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Match the best definition on the left with the term on the right. (2 points each)
1. _____ Textiles
A. French attempts at democracy
2. _____ Stock
B. Publically owned business
3. _____ Corporation
C. Right to vote
4. _____Suffrage
D. A share in a publically owned business
5. _____ Imperialism
E. Survival of the fittest race
6. _____ Racism
F. Negative views of people because of ethnic
7. _____ Social Darwinism
origin
8. _____ Berlin Conference
G. Attempt to pass the People’s Charter
9. _____ Third Republic
H. Divides Africa among European powers
10. _____ Chartist Movement
I.
Imposing ones might, culture and law on
another country
J.
Yarn, cloth, steel
Match the best definition on the left with the term on the right. (2 points each)
11. _____ Militarism
12. _____ Kaiser Wilhelm II
13. _____ Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
14. _____ Total war
15. _____ Armistice
16. _____ Propaganda
17. _____ Self-determination
18. _____ Home rule
19. _____ Black Hand
20. _____ League of Nations
K. Attack any foreign vessel
L. Cease fire
M. German ruler, extremely nationalistic
N. Organization that fought for
independence
O. Use all possible resources in battle
P. Right to rule over local lands
Q. Right to determine type of government
R. Promoting national agenda, war
S. Popularized the notion of a large standing
army
T. Organization designed to promote peace
For 11-20 (2 points each), write the word “true” or “false” on the line provided.
21. ___________ What would eventually develop into World War I began in July 1914 when Austria-Hungary
declared war on Russia.
22. ____________ Through the last decade of the 1800s and throughout most of World War I, Germany was
led by Otto von Bismarck.
23. ____________ Great Britain entered the war following Germany’s invasion of France in violation of that
nation’s neutrality.
24. ____________ Most of the new European nations created at the end of World War I were located on
former lands of Russia.
25. ____________ In the years leading up to World War I, Russia and Austria-Hungary competed for
dominance of the Balkans.
26. ____________ In the years leading up to World War I, Great Britain and Germany competed for the
industrial domination of Europe.
27. ____________ France was brought into the war through its alliance with Russia.
28. ____________ Austria-Hungary was brought into the war through its alliance with Serbia.
29. ____________ Several years before the war broke out, Bosnia and Herzegovina were annexed by Serbia
30. ____________ Great Britain entered the war in response to Germany’s invasion of France.
Match the name/term on the left with the term best associated with it on the right. (2 points each)
31. Weimar Republic
32. Fascism
33. Benito Mussolini
34. Adolf Hitler
35. Emperor Hirohito
36. Mao Zedong
37. Haile Selassie
38. Appeasement
39. Francisco Franco
40. Coalition government
41. Franklin D. Roosevelt
42. New Deal
43. Axis Powers
44. Isolationism
45. Third Reich
46. Munich Conference
A. Germany’s Government After WWI
B. Germany’s government under Hitler
C. Fascist Dictator of Italy
D. Militarized form of government
E. Fascist Dictator of Germany
F. Fascist Dictator of Italy
G. Fascist Dictator of Italy
H. Totalitarianism
I. Autocracy
J. Radical
K. Relativity
Write the letter of the correct answer on the line provided. (2 points each)
______16. All of the following were leaders of Fascist governments EXCEPT
a. Adolph Hitler
b. Benito Mussolini c. Francisco Franco d. Emperor Hirohito
______17. Which country underwent a civil war in the late 1930s?
a. Spain
b. Belgium
c. Austria
d. Czechoslovakia
______18. Which country invaded Rhineland in 1936?
a. Italy
b. Germany
c. Japan
d. the Soviet Union
______19. Which country invaded China in 1938?
a. Italy
b. Germany
c. Japan
d. the Soviet Union
______20. Which of the following countries signed a nonaggression pact with Germany in August 1939?
a. Japan
b. Great Britain
c. France
d. the Soviet Union
Write the letter of the best answer on the line provided.
______ 1. Great Britain and France declared war on Germany in response to
Germany’s invasion of
a. France.
b. Poland
c. Austria.
d. Czechoslovakia.
______ 2. Germany’s strategy of launching a “lightning war” was referred to as a
a. holocaust.
b. Luftwaffe.
c. blitzkrieg.
d. Kristallnacht.
______ 3. In 1940, 338,000 Allied forces were rescued by sea from
a. Lille.
b. Vichy.
c. Calais.
d. Dunkirk.
______ 4. The Lend-Lease Act cleared the way for the United States to
a. ship American troops overseas.
b. begin rationing goods in short supply.
c. send weapons and supplies to the Allies.
d. carry on an undeclared naval war with Germany.
______ 5. The tide of the war in the Pacific turned against the Japanese with
a. the Battle of Midway.
b. the Battle of Okinawa.
c. the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
d. the invasion of the Bataan peninsula.
______ 6. The strategy of “island hopping” in the Pacific involved Allied attacks on
a. all Japanese-held islands.
b. all islands within 500 miles of Japan.
c. only islands that were not well-defended.
d. only islands that were Japanese strongholds.
______ 7. What combination led to the German defeat in the Battle of
Stalingrad?
a. Russian and British troops
b. Russian troops and the Russian winter
c. Russian, American, and British ground forces
d. Russian ground forces and American air strikes
______ 8. Japan conquered all of the following during World War II EXCEPT
a. Australia.
b. Manchuria. c. Hong Kong. d. the Philippine Islands.
______ 9. Which of the following was addressed by the Nuremberg Trials?
a. the Holocaust
b. the use of nuclear bombs
c. the firebombing of Dresden
d. the internment of Japanese-American citizens
______10. Under the constitution established in postwar Japan, the head of the
government was
a. the emperor.
b. the leader of the diet.
c. a prime minister selected by the diet.
d. a prime minister selected by the emperor.
______11. The Battle of the Bulge was significant because it
a. was the last German offensive.
b. resulted in the surrender of Italy.
c. allowed supplies to get through to Russia.
d. gave the Allies their first victory in Europe.
Write the letter of the name that best answers the question. A name may be used more than once or not at all.
a. Henri Pétain
b. Joseph Stalin
c. Harry Truman
d. Erwin Rommel
e. Benito Mussolini
f. Emperor Hirohito
g. Charles de Gaulle
h. Winston Churchill
i. Isoroku Yamamoto
j. Douglas MacArthur
k. Franklin D. Roosevelt
l. Dwight D. Eisenhower
______12. Who led Italy during most of World War II?
______13. Who continuously (and unsuccessfully) urged the British and Americans to invade France?
______14. Who oversaw efforts to write Japan’s new constitution?
______15. Who was the U.S. president when America entered the war?
______16. Who was the supreme commander of the Allied forces in France?
______17. Who masterminded the Japanese naval strategy during World War II?
______18. Who masterminded the Allied “island-hopping” strategy in the Pacific?
______19. Who was the leader of the Free French and the French government-in-exile in London?
______20. Who learned from history and practiced a “scorched-earth” policy?
Write the letter of the best answer on the line provided.
______ 41. Who was the supreme commander of the Allied forces in Europe?
a. General George Patton
b. General Erwin Rommel
c. General Bernard Montgomery
d. General Dwight D. Eisenhower
______ 42. Which of the following occurred on D-Day?
a. the Allied invasion of Italy
b. the Allied invasion of France
c. the Allied invasion of Germany
d. the Allied bombing of Nagasaki
______ 43. The main target of the kamikazes was Allied
a. ships.
b. air bases.
c. ground troops.
d. civilian populations.
______ 44. Which of the following did Stalin repeatedly urge Churchill and Roosevelt to do in order to relieve German
pressure on Soviet armies?
a. invade Italy b. invade France
c. invade Germany
d. use atomic bombs
______ 45. Which general led the victorious troops in the Battle of El Alamein?
a. Erwin Rommel
b. Friedrich von Paulus
c. Bernard Montgomery
d. Dwight D. Eisenhower
______ 46. Thousands of Japanese Americans were interned in relocation camps based on
a. their ancestry.
b. their need for protection.
c. their stated support of Japanese goals.
d. their unwillingness to aid the war effort.
Match the Battle on the left with its significance on the right.
______ 47. Battle of El Alamein
A. The damage inflicted on the German army was so
extensive that, from then on, the German army could
do little but retreat.
______ 48. Battle of Stalingrad
______ 49. Battle of the Bulge
______ 50. Battle of Leyte Gulf
B. Forced the German army onto the defensive in
Eastern Europe.
C. The damage inflicted on the Japanese navy was so
extensive that the Japanese navy was eliminated as a
fighting force in the war.
D. Forced the German army to begin its retreat from
North Africa.
Match the term on the left with the phrase best associated with it on the right. (2 points each)
47. ______ Globalization
48. ______ Cold war
49. ______ War on terror
50. ______ Vietnam war
51. ______ Korean war
52. ______ Yalta conference
53. ______ United Nations
54. ______ Iron curtain
55. ______ Containment
56. ______ Warsaw pact
L. Communist North vs. Democratic South
M. Countries form a buffer zone between
communist and democratic states
N. The homogenization of the planet
O. Rural South vs. Industrial North
P. Non-aggression agreement between 8
Eastern European countries
Q. Unconventional warfare where there is a
race to arm your country
R. Group of countries dedicated to
peacekeeping
S. Countries with different political ideologies
are separate
T. Group of countries decide outcome of WWII
U. Unconventional warfare where there is no
clear enemy
Write the letter of the correct answer on the line provided. (2 points each)
______11. All of the following were made permanent members of the United
Nations Security Council EXCEPT
a. Japan.
b. China.
c. France.
d. the Soviet Union.
______12. In the 1940s and 1950s, the area described as being “behind the iron curtain” was composed of
a. the Soviet Union only.
b. the Soviet Union and its satellite nations.
c. the mostly democratic nations of Western Europe.
d. the German Democratic Republic of East Germany.
______13. The main goal of the Truman Doctrine was to
a. overthrow dictatorships.
b. promote free elections in Eastern Europe.
c. strengthen Europe’s ability to resist communism.
d. prevent interference in the internal affairs of other nations.
______14. The foreign policy called “containment” was aimed at containing the spread of
a. communism.
b. nuclear weapons.
c. Cold War hostilities.
d. postwar economic problems.
______15. What was the name of the alliance established by European Communist nations in response to
NATO?
a. the Iron Curtain
b. the Warsaw Pact
c. the Second World
d. the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Answer the following questions in the space provided.
1. What word did Hitler incorrectly use as a name for the Germanic people he considered the “master race”?
2. What happened on Kristallnacht?
3. What is genocide?
4. What did Hitler favor at first as the “solution” to the “Jewish problem,” and why did it fail to satisfy Hitler’s
demands?
5. What was the main goal of the “Final Solution”?
6. Identify TWO tools or tactics that were used to implement the “Final Solution.”
7. Identify TWO groups other than Jews who were singled out for the “Final Solution.”
8. Describe a “ghetto.”
Write the letter of the best answer on the line provided.
9. ______ Who was the supreme commander of the Allied forces in Europe?
a. General George Patton
b. General Erwin Rommel
c. General Bernard Montgomery
d. General Dwight D. Eisenhower
10. ______ Which of the following occurred on D-Day?
a. the Allied invasion of Italy
b. the Allied invasion of France
c. the Allied invasion of Germany
d. the Allied bombing of Nagasaki
11. ______ The main target of the kamikazes was Allied
a. ships.
b. air bases.
c. ground troops.
d. civilian populations.
12. ______ Which of the following did Stalin repeatedly urge Churchill and Roosevelt to do in order to relieve German
pressure on Soviet armies?
a. invade Italy b. invade France
c. invade Germany
d. use atomic bombs
13. ______ Which general led the victorious troops in the Battle of El Alamein?
a. Erwin Rommel
b. Friedrich von Paulus
c. Bernard Montgomery
d. Dwight D. Eisenhower
14. ______ Thousands of Japanese Americans were interned in relocation camps based on
a. their ancestry.
b. their need for protection.
c. their stated support of Japanese goals.
d. their unwillingness to aid the war effort.
Match the Battle on the left with its significance on the right.
15. ______ Battle of El Alamein
16. ______ Battle of Stalingrad
17. ______ Battle of the Bulge
A. The damage inflicted on the German army was so
extensive that, from then on, the German army could
do little but retreat.
B. Forced the German army onto the defensive in
Eastern Europe.
18. ______ Battle of Leyte Gulf
C. The damage inflicted on the Japanese navy was so
extensive that the Japanese navy was eliminated as a
fighting force in the war.
D. Forced the German army to begin its retreat from
North Africa.
Answer the following questions in the space provided.
19. Name the two major events that led to Japan’s surrender:
20 -23. On the morning of August ____, 1945, the B-29 bomber called the __________________, flown
by Col. Paul W. Tibbets, Jr., took off from _____________ Island in the ________________ islands.
24-25. The ____________ Project was the code name given by the United States in the development of
the _________ bomb.
Match the term on the left with the phrase best associated with it on the right. (2 points each)
57. ______ Cold war
58. ______ Vietnam war
59. ______ Korean war
60. ______ Yalta conference
61. ______ United Nations
62. ______ Iron curtain
63. ______ Containment
64. ______ Warsaw pact
65. ______ 38th Parallel
66. ______ Non-aligned nations
V. Communist North vs. Democratic
South
W. Countries form a buffer zone
between communist and democratic
states
X. Rural South vs. Industrial North
Y. Non-aggression agreement
between 8 Eastern European
countries
Z. Korean dividing line
AA. Unconventional warfare where
there is a race to arm your country
BB. Group of countries dedicated to
peacekeeping
CC. Countries with different political
ideologies are separate
DD.Group of countries decide outcome
of WWII
EE. Not Allies with US or USSR
Write the letter of the correct answer on the line provided. (2 points each)
______11. All of the following were made permanent members of the United
Nations Security Council EXCEPT
a. Japan.
b. China.
c. France.
d. the Soviet Union.
______12. In the 1940s and 1950s, the area described as being “behind the iron curtain” was composed of
a. the Soviet Union only.
b. the Soviet Union and its satellite nations.
c. the mostly democratic nations of Western Europe.
d. the German Democratic Republic of East Germany.
______13. The foreign policy called “containment” was aimed at containing the spread of
a. communism.
b. nuclear weapons.
c. Cold War hostilities.
d. postwar economic problems.
______ 14. During the Cold War, most Third World countries could have been
accurately described as being
a. developing nations.
b. established democracies.
c. located in Eastern Europe.
d. aligned with the United States.
______ 15. During the Cold War, which of the following nations was nonaligned?
a. Cuba
b. India
c. Japan
d. Poland
______ 16. The Bay of Pigs was a failed attempt to overthrow
a. Fidel Castro. c. Anastasio Somozoa.
b. Fulgencio Batista. d. Mohammed Reza Pahlavi.
______ 17. The United States and the Soviet Union had a dangerous standoff over
the presence of Soviet missiles in
a. Iraq.
b. Iran.
c. Cuba.
d. Afghanistan.
______ 18. Daniel Ortega was
a. a U.S.-supported Nicaraguan dictator.
b. a U.S.-supported El Salvadoran dictator.
c. a leader of Contra forces in El Salvador.
d. a leader of Sandinista rebel forces in Nicaragua.
______ 19. Islamic revolutionaries held more than 60 Americans hostage for over a
year in
a. Iraq.
b. Iran.
c. Turkey.
d. Afghanistan.
______ 20. In 1979, the Soviet Union invaded
a. Iraq.
b. Cuba.
c. China.
d. Afghanistan.
Matching. Match the term on the left with the best definition on the right. (3 points each)
1. ______Nikita Khrushchev
2. ______Leonid Brezhnev
3. ______SALT
4. ______Mikhail Gorbachev
5. ______Glasnost
6. ______Perestroika
7. ______Boris Yeltsin
8. ______Vladimir Putin
9. ______Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
10. ______Solidarity
11. ______Lech Walesa
12. ______Reunification
13. ______Shock therapy
14. ______Ethnic cleansing
15. ______ Ronald Reagan
A. Youngest Soviet leader since Stalin; named by
Communist Party in 1985
B. Talks to limit nuclear arms in USA and USSR
C. Soviet leader who sent tanks into
Czechoslovakia
D. A loose federation of former Soviet territories
E. A policy of economic restructuring
F. A policy of openness
G. A workers union
H. Defined communist Russia and its allies as “The
Evil Empire”
I. Soviet leader began a process of
“destalinization”
J. East and West Germany merge into one
country
K. Economic plan for a swift move toward
capitalism
L. Leader of the workers union in Poland
M. Policy of murder and brutality aimed at getting
rid of a specific group of people
N. Sent tanks into Chechnya
O. Under his first term as President, Russian
quality of life declined
Multiple Choice. Write the letter of the best answer on the line provided. (3 points each)
16. ______ The first unmanned satellite launched into space was named
a. Space Monkey I
b. Sputnik
c. Project Mercury
d. Yuri Gagarin
17. ______ The first American in space was
a. Neil Armstrong
b. Yuri Gagarin
c. Marvin the Martian
d. Alan Shepard
18. ______ NASA is an acronym that stands for
a.
b.
c.
d.
National Association of Space Aviation
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Need Another Space Adventure
National Administration for Space Aeronautics
19. ______ The first man to orbit the Earth was
a. Neil Armstrong
b. Yuri Gagarin
c. Gemini Jones
d. Alan Shepard
20. ______ The Space Race ended on this date when the US put Neil Armstrong on the moon:
a.
b.
c.
d.
July 4, 1968
July 21, 1969
June 21, 1971
June 22, 1969
21. ______ Acts of terrorism always include
a.
b.
c.
d.
Guns
Scare tactics
Violence
Suicide bombs
22. ______ Since 1960, how many terrorist attacks have happened worldwide?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Over 1 million
Exactly 2,345
Over 14,000
Over 25,000
23. ______ Common targets for terrorism are:
a.
b.
c.
d.
Subway stations
Crowded locations
Airports
All of the above
24. ______ Cyberterrorism is defined as
a.
b.
c.
d.
Politically motivated attacks on information systems
Attacks on people who are thought to be “cybers”
Attacks using computer guided weaponry
None of the above
25. ______ The following group conducted terrorist attacks in great Britain in the 1980s and 90s:
a.
b.
c.
d.
CIA
IRA
FBI
NATO