7th Grade History Semester 2 Exam

What organization was formed in order to try to bring about international cooperation?

Who patented the first known telegraph?

What was the approach to philosophy promoted by Locke?

What Methodist preacher traveled throughout Britain on horseback?

American entrepreneur Henry Ford worked with this invention.

Which scientist studied human anatomy?

Which estate were French aristocrats and nobles members of?

Who fought alongside Jack Rackham as part of his crew?

What group of people did Karl Marx encourage to rebel against oppression?

What French writer described and endorsed Enlightenment ideals?

Who developed an advanced form of calculus and discovered the laws of gravity and motion?

How many Africans were enslaved and taken to South America?

This nation controlled and annexed eastern Poland.

What law did Britain pass in 1774 to maintain loyalty of French Canadians?

What is the philosophy that encouraged fee choice and accepting consequences?

Karl Marx viewed history as a series of __________.

What ruler turned Vienna into an important center for the arts during the 1700s?

Who became the ruler of England after Cromwell's death?

Canada began as a ______ colony.

Who was the first kaiser of united Germany?

In what country did Napoleon lose majority of his men because of harsh weather?

Which literary figure wrote about hardship in England's Industrial Age?

Who was the most famous privateer of his time?

Which estate were French archbishops and bishops members of?

Who wrote The Skeptical Chymist?

Who was a slave-ship captain before he was saved?

What term describes the concept of drinking alcohol in moderation?

Which one was a strong leader in the Jamestown Colony?

Which were the two major turning points of WWI?

__________ were children of Indian and Spanish parents.

Who was an Italian nationalist who formed a group called Young Italy?

What crop was an important export of colonial America?

Which wore brightly-colored clothing which gave him the nickname “Calico”?

Anti-Semitism is hostility toward which group of people?

Which scientist developed a smallpox vaccine?

What did the 1833 Factory Act place limits on?

Who was the king of France at the start of the French Revolution?

What Jewish man served as a captain in the French army?

Russia continued the process of developing a strong monarchy under the rule of whom?

What is the term for avoiding conflict by making concessions?

What is the privilege to vote called?

The Zollverein was an economic union that led to the unification of this country.

In what state did the first successful airplane flight occur?

What nationalist formed the "Red Shirts" and conquered Sicily and Naples?

Which person was more commonly known as “Blackbeard”?

Pogroms were originally associated with what country?

Who founded the Bank of France to stabilize French currency and enhance trade.

Which emperor founded the Second Empire in France in 1852?

Spain colonized the western regions of what continent?

Who “sacked” Panama City and was knighted by the king of England?

What was the approach to philosophy promoted by Descartes?

The name for the alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire.

What is the name of the committee that led France's revolutionary government?

Who was chancellor of Prussia and became the driving force behind unification of German states?

United the German territories into one country

What government was formed in Germany after WWI?

Who was the assassinated heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary?

What were Argentinean cowboys called?

Congress created ___________ to control America’s money supply.

Which country bought slaves in Africa and took them to Europe and the New World?

Who theorized that the earth revolves around the sun?

Who invented the reaping machine?

Which American abolitionist was once a slave in Maryland?

What were nobles that ruled Portuguese colonies called?

Which French chemist helped prevent the spread of several diseases?

Who was considered the Father of Medicine?

What art form had the goal of reflecting how the artist felt, rather than what he saw?

Who was a Greek astronomer and geographer?

Who used patents to control the sales of inventions?

What is the name for the colonial ruler that represented the king of Spain?

The term for religion used to promote the goals of the state.

Who improved the steam engine?

The name for the alliance of Russia, Serbia, and France.

A famous comet is named after this astronomer.

Who developed a self-propelled steam engine and steam tractor?

What neutral country did the Schlieffen Plan call the Germans to send forces through?

What English prime minister tried to avoid war by giving into Hitler's demands?

Which was the first religious group known to fight against the slave trade?

In what country was the Declaration of the Rights of Man?

Who is known as the Father of Modern Chemistry?

What country colonized Brazil?

Who studied the body's circulatory system?

What taught that people can find knowledge only through experience?

Which Scottish scientist laid a foundation for Einstein?

Prime minister of Sardinia who helped unite Italy

The Belgians revolted and became independent from this country.

Which British prime minister supported increasing the number of eligible British voters?

First king of united Italy

The style of painting in which painters reduced their subjects to geometric shapes.

Who was the queen of France during the French Revolution?

What was the name for Spaniards born in Spain?

What is it called when two armies fight without gains on either side?

Who arranged the Reinsurance Treaty with Russia to protect his country's interests?

What group founded the Plymouth Colony?

Army general who became dictator of France

The Risorgimento was a nationalistic movement in _______.

Against which country did Hungary revolt?

Who worked with Karl Marx to write the Communist Manifesto?

The French celebrate their independence on what date?

Who invented the cotton gin?