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9th grade social studies mid term

Total questions: 53

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the text of Islam

a)

Bible

b)

Quran

c)

Torah

d)

Kaaba

2.

What is the sacred text of Judaism?

a)

Quran

b)

Torah

c)

Bible

d)

New Testament

3.

What is the goal of all Hindus?

a)

Salvation

b)

Nirvana

c)

Moksha

d)

Karma

4.

Which of the following is NOT a Hindu god?

a)

Karma

b)

Braham

c)

Vishnu

d)

Shiva

5.

Siddhartha Gautama is better know as?

a)

Muhammad

b)

Buddha

c)

Vishnu

d)

Shiva

6.

What is something that Jews, Christians, and Muslims all believe?

a)

The belief in one god

b)

The belief in the divinity of Jesus

c)

The importance of fasting

d)

Restricting one's diet to be closer to god

7.

What does the term monotheistic mean?

a)

Belief in one god

b)

Belief in many gods

c)

Belief in no god

d)

Worshiping of idols

8.

He started a printing revolution

a)

Johann Gutenburg

b)

Noah Webster

c)

Nicolaus Copernicus

d)

Niccolo Machiavelli

9.

He led an expedition that became the first to circumnavigate Earth

a)

Prince Henry

b)

Ferdinand Magellan

c)

Christopher Columbus

d)

Henry Hudson

10.

What triggered the events that resulted in the formation of the Church of England?

a)

Henry VIII wanted a divorce

b)

Henry VIII converted to Lutheranism

c)

The Pope would not end Church Corruption

d)

The Pope rejected the Act of Supremacy

11.

The islands that Christopher Columbus thought he found was named what?

a)

The West Indies

b)

The East Indies

c)

The Philippines

d)

The Aleutians

12.

He led the war in sponsoring exploration for Portugal

a)

King Henry VIII

b)

Prince Henry

c)

Christopher Columbus

d)

Vasco da Gama

13.

The age of great change marked by the renewed interest in classical learning and the arts is called

a)

Reformation

b)

Middle Age

c)

Renaissance

d)

Medieval Enlightenment

14.

Which country was the birthplace of the Renaissance?

a)

Spain

b)

Italy

c)

Greece

d)

Portugal

15.

Which of the following was a factor leading to the Reformation?

a)

The belief that the Pope should support the Renaissance

b)

anger at the worldliness of the Church

c)

A desire to set up a democracy in Whittenberg

d)

The hope that the Church would sell more indulgencces

16.

The Concert of Europe was an agreement to

a)

Support social reform

b)

Support political reform

c)

Support the old order

d)

Support revolutions

17.

What type of government was created in England by the Glorious Revolution?

a)

Absolute monarchy

b)

Republic

c)

Limited monarchy

d)

Democracy

18.

During the Industrial Revolution, life changed in what basic way?

a)

People migrated from villages to work on large farms

b)

People began selling their goods instead of trading them

c)

People learned to use machines to make their own clothes

d)

People migrated from rural areas to cities

19.

The cotton gin was a machine that could

a)

Spin thread

b)

Weave thread into cloth

c)

Remove insects from raw cotton

d)

Remove seeds from raw cotton

20.

The working class

a)

Proletariat

b)

Plebeians

c)

Bourgeoisie

d)

Patricians

21.

He improved the steam engine in the late 1700s

a)

James Watt

b)

Thomas Edison

c)

Thomas Newcomer

d)

Alfred Nobel

22.

 “The Greatest happiness for the greatest number” was a goal of

a)

Utilitarianism

b)

Socialism

c)

Capitalism

d)

communism

23.

39. Karl Marx despised capitalism because he believed that it

a)

Limited the individual freedoms of the people

b)

Created prosperity for a few and poverty for many

c)

Discourage labor unions

d)

Prevented government from protecting workers

24.

The killing or forcible removal of people of different ethnicities from an area by aggressor so that only the ethnic group of the aggressors remains

a)

Imperialism

b)

Protectorate

c)

Sphere of influence

d)

Ethnic cleansing

25.

Domination by one country of the political, economic, or cultural life of another country or region

a)

Imperialism

b)

Protectorate

c)

Sphere of influence

d)

Ethnic cleansing

26.

In Bismarck’s practice of Realpolitik, his political actions were guided by 

a)

The needs of the people

b)

Traditional morality

c)

The principle of divine right

d)

The needs of the state

27.

Which event made Britain enter World War I?

a)

Germany invaded Austria

b)

Germany invaded Belgium

c)

Germany invaded Russia

d)

Germany invaded the U.S.

28.

Area in which an outside power claims exclusive investment or trading privileges

a)

Imperialism

b)

Protectorate

c)

Sphere of influence

d)

Ethnic cleansing

29.

 In Bismarck’s practice of Realpolitik, his political actions were guided by 

a)

The needs of the people

b)

Traditional morality

c)

The principle of divine right

d)

The needs of the state

30.

The Treaty of Versailles focused mainly on

a)

Increasing German power

b)

Punishing Germany

c)

Decreased American influence

d)

Distributing power throughout Europe

31.

 A stalemate developed along the Western Front early in the war because

a)

The United States immediately joined the war

b)

Trench warfare made it difficult for either side to win an advantage

c)

The German army fought with outdated weapons

d)

The French army was able to push Germany out

32.

The Cottage Industry was a method of

a)

Removing iron from its ore

b)

Separating seeds from cotton

c)

Producing cloth in individual homes

d)

Spinning thread with water power

33.

Shares of ownership in a corporation

a)

Stock

b)

Dividends

c)

CEO

d)

Monopoly

34.

Today’s electric generators work on the same principle as the dynamo invented by

a)

Thomas Edison

b)

Benjamin Franklin

c)

Michael Faraday

d)

Guglielmo Marconi

35.

A production method in which workers repeatedly perform one task in the manufacturing process is called

a)

interchangeable parts

b)

The Bessemer process

c)

Cottage industry

d)

The assembly line

36.

 Advocated limiting or banning of alcoholic beverages

a)

Temperance movement

b)

Urban renewal

c)

Capitalism

d)

Social gospel

37.

Rebuilding poor areas of a city

a)

Urban renewal

b)

Temperance renewal

c)

Temperance movement

d)

City planning

38.

What theory applied the idea of natural selection to the development of business and society?

a)

Socialism

b)

Social gospel

c)

Social Darwinism

d)

Capitalism

39.

Who discovered that surgical instruments with antiseptics would help prevent infection?

a)

Florence Nightingale

b)

Joseph Lister

c)

Louis Pasteur

d)

Robert Koch

40.

He proposed that idea of separation of powers in government

a)

Montesquieu

b)

Robespierre

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

Napoleon

41.

 A group of laws reflecting Enlightenment principles

a)

Napoleonic Code

b)

The Constitution

c)

Hammuribi’s Code

d)

The Twelve Tablets

42.

 Method for carrying out executions during the Reign of Terror

a)

Firing squad

b)

Hanging

c)

Electric chair

d)

Guillotine

43.

In France’s old order, the clergy belong to the 

a)

First Estate

b)

Second Estate

c)

Third Estate

d)

Fourth Estate

44.

The French middle class

a)

Bourgeoisie

b)

Montesquieu

c)

Guillotine

d)

Robespierre

45.

One of the main leaders of the Reign of Terror

a)

Napoleon

b)

Robespierre

c)

King Louis XVI

d)

Marie Antoinette

46.

What war tactic helped the Russians defeat Napoleon?

a)

Scorched-earth policy

b)

Continental System

c)

Waterloo Strategy

d)

Blockades

47.

The Concert of Europe was an agreement to

a)

Support social reform

b)

Support political reform

c)

Support the old order

d)

Support revolutions

48.

What is Geography?

a)

The study of rocks

b)

The study of human systems on earth

c)

The study of the distribution and interaction of physical and human features on earth

d)

The study of physical systems on earth

49.

8. What does the term polytheistic mean? 

a)

Belief in many gods

b)

Belief in one god

c)

Belief in no gods

d)

Belief in the natural world

50.

Lines that run parallel to the equator are called

a)

Lines of Latitude

b)

Lines of Longitude

c)

Prime Meridian

d)

Coordinates

51.

Which estate in France’s old order was made up of nobles?

a)

Fourth Estate

b)

Third Estate

c)

Second Estate

d)

First Estate

52.

What was the main goal of the Temperance movement?

a)

To support industrialization

b)

To promote women's suffrage

c)

To limit or ban alcohol consumption

d)

To improve working conditions

53.

Which invention revolutionized the manufacturing process by allowing products to be made with identical components?

a)

Interchangeable parts

b)

Cottage industry

c)

Steam engine

d)

Spinning jenny