Enlightenment, France and Latin America
Nationalism, Industrial Revolution, 19th century
Imperialism and WWI
Russian Revolution/Stalin
Fascism, WWII, Holocaust
100

Which of the following best describes the heliocentric model?

A. The Earth and planets revolve around the sun

  1. A body in motion stays in motion
  2. The Earth is at the center of the universe
  3. Planets and the sun all revolve around Earth

A. The Earth and planets revolve around the sun

100

Nationalism is most likely to develop in regions that have

  • Isolated city-states
  • Diverse religious practices
  • Vast trade networks that accumulate wealth
  • People who share a common culture or history
  • People who share a common culture or history
100

Which of the following was true of imperialism in China and Japan?

  • Rebellions in Japan were successful and prevented European contact
  • China quickly industrialized which led to the exit of imperial powers
  • Japan’s Meiji Restoration gradually turned them into an imperialistic threat
  • The British could not capitalize on the opium and tea trade in China
  • Japan’s Meiji Restoration gradually turned them into an imperialistic threat
100

Bloody Sunday was a violet response against Russians who wanted

  • More rights for the working class
  • Religious toleration
  • An end to Russification
  • Collectivization of private farms
  • More rights for the working class
100

A similarity between Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini was

  • A strong belief is socialism
  • Support for unionization of workers
  • Use of propaganda techniques
  • Persecution of Roman Catholics
  • Use of propaganda techniques
200

Belief in life, liberty, and property are most associated with the writings of

  • Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  • John Locke
  • Voltaire
  • Baron de Montesquieu
  • John Locke
200

Why did the Industrial Revolution begin in England in the eighteenth century

  • England’s vast overseas Asian Empire gave it the raw materials necessary to industrialize
  • The geography of England provided rich resources and water transportation needed for industrialization
  • Napoleon’s Continental System forced England to become self-sufficient
  • Because of failed farming techniques, British people looked for other avenues to achieve economic success
  • The geography of England provided rich resources and water transportation needed for industrialization
200

What was one outcome of the Boer War?

  • The end of British control in the western regions of Africa
  • British domination in the Union of South Africa
  • British control of the Congo River as an outlet to the Atlantic Ocean
  • A decreased need for Britain to utilize Asian tea markets
  • British domination in the Union of South Africa
200

Which of the following factors contributed the least to Vladimir Lenin’s rise to power?

  • Discontent with czarist rule
  • Dissatisfaction with labor conditions and a low standard of living
  • World War I’s devastating effects on Russian people
  • Support from the Eastern Orthodox Church
  • Support from the Eastern Orthodox Church
200

In Mein Kampf, Adolf Hitler supported

  • Securing the Sudentenland through appeasement
  • Enforcing the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles
  • The extermination of Russians and Poles
  • A master race of Aryans superior to Jews
  • A master race of Aryans superior to Jews
300

In The Spirit of the Laws, Baron de Montesquieu advocated for

  • speech rights
  • separation of powers
  • property qualifications to vote
  • freedom of religion

separation of powers

300

What was the greatest influence on urbanization in Britain c1800?

  • Readily available jobs in factories
  • Crop failures in rural areas
  • Universal male suffrage
  • International trading opportunities
  • Readily available jobs in factories
300

Which of the following was the spark that led to a chain reaction of war in 1914?

  • The sinking of the Lusitania
  • Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
  • German militarization in a time of peace
  • Unrestricted and ruthless submarine attacks in the Atlantic
  • Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
300

The Bolshevik Revolutionaries supported the

  • Limiting of workers’ rights
  • Provisional Government of Alexander Kerensky
  • Russian tradition of Czarist rule
  • Writings of Karl Marx
  • Writings of Karl Marx
300

The turning point of World War II in Western Europe occurred in the

  • Invasion of Normandy
  • Battle of the Bulge
  • Battle of Stalingrad
  • Battle of London
  • Invasion of Normandy
400

Which event was inconsistent with the causes of the French Revolution?

  • A lack of government representation for the Third Estate
  • Enlightenment philosophy
  • The appointment of Napoleon Bonaparte to command the military
  • Inspiration from the American Revolution
  • The appointment of Napoleon Bonaparte to command the military
400

Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels would most likely support

  • A classless society where the workers share the factors of production
  • Laissez-faire capitalism as advocated by Adam Smith
  • Survival of the fittest in business, and educational opportunities for the elite
  • Elimination of labor unions as a means to bargain wages
  • A classless society where the workers share the factors of production
400

The Schlieffen Plan was

  • A German war goal to quickly defeated France, and then shift attention to Russia
  • An Allied strategy to gain land in the Balkans
  • A proposed alliance between Germany and Mexico
  • The transformation of World War I from a battle on land, to one in the air
  • A German war goal to quickly defeated France, and then shift attention to Russia
400

Which of the following was true of Joseph Stalin’s Five-Year Plan of 1928?

  • It was the only one of its kind during Stalin’s reign as leader
  • Stalin set quotas so high, that they could not be met
  • The Soviet Union became the world leader in industrialization by 1933
  • Major advances in consumer goods came out of the Soviet Union for the first time
  • Stalin set quotas so high, that they could not be met
400

The Yalta Conference presented which potential conflict for Europe?

  • A struggle for land between Britain and the United States
  • The spread of communism throughout Eastern Europe
  • The unification of Germany
  • A nuclear arms race between Western nations
  • The spread of communism throughout Eastern Europe
500

The violent spark of the French Revolution began on July 14, 1789 at the

  • Bastille
  • signing of the Tennis Court Oath
  • Palace of Versailles
  • Cathedral of Notre Dame
  • Bastille
500

Which of the following was the British Empire most reluctant to give self-rule to by the twentieth century?

  • Ireland
  • Australia
  • Canada
  • New Zealand
  • Ireland
500

Which of the following was a goal of the Treaty of Versailles

  • Limiting the manufacturing of weapons in Germany
  • Removing Alsace-Lorraine from French hands
  • Allowing for an international army to enforce the Treaty
  • Making France pay a large sum of money for their war guilt
  • Limiting the manufacturing of weapons in Germany
500

Which of the following was supported greatly by Joseph Stalin?

  • Freedom of religion
  • Private business ventures
  • Censorship of literature
  • Expansion of voting rights
  • Censorship of literature
500

Put the following events of the World War II in Chronological Order

1. German Blitzkrieg of Poland

2. Dropping the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima

3. Japan attacks Pearl Harbor

4. France falls to Hitler

France Falls to Hitler

German Blitzkrieg of Poland

Japan attacks Pearl Harbor

Dropping of the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima

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