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WorksheetsModern World History Final Exam, 24-25
Total questions: 82
Worksheet time: 2hrs 25mins
Detention centers for civilians considered enemies of the state.
Fascist Party
D-Day
Concentration Camps
totalitarianism
The Night of Broken Glass, during which mobs attacked Jewish communities across Germany and killed nearly 100 Jews, is known as:
Kristallnacht
concentration camp
D-Day
Holocaust
Nazi secret police:
Gestapo
CPD
Athens Police Department
What was the name given to the Nazi massacre of more than six million Jews?
concentration camps
alliance
Kristallnacht
Holocaust
A form of government in which a dictatorship controls and regulates every aspect of the lives of its citizens.
democracy
totalitarianism
oligarchy
direct democracy
Many Italians supported the Fascist Party because:
It promised a better life.
It was the only political party.
It pledged to unite Italy and Germany.
It ended the influence of the Church.
For what did many Germans blame the Weimar Republic?
The Versailles Treaty
Its parliamentary government
Peasant uprisings
The Russian Revolution
What action marked the beginning of Hitler’s plan to limit the rights of German Jews?
Nuremberg Laws
Kristallnacht
concentration camps
book-burning laws
What is genocide, as practiced by the Nazis?
The broadcasting of anti-Semitic ideas.
The deliberate extermination of a specific group of people.
The abuse of a nation's citizens by its own government.
The killing of people for the purpose of creating terror.
What position did the United States take as conflict engulfed Europe?
Sided with Germany
Sided with Britain
Declared war on Germany
Remained neutral
What German action finally caused Britain and France to declare war?
the annexation of Austria
the invasion of Poland
the seizing of Czechoslovakia
the invasion of Ethiopia
When did Britain and France adopt the policy of appeasement toward Germany?
before the war began
when they declared war
when the United States declared war
after France was invaded and divided
Which nation signed a non-aggression pact with Germany that led to the invasion and division of Poland?
Italy
Spain
Japan
The Soviet Union
The actions of which country finally forced the United States to enter the war? Which country launched a surprise attack on the U.S. at Pearl Harbor?
Italy
Japan
Germany
The Soviet Union
How did Hitler justify taking the Sudetenland from Czechoslovakia?
Czechoslovakia was not taking care of the land, so Hitler took it.
Hitler said he was just borrowing the land and would give it right back.
Hitler claimed Germany needed more space and that this land used to belong to Germany.
Hitler did not justify it; he dared England and France to do something about it.
How did putting millions of people in concentration camps help the German economy?
They used basically slave labor to mass-produce goods.
The camps were expensive to run, so they hurt the economy.
The German people filled all the available jobs left by those who were put in camps.
Dr. Pepper
Which of the following terms describes giving in to aggressive demands to maintain peace?
appeasement
capitulation
blitzkrieg
When did Britain and France adopt a policy of appeasement toward Germany?
before the war began
when they declared war
when the United States declared war
after France was invaded and divided
The Battle of the Bulge was significant because it marked the (a) .
last German offensive
liberation of the death camps
Allies' first victory in a land battle
Axis powers' first loss in a land battle
The Allied invasion of (a) was given the code name D-Day.
Japan
Italy
North Africa
Nazi Occupied Europe
Which of the following was one reason Truman decided to drop the atomic bomb on Japan?
He had no other alternatives.
He harbored ill feelings toward the Japanese.
Experts had underestimated the bomb’s capabilities.
An invasion of Japan would result in an enormous loss of life.
Who was the dictator of the Soviet Union during World War II?
Hitler
Mussolini
Stalin
Colahan
What was the Manhattan Project?
The plan to crash Japanese suicide planes into Allied ships
The plan to develop the atomic bomb
The historic meeting of the 'Big Three'
The training of the Navajo code talkers
What did Japan do after World War II?
Disarmed its military.
Built a stronger military.
Took part in the Cold War.
Joined the League of Nations.
Where did America drop atomic bombs to end the war in the Pacific?
Hiroshima & Nagasaki
Tokyo & Hiroshima
Nagasaki & Tokyo
Beijing & Thailand
What major decision was made at the end of World War II?
Germany would be split into two separate countries: East and West.
Germany would be absorbed by France, Hungary, and the Soviet Union.
Germany would have to pay 80 billion dollars for starting another war.
What is the term for limiting communism to the areas already under Soviet control?
containment
NATO
Glasnost
What was the unsuccessful economic and bureaucratic reform in the Soviet Union?
Domino Theory
Perestroika
détente
What is the treaty that limited the number of intercontinental ballistic missiles?
SALT
brinkmanship
Warsaw Pact
Alliance among the U.S., Canada, and nine Western European countries.
Warsaw Pact
NATO
satellite nations
Soviet-controlled border nations between the U.S.S.R. and Western Europe. Mark only one oval.
Glasnost
brinkmanship
satellite nations
The practice of going to the verge of war in order to gain an advantage over an enemy. Mark only one oval.
brinkmanship
détente
containment
Social reform that ended religious bans and censorship in the Soviet Union. Mark only one oval.
SALT
Glasnost
Containment
Policy of lessening Cold War tensions. Mark only one oval.
Détente
NATO
Perestroika
The belief that if one nation in Asia became communist, then others would follow. Mark only one oval.
Glasnost
NATO
Domino Theory
Alliance between the Soviet Union and seven satellite states in Eastern Europe. Mark only one oval.
Warsaw Pact
containment
Perestroika
The United States, the Soviet Union (Russia), Britain, France, and (a) are permanent members of the United Nations.
Germany
Japan
China
The state of tension between nations without armed conflict between the main rivals is known as:
Iron Curtain
Marshall Plan
Cold War
Which of the following was NOT one of the agreements that averted a nuclear exchange between the U.S. and the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
The U.S. would not invade Cuba.
The U.S. would remove missiles from Turkey.
The U.S. and U.S.S.R. would stop building nuclear weapons.
America justified the use of atomic weapons against Japan by:
Demonstrating military power to the Soviet Union
Ending the war quickly and saving lives
Testing new technology in combat
Retaliating for the attack on Pearl Harbor
Which event is considered the start of World War II in Europe?
The dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima.
The signing of the Treaty of Versailles.
The bombing of Pearl Harbor.
The invasion of Poland by Germany.
What was the main purpose of the Nuremberg Laws enacted by the Nazis?
To encourage immigration
To restrict the rights of Jewish citizens
To form military alliances
To promote industrial growth
Who was the leader of Italy during World War II?
Joseph Stalin
Winston Churchill
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Benito Mussolini
The systematic attempt to rid Europe of all Jews during World War II was called
the Progressive Movement
Internment camps
the Marshall Plan
the Holocaust
What was the name of the boundary that separated Communist and Non-Communist countries in Europe?
Iron Curtain
Great Wall
Hadrian's Wall
The Great Border
What was the name of the American foreign policy designed to stop the spread of communism?
Appeasement
Deterrence
Containment
Detente
During which American presidency did the Cuban Missile Crisis occur?
Harry S. Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
Richard M. Nixon
migration
rural
successfully argue against or prove to be false
Secondary Source
support
refute
allow
an official statement of a complaint
refute
grievance
causation
effect
a change that is a result or consequence of an action
grievance
effect
allowance
A (a) are records of events as they are first described by people who were there, and (b) is a document that is created by someone who did not directly experience the event, like a textbook.
the supreme law of the U.S.
Federalist Papers
Biography
The US Constitution
a series of papers and essays written to explain and defend the proposed U.S. Constitution.
Federalist Papers
Mr. Millers diary
US Constitution
The first 10 Amendments of the U.S. Constitution
The Bill of Constipation
Anti-Federalist Papers
The Bill of Laws
The Bill of Rights
What is the dividing line between North and South Korea known as?
38th Parallel
24th Parallel
The Korean Divide
The Great Divided
Which country launched the first satellite into space, Sputnik I, on October 4, 1957?
China
The United States
The Soviet Union
Germany
The Warsaw Pact was the Soviet reaction to what U.S.-led action?
The Truman Doctrine
The Marshall Plan
U.S. military action in North Korea
The creation of NATO
What economic system was used to reshape China’s economy after the civil war?
capitalism
social democracy
laissez-faire
communism
When was NATO established?
1960
1945
1955
1949
Belief that if one nation went communist in Asia, then others would too.
Domino Theory
brinkmanship
containment
SALT
A political and economic system in which the government owns all of the businesses and land and people have very little individual freedoms.
Democracy
