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WORLD HISTORY II
2007 Spring
Released Test
1. Shortly after the initial contact with Europeans,
American Indian (First American) populations
began to decrease rapidly because of -
1.
2.
3.
4.
Warfare
Famine
Disease
genocide
2. The spread of Martin Luther’s
views led to the establishment of 1.
2.
3.
4.
Judaism
Catholicism
Mormonism
Protestantism
3. Which of the following best
completes this diagram?
1. Freedom
of press
2. Freedom
of religion
3. Freedom
of speech
4. Freedom
of petition
4. The Columbian Exchange introduced
which of the following to Europeans?
1.
2.
3.
4.
Corn
Cows
Wheat
Horses
5. Which of the following most likely resulted
from the change shown in this table?
1. Higher
literacy rates
2. Decline in
secularism
3. Stronger
monarchies
4. End of the
guild system
6. From the mid-1600s to the mid-1800s,
Japan controlled foreign influences on its
society by using 1.
2.
3.
4.
Mercantilism
Nationalism
Isolationism
feudalism
7. Which of the following best
completes this diagram?
1.
2.
3.
4.
Humanism
Socialism
Nationalism
Protestantism
8. The Mughal Empire originated in
the area now known as 1. Northern
India
2. Southern
China
3. The Middle
East
4. The Balkan
Peninsula
9. Whose scientific theory is illustrated by
this picture?
1. Louis
Pasteur
2. Nicolaus
Copernicus
3. William
Harvey
4. Issac
Newton
10. Toussaint L’Ouverture led are successful
revolution against French rule in -
1.
2.
3.
4.
Algeria
Haiti
Brazil
Mexico
11. Locke influenced the French Revolution when
he argued against -
1. Social
reforms
2. Political
parties
3. Absolute
monarchy
4. Parliamentary
power
12. Which completes the table?
1. Louvre
Palace
2. Palace at
Versailles
3. Bastille
Prison
4. Cathedral of
Notre Dame
13. A new form of literature called the
novel was developed during the 1. Enlightenment
2. Scientific
Revolution
3. Reformation
4. Age of Exploration
14. The American Revolution influenced
independence movements in South American by 1. Offering military aid
to support revolts
2. Providing an
example of a
successful colonial
rebellion
3. Blockading Spanish
military and trade
ships
4. Undermining English
military and
economic power
15. What term is used to describe Bismark’s beliefs
expressed in this quote?
1.
2.
3.
4.
Realpolitik
Perestroika
Imperialism
Appeasement
16. During the 19th century, one reason European
nations were interested in controlling the Suez
Canal was that the canal 1.
2.
3.
4.
Linked ports in China
and Japan in India
Enabled the discovery
of silks and spices in
South America
Established a direct sea
trade route from Europe
to east Asia
Allowed for European
access to India around
the southern tip of Africa
17. Giuseppe Garibaldi played a
major role in the 1. Forming of the
Kingdom of Sardinia
2. Unification of Italy
3. Strengthening of the
powers of the Pope
4. Destruction of the
Italian republican
movement
18. Which city was in Germany-controlled
territory?
1.
2.
3.
4.
Swatow
Foochow
Shanghai
Tsingtao
19. What was one factor that increased
demands for colonial independence World
War I?
1. Breakup of the
British Empire
2. Discovery of oil in
the colonies
3. Participation of
colonies in the
war
4. Cost of German
war reparations
20. What is represented by the two
areas marked on this map?
1.
2.
3.
4.
The Allies and the
Axis
The Protestants
and the Catholics
The North Atlantic
Treaty
Organization and
the Warsaw Pact
The World Trade
Organization and
the International
Monetary Fund
21. One reason the United States ended its policy
of isolation and entered World War I was the
1. Fall of the Ottoman
Empire
2. Japanese invasion
and conquest of
Manchuria
3. Truce between
revolutionary Russia
and Germany
4. Discovery of
German attempts to
ally with Mexico
22. Vladimir Lenin’s New Economic Policy differed
from Joseph Stalin’s Five-Year Plan because the
New Economic Policy 1. Allowed some
privately-owned
businesses
2. Increased regulation
of production
3. Eliminated collective
farming
4. Imposed production
mandates
23. What body does this table describe?
1. International
Monetary Fund
2. World Trade
Organization
3. Congress of
Vienna
4. League of
Nations
24. In which order did these events occur?
1.
2.
3.
4.
1,2,4,3
2,4,3,1
3,1,2,4
4,3,1,2
25. During the decades before World War II,
industrialization in Japan led to a growing
demand for 1. Democracy
2. Immigrant labor
3. Natural resources
4. Universities
26. Which World War II leader encouraged the
British people to resist the Nazis with these words?
1. Franklin D.
Roosevelt
2. Joseph Stalin
3. Dwight D.
Eisenhower
4. Winston Churchill
27. The Soviet Union entered World War II 1. After the defeat of the
Bolshevik party
2. In response to
German invasion
3. After the D-Day
invasion of Normandy
4. In response to United
States involvement
28. What is the best title for this list?
1. Cause of the Russian
Revolution of 1917
2. Failures of the League
of Nations
3. Reasons for the Nazi
Party’s Rise to Power
4. Weakness of Russia
on the Eve of World
War II
29. Who was this commander of the Pacific
during World War II and administrator of
Japan after the war?
1. Douglas
MacArthur
2. George S.
Patton
3. Dwight D.
Eisenhower
4. George
Marshall
30. This law is an example of
policies that eventually led to the 1. Invasion of the
Soviet Union
2. Invasion of
Poland
3. Great Purge
4. Holocaust
31. The occupied areas shown in
this map became the countries of 1.
2.
3.
4.
Bosnia and
Serbia
Albania and
Yugoslavia
East Pakistan
and West
Pakistan
East Germany
and West
Germany
32. Which of the following explains the rise
in military spending on the graph?
1. World
War I
2. World
War II
3. The
Korean
War
4. The
Persian
Gulf War
33. The ideological basis of the Cold War
was conflict between communism and -
1.
2.
3.
4.
Monarchy
Socialism
Democracy
Fascism
34. Which of the following was true
before Syria became independent?
1. Syria was ruled
under the mandate
system.
2. Syria was a part of
the Russian Empire
3. Large oil reserve
were discovered in
Syria.
4. The Treaty of
Versailles was
enforced in Syria.
35. Which leader was most closely
associated with stopped the spread of
communism?
1. Jomo Kenyatta
2. Mohandas Gandhi
3. Harry Truman
4. Kaiser Wilhelm II
36. Which headline resulted from the United
States policy of containment?
1.
2.
3.
4.
37. During the decades immediately after World
War II, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, and
Poland were 1. Democracies with
free market
economies
2. Dominated by the
Soviet Union
3. Provinces of AustriaHungary
4. Divided into smaller
independent states
38. Which African political leader is described by
this list?
1.
2.
3.
4.
Kwame Nkrumah
Jomo Kenyatta
Patrice Lumumba
Haile Selassie
39. Which method did Mohandas Gandhi
advocate to achieve the goal of Indian
independence?
1. Nonviolent civil
disobedience
2. Violent public
demonstration
3. Economic
embargo
4. Guerrilla warfare
40. The creation of the nation of
Pakistan was a result of 1. Religious conflicts
with India
2. A mandate by the
United States
3. Economic
depression in
India
4. A revolt against
imperialist France
41. Which belief is common to
Judaism, Christianity, and Islam?
1.
2.
3.
4.
Reincarnation
Animism
Monotheism
karma
42. The mandate system was
established by the 1.
2.
3.
4.
Soviet Union
Warsaw Pact
Ottoman Empire
League of Nations
43. The Torah is to Judaism as
which of the following is to Islam?
1.
2.
3.
4.
Mecca
Kaaba
Muhammad
Koran (Qur’an)
44. The table lists characteristics of 1.
2.
3.
4.
Islam
Hinduism
Judaism
Buddhism
45. Which religion best completes the map legend?
1.
2.
3.
4.
Islam
Hinduism
Buddhism
Christianity
46. Which 16th-century empire was
located in South America?
1.
2.
3.
4.
Incan
Aztec
Mayan
Songhai
47. The trans-Saharan trade route of the 16th
century was important to the exchange of products
and the spread of -
1.
2.
3.
4.
Judaism
Buddhism
Christianity
Islam
48. The Persian Empire ruled the
territory of which modern nation?
1.
2.
3.
4.
Spain
Iran
Algeria
China
49. In the 1500s, the darker shaded
region on the map was ruled by the 1. Russian
Empire
2. Spanish
Empire
3. Hapsburg
Empire
4. Ottoman
Empire
50. In 1500, which of these religions
was widespread in Europe?
1.
2.
3.
4.
Islam
Hinduism
Buddhism
Christianity
51. This table describes the triangle trade
between Europe, the Americas, and
1. East Asia
2. West Africa
3. Eastern
Europe
4. Southwest
Asia
52. During the Congress of Vienna, what
was the goal of the “balance of power”
doctrine?
1.
2.
3.
4.
Granting equal voting
rights to all citizens
Dividing authority
between kings and
parliaments
Preventing one nation
from becoming more
powerful than others
Sharing power between
nations and religious
institutions
53. Which of Napoleon’s achievements
influences governments today?
1. The conquest of
Portugal
2. The unification of
Europe
3. The codificaiton of
the law
4. The restoration of
the monarchy
54. What was one result of the
British Enclosure Movement?
1. There were fewer
factory owners.
2. More foreigners
bought farmland.
3. There was less
production of coal
4. More people
moved to the
cities.
55. How did the Industrial Revolution
improve the standard of living in England?
1. By giving government
more power to
regulate business
2. By protecting
industries from foreign
competition
3. By increasing the
production of
affordable goods
4. By discovering new
sources of raw
materials
56. Improving economic status for workers through
collective bargaining was the primary reason for
the formation of -
1. Associations of
journeymen
2. Craft guilds
3. Secret fraternal
organizations
4. Labor unions
57. Several modern-day conflicts in the
Middle East have involved Jews and -
1.
2.
3.
4.
Christians
Hindus
Muslims
Buddhists
58. Which peninsula is identified by the
darker-shaded area on this map?
1.
2.
3.
4.
Italian
Balkan
Iberian
Scandinavian
59. The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
increased the economic interdependence of the United
States, Mexico, and Canada by -
1. limiting tariffs
2. reducing
environmental
dangers
3. creating a united
judicial system
4. establishing
common currency
60. According to the table, which of the
following is most likely a developed nation?
1.
2.
3.
4.
Afghanistan
Chad
Haiti
Japan