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World History Final Exam
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1
Who argued that people had the right to overthrow a government that does not protect their rights
Locke
Newton
Voltaire
Hobbes
2
The D day invasion of Normandy was launched from
Berlin
The Soviet Union
Belgium
The United Kingdom
3
Which of the following phrases belongs in step 5?
Form a conclusion
Identify a problem
Answer the question
Observe the natural world
4
France, Russia, and Great Britain made up the
Triple alliance
Central Powers
Eastern block
Triple Entente
5
European monarchs who embraced Enlightenment ideals had no intention of giving up their power
False
True
6
On which two fronts did Germany fight during WWI
France to the west and Belgium to the north
Russia to the east and France to the west
Switzerland to the south and Russia to the east
Russia to the east and Italy to the south
7
A large area made up of many farms and operated by nearly 100 families is known as a
Market farm
Town farm
Command economy
Collective farm
8
Which of the following phrases belongs in step 1
Draw a conclusion
Identify a problem
Perform experiments
Answer a question
9
What event led to a decisive shift away from isolationism in the United States
The sinking of American ships by German submarines
The attack on Pearl Harbor
The Battle of Britain
The discovery of Auschwitz
10
What was the immediate result of trench warfare?
An easy victory for the Central Powers
An easy victory for the Allied Powers
Fewer casualties on both sides
Massive deadlock
11
In a 1945 speech, Winston Churchill warned that _______ was dividing Europe between communist east and capitalist west
An iron curtain
The Danube river
A magnot line
US Marshall’s plan
12
An economic system in which the society owns the businesses in the profits are shared with the community
Capitalism
Socialism
Mercantilism
Mixed economy
13
What country did Japan attack before the start of World War II
China
France
Italy
Germany
14
Until the Scientific Revolution, the traditional authorities were
Jews
The Catholic Church and ancient scholars
Aquinas and his followers
Navigators and explorers
15
Which of the following was the cause of the French Revolution
Strong leadership from Louis XVI
Economic prosperity
New taxes on the second estate
The influence of enlightenment ideas
16
In the 1600’s, philosophers concluded that reason could be used to solve all human problems
False
True
17
The man who return from exile to lead Russia following World War I was
Hitler
Stalin
Trotsky
Lenin
18
The treaty to end WWI was called
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
The treaty of Versailles
Treaty of Munich
Treaty of Verdun
19
Money paid to compensate a country for damages done in war is called a
Reparation
Accountant
Repayment
Settlement
20
Who succeeded Lenin
Czar Nicholas
Stalin
Rasputin
Trotsky
21
What is the date that will live in infamy
December 7, 1941
June 6, 1944
June 22, 1940
December 7, 1940
22
Which of the following was the Prime Minister of England that negotiated the Munich agreement with Germany in 1938
Neville Chamberlain
Winston Churchill
Joseph Stalin
Adolf Hitler
23
The main purpose of the League of Nations was
Give countries a place to discuss their differences without going to war
Punish Germany
Aid in reconstruction of postwar Europe
Disarm the entire world
24
Which of the following did not play a role in the outbreak of World War I
The American policy of isolationism
The willingness of the United States to be a peacemaker
The decision to permit German occupation of the Rhineland
The failure of great Britain and France to stop Hitler
25
Robert Boyle was the first chemist to define an element and also describe matter as a cluster of tiny particles
False
True
26
Enlightenment ideals had little or no impact in any he needs nation known as the United States
True
False
27
Kepler solved problems with Copernicus’s theories by showing that the planets orbited the sun in an ellipse, not circle
False
True
28
What is the term used to describe a policy of glorifying the arm forces not keeping an army prepare for the war
Nationalism
Militarism
Imperialism
Patriotism
29
What date did World War II begin for the United States
December 7, 1941
May 5, 1940
October 12, 1939
June 6, 1940
30
The President of the United States during World War I was
Lincoln
Coolidge
Roosevelt
Wilson
31
What does USSR stand for?
Union of Soviet Socialist republics
United social Soviet Republicans
United States of Soviet Russia
United States senior reunion
32
What was the Zimmermann note?
The German policy of attacking all ships entering or leaving Britain
Wilson’s speech detailing reasons the United States should remain neutral
A note left behind by a suicide bomber in Serbia
A proposal by a German official that Mexico attack the United States
33
Which of the following terms is best used to describe the Holocaust
Racism
Homicide
Fascism
Genocide
34
Which forced best describes the motive behind every little princess assassination of Archduke and his wife Sophie
Nationalism
Imperialism
Militarism
Alliances
35
Which European campaign was a disaster for Napoleon
The Continental System
The Russian Campaign
The Saint Domingue Expedition
The Peninsular War
36
The name of the port where many British Soldiers were rescued by civilian boat craft was
London
Dunkirk
Nagasaki
El Alamein
37
Andreas Vesalius dissected the bodies of executes criminals in order to advance medicine through human anatomy
True
False
38
Antony van Leeuwenhoek invented the microscope
True
False
39
Germans Nuremberg laws of 1935
Guaranteed civil rights
Outlaw political rallies
Deprived Jews citizenship
Prohibited censorship
40
Which of the following was not a mistake of the czar
Creating the duma
Entering World War I
Allowing Rasputin to influence the decisions of the government
Moving their headquarters to the front
41
What was the name of the treaty they got Russia out of World War I
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Treaty of Munich
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of Verdun
42
How did the Zimmermann note affect American neutrality
It made American leaders more resolve to safeguard their neutral rights
It led the allies to begin the United States to support their war effort
It led to the United States to attack Mexico
It led to a strong public support for US entry into the war
43
The battle in the Pacific ocean that turn the momentum of the naval war in favor of the allies was the battle of
Midway
Stalingrad
Britain
Coral sea
44
Which of the following countries was not a member of the big three during the World War II
Russia
United States
England
France
45
The name of the Siberian peasant who claim to be a holy man and had a great influence on the czarina was
Alexandra
Lenin
Stalin
Rasputin
46
All the plans for German recovery after World War I are dependent on what
Support of the League of Nations
Support of the German people
Support from American presidents
Success and stability of the United States economy
47
Which of the following published a book supporting the heliocentric theory?
Ptolemy
Copernicus
Descartes
Galen
48
The imprisonment of Japanese Americans during the war occurred. Americans placed Japanese in places called
Concentration camps
Alcatraz camps
Japanese Ghettos
Internment camps
49
As US and UN forces drove the North Koreans toward the Korean-Chinese border troops from which country push them back
Soviet Union
China
Japan
Vietnam
50
The pact between Germany and Russia that stated the two countries would not go to war with each other for 10 years was
Berlin peace pact
Hitler Berlin pact
Nonaggression pact
Moscow accord
51
I was the general who led the D day invasion. Who am I
Montgomery
Eisenhower
De Gaulle
Patton
52
The heliocentric theory, proposed initially by Copernicus, contends the earth is at the center of the solar system
False
True
53
During the “Great Leap Forward,”China ______
Collectivization of farms
Empower red guard to get rid of those who did not support Mao
set is population to build irrigation dams, steel mills, factories, etc.
Develop the worlds first atomic weapon
54
And economy where all the economic decisions are made by government is called
Command economy
Market economy
Mixed economy
Socialistic economy
55
In what country is Normandy Beach located
Italy
France
Great Britain
Germany
56
The continental system restricted
Trade with Great Britain
Trade with French possessions in Asia
Freedom of speech and of the press
The rights of women
57
I made the decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan who am I?
Truman
Eisenhower
Roosevelt
Hoover
58
And economic system in which individuals own and make decisions concerning businesses and prices
Socialism
Mercantilism
Capitalism
Mixed economy
59
What is the name of the country that reappeared on maps following World War I
Austria-Hungary
Germany
Poland
Serbia
60
Why was the Treaty of Versailles considered weak
there were no specific rules to follow
Do United States decided to enforce it
There was no way to enforce their demands
The average person did not understand the treaty
61
To prepare an army for war is to ______ it
Mobilize
Militarize
Prepare
Organize
62
What recent invention allowed the British to more effectively defend against German air attacks
Trench warfare
Radar
The submarine
The sitzkrieg
63
Hitler’s final solution included
Deportation of European Jews
Less restrictive laws benefiting Germany’s Jewish population
Opening a second front in Western Europe
Concentration camps, death camps, and Einsatzgruppen
64
I was the czarina during the Russian revolution. Who am I?
Elizabeth
Alexandra
Catherine
Victoria
65
During the 1920s the attitude of many Americans toward other countries was
As a great power the US should dominate the world
The US should avoid political connections to other countries
The United States should be active in international affairs
The US should only concentrate on events in Europe
66
Galileo promoted ideas and was forced by the Catholic Church to stop and was put on house arrest
True
False
67
Which type of government allows people to choose representatives to make decisions
Monarchy
Republic
Dictatorship
Direct democracy
68
What was a trench intended to accomplish between France and Germany during the fighting in the great war
Force enemy soldiers to pass through a no mans land
Protect soldiers from machine gun fire
All of the above
Track enemy soldiers and craters created by artillery explosions
69
The first actual post war confrontation between the Western powers and the Soviet union occurred in 1948 over _______
Berlin
Greece
Korea
Cuba
70
Which of the following is the name of a French River where the first major battle between the French and German troops
Seine
Versailles
Ypres
Marne
71
The Nazi campaign to imprison inferior people included which of the following targets
Jews, homosexuals, disabled people, poles, slavs, and gypsies
Only Jews
All residents of Allied countries
Jews and Aryans
72
I ruled the Soviet union with a “steel hand” for almost 25 years. Who am I?
Trotsky
Lenin
Hitler
Stalin
73
Which of the following terms describes giving into aggressive demands in order to maintain peace
Blitzkrieg
Appeasement
Lebensraum
Capitulation
74
Which country never ratify the treaty that ended World War I
Great Britain
United States
France
Germany
75
What country was not an axis power during World War II
France
Italy
Germany
Japan
76
When Hitler attack the Soviet union in June 1941, he
Felt invisible because of his victory in Great Britain
Threaten the alliance between the axis powers
Hope to draw the United States into war
Was breaking the Soviet-German nonaggression pact
77
What method is typically used by citizens and democracies to achieve governmental change
Elections
Secession
Civil War
Revolution
78
Which of the following countries contain the Sudetenland that Adolf Hitler one and under German control
Serbia
Czechoslovakia
France
Poland
79
Why did American and British forces plan a massive invasion of West Europe
To open a second front and put the axis forces on the defensive
To maintain control of Atlantic shipping routes
to help the Soviets, who were battling German forces
To avenge Pearl Harbor
80
John Locke believed they the purpose of government was to protects people’s natural rights
False
True
81
For the Soviet union, what was the turning point in the war in Europe
The end of the siege in Leningrad
Their victory at Stalingrad
The battle of Midway
The battle of Iwo Jima
82
The French people welcomed Napoleon because
They hoped he would help the collapsing French economy
He completely disavowed the ideas of the revolution
He promised order after the chaos of the revolution
He was the grandson of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette
83
In 1962, the US became alarmed when I spy plane discovered that the Soviet union was installing missiles in ______
Canada
Korea
Mexico
Cuba
84
Montesquieu argues that the best form of government included a separation of powers executive, legislative, judgemental
True
False
85
Who was responsible for the deaths of 500-1000 innocent people at the czar’s palace in 1905
Stalin because he ordered it
The czars police and generals who were in charge while the czar was away
The Czar because he ordered it
Lenin because he ordered it
86
Prompted by the Civil War in Greece, US President Harry Truman issued the Truman doctrine, which ________
Provide economic aid to Europe
Withdrew missiles from Turkey
Stated the United States would aid countries trying to resist communism
Create a military alliance called NATO
87
Lenin’s New economic policy was designed to
Rebuild the Soviet economy
Make the Soviet union into an industrial state
End state control over farms and industry
End all traces of capitalism
88
The policy of avoiding political ties to other nations is known as
Isolationism
Leave alone
Laissez-faire
Independence
89
Which person of the following was the leader of Russia during World War II
Benito Mussolini
Franklin Roosevelt
Joseph Stalin
Adolf Hitler
90
Which of the following was written by Denis Diderot in order to promote knowledge?
Candide
The Encyclopedia
Two treaties on government
Leviathan
91
The main goal of the Truman doctrine was to
Promote free elections in Europe
Contain the spread of communism
Maintain international peace through the UN
Force Germany to pay war reparations
92
The partnership formed between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy in the late 1800s was called the
Triple alliance
Triple entente
Central powers
Eastern block
93
The night win 7500 Jewish owned shops and businesses were destroyed by the Germans is called
Territorial rights night
Anti-Semitism night
The Kristallnacht
The night of the Long knives
94
The leader of Germany wrote an autobiography. What was the name of the book
Mein German
My Germany
Mein Kampf
My mission
95
What term best describes Napoleon’s ability to unify the French people by appealing to a strong sense of French identity
Nationalism
Conscription
Reign of Terror
Federalism
96
During my stay in power, the Soviet union became a communist country. Who am I?
Hitler
Trotsky
Lenin
Gorbachev
97
What was the event for the deaths of 500-1000 innocent people at Czar’s Palace in 1905
The innocent slaughter
Bloody Sunday
Duma massacre
Brest Litovsk
98
What was the name of the President of the United States throughout the depression and most of World War II
Truman
Hoover
Eisenhower
Roosevelt
99
Name the Prime Minister of Great Britain who tried to convince his countryman that Hitler would stop demanding land
Churchill
George
Chamberlain
Mussolini
100
The entry of the United States into World War I
Infused much needed cash into the allied war effort
Made German soldiers fight much harder than they had before
Did not effect the wars outcome
Added hundreds of thousands of troops to the allied cause