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World History Review SP 2019 (Renaissance to present)
World History Review SP 2019 (Renaissance to present)
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Review game of world history from the Renaissance to the present era for SP 2019.
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What did art in the Renaissance focus on?
Humanism, security, realism, and individualism
Leonardo, Rafael, Michelangelo, Donatello
Leonardo, Botticelli, Michelangelo
Humanism, Secularism, Realism, and Individualism
2
Who is Nelson Mandela?
First black general in South Africa
First black president in South Africa
First peace symbol in South America
Just someone who lived in South Africa
3
Mohandas Gandhi used his policy of ________________ to achieve independence in India
Aggression
Non-violence
Diplomacy
Warfare
4
When Napoleon crowned himself emperor it demonstrated that
his power was greater than the church
he rejected democracy
he wanted personal space
he did not like the pope
5
Who was involved in the Opium War?
Boer and British
France and China
China and Japan
China and British
6
When revolutionary mobs stormed a French prison looking for gunpowder, it was called
Hurricane Katrina
Age of Exploration
storming the Bastille
the Crusades
7
The economic system in which people own property and invest to make a profit is
Reformation
Fascism
Capitalism
Predestination
8
The ruling family known for supporting the arts during the Renaissance was
the papacy
da Vinci
Medici
Gregory
9
The purposeful extermination of a racial, ethnic, or religious group is called
Genocide
Censorship
Totalitarianism
Anti-Semitism
10
During the Cold war, the Soviet Union hid missiles on the island of
Florida
Cuba
Hawaii
Catalina
11
The greatest playwright of the English language is
Thomas More
Michelangelo
William Shakespeare
Stephen King
12
What event triggered the American global "war on terror?"
Oil
The suicide bombings of the African embassies
The declaration of war by bin Laden against Americans
Four hijacked airliners killing almost 3,000 people on 9/11
13
One thing Leonardo Da Vinci is known for is
Crime fighting
Writing The Constitution
Painting the Mona Lisa
The Geocentric Theory
14
He was the American president who ended the Cold War
Nixon
Carter
Reagan
Bush
15
Since Saddam's death,there have been several ______________ In Iraq.
unsuccessful elections with very high voter turnout.
unsuccessful elections with no voter turnout.
successful elections with very high voter turnout.
successful elections with very low voter turnout.
16
Which of the following was NOT a requirement of Germany in the Treaty of Versailles?
Payment of reparations
Destruction of all industry in the Rhineland
Take blame for World War I
The reduction of all aircraft, submarines, and military
17
During this meeting, European nations divided African colonies among themselves.
Munich Conference
Berlin Conference
Nuremberg Trials
Paris Peace Conference
18
The time period when machine-made goods increased was called
Enlightenment
Industrial Revolution
The Crusades
Scientific Revolution
19
Which scientist studied the stars and moon with the new invention, the telescope?
Gregory
Lorenzo di Medici
Donatello
Galileo
20
The longstanding German battle plan to conquer France first, then Russia, was known as
Blitzkrieg
Operation Overlord
The Schleiffen Plan
The 14 Points
21
What were some long term effects in Africa due to Imperialism?
Loss of independence
Tribal wars
Identity problems
Break down of traditional culture
22
What became known as the "national razor"
Guillotine
the King
Convention
Thermidor
23
In 1935, the Nazi Party passed the __________ which outlined what a Jew could or could not do.
Nuremberg Laws
Final Solution
Manhattan Project
Holocaust
24
Sepoys in India rebelled because the British government
enslaved their people in the tea fields
increased their taxes
was selling them drugs
violated their religious practices
25
ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) formed because
the Civil War in Syria
the Americans left
followed a strict brand of Islamic law/fundamentalism Islam.
al Qaeda was not defeated in Iraq
26
This battle was the turning point in the European theater of World War II
Moscow
Paris
London
Stalingrad
27
The rebirth of art and learning is known as
Renaissance
Reformation
Byzantine Empire
Crusades
28
Which two Japanese cities did America drop the Atomic Bomb on at the end of WWII?
Tokyo and Nagasaki
Tokyo and Hiroshima
Nagasaki and Hiroshima
Beijing and Hiroshima
29
What event is considered the beginning of WWI?
The publication of the Zimmerman Telegram
The inking of the Lusitania
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
The German assault on France
30
Under Bin Laden's leadership, Al Qaeda gave the reason to disliked the US as being
US troops are "infidels"
US troops had killed Iraqi Muslims during the Gulf War
US troops had entered the Muslim holy land of Saudi Arabia
the US is allied with Israel
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Bin Laden led terrorist attacks against Americans
against the World Trade Centers, Pentagon, & US Capitol
against the USS Cole
in Somalia
against two US embassies in Africa
32
This symbolized the end of World War I, and is often seen as a cause of WWII.
The Great Purge
The Treaty of Versailles
Anschluss
Blitzkreig
33
What thinker of the Scientific Revolution first proposed the Heliocentric Theory ?
Galileo
Newton
Copernicus
Plato
34
Jihad means
"infidel"
"seeking enlightenment"
"we believe"
"holy war"
35
European nations began to conquer large areas of Africa and Asia. This practice is known as
Imperialism
Industrialization
Militarism
Mercantilism
36
Who was involved in the Boer War in Africa?
Boers and Americans
Boers and British
Americans and British
Chinese and Afrikaans
37
A new way of thinking about the natural world based on careful observation and questioning
Scientific Method
Reformation
Social Contract
Enlightenment
38
What were the imperialist European nations looking for when they conquered Africa and Asia?
Raw materials and new markets
More men to be in the military
Gold and silver
New religions to learn about
39
The US strategy in the Pacific during WWII was often called _________, or leapfrogging.
Appeasement
Trench Warfare
Scorched Earth
Island Hopping
40
Absolute rulers believed God appointed them to be king or queen. This is
Democracy
Imperialism
Divine Right
Socialism
41
The Enlightenment idea of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness is found in
Justinian Code
Declaration of Independence
The Constitution
95 Theses
42
Which of the following was NOT a cause of the French Revolution?
The heavy tax burden put on the 3rd Estate
The weak leadership of King Louis XVI
Selling of indulgences
Food shortages and rising prices of bread
43
This individual is known as the father of modern economics.
Adam Smith
Joseph Stalin
Karl Marx
Friedrich Engels
44
Three branches of government was an idea from
Pope Gregory
Absolutism
Baron de Montesquieu
Christopher Columbus
45
During the 1930s, Hitler, Mussolini, and the military leaders of Japan
began invading neighboring lands
bolstered national pride by calling for free elections
had a monopoly on world trade
organized the League of Nations
46
When government policy doesn't set business working conditions, it is an example of
Laissez-faire
Totalitarianism
Inflation
Predestination
47
Which two countries opposed each other during the Cold War?
Soviet Union and the United States
Vietnam and Korea
Germany and Norway
Britain and France
48
What country did Germany invade first to start WWII?
France
Hungary
Poland
Austria
49
What was a mode of cheap transportation that developed in the Industrial Revolution?
roller blades
airplanes
railroads
hot air balloons
50
This country was created after WWII as a homeland for the Jewish people of the world.
Jordan
Israel
Syria
Palestine
51
Known as "the night of broken glass", this is often seen as the beginning of the Holocaust.
Blizkreig
Anschluss
Kristallnacht
Lebensraum
52
Who believed all men are born with three natural rights?
John Paul Jones
John Legend
John Mayor
John Locke
53
Corrupt behavior of priests and the sale of indulgences by the Church caused
the fall of Rome
the Bubonic Plague
the Reformation
the fall of Jerusalem
54
Pres. Bush led a UN coalition in __________. It liberated Kuwait but left Saddam in power.
Desert Shield
the Iraqi War
the Persian Gulf War
Desert Storm
55
The French word for middle class is
bourgeoisie
philosopher
proletariat
clergy
56
A _______ was a colony run by local rules with European advisors.
Protectorate
Consulate
Electorate
Indigenous
57
What was America's Foreign Policy before Japan bombed Pearl Harbor?
Lebensraum
Anschluss
Containment
Isolationism
58
The American President who invaded Iraq after the 911 attacks was
Richard Nixon
George W.Bush
Ronald Reagan
George H. W. Bush
59
This area of the world, the Middle East, is a crossroad for three major religions:
Judaism, Christianity, Hinduism
Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
Catholic, Protestant, Atheist
Christianity, Islam, Buddhism
60
The Ottoman Empire dissolved after
World War I
The Cold War
Iran War
World War II
61
Karl Marx idea for a classless society is known as
Absolutism
Communism
Nazism
Socialism
62
The religious practice when priests release people from the penalty for their sins for money is
Granting tithes
Granting predestination
Granting reformation
Granting indulgences
