World History Review SP 2018 (Renaissance to present)

Question 1

What did art in the Renaissance focus on?

Accepted Answer

Humanism, Secularism, Realism, and Individualism

Question 2

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

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Nagasaki and Hiroshima

Question 3

One thing Leonardo Da Vinci is known for is

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Painting the Mona Lisa

Question 4

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

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The Colombian exchange

Question 5

He was the American president who ended the Cold War

Accepted Answer

Reagan

Question 6

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

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Divine Right

Question 7

What was the middle passage?

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forced voyage of enslaved Africans to the Americas

Question 8

What became known as the "national razor"

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Guillotine

Question 9

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

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Stalingrad

Question 10

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

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The Schleiffen Plan

Question 11

Three branches of government was an idea from

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Baron de Montesquieu

Question 12

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

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Imperialism

Question 13

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 14

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

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

Question 15

Who is Nelson Mandela?

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First black president in South Africa

Question 16

Since Saddam's death,there have been several ______________ In Iraq.

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successful elections with very high voter turnout.

Question 17

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

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European exploration

Question 18

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

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Raw materials and new markets

Question 19

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

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Israel

Question 20

When revolutionary mobs stormed a French prison looking for gunpowder, it was called

Accepted Answer

storming the Bastille

Question 21

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

Accepted Answer

the Persian Gulf War

Question 22

Which two countries opposed each other during the Cold War?

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Soviet Union and the United States

Question 23

Saddam was given weapons by

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US, USSR, West Germany, and France

Question 24

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

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

Question 25

What event is considered the beginning of WWI?

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The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Question 26

What country did Germany invade first, to start WWII?

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Poland

Question 27

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

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Medici

Question 28

ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) formed because

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followed a strict brand of Islamic law/fundamentalism Islam., the Americans left, al Qaeda was not defeated in Iraq, the Civil War in Syria

Question 29

The French word for middle class is

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bourgeoisie

Question 30

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

Accepted Answer

Scientific Revolution

Question 31

Who was involved in the Opium War?

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China and British, Great Britain and China

Question 32

The rebirth of art and learning is known as

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Renaissance

Question 33

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

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Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

Question 34

Who was involved in the Boer War in Africa?

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Boers and British

Question 35

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

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Berlin Conference

Question 36

When Napoleon crowned himself emperor it demonstrated that

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his power was over the church

Question 37

Jihad means

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"holy war"

Question 38

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

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Island Hopping

Question 39

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

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Clashes within the Clergy

Question 40

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

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Laissez-faire

Question 41

The greatest playwright of the English language is

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William Shakespeare

Question 42

Bin Laden led terrorist attacks against Americans in

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

Question 43

Ayatollah's new Islamic government was

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

Question 44

The Ottoman Empire dissolved after

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World War I

Question 45

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

Accepted Answer

the Reformation

Question 46

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

Accepted Answer

Non-violence

Question 47

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

Accepted Answer

Destruction of all industry in the Rhineland

Question 48

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

Accepted Answer

Galileo

Question 49

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

Accepted Answer

Kristallnacht

Question 50

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

Accepted Answer

Bush

Question 51

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

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Christopher Columbus

Question 52

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

Accepted Answer

Isolationism

Question 53

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

Accepted Answer

Protectorate

Question 54

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

Accepted Answer

railroads

Question 55

The Soviet Union hid missiles on the island of

Accepted Answer

Cuba

Question 56

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

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began invading neighboring lands

Question 57

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, US troops are "infidels", US troops had entered the Muslim holy land of Saudi Arabia, the US is allied with Israel

Question 58

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

Accepted Answer

Declaration of Independence

Question 59

This individual is known as the father of modern economics.

Accepted Answer

Adam Smith

Question 60

The economic system in which people own property and invest to make a profit is

Accepted Answer

Capitalism

Question 61

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

Accepted Answer

Nuremberg Laws

Question 62

Opposition to the Shah of Iran was led by ________________, an Islamic fundamentalist.

Accepted Answer

Ayatollah Khomeini

Question 63

Karl Marx idea for a classless society is known as

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Communism

Question 64

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

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Copernicus

World History Review SP 2018 (Renaissance to present)

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World History Review SP 2018 (Renaissance to present)

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