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Review for Europe in Modern Times
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Which two countries did the Soviet Union invade to crush anticommunist rebellions?
Poland and Romania
Hungary and Poland
Czechoslovakia and Hungary
Czechoslovakia and Austria
2
Renaissance thinkers relied on _ to explain the world.
logic and/or reason
maps
3
Which Renaissance scientist first proposed the heliocentric theory?
Galileo Galilei
Francis Bacon
Isaac Newton
Nicolaus Copernicus
4
What happened on June 6, 1944, that changed the course of World War II?
Nazi Germany surrendered after Adolf Hitler was killed.
The Soviet Union invaded Germany from the east.
The Allies crossed the English Channel and invaded France.
Japan carried out a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor
5
System that stresses national strength, military, & that state is more important than people is
fascism
humanism
6
The philosophy that emphasizes individual accompaniment and serving the people of this world
perspective
humanism
classical influence
reformation
7
The U.S. program to help European countries rebuild after the war was called
the Marshall Plan
the Warsaw Pact
the Berlin airlift
the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
8
Industrial Revolution brought pollution, long working hours, _, and poor living condition
child labor
slums
9
What belief helped support the development of absolutism?
the human right of liberty
the divine right of kings
Newton's laws of motion
the heliocentric view of the universe
10
Whose book increased European interest in Asia?
Kublai Khan
Vasco da Gama
Christopher Columbus
Marco Polo
11
Advances in science from the Scientific Revolution were applied to human affairs during the
Industrial Revolution
Enlightment
French Revolution
Age of Exploration
12
The artistic technique that allows artists to portray a 3D space on a flat surface is called
perspective
humanism
13
By 2008, 27 countries were members of the
Soviet Union
European Union
Marshall Plan
Iron Curtain
14
The Catholic church began to respond to the reformers' criticisms by beginning the
Inquisition
95 Theses
Catholic Reformation
Secular Reformation
15
During the late 1900s, a global economy developed as foreign trade and _ grew.
multinational corporations
stock markets
16
Which Portuguese prince sponsored voyages of exploration?
Ferdinand of Castile
Henry VIII
Amerigo Vespucci
Henry the Navigator
17
What was one reason for the global spread of the Great Depression?
Inflation in Germany spread to the U.S.
Loans linked banks around the world.
The governments of France and Germany increased wages.
The U.S. demanded that Germany repay its war debt.
18
At the end of World War I, the Allies forced Germany to sign the _.
Treaty of Versailles
Age of Exploration
19
In what industry did the Industrial Revolution begin?
coal mining
textile manufacturing
electrical production
steel manufacturing
20
Thomas Newcomen and James Watt both invented
steam engines
gravity detectors
electric light bulbs
navigation instruments
21
During the Great Depression, the U.S put tariffs on imported farm products to protect
the country's farmers
the country's stock markets
the country's investors
the country's banks
22
What event began World War II in Europe?
Germany's invasion of France
Germany's alliance with the Soviet Union
Germany's invasion of Poland
Germany's occupation of Austria
23
What was a caravel?
a type of small, light ship
a crop found in the Americas
a type of navigation instrument
a type of spice from Asia
24
The combination of scientific ideas and political ideas, led to a period of social upheaval and
colonial expanision
violent change
absolutist
industrial expansion
25
Johannes Gutenberg perfected _, which made his printing press possible.
movable type
ink
26
Humanist scholars changed learning by studying
Germanic mythology
secular subjects
the history of printing
Christian theology
27
Gorbachev loosened government control and supported greater _ in the nations of Eastern Europe.
monarchy
democracy
28
The three-stage pattern of Atlantic trade between Europe, Africa, and the Americas is called _
octagonal trade
triangular trade
29
Explorers searched for the _, or route between the Atlantic& Pacific along the northern coast.
Industrial Revolution
northwest passage
30
A visible symbol of the Cold War division between East and West was the
Soviet Union
United Nations
Marshall Plan
Berlin Wall
