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World History 2 Unit 2 Test: Chapter 15 Test A
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Choose the statement that best answers the question.
1. Whose theory of relativity replaced Newton's comforting belief in a world run by absolute laws of
motion and gravity?
a. Sigmund Freud
c. Charles Lindbergh
b. Albert Einstein
d. F. Scott Fitzgerald
2. What were Franz Kafka, James Joyce, and F. Scott Fitzgerald all known for being?
a. painters
c. novelists
b. composers
d. philosophers
3. After World War I, most European nations had what type of government, if only temporarily?
a. Fascist
c. Communist
b. Socialist
d. democratic
4. What event marked the beginning of the Great Depression?
a. the end of World War I
c. the stock market crash of 1929
b. the passage of the Dawes Plan
d. the election of Franklin Roosevelt
5. What was one part of Roosevelt's New Deal program to fight the Depression?
a. The stock market and banking system created
c. Large public works projects helped to
their own reform council.
provide jobs.
b. Government agencies took over businesses and
d. All of the above are true.
farms.
6. Il Duce was the title of which of the following leaders?
a. Juan Péron
c. Haile Selassie
b. Adolf Hitler
d. Benito Mussolini
7. Which German political party sought to overturn the Treaty of Versailles and combat communism?
a. Socialist
c. Fascist
b. Nazi
d. Republican
8. Which of the following was true of Germany, Italy, and Japan during the early 1930s?
a. All three successfully invaded other nations.
c. All three signed nonaggression pacts with the
Soviet Union.
b. All three had governments controlled by Fascists. d. All three pledged to undo the decisions of the
Versailles Treaty.
9. What term was used to identify the alliance of Germany, Italy, and Japan?
a. Fascist Powers
c. Axis Powers
b. Allied Powers
d. Central Powers
10. What was the goal of U.S. isolationists after World War I?
a. that Nazi ties to other countries should be
c. that foreign aid to other countries should be
combatted
lessened
b. that political ties to other countries should be
d. that industrial ties to other countries should
avoided
be ended
11. Which country did Germany conquer in September 1939?
a. Poland
c. East Prussia
b. Austria
d. Czechoslovakia
12. What did Germany do to the
Rhineland?
a. It annexed the Rhineland to
Belgium.
b. It surrendered the Rhineland to
France.
c. The Rhineland was remilitarized
by Germany.
d. The Rhineland became
industrialized.
13. What happened to the
Sudetenland?
a. Germany invaded it.
b. Germany annexed it.
c. It became independent.
d. Austria annexed it.
14. What happened to the rest of Czechoslovakia?
a. It was annexed to Germany in 1939.
b. It surrendered to Germany in 1939.
c. It was remilitarized by Germany in 1939.
d. It remained neutral.
15. It what key way are all of the shaded countries and regions related?
a. They are all democratic states.
c. They were taken over by Nazi Germany.
b. They all have direct access to the Baltic Sea.
d. They all border the Soviet Union.
16. During which year was unemployment at its peak,
and what percentage of the workforce was out of
work?
a. about 24 percent
c. about 22 percent
b. about 25 percent
d. about 20 percent
17. What was the change in the workforce between 1933
and 1934?
a. The percent of unemployed stayed the same.
b. The percent of unemployed increased.
c. The percent of unemployed decreased.
d. The percent of employed decreased.
18. What percentage were out of work during the peak
unemployment year?
a. about 19 percent
c. about 24 percent
b. about 20 percent
d. about 25 percent
19. How did the unemployment rate change between 1929 and 1930?
a. It stayed about the same.
c. It increased by about 5 percent.
b. It decreased by about 5 percent.
d. It increased by about 10 percent.
20. After the peak of unemployment, during which year did it reach its LOWEST rate again?
a. 1929
c. 1931
b. 1930
d. 1937
World History 2: Chapter 16 Test A
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Choose the statement that best answers the question.
1. What prompted Great Britain and France to declare war on Germany?
a. Soviet invasion of Finland
c. German invasion of Czechoslovakia
b. German invasion of Poland
d. Soviet invasion of Poland
2. The German blitzkrieg was a military strategy that depended on what advantage?
a. a system of fortifications
c. surprise and overwhelming force
b. "out-waiting" the opponent
d. ability to make a long, steady advance
3. What crucial lesson was learned in the Battle of Britain?
a. that Germany had a powerful airforce c. that the RAF needed more planes
b. that Hitler's advances could be
d. that the British were inexperienced
blocked
4. What event occurred on the day described as "a date which will live in infamy"?
a. attack on Pearl Harbor
c. bombing of Hiroshima
b. Battle of Guadalcanal
d. signing of the Atlantic Charter
5. What was significant about the Battle of Midway?
a. It turned the war in the Pacific against the Japanese. c. It destroyed the whole of the Japanese navy.
b. It marked the end of the war for the Japanese.
d. all of the above
6. Which of the following was the location of a Nazi extermination camp?
a. Berlin
c. Auschwitz
b. Warsaw
d. Dresden
7. Which of the following battles marked the final German offensive?
a. Battle of the Bulge
c. Battle of Leyte Gulf
b. Battle of Stalingrad
d. Battle of El Alamein
8. What caused the Japanese emperor to have reduced power after the war?
a. the Allies' insistence
c. the distrust of the Japanese parliament
b. the anger of the Japanese citizenry
d. the emperor's decision to reform the government
9. Where were atomic bombs dropped?
a. Tokyo and Hong Kong
c. Hiroshima and Nagasaki
b. Dresden and Berlin
d. Leyte Island and Midway
10. Which of the following was addressed by the Nuremberg Trials?
a. the Holocaust and other atrocities
c. the firebombing of Dresden
caused by the Germans and their allies
b. the use of nuclear bombs
d. the internment of Japanese-American citizens
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Use the map on the previous page to answer the following questions:
11.Which of these towns were British troops most likely to reach first?
a. Caen
c. Courseulles
b. Trévières
d. Carentan
12. Which of the following was an area targeted by the U.S. First Army?
a. Gold Beach
c. Juno Beach
b. Sword Beach
d. Omaha Beach
13. Which of the following officers did NOT command D-Day forces?
a. Patton
c. Montgomery
b. Bradley
d. Dempsey
14. How many beaches were targeted landing sites for forces coming from the water?
a. one
c. four
b. two
d. five
15. Which of the following was NOT a departure point in Great Britain?
a. Torquay
c. London
b. Portland
d. Portsmouth
16. What was the direct war cost for the United States during World War II?
a. $93 billion
c. $288 billion
b. $150 billion
d. $312 billion
17. During World War II, how many German military personnel were killed or reported missing?
a. 205,707
c. 2,120,000
b. 1,140,429
d. 3,300,000
18. In which of the following countries were the most civilians killed during World War II?
a. USSR
c. Japan
b. Germany
d. Great Britain
19. Which of the following countries had the lowest direct war costs?
a. Japan
c. France
b. USSR
d. Great Britain
20. Which of the countries listed in the chart had the second lowest number of killed or missing military personnel?
a. France
c. the United States
b. Great Britain
d. Japan
World History 2: Chapter 17 Test A
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Choose the statement that best answers the question.
1. In the 1940s and 1950s, what did the region described as being "behind the iron curtain" include?
a. Soviet Union only
c. democratic nations of Western Europe
b. Soviet Union and its satellite nations d. German Democratic Republic, or East
Germany
2. What was the purpose of the Truman Doctrine?
a. to raise funds for Communist
c. to judge political parties that favored
activities in Europe
communism
b. to create a Communist party in the
d. to support countries that rejected
United States
communism
3. What was the name of the alliance established by European Communist nations in response to NATO?
a. Iron Curtain
c. Second World
b. Warsaw Pact
d. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
4. Which two groups fought a civil war in China both before and after World War II?
a. the peasants and the middle class
c. the Nationalists and the Communists
b. the warlords and the emperor
d. the socialists and the nationalists
5. During the Cultural Revolution, who were the "new heroes" of China?
a. artists
c. students
b. peasants
d. commune leaders
6. When did Chinese troops enter the war in Korea?
a. when the UN voted to intervene
c. when MacArthur's troops landed at
Inchon
b. when the fighting neared China's
d. when North Korean troops crossed the
border
38th parallel
7. What idea was the major justification for U.S. foreign policy during the Cold War era?
a. Vietnamization
c. nonaligned nations
b. domino theory
d. Khmer Rouge
8. What were Third World countries?
a. countries aligned with the United
States and its allies
b. countries aligned with the Soviet
Union and its allies
c. developing countries not aligned with
the United States or the Soviet Union
d. countries with a gross national product
higher than First and Second World
countries
9. Which exiled leader led the religious opposition to Western influences in Iran?
a. Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeini
c. Anastasio Somoza
b. Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
d. Fidel Castro
10. What was the Strategic Defense Initiative?
a. a council created to create defense
c. a system to protect the United States
measures
against enemy missiles
b. a failed operation to invade the Soviet d. a program to weed out terrorist activity
Union
in the United States
11. What was the northernmost NATO member
shown on this map?
a. Turkey
b. Ireland
c. Norway
d. United Kingdom
12. Name four Warsaw Pact countries that
bordered NATO members.
a. East Germany,
Czechoslovakia,
Bulgaria, Albania
b. Portugal, Spain,
France,
Switzerland
c. Turkey, Greece,
Italy, Belgium
d. Hungary, Poland,
Romania, Spain
13. Which of the following Warsaw Pact countries shared a border with both a nonaligned country and a
NATO member?
a. Poland
c. Albania
b. Hungary
d. Romania
14. Which nonaligned countries lay between NATO and the Warsaw Pact?
a. Sweden and Ireland
c. Spain and Switzerland
b. Austria and Yugoslavia
d. France and Italy
15. Which group had the most coastline on the Mediterranean Sea?
a. Warsaw Pact countries
c. nonaligned countries
b. NATO members
d. all of the above
16. Which European countries could receive aid through the Marshall Plan?
a. any European country that needed it
b. any European country that shared a
border with iron curtain countries
c. any European country that politically
opposed the Soviet Union
d. any European country that modeled its
government after U.S. democracy
17. What led the Soviets to blockade West Berlin?
a. the formation of NATO
b. a reunification of the three western
zones of Germany
c. Marshall Plan aid to West Germany
d. the crash of a U2 spy flight over Soviet
territory
18. What event increased U.S. spending on education and technology?
a. Cuban missile crisis
c. Chinese-Soviet treaty of friendship
b. establishment of the Warsaw Pact
d. Soviet launching of a space satellite
19. Which leader won China's civil war, and what name did he give to the country?
a. Mao Zedong; People's Republic of
c. the Dalai Lama; Tibet
China
b. Jiang Jieshi; Republic of China
d. Zhou Enlai; New China
20. What economic system was used to reshape China's economy after the civil war?
a. laissez faire
c. social democracy
b. communism
d. capitalism
World History 2: Chapter 18 Test A
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Choose the statement that best answers the question.
1. The dividing of India into two nations based on religion was referred to as
a. the civil war.
c. the separation.
b. the partition.
d. all of the above.
2. After gaining their independence, India and Pakistan fought a war over
a. Kashmir.
c. New Delhi.
b. Nepal.
d. East Punjab.
3. Pakistan began as a divided nation. Its east and west regions were separated by
a. the Brahmaputra River.
c. 500 miles of Afghan territory.
b. 1, 000 miles of Indian territory.
d. the Krishna River.
4. After World War II, the greatest source of U.S.-Filippino conflict was
a. U.S. trade relations with the Philippines.
c. U.S. economic sanctions on the Philippines.
b. U.S. industrial interests in the Philippines.
d. U.S. military bases in the Philippines.
5. Which of the following is true of Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi?
a. She is the daughter of a U.S. diplomat.
c. She has not won a Nobel Prize.
b. She has been allowed to live freely.
d. She is active in the National League for
Democracy.
6. French-speaking Africans and West Indians formed a movement to celebrate African culture, heritage, and
values called
a. Negritude.
c. Black Pride.
b. African Peoples.
d. African Heritage.
7. The Mau Mau was
a. a secret society that wanted to liberate Kenya c. an alliance of tribes that wanted to liberate
from British rule.
Kenya from French rule.
b. a Communist organization that wanted to rule d. an organization that wanted to set up a
Kenya.
democratic government in Kenya.
8. The 1956 Suez Crisis began when
a. the United States refused to give up control of c. Great Britain refused to make improvements
the Suez Canal.
to the Suez Canal.
b. the Soviet Union bombed the Suez Canal.
d. Egypt seized control of the Suez Canal.
9. The long-time dictator of the Congo (formally the Belgian Congo) was
a. Mobutu Sese Seko.
c. Laurent Kabila.
b. Jomo Kenyattan.
d. Ahmed Ben Bella.
10. In 1978, the Camp David Accords were signed by
a. Anwar Sadat and Golda Meir.
c. Yasir Arafat and Yitzhak Rabin.
b. Anwar Sadat and Menachem Begin.
d. Yasir Arafat and Menachem Begin.
11. How many miles apart are Tel Aviv and Haifa?
a. 40
b. 70
c. 85
d. 100
12. In 1967, which of the following did Israel acquire?
a. the Nile Delta
c. the Golan Heights
b. Syria
d. the Negev Desert
13. Which of the following covers the least area?
a. the Sea of Galilee
c. the Gulf of Aqaba
b. the Dead Sea
d. the Gulf of Suez
14. Which of the following borders the West Bank?
a. Israel, the Sea of Galilee, and the Jordan River
b. the Golan Heights, the Dead Sea, and the
Jordan River
c. Israel, the Dead Sea, and the Jordan River
d. the Golan Heights, the Sea of Galilee, and the
Jordan River
15. Which of the following cities is the furthest west?
a. Beersheba
b. Jerusalem
c. Gaza
d. Haifa
16. Approximately what was the GDP per capita of the United States in 1991?
a. $6, 000
c. $22, 000
b. $15, 000
d. $25, 000
17. Which of the following had the lowest GDP per capita in 1985?
a. Philippines
c. the United States
b. Singapore
d. the Philippines and Singapore
(about equal)
18. About how much did Singapore's GDP per capita increase from 1965 to 1985?
a. $3, 000
b. $6, 000
c. $8, 000
d. $10, 000
19. About what was the Philippines' GDP per capita in 1965?
a. $100
b. $1, 000
c. $2, 000
d. $5, 000
20. In 1985, about how much higher was the GDP per capita in the United States than the GDP per capita in
Singapore?
a. $1, 000
c. $8, 000
b. $5, 000
d. $10, 000
World History 2: Chapter 19 Test A
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Choose the statement that best answers the question.
1. What prompted the Brazilian government to open up Brazil's political system?
a. The economy grew substantially.
c. A new civilian president was elected.
b. The economy fell into a recession.
d. Corruption charges were brought against the
government.
2. Which of the following is NOT a basic practice needed for democracy to work?
a. free elections
c. citizen participation
b. constitutional government
d. a presidency
3. What happened after the Nigerian military promised to bring back civilian rule in 1993?
a. A civilian government was elected and began a program of gradual democratic reform.
b. Dissidents called for the military to stay in power to control ethnic conflict.
c. A popular leader was elected president, but then the military threw him in jail.
d. The military canceled the elections, and they were never held.
4. What was apartheid?
a. a South African policy of separating the races
c. an abrupt shift to free-market economics in
Czechoslovakia
b. a policy of open discussion proposed by
d. a gradual opening of the Soviet political
Gorbachev
system
5. Under which program did Gorbachev attempt to modify the economic structure of the Soviet economy by
allowing some private enterprise?
a. glasnost
c. perestroika
b. shock therapy
d. modernization
6. What caused the two Germanys to reunify?
a. the fall of the Berlin wall
c. the crumbling economy of East Germany
b. the fall of communism in East Germany
d. Kohl's assurances that Germany had learned
from the past
7. Who became the Russian Republic's first elected president?
a. Vaclav Havel
c. Mikhail Gorbachev
b. Egon Krenz
d. Boris Yeltsin
8. What was it called when Bosnian Serbs used violence to rid Bosnia of its Muslims?
a. revolution
c. ethnic cleansing
b. militarism
d. shock therapy
9. What did the Four Modernizations call for?
a. progress in agriculture, industry, defense, and science and technology
b. improvement in social structuring, education, political reforms, and wages
c. an exploration of socialists' ideas to further the economy of China
d. a revolution from China's educated youth to reform political policies
10. What led Chinese students to demand democratic reform?
a. the visit by U.S. president Richard Nixon
c. the breakup of the Soviet Union and election
of Yeltsin
b. economic reforms that allowed Western ideas
d. the fall of the Berlin Wall and reunification
into China
of Germany
11. Which former Soviet republic shares a border with the greatest number of other republics?
a. Georgia
b. Kazakhstan
12. How many of the 15 republics border the Caspian Sea?
a. four
b. five
c. Russia
d. Ukraine
c. six
d. seven
13. In which direction can Kiev be
found from Moscow?
a. east
b. west
c. northeast
d. southwest
14. Along which body of water
can Tallin be found?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Aral Sea
Black Sea
Baltic Sea
Lake
Balkhash
15. Which republic has a small separate territory west of Lithuania?
a. Russia
c. Latvia
b. Belarus
d. Moldova
16. What is this cartoon about?
a. the ill health of three
political leaders
b. the creation of the Soviet
Union
c. the collapse of
communism
d. a people's revolution
17. Who is the man on the far
right dressed as a doctor?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Lech Walesa
Joseph Stalin
Mikhail Gorbachev
Deng Xiaoping
18. What belief about China was the cartoon expressing?
a. that the Chinese government is in decline
c. that Poland and the USSR will outlast China
b. that the Chinese leader is going to die
d. that communism is dead in China
19. According to the cartoon, in which country was communism likely to survive?
a. Poland
c. Soviet Union
b. China
d. all of the above
20. This cartoon was published June 7, 1989. Which of the cartoonist's predictions about communism were
accurate?
a. Communism did end in China.
b. Communism did end in Poland.
c. Communism did not end in the Soviet Union.
d. All the predictions were accurate.