3rd 9 Weeks Benchmark Review

Question 1

The systematic destruction of a racial, political, religious, or cultural group is a

Accepted Answer

Genocide

Question 2

Who wrote the Communist Manifesto and Das Kapital?

Accepted Answer

Karl Marx

Question 3

Which totalitarian leader is incorrectly matched to the place he invaded?

Accepted Answer

Tojo: Vietnam

Question 4

Who developed the smallpox vaccination?

Accepted Answer

Edward Jenner

Question 5

What event started World War II?

Accepted Answer

German invasion of Poland

Question 6

Which leader is not correctly matched to his country?

Accepted Answer

Hideki Tojo: China

Question 7

Which canal shortened the sea route from Europe to Asia?

Accepted Answer

Suez Canal

Question 8

Who was the leader of Germany during World War I?

Accepted Answer

Wilhelm II

Question 9

Where did the Industrial Revolution start?

Accepted Answer

England

Question 10

Which of the following was not a cause of World War II?

Accepted Answer

Strength of the League of Nations

Question 11

What type of government was weakened after World War I?

Accepted Answer

Democracy

Question 12

Who led the Bolshevik Revolution?

Accepted Answer

Vladimir Lenin

Question 13

Which of the following does not describe labor unions?

Accepted Answer

Wanted factories to stop using female workers

Question 14

Where was the Great Depression?

Accepted Answer

All over the world

Question 15

Which of the following was a negative impact of the Industrial Revolution?

Accepted Answer

Poverty

Question 16

Which of the following was NOT a Central Powers country during WWI?

Accepted Answer

Spain

Question 17

What group did the Treaty of Versailles create after World War I?

Accepted Answer

League of Nations

Question 18

What event started World War I?

Accepted Answer

The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Question 19

What type of imperialism was practiced in China?

Accepted Answer

Sphere of influence

Question 20

Who was the prime minister of Great Britain during WWII?

Accepted Answer

Winston Churchill

Question 21

Which of the following does NOT describe factory work?

Accepted Answer

Workers had off on Saturday and Sunday

Question 22

Which inventor is not correctly matched to his invention?

Accepted Answer

Eli Whitney: telegram

Question 23

Which leader is not correctly matched to his role in World War II?

Accepted Answer

Douglas MacArthur: Allied commander in the Atlantic

Question 24

What policy tried to prevent war by making concessions to aggressors?

Accepted Answer

Appeasement

Question 25

The economic system based on private ownership is

Accepted Answer

Capitalism

Question 26

Which example of resistance to imperialism is not correctly matched to its location?

Accepted Answer

Boer War: Liberia

Question 27

Which country ended the isolation of Japan?

Accepted Answer

United States

Question 28

What style of fighting was used during World War I?

Accepted Answer

Trench warfare

Question 29

Who used collectivization and the Great Purge to "better" his country?

Accepted Answer

Joseph Stalin

Question 30

Which of the following is not an accurate description of the League of Nations?

Accepted Answer

It was powerful and exists to this day

Question 31

Which of the following was a positive impact of the Industrial Revolution?

Accepted Answer

Increase in education

Question 32

Which of the following was not an Allied power during World War I?

Accepted Answer

Switzerland

Question 33

What was the primary type of fighting in the Battle of Britain?

Accepted Answer

Aerial (planes dropping bombs)

Question 34

Why did the United States enter World War II?

Accepted Answer

Japan bombed Pearl Harbor

Question 35

Which group of people did the Nazis blame for the depression and Germany's defeat in WWI?

Accepted Answer

Jews

Question 36

Who discovered bacteria?

Accepted Answer

Louis Pasteur

Question 37

"MAIN" is the way to remember the causes of

Accepted Answer

World War I

Question 38

What organization was created after World War II?

Accepted Answer

United Nations

Question 39

What happened in 1929?

Accepted Answer

The Stock Market Crash

Question 40

What did colonies ask for after World War I?

Accepted Answer

Independence

Question 41

Who signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk in March 1918?

Accepted Answer

Russia and Germany

Question 42

True or False: The rise of the factory system led to the demise of cottage industries.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 43

Which of the following statements about unification movements is false?

Accepted Answer

The Papal States were the first part of Italy to unify.

Question 44

What economic system does Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations support?

Accepted Answer

Capitalism

Question 45

Which country invaded Manchuria in 1931?

Accepted Answer

Japan

Question 46

During imperialism, European powers decided how to divide up Africa at the

Accepted Answer

Berlin Conference

Question 47

Why did missionaries go to the African colonies?

Accepted Answer

To spread Christianity

Question 48

Who was blamed and had to pay for World War I?

Accepted Answer

Germany

Question 49

Who became the leader of the USSR after Lenin's death?

Accepted Answer

Joseph Stalin

Question 50

Which of the following was not an impact of the worldwide depression?

Accepted Answer

Growth of trade

Question 51

Who was president of the US during World War I?

Accepted Answer

Woodrow Wilson

Question 52

Which of the following countries was not part of the Axis Powers?

Accepted Answer

Soviet Union

Question 53

Which of the following was not a reason the Holocaust occurred?

Accepted Answer

Hitler believed the Jews should dominate Europe

Question 54

Why did European countries want to expand their empires?

Accepted Answer

All are correct reasons

Question 55

Why did the Russian Revolution occur?

Accepted Answer

All are correct

Question 56

Which Japanese city did the US bomb first?

Accepted Answer

Hiroshima

Question 57

True or False: The Russian Revolution started while World War I was happening.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 58

What was the United States' foreign policy in the 1930s?

Accepted Answer

Isolationism

Question 59

Which two countries controlled mandates in the Middle East after World War I?

Accepted Answer

Britain and France

Question 60

Where did World War II end first?

Accepted Answer

Europe

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