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Worksheets2025 World History CAP
Total questions: 64
Worksheet time: 32mins
A period of great artistic and intellectual growth
Renaissance
Great Depression
Reformation
Artist, inventor, and great thinker of the Renaissance; "Renaissance Man"
Leonardo Da Vinci
Christopher Columbus
Adolf Hitler
Who painted the "Mona Lisa"?
Magellan
Diderot
Leonardo Da Vinci
Movement to change the Catholic Church
Catholic Church Reform Movement
Reformation
Reconstruction
Sins will be ignored as long as you pay the church or priest:
Catholic Forgiveness
Indulgences
Humanist
A leader of the Reformation who spoke out against the Catholic Church
Leonardo Da Vinci
Diderot
Martin Luther
A device that helped books be made faster and cheaper
Printing Press
Cotton Gin
Reaper
Who painted the Sistine Chapel?
Michelangelo
Joseph Stalin
Benito Mussolini
Italian astronomer who created the telescope; he observed the moon and the moons of Jupiter
Issac Newton
Francis Bacon
Galileo
leader of the scientific revolution who stressed observation and experimentation
Issac Newton
Francis Bacon
Galileo
leader of the scientific revolution that believed human reasoning was the best way to gain truth and understanding; "I think therefor I am"
Issac Newton
Francis Bacon
Galileo
Which of these was NOT one of the 3 "G"'s of European exploration?
God
Gold
Greatness
Glory
Match the conquistador to the people they conquered. Fransico Pizarro
Inca
Aztec
Match the conquistador to the people they conquered. Hernan Cortez
Inca
Aztec
What was Christopher Columbus wanting to do when he set sail from Spain?
Find a faster way to Asia
Find a faster route to the Americas
Find a safer way to Germany
Created a school to help people learn how to navigate and build ships:
Ferdinand Magellan
Christopher Columbus
Prince Henry the Navigator
Leader of Spanish Conquests
conquistador
explorer
crusader
First person to circumnavigate the world by ship:
Francisco Pizarro
Ferdinand Magellan
Amerigo Vespucci
Which of the following characteristics would be found in an absolute monarchy?
Citizens vote for their leaders
The ruler must follow a constitution
Divine Right Rule
Representative government
Power is passed down through the royal family
Match the absolute monarchs with the country they controlled: Louis XIV
Spain and the Holy Roman Empire
France
Russia
Match the absolute monarchs with the country they controlled: Peter the Great
Spain and the Holy Roman Empire
France
Russia
Match the absolute monarchs with the country they controlled: Charles V
Spain and the Holy Roman Empire
France
Russia
Match the Enlightenment thinker with their idea/belief/book: John Locke
Book- "Two Treatises of Government", People are reasonable and should be allowed representative government
Book-"Leviathan", People are bad so absolute monarchy is ideal
Match the Enlightenment thinker with their idea/belief/book: Thomas Hobbs
Book- "Two Treatises of Government", People are reasonable and should be allowed representative government
Book-"Leviathan", People are bad so absolute monarchy is ideal
What was the Enlightenment?
A religious movement in Europe focused on strengthening the authority of the Church
An intellectual movement emphasizing reason, science, and individual rights to understand and improve society
A political revolution that overthrew monarchies across Europe in the 1700s
Which characteristics correctly describe the opposing sides of the English Civil War
the Cavaliers and the Round Heads
Sovereignty vs Religion
both answers are correct
Upon being defeated in the English Civil War, King Charles I....
abdicated the throne of England and returned to Scotland to reign.
was put on trial for treason, convicted, and then executed.
agreed to rule England with the restraint of the English Bill of Rights and Parliament.
Each of the following was a cause of the French Revolution EXCEPT
the social order, debt, and food shortages
Absolutism
representative government
Most foreign countries were opposed to the French Revolution because..
They were afraid that France would come to dominate all of Europe
They were afraid that foreign countries would soon dominate France and the balance of power would be interrupted
They feared that the revolution would spread to their own countries
Why was Napoleon able to rise to power so easily?
He promised to restore France to an Absolute monarchy
He was viewed as a war hero
He believed women should have equal rights
A period of big changes in how things were made using machines:
Machine Revolution
Industrial Revolution
The Great Revolution
Before the Industrial Revolution, most people lived in _____________
big cities
small farming villages
huts
Mechanization in the textile industry resulted in ...
the creation of factories
improved working conditions
increase in slavery in Europe
In what way did industrialization help to cause imperialism?
Industrialization created the desire for people of similar cultures to become one nation
There is no link between industrialization and imperialism
Industrialized nations needed raw materials to produce goods and markets for these goods
The world powers that colonized parts of Africa and Asia were strong, ______ nations. While the colonized areas generally were weak, ______ nations.
industrialized; technologically advanced
industrialized; non-indistrialized
wealthy; independent
What method do scientists use to study the natural world?
scientific method
trial and error
Hypothesis
Napoleon overthrew the government of__________
Russia
England
France
Rejection of traditional/religious explanations and ideas about the Universe
Scientific Revolution
Idea Revolution
French Revolution
________________ is a political system in which one ruler or leader has complete power and authority over a country
President
Absolutism
Democracy
The right to rule comes directly from God
Religious Rights
Born Rights
Divine right
The Clergy and the Nobility in France paid
no taxes
all the taxes
barely any taxes
What was the "spark" that ignites WWI?
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Napoleon Bonaparte's rule of France
The assassination of John F. Kennedy
Fighting that took place in man-made ditches, often used for cover
Trench Warfare
No man's land
Naval frigates
What was the result of the Treaty of Versailles?
Forced Germany to take all the blame for WWI
Forced Serbia to take all the blame for WWI
Forced the United States to take all the blame for WWI
Militarism — Select the correct description
Country needs to maintain a strong military
Nations signed treaties to defend each other
Powerful countries control weaker countries
Strong feelings of pride to one's country/cultural group
Alliances — Select the correct description
Country needs to maintain a strong military
Nations signed treaties to defend each other
Powerful countries control weaker countries
Strong feelings of pride to one's country/cultural group
Imperialism — Select the correct description
Country needs to maintain a strong military
Nations signed treaties to defend each other
Powerful countries control weaker countries
Strong feelings of pride to one's country/cultural group
Nationalism — Select the correct description
Country needs to maintain a strong military
Nations signed treaties to defend each other
Powerful countries control weaker countries
Strong feelings of pride to one's country/cultural group
Hitler established a new "empire" called the Third Reich. After gaining power in Germany Hitler
Launched large public works programs putting thousands of people to work
Established a secret police called the Gestapo
All of the answers are correct
Anti-Semitism is the prejudice/hatred of...?
Jews
Gypsies
Communists
Mussolini organized his supporters into "combat squads" that wore specific shirts to imitate an earlier nationalist revolt. These party militants were called
Black Shirts
Brown Shirts
Red Shirts
What was the goal of the Nuremberg laws?
turn Germany into a single-party totalitarian dictatorship.
deprive German Jews of citizenship and other basic rights.
force Jews and other "undesirables" to leave Germany.
Who was put on trial during the Nuremberg Trials?
Nazi war criminals
Joseph Stalin
Benito Mussolini
What were Japanese kamikaze pilots?
Pilots who purposely crashed into US warships
Pilots who tried to distract the enemy while other planes attacked
Pilots who dropped bombs on US warships
Matching the following characteristics to the correct leader: President of the US during the majority of the war
Adolf Hitler
Joseph Stalin
Winston Churchill
Franklin Roosevelt
Matching the following characteristics to the correct leader: Communist leader of the Soviet Union who took over after Lenin died
Adolf Hitler
Joseph Stalin
Winston Churchill
Franklin Roosevelt
Matching the following characteristics to the correct leader: Prime minister of Britain who led during most of the war
Adolf Hitler
Joseph Stalin
Winston Churchill
Franklin Roosevelt
Matching the following characteristics to the correct leader: Leader of Nazi Germany
Adolf Hitler
Joseph Stalin
Winston Churchill
Franklin Roosevelt
All of the following is correct information about the Cold War except...
there was a state of tension and hostility between nations.
there was armed conflict.
there was no armed conflict.
Why did the Vietnamese fight the French in Indochina?
Ho Chi Minh’s forces were backed by China.
Ngo Dinh Diem had American support.
The Vietnamese wanted independence.
The Domino theory refers to the belief that __________________________.
a communist victory in South Vietnam would cause noncommunist governments across Southeast Asia to fall to communism
a communist victory in South Vietnam would cause North Vietnam to declare war on the United States
a South Vietnamese victory would cause communist governments in Asia to declare war on the United States
Who first used the term "iron curtain" in a speech at Westminster College in Fulton Missouri in March 1946?
Joseph Stalin
Winston Churchill
Harry Truman
Which of the following was one of Stalin’s goals for Eastern Europe after WWII?
Contain communism to just East Europe
Create a buffer zone of communist friendly governments to aid in the Soviet Union’s defense
Spread capitalism around the world
The Berlin Wall was created to...
keep East Germans from fleeing East Germany.
keep West Germans out of East Germany.
keep the West from spying on the Soviet Union.
