World History final exam

Question 1

Who developed the first practical and usable light bulb?

Answer 1

Thomas Eddison

Question 2

was a leading force behind German unification in the late 1800s

Answer 2

Bismark’s “Blood and Iron”

Question 3

build an affordable line of cars

Answer 3

Henry Ford

Question 4

was the “sword” of Italy

Answer 4

Garibaldi

Question 5

the founder of a woman’s rights suffrage group that adopted destructive tactics

Answer 5

Benjamin Disraeli

Question 6

was a Filipino rebel who cooperated with US forces against the Spanish

Answer 6

Emilo Aguinaldo

Question 7

began a movement called Zionism

Answer 7

Theodor Herzl

Question 8

concluded that human behaviors are a series of connected conditioned reflexes

Answer 8

Ivan Pavlov

Question 9

discussed his concept of natural selection in his book “On the Orgin of Species”

Answer 9

Charles Darwin

Question 10

the ________, led by Garibaldi, used guerilla warfare tactics to unify Italy

Answer 10

Red Shirts

Question 11

In the 1890’s, the study of the mind and human behavior emerged as a seperate field known as ____

Answer 11

Psychology

Question 12

the treaty of _________, and other treaties, humiliated the Japanese because they opened Japanese ports to Westerners

Answer 12

Kanagawa

Question 13

In 1839, a group in Great Britain called the ____________ worked for voting rights for all men

Answer 13

Chartist/”People’s Charter”

Question 14

Nicholas II issued the ____________ which promised a Russian constitution and guaranteed individual liberties to all Russians in 1905

Answer 14

October Manifesto

Question 15

The ___________ declared the Americas off limits to further European colonization

Answer 15

Monroe Docterine

Question 16

t/f- the Meiji Restoration marks the emporer’s return to power in Japan

Answer 16

False

Question 17

t/f- Michael Faraday’s discoveries led to the development to electrical generators

Answer 17

True

Question 18

t/f- New Zealand was the first country to give women the right to vote

Answer 18

True

Question 19

t/f- The Compromise of 1867 create the Dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary with 2 seprate, equal states and 2 rulers

Answer 19

False

Question 20

t/f- The famine in Ireland that resulted from potato crop failures increased Irish resentment against the British

Answer 20

True

Question 21

t/f- The coal that was burned to run steam engines and warm houses created health problems for people in industrial cities

Answer 21

True

Question 22

t/f- The Theory of Relativity was Darwin’s belief that species change and adapt over time

Answer 22

False

Question 23

t/f- The period of reconstruction after the Civil War was a period of rebuilding in the North

Answer 23

False

Question 24

t/f- Bloody Sunday was the day in Russian history when the Czar’s supporters rose up against the Russian ruler Vladimir Lenin

Answer 24

False

Question 25

In 1840, the first women's rights convention was organized by __________ and ___________

Answer 25

Lucretia Molt and Elizabeth Cady

Question 26

Manifest Destiny contributed to the _______________

Answer 26

Western expansion of the US

Question 27

Public transportation resulted in _____________

Answer 27

increased urbanization and economic development

Question 28

The Reform Act of 1832 gave more British citizens the chance to _____

Answer 28

vote

Question 29

The secession of South Carolina led to the _________ war

Answer 29

Civil

Question 30

The Sepoy Mutiny was caused by ________

Answer 30

discontent with British rule, religious tensions, and military grievances

Question 31

The requests of the Indian National Congress to the British were ________

Answer 31

greater representation in government, more autonomy for Indians, and an end to discriminatory policies

Question 32

The Austro- Prussian War was the first steps toward ________

Answer 32

German Unification

Question 33

The efforts of the Young Turks in the Ottoman Empire brought about the _________

Answer 33

The Balkan War

Question 34

When Chinese officials ordered the destruction of British Opium in Gangzhou, the British _________________

Answer 34

started the first Opium War- 16 British warships arrived in Gangzhou, bombed forts, attempted negotiations, and seized cities

Question 35

Czar Alexander took the historic first step of ______________

Answer 35

freeing Prussia's serfs and giving them the right to own land as part of a commune

Question 36

As revolts spread across Europe, Metternich helped to pass the Carlsbad Decrees, which ______________

Answer 36

prohibited any reforms that conflicted with the absolute monarchy, established censorship of newspapers and created a secret police force that spied on students who were suspected of liberal or nationalist revolutionary activities

Question 37

Kipling's phrase "the White Man's burden" _________

Answer 37

meant white imperialism and colonialism- was part of a poem he wrote

Question 38

Stalin's Five- Year plan reflected the Soviet system of _________________

Answer 38

central planning and totaltarianism

Question 39

A result of nationalism in Africa in the post WW1 years was ____________

Answer 39

Pan- African Congress

Question 39

The peace agreement between the nations after WW1 is called the __________

Answer 39

Treaty of Versailles

Question 40

What resulted from trench war-fare in WW1?

Answer 40

Stalemates

Question 41

Several factors contributed to the stock market crash including _________

Answer 41

Black Tuesday

Question 42

The Guomindang of China was the party of ________

Answer 42

Nationalists

Question 43

How did WW1 affect the home front of many nations?

Answer 43

food shortages, women entering the workforce, increased government control, propaganda campaigns

Question 44

In 1914, Great Britain declared war on Germany because of ____________

Answer 44

The Battle of Britain

Question 45

one result of the Yalta Conference was to _________

Answer 45

reach an agreement on what to do with post- war Europe- Berlin divided into 4 zones of occupation

Question 46

The Battle of Midway was significant because __________

Answer 46

it changes the balance of power in the Pacific

Question 47

The Nuremburg Laws were established to ___________

Answer 47

create a seprate legal status for German Jews, eliminating their citizenship along with many civil and property rights such as the right to vote, defined a person based on ancestry of grandparents, not religious beliefs

Question 48

Hitler's Final Solution called for ________

Answer 48

the deliberate mass execution of Jews

Question 49

What prompted Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor?

Answer 49

America cracked the secret Japanese code used to transmit messages

Question 50

The Manchurian Incident showed _________

Answer 50

defiance of Japanese military towards their government- they needed more resources (coal and iron)

Question 51

Germany's defeat in the ____________ marked the end of major German resistance at the close of WW2

Question 52

The German army was without food, ammunition, and medicine when the Soviet army surrounded them at the __________, a turning point in WW2

Answer 52

Battle of Alamein

Question 53

Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor resulted in the end of _________ in the US

Answer 53

isolation

Question 54

Hitler began the German expansion in the 1930's by ___________ Austria

Answer 54

annexing and invading

Question 55

Japanese expansion after WW1 occurred because Japan lacked enough ________ to support modern industry

Answer 55

resources

Question 56

Mohandas Ghandi believed in change through 2 important concepts, nonviolence and ________

Answer 56

civil disobedience

Question 57

The Russian Monarchy came to an end when __________ stepped down

Answer 57

Czar Nicholas

Question 58

The causes of WW1 include militarianism, alliances, imperialism, and ______

Answer 58

nationalism

Question 59

In response to reports of widespread killing of Jews in Europe, the US established the ______

Answer 59

Nuremburg Laws

Question 60

The allies gained power in North Africa by taking advantage of the Afrika Korp's _____ problems

Answer 60

supply

Question 61

In WW2, the Axis powers included Germany, ________, and Japan

Answer 61

Italy

Question 62

Germany, Italy, and the Soviet Union had _______ governments following WW1

Answer 62

different

Question 63

Franklin D. Roosevelt tried to start an economic recovery in the US with a program called the ______

Answer 63

New Deal

Question 64

Mao Zedong led 100,000 communists on the __________ through China, searching for a region safe from Guomindang

Answer 64

6,000 mile trek (long march)

Question 65

the main players in what came to be known as WW1 were the Allied powers and the ______

Answer 65

Axis powers

Question 66

was the general who led Japan in ww2

Answer 66

Hirohito

Question 67

Was the founder of the Facist Party

Answer 67

Benito Mussolini

Question 68

"Father of the Turks"

Answer 68

Kemal Ataturk

Question 69

Leader that wrote Fourteen Points

Answer 69

Woodrow Wilson

Question 70

Was the Desert Fox who led the Afrika Korps

Answer 70

Erwin Rommel

Question 71

Prime minister of Great Britain who supported the policy of appeasement

Answer 71

Chamberlain

Question 72

Started collectivization in the Soviet Union

Answer 72

Joseph Stalin

Question 73

The British economist who believed governments could limit economic downturns by spending

Answer 73

John Maynard Keynes

Question 74

Guimindang leader who turned against his communist allies

Answer 74

Chaing Kai-Shek

Question 75

Early Bolshevik leader

Answer 75

Vlaldimar Lenin

Question 76

t/f- propaganda was only used by Axis nations during the war

Answer 76

false

Question 77

t/f- American leaders considered using the atomic bomb to spare huge allied casulties that might result from invading Japan

Answer 77

True

Question 78

t/f- After the war, the Turks defeated the Greeks and announced the establishment of the Republic of Turkey

Answer 78

False

Question 79

t/f- The White Army fought Lenin's Red army and ultimately defeated the Bolsheviks in 1920

Answer 79

False

Question 80

t/f- Gregory Resputin was an execptional military advisor to Czar Nicholas II

Answer 80

False

Question 81

t/f- The world organization called the League of Nations replaced the earlier organization, the League of Nations

Answer 81

True

Question 82

t/f- Before entering WW2, the US had been helping the Allies by shipping across the Atlantic Ocean

Answer 82

True

Question 83

t/f- Negotiations were difficult after WW1 because the leaders of the four major allies had very different ideas about a peace treaty

Answer 83

False

Question 84

t/f- Russian factories were able to produce military supplies quickly enough to meet the army's needs in WW1

Answer 84

False

Question 85

t/f- In WW1, after 3 years of battles, the battle positions at the Western Front were virtually unchanged

Answer 85

True