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Spring 26 Final Exam

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 43mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is "trench warfare"?

a)

Fighting from defensive positions dug into the ground

b)

Naval battles in restricted waterways

c)

Aerial combat between planes

d)

A tactic involving mobile tank units

2.

What event is known as the “Night of Broken Glass”?

a)

Holocaust

b)

Anschluss

c)

Kristallnacht

d)

Nuremberg Night

3.

Why was World War I called a "total war"?

a)

It only affected European nations

b)

All resources and civilians were mobilized for the war effort

c)

It had a definitive, one-sided outcome

d)

Only military forces were involved

4.

What was the League of Nations?

a)

An alliance of Allied nations during WWI

b)

An international organization aimed at preventing future wars

c)

A trade pact among European nations

d)

A treaty outlining Germany’s reparations

5.

What single event is often seen as the start of the Great Depression?

a)

The collapse of the banking system

b)

The Dust Bowl

c)

The signing of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff

d)

The stock market crash of 1929 (Black Tuesday)

6.

What is inflation?

a)

An increase in the general price level of goods

b)

A decrease in the general price level of goods

c)

A sudden economic downturn

d)

A rise in government spending

7.

What was the secret division inside the OSRD commissioned to build the atomic bomb?

a)

Enigma Division

b)

Manhattan Project

c)

Operation Torch

d)

Operation Overlord

8.

What were groups of German submarines called during WWII?

a)

Axis Armada

b)

Wolf Packs

c)

Kriegsmarine Fleet

d)

U-Boats

9.

What were the fast-built American cargo ships called?

a)

War Clippers

b)

Liberty Ships

c)

Merchant Marines

d)

Victory Ships

10.

What battle turned the tide of WWII on the Eastern Front?

a)

Siege of Leningrad

b)

Battle of Kursk

c)

Operation Barbarossa

d)

Battle of Stalingrad

11.

What was the dividing line between North and South Korea called?

a)

Demilitarized Zone (DMZ)

b)

49th Parallel

c)

17th Parallel

d)

Iron Curtain

12.

What treaty aligned Italy, Japan, and Germany as the Axis Powers?

a)

Pact of Rome

b)

Nazi-Soviet Pact

c)

Tripartite Pact

d)

Treaty of Berlin

13.

Napoleon crowned himself __________ of France in 1804.

a)
Emperor
b)

King

c)

POTUS

d)

First Consul

14.

What was the turning point of the American Revolution?

a)

Battle of Bunker Hill

b)

Battle of Yorktown

c)

Siege of Boston

d)

Battle of Saratoga

15.

What attack brought America into WWII on December 7, 1941?

a)

Attack on Pearl Harbor

b)

Battle of Midway

c)

Invasion of Guam

d)

Battle of the Coral Sea

16.

What term describes the systematic killing of an entire population?

a)

Ethnic Cleansing

b)

Genocide

c)

Pogrom

d)

Holocaust

17.

Where did the "Big Three" decide the post-war division of Europe?

a)

Tehran Conference

b)

Casablanca Conference

c)

Potsdam Conference

d)

Yalta Conference

18.

According to John Locke, what are your natural rights?

a)

Life, liberty, and property

b)

Faith, freedom, and fairness

c)

Freedom, equality, and fraternity

d)

Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

19.

What was the Allied invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944, called?

a)

D-Day

b)

Operation Torch

c)

Operation Husky

d)

Operation Sea Lion

20.

What treaty ended World War I?

a)

Treaty of Versailles

b)

Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

c)

Treaty of Paris

d)

Treaty of Tordesillas

21.

Germany’s last major counteroffensive of WWII was known as:

a)

The Ardennes Assault

b)

Operation Market Garden

c)

The Battle of the Bulge

d)

The Battle of Berlin

22.

What were Japanese suicide pilots called?

a)

Shogun

b)

Bushido

c)

Kamikaze

d)

Ronin

23.

What was the U.S. military strategy of taking significant islands toward Japan?

a)

Island Hopping

b)

Leapfrogging

c)

Total War

d)

Operation Pacific

24.

What is a government that controls all aspects of society called?

a)

Totalitarianism

b)

Democracy

c)

Fascism

d)

Monarchy

25.

Which of the following was NOT a cause of the Great Depression?

a)

Bank failures

b)

Speculation in the stock market

c)

High agricultural prices

d)

Overproduction

26.

What was the New Deal program designed to help the elderly and unemployed?

a)

Works Progress Administration

b)

Medicare Act

c)

Social Security Act

d)

Economic Recovery Act

27.

What event brought the United States and Soviet Union to the brink of nuclear war during the Cold War?

a)

Berlin Airlift

b)

Cuban Missile Crisis

c)

Korean War

d)

Vietnam War

28.

What was the Berlin Wall a symbol of during the Cold War?

a)

The Iron Curtain

b)

Economic disparities

c)

Democracy vs. Communism

d)

The division of North and West Germany

29.

What doctrine aimed to contain the spread of communism?

a)

Containment Policy

b)

Marshall Plan

c)

Truman Doctrine

d)

Eisenhower Policy

30.

What was the strategy of mutually assured destruction (MAD) based on?

a)

Preemptive strikes

b)

Arms reduction

c)

Nuclear deterrence

d)

Conventional warfare

31.

What was Germany’s air campaign against England called?

a)

Luftwaffe Assault

b)

Battle of Britain

c)

Operation Sea Lion

d)

Operation Eagle

32.

What was Hitler’s plan for the extermination of the Jews?

a)

Lebensraum

b)

Final Solution

c)

Holocaust Plan

d)

Anschluss

33.

Who were the countries that fought against the Axis Powers?

a)

The League of Nations

b)

Coalition Forces

c)

United Nations

d)

Allies

34.

What act allowed the U.S. to sell weapons to England as long as they paid for them?

a)

Neutrality Act

b)

Lend-Lease Act

c)

Cash-and-Carry Act

d)

Arsenal of Democracy

35.

What Enlightenment philosopher proposed the idea of separation of powers and checks and balances?

a)

Thomas Hobbes

b)

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

c)

Baron de Montesquieu

d)

John Locke

36.

What were Napoleon’s reforms collectively known as?

a)

Continental System

b)

Napoleonic Code

c)

French Charter

d)

Civil Constitution

37.

Where were Hitler’s top men put on trial for “Crimes against Humanity”?

a)

Geneva Trials

b)

Versailles Conference

c)

The Hague

d)

Nuremberg Trials

38.

What ideology is characterized by extreme nationalism, where individual value is tied solely to the nation?

a)

Socialism

b)

Liberalism

c)

Fascism

d)

Communism

39.

What agreement allowed Hitler to annex the Sudetenland?

a)

Nazi-Soviet Pact

b)

Yalta Agreement

c)

Munich Agreement

d)

Treaty of Versailles

40.

What policy involved giving in to an aggressor to avoid conflict?

a)

Non-Aggression

b)

Appeasement

c)

Containment

d)

Isolationism

41.

What pact between Hitler and Stalin promised they would not attack each other?

a)

Tripartite Pact

b)

Non-Aggression Pact

c)

Munich Pact

d)

Pact of Steel

42.

Germany’s strategy of fast-moving, combined forces warfare in WWII was called:

a)

Blitzkrieg

b)

Trench Warfare

c)

Total War

d)

Attrition Warfare

43.

What was one major reason Napoleon’s Russian campaign failed?

a)

Defections among his generals

b)

Russian scorched-earth policy and harsh winter

c)

Britain’s intervention

d)

Lack of naval power

44.

What were the three social classes in pre-revolutionary France called?

a)

Provinces

b)

Orders

c)

Estates

d)

Guilds

45.

What percentage of France’s population did the Third Estate represent?

a)

97%

b)

25%

c)

50%

d)

10%

46.

What was a major cause of the French Revolution?

a)

Napoleon’s dictatorship

b)

British occupation

c)

Economic inequality

d)

Religious disputes

47.

What principle opposes the idea of divine right and supports people’s power to govern?

a)

Absolutism

b)

Social Contract

c)

Popular Sovereignty

d)

Imperialism

48.

What event marked the start of the Great Depression?

a)

The Banking Crisis

b)

Black Tuesday (Stock Market Crash of 1929)

c)

The Dust Bowl

d)

The Treaty of Versailles

49.

What is credit?

a)

Borrowing money to pay for goods or services

b)

An increase in the value of goods

c)

Government funding of businesses

d)

Money saved for future use

50.

What was the name of the U.S. policy to stop the spread of communism in Asia?

a)

Domino Theory

b)

Truman Doctrine

c)

Containment Policy

d)

Eisenhower Plan

51.

What was the primary cause of World War I?

a)

German territorial expansion

b)

The assassination of Franz Ferdinand

c)

The rise of communism

d)

The invasion of Belgium

52.

What is "nationalism"?

a)

A diplomatic policy of peace and neutrality

b)

A belief in free-market economies

c)

Extreme pride and loyalty to one’s nation

d)

A policy of expanding colonial territories

53.

What was an "armistice" during WWI?

a)

A treaty dividing territory

b)

A formal declaration of war

c)

An economic sanction

d)

A ceasefire agreement

54.

What were Hitler’s labor and death camps called?

a)

Prisoner-of-War Camps

b)

Concentration Camps

c)

Gulags

d)

Detention Camps

55.

Which international organization was formed after WWII to promote peace?

a)

League of Nations

b)

NATO

c)

United Nations

d)

Warsaw Pact

56.

What economic system did the Soviet Union follow?

a)

Capitalism

b)

Mercantilism

c)

Globalism

d)

Communism

57.

What was the purpose of the Marshall Plan?

a)

Rebuild European economies after WWII

b)

Promote global free trade

c)

Expand NATO membership

d)

Contain the spread of communism

58.

Which of the following describes overproduction during the Great Depression?

a)

Farmers sold all their crops overseas

b)

Banks offered loans at higher interest rates

c)

Companies produced more goods than consumers could buy

d)

Factories shut down due to lack of demand

59.

Which of the following was NOT a cause of the Great Depression?

a)

Bank failures

b)

High agricultural prices

c)

Stock market speculation

d)

Uneven distribution of wealth

60.

What was the goal of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal?

a)

To create a national health insurance program

b)

To provide jobs, reform the financial system, and aid recovery

c)

To increase tariffs and protect American businesses

d)

To enter World War II and boost the economy