World History - Spring Semester Final Review - Quiz 2

Question 1

English mathematician & natural philosopher; he discovered the law of gravity as well as laws on the physics of objects.

Accepted Answer

Isaac Newton

Question 2

A change in European thought in which the study of the natural world began to be characterized by careful observation.

Accepted Answer

Scientific Revolution

Question 3

European movement in which thinkers attempted to apply reason and the scientific method to all aspects of society.

Accepted Answer

The Enlightenment

Question 4

The peace treaty signed by Germany and the Allied powers after World War I.

Accepted Answer

Treaty of Versailles

Question 5

In World War II, the nations of Germany, Italy, and Japan, which had formed an alliance in 1936.

Accepted Answer

Axis Powers

Question 6

British writer who advocated for greater education opportunities for women & urged women to enter male-dominated fields.

Accepted Answer

Mary Wollstonecraft

Question 7

____________ was a totalitarian dictator of the Soviet Union, and ____________ was a totalitarian dictator of Germany.

Accepted Answer

Joseph Stalin; Adolf Hitler

Question 8

French philosopher and author; he was a supporter of Deism. He also supported a tolerant approach to religion.

Accepted Answer

Voltaire

Question 9

Russian revolutionary and founder of Bolshevism; he rose to power in Russia following the Russian Revolution in 1917.

Accepted Answer

V.I. Lenin

Question 10

The practice of burning crops and killing livestock during wartime so that the enemy cannot live off the land.

Accepted Answer

Scorched-Earth Policy

Question 11

French jurist and political philosopher; he proposed a government divided into three branches.

Accepted Answer

Baron de Montesquieu

Question 12

A series of court proceedings in which Nazi leaders were tried for crimes against humanity.

Accepted Answer

Nuremberg Trials

Question 13

The _____ was the mass slaughter of Jews and other civilians, carried out by the Nazis. The program was called the ____.

Accepted Answer

Holocaust; Final Solution

Question 14

French king from 1774-1792; his unpopular policies helped trigger the French Revolution. He was executed by guillotine.

Accepted Answer

Louis XVI

Question 15

Italian astronomer, mathematician, and physicist; he invented the first working telescope.

Accepted Answer

Galileo Galilei

Question 16

Last German emperor; he was known for his militaristic outlook and was often blamed for the outbreak of World War I.

Accepted Answer

Kaiser Wilhelm II

Question 17

In WW1, the groups of nations that fought against one another were called the _______ and the _______.

Accepted Answer

Central Powers; Allies

Question 18

June 6, 1944—the day on which the Allies began their invasion of the European mainland during World War II.

Accepted Answer

D-Day

Question 19

Polish cleric and astronomer who reasoned that the stars, the earth, and the other planets revolved around the sun.

Accepted Answer

Nicolaus Copernicus

Question 20

Archduke and heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary whose assassination by a Serb nationalist started World War I.

Accepted Answer

Franz Ferdinand

Question 21

British prime minister; he opposed the policy of appeasement and led Great Britain through World War II.

Accepted Answer

Winston Churchill

Question 22

A series of meetings in 1814-1815, when European leaders sought to establish peace after the defeat of Napoleon.

Accepted Answer

Congress of Vienna

Question 23

_____________ was a general who became Emperor of France. He seized power in a __________ in 1799.

Accepted Answer

Napoleon Bonaparte; coup d’état

Question 24

Czarina of Russia from 1762-1796; she extended Peter the Great’s policy of “westernization.”

Accepted Answer

Catherine the Great

Question 25

English philosopher; he declared that people have a right to rebel against governments that do not protect their rights.

Accepted Answer

John Locke

World History - Spring Semester Final Review - Quiz 2

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World History - Spring Semester Final Review - Quiz 2

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