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2025 World History CAP

Total questions: 64

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A period of great artistic and intellectual growth

a)

Renaissance

b)

Great Depression

c)

Reformation

2.

Artist, inventor, and great thinker of the Renaissance; "Renaissance Man"

a)

Leonardo Da Vinci

b)

Christopher Columbus

c)

Adolf Hitler

3.

Who painted the "Mona Lisa"?

a)

Magellan

b)

Diderot

c)

Leonardo Da Vinci

4.

Movement to change the Catholic Church

a)

Catholic Church Reform Movement

b)

Reformation

c)

Reconstruction

5.

Sins will be ignored as long as you pay the church or priest:

a)

Catholic Forgiveness

b)

Indulgences

c)

Humanist

6.

A leader of the Reformation who spoke out against the Catholic Church

a)

Leonardo Da Vinci

b)

Diderot

c)

Martin Luther

7.

A device that helped books be made faster and cheaper

a)

Printing Press

b)

Cotton Gin

c)

Reaper

8.

Who painted the Sistine Chapel?

a)

Michelangelo

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Benito Mussolini

9.

Italian astronomer who created the telescope; he observed the moon and the moons of Jupiter

a)

Issac Newton

b)

Francis Bacon

c)

Galileo

10.

leader of the scientific revolution who stressed observation and experimentation

a)

Issac Newton

b)

Francis Bacon

c)

Galileo

11.

leader of the scientific revolution that believed human reasoning was the best way to gain truth and understanding; "I think therefor I am"

a)

Issac Newton

b)

Francis Bacon

c)

Galileo

12.

Which of these was NOT one of the 3 "G"'s of European exploration?

a)

God

b)

Gold

c)

Greatness

d)

Glory

13.

Match the conquistador to the people they conquered. Fransico Pizarro

a)

Inca

b)

Aztec

14.

Match the conquistador to the people they conquered. Hernan Cortez

a)

Inca

b)

Aztec

15.

What was Christopher Columbus wanting to do when he set sail from Spain?

a)

Find a faster way to Asia

b)

Find a faster route to the Americas

c)

Find a safer way to Germany

16.

Created a school to help people learn how to navigate and build ships:

a)

Ferdinand Magellan

b)

Christopher Columbus

c)

Prince Henry the Navigator

17.

Leader of Spanish Conquests

a)

conquistador

b)

explorer

c)

crusader

18.

First person to circumnavigate the world by ship:

a)

Francisco Pizarro

b)

Ferdinand Magellan

c)

Amerigo Vespucci

19.

Which of the following characteristics would be found in an absolute monarchy?

a)

Citizens vote for their leaders

b)

The ruler must follow a constitution

c)

Divine Right Rule

d)

Representative government

e)

Power is passed down through the royal family

20.

Match the absolute monarchs with the country they controlled: Louis XIV

a)

Spain and the Holy Roman Empire

b)

France

c)

Russia

21.

Match the absolute monarchs with the country they controlled: Peter the Great

a)

Spain and the Holy Roman Empire

b)

France

c)

Russia

22.

Match the absolute monarchs with the country they controlled: Charles V

a)

Spain and the Holy Roman Empire

b)

France

c)

Russia

23.

Match the Enlightenment thinker with their idea/belief/book: John Locke

a)

Book- "Two Treatises of Government", People are reasonable and should be allowed representative government

b)

Book-"Leviathan", People are bad so absolute monarchy is ideal

24.

Match the Enlightenment thinker with their idea/belief/book: Thomas Hobbs

a)

Book- "Two Treatises of Government", People are reasonable and should be allowed representative government

b)

Book-"Leviathan", People are bad so absolute monarchy is ideal

25.

What was the Enlightenment?

a)

A religious movement in Europe focused on strengthening the authority of the Church

b)

An intellectual movement emphasizing reason, science, and individual rights to understand and improve society

c)

A political revolution that overthrew monarchies across Europe in the 1700s

26.

Which characteristics correctly describe the opposing sides of the English Civil War

a)

the Cavaliers and the Round Heads

b)

Sovereignty vs Religion

c)

both answers are correct

27.

Upon being defeated in the English Civil War, King Charles I....

a)

abdicated the throne of England and returned to Scotland to reign.

b)

was put on trial for treason, convicted, and then executed.

c)

agreed to rule England with the restraint of the English Bill of Rights and Parliament.

28.

Each of the following was a cause of the French Revolution EXCEPT

a)

the social order, debt, and food shortages

b)

Absolutism

c)

representative government

29.

Most foreign countries were opposed to the French Revolution because..

a)

They were afraid that France would come to dominate all of Europe

b)

They were afraid that foreign countries would soon dominate France and the balance of power would be interrupted

c)

They feared that the revolution would spread to their own countries

30.

Why was Napoleon able to rise to power so easily?

a)

He promised to restore France to an Absolute monarchy

b)

He was viewed as a war hero

c)

He believed women should have equal rights

31.

A period of big changes in how things were made using machines:

a)

Machine Revolution

b)

Industrial Revolution

c)

The Great Revolution

32.

Before the Industrial Revolution, most people lived in _____________

a)

big cities

b)

small farming villages

c)

huts

33.

Mechanization in the textile industry resulted in ...

a)

the creation of factories

b)

improved working conditions

c)

increase in slavery in Europe

34.

In what way did industrialization help to cause imperialism?

a)

Industrialization created the desire for people of similar cultures to become one nation

b)

There is no link between industrialization and imperialism

c)

Industrialized nations needed raw materials to produce goods and markets for these goods

35.

The world powers that colonized parts of Africa and Asia were strong, ______ nations. While the colonized areas generally were weak, ______ nations.

a)

industrialized; technologically advanced

b)

industrialized; non-indistrialized

c)

wealthy; independent

36.

What method do scientists use to study the natural world?

a)

scientific method

b)

trial and error

c)

Hypothesis

37.

Napoleon overthrew the government of__________

a)

Russia

b)

England

c)

France

38.

Rejection of traditional/religious explanations and ideas about the Universe

a)

Scientific Revolution

b)

Idea Revolution

c)

French Revolution

39.

________________ is a political system in which one ruler or leader has complete power and authority over a country

a)

President

b)

Absolutism

c)

Democracy

40.

The right to rule comes directly from God

a)

Religious Rights

b)

Born Rights

c)

Divine right

41.

The Clergy and the Nobility in France paid

a)

no taxes

b)

all the taxes

c)

barely any taxes

42.

What was the "spark" that ignites WWI?

a)

The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

b)

Napoleon Bonaparte's rule of France

c)

The assassination of John F. Kennedy

43.

Fighting that took place in man-made ditches, often used for cover

a)

Trench Warfare

b)

No man's land

c)

Naval frigates

44.

What was the result of the Treaty of Versailles?

a)

Forced Germany to take all the blame for WWI

b)

Forced Serbia to take all the blame for WWI

c)

Forced the United States to take all the blame for WWI

45.

Militarism — Select the correct description

a)

Country needs to maintain a strong military

b)

Nations signed treaties to defend each other

c)

Powerful countries control weaker countries

d)

Strong feelings of pride to one's country/cultural group

46.

Alliances — Select the correct description

a)

Country needs to maintain a strong military

b)

Nations signed treaties to defend each other

c)

Powerful countries control weaker countries

d)

Strong feelings of pride to one's country/cultural group

47.

Imperialism — Select the correct description

a)

Country needs to maintain a strong military

b)

Nations signed treaties to defend each other

c)

Powerful countries control weaker countries

d)

Strong feelings of pride to one's country/cultural group

48.

Nationalism — Select the correct description

a)

Country needs to maintain a strong military

b)

Nations signed treaties to defend each other

c)

Powerful countries control weaker countries

d)

Strong feelings of pride to one's country/cultural group

49.

Hitler established a new "empire" called the Third Reich. After gaining power in Germany Hitler

a)

Launched large public works programs putting thousands of people to work

b)

Established a secret police called the Gestapo

c)

All of the answers are correct

50.

Anti-Semitism is the prejudice/hatred of...?

a)

Jews

b)

Gypsies

c)

Communists

51.

Mussolini organized his supporters into "combat squads" that wore specific shirts to imitate an earlier nationalist revolt. These party militants were called

a)

Black Shirts

b)

Brown Shirts

c)

Red Shirts

52.

What was the goal of the Nuremberg laws?

a)

turn Germany into a single-party totalitarian dictatorship.

b)

deprive German Jews of citizenship and other basic rights.

c)

force Jews and other "undesirables" to leave Germany.

53.

Who was put on trial during the Nuremberg Trials?

a)

Nazi war criminals

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Benito Mussolini

54.

What were Japanese kamikaze pilots?

a)

Pilots who purposely crashed into US warships

b)

Pilots who tried to distract the enemy while other planes attacked

c)

Pilots who dropped bombs on US warships

55.

Matching the following characteristics to the correct leader: President of the US during the majority of the war

a)

Adolf Hitler

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Winston Churchill

d)

Franklin Roosevelt

56.

Matching the following characteristics to the correct leader: Communist leader of the Soviet Union who took over after Lenin died

a)

Adolf Hitler

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Winston Churchill

d)

Franklin Roosevelt

57.

Matching the following characteristics to the correct leader: Prime minister of Britain who led during most of the war

a)

Adolf Hitler

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Winston Churchill

d)

Franklin Roosevelt

58.

Matching the following characteristics to the correct leader: Leader of Nazi Germany

a)

Adolf Hitler

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Winston Churchill

d)

Franklin Roosevelt

59.

All of the following is correct information about the Cold War except...

a)

there was a state of tension and hostility between nations.

b)

there was armed conflict.

c)

there was no armed conflict.

60.

Why did the Vietnamese fight the French in Indochina?

a)

Ho Chi Minh’s forces were backed by China.

b)

Ngo Dinh Diem had American support.

c)

The Vietnamese wanted independence.

61.

The Domino theory refers to the belief that __________________________.

a)

a communist victory in South Vietnam would cause noncommunist governments across Southeast Asia to fall to communism

b)

a communist victory in South Vietnam would cause North Vietnam to declare war on the United States

c)

a South Vietnamese victory would cause communist governments in Asia to declare war on the United States

62.

Who first used the term "iron curtain" in a speech at Westminster College in Fulton Missouri in March 1946?

a)

Joseph Stalin

b)

Winston Churchill

c)

Harry Truman

63.

Which of the following was one of Stalin’s goals for Eastern Europe after WWII?

a)

Contain communism to just East Europe

b)

Create a buffer zone of communist friendly governments to aid in the Soviet Union’s defense

c)

Spread capitalism around the world

64.

The Berlin Wall was created to...

a)

keep East Germans from fleeing East Germany.

b)

keep West Germans out of East Germany.

c)

keep the West from spying on the Soviet Union.