World History Final Exam

This Jewish scientist escaped Nazi Germany and suggested the atomic bomb to President Roosevelt

What was the official state religion of the USSR?

The USA fought the Japanese in the _____________ Theater of Operations in WWII.

Which country was punished most by the Treaty of Versailles in 1919?

What is so valuable on this Pacific island (World War II)?

Which European country is notorious for exploiting Congolese people for rubber in the 1800s?

Many believe that the Nazis burned the __________ building in order to gain power.

Who led the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution?

What country was Prince Henry the Navigator from?

Who was president of the USA during World War II?

Who paid almost all taxes in France before the Revolution?

What is the term for Josef Stalin's murder of 8-13 million of his own people?

Which nation suffered the most deaths during World War II?

Which nation was taken over by Fascists in the 1920s?

This South American country achieved independence from Portugal

This Scottish missionary is famous for getting lost in the Congo

"Sir" Francis Drake was a pirate supported by which European monarch?

Who was the prime minister of Britain during WWII?

The English began their dominance in the Atlantic with their defeat of the ___________ in 1588.

The most powerful monarchs of this European nation were Queens Elizabeth and Victoria

When the USA joined WWII, it first invaded North Africa. Why?

Before the French Revolution, what percentage of the population belonged to the Third Estate?

The language of the Italian national anthem is representative of:

What worldwide event in the 1930s caused the Nazi party to rise in power in Germany?

After returning from exile in Elba, Napoleon endured his final defeat at ______________.

What were the "Republican Weddings" of the National Assembly of the French Revolution?

Which Catholic monk protested most vocally against the encomienda system, and got it banned?

The turning point in the European Theater of Operations in WWII was:

Whose assassination led to the outbreak of World War I?

Who is considered the "George Washington" of South America?

The Fascist leader of Italy was named:

The pope resolved disputed claims between the Spanish and Portuguese in the New World with the 

Term for the English Protestant exaggeration of Spanish actions in the Americas:

After his disaster in Russia, Napoleon was defeated at ______________. 

This organization was created in the Treaty of Versailles, but proved to be ineffective

Select the world leader who lived to see the end of World War II

Spanish monarchs who financed the voyage of Columbus:

This conflict is best known for chemical weapons, trench warfare, and stalemates

Aerial fight between Royal Air Force and German Luftwaffe during WWII:

This European invention caused the Japanese to start building castles

World War II ended after the USA dropped atomic bombs on __________.

The Zimmerman Telegram proposed an alliance of ___________________ against the USA

Napoleon's unsuccessful war against Portugal was called:

Who was the author of Mein Kampf?

Which Enlightenment thinker said: Cogito ergo sum  (I think,therefore I am.)

Descendants of Dutch settlers in South Africa are called

What is unique about the Haitian Revolution?

Who was NOT in the Axis powers of World War II?

Terrible conditions in England prompted Karl Marx to write _________________.

Which African nation presented the strongest resistance against British colonization?

L'Etat, c'est moi, or "I am the state" is attributed to:

The 1939 non-aggression pact was an agreement between Hitler and ___________.

This English philosopher developed Calculus and a theory of gravity

This English woman was an early advocate of women's rights

French philosophe Baron de Montesquieu argued for

What event officially began World War II?

What was the most direct inspiration for the Haitian Revolution?

The Treaty of Versailles forced Germany to pay _____________ to Britain and France

In 1803, what territory did Napoleon sell to the USA?

German mapmaker Waldseemuller named the New World "America" after this explorer

Which was NOT a Nazi concentration camp?

Which term describes a sudden, and often violent, seizure of power?

This Catholic priest was one of the early leaders of the Mexican Revolution

According to Hitler, the "superior race" of human beings were called:

Olaudah Equiano descriibed the horrors of the ___________________. 

This assassin of "the Black Hand" killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo

Who led the Haitian Revolution?

What caused the United States to declare war on Japan in 1941?

Theory of evolution applied to human beings, resulted in "scientific" basis for racism:

In Marxism, the poor, or "have nots"  are called the:

After the Bolshevik Revolution, Russia

While in school, Napoleon showed a talent for:

This explorer's fleet circumnavigated the globe

Which monarchs were executed during the French Revolution?

Geocentric theory of the universe claimed that:

Term for the British policy to give into Hitler’s demands in order to avoid a second world war

Hitler's secret police were called the ________.

Absolute monarchs of Europe believed in the ______________ of Kings