World History Review SP 2018 (Renaissance to present)

Question 1

What event triggered the American global "war on terror?"

Accepted Answer

Four hijacked airliners killing almost 3,000 people on 9/11

Question 2

The US strategy in the Pacific during WWII was often called _________, or leapfrogging.

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Island Hopping

Question 3

The time period when machine-made goods increased was called

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Industrial Revolution

Question 4

One thing Leonardo Da Vinci is known for is

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Painting the Mona Lisa

Question 5

What was America's Foreign Policy before Japan bombed Pearl Harbor?

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Isolationism

Question 6

This battle was the turning point in the European theater of World War II

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Stalingrad

Question 7

A new way of thinking about the natural world based on careful observation and questioning

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Scientific Revolution

Question 8

Which two countries opposed each other during the Cold War?

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Soviet Union and the United States

Question 9

Under Bin Laden's leadership, Al Qaeda gave the reason to disliked the US as being

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US troops had killed Iraqi Muslims during the Gulf War, the US is allied with Israel, US troops are "infidels", US troops had entered the Muslim holy land of Saudi Arabia

Question 10

What country did Germany invade first, to start WWII?

Accepted Answer

Poland

Question 11

The Soviet Union hid missiles on the island of

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Cuba

Question 12

This area of the world, the Middle East, is a crossroad for three major religions:

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Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

Question 13

The rebirth of art and learning is known as

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Renaissance

Question 14

In 1935, the Nazi Party passed the __________ which outlined what a Jew could or could not do.

Accepted Answer

Nuremberg Laws

Question 15

What event is considered the beginning of WWI?

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The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Question 16

The French word for middle class is

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bourgeoisie

Question 17

This symbolized the end of World War I, and is often seen as a cause of WWII.

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The Treaty of Versailles

Question 18

Who believed all men are born with three natural rights?

Accepted Answer

John Locke

Question 19

What was the middle passage?

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forced voyage of enslaved Africans to the Americas

Question 20

The Jewish Agency declared independence of the Jewish & Arab state created by the UN, naming it

Accepted Answer

Israel

Question 21

This individual is known as the father of modern economics.

Accepted Answer

Adam Smith

Question 22

The religious practice when priests release people from the penalty for their sins for money is

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Indulgences

Question 23

Three branches of government was an idea from

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Baron de Montesquieu

Question 24

What thinker of the Scientific Revolution first proposed the Heliocentric Theory ?

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Copernicus

Question 25

"God, glory, and gold" are the three reasons for

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European exploration

Question 26

What were the imperialist European nations looking for when they conquered Africa and Asia?

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Raw materials and new markets

Question 27

When government policy doesn't set business working conditions, it is an example of

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Laissez-faire

Question 28

The Enlightenment idea of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness is found in

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Declaration of Independence

Question 29

Known as "the night of broken glass", this is often seen as the beginning of the Holocaust.

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Kristallnacht

Question 30

Sepoys in India rebelled because the British government

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violated their religious practices

Question 31

During the 1930s, Hitler, Mussolini, and the military leaders of Japan

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began invading neighboring lands

Question 32

Jihad means

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"holy war"

Question 33

Absolute rulers believed God appointed them to be king or queen. This is

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Divine Right

Question 34

Which scientist studied the stars and moon with the new invention, the telescope?

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Galileo

Question 35

Corrupt behavior of priests and the sale of indulgences by the Church caused

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the Reformation

Question 36

Which two cities did America drop the Atomic Bomb on at the end of WWII?

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Nagasaki and Hiroshima

Question 37

The greatest playwright of the English language is

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William Shakespeare

Question 38

What was a mode of cheap transportation that developed in the Industrial Revolution?

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railroads

Question 39

Mohandas Gandhi used his policy of ________________ to achieve independence in India

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Non-violence

Question 40

Introducing vanilla, potatoes, and corn to Europe is an example of

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The Colombian exchange

Question 41

Pres. Bush led a UN coalition in __________. It liberated Kuwait but left Saddam in power.

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the Persian Gulf War

Question 42

What did art in the Renaissance focus on?

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Humanism, Secularism, Realism, and Individualism

Question 43

Bin Laden led terrorist attacks against Americans in

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The World Trade Centers, the Pentagon, and the US Capitol, Two US embassies in Africa, the USS Cole, Somalia

Question 44

What were some long term effects in Africa due to Imperialism?

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Loss of independence, Tribal wars, Break down of traditional culture, Identity problems

Question 45

Who is Nelson Mandela?

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First black president in South Africa

Question 46

Ayatollah's new Islamic government was

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demanding strict adherence to Islam, banning books, movies, and music, denied rights to women, hostile to the West

Question 47

European nations began to conquer large areas of Africa and Asia. This practice is known as

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Imperialism

Question 48

Anti-Semitic Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was elected as President to

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Iran

Question 49

During this meeting, European nations divided African colonies among themselves.

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Berlin Conference

Question 50

Which of the following was NOT a requirement of Germany in the Treaty of Versailles?

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Destruction of all industry in the Rhineland

Question 51

The longstanding German battle plan to conquer France first, then Russia, was known as

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The Schleiffen Plan

Question 52

Who was involved in the Opium War?

Accepted Answer

China and British, Great Britain and China

Question 53

The Ottoman Empire dissolved after

Accepted Answer

World War I

Question 54

He was the American president who invaded Iraq after the 911 attacks

Accepted Answer

Bush

Question 55

What became known as the "national razor"

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Guillotine

Question 56

Which of the following was NOT a cause of the French Revolution?

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Clashes within the Clergy

Question 57

Karl Marx idea for a classless society is known as

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Communism

Question 58

Who was involved in the Boer War in Africa?

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Boers and British

Question 59

The first European explorer to set up a colony in North America was

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Christopher Columbus

Question 60

The ruling family known for supporting the arts during the Renaissance was

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Medici

Question 61

He was the American president who ended the Cold War

Accepted Answer

Reagan

Question 62

A _______ was a colony run by local rules with European advisors.

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Protectorate

Question 63

Saddam was given weapons by

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US, USSR, West Germany, and France

Question 64

When Napoleon crowned himself emperor it demonstrated that

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his power was over the church

World History Review SP 2018 (Renaissance to present)

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World History Review SP 2018 (Renaissance to present)

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