World History Final Review S2

Question 1

60) What almost caused war between the US and the USSR in 1962?

Accepted Answer

Secret Soviet Missile bases were set up in Cuba

Question 2

(64) Which 2 factors helped Ho Chi Minh in Vietnam and Mao Zedong in China?

Accepted Answer

Nationalism and Communism

Question 3

(68) What Jewish state was formed in 1948?

Accepted Answer

Israel

Question 4

(27)What reforms were made to English labor in the during the 19th century (1800s)?

Accepted Answer

Reduction in women and children's work day

Question 5

(4) Which of the following correctly describes laissez-faire economics?

Accepted Answer

Markets are best when governed by natural laws, not govts

Question 6

(61)Which Chinese Communist leader exiled the Nationalist Chinese to Taiwan in 1949?

Accepted Answer

Mao Zedong

Question 7

45) What was the goal of Joseph Stalin's 5 years plans in the USSR?

Accepted Answer

Encourage industrial growth

Question 8

40) Which of these was NOT a cause of WWI?

Accepted Answer

Shortage of manufactured goods

Question 9

(67) IN 1947, India was split into India and Pakistan because

Accepted Answer

The Hindus and Muslims demanded separate countries

Question 10

(16) Which French document promised the French freedom of speech, press and religion?

Accepted Answer

Declaration of the Rights of Man

Question 11

(70) What was the racist policy in South Africa that Nelson Mandela helped end?

Accepted Answer

Apartheid

Question 12

What was the "White Man's Burden" as described by Rudyard Kipling?

Accepted Answer

negative attitude of Europeans to the non-Western world

Question 13

(72) As Yugoslavia broke up, which group suffered the most from ethnic cleansing?

Accepted Answer

Bosnian Muslims

Question 14

41) Which of these was NOT a new military technology of WWI?

Accepted Answer

nuclear bombs

Question 15

22) Which system emphasizes govt ownership of industry and govt control of the economy?

Accepted Answer

Socialism/Communism

Question 16

(59) Which group formed after WWII to keep the peace?

Accepted Answer

United Nations

Question 17

(77) Which of the following does NOT contribute to air pollution?

Accepted Answer

Nuclear power

Question 18

(12) This Enlightenment thinker inspired Jefferson to write the Declaration of Independence?

Accepted Answer

John Locke

Question 19

42) When 2 countries join together for the purpose of helping each other defend themselves:

Accepted Answer

Alliance

Question 20

(74) What were the students killed in Tiananmen Square protesting the Chinese govt for?

Accepted Answer

Lack of political freedom

Question 21

(71) Gorbachev attempted to modify the Soviet economy by allowing some private businesses:

Accepted Answer

Prestroika

Question 22

(73) Why did people in Latin American, South Asia and Africa move from rural to urban areas?

Accepted Answer

find jobs in the cities

Question 23

48) When Britain and France signed the Munich Agreement to keep peace with Hitler, it was an

Accepted Answer

example of appeasement

Question 24

3) Which of the following is true of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade?

Accepted Answer

It led to a major relocation of people

Question 25

(38)Which of the statements about the westernization of Japan in the late 1800's is NOT TRUE?

Accepted Answer

Adopting Christianity as the national religion

Question 26

52) Which of the following was NOT a goal of Hitler?

Accepted Answer

Invade the United State

Question 27

(34) Why was India considered the "jewel in the crown" of Great Britain's empire?

Accepted Answer

India supplied raw materials and markets for British goods

Question 28

57) The most terrible crime of the Nazi war leaders during WWII was

Accepted Answer

Attempted genocide of Jews

Question 29

(37) How did Japan and China react to foreign interference in the 19th century?

Accepted Answer

They both restricted trade

Question 30

Which of the following Enlightenment thinkers cared about educating women?

Accepted Answer

Mary Wollnstonecraft

Question 31

(17) After the Reign of Terror, who became the ruler of France (starting in 1799)?

Accepted Answer

Napoleon Bonaparte

Question 32

(29)What would a Social Darwinist say?

Accepted Answer

Only strong businesses will survive and be successful

Question 33

(19) Why did the Industrial Revolution begin in England? (read carefully)

Accepted Answer

All of These

Question 34

26) Who first wrote about Communism, an extreme form of socialism?

Accepted Answer

Karl Marx

Question 35

32) Which of these is NOT a reasons Europeans focused on imperialism in the late 19th century?

Accepted Answer

The peoples of African and Asia wanted to become colonies

Question 36

(66) Asian and African nations began which movement in the 1900s to throw off colonial powers?

Accepted Answer

Independence

Question 37

(76) What is the goal of OPEC?

Accepted Answer

to control the price of oil

Question 38

(25)According to Karl Marx, what determines the course of history?

Accepted Answer

Economic class struggle

Question 39

(13) What was the big idea of the Enlightenment?

Accepted Answer

People are naturally free. Govts must protect that freedom

Question 40

(9) How did the Scientific Revolution impact modern history?

Accepted Answer

Scientific ideas challenged ancient thinkers and the Church

Question 41

(49)Japan invaded the Chinese province of Manchuria in 1931 because

Accepted Answer

Japan needed the raw materials located in China

Question 42

(2) What statement best describes the Latin American/European relationship in the 1600 & 1700s?

Accepted Answer

European nations practiced mercantilism in Latin America

Question 43

47) a belief that one group of people is superior to all other groups is called:

Accepted Answer

racism

Question 44

20) Which of the following was NOT TRUE of the Industrial Revolution?

Accepted Answer

Death rates increased around the world

Question 45

44) What did Vladimir Lenin and the Bolsheviks do in Russia?

Accepted Answer

gain control of the Russian Revolutionary government

Question 46

(21) Which of these does NOT describe why cities grew during the Industrial Revolution?

Accepted Answer

Genetically modifying crops increased farm yields

Question 47

(6) Why was the Edict of Nantes passed?

Accepted Answer

End of conflict between Protestants and Catholics in France

Question 48

23) Which system focuses on individual ownership and control of industry with profit as a goal?

Accepted Answer

Capitalism

Question 49

What scientific advancement did Marie and Pierre Curie make?

Accepted Answer

Discovery of radium and radiation

Question 50

What did European nations want to get out of their American colonies with mercantilism?

Accepted Answer

Raw Materials

Question 51

(65) In 1950 the US successfully convinced the UN to fight the spread of communism in

Accepted Answer

Korea

Question 52

(53) Which of the following helped force Japan to surrender in WWII?

Accepted Answer

The atomic bombing of 2 Japanese cities

Question 53

(28)How did Charles Darwin challenge the biblical view of Creation?

Accepted Answer

With the Theory of Evolution

Question 54

(78) Which of the following is NOT the result of factory pollution? (read them all)

Accepted Answer

None of these

Question 55

50) How does Communism differ from fascism?

Accepted Answer

Classless society

Question 56

8) Which term is defined as the use of force to replace an existing government with a new one?

Accepted Answer

Revolution

Question 57

(75) What was the name of the conservative Islamic group that controlled Afghanistan in 1998?

Accepted Answer

Taliban

Question 58

(10) Which of the following is NOT associated with Issac Newton?

Accepted Answer

Development of the theory of relativity

Question 59

(33) What was a goal shared by the Salt March, the Boxer Rebellion, and the Zulu resistance?

Accepted Answer

remove foreign powers

Question 60

(63) Which of the following was NOT a tactic of the superpowers during the Cold War?

Accepted Answer

Using nuclear missiles to attack the opposition

Question 61

65) In accordance with the Containment policy, where did the US send troops in 1965?

Accepted Answer

South Vietnam

Question 62

58) The economic/political struggle between democratic west and communist east was called the

Accepted Answer

Cold War

Question 63

(5) Who was the first Russian Ruler to westernize and modernize Russia?

Accepted Answer

Peter the Great

Question 64

(69) In the late 1980s, what happened that helped improve the US/Russia relationship?

Accepted Answer

Eliminating a group of nuclear missiles

World History Final Review S2

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World History Final Review S2

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