World History Post Test

Question 1

Which of the following events was the spark that finally set off a widespread revolt in Latin America in the early 1800s

Accepted Answer

Napolean&#x27;s invasion of Spain

Question 2

Which world religion believes in reincarnation?

Accepted Answer

Hinduism

Question 3

What is genocide?

Accepted Answer

The deliberate killing of a large group of people (enthic groups, nations)

Question 4

Which of the following was a result of the establishment of the mandate system in the Middle East?

Accepted Answer

Pan-Arabism

Question 5

This religion believes Jesus is Lord and the only son of God:

Accepted Answer

Christianity

Question 6

Who was the last Tsar of Russia?

Accepted Answer

Tsar Nicholas II

Question 7

Government in where the people elect officials to make the laws for them:

Accepted Answer

Representative democracy

Question 8

The Star of David is the symbol in Judaism

Accepted Answer

True

Question 9

Which country was NOT Communist?

Accepted Answer

Great Britain

Question 10

Leader of the Islamic revolution in Iran:

Accepted Answer

Ayatollah Khomeini

Question 11

What is a revolution?

Accepted Answer

Forcible overthrow of a government or social order for a new system

Question 12

Who wrote the Communist Manifesto?

Accepted Answer

Karl Marx

Question 13

Indian man who fought for Independence in Great Britain:

Accepted Answer

Ghandi

Question 14

Genghis Khan conquered many parts of this continent:

Accepted Answer

Asia

Question 15

Which would be a primary source when doing a research paper over the assassination of Anwar Sadat?

Accepted Answer

Eyewitness testimony

Question 16

What country did a genocide take place of the Tutsis by the Hutu?

Accepted Answer

Rwanda

Question 17

What Muslim tradition did the Ottoman and Safavid empires share?

Accepted Answer

the Sharia

Question 18

Who is the communist ruler of China?

Accepted Answer

Mao Zedong

Question 19

What disagreement caused the split between the Sunni and Shiite Muslims?

Accepted Answer

the choice of a caliph

Question 20

King of France that was executed during the French Revolution:

Accepted Answer

King Louis XVI

Question 21

What country was NOT part of the Scramble for Africa?

Accepted Answer

China

Question 22

What did Luther criticize the Roman Catholic Church for?

Accepted Answer

selling indulgences

Question 23

Who started communist movement in Soviet Union?

Accepted Answer

Vladmir Lenin

Question 24

The first estate is made up of the clergy:

Accepted Answer

True

Question 25

A large body of texts orginiating in ancient India; credited to Brahma in the Hindu tradition:

Accepted Answer

Vedas

Question 26

What is an example of The Great Salt March?

Accepted Answer

civil disobedience

Question 27

What was the place that was stormed during the French Revolution?

Accepted Answer

Bastille

Question 28

Who started Reign of Terror and was later guillotined

Accepted Answer

Maximilien Robespierre

Question 29

Hong Kong and Taiwan share which of the following with China?

Accepted Answer

a similar culture

Question 30

In this religion, there are five pillars, one being to travel to Mecca, Saudi Arabia

Accepted Answer

Islam

Question 31

Jerusalem is the capital of what country?

Accepted Answer

Israel

Question 32

What did the conflict between Palestinians and Jews in Palestine center around?

Accepted Answer

the claim by both groups that it was their homeland

Question 33

What was competition over colonial expansion in Africa known as?

Accepted Answer

Scramble for Africa

Question 34

True or False: Under communism in China, land was redistrubted to peasants

Accepted Answer

True

Question 35

Which group dominated Latin American social and political life in the early 1800s?

Accepted Answer

peninsulares

Question 36

This religion celebrates Rosh Hashanah as a holiday and is Monotheistic

Accepted Answer

Judaism

Question 37

This religion believes in 1000s of gods

Accepted Answer

Hinduism

Question 38

Tensions between which of the following two groups resulted in the partition of India?

Accepted Answer

Muslims and Hindus

Question 39

One of the biggest factors contributing to political instability in African nations immediately after independence was..

Accepted Answer

the lack of common ties and goals

Question 40

What region is Egypt traditionally in?

Accepted Answer

Middle East

Question 41

Which country colonized India?

Accepted Answer

Britain

Question 42

Who was the communist dictator of Soviet Union after the death of Lenin?

Accepted Answer

Joseph Stalin

Question 43

Religious reformer who believed in predestination:

Accepted Answer

John Calvin

Question 44

Consisted of a democratic government; then Communist government a few months later:

Accepted Answer

Russian Revolution

Question 45

Which ancient civlization was an area between the Tigris and Euphrates River?

Accepted Answer

Mesopotamia

Question 46

Totalitarian system of government where a single party of the government controls state-owned means of production:

Accepted Answer

Communism

Question 47

What is apartheid?

Accepted Answer

System in South Africa that separated people by race

Question 48

King who established the Church of England

Accepted Answer

Henry VIII

Question 49

What class did the nobles belong to?

Accepted Answer

Second Estate

Question 50

From what ruler did the term "eye for an eye" become created?

Accepted Answer

Hammurabi

Question 51

Which of the following groups made up the upper class in Latin American social structures?

Accepted Answer

descendants of Europeans

Question 52

Who is Kim Jung II?

Accepted Answer

Communist dictator of North Korea

Question 53

Who is Napoleon?

Accepted Answer

French emperor who dominated Europe in the early 1800s

Question 54

Who are the Kurds?

Accepted Answer

Ethnic group living in Turkey & Iraq

Question 55

What source would be best to research the total casualty rates of various countries in WW1?

Accepted Answer

CIA Factbook of Statistics

Question 56

Who was the first black president in South Africa after being in jail for 27 years?

Accepted Answer

Nelson Mandela

Question 57

What class was 98% of the population in?

Accepted Answer

Third Estate

Question 58

The star and crescent moon is a symbol of this religion:

Accepted Answer

Islam

Question 59

Who was the wife of King Louis XVI?

Accepted Answer

Marie Antoinette

Question 60

Why did colonial borders cause problems for new African nations?

Accepted Answer

They forced people together from different ethnic groups.

Question 61

Nationalist and religious pressures in India and Pakistan have led both countries to...

Accepted Answer

test nuclear weapons

Question 62

Communist leader of Cuba for many years:

Accepted Answer

Fidel Castro

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