WorksheetsSpring 26 Final Exam
Total questions: 60
Worksheet time: 43mins
What is "trench warfare"?
Fighting from defensive positions dug into the ground
Naval battles in restricted waterways
Aerial combat between planes
A tactic involving mobile tank units
What event is known as the “Night of Broken Glass”?
Holocaust
Anschluss
Kristallnacht
Nuremberg Night
Why was World War I called a "total war"?
It only affected European nations
All resources and civilians were mobilized for the war effort
It had a definitive, one-sided outcome
Only military forces were involved
What was the League of Nations?
An alliance of Allied nations during WWI
An international organization aimed at preventing future wars
A trade pact among European nations
A treaty outlining Germany’s reparations
What single event is often seen as the start of the Great Depression?
The collapse of the banking system
The Dust Bowl
The signing of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff
The stock market crash of 1929 (Black Tuesday)
What is inflation?
An increase in the general price level of goods
A decrease in the general price level of goods
A sudden economic downturn
A rise in government spending
What was the secret division inside the OSRD commissioned to build the atomic bomb?
Enigma Division
Manhattan Project
Operation Torch
Operation Overlord
What were groups of German submarines called during WWII?
Axis Armada
Wolf Packs
Kriegsmarine Fleet
U-Boats
What were the fast-built American cargo ships called?
War Clippers
Liberty Ships
Merchant Marines
Victory Ships
What battle turned the tide of WWII on the Eastern Front?
Siege of Leningrad
Battle of Kursk
Operation Barbarossa
Battle of Stalingrad
What was the dividing line between North and South Korea called?
Demilitarized Zone (DMZ)
49th Parallel
17th Parallel
Iron Curtain
What treaty aligned Italy, Japan, and Germany as the Axis Powers?
Pact of Rome
Nazi-Soviet Pact
Tripartite Pact
Treaty of Berlin
Napoleon crowned himself __________ of France in 1804.
King
POTUS
First Consul
What was the turning point of the American Revolution?
Battle of Bunker Hill
Battle of Yorktown
Siege of Boston
Battle of Saratoga
What attack brought America into WWII on December 7, 1941?
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Battle of Midway
Invasion of Guam
Battle of the Coral Sea
What term describes the systematic killing of an entire population?
Ethnic Cleansing
Genocide
Pogrom
Holocaust
Where did the "Big Three" decide the post-war division of Europe?
Tehran Conference
Casablanca Conference
Potsdam Conference
Yalta Conference
According to John Locke, what are your natural rights?
Life, liberty, and property
Faith, freedom, and fairness
Freedom, equality, and fraternity
Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
What was the Allied invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944, called?
D-Day
Operation Torch
Operation Husky
Operation Sea Lion
What treaty ended World War I?
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Treaty of Paris
Treaty of Tordesillas
Germany’s last major counteroffensive of WWII was known as:
The Ardennes Assault
Operation Market Garden
The Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of Berlin
What were Japanese suicide pilots called?
Shogun
Bushido
Kamikaze
Ronin
What was the U.S. military strategy of taking significant islands toward Japan?
Island Hopping
Leapfrogging
Total War
Operation Pacific
What is a government that controls all aspects of society called?
Totalitarianism
Democracy
Fascism
Monarchy
Which of the following was NOT a cause of the Great Depression?
Bank failures
Speculation in the stock market
High agricultural prices
Overproduction
What was the New Deal program designed to help the elderly and unemployed?
Works Progress Administration
Medicare Act
Social Security Act
Economic Recovery Act
What event brought the United States and Soviet Union to the brink of nuclear war during the Cold War?
Berlin Airlift
Cuban Missile Crisis
Korean War
Vietnam War
What was the Berlin Wall a symbol of during the Cold War?
The Iron Curtain
Economic disparities
Democracy vs. Communism
The division of North and West Germany
What doctrine aimed to contain the spread of communism?
Containment Policy
Marshall Plan
Truman Doctrine
Eisenhower Policy
What was the strategy of mutually assured destruction (MAD) based on?
Preemptive strikes
Arms reduction
Nuclear deterrence
Conventional warfare
What was Germany’s air campaign against England called?
Luftwaffe Assault
Battle of Britain
Operation Sea Lion
Operation Eagle
What was Hitler’s plan for the extermination of the Jews?
Lebensraum
Final Solution
Holocaust Plan
Anschluss
Who were the countries that fought against the Axis Powers?
The League of Nations
Coalition Forces
United Nations
Allies
What act allowed the U.S. to sell weapons to England as long as they paid for them?
Neutrality Act
Lend-Lease Act
Cash-and-Carry Act
Arsenal of Democracy
What Enlightenment philosopher proposed the idea of separation of powers and checks and balances?
Thomas Hobbes
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Baron de Montesquieu
John Locke
What were Napoleon’s reforms collectively known as?
Continental System
Napoleonic Code
French Charter
Civil Constitution
Where were Hitler’s top men put on trial for “Crimes against Humanity”?
Geneva Trials
Versailles Conference
The Hague
Nuremberg Trials
What ideology is characterized by extreme nationalism, where individual value is tied solely to the nation?
Socialism
Liberalism
Fascism
Communism
What agreement allowed Hitler to annex the Sudetenland?
Nazi-Soviet Pact
Yalta Agreement
Munich Agreement
Treaty of Versailles
What policy involved giving in to an aggressor to avoid conflict?
Non-Aggression
Appeasement
Containment
Isolationism
What pact between Hitler and Stalin promised they would not attack each other?
Tripartite Pact
Non-Aggression Pact
Munich Pact
Pact of Steel
Germany’s strategy of fast-moving, combined forces warfare in WWII was called:
Blitzkrieg
Trench Warfare
Total War
Attrition Warfare
What was one major reason Napoleon’s Russian campaign failed?
Defections among his generals
Russian scorched-earth policy and harsh winter
Britain’s intervention
Lack of naval power
What were the three social classes in pre-revolutionary France called?
Provinces
Orders
Estates
Guilds
What percentage of France’s population did the Third Estate represent?
97%
25%
50%
10%
What was a major cause of the French Revolution?
Napoleon’s dictatorship
British occupation
Economic inequality
Religious disputes
What principle opposes the idea of divine right and supports people’s power to govern?
Absolutism
Social Contract
Popular Sovereignty
Imperialism
What event marked the start of the Great Depression?
The Banking Crisis
Black Tuesday (Stock Market Crash of 1929)
The Dust Bowl
The Treaty of Versailles
What is credit?
Borrowing money to pay for goods or services
An increase in the value of goods
Government funding of businesses
Money saved for future use
What was the name of the U.S. policy to stop the spread of communism in Asia?
Domino Theory
Truman Doctrine
Containment Policy
Eisenhower Plan
What was the primary cause of World War I?
German territorial expansion
The assassination of Franz Ferdinand
The rise of communism
The invasion of Belgium
What is "nationalism"?
A diplomatic policy of peace and neutrality
A belief in free-market economies
Extreme pride and loyalty to one’s nation
A policy of expanding colonial territories
What was an "armistice" during WWI?
A treaty dividing territory
A formal declaration of war
An economic sanction
A ceasefire agreement
What were Hitler’s labor and death camps called?
Prisoner-of-War Camps
Concentration Camps
Gulags
Detention Camps
Which international organization was formed after WWII to promote peace?
League of Nations
NATO
United Nations
Warsaw Pact
What economic system did the Soviet Union follow?
Capitalism
Mercantilism
Globalism
Communism
What was the purpose of the Marshall Plan?
Rebuild European economies after WWII
Promote global free trade
Expand NATO membership
Contain the spread of communism
Which of the following describes overproduction during the Great Depression?
Farmers sold all their crops overseas
Banks offered loans at higher interest rates
Companies produced more goods than consumers could buy
Factories shut down due to lack of demand
Which of the following was NOT a cause of the Great Depression?
Bank failures
High agricultural prices
Stock market speculation
Uneven distribution of wealth
What was the goal of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal?
To create a national health insurance program
To provide jobs, reform the financial system, and aid recovery
To increase tariffs and protect American businesses
To enter World War II and boost the economy
