World History 10 Sem II Final Review - Proctor

Question 1

WWI Term refers to "an end to fighting". Veteran&#x27;s Day in the U.S. used to be called this.

Accepted Answer

Armistice

Question 2

Prison that Nelson Mandela spent the majority of his 27 years behind bars.

Accepted Answer

Robben's Island

Question 3

Code name for the atomic bomb building project at Los Alamos, NM.

Accepted Answer

Manhattan Project

Question 4

Steve Biko taught what term that meant that blacks must free their minds from oppression?

Accepted Answer

Black Consciousness

Question 5

Thomas Jefferson wrote which document?

Accepted Answer

Declaration of Independence

Question 6

Term that means "the way of the warrior" that the samurai had to follow

Accepted Answer

Bushido

Question 7

Storming of what French Prison on 8-14-1789 is considered France&#x27;s Independence Day.

Accepted Answer

Bastille

Question 8

Leader of Al Qaeda who planned the terrorist attack on 9-11-2001

Accepted Answer

Osama bin Laden

Question 9

Anti-Semitism refers to the discrimination of what group

Accepted Answer

Jews

Question 10

Term means rebirth of the classics of art, sculpture and literature in Europe in the 1500&#x27;s

Accepted Answer

Renaissance

Question 11

Worst Nazi Concentration Camp/Extermination Center located in Poland.

Accepted Answer

Auschwitz

Question 12

French General at the end the revolution and tried to conquer all of Europe.

Accepted Answer

Napoleon

Question 13

Spanish Explorer who was the 1st to curcumnavigate the globe but was killed in the Phillipines

Accepted Answer

Ferdinand Magellan

Question 14

Territory between the opposing trenches during WWI.

Accepted Answer

No Man's Land

Question 15

Ethnic cleansing of Muslims occurred in which area of former Yugoslavia in the Bosnia War?

Accepted Answer

Kosovo

Question 16

Title of military leader who ruled Japan from the 1600&#x27;s - the late 1800&#x27;s.

Accepted Answer

Shogun

Question 17

What country was created after WWII that was to be a permanent home for Jewish people.

Accepted Answer

Israel

Question 18

German monk who criticized the Catholic Church in his 95 Thesis.

Accepted Answer

Martin Luther

Question 19

Document that made Germany accept blame for starting WWI, considered a major cause for WWII.

Accepted Answer

Treaty of Versailles

Question 20

U.S. Army General that had to flee the Philippines but vowed to return

Accepted Answer

Douglas MacArthur

Question 21

Term that means "an end to fighting." Veteran&#x27;s Day used to be called ____________ Day.

Accepted Answer

Armistice

Question 22

U.S. President during much of WWII who suffered from Polio and died before the war ended.

Accepted Answer

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Question 23

Leader of Nazi Germany from 1934-1945, know to his people as Der Fuher.

Accepted Answer

Adolf Hitler

Question 24

Which of the following was NOT a factor for the U.S. entering WWI?

Accepted Answer

Sinking of the Titanic

Question 25

Renaissance artist how painted the Mona Lisa, The Last Supper.

Accepted Answer

Leonardo

Question 26

Leader of Great Britain during the majority of WWII.

Accepted Answer

Winston Churchill

Question 27

Leader of Soviet Union during WWII.

Accepted Answer

Joseph Stalin

Question 28

The Aztec revered blood to be the liquid form of what metal?

Accepted Answer

Gold

Question 29

Which group opposed the formation of the Jewish Israeli State in 1948

Accepted Answer

Palestinians

Question 30

Japanese cities the Atomic Bombs were dropped on Aug, 6 and Aug 9. 1945

Accepted Answer

Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Question 31

French revolutionary leader, called the "Incorruptible" but lead the Reign of Terror.

Accepted Answer

Maximillien Robespierre

Question 32

Why did the Aztec perform human sacrifices?

Accepted Answer

If they didn't the sun wouldn't shine

Question 33

Ritual of a samurai preserving his honor by cutting his belly open.

Accepted Answer

Seppuku

Question 34

Most powerful tribe in modern day Mexico when the Spaniards arrived in the 1500&#x27;s.

Accepted Answer

Aztec

Question 35

Spanish Conquistador who defeated the Aztec by killing Montezuma.

Accepted Answer

Herman Cortes

Question 36

Which Native American language was used by the U.S. military in Pacific?

Accepted Answer

Navajo

Question 37

Terrorist organization responsible for planning the attacks on the U.S. on 9-11-2001.

Accepted Answer

Al Qaeda

Question 38

Enlightened English philosopher stated all people were entitled to all the following EXCEPT.

Accepted Answer

Pursuit of Happiness

Question 39

Member of the ANC who spent 27 years in prison for his opposition to Apartheid

Accepted Answer

Nelson Mandela

Question 40

Despised French monarchs that eventually lost their heads to the guillotine during the Fr. Rev.

Accepted Answer

Louis and Marie

Question 41

Rwanda Tribe that massacred over 800,000 Tutsi during a genocide in 1994.

Accepted Answer

Hutu

Question 42

Racist practices in South Africa until 1990 that discriminated against the non-white majority.

Accepted Answer

Apartheid

Question 43

French philosopher that said a government should be broken into 3 Separate but Equal branches

Accepted Answer

Baron de Montesquieu

Question 44

Title of the Japanese military leader who controlled Japan before the Meiji Restoration.

Accepted Answer

Shogun

Question 45

Allied Supreme Commander responsible for planning the invasion of Normandy, FR on D-Day.

Accepted Answer

Dwight D. Einsenhower

Question 46

The two battles considered the turning points for the Allies in WWII.

Accepted Answer

Midway & Stalingrad

Question 47

Whose assassination is considered the spark that started WWI

Accepted Answer

Franz Ferdinand

Question 48

Samurai means to ____________

Accepted Answer

Serve

Question 49

Renaissance artist who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel and sculpted David.

Accepted Answer

Michelangelo

Question 50

German Jewish scientist that fled Germany and helped split the atom, making the atomic bomb.

Accepted Answer

Albert Einstein

Question 51

Assembly in France that was made up of all 3 estates that demanded rights from King Louis XVI.

Accepted Answer

Estates General

Question 52

What is the name of the extreme fundamentalist Islamic group that controlled Afghanistan?

Accepted Answer

Taliban

Question 53

U.S. President responsible for the decision to drop the atomic bombs on Japan to end WWII.

Accepted Answer

Harry S. Truman

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