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WorksheetsSpring Final Question Bank
Total questions: 95
Worksheet time: 48mins
During the Great Purge in the USSR, top Communist leaders
came to dominate the Soviet parliament.
led a failed assassination attempt against Stalin.
ordered the extermination of Soviet ethnic minorities.
were forced to confess to fictitious crimes.
All of the following are true of Reza Shah, founder of the Pahlavi dynasty in Iran, EXCEPT
He developed Iran’s infrastructure.
He improved the status of women.
He increased freedom of the press.
He ruled as an autocrat.
Which of the following was an outcome of the Iranian Revolution?
Citizens were allowed freedom of speech.
Iran became a multiparty democracy.
Islamic law was imposed in Iranian courts.
Women were banned from appearing in public.
The agreement made between France, Britain, and Germany at the Munich Conference was an example of the policy of
appeasement.
embargo.
isolationism.
militarism.
Tensions arose in East and West Pakistan for all of the following reasons EXCEPT
most of the wealth and resources of British India remained in India.
the two sections were separated by a thousand miles of Indian territory.
the language, culture, and ethnicities in the two sections were different.
the nation’s first leader was unable to keep the two parts of Pakistan unified.
Mussolini believed Italy’s social and economic problems could only be solved by
a dictator.
a parliamentary democracy.
the Nazi Party.
the restoration of the Italian monarchy.
Which of the following groups played a central role in opposing the shah’s reign in Iran?
Islamic clergy
members of the secret police
secular intellectuals
U.S. government officials
The February Revolution resulted in
Nicholas II giving up his throne.
the arrest of women factory workers.
Lenin creating a Bolshevik government.
a quick and crushing stop to the protests.
How did the 1973 oil embargo affect the Arab oil states?
They lost the respect of non-oil producing states in the region.
They gained greater power and influence.
They suffered economically due to decreased oil revenues.
They won the admiration of the West.
Which of the following was a result of oil production in the Persian Gulf region?
Many nations became financially dependent on the West.
Oil states modernized their infrastructure.
The region developed a more diversified economy.
Standards of living decreased.
The mastermind of the 9/11 attacks and the leader of the terrorist organization al Qaeda was
Bashar al-Assad.
Hosni Mubarak.
Osama bin Laden.
Saddam Hussein.
By the summer of 1941, what nation was the last holdout against Germany's complete domination of Europe?
Belgium
France
Great Britain
Italy
Which of the following trends in 19th-century Latin America might lead a nation toward revolution?
establishment of democratic government
economic development that benefited all classes
peasants staying on their land
unequal wealth distribution
The first major armed conflict of the Cold War took place in
Cuba.
Iran.
Korea.
the Soviet Union.
President Lyndon Johnson escalated U.S. involvement in Vietnam due to his belief in
covert action.
detente.
the domino theory.
the Viet Cong.
Why did the United States carry out a covert action and overthrow the government of Iran in 1953?
because Iran was developing a nuclear weapon
because Iran had seized the Suez Canal
because the Soviet Union had sponsored a coup in Iran the previous year
because they feared Iran might become a Soviet ally
How did the Soviets deal with the unrest that arose in the Soviet satellites states Hungary and Czechoslovakia in the 1950s and 1960s?
They expelled Hungary and Czechoslovakia from the Soviet Union.
They granted Hungary and Czechoslovakia more autonomy.
They invaded Hungary and Czechoslovakia and crushed the dissent.
They restructured the economies of Hungary and Czechoslovakia along strictly socialist lines.
Which of the following events exemplified the movement during the 1970s towards détente in the Cold War conflict?
the failure of the SALT arms reduction negotiations in 1972
President Richard Nixon's 1972 visit to China
the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979
Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev's arrest and trial in 1978
One result of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979 was that
the Afghan communist government was quickly restored to power.
the credibility of the Soviet state was undermined.
tensions between the United States and the USSR were reduced.
the United States withdrew support from the Afghan rebels.
Which of the following was true of Soviet society in the 1980s?
Consumer goods became more plentiful.
Economic central planning increased.
Living standards were low.
The government provided free, high-quality public services.
The reform program in the USSR known as perestroika ("restructuring") resulted in
increased state control of the economy.
less public criticism of the government.
the adoption of limited free-market policies.
the resignation of Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.
With the end of the Cold War conflict between the United States and the USSR, the world became more
disconnected.
militarized.
multipolar.
self-sufficient.
Which statement BEST describes Latin American nations in the early 1800s?
They had more democratic governments.
Their social structures dramatically changed.
They were controlled by oligarchies.
They went through a period of peace.
Saudi Arabia earned income from the oil that was discovered there in the 1930s by
creating an oil corporation headed by King Saud.
building an oil pipeline financed by Great Britain.
nationalizing foreign oil companies.
partnering with American corporations.
The Ottoman Empire came to an end after
the Allied powers dissolved it at the end of World War I.
it failed to capture the European city of Vienna.
the Young Turks overthrew the Ottoman sultan.
it was defeated in wars with Austria and Russia.
How did Italian leaders view the peace settlement that ended World War I?
They were angered by the war guilt clause they were forced to sign.
They were disappointed in the amount of territory they were awarded.
They were overwhelmed by the reparations they were required to pay.
They were relieved they were not punished as severely as Germany.
Government in Nicaragua in the first half of the 1900s was characterized by
peaceful change.
little U.S. intervention.
democracy.
dictatorship.
Mussolini believed he was helping to restore Italy to the glory days of the ancient Roman Empire by
allying with Hitler.
annexing Sicily.
establishing a senate.
invading Ethiopia.
Which of the following terms describes people who have a privileged position in society?
liberal
elite
conservative
dictator
The Nazi “final solution” was a plan to
develop and use the atomic bomb.
exterminate the Jews of Europe.
launch spy satellites into space.
overthrow Stalin in the Soviet Union.
The Spanish Civil War was fought between the left-wing Republicans and the right-wing
Nationalists.
Nazis.
Popular Front.
Socialists.
Britain announced its support for the establishment of a national home for the Jewish people in Palestine in the
BHussein-McMahon letters.
Sykes-Picot Agreement.
Zionist Amendment
The Balfour Declaration
After the Revolution of 1905, Nicholas II agreed to make all of the following reforms EXCEPT
accepting a written constitution.
releasing imprisoned revolutionaries.
creating an elected national legislature.
granting the people basic civil liberties.
How did World War II affect relations between Nationalists and Communists in China?
Conflict intensified when Nationalists and Communists supported different sides in the war.
The Nationalists allied with the Japanese to crush the Communists.
Nationalists and Communists ceased fighting to resist the Japanese together.
Nationalists and Communists worked together to supply troops to the Japanese army.
Historians estimate that the number of people killed in World War II, including civilians, may be as high as
5000000.0
2 million.
60 million.
1 billion.
The Battle of the Bulge in Belgium marked Germany's
first use of blitzkrieg tactics.
last offensive of the war.
final triumph over the Soviets.
conquest of France.
How was Saddam Hussein driven from power?
He lost favor after defeat in the Iran-Iraq War.
He resigned after the Baath Party lost its parliamentary majority.
He was overthrown by a U.S.-led military coalition.
He was overthrown in a coup sponsored by Iran.
Mohandas Gandhi's Satyagraha movement urged Indians to resist British rule using
armed rebellion.
civil disobedience.
legal arguments.
religious edicts.
How did the League of Nations respond when Italy invaded Ethiopia?
They did nothing.
They expelled Italy from the League.
They imposed mild economic sanctions.
They sent an international force to drive out the Italians.
The episode of anti-Jewish violence that took place throughout Germany on November 9, 1938 was known as
Kristallnacht.
Mein Kampf.
the Night of the Long Knives.
SchutzStaffel.
Stalin’s First Five-Year Plan focused on
eliminating "enemies of the people."
encouraging entrepreneurship.
modernizing agriculture and industry.
producing consumer goods.
How did the Nazis take power in Germany?
by appointment
by force
by Hitler's decree
by parliamentary election
Which of the following areas did Japan invade between 1931 and 1940?
China
India
the Philippines
Tibet
British troops invaded Egypt and put down a rebellion in 1882 in order to protect the
Christian minority.
Suez Canal.
Ottoman sultan.
Great Pyramids.
The last czar to rule Russia was
A. Alexander III.
B. Catherine II.
C. Nicholas II.
D. Peter III.
Why did the Allies bomb the German city of Dresden?
to destroy Nazi death camps
to disable its oil production
to test the atomic bomb
to weaken civilian morale
The 1978 peace agreement between Egypt and Israel was called the
Arab League.
Camp David Accords.
Oslo Accords.
Palestinian Mandate.
Britain invaded Iraq during World War II and overthrew the government because Iraqi leaders
began to negotiate with Germany.
refused to supply Britain with oil.
were helping Hitler carry out his "final solution."
signed a peace treaty with France.
Hitler's goal of establishing a Third Reich meant that he wanted to
create a new German Empire.
control all three branches of Germany's government.
enlarge Germany's army.
exterminate the Jews of Europe.
The Salt March helped turn worldwide public opinion toward Gandhi's cause because
the British responded brutally to the nonviolent demonstration.
it highlighted the plight of the Hindu minority in India.
members of the Muslim League disrupted the march.
people saw that the Indians were capable of defeating the British military.
After Japan’s attack on the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor, the United States
became even more determined to stay out of the war.
began arms shipments to China to help them fight the Japanese.
entered World War II on the side of the Allies.
imposed a trade embargo against Japan.
The mandate system created by the League of Nations after World War I granted control of large parts of the Middle East to
France and Russia.
Germany and Russia.
Great Britain and France.
the United States and Great Britain.
When Hitler took power, most Germans
joined the Nazi Party.
participated in demonstrations against the Nazi regime.
supported, or at least accepted, Nazi rule.
attempted to flee the country.
All of these led to the Revolution of 1905 EXCEPT
Russia's crushing defeat in the Russo-Japanese war.
Peasants and workers wanting a voice in government.
Russian troops opening fire during a peaceful protest.
Nicholas II dissolving the elected national legislature.
One event that weakened communism in Poland was the
visit of Pope John Paul II, who reminded Poles of their right to basic freedoms.
establishment of an authoritarian regime, which angered Poles in the lower classes.
end of World War II, which revitalized the Polish military to fight against the Soviets.
formation of the EU, which convinced the Polish government to become a capitalist state.
The Egyptian President who nationalized the Suez Canal was
Yasir Arafat.
Mohammad Mossadeq.
Gamel Abdel Nasser.
Yitzhak Rabin.
Which of these BEST describes attitudes most Russians had toward World War I?
They opposed the war and encouraged Russians across social classes to strike.
They supported the war at first but adamantly protested it after economic hardships.
They were ambivalent toward the war because most of the fighting was not in Russia.
They reluctantly supported the war until many nobles were called for military service.
Japan surrendered in August, 1945, because the United States
captured the islands of Iwo Jima and Okinawa.
dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
threatened to use the atomic bomb.
took Tokyo, the Japanese capital.
Mao Zedong helped to found the
Chinese Communist Party.
Kuomintang (KMT).
Nationalist Party.
Qing Dynasty.
How did the 1947 UN plan for the partition of the British Mandate in Palestine deal with the city of Jerusalem?
It continued British control in Jerusalem.
It made Jerusalem part of an Arab state in Palestine.
It made Jerusalem part of a Jewish state in Palestine.
It put Jerusalem under international control.
Which of the following statements is true about the effect of World War I on India?
The British did not carry out the political reforms they promised India during the war.
The British rewarded Indian service in the war by granting home rule to India.
Indians who served in the British army became more loyal to the British Empire.
The war increased ethnic and religious conflict in India.
Who organized a new political movement known as fascism in 1919?
Adolf Hitler
Francisco Franco
Benito Mussolini
Joseph Stalin
At the Nuremberg Trials, the Allies tried 22 Nazi leaders for
associating with Hitler.
manslaughter.
violation of the Geneva Conventions.
war crimes.
Economies in Central America and the Caribbean were based on the export of
manufactured products.
gold and silver.
rice, cotton, and wheat.
sugar, coffee, and bananas.
The term Anschluss refers to Hitler's
annexation of Austria.
invasion of the Sudetenland.
plan to exterminate the Jews of Europe.
quest for farmland and other resources.
What strategy allowed the Germans to achieve remarkable military success at the beginning of World War II?
blitzkrieg
counterattack
the Schlieffen Plan
submarine warfare
Many Germans viewed the Weimar Republic as an illegitimate government because its leaders
came to power in a violent coup.
drew Germany into World War I.
signed the Treaty of Versailles.
supported the Nazi Party.
How did the Allied forces liberate France from the Nazis?
They drove the Germans out of Italy and invaded France from the south.
They crossed the Mediterranean from North Africa and landed on the French coast.
They worked with the French resistance and successfully overthrew the Vichy government.
They crossed the English Channel and invaded northern France.
The White armies were hindered during the Russian Civil War because they
lacked military experience and access to advanced weaponry.
were unexpectedly attacked by Green armies in the countryside.
had to deal with opposition from the United States, Britain, and France.
were divided by both geography and the causes for which they were fighting.
Mussolini helped Italy modernize its industrial sector by managing the economy according to the principles of
corporatism.
free-market capitalism.
mercantilism.
socialism.
Which of the following factors helped to radicalize German society in the years after World War I?
the authoritarianism of the Weimar Republic
drought and famine
out of control inflation
the rise of the middle class
What event in 1919 shocked all of India, and galvanized resistance to the British?
the Amritsar Massacre
the partition of India
the Long March
the Boxer Rebellion
Saddam Hussein ruled Iraq as a(n)
brutal dictator.
constitutional monarch.
Islamic fundamentalist.
socialist reformer.
The Battle of the Coral Sea in May 1942 was the first naval battle in history fought
entirely with planes based on aircraft carriers.
entirely with submarines.
using kamikaze tactics.
using ships equipped with nuclear weapons.
The Six-Day War in 1967 between Israel and nearby Arab states resulted in
the expansion of Palestinian territory.
an Arab defeat.
an Arab victory.
a stalemate.
How did the United States respond after Fidel Castro began building a communist state?
It prohibited the World Bank from providing loans to Cuba.
It placed missiles on the coast of Florida that aimed at Cuba.
It tried to organize a rebel army to invade Cuba at the Bay of Pigs.
It convinced the Soviets to pull out their economic support of Cuba.
The United States got involved with the Vietnam War to
gain access to oil wells in North Vietnam.
prevent South Vietnam from falling to communism.
help out the French in exchange for control over Haiti.
create a military base in Asia to fight conflicts in Laos.
Nationalism in French Indochina is BEST described as a reaction to
genocide in Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge.
widespread destruction after the Vietnam War.
the United States' domination over world affairs.
French imperialism and exploitation of resources.
The wars in Indochina all resulted in
communist victories.
acceptance of capitalism.
domination by First World nations.
peaceful resolutions between countries.
Soon after South Africa became independent, the state passed a law that
A. gave all citizens of the country the right to vote.
B. implied that Britain still maintained hegemony over the nation.
C. denied basic rights to blacks, Asians, and mixed-raced peoples.
D. required a certain percentage of black representatives in the assembly.
What policy in South Africa instituted by the Afrikaner government sparked criticism around the world?
apartheid
communism
genocide
hegemony
Under the New Economic Policy, Lenin
increased the efforts of the Red Terror.
relaxed the policies of war communism.
disbanded the Red Army and secret police.
required peasants to send food to the government.
In the 2000s, the United States fought two wars in the Middle East, in
Afghanistan and Iraq.
Egypt and Afghanistan.
Iraq and Israel.
Tunisia and Egypt.
What nation destabilized the balance of power in Europe in the years before World War I with its increasing military and industrial might?
France
Germany
Great Britain
Russia
What was the name of the alliance that Germany formed with Italy and Austria-Hungary in 1882 to protect itself from its neighbor France?
the Reinsurance Alliance
the Three Emperors' League
the Triple Alliance
the Triple Entente
As Ottoman power declined, the Balkan Peninsula became unstable due to
A. ethnic nationalism among Balkan peoples.
B. French imperial ambitions in the region.
C. religious rivalries between Muslims and Christians.
D. Russia's rivalry with the newly-formed nation of Serbia.
The Treaty of Versailles signed by Germany and the Allied Powers
closely followed the model of Wilson's Fourteen Points.
granted Germany control of the Rhineland region.
kept German national borders the same as before the war.
required Germany to accept responsibility for starting the war.
Why did Russia lose territory at the Paris Peace Conference, despite the fact that it had been on the winning side of World War I?
Allied generals were angered by the secret agreements Russia had made with Germany.
Russia conceded that the Ottoman Empire should be the dominant power in the Baltic.
Russia's strategy to dominate the peace negotiations backfired.
Russia was too weak to hold on to its empire following the 1917 Revolution.
Which of the following is a reason why the U.S. Senate rejected membership in the League of Nations?
Senators were discouraged by the previous failures of the United Nations.
Senators refused the League's demand to drastically reduce the size of the U.S. Navy.
Senators knew the League would hinder their ability to fight in the Second World War.
Senators feared the League's collective security requirements would draw the nation into foreign wars.
The Surrealist abstract art movement which developed in post-war Europe was in part inspired by
a desire to avoid thinking about the war.
a renewed belief in human progress.
the horrors of the Great War.
the wartime glorification of military values.
At the Yalta Conference, Stalin
agreed to support free elections in Eastern Europe.
announced that the Soviets had developed the atomic bomb.
advocated the reunification of Germany.
refused to join the United Nations.
Which of the following was a characteristic of Soviet socialist society?
all factories were owned by the government
peasants were granted individual tracts of land to farm
private property rights were protected
democratic government thrived on the local level
What system did the United States seek to promote throughout the world?
containment
collective democracy
democratic capitalism
economic self-sufficiency
The term that came to symbolize the growing ideological divide between Eastern and Western Europe was
"Clash of Civilizations."
"Cold War."
"détente."
"Iron Curtain."
NATO and the Warsaw Pact were
arms control treaties.
mutual defense agreements sponsored by the United Nations.
opposing Cold War military alliances.
regional free trade zones.
