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World History II - Renaissance to the Present
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A brief quiz on the history of the world from the Renaissance to the present day!
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1
How was slavery under Muslim rulers different than those in the New World?
Recieved small allowances
Freed through marriage or military service
Freed at age 40
Slaves were forced to practice Islam
2
Howdid the U.S. circumvent the Neutrality Acts, helping their allies but stayingout of the war?
By signing a non-aggression pact
By selling weapons illegally
By passing the Lend-Lease Act
By agreeing to appeasement
3
Why did the U.S. occupy Japan?
To kill all those involved with Pearl Harbor
To cripple their economy
To expand their military
To ensure peace
4
What was started by Catholics in response to the Reformation?
Calvinist movement
Christian Humanism
Crusades
Counter-Reformation
5
How did women change after WWI?
All are correct
They smoked/drank in public
They drove cars
The fought for the right to vote
6
What did fascist governments emphasize above all else?
Freedom & Justice
Obedience & Loyalty
Fear & Terror
Racism & Sexism
7
Under apartheid...
social contact between races was banned
All are correct
interracial marriage was illegal
blacks were moved to "reserves"
8
Why was the revolution in Haiti successful?
Slaves outnumbered colonists 10 to 1
The colonists gave up
Slaves launched a surprise attack
Slaves united with natives
9
Which device allowed for electrical signals to be translated into coded messages?
Reaper
Telephone
Flying Shuttle
Telegraph
10
How did Hitler make the people of Germany agree to his anti-Semitic ideas?
Threatening to kill sympathizers
Interrogating and imprisoning Jews
Blaming Jews for WWI
Demanding that all Germans be Catholic
11
After WWII, FDR, Churchill, and Stalin met and agreed to divide Germany into zones atthe…
United Nations
Yalta Conference
Nuremberg Trials
Geneva Peace Conference
12
The Dark Ages are so called because...
there was little sunlight
nothing but warfare
no civilization
little info about the time
13
What does "Renaissance" mean?
renewal
review
rebirth
relive
14
What is a strike?
when businesses refuse to pay their employees
when employees refuse to work until demands are met
when people join a union
when all the pins fall down in bowling
15
Which 19
th
century change led to westward expansion?
Tribal Rights
Secession
Manifest Destiny
Segregation
16
The systematic slaughter of an entire group of people is known as...?
Genocide
Mass Murder
Prejudice
Holocaust
17
Which of the following is not a trait of totalitarian states?
Indoctrination
Police Terror
Censorship
Racism
18
Why did European countries begin liberating their colonies?
All are correct
The people pushed for liberation after WWII
They were expensive to govern
It was difficult to govern from afar
19
Why would people want to settle in the New World?
escape from punishment
land/job opportunities
All are correct
religious freedom
20
What is a union?
an intellectual movement
a radical group of political activists
voluntary labor association
religious group against hard labor
21
The General Assembly and Security Council are 2 committees at what international organization?
League of Nations
United Nations
Yalta Conference
Geneva Peace Conference
22
What did President Woodrow Wilson propose when the allies met to discuss the future of Europe?
United Nations
Open Door Policy
14 Point Plan
Wilson Doctrine
23
Reformation was not only about religion, but also about…
Land
Government
Money
Power
24
Which of the following invention is not associated with textile production?
Sewing Machine
Spinning Jenny
Flying Shuttle
Reaper
25
Why did Nationalists fail to defeat Communists in China?
Lack of military support
The people didn't support them
Lack of funding
The leader was assassinated
26
The Germanic people, or _________, were seen as the superior "master race".
Aryans
Jews
Fascists
Nazis
27
Instead of joining Luther, what did Henry VIII do after he broke away from the Pope?
Joined John Calvin
Created his own church
Practiced Catholicism regradless
Became a Muslim
28
Several key Nazi leaders were brought to justice for “crimes against humanity” at the…
Nuremberg Trials
Geneva Peace Conference
United Nations
Yalta Conference
29
Which Renaissance-based concept helped inspire exploration?
Humanism
Narcissism
Surrealism
Realism
30
Which individuals in Latin American society could hold high office?
Bourgeoisie
Mulattos
Peninsulares
Creoles
31
Controlling education to ensure children are brought up on certain values is a form of?
Censorship
Indoctrination
Propoganda
Police Terror
32
Which products from the New World were in the highest demand?
Cotton,tobacco, sugar and coffee
Molasses,rum, sugar and slaves
Wheat,rye, barley, and oats
Peanuts,corn, cocoa, and quinine
33
What machine sped up the execution process during the Reign of Terror?
Axe
Printing Press
Guillotine
Rifle
34
Who led the Committee of Public Safety and began the Reign of Terror?
Louis XIV
Louis XVI
Robespierre
Napoleon
35
What was included in the New Deal?
Regulations on the banking system
New government agencies to aid businesses and farms
New public works projects to reduce unemployment
All are correct
36
Karl Marx argued for communism because he believed...
capitalist systems would destroy themselves
in free market economies
socialism was the only fair form of government
in a class system
37
What is a sultan?
Native American chief
Incan emperor
Ottoman soldier
Muslim ruler
38
What caused the Russian Revolution?
Decades of Absolute Rule
Losses of WWI
Conservative Decisions directed by Rasputin
All are correct
39
The loyalty to one’s country is known as…
Humanism
Patriotism
Militarism
Nationalism
40
Thomas Edison invented the light bulb and the…
Radio
Telegraph
Phonograph
Telephone
41
What two groups dominated politics in India, making the establishment of a democracydifficult?
Christians & Hindus
Muslims & Hindus
Muslims & Christians
Liberals & Conservatives
42
What aspect of totalitarian rule did Benito Mussolini lack?
Ethnic/Religious Persecution
Police Terror
Indoctrination
Censorship
43
What Soviet leader installed the policies of glasnost and perestroika to reform Russia?
Vladamir Putin
Boris Yeltsin
Mikhail Gorbachev
Josef Stalin
44
Native American tribes were wiped out because of...
Slavery
Fighting over land and trading rights
Diease
All are correct
45
What ultimately caused the Great Depression in the U.S.?
Not enough buyers in the market
Helping Germany pay war reparations
1929 Stock Market Crash
Too much government intervention
46
What policy led to Japanese-Americans being sent to camps to be monitoredby the government?
Holocaust
Enemy Imprisonment
Appeasement
Internment
47
______________is a government which takes complete control of every aspect of society.
Totalitarianism
Capitalism
Fascism
Socialism
48
The "day that will live in infamy" is...
9/11
Pearl Harbor
Memorial Day
D-Day
49
What was the purpose of Luther’s 95 Theses?
To list the ways the Church was failing its patrons
To denounce Christianity
To start a reformation
To expose the corruption of the Church
50
Laissez-faireeconomics argue for a …
no market
free market
government-contolled market
public-controlled market
51
__________is the term used for kings and queens who held all the power within their nation.
Absolutism
Dictatorship
Monarchy
Divine Right
52
What invention was discovered by the Chinese in the 9
th
century?
gunpowder
flush toilet
clock
microscope
53
What was the original purpose of European exploration?
To find new resources
To find new trade routes
To find slaves
To conquer more territory
54
The proletariat is a government run by...
working class
military
poor
elite
55
Which country settled the area known as Brazil?
Italy
France
Portugal
Spain
56
What policy did the U.S. propose to avoid being brought into the war?
appeasement
detente
isolationism
brinkmanship
57
In which country did the Industrial Revolution begin?
Germany
Britain
USA
Italy
58
Which of following statements about Napoleon is true?
He graduated from the military academy at 16
He proclaimed himself emperor
He was exiled twice
All are correct
59
How did the U.S. win the Space Race?
First satellite launched outside of our atmosphere
First human on the moon
First human in orbit
First discovery of a planet with life
60
In what way did women not contribute to the war effort?
Fighting
All are correct
Nursing
ztaking over men's jobs
61
Foreigners are not subject to the laws of the country they are visiting under…
Treaty of Kanagawa
Extraterritorial Rights
Truman Doctrine
Treaty of Nanjing
62
Despite his harsh methods, how did Hitler improve Germany's situation?
He created millions of jobs
He sponsored projects to rebuild Germany
He restored rights revoked by the Weimar Republic
He created his own version of the New Deal
63
_________is the policy of extending a country's power through diplomacy or military force.
Nationalism
Conquest
Imperialism
Naturalization
64
What was a problem with rapid industrialization?
poor working conditions
child labor
All are correct
low wages
65
Which of the following was not a cause of the Reformation?
Lack of faith in God
Corruption of the Church
Desire for salvation
Selling of indulgences
66
Which group of people had the lowest place in Latin American society?
Peninsulares
Native Americans
Slaves
Mulattos
67
What invention allowed for the spread of new ideas and was responsible for the Reformation?
printing press
scientific method
glasses
telescopes
68
What policy pushed the U.S. to send troops in Vietnam and Korea?
isolationism
détente
appeasement
containment
69
What items were sent to Europe from Asia?
rum and cocoa
cotton and tobacco
rice and sugar cane
silk and ivory
70
What other groups were considered "inferior" under Nazi rule?
Mentally or physically disabled
Gypsies
Homosexuals
All are correct
71
Propaganda is...
controlling the media
disabling contact with the outside world
publishing biased information
preventing the spread of news
72
Marie Curie discovered...
Evolution
Electricity
Vaccines
Radioactivity
73
Which of the following movements was in response to the negative effects of industrialization?
Public Education
Sanitation Regulation
All are correct
Women's Suffrage
74
What led to a great demand for books?
invention of the phonograph
shorter work days
public education
invention of the telegraph
75
Which of the following was not a reason for revolution in France?
Economic Troubles
Weak Leader
Enlightenment Ideas
Religious Tensions
76
Charles Darwin published the _____________, in which all forms of lifechange/adapt over time.
Creationist Theory
Theory of Relativity
Germ Theory
Theory of Evolution
77
Who used interchangeable parts to build the first affordable automobile?
Marie Curie
Henry Ford
The Wright Brothers
Samuel Morse
78
_________is the idea that kings/queens were God’s representation on earth.
Rule of God
Christian Humanism
Divine Right
Absolutism
79
Why did people reject heliocentric theory?
It went against biblical teachings
The sun didn't exist
Geocentric theory had been proven
Ancient Greeks deemed it impossible
80
The policy of glorifying military power and keeping an army prepared for war isknown as…
Nationalism
Total War
Patriotism
Militarism
81
What phrase drove exploration?
Manifest Destiny!
For God, Glory, and Gold!
Vamonos!
Guts, Glory, Ram
82
Which of the following is not a necessary condition for true democracy?
citizen participation
free elections
constitutional government
minority rule, majority rights
83
When countries devoted all their resources to the war effort, the conflict is known as a…
Final War
Total War
Cold War
World War
84
The Enlightenment stressed...
Reason
All are correct
Thought
The Power of Individuals to Solve Problems
85
Where did the Renaissance begin?
England
France
Italy
Ireland
