WorksheetsWorld History Final
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who was Lenin's comrade who helped form the USSR and became the 2nd leader?
a)
Nikita Khrushchev
b)
Michail Gorbachev
c)
Peter Romanov
d)
Joseph Stalin
2.
Which economic philosopher wrote On the Wealth of Nations?
a)
Fredrick Engel
b)
Karl Marx
c)
Adam Smith
d)
Robert Owen
3.
Which incident triggered the start of World War I in 1914?
a)
The sinking of the passenger liner Lusitania
b)
The German invasion of neutral Belgium
c)
the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand
d)
the incident with the German gunboat Panther in Africa
4.
Who conquered the Aztec Empire?
a)
Hernando Cortes
b)
Francisco Pizarro
c)
Ferdinand Magellan
d)
Vasco da Gama
5.
Who was the Prime Minister of England during the Battle of Britain?
a)
Winston Churchill
b)
George Marshall
c)
Douglas MacArthur
d)
Franklin Roosevelt
6.
Who was the first President of the United States?
a)
James Madison
b)
George Washington
c)
John Adams
d)
Thomas Jefferson
7.
Karl Marx’s idea that workers should collectively own the means of production instead of private owners was held by which group?
a)
Communist
b)
Anarchists
c)
Utopians
8.
Who was the Renaissance statesman that wrote The Prince?
a)
Erasmus
b)
Marlowe
c)
Shakespeare
d)
Machiavelli
9.
What is Divine Right?
a)
The need to purify the Anglican church of Catholic rituals and symbols
b)
The need to have a church ritual to be closer to God
c)
The belief that a king gets his power to rule directly from god
d)
The belief that buying an indulgence will get a person into heaven
10.
What is the name of the theory that a country's power depends on it's wealth?
a)
Joint-stock theory
b)
Columbian Exchange
c)
Commercialism
d)
Mercantilism
11.
Military hero during the French Revolution, eventually becomes Emperor of France
a)
Napoleon
b)
Cortes
c)
Adam Smith
d)
Maximillian Robespierre
12.
Which treaty ended World War I and imposed heavy reparations on Germany?
a)
Treaty of Paris
b)
Treaty of Ghent
c)
Treaty of Versailles
d)
Treaty of Tordesillas
13.
What does Czar mean
a)
King
b)
War
c)
Pig
d)
Sleep
14.
What self-proclaimed "holy man" gained power in Russia?
a)
Rasputin
b)
Hitler
c)
Nicholas II
d)
Lenin
15.
What was the name of the period in the French Revolution in which Robespierre and the Committee of Public Safety used the guillotine to suppress opponents?
a)
Terrible Empire
b)
Fall of the Bastille
c)
Reign of Terror
d)
Rule of Fear
16.
Where did the Industrial Revolution begin?
a)
England
b)
France
c)
Germany
d)
Russia
17.
What type of government did Lenin want to establish in Russia?
a)
Absolute monarchy
b)
Capitalistic Democracy
c)
Communist Dictatorship
d)
Moderate Socialist
18.
Who was the militaristic leader of World War 2 Japan?
a)
Ho Chi Minh
b)
Chiang Kai-shek
c)
Hideki Tojo
d)
Mao Zedong
19.
Why did Martin Luther disagree with the Roman Catholic Church?
a)
He believed that salvation was based on faith alone
b)
He did not believe in an afterlife
c)
He believed the Bible was a false authority
d)
He did not think that Jesus was the Son of God
20.
Francois Toussaint L’Ouverture led the first successful liberation movement in the America’s in which country?
a)
Peru
b)
Haiti
c)
Bolivia
d)
Mexico
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