa would bring the benefits of Western civilization to that continent. From the perspective of African people, the effect was:
Loss of political independence and cultural diversity
Religious freedom and better access to education
New nationals boundaries based on ethnic and cultural similarities
Global appreciation for African cultures and encouragement of the development
Why did the British call India the “jewel in the crown?”
The success of India’s self-sufficient economy strengthened Britain
It was the most valuable of all Britain’s colonies
It had a vast supply of diamond, rubies, and sapphires
The Sepoys were a perfect model of successful imperialism
Use the map of the British Empire and your knowledge of world history to answer the following question. “The sun never sets on the British Empire” was a saying about the British Empire at the peak of its power. What do you think this saying meant?
The British Empire had colonies in every part of the world
The British felt that the sun revolved around them
The British were hard working and slept.
The British Empire represented sunlight and hope to the rest of the world.
In the 1800’s countries were competing for access to trade and resources in China. Which term refers to an area where a country has exclusive trading privileges?
Anti-imperialism
Self-Determination
Sphere of Influence
Urbanization
The end of the Sepoy Rebellion resulted in the ________________ being in direct control of India.
Mughals
Hindus
British
Sikhs
What term best identifies the dominations, or takeover, of a weaker country by a stronger country in order to gain resources and markets?
Imperialism
Industrialization
Capitalism
Assimilation
From 1700 to 1900, Which region was NOT largely imperialized by European nations?
Africa
Russia
India
China
The policy of glorifying military power and keeping an army prepared for war was known as:
Imperialism
Militarism
Nationalism
Alliance System
The rise of _______, or deep devotion ot one's nation, helped lead to intense competition among nations.
Imperialism
Militarism
Nationalism
Alliance System
Growing rivalries between nations and mutual mistrust those nations had towards one another led to the creation of:
Imperialism
Warfare
Rationing
Alliances
How did imperialism lead to World War I?
Increased competition and desire for greater empires led to confrontation.
Countries began to try to outproduce each other's military capabilities.
Many countries desired to form alliances to increase their strength.
Some ethnic groups wanted to join with other nations with common ethnic backgrounds.
All of the following nations were members of the Central Powers during World War I EXCEPT:
Germany
France
Italy
Austria-Hungary
The spark that triggered the outbreak of World War I was the assassination of __________ on June 28, 1914.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria- Hungary
Czar Nicholas II of Russia
Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany
King George of Great Britain
All of the following were members of the Allied Powers during World War I EXCEPT:
Great Britain
France
Austria-Hungary
Russia
What did the policy of unrestricted submarine warfare refer to?
Germany’s policy to sink any ship without warning.
Britain’s policy to sink any ship in German waters without warning.
Germany’s decision to refocus resources on Britain.
The US navy’s warning to destroy any German submarines.
On November 11, 1918, an armistice was declared between the Central and Allied Powers. What is an armistice?
the legal document that officially ends a war
the temporary halt in fighting
the final push by the Germans to recapture lost territory in France
a plan for espionage requiring sending troops into enemy territory
Country that first declared war on Serbia in July, 1914, resulting in a chain reaction of declarations of war.
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Serbia
France
Battle strategy in which soldiers fought from deep pits dug into the earth.
Rationing
Trench Warfare
No Man's Land
Western Front
Country blamed for World War I, and forced to pay massive reparations.
Austria-Hungary
France
Germany
Russia
Stretch of battlefield along the German and French border, mostly in northern France.
No Man's Land
Trench Warfare
Rationing
Western Front
Area between the line of trenches where large numbers of soldiers crossed and risked death.
Western Front
Trench Warfare
No Man's Land
Rationing
The Treaty of Versailles punished Germany in all of the following ways EXCEPT:
Germany was taken over by France
Germany was forced to reduce its military.
Germany was forced to pay reparations.
Germany was required to return all of its acquired territory.
Which of the following was NOT one of the “Big Three” powers during the writing and negotiation of the Treaty of Versailles?
France
United States
Germany
Great Britain
What was the name of President Woodrow Wilson’s plan for preventing future wars in Europe?
Peacekeeping Plan
Retribution Treaty
Fourteen Points
Atlantic Charter
Under the Treaty of Versailles, an international association was created to keep peace among nations and to prevent any future wars. What was the name of this organization?
United Nations
Congress of Vienna
Estates-General
League of Nations
