WorksheetsCWH Semester 2 MC Review
Total questions: 53
Worksheet time: 27mins
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Class
Date
1.
How did collectivization of agriculture impact the Ukraine region?
a)
It resulted in prosperity there.
b)
It led to democracy there.
c)
Widespread famine occurred there.
d)
Forced labor camps were created there.
2.
What was the purpose of the annual rallies the Nazis held at Nuremburg?
a)
to train the male youth in the ideas and values of the Nazis
b)
to force the people to adhere to the Nazi ideology
c)
to make German people feel like an important part of Nazi power
d)
to eliminate those who were against the Nazi regime
3.
How did the Great Depression contribute to the spread of authoritarianism?
a)
by appealing to the strong industrial base
b)
by diminishing the power of wealthy landowners
c)
by eliminating feelings of disillusionment
d)
by eroding confidence in civic institutions
4.
What was the primary goal of totalitarian leaders?
a)
to maintain the existing social order
b)
to guarantee individual freedoms
c)
to implement some democratic reforms
d)
to conquer the minds of their subjects
5.
Mussolini’s Fascist government attempted to control its citizens by
a)
establishing a state religion.
b)
forming mandatory labor unions.
c)
spreading propaganda via mass media.
d)
providing job opportunities for women.
6.
Stalin gained control over the Communist Party by
a)
purging people he thought were a threat.
b)
suspending elections within the party.
c)
collectivizing the agricultural system.
d)
embracing a program of industrialization.
7.
Which goal did Hitler hope to accomplish by violating the Treaty of Versailles?
a)
to become a world power
b)
to invade and conquer Ethiopia
c)
to demilitarize the Rhineland
d)
to become allies with the other nations
8.
What did leaders of Great Britain believe they would accomplish through the policy of appeasement?
a)
dominance in Europe
b)
new alliances
c)
economic growth and prosperity
d)
stability and peace
9.
Which event most directly led Britain and France to declare war on Germany?
a)
the Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact
b)
the German invasion of Poland
c)
the alliance with western Europe and the Soviet Union
d)
the clash at the Marco Polo Bridge
10.
What was one motivation Hitler had for invading the Soviet Union?
a)
to eradicate communism
b)
to intercept military supplies
c)
to occupy Iran
d)
to aid Japan
11.
The Battle of Midway is considered a turning point because it
a)
put Japan on the defensive.
b)
stopped the Bataan Death March.
c)
ended air strikes in Australia.
d)
impeded German advances in the Crimea.
12.
What was an immediate outcome of the Nuremberg Laws?
a)
Jews in Germany lost their citizenship.
b)
Jews in Germany were subject to genocide.
c)
Jews were exiled from Germany.
d)
Jews were allowed to marry non-Jews.
13.
What is the significance of Kristallnacht?
a)
It was the first time Jews in Germany were dehumanized by Nazis.
b)
It was the beginning of mass violent policies towards Jews in Germany.
c)
It marked the first use of tactical squads to murder German Jews.
d)
It marked the end of Germany’s genocide against the Jews.
14.
What was Auschwitz?
a)
a Nazi concentration camp
b)
a Nazi relocation program
c)
a Nazi racial ideology
d)
a Nazi military facility
15.
What was the “Final Solution”?
a)
the abolition of the Nuremberg Laws
b)
the assassination of German leaders
c)
the genocide of the Jewish people
d)
the elimination of the Communist Party
16.
How did the use of the atomic bomb impact relations between the United States and the Soviet Union?
a)
It immediately began the Cold War.
b)
It triggered an arms race.
c)
It led to the sharing of research.
d)
It created a stronger alliance.
17.
Why did Stalin want a buffer of pro-Soviet governments along the Soviet border in post-war negotiations?
a)
to help spread democracy in Eastern Europe
b)
to protect it from any future Western aggression
c)
to protect the Soviet Union in its weakened state
d)
to help liberate European nations from autocrats
18.
The D-Day invasions on the beaches at Normandy allowed the Allies to
a)
capture the seaport of Antwerp.
b)
push inland and liberate Paris.
c)
deliver troops to the Eastern Front.
d)
launch a Western assault on Italy.
19.
The primary goal of the Nuremberg Trials was to
a)
bring war criminals to justice.
b)
define attributes of a war crime.
c)
establish international criminal law.
d)
exact reparations from war criminals.
20.
What was one outcome of the Yalta Conference?
a)
France gained railroad rights in Manchuria.
b)
Poland was made a Soviet territory.
c)
Germany was divided into four zones.
d)
Great Britain ceded the Kuril Islands.
21.
The Cold War was mostly characterized by
a)
direct armed conflict on the battlefield between superpowers.
b)
war of words between major leaders of the superpowers.
c)
cooperation between superpowers to rebuild war-torn countries.
d)
diplomatic agreements between superpowers to prevent nuclear war.
22.
What did the policy of containment target?
a)
democracy
b)
communism
c)
economic instability
d)
nuclear threats
23.
What consequence did the setting off of the first Soviet atomic bomb have?
a)
It ended the policy of deterrence that prevented countries from destroying each other.
b)
It encouraged collaboration between countries in developing advancements in nuclear weaponry.
c)
It sparked an arms race as each country sought to have more and better weapons than the other.
d)
It convinced the United States to stop building nuclear weapons and instead focus on the space race.
24.
What did the Soviet Union achieve that sparked the space race?
a)
launched Explorer I
b)
launched Sputnik I
c)
launched a hydrogen bomb
d)
launched an ICBM
25.
What did the Berlin Wall come to symbolize?
a)
the technological superiority of the Soviet Union
b)
the expansion of communism across Western Europe
c)
the division between the West and the Soviet Union
d)
the success of the postwar rebuilding of Europe
26.
What was the Iron Curtain?
a)
an official policy of nonaggression promoted by Winston Churchill after World War II
b)
an imaginary border that divided democratic Western Europe from Communist Eastern Europe
c)
a physical barrier that divided West Germany and East Germany during Allied occupation
d)
a metaphor used by the Communist People’s Liberation Army to justify war in Greece
27.
What was the primary goal of the Truman Doctrine?
a)
to install pro-U.S. dictators
b)
to expand U.S. military bases
c)
to prevent the spread of communism
d)
to promote international cooperation
28.
What was the Long March?
a)
a victorious Communist campaign against imperial powers
b)
a military response of the Nationalists against the Communists
c)
a shift of Communist support from urban to rural areas
d)
a successful retreat of Communist forces from the Nationalists
29.
What was a feature of the Great Leap Forward?
a)
the destruction of cultural and educational centers
b)
the triumph of the Communists over the Nationalists
c)
the improvement of relations between China and the West
d)
the creation of large communes where people lived collectively
30.
Which group did Mao Zedong believe would drive the Communist revolution in China?
a)
poor peasants
b)
urban elites
c)
factory workers
d)
skilled laborers
31.
Which action best supports the conclusion that the Great Leap Forward was unsuccessful?
a)
The government destroyed art created by foreigners.
b)
The government forced 500,000 mothers to work on farms.
c)
The government began breaking up communes in 1960.
d)
The government adopted some elements of capitalism.
32.
Where was a proxy war fought during the Cold War?
a)
Poland
b)
Hungary
c)
Cuba
d)
Korea
33.
What contributed to the outbreak of the Vietnam War?
a)
the negotiations over the Paris Peace Accords
b)
the nuclear standoff of the Cuban Missile Crisis
c)
the French refusal to end its rule over Indochina
d)
the establishment of Soviet satellite states
34.
The domino theory was the idea that
a)
alliances were the only way to effectively prevent communist expansion.
b)
one country falling to communism would bring its neighbors to fall to communism.
c)
an immediate system of communication should be set up between the superpowers.
d)
two conflicting powers should use third parties instead of fighting directly.
35.
Mao Zedong’s Communist Party was able to gain control of China by
a)
winning a civil war in the country.
b)
aligning with the Japanese during World War II.
c)
launching a cultural revolution.
d)
becoming an important player in the Cold War.
36.
What was one issue facing India’s independence movement in the 1930s?
a)
the undivided views of movement participants
b)
the absence of a leader in the movement
c)
the hostility between Hindus and Muslims
d)
the protests in Amritsar and Chauri Chaura
37.
How did the division of India impact both Muslims and Hindus?
a)
It allowed both to prosper under the new political conditions.
b)
The division created a lack of political structure for both.
c)
The division led to peace between the two groups.
d)
It caused mass migrations that resulted in violence.
38.
What is one issue that India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh have all faced following independence?
a)
poverty
b)
civil war
c)
unstable governments
d)
assassination
39.
What did Mohandas Gandhi advocate?
a)
self-sufficiency
b)
guided democracy
c)
genocide
40.
The partitioning of India into different countries resulted in
a)
a need for foreign intervention.
b)
a peaceful transfer of power.
c)
violence from mass migrations.
41.
During World War I, the Ottoman Empire began to collapse after
a)
Abdülhamīd II became the Ottoman sultan.
b)
the Young Turks staged a successful coup d’état.
c)
Arabia declared independence from Ottoman rule.
d)
a national congress created the Republic of Turkey.
42.
The Palestine Mandate required the British to help guide Arabs in Palestine to independent statehood, yet the Balfour Declaration
a)
obliged Britain to help build a new Jewish national home in the same territory.
b)
required them to give the territory over to the control of France.
c)
ceded the land to the Iranian shah to stabilize the region.
d)
made the area a permanent part of the British Empire.
43.
The Taliban was among a number of insurgent forces that fought for control in Afghanistan after occupation by
a)
the United States.
b)
the Soviet Union.
c)
Pakistan.
d)
Saudi Arabia.
44.
Why did Saddam Hussein invade Kuwait in 1990?
a)
to protect Iraq’s border from the Soviet Union
b)
to seize the country’s oil reserves for Iraq
c)
to get military control of the Persian Gulf
d)
to gain an advantage in the Iran-Iraq War
45.
The shah of Iran was overthrown by
a)
a plot by the Central Intelligence Agency.
b)
an armed invasion by the Soviet Union.
c)
a revolution led by Ayatollah Khomeini.
d)
an occupation by Saddam Hussein of Iraq.
46.
The Iranian Revolution resulted in the
a)
creation of a theocracy.
b)
adoption of intifada.
c)
establishment of OPEC.
d)
emergence of the Taliban.
47.
Under the mandate system, the League of Nations
a)
supervised former Ottoman territories.
b)
promoted democratic forms of government.
c)
created state borders based on ethnicity.
d)
restored the rule of local Arab leaders.
48.
The Khartoum Resolution represented
a)
Arab acceptance of Soviet influence in Iran.
b)
Arab resistance to the existence of Israel.
c)
British intervention in the Palestine Mandate.
d)
British support for the Arab-Israeli arms race.
49.
Which of the following reflects the end of apartheid in South Africa?
a)
Apartheid ended when Nelson Mandela successfully won his conditional freedom.
b)
Apartheid ended with African resistance and economic pressure from other nations.
c)
Apartheid ended when Desmond Tutu became bishop and freed Nelson Mandela.
d)
Apartheid ended with the African independence movements and the end of colonialism
50.
How did Nelson Mandela contribute to the ending of apartheid in South Africa?
a)
He helped form the Organization of African Unity to secure the independence of all African nations and settle disputes.
b)
He led an armed military resistance against the white leaders in control of the South African government.
c)
He was the leader of the African National Congress and worked for an end to apartheid throughout his imprisonment.
d)
He supported the United States during the Cold War in exchange for support to end apartheid in South Africa.
51.
What ideology did the Organization of African Unity support during the Cold War?
a)
nonalignment and not taking sides
b)
communism and the Soviet Union
c)
democracy and the United States
d)
socialism and Eastern Europe
52.
How did colonialism have a lasting impact on ethnic conflicts in many African nations such as Rwanda and Burundi?
a)
Ethnic conflicts were resolved in order to force the collapse of one-party regimes left after colonialism.
b)
Borders created during colonialism continued to divide some groups and force some rivalries into one country.
c)
Laws passed during the colonial era continued to control how the different ethnic groups lived and worked together.
d)
Minority ethnic groups continued to benefit from better education and jobs given them under the colonial system.
53.
What is one reason for continued conflict between Israel and Palestine?
a)
The Oslo Peace Accords denied Palestinian self-rule.
b)
Both entities claim Jerusalem as their capital.
c)
Hamas announced plans to annex the West Bank.
d)
The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) refused to let refugees return to Gaza.
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