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1
In an attempt to hasten the end of World War II, the U.S. decided to drop atomic bombs on
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Dresden and Sarajevo
Stalingrad and Casablanca
Berlin and Munich
2
What major role did Africans play in the European settlement of the Americas?
consumers
warriors
teachers
laborers
3
The publication of Martin Luther’s Ninety-five Theses began the ______.
Reign of Henry VIII
Protestant Reformation
Catholic Reformation
100 Years War
4
The Big 3 agreed to the establishment of a United Nations organization after the war at the
Munich Conference
Potsdam Conference
Yalta Conference
Tehran Conference
5
Which Communist leader initiated the Prague Spring reforms in Czechoslovakia during 1968?
Nikita Khrushchev
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Joseph Stalin
Alexander Dubcek
6
Napoleon was finally defeated at Waterloo by . . .
Duke of Wellington
King Henry VII
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Baron de Montesquieu
7
In 1931, Japan invaded the Chinese province of . . .
Korea
Hawaii
Vietnam
Manchuria
8
On September 1, 1939, Germany attacked which country to start World War II?
Austria
Russia
Czechoslovakia
Poland
9
The publication of Martin Luther’s Ninety-five Theses attacked the abuses in the sale of ____
veils
indulgences
list rites
wives
10
What was the Zimmerman note?
telegram Germany sent to Mexico asking them to attack the US
telegram Mexico sent to Germany requesting US annihilation
telegramGermany sent toMexico asking them to join the Allies
telegram Germany sent to Mexico wishing them Happy Birthday
11
What was the name for the journey of slaves from Africa to America?
Middle Crossing
Voyage of Sorrow
Voyage of Despair
Middle Passage
12
The Glorious Revolution was an almost bloodless replacement of James II by Parliament with . .
his brother, Charles II.
Oliver Cromwell
his daughter and her husband, Mary and William.
Henry VIII.
13
Hitler’s blitzkrieg, or “lightning war,” was . . .
a form of attack that used tanks supported by air attacks
a strategy in which armies rested little between attacks
a new form of warfare that used airplanes exclusively
an air force strategy that combined jets and helicopters
14
Warfare in World War I was characterized by . . .
air warfare
trench warfare
lightning warfare
nuclear warfare
15
The turning point of the war in the Pacific during World War II was the Battle of . . .
Iwo Jima
Leyte Gulf
Midway
Guadalcanal
16
Hitler demanded, and was given, what area in northwestern Czechoslovakia?
Slovakia
Sudetenland
Serbia
Danzig
17
Laws excluding Jews from German citizenship were called . . . .
Nuremberg laws
Schutzstaffeln laws
Lebensraum
Kraft durch Freude
18
A turning point in the war in Eastern Europe was when the Russians defeated the Germans at . .
Berlin
Moscow
Stalingrad
Leningrad
19
Buying stock on margin and other goods on the installment plan led to which economic disaster?
The Great Scare
The Great Depression
The Great Recession
The Red Scare
20
Soviet leader and builder of the Berlin Wall
Nikita Khrushchev
Leonid Breshnev
Joseph Stalin
Mikhail Gorbachev
21
What was the first Protestant Faith?
Lutheranism
Calvinism
Zoroastrianism
Christian humanism
22
Who described the relationship between the state and the governed as a
social contract
?
Thomas Hobbes
John Locke
Baron de Montesquieu
Jean Jacques Rousseau
23
Increasing demand for ____ leads to deforestation.
new sources of oil
new sources of chemical fertilizer
new farmlands
raw materials to produce shoes
24
As a result of this Conference, Chamberlain reassured the world that there would be “peace”
Munich
Potsdam
Tehran
Yalta
25
Which of the following Soviet leaders wrote 1987 book titled Perestroika?
Vladimir Putin
Mikhail Gorbachev
Joseph Stalin
Nikita Krushchev
26
In search of wealth, the Spanish conquered lands in what is today . . .
Northeast America
South America
China
Northwest America
27
Rousseau’s concept of the ideal government was centered around . . .
A strong army.
Strengthened monarchs.
Theocracy.
The general will of the people.
28
The terms of the Treaty of Versailles caused what country to seek revenge and lead to WWII
Soviet Union
Germany
Russia
Italy
29
What leader’s assassination lead to the start of World War I?
Kaiser Wilhelm
Archduke Ferdinand
Prime Minister Churchill
King Edward VI
30
Great Britain’s policy of appeasement toward Germany was based on the belief that . . .
the satisfaction of reasonable demands would maintain peace
the satisfaction of reasonable demands would start war
Hitler was a bully and bullies deserved to be given all
giving away lollipops makes everyone happy
31
The theory of separation of powers was mostly expressed by the works of . . .
Jean Jacques Rousseau
John Locke
Baron de Montesquieu
Voltaire
32
The last great German offensive of World War II was the Battle of . . .
Battan
Bulge
Berlin
Rome
33
What caused imperialism
desire to learn from others
want to buy manufactured goods
the need for natural resources
military threat
34
Before the outbreak of WWI the countries of Great Britain, France, and Russia were known as the
Triple Pack
Triple Group
Triple Alliance
Triple Entente
35
Which leaders were known as the Big 3?
Churchill, Stalin, Roosevelt
Churchill, Lenin, Truman
Chamberlain, Lenin, Wilson
Mussolini, Hitler, Tojo
36
What cash crop originally brought African slaves to the Americas?
rice
cotton
tobacco
sugarcane
37
Which view does Pan-Africanism promote?
Black Africans share a common identity.
African nations should enter a common treaty alliance.
African nations should adopt western-style capitalist system
African nations should share a common language.
38
When the U. S. declared war in April of 1917, the war in Europe was . . .
being won by the Germans
technically already over
a stalemate
being won by the Allies
39
The Maginot Line was . . .
the front line of battle at the beginning of WWII
a place where Germany invaded Poland
a line of defenses between Russia and Germany
a line of fortifications between France and Germany
40
Truman demanded freely elected governments throughout Eastern Europe at the
Munich Conference
Tehran Conference
Yalta Conference
Potsdam Conference
41
The greatest invasion in history took place June 6, 1944 at
Normandy
Hiroshima
North Africa
Pearl Harbor
42
Italy attacked what country in 1936?
Spain
Ethiopia
Manchuria
Poland
43
The British Prime Minister at the end of World War I who wanted to make the Germans pay was
Woodrow Wilson
Georges Clemenceau
David Lloyd George
Neville Chamberlain
44
The South African religious leader _________ was a Nobel Peace Prize winner in 1984.
Nelson Mandela
Desmond Tutu
45
Renaissance Man because he was a painter, sculptor, architect, inventor, and mathematician
Leonardo da Vinci
Nikolai Machiavelli
Michelangelo
Cosimo de Medici
46
The Big 3 agreed to a partition of postwar Germany at the
Tehran Conference
Munich Conference
Yalta Conference
Potsdam Conference
47
What was one of the biggest changes because of the Renaissance?
People spent more time and effort on warfare
People began to question
People brought back feudalism
People went back to the old ways of thinking
48
What caused Russia to withdraw from WWI in October of 1917?
Diphtheria Outbreak
Complete collapse of the stock market
Zimmerman Telegram
Bolshevik Revolution
49
U.S. president when the Korean War began
John F. Kennedy
Ronald Reagan
Richard Nixon
Harry S Truman
50
Soviet Union had a right to intervene if communism was threatened in another Communist nation
Gorbachev Initiative
Marshall Plan
Brezhnev Doctrine
Kosygin Doctrine
51
The New Deal, plan to get the US out of the Great Depression was the idea of . . .
Franklin D. Roosevelt
John F. Kennedy
Abraham Lincoln
Teddy Roosevelt
52
Germans using unrestricted submarine warfare in May of 1915 sunk which of the following ships?
Laverne
Lavinia
Louisiana
Lusitania
53
The Red Scare means the fear of . . .
liberalism
radicalism
nationalism
communism
54
Wilson's 14 Pts. included the creation of what organization?
the Brotherhood Alliance
the League of Alliances
the United Nations
the League of Nations
55
Which U.S. president signed the Civil Rights Act into law?
Lyndon Johnson
Dwight Eisenhower
Harry Truman
John F. Kennedy
56
The Reformation encouraged ____ and education.
Catholicism
questioning
hard work
religious tolerance
57
As a result of the quest for more land in the 20s and 30s, which 3 nations became aggressors?
U.S., Great Britain, France
Italy, Germany, Japan
Italy, Spain, Germany
Spain, Germany, Italy
58
Which of the following was a cause of the Spanish American War?
Yellow journalism
All of the answer Choices are correct
The sinking of the Maine
Cuba’s desire for independence from Spain
59
The Cuban leader who declared himself a Marxist in December 1961
Joseph Stalin
Fidel Castro
Che Guevara
Fulgencio Batista
60
Which US policy prompted Japan’s attack on the American naval base at Pearl Harbor?
US support of Germany
US isolationism
US economic sanctions
US support of China
