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1
Who is the Italian scientist that built his own telescope and was forced by the church to deny his findings?
Galileo Galilei
Isaac Newton
Rene Descartes
Tycho Brahe
2
What was the purpose of the United Nations?
To fight World War II
To protect members from aggression and settle disputes
To divide Germany
To stop immigration to the U.S.
3
What were the Nuremberg Laws?
Laws establishing Nazi rule in France
Laws taking away rights from Jews in Germany
Laws protecting civilian rights
Laws enforcing military draft
4
The Truman Doctrine aimed to help countries resist communism.
False
True
5
What event caused America to enter WWII?
The Battle of Stalingrad
Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor
The drop of the first atomic bomb
Germany's invasion of France
6
What was the capital city that fell to Japan in 1937?
Shanghai
Beijing
Nanjing
Tokyo
7
The brutal voyage that brought enslaved Africans to the West Indies and Americas was the-
The Hudson Strait
Strait of Gibraltar
The Middle Passage
The Columbian Strait
8
What was Operation Barbarossa?
Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union in WWII
Germany's plan to invade the UK in WWII
Germany's attack on France in WWI
A naval battle in the Pacific
9
Who did Spain send on a voyage going west to find a trade route to Asia?
Amerigo Vespucci
Christopher Columbus
Marco Polo
Vasco da Gama
10
Where did the Industrial Revolution first begin?
Britain
France
Germany
The United States
11
What event caused America to enter WWI?
The sinking of the Lusitania
The attack of Pearl Harbor
The receiving of the Zimmerman Telegram
The death of the Romanov family
12
Who crowned himself Emperor of France in 1804?
Napoleon Bonaparte
Louis XVIII
Duke of Wellington
Maximilien Robespierre
13
What is the theory that states the Earth is the center of the Universe?
Theory of Relativity
Atomic Theory
Heliocentric Theory
Geocentric Theory
14
Who led the Communist government in Cuba?
Fidel Castro
Nikita Khrushchev
Ho Chi Minh
Kim Il Sung
15
What was the Columbian Exchange?
A military coup attempting to dethrone the Columbian prince
An agreement between Columbia and Africa to exchange spices for slaves
A financial crisis in Latin America that began in Columbia
A widespread exchange of goods from the New World to the Old World
16
Who led Britain during WWII and vowed to never surrender?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Joseph Stalin
Winston Churchill
Neville Chamberlain
17
What was the Reign of Terror?
A period of extreme executions led by Robespierre in France
Napoleon's rule of France
The industrial Revolution in Britain
The Great Fear among the nobility of Spain
18
What was Peter the Great the first Russian ruler to try to do?
Westernize Russia
Organize and utilize a secret police force
Add territory to the Russian state
Reduce the power of the nobles
19
Which event is considered the immediate cause of World War I?
The invasion of Poland by Germany
The use of unrestricted submarine warfare by Germany
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
The signing of the Treaty of Versailles
20
China's trade policies in the 1500's reflected.....?
Economic interdependence
Globalism
Isolation
Economic superiority
21
What caused the majority destruction of the Native American population?
Genocide
A Spanish masscre
Lack of medical knowledge
Disease
22
What was D-Day?
The bombing of Pearl Harbor
The day Japan surrendered
The launch of Operation Barbarossa
The day the Allies stormed Normandy
23
What event barked the beginning of WWII in Europe?
The fall of the Berlin Wall
Japan's invasion of China
Germany's invasion of France
Germany's invasion of Poland
24
What was the 1936 alliance between Hitler and Mussolini called?
Axis Treaty
Non aggression Pact
Nazi Pact
Rome-Berlin Axis
25
What did the "Iron Curtain" represent?
The border between North and South Korea
A Soviet missile defense system
The divide between Communist Eastern Europe and Capitalist Western Europe
A wall around Berlin
26
What is the definition of a person with "mestizo" descent?
Complete Spaniard origin
100% indigenous origins
100% Spanish origins
Mixed race: half Spanish, half Native American
27
What was the name of the terrorist group that assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
The Black Hand
al-Qa'ida
Hamas
The IRA
28
The Old Regime in France divided society into:
Three Estates
Three Branches
Three chief Justices
Three Consuls
29
What industry was the first to be transformed by the Industrial Revolution?
Textile Production
Transportation
Agriculture
Steel Manufacturing
30
When Germany joined WWI, which European nation did they try and invade first?
France
Belgium
Italy
Spain
31
What was the purpose of labor unions during the Industrial Revolution?
To increase factory production
To support factory owners in maintaining control over workers
To eliminate private property ownership
To negotiate better wages and working conditions for workers
32
What was the purpose of the Petition of Right?
To create unlimited rights for the king
To grant men the ability to serve in the English legislature
To allow women to hold a job in public
To limit the right of the king
33
What was a popular form of warfare used during the Great War?
Blitzkrieg
Trench Warfare
Biological Warfare
Guerilla Warfare
34
What concept was the belief in "divine right" used to support?
Absolute rule
Waging war for religious purposes
Freedom of religion
Separation of church and state
35
What is the final phase of Marxism?
Democracy
Pure Communism
Feudalsim
Capitalism
36
What event marked the beginning of the French Revolution?
The storming of the Bastille
The Reign of Terror
The Congress of Vienne
The execution of Louis XVI
37
Which of the following did the Treaty of Versailles require of Germany?
A public apology to the Allies
Acceptance of sole responsibility
Division into two states: West Germany and East Germany
Payment of damages to its overseas colonies
38
Which area in Europe was known as the 'Powder Keg'?
The Caribbean
The Bahamas
The Balkans
The British Isles
39
What was the name of Hitler's new military strategy in WWII?
Sitzkrieg
Blitzkrieg
Scorched Earth
Trench Warfare
40
Why did Germany have a geographic disadvantage at the start of WWI?
It was bordered by enemies on two fronts
It was a landlocked nation
Its mountain ranges made it impossible to pass into other nations
Its rivers blocked the movement of troops
41
At the start of WWI, America immediately picked a side and sent soldiers over to join the war effort.
True
False
42
When William and Mary of Orange took power in England, it began a(n).......?
Constitutional Monarchy
Parliamentary Republic
Oligarchy
Democracy
43
What was Hitler's 'final solution'?
A surprise attack on the U.S.
Genocide of the Jews
A plan to end the war
A strategy to defeat the Soviets
44
What did Stalin promise at the Yalta Conference but later ignored?
To withdraw from East Germany
To give up nuclear weapons
To destroy the Berlin Wall
To allow free elections in Eastern Europe
45
The term militarism can best be defined as:
Avoidance of military involvement in civil wars
Buildup of armaments in preparation for war
Loyalty to a nation or ethnic group
Control of territories for economic and political gain
