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World History Semester 2 Final Review
World History Semester 2 Final Review
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1
What was forced onto Germany following the events of World War 1?
Reparations
Tariffs
2
What do
glasnost
and
perestroika
mean?
openness or restructuring
isolation or containment
3
Which natural resources facilitated industrialization in Britain?
Bauxite and molybdenum
Steel and copper
Coal and iron
Oil and coal
4
The most significant impact of the Agricultural Revolution in Europe was
a reduction in contagious disease
better health
a population explosion
longer life
5
What alliance following World War II began the Cold War with its breakdown?
US and China
France and Great Britain
US and Soviet Union
Japan and Brazil
6
What plan helped the world economic crisis by increasing the flow of money between countries?
The Schlieffen Plan
The 5 Year Plan
Dawes Plan
Davis Plan
7
What is it called when each branch of gov’t has the power to check the others?
Balance of Powers
Checks and Balances
Equitable Distribution
Democracy
8
They were the first major “revolution” of the transportation revolution?
Canals
Internal combustion engines
Diesel engines
Steam engines
9
Who started economic reforms in China after Mao´s death?
Kim Jong Il
Shinzo Abe
Deng (Xiaoping)
Chiang Kai Shek
10
What was Ptolemy’s view of the universe called?
heliocentrism
geocentric
11
How did Americans realize the problem associated with the growth of cities by the 19th century?
Urban Leagues had formed to address them
The National Progressive Party was created
problems had been exposed by journalists and photographers
President Theodore Roosevelt promised to fix them
12
According to him, a workers’ revolution would result in the creation of a communist society...
Karl Marx
Robert Owen
Adam Smith
Jacques Bossuet
13
What is Mao´s plan to develop China´s economy?
The Great Leap Forward
The Great Jump Ahead
Operation Overlord
The Manhattan Project
14
What was the name of the payment to the church for getting time off purgatory?
passes
donations
indulgences
taxes
15
Which Eastern European country's fate did the United States and the Soviet Union disagree over?
Germany
Poland
Belgiun
Norway
16
How did Social Darwinists believe the business world operated?
the idea of natural selection only applied to corporations
companies, like species, adapted to their environments
capitalists could steal from the workers who created wealth
the fittest individuals and companies dominated
17
Mexico became what kind of government after becoming independent?
Monarchy
Constitutional Monarchy
Republic
Democracy
18
Whose invention of the printing press ended the monopoly on religious information?
Donatello
Martin Luther
Pope Leo
Johannes Gutenberg
19
What two extreme political“isms” gained popularity in the world as a result of the Depression?
fascism and socialism
communism and fascism
socialism and libertarianism
communism and socialism
20
What happened to the world's
economy
when World War 1 ended and the world entered peacetime?
Depression
Economic Boom
Returned to Normal
Recession
21
The British tried to keep industrial technologies for themselves by...
refusing to allow companies to export their products
made it illegal to take blueprints out of the country
banning the mass printing of blueprints
not allowing inventors to leave the country
22
What reformer became leader of the Soviet Union in 1985?
Stalin
Ivan the Terrible
Peter the Great
Gorbachev
23
What is Thomas Hobbes' book (
Leviathan
) about?
why would a perfect god make an imperfect world?
one must chose between absolute monarchy and absolute chaos
all men are independent and have individual thoughts
criticized mercantilism and stated the merits of free trade
24
What is the US policy of containment trying to contain?
Germans
Communism
European Influence
The War in Europe
25
What country's independence from the UK in 1947 inspired many nationalist movements after WWII?
India
Nigeria
Kenya
Indonesian
26
Why did Louis XVI’s attempted escape from France divide the country?
made Marie Antoinette queen and she was hated by the French
people believed his leadership was needed in a time of chaos
He had sworn to never leave France
He had claimed he was a friend of the Revolution
27
Who are Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla and Jose Maria Morelos?
Leaders of the 1810 Revolution in Mexico
Leaders of the Revolution in Latin America
Leaders of the 1910 Revolution in Mexico
Leaders of the Revolution in Brazil
28
Which economic theory was promoted in Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations?
Socialism: Workers should keep the fruits of their labor
Communism: economy based on cooperation, not competition
Mercantilism: Gov’t should regulate economic development
Capitalism: business to operate independently
29
Who initiated the Protest Reformation?
King James
Pope Leo
Gandhi
Martin Luther
30
What Region of the Middle East controlled by Britain eventually became the state of Israel?
Turkey
Pakistan
Palestine
Ottoman Empire
31
According to Martin Luther, what was the ultimate source of truth for Christianity?
The Cardinals
The Bible
The Pope
The Church
32
The invention of the cotton gin by Eli Whitney in 1793 had what social impacts?
It encouraged the growth of free labor
It reduced the demand for slaves
It increased the demand for slaves
It reduced the demand for combed cotton
33
What medieval technique made important figures in painting larger than those less significant?
relevance scale
perspective scaling
reactant scale
hieratic scale
34
Of all Napoleon’s accomplishments, of this he was most proud...
The fact that he had crowned himself emperor
The Napoleonic Code
His military conquests
His marriage to Marie Louise
35
What is the official term for the division of the Indian subcontinent into India and Pakistan?
variation
divisation
partition
segregation
36
Who observed a super nova that challenged the idea that the universe was unchanging?
Aristarchus
Galileo
Brahe
Copernicus
37
What Renaissance "ism" placed humans at the center of academic study?
Secularism
Atheism
Humanism
Individualism
38
Whose book started the Scientific Revolution by saying the sun was the center of the universe?
Galileo
Copernicus
Roger Bacon
Tolemy
39
What two continents saw the most new countries created as a result of decolonization?
Africa and South America
Asia and South America
Africa and Asia
Asia and Europe
40
The consequence of Napoleon’s defeat in Russia in 1812 was...
unconditional surrender
exile
the destruction of the French Republic
Napoleon’s suicide
41
The monarchies of Europe all united against France in 1793 when...
France declared itself “free of tyranny”
France declared itself a Republic
Louis XVI was executed
France invaded Belgium
42
Who wrote the book
Leviathan
?
Thomas Paine
Thomas Hobbes
David Hume
John Locke
43
How was France governed under the Directory?
by an executive and a bicameral legislature
by both a president and prime minister
by Napoleon
by an executive that included 5 members
44
What government did Mexico become 2 years after its independence?
Republic
Democracy
Constitutional Monarchy
Monarchy
45
Which is true of Napoleon’s early life?
He became a general at age 18
He became an orphan at age 7
He was given a scholarship to theEcole Normale Superior
He was born on the island of Corsica
46
In which state did Mr. Hamilton attend university?
Illinois
Ohio
Colorado
Vermont
47
What country did the Renaissance begin in?
France
Italy
Spain
Great Britain
48
Who implied (but never exactly said), "the ends justify the means" ?
Petrach
Hobbes
Machiavelli
Rousseau
49
Soon after 1815, the Industrial Revolution spread to...
China
Japan
Russia
Belgium
50
Which was one of the three phases of the French Revolution?
The Late Phase
The Early Phase
The Middle Phase
The Intermediate Phase
51
What was the book Copernicus wrote that started the Scientific Revolution called?
THE SUN
Revolutions of Bodies Around Stars
Earth Around the Sun
On the Revolutions of Heavenly Bodies
52
France became a republic in 1792 when...
Louis organized an army to destroy the Revolution
Britain declared war on France
The king was arrested and tried for plotting with emigres
the people of France voted in a plebicite
53
What is Social Darwinism?
belief that there is a social contract between all people
belief that citizens should have no government influence
belief that species ¨evolved¨ from a common ancestor
belief that some races are superior to others
54
What is the literal meaning of "Renaissance"
Rebirth
Reconstruction
Remake
Repopulate
55
What was the Continental System?
tried to prevent France’s allies from trading with Britain
Napoleon’s attempt to conquer all of the European continent
peace treaties to keep France safe from continental rivals
Napoleon’s final attempt to conquer Russia
56
What was Napoleon’s main appeal in France in 1799?
He promised to restore order
He was a military hero
He ordered a plebiscite to validate his rule
He promised to uphold the Constitution
57
Who improved on Copernicus’s system claiming orbits of the planets were ellipses, not circles?
Aristarchus
Galileo
Brahe
Kepler
58
How did the existence of the new class of industrial workers lead to the rise of labor unions?
Unions were legalized in Britain
Individuals petitioned the government for better conditions
Workers banded together to improve their conditions
middle class outraged with working class living conditions
59
The Reign of Terror ended when...
it was declared unconstitutional
it was outlawed by the Chamber of Deputies
Louis XVIII became King of France
Robespierre was executed
60
What region of Europe became predominately Protestant because of the Reformation?
Southern
Eastern
Northern
Western
61
The purpose of the Committee of Public Safety was to...
deal with enemies of the Revolution
eliminate Robespierre’s political rivals
raise an army to defend France
deal with the Fronde
62
What term means "support for a Jewish homeland"?
Sionism
Zionism
Jionism
Bionism
63
“Social mobility” in Britain during the Industrial Revolution refers to...
the transportation revolution
the abolition of titles of nobility
the fact that people could improve their economic standing
the fact that Britain was becoming moredemocratic
64
What was Japan's last shogunate?
Kenmu
Tokugawa
Ashikaga
Asuka
65
How did the Agricultural Revolution impact the demography of Europe?
It impacted extended families, but notnuclear families
It caused more people to move to ruralareas
It caused the average family size to decline
It caused more people to migrate to cities
66
Where did the Industrial Revolution begin?
England
France
Holland
Germany
67
Why was the Estates General called in 1789?
To rewrite the French Constitution
To resolve a financial crisis
To give voting rights to the 3rd Estate
To abolish feudalism
68
What US President took at ¨tough stand¨ against the Soviet Union when elected in 1980?
Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
Richard Nixon
John F Kennedy
69
Which was NOT guaranteed in the Declaration of the Rights of Man?
Freedom of the Press
Equality before the law
Legal equality of the sexes
Freedom of Religion
70
"I might disagree with everything you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it”
Rousseau said this
Voltaire said this
Montesquieu said this
John Locke said this
71
What is the connection between the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment?
universe is governed by natural law, so is the human mind
universe is governed by natural law, so is nature
universe is governed by natural law, so is the weather
universe is governed by natural law, so is human society
72
What raised tariff rates to unprecedented levels, causing other countries to do the same?
The Grand Tariff
The Containment Tariff
Smoot-Hawley Tariff
Kellogg Tariff
73
What country is divided into four zones following the end of World War II?
France
Germany
Japan
Soviet Union
74
France went to war against Austria and Prussia in 1792 because...
Both Austria and Prussia declared war on France
Austria declared war on France
The levee en masse had failed
Austria and Prussia had threatened to intervene
75
What were two important observations made by Galileo that challenged the Ptolemaic system?
Saturn has rings
The moon’s surface was imperfect
Earth isn't stationary
Jupiter had moons
