Second Semester Final Exam 2019

Question 1

The first permanent English settlement in the Americas was

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Jamestown

Question 2

The _________ was a special strike force charged with the task of rounding up and killing Jews.

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Einsatzgruppen

Question 3

After the war bet. Bosnia&Serbia, Serbia refused to allow _to continue to exist as a province.

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Kosovo

Question 4

How did Czar Nicholas II leave the throne of Russia?

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abdication

Question 5

Why did the Bolsheviks/Soviets want to eliminate religion?

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they wanted the state to be only institution to unify people

Question 6

All of the following contributed to the explorers ablility to survive longer voyages except:

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better food preservation

Question 7

Who led the People's Liberation Army on the Long March?

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Mao Zedong

Question 8

Who were the two Superpowers that were established after WWII?

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USA and USSR

Question 9

The Yalta Conference resulted in the "Big Three" powers agreeing to all of the following EXCEPT

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that all three would disarm

Question 10

In general, the industrial revolution led to increased

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flexibility in the European social structure

Question 11

cancelled U.S. participation 1980 Olympics& placed an embargo on shipments of grain to Soviets

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President Carter

Question 12

_ was the president of the USA, that signed the Civil Rights Act.

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Lyndon B. Johnson

Question 13

Who led the Cuban Revolution?

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Fidel Castro

Question 14

Ships sailing from Europe to Africa to the Americas& back to Europe while exchanging goods

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triangular trade

Question 15

Which of the following countries was NOT involved in the Domino Theory?

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Canada

Question 16

In the 1400's, advances in shipbuilding were worked into the design of which of the following?

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Caravels

Question 17

The Nazis decided to exterminate Jews, Gypsies, Slavs, and others because these people

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were considered "undesirable elements"

Question 18

What is the purpose of the United Nations?

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prevent war

Question 19

The British _____, stated Britain's intention to make Palestine the national home of the Jews.

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Balfour Declaration

Question 20

Karl Marx argued that history was advanced by the conflict between

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classes

Question 21

What type of government style aims to rule through broad control?

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Totalitarian State

Question 22

Hitler, at his peak, was considered

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a political genius

Question 23

What does the term Kamikaze refer to?

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Japanese pilots who flew suicide missions

Question 24

According to Stalin, "_____________ solves all problems".

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death

Question 25

_______________ was the conquistador that conquered the Aztec.

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Cortes

Question 26

Conquistador's destroyed the ? and ? civilizations.

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Aztec and Inca

Question 27

The novels of Charles Dickens often

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depicted the deplorable conditions of the poor

Question 28

The English civil war was between Charles I&Parliament, each supported by _ and _ respectfully.

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Cavaliers and Roundheads

Question 29

The first Europeans to explore the Atlantic for new routes to obtain spices and gold were

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Portuguese

Question 30

Europeans looked to the sea as an alternate trade route for all the following reasons EXCEPT

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It was faster by water.

Question 31

__ is granting an enemy concessions to maintain peace.

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Appeasement

Question 32

What genre of music grew out of field songs and spirituals?

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Blues

Question 33

The Warsaw Pact was created as a military alliance between the ____ and ___.

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USSR and Eastern Bloc nations

Question 34

According to Winston Churchill, an "_____" had fallen across Europe, intensifying the Cold War.

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Iron Curtain

Question 35

he Thirty Year's War involved all the major European powers except which nation?

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England

Question 36

The compass was invented by the

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Chinese

Question 37

People of the Enlightenment defined the world in their own way using __ as their basis.

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reason

Question 38

Which were plants brought from the new world to the old world?

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cacao and potatoes

Question 39

The Stamp Act of 1765 required

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the payments of a direct tax on all printed materials

Question 40

Peter the Great wanted to

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westernize or Europeanize Russia

Question 41

__ celebrates the beginning of the revolution that overthrew the French monarchy in 1789?

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Bastille Day

Question 42

What event touched off the 'Powder Keg' of the Balkans?

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the assassination of Francis Ferdinand

Question 43

What was Solidarity?

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a union established in Poland

Question 44

Victory over Japan, in WWII, was finally achieved as a result of what event?

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the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Question 45

Which is an example of "long arm" terrorism?

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9/11 attack

Question 46

The main idea behind imperialism was to

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give the imperialists control over the conquered territory

Question 47

Imperialism resulted from the following factors except

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a desire to learn from other cultures

Question 48

Without government approval, a Japanese military group, in 1931, invaded_____________

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Manchuria

Question 49

Economic changes resulting from the mechanization of productive processes?

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industrialism

Question 50

All of Hitler's extermination camps, used for his Final Solution, were located in

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Poland

Second Semester Final Exam 2019

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Second Semester Final Exam 2019

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