Final Benchmark Review

Gorbachev’s policies (glasnost, perestroika, democratization) & working with President Reagan, 

At the ____, the Allies fought Japan on land, sea, and air (major turning point in Pacific).

The Glorious Revolution is significant to British history because it ___________. 

Following WWI, the US...

Under the Nuremberg Laws, German Jews were:

The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq in the 2000s were caused in part by:

What was one cause of the Spanish-American War?

In 1914, the spark that ignited the "war to end all wars" was the:

What systems supports an economy that focuses on society, as a whole,sharing goods developed.? 

As a result of the Holocaust, Israel was created. Since the creation of Israel, 

The two Japanese cities where atomic bombs were dropped near the end of WWII were:

Pan-Africanism means:

Based on the map, which of the following is true of Napoleon's reign?

The US wanted to spread democracy and a free enterprise system while the USSR wanted to spread 

Galileo and Isaac Newton’s findings conflicted with the Catholic Church because the findings: 

The US Constitution promotes all of the following except:

The English Bill of Rights (1689) did all of the following EXCEPT:

In 1941, Germany:

The economic system where most of the productionwas privately owned is called:

Which of the following contributed the most to theEuropean dominance of the world?

What event sparked the beginning of the Spanish-American War?

Which innovation caused the change shown in the maps?

The French Revolution began after:

All of the following were events that occurred in South Africa during Apartheid, EXCEPT

The world leaders in the cartoon are trying to get the Chinese man to accept the:

Which of the following best describes the tribal rebellion in Southern African against Britain?

In 1948, Gandhi strongly urged which of the following methods for Indian independence?

With an ever-growing population, the world faces a serious problem of:

Which of these is the mother country?

Enlightenment philosophers believed the government's power derives from:

In 1959, Castro overthrew the Cuban government and promised all citizens equality under

The absolutism of Louis XIV is best exemplified by _______________________. 

On D-Day, the operation was coordinated to help free:

Otto von Bismarck asked that the continent of Africa be divided up among European nations at:

Voltaire's beliefs are evident in which quote below?

Which below correctly lists the causes of World War I?

System in which leaders totally control the way citizens think and live (Germany, Italy, USSR)

Which of the following best describes the Truman Doctrine?

Asian countries practiced isolationism, but opened port cities for trade with the:

Acid rain is blamed for damage to Earth; what is the biggest contributor to acid rain?

A characteristic of the type of government that theMagna Carta encouraged is _____. 

Great Britain & France warning Hitler "just one more time" is an example of which policy?

“All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights" is Article I of the ____.

Latin Americancolonies sought independence from what parent countries? 

Which of the following is not true of women's rights today?

On December 7, 1941, Japan:

After Napoleon lost control of Europe, European countries met to bring back absolute monarchs 

System that puts gov 1st, glorifies military, supports dictator, has private property, classes:

What important event of the Cold War took place in 1989?

The quotation below best describes:

Germany wanted control of the Suez Canal because they wanted:

President Wilson's 14 Points Proposal was designed to:

In response the Great Depression, Britain:

In order to give accurate readings, the tools below relied upon _____________.

For the US, the Korean and Vietnam Wars were similar because

The purpose of the European Union was:

Which of these is a colony?

In 1941, before the US entered WWII, it helped the Allied Powers through the:

The Communist Manifesto, written by Karl Marx,argued that capitalism would eventually ___. 

By 1770, this shaded part of South America was colonized by: