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MWS Final Exam Review
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a review for Mr. Cook's Modern World Studies class
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1
At the end of the Chinese Civil War, ___________
the Communists controlled mainland China
the Communists controlled the island of Taiwan
the Nationalists & Communists agreed to share power in China
the Nationalists controlled mainland China
2
Identify the country shaded in on the map
Philippines
Taiwan
North Korea
Vietnam
3
Which of these was not a major cause of World War One?
Imperialism
Militarism
Bolshevism
Nationalism
4
After WW2, which country did NOT gain a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council?
United States
United Kingdom
Soviet Union
Germany
5
Who was Franz Ferdinand?
The Kaiser of Germany
The czar of Russia
The sultan of the Ottoman Empire
The archduke of Austria-Hungary
6
Which of these technologies was not used in World War One?
Barbed wire
Machine gun
Atomic weapons
Poison Gas
7
Which neighboring country to Vietnam experienced a genocide against intellectuals?
Singapore
Laos
Cambodia
Thailand
8
Which of these leaders was not a Fascist?
Francisco Franco
Adolf Hitler
Joseph Stalin
Benito Mussolini
9
Identify the country shaded in on the map
Madagascar
Democratic Republic of the Congo
South Africa
Angola
10
Much of the fighting in World War One took place in what neutral country?
Denmark
Switzerland
Belgium
Luxembourg
11
Which of these technologies was not used in World War One?
Long-range artillery
Tank
Radar
Airplane
12
Which war of 1950-1953 ended with a ceasefire but never a permanent peace treaty?
Russo-Afghan War
Vietnam War
Second Balkan War
Korean War
13
Immediately after World War Two, Germany ________________
had to pay huge reparations to the Allies
became a member of the Warsaw Pact
was made neutral and prohibited from entering into treaties
was divided into 4 zones owned by the UK, US, France & USSR
14
Which empire was not ended by World War One?
Austro-Hungarian Empire
British Empire
Russian Empire
Ottoman Empire
15
Serbs carried out a genocide in Bosnia when what country broke apart in the 1990s?
Yugoslavia
Sudan
Czechoslovakia
Rwanda
16
Identify the country shaded in on the map
Ireland
United Kingdom
France
Spain
17
Which country was invaded on September 1, 1939 to officially start World War Two?
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Poland
France
18
Lech Walesa won the Nobel Peace Prize for helping to bring democracy to what country?
Poland
Romania
Russia
Czechoslovakia
19
Identify the country shaded in on the map
Philippines
Pakistan
China
India
20
Who was the dictator of Iraq at the time of the Gulf War in 1990-91?
Osama bin Laden
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
Saddam Hussein
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
21
What American event spread worldwide and contributed to instability in Europe & Hitler's rise?
Jazz Age
19th Amendment (Women's voting)
Great Depression
Prohibition
22
Who was the last leader of the Soviet Union?
Nikita Khrushchev
Vladimir Putin
Vyacheslav Molotov
Mikhail Gorbachev
23
Due to US support for Israel, what group of countries cut oil supplies to the US in the 1970s?
OPEC
NATO
OAS
NWA
24
What German philosopher was the creator of Communism?
Karl Marx
Immanuel Kant
Friedrich Hegel
Thomas Malthus
25
After the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the US built up what space agency?
NATO
CIA
NASA
FBI
26
Identify the country shaded in on the map
Vietnam
Philippines
Taiwan
North Korea
27
Who replaced Neville Chamberlain as British PM and led them through the war?
William Pitt the Younger
Tony Blair
Winston Churchill
David Lloyd George
28
In Russia, Lenin and Bolsheviks won support for their revolution by
winning the Battle of Tannenburg
vowing to continue to fight the Germans
renaming St. Petersburg as "Leningrad"
promising peace and bread
29
Identify the country shaded in on the map
South Africa
Madagascar
Angola
Democratic Republic of the Congo
30
Which event featured widespread destruction of Jewish property by the Nazis?
Valkyrie
Oktoberfest
Kristallnacht
Anschluss
31
Which groups fought against each other in the Russian Civil War?
Red Army and White Army
Red Army and Blue Army
Blue Army and White Army
White Walkers and Night's Watch
32
Identify the country shaded in on the map
Ukraine
Poland
Germany
Greece
33
The leader of the non-violent independence movement in India
Desmond Tutu
Nelson Mandela
Mohandas "Mahatma" Gandhi
Narenda Modi
34
Which countries made up the Central Powers?
Germany, Belgium, and the Ottoman Empire
Germany, Britain, and France
Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire
Germany, Russia, and Austria-Hungary
35
The Marshall Plan provided
economic assistance to Latin American countries
military assistance to Asian countries
military assistance to African countries
economic assistance to European countries
36
What terrorist group, based in Afghanistan, carried out the September 11 attacks on the US?
ISIS
Boko Haram
al-Shabaab
al-Qaeda
37
Which country experienced an Islamic Revolution against the Shah in 1979?
Iran
Egypt
Iraq
Saudi Arabia
38
Mother Teresa and her order of Catholic nuns worked among the poor in __________
Ireland
Vietnam
India
China
39
Which imperialist general became prime minister of Japan and allied it with Germany?
Hideki Tojo
Fred Korematsu
Shinzo Abe
Isoroku Yamamoto
40
Who was the leader of North Vietnam?
Zhou Enlai
Pol Pot
Ho Chi Minh
Kim il-Sung
41
Identify the country shaded in on the map
Algeria
Egypt
Morocco
Sudan
42
With the help of Nazi Germany, who won the Spanish Civil War and became dictator?
Francisco Franco
Porfirio Diaz
Francisco Madero
Pancho Villa
43
Identify the country shaded in on the map
Philippines
China
India
Pakistan
44
Identify the country shaded in on the map
Germany
Ukraine
Poland
Greece
45
What American general led all Allied troops in Europe and planned the D-Day invasion?
Omar Bradley
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur
George S. Patton
46
After the collapse of the Ottomans, who unified his people to create the country of Turkey?
Yasser Arafat
Ibn Saud
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
Saddam Hussein
47
Soviet-style Communism promoted all of the following EXCEPT _____
freedom of the press
totalitarian leaders (dictators)
classless society
collectivization of property and labor
48
The Bolsheviks followed which economic policy?
Technocracy
Utilitarianism
Capitalism
Communism
49
The policy of apartheid in South Africa called for __________
rigid separation of the races in society
gradual integration of the races
larger black role in government
giving blacks the right to vote
50
The Cold War ended __________
when the Cuban Missile Crisis was resolved in 1962
when the US withdrew from the Vietnam War in 1973
when the Soviet Union dissolved in 1991
after the September 11 attacks on NYC and Washington
51
Which country was not a Soviet satellite state in the Eastern Bloc?
Czechoslovakia
Belgium
Romania
Hungary
52
A stalemate developed on the Western Front in WWI because
the Allies blockaded Germany
neither side could defeat the other in the trenches
peace talks prevented either side from going on offense
both sides used poison gas
53
The Berlin Airlift was ____________
the US flying supplies to West Berlin, over Soviet obstacles
the term for the Soviet control of airspace over Berlin
the new airport in Berlin built using Marshall Plan funds
the Allies' air attack on Berlin during World War II
54
The United States won a "miracle" victory against the Soviets in 1980 in what sport?
Tennis
Basketball
Hockey
Bobsled
55
The first leader of Communist China was _____________
Deng Xiaoping
Mao Zedong
Xi Jinping
Hua Guofeng
56
Identify the country shaded in on the map
Algeria
Ethiopia
Morocco
Egypt
57
Which battle served as the turning point on the Eastern Front in Europe during World War 2?
Battle of Iwo Jima
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of Stalingrad
Battle of El Alamein
58
Identify the country shaded in on the map
China
Saudi Arabia
India
Iran
59
The US invaded Mexico in 1916 to hunt down which bandit?
Jesse James
Emiliano Zapata
Billy the Kid
Pancho Villa
60
Which of these actions by Hitler violated the Treaty of Versailles?
Rebuilding the German military
Seizing the Sudetenland
Re-occupying the Rhineland
All of these
61
Which US president was in office at the time the Berlin Wall collapsed and the Gulf War?
George H.W. Bush
Bill Clinton
Richard M. Nixon
Jimmy Carter
62
Which Nazi concentration camp had the highest number of deaths?
Dachau
Auschwitz
Bergen-Belsen
Treblinka
63
Which of these is a chief goal of the European Union?
Put a halt to ethnic violence around the world
Establish a European army
Reestablish European colonialism
Establish trade and economic benefits for its members
64
The South African leader who was jailed for 27 years for speaking out against apartheid was ___
Bishop Desmond Tutu
Nelson Mandela
F.W. De Klerk
Kwame Toure
65
Which best describes Japan in 1905?
It had just decided to cut itself off from the world
It had just defeated the United States in a war
It had just defeated China in a war
It had just defeated Russia in a war
66
Gavrilo Princip and the Black Hand were associated with the
1905 Russian Revolution
Negotiations of the Treaty of Versailles
Assassination of Franz Ferdinand
Second Balkan War and Armenian Genocide
67
The NATO military alliance included _________
the US, Canada, and Western Europe
the US, Yugoslavia, and Turkey
the US, Australia, and New Zealand
the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe
68
What two countries divided up the Ottoman Empire's Middle East territories after World War One?
The United Kingdom and Italy
France and Italy
The United Kingdom and France
The United Kingdom and Germany
69
President Wilson did not support the Treaty of Versailles because
it forced Germany to give up its overseas colonies
he wanted America to gain control over more territory
it was too harsh against Germany
it returned Alsace-Lorraine to France
70
Total war is a concept in which
men between 18 and 25 are drafted into the military
women are drafted to work in factories
men and women are drafted into the military
all of a country's resources & efforts contribute to the war
71
What was the name of the secret police force in East Germany?
CIA
KGB
Stasi
NKVD
72
Which country fought a two-front war in both World Wars?
Russia
Great Britain
Germany
France
73
Identify the country shaded in on the map
Greece
Ukraine
Poland
Germany
74
Which of these problems is still faced by many African countries in the post-Cold War world?
Ethnic rivalries
AIDS
Famine
All of these
75
Which country was invaded by Japan in the 1930s?
Philippines
Australia
China
United States
76
During the Cold War, the two world superpowers were _________
France and Britain
the United States and the Soviet Union
the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom
the United States and the United Kingdom
77
Which Russian term refers to a forced labor camp in the Stalinist system?
Perestroika
Borscht
Glasnost
Gulag
78
In 2015, the US ended an embargo against which country that lasted over 50 years?
Venezuela
Cuba
Nicaragua
Colombia
79
The USA entered World War One on the Allied side primarily because of _________
commercial relationships with the Ottoman Empire
German submarine warfare and the Zimmerman Telegram
a hope of acquiring German colonies in Africa
British propaganda against Germany
80
The Treaty of Versailles ___________
blamed the war on Serbia and Austria-Hungary
was written by Woodrow Wilson alone
forced France to pay reparations for the war
forced Germany to pay large reparations
81
What were the 2 largest European countries to emerge from the Soviet Union's collapse?
Ukraine and Poland
Russia and Lithuania
Russia and Ukraine
Russia and Romania
82
In 1990-91, the Gulf War was initiated by Iraq's invasion of what small Arab neighbor?
United Arab Emirates
Kuwait
Israel
Qatar
83
Identify the country shaded in on the map
Pakistan
Philippines
India
China
84
Vietnam gained its independence from which imperialist power?
France
United States
United Kingdom
Russia
85
Identify the country shaded in on the map
Egypt
Sudan
Algeria
Morocco
86
November 11, 1918 was known as
Armistice Day
Cease-fire Day
Memorial Day
Labor Day
87
Identify the country shaded in on the map
Saudi Arabia
Israel
Egypt
Iran
88
The Soviet Union invaded what Central Asian country in 1979 -- prompting a US Olympic boycott?
South Korea
Afghanistan
Hungary
Pakistan
89
A major problem faced by Russian troops on the Eastern front in WWI was
lack of supplies and weapons
Submarine warfare
numerical inferiority to the Germans
German air attacks
90
The Nuremberg Laws ____________
outlawed private property in the Soviet Union
deprived German Jews of their citizenship rights
attempted to implement Hitler's promises of "work and bread"
established "reservations" for Jews on German territory
91
The modern country of Israel was created by the United Nations after what war?
Napoleonic Wars
World War I
World War II
Gulf War
92
What was the purpose of the Berlin Wall?
To serve as a military defense against American invasion
To prevent people from leaving East Berlin
To prevent the Elbe River from flooding
To keep people out of East Berlin
93
Identify the country shaded in on the map
Turkey
Egypt
Saudi Arabia
Greece
94
The Soviet military alliance with its client states in Eastern Europe was called __________
the League of Cambrai
the Hanseatic League
the European Union
the Warsaw Pact
95
Which leader survived to the end of WWII and was still in power after its conclusion?
Joseph Stalin
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Franklin D. Roosevelt
96
What is the largest religion in India?
Islam
Buddhism
Hinduism
Sikhism
97
Who was removed from power by the Russian Revolution in 1917?
Czar Nicholas II
Vladimir Lenin
Catherine the Great
Peter the Great
98
The Manhattan Project led to the end of the war in the Pacific by
developing the Island Hopping strategy
developing the plan for the D-Day invasion
creating the atomic bombs that were dropped on China
creating the atomic bombs that were dropped on Japan
99
What was the significance of Yuri Gagarin?
captured Soviet spy exchanged for an American
first person in space
president who agreed to stop the arms race
captain of 1980 Olympic hockey team
100
What was the end result of the Vietnam War?
A stalemate was reached, & both countries stayed independent
The USA took over Vietnam as a colony
South Vietnam conquered North Vietnam
North Vietnam conquered South Vietnam
101
Which group was targeted in a genocide by the Ottoman Turks?
Romanians
Armenians
Americans
Albanians
102
Who was the US president when the Berlin Wall was built and the Cuban Missile Crisis occurred?
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard M. Nixon
Dwight D. Eisenhower
103
Mussolini took Italy into war against ____________ in 1935, to try to demonstrate his power.
Yugoslavia
Morocco
Egypt
Ethiopia
104
What is the largest religion in Pakistan?
Islam
Sikhism
Hinduism
Buddhism
105
Which term--from a speech by Churchill--referred to the divide between East & West Europe?
Glasnost
Domino Effect
Iron Curtain
Steel Barrier
106
"Island Hopping" refers to the strategy in which Allied troops ____________
fought under Gen. Bradley to control the Aleutians in Alaska
fought under Gen. Patton for control of China
fought under Gen. Eisenhower to control the Philippines
fought under Gen. MacArthur to gain control of the Pacific
107
British PM Neville Chamberlain used what strategy in dealing with Hitler?
Misdirection
Normalization
Affirmation
Appeasement
108
Which of these was the most direct cause of Franz Ferdinand's death?
A stroke suffered while on a peace mission
Serbian nationalism
Hungarian nationalism
Serbian imperialism
109
The Truman Doctrine stated that the United States would __________
never be the first to use atomic weapons in a war
help any country threatened by the spread of communism
help the countries of Latin America to develop economically
help to rebuild the economies of Western Europe
110
The effort of the Communist government of China to outproduce the UK in steel was called ______
Tet Offensive
the Great Leap Forward
the Tienanmen Square Movement
the Cultural Revolution
111
What critical role did American women play in WW2?
Dozens became leading scientists on the Manhattan Project
Thousands volunteered to fight on the front lines
Women played no significant role in World War 2 in the US
Thousands went to work in factories
112
The Camp David Accords made peace between Israel and what Arab neighbor?
Syria
Iraq
Egypt
Saudi Arabia