World History Sem 2

The exchange of goods between the Old and New Worlds during the Age known as the

Columbian Exchange

First European to cross the Pacific Ocean while attempting to circumnavigate the world

Ferdinand Magellan

Wrote the Communist Manifesto

Karl Marx

First European to sail directly from Europe to India

Vasco da Gama

Invented the electric light bulb

Thomas Edison

First scientist to theorize that the sun is the center of the universe

Nicolas Copernicus

This image is associated with all of the following EXCEPT the

Silk Road

What principle justified a European absolute monarch’s power?

Divine Right

Which of the following historical periods was a direct cause of the Enlightenment?

The Age of Absolutism

Long-reigning monarch of England during the Age of Exploration and England’s Renaissance; defeated the Spanish Armada

Elizabeth I

Absolute monarch of Russia who used “westernization” to modernize his country

Peter the Great

Absolute monarch of France, the “Sun King,” built the palace of Versailles

Louis XIV

Absolute monarch of Spain who saw the defeat of the Spanish Armada which led to the decline of Spain

Philip II

Why were English monarchs unique during the Age of Absolutism?

They had to share power with Parliament.

Which Enlightenment philosophe believed a strong government is needed because people are naturally nasty and brutish?

Thomas Hobbes

John Locke, an English philosophe, believed that all people were born with…

life, liberty, and property.

Which scientist believed in the Heliocentric theory and was tried for heresy when he confirmed this theory through the use of his telescope?

Galileo Galilei

Which Turkish gunpowder empire defeated the Byzantine Empire, lasted until World War I, and transformed the Hagia Sophia into a mosque?

Ottoman

Which of these was the Islamic gunpowder empire that ran the predominantly built the Taj Mahal?

Mughal

The prison seized by the peasants in Paris marking the beginning of the French Revolution.

The Bastille

The European powers gathered to restore order and stability in Europe after the defeat of Napoleon.

Congress of Vienna

Brutal time period when enemies of France were executed for ties to the royal family and monarchy.

The Reign of Terror

The working class of French citizens composed of artisans, merchants, farmers, and peasants.

Third Estate

Which of the following would have benefited most from the idea in Article 12 (a common contribution [tax] is essential… this should be equitably distributed amongst citizens in proportion to their means.)?

The First Estate

The document (the declaration of the rights of man and of the citizen) above was inspired by all of the following EXCEPT:

The Ten Commandments

Napoleon achieved all of the following EXCEPT

Gave rights to women

How did inventions like the spinning jenny and the steam engine effect production in the Industrial Revolution?

Goods are produced cheaper which increases production and availability.

The Industrial Revolution led to increased Urbanization by

causing people to give up farming and search for jobs in cities.

Ideology of conquering other people and territories for gaining economic resources and political power

Imperialism

Economic system in which individuals own the means of production, businesses are privately owned, and competition determines price and production

Capitalism

Ideology emphasizing nationalism, oppression, and military might through a dictator

Fascism

Economic system in which the government or state owns all parts of the means of production

Communism

Feelings of devotion and pride in one’s country and asserting its interests over the interests of other nations

Nationalism

An early ancestor of communism, based on the communal ownership of property and the well-being of the whole society

Socialism

What was the purpose of the Opium War?

to force China out of isolationism

The Meiji Restoration was the industrialization and westernization of what country?

Japan

The time period of British rule in India is referred to as

the Raj.

Use the following excerpt from Rudyard Kipling’s poem titled “Take Up the White Man’s Burden” to answer the following question: Which development is expressed in the poem above?

Social Darwinism

What sparked the beginning of World War I?

Assassination of an Austrian Archduke

Which of these best describes World War I?

trench warfare and machine guns

All of the following statements about the Russian Revolution are true EXCEPT

People tried to overthrow the Communist government

Which country was forced to assume sole responsibility for World War I under the Treaty of Versailles?

Germany

To prevent another world war, what international organization was created after World War I?

League of Nations

The failure of the Treaty of Versailles and the economic depression allowed for what leaders to rise up around the world?

totalitarian dictators

During World War II, what is the purpose of the Allied strategy of island hopping?

To attack and capture less defended islands, then use those as a base to get to other islands

What was Hitler’s prime reason for wanting to take Poland?

He wanted former German territory and living space.

At the Nuremberg Trials after the conclusion of World War II, what were most Nazi officers charged with?

Crimes against humanity stemming from their role in the Holocaust

Location of a surprise attack on a U.S. naval base in the Pacific

Pearl Harbor

The Allied invasion to liberate France on June 6, 1944

D-Day

Turning point battle for the Allies in the Pacific; achieved by decoding Japanese messages

Midway

Night of Jewish persecution in Germany

Kristallnacht

Genocide led by the Nazis in Europe

Holocaust

What international organization, started soon after World War II, still functions to there are global crises anywhere in the world?

United Nations

From this political cartoon, one can see how the Soviet Union and the United States built their defense strategies on

Mutually Assured Destruction

Which of these best describes the Domino Theory?

If one country fell to Communism, others would soon follow.

The Iron Curtain divided Europe into which of the following?

Communist vs. Capitalist

What was the reasoning behind the Partition of India?

Violence and growing tension between Hindus and Muslims

The Cultural Revolution in China led to

the death of hundreds of thousands of people

South Africa imposed a strict separation of races as known as

Apartheid.

The Zionist Movement was

a nationalist movement to establish a Jewish state in Palestine.

The killing of members of a particular group of people in an intentional effort to destroy a group is known as

genocide

All of the following are true about the War on Terror EXCEPT

All terrorist groups have been eliminated.

Which option accurately places the events in order from earliest to most recent?

Christopher Columbus arrives in the Americas, John Locke, French Revolution, assassination of Franz Ferdinand

Which option accurately places the events in order from earliest to most recent?

Berlin Conference, Treaty of Versailles, bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Korean War

Which option accurately places the events in order from earliest to most recent?

Russian Revolution, start of the Cold War, Vietnam War, 9/11