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Review Questions
1. The first man to translate the Bible into his own common language was
a. Queen Elizabethb. King Henry VIIIc. John Calvind. Martin Luther
Martin Luther did a very humanist thing by translating the Bible into German
Review Questions
1. The route depicted on this map was first travelled by
a. Ferdinand Magellan b. Vasco da Gamac. Erasmusd. Christopher Columbus
Vasco da Gama explored for Portugal and was the first to round the horn of Africa
2. A Spanish explorer learning Aztec languages, an Incan becoming Christian, a European eating new foods like potatoes, slaves being taken to the New World, and an Englishman marrying a Native American woman are all examples of
a. Slave tradeb. New inventionsc. Atlantic Traded. Columbian Exchange
The Columbian Exchange brought cultures all over the world in contact with each other’s customs, beliefs, and goods.
3. He believed that India could be reached by sailing west and discovered what would be known as the Americas.
a. Vasco do Gamab. Samuel de Champlainc. Ferdinand Magelland. Christopher Columbus
Columbus discovered the “new world’ but thought he landed in India; thus that area of the Caribbean was called the “West Indies”
4. The invention that had the greatest impact on exploration was the
a. Smaller shipsb. astrolabec. compassd. Printing press
5. If you were a native American living in the new world, you would probably feel ______ about/by the Columbian Exchange
a. Apathetic b. Elatedc. Dismayedd. Amused
The Columbian Exchange killed off most of the native Americans and those who survived were often taken as slaves
6. Which country was the first to successfully embark on long range voyages during the age of exploration?
a. Portugalb. Francec. Spaind. England
Portuguese Prince Henry the Navigator started a school for navigation and successfully explored the West Coast of Africa
Choose the name for the government that ruled a “free” France for 2 years after Hitler attacked.
a. Vichyb. Verdunc. Veniced. Versailles
Who was the American commander of the Pacific campaign?
General Douglas MacArthur
Pick the reason that is NOT a cause of WWIIa. nationalismb. Hitlerc. The Russian Revolutiond. Treaty of Versailles
The Russian revolution caused suffering in Russia but didn’t affect the rest of Europe as much
Who was not a member of the ‘allied’ nationsa. Italyb. Russiac. Japand. France
Italy dropped out two years into the war.
Russia joined because Hitler attacked them.
Who was the dictator of Russia during WWII?
Stalin
What is the name of the plans that Stalin undertook to industrialize his country and where he moved all the peasants onto collective work farms?
The Five Year Plans
What is the vocabulary word that means “hatred of Jews”, which many people in Europe felt even before Hitler starting talking about eliminating them?
Anti-semitic
What is the name of the battle where Hitler’s 9th Army attacked the Russian capital city, named after its dictator, and completely demolished it?
Battle of Stalingrad
What is the “discovery” that U.S. troops found in Germany when they crossed the Rhine River?
Concentration camps
What is the largest concentration camp in Poland?
Auschwitz
The Potsdam Conference is important because it a. Created the conditions for the Cold War to happenb. Made Stalin angry because he thought the Soviet
Union should get more landc. Was the third major conference between the Big
Threed. None of the above
It put the U.S. and Soviet Union in control of different parts of Germany
T or F: China was a member of the AXIS powers in WWII.
False
China was attacked and controlled by Japan before
and during WWII
Where did U.S. troops attack first in WWII?a. N. Africab. Japanc. Germanyd. Russia
They weren’t prepared for the hot and arid conditions they would face fighting in the Sahara Desert but Germany had troops there too
Pick the reason that the United States joined the war?
a. The sinking of the Lusitaniab. The bombing of oil refineries on the California coastc. The bombing of Pearl Harbor d. The bombing of London
Caused joining WWI
Happened after pearl harbor
What does D-Day, otherwise known as Operation Overlord, refer to in WWII?
a. When U.S. troops attacked the beaches of Japanb. When U.S. troops stormed the beaches of Normandy,
Francec. When U.S. troops finally crossed into Germanyd. When U.S. troops dropped the A-bomb on Japan
The Marshall Plan said we should pay to rebuild Europe with the purpose, or goal, of
a. Keeping communism from taking hold there
b. Making competitive economies to ours
c. Alleviating hungerd. Eliminating fascism
The Japanese commander who designed the attack on Pearl Harbor and who the U.S. killed in a later air raid in the Pacific
a. Yamamotob. Hirohitoc. Emperor Meijid. Yamaguchi
Pick the country that was the first communist country in the world
a. Germanyb. Italyc. Japand. Russia
What treaty did we make with Japan after WWII?
a. We would help pay for them to rebuild their military if they wouldn’t use it against us
b. We would bomb them again if they attack usc. We would protect them but they can’t build up their
military againd. We would allow them to control the Pacific Ocean to
facilitate trade with China
What did the allies do with Germany at the end of the war?
a. Distributed anti-Hitler pamphletsb. Held free elections for all Germansc. Argued over who would ruled. Divided it (relatively) equally among themselves
Why is WWII truly a “world war,” whereas WWI wasn’t really a “world war.”
WWI took place mostly in Europe; WWII took place all around the Pacific, in North Africa, all over Europe, and even in the United States
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1. The Industrial Revolution started ina. Franceb. Germanyc. Italyd. England
It started there because they had more colonies and water resources, and they invented the steam engine
2. The steam engine was revolutionary invention because it
a. Was a machine that was very easy to buildb. Made products with very little product waste in thec. Could be attached and move any type of machined. Used coal as fuel
The steam engine could be used in so many different inventions that it made machines available for use in everything
3. The Industrial Revolution can be best characterized as a time when
a. There were many new inventions created in Europeb. Goods began to be made in factories by machinec. European countries fought over access to resourcesd. People began to move to cities
A revolution is a complete 180 degree change; hand-made goods to factory goods was a major turn-around in history
4. One major social effect of the Industrial Revolution was that
a. People stopped believing in the Catholic churchb. People began to work more hours than beforec. People moved to crowded citiesd. People had more children
People moved closer to where the factory jobs were and cities began to get crowded
5. The man credited with writing the document that defined what communism is was
a. Adam Smithb. Karl Marxc. Frederich Engelsd. Martin Luther
6. Communisms view regarding company profits is that they should be
a. Given to the kingb. Split evenly amongst capitalist share-holdersc. Shared equally between the workersd. Given to the owner who made the investment
8. Capitalism says that profits should bea. Given to the kingb. Given back to the people in the form of tax breaksc. Shared equally between the workersd. Given to the owner who made the investment
9. The person who wrote a book outlining and defining capitalism is
a. Karl Marxb. Adam Smithc. Frederic Engelsd. Otto Von Bismark
15. Communism’s ultimate goal is toa. Take over capitalist companies and profitsb. Make everyone look the samec. Put down any religious ideasd. All of the above
16. The Wealth of Nations talks primarily about the economic ideas involved in
a. Mercantilism b. Communismc. The Industrial Revolutiond. Capitalism
17. Adam Smith said the two necessary ingredients for capitalism to work were
a. Competition and a highly involved governmentb. One strong central bank and a highly involved
governmentc. Mercantilism with lots of goldd. Competition and a laissez-faire government
18. A laissez-faire government is one thata. Intervenes in the economyb. Stays out of the economy altogetherc. Intervenes a little in the economyd. Completely controls the economy
19. Industrialism leads to imperialism because ita. Creates a need for more factory workersb. Creates a need to show a country’s powerc. Creates a need for raw materials for productsd. Creates a need for more water to run the steam
engines
20. Urbanization is a consequence of or caused by
a. The Enlightenmentb. The Reformationc. The Scientific Revolutiond. The Industrial Revolution
21. India was colonized bya. Germanyb. Englandc. Franced. Italy
22. Indochina (Vietnam, Cambodia) was colonized by the
a. Frenchb. Dutchc. Britishd. Germans
23. Africa was controlled by many European countries but for the most part African Imperialism resulted in
a. Racial segregationb. Worsened conditions for the common peoplec. slaveryd. All of the above
24. Great Britain helped to improve India’s industrialization by
a. Building extensive railroadsb. Reducing crimec. Improving the education systemd. All of the above
27. One effect of the Industrial Revolution was that employees were no longer ____ to factory owners because the work was so ____ and workers could be replaced.
a. Considerate; hardb. Respectful; hardc. Valuable; easyd. Necessary; challenging
28. Before the Industrial Revolution most people lived on/in ____ and worked in the ____ industry.
a. Homes; homeb. Small factories; textilec. Farms; cottaged. Apartments; factory
32. Which industry was the first to use machines to make its products
a. Coal industryb. Furniture industryc. Lumber industryd. Textile industry
34. The goal of Imperialism is toa. Extend the borders of countries’ to make a country
larger b. Extend the political influence of countries’ so that
other countries will see their mightc. Extend the authority of countries’ to other countries
in order to control their resourcesd. None of the above.
Review Questions
1. The first real Renaissance Man is considered to be
a. Machiavellib. Petrarchc. Michelangelod. Da Vinci A Renaissance man is good at everything he tries; Da
Vinci was an excellent painter, sculptor, poet, musician, and inventor
2. The Prince is a humanist book written by Machiavelli that says
a. A prince can only become king if he is a legitimate heir of the monarch
b. A ruler should use whatever means to get the desired end result
c. Not all rulers are effective but the ones who are show sympathy to their subjects
d. The most practical way for a monarch to rule is to justify the decisions he makes to his people
Machiavelli came up with the theory that the “end justifies the means”; in other words, it’s okay to ignore morals as long as the ruler holds on to his power
3. The Renaissance can be best characterized as a time when
a. There were many new ideas created in Europeb. Italy became the most powerful place in Europec. European artists and philosophers tried to imitate the
works of the ancient Greeks and Romansd. People began to focus on humans rather than on God
Renaissance philosophers tried to revive ancient texts from Rome by going on archeological expiditions
4. Dante, Petrarch, and Erasmus were all a. Influential Catholic humanist writers of the
Renaissanceb. Influential Catholic humanist painters of the
Renaissancec. Influential Catholic humanist musicians of the
Renaissanced. Influential Catholic humanist sculptors of the
RenaissancePetrarch was the father of Humanism; Erasmus called for early reforms of the Catholic church and made a Greek Translation of the Bible; Dante wrote in his native language of Latin rather than Greek
6. The Renaissance got its start in Italy becausea. Italians were more naturally artistic and musical than
the rest of Europeb. Other rulers tried to put down any artists who
painted scenes that were humanistc. Italy had a strategic position on the crossroads of the
silk road in the middle of the Mediterranean Sead. Italy didn’t have mountains like Greece so it was
easier to transport works of art from one city-state to another
Money from Mediterranean trade helped make Italian city-states very powerful
5. A Renaissance humanist would most likely agree with which statement?
a. Humans are just as good as Godb. Human capabilities are limitlessc. Humans have limited abilitiesd. Humans have certain rights
Petrarch was the first to combine Christianity with humanism saying that if people are created in God’s image, then why couldn’t their abilities be infinite as well? He wasn’t saying that humans had God’s powers, but they had like-powers.