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One of the earliest controversial theories that arose out of the Scientific Revolution was____.
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  • the Heliocentric Theory
  • the Geocentric Theory
  • the Theory of Motion
  • the Theory of Relativity

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The Committee for Public Safety guillotined thousands during the ______.
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  • National Assembly
  • Battle of Waterloo
  • Franco-Prussian War
  • Reign of Terror

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The Industrial Revolution began with what country?
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  • USA
  • Germany
  • England
  • France

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Which of the following countries was NOT a part of the Triple Alliance formed in the late 1800s?
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  • Italy
  • Russia
  • Germany
  • Austria-Hungary

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Which of the following was NOT a significant result of the Scientific Revolution in the 17th century?
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  • A modern scientific method that stressed reason and observation
  • A widespread growth of knowledge among the general population
  • The uncovering of much knowledge among the general population
  • Challenged the medieval superstition and general acceptance of Aristotle's theories

Frage 6

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The ____ Estate was a privileged class, containing the nobility.
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  • First
  • Second
  • Third
  • Fourth

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This particular industry was the first to be transformed by the Industrial Revolution.
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  • Coal Mining
  • Textiles
  • Railways
  • Steam Engines

Frage 8

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Which of the following countries was NOT a part of the Triple Entente formed in 1907?
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  • Italy
  • Great Britain
  • Russia
  • France

Frage 9

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Rousseau's concept of the ideal gov't was centered on____.
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  • abolition of the gov't
  • a strengthened army
  • a strengthened monarchy
  • the general will of the people

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IN summer of 1789, a group of delegates in the Estates-General declared their own gov't, which they called the ___.
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  • Directory
  • Executive Branch
  • National Assembly
  • Legislative Assembly

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Which of the following European countries took longer to industrialize due to geographical and transportation limitations?
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  • Austria-Hungary
  • France
  • Germany
  • Belgium

Frage 12

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Which event was the catalyst that sparked World War I?
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  • The creation of the Triple Entente
  • The assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand
  • Kaiser Wilhelm forces Bismarck to resign
  • Austria annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina

Frage 13

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A philosophe of the 18th century France would ____.
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  • support the political theories earlier advocated by Hobbes
  • Ridicule the idea of progress
  • oppose religious intolerance and superstition
  • strongly advocate for a stronger monarchy

Frage 14

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Nobles who fled France became known as___.
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  • émigrés
  • expatriots
  • sans-culottes
  • junkers

Frage 15

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An economic policy that lets owners of industry and business set working conditions without interference from the gov't is called _____.
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  • utilitarianism
  • capitalism
  • mercantilism
  • Laissez-Faire economics

Frage 16

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Russia's biggest asset in fighting WWI was__.
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  • their superior transportation system.
  • their ability to keep their troops armed.
  • their battle strategies.
  • their numbers.

Frage 17

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All of the following are ideas associated with the work of John Locke except
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  • the right of revolution
  • people are inherently selfish and evil
  • people have the ability to improve themselves
  • the power of gov't comes from the consent of the governed

Frage 18

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When rumors of Louis XVI's plan to use military force against the National Assembly reached Paris, an angry mob attacked ___.
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  • Versailles Palace
  • Tuileries Palace
  • The Bastille
  • The Eiffel Tower

Frage 19

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According to Marx, the final phase of socialism, called ____, is where the workers would control the gov't in a "dictatorship of the proletariat."
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  • utilitarianism
  • communism
  • capitalism
  • imperialism

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One-sided info designed to keep up morale and support a war or cause is called
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  • mass communication
  • propaganda
  • rationing
  • armistice

Frage 21

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Which Enlightenment thinker's work served as a basis for the American Constitution's "check and balances' system?
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  • Montesquieu
  • Voltaire
  • Rousseau
  • Diderot

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Which of the following was NOT an effect of the Napoleon's loss of Battle of Trafalgar?
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  • It ensured the supremacy of British Navy.
  • It weakened the French army so France's opponents in Europe could rally against them.
  • The French fleet was significantly decreased because so many ships were captured by the British.
  • It forced Napoleon to give up his plans to invade Great Britain.

Frage 23

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Which was NOT a reform pushed by the Chartist Movement in England?
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  • Voting rights for women
  • secret ballots
  • annual Parliamentary elections
  • a salary for members of Parliament

Frage 24

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Woodrow Wilson's plan for peace was called ___.
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  • The Treaty of Versailles (duh)
  • The Paris Peace Conference
  • The Fourteen Points
  • The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

Frage 25

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Which Enlightenment thinker pushed for reform in the justice and trial system?
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  • Mary Astell
  • Voltaire
  • Beccaria
  • Diderot

Frage 26

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What did Napoleon consider his most significant achievement?
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  • the lycees - gov't run public schools
  • the concordat restoring the Catholic Church in France
  • The sale of North American landholdings to the US
  • The Napoleonic Code of Laws

Frage 27

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A policy that local cultures had to adopt the language and culture of the colonizing country was called____.
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  • paternalism
  • sphere of influence
  • protectorate
  • assimilation

Frage 28

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Which of the following was NOT a direct result of the March Revolution?
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  • The Bolsheviks take over the winter palace
  • the provisional gov't is formed
  • Czar Nicholas steps down from the throne
  • Socialist revolutionaries begin to form soviets

Frage 29

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Which Enlightenment thinker pushed for reform in the justice and trial system?
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  • Mary Astell
  • Voltaire
  • Beccaria
  • Diderot

Frage 30

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Which of the following was NOT one of Napoleon's major mistakes?
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  • 1799 coup d'etat against the French gov't
  • invasion of Russia
  • Peninsula War in Spain
  • blockade of European ports in 1806

Frage 31

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The product that allowed Britain to gain economic power in China was______.
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  • opium
  • tea
  • silk
  • gunpowder

Frage 32

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Which of the groups formed the White Army?
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  • Nobles who supported the return of the Czar
  • Socialists who opposed Lenin's style of socialism
  • People who wanted a democratic gov't
  • all the options
  • none of the options

Frage 33

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Which Enlightenment thinker's ideas were most influential on the ideals of the American Revolution and subsequent gov't?
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  • Hobbes
  • Diderot
  • Wollstonecraft
  • Locke

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Which of the following was NOT a significant goal of the Congress of Vienna?
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  • containment of France by surrounding it with stronger gov'ts
  • restore the balance power between major countries
  • forcing repayment of war debt by France
  • returning legitimate monarchs to European thrones

Frage 35

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Under the terms of this agreement, Japan opened two ports to the United States
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  • Treaty of Kanagawa
  • Open Door Policy
  • The Extraterritorial Rights
  • McKinley Tariff Act

Frage 36

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The civil war that began in 1920s China was between what two groups?
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  • Imperialists and Communists
  • Nationalists and Communists
  • Nationalists and Imperialists
  • Nationalists and the Japanese

Frage 37

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A large program of gov't reform that aimed to pull United States out of the Great Depression was called ___.
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  • The Kellogg-Briand Agreement
  • The Rome-Berlin Axis
  • The New Deal
  • The Popular Font

Frage 38

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Why were the Europe's post-WWI new democracies unstable?
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  • Post-war financial insercurity
  • Large numbers of political parties made effective gov't difficult
  • Lack of trust in coalition gov't
  • All answers

Frage 39

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The new post-WWI democratic gov't in Germany was called______.
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  • The Weimar Republic
  • The Popular Front
  • The Dawes Plan
  • The Third Reich

Frage 40

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Which country was largely responsible for getting Germany out of its inflation crisis of the early '20s?
Antworten
  • Great Britain
  • USA
  • France
  • Germany

Frage 41

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Which of the following was NOT a cause of the Great Depression?
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  • Overly strict gov't regulation of Wall Street
  • Uneven distribution of wealth
  • Overproduction on American farms
  • Buying stocks on a margin

Frage 42

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The alliance between Hitler and Mussolini was known as _____.
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  • The Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact
  • The Kellogg-Briand Agreement
  • The Rome-Berlin Axis
  • The Coalition

Frage 43

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The US foreign policy in the 1930s could best be described as______.
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  • Isolationism
  • Appeasement
  • Aggression
  • Imperialism

Frage 44

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Russification is_____.
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  • the movement of Russian troops from Moscow to its border countries
  • an attempt to force Russian culture on all ethnic groups with the empire
  • a movement towards modernization in Russia
  • the policy of freeing the serfs, but still leaving them tied to the land through gov't debt

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The violent British response to a peaceful protest against the Rowlatt Acts was know as ____.
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  • Bloody Sunday
  • The May Fourth Movement
  • The Amritsar Massacre
  • The Long March

Frage 46

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Japan became an imperial power by annexing and harshly ruling this country .
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  • Korea
  • China
  • Laos
  • Vietnam

Frage 47

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What was different about Japan's form of Fascism compared to the European Fascists?
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  • Japan's Fascists pushed for extreme nationalism
  • They did not try to establish a new system of gov't in Japan
  • the focus in Japan was on military power
  • Japan's fascists wanted to expand its empire

Frage 48

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The Prussian leader used nationalism to unify Germany under Prussian control.
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  • Otto van Bismark
  • Kaiser Wilhelm I
  • Camilio di Cavour
  • Horatio Nelson

Frage 49

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By 1871, ____ and _____ were the two most economically and militarily powerful countries in Europe.
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  • Prussia and Russia
  • Austria and Hungary
  • Italy and France
  • Germany and Great Britain

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In which country did the status and roles of women increase during the post-war period?
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  • Turkey
  • the USSR
  • Iran
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Turkey, USSR, and Iran
  • Turkey and Saudi Arabia

Frage 51

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The following events are suppose to be in chronological order, but two events have been switched around. Select the two events that should be switched around. (They are numbered in the order that you should use)
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  • 1. The Tennis Court Oath
  • 2. The storming of Batille
  • 3. Napoleon declares himself emperor (the first time)
  • 4. The Reign of Terror
  • 5. Louis XVI is sent to the guillotine
  • 6. Napoleon declares himself emperor (the second time)
  • 7. The Congress of Vienna
  • 8. Czar Alexander II frees the serfs in Russia

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[blank_start]Urbanization[blank_end] was the movement of people to cities in large numbers.
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  • Urbanization

Frage 53

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An economic system in which the factors of production are privately owned and money is invested for profit is call [blank_start]capitalism[blank_end].
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  • capitalism
  • imperialism
  • industrialization
  • socialism

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The right to vote is called [blank_start]suffrage[blank_end].
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  • suffrage

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[blank_start]Zionism[blank_end] was a movement that worked for the creation of the Jewish homeland in Israel.
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  • Zionism

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[blank_start]Charles Darwin[blank_end] was a scientist whose theory of evolution remains controversial to this day.
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  • Charles Darwin
  • Isaac Newton
  • Albert Einstein
  • Nicolaus Copernicus

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[blank_start]Social Darwinism[blank_end] is the belief that those who have progressed industrially are inherently superior to those who have not.
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  • Social Darwinism
  • Paternalism
  • Imperialism

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[blank_start]Paternalism[blank_end] is a governing policy in which peoples' needs are provided for but few rights are granted.
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  • Paternalism

Frage 59

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The war fought between Russia and the Ottoman Empire over Ottoman territory near the Black Sea was called the [blank_start]Crimean War[blank_end].
Antworten
  • Crimean War
  • World War II
  • Battle of the Bulge

Frage 60

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[blank_start]Sepoys[blank_end] were Indian soldiers led by British officers.
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  • Sepoys

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A 1900 rebellion against the Dowager Empress and foreign influence in China was called the [blank_start]Boxer Rebellion[blank_end].
Antworten
  • Boxer Rebellion
  • Takagwa Rebellion

Frage 62

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Mussolini was also called [blank_start]II Duce[blank_end].
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  • II Duce

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[blank_start]Fascism[blank_end] is a militant political movement that emphasized loyalty to the state and obedience to its leader.
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  • Fascism

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A temporary alliance of several political parties is a/an [blank_start]coalition government[blank_end].
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  • coalition government

Frage 65

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The [blank_start]Munich Conference[blank_end] was a conference between Germany, Italy, Britain and France to discuss the fate of Czechoslovakia.
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  • Munich Conference

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The pledge to "renounce war as an instrument of national policy," signed by almost every country in the world in 1928, was the [blank_start]Kellogg-Briand Agreement[blank_end].
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  • Kellogg-Briand Agreement
  • New Deal
  • Rome-Berlin Axis

Frage 67

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What countries were mainly a part of the Allied Powers? Check all that apply.
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  • Great Britain
  • Russia
  • France
  • Bulgaria
  • USA
  • Japan
  • Italy

Frage 68

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Which main countries were a part of the Central Powers? Check all that apply.
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  • Germany
  • Austria-Hungary
  • Ottoman Empire
  • Italy
  • France

Frage 69

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Article 231 of the Treaty of Versailles was called the "war guilt."
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  • True
  • False

Frage 70

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The Great Purge was a reign of terror set by Putin.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 71

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[blank_start]Mustafa Kemal[blank_end] was the Turkish leader who prevented the [blank_start]Greeks[blank_end] from invading.
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  • Greeks
  • Mustafa Kemal

Frage 72

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When the US entered the war, Stalin wanted the Allies to open up a new front in what part of Europe?
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  • Italy
  • France
  • The Balkans
  • The Soviet Union

Frage 73

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The largest land and sea attack in history is known as ____.
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  • Operation Barbarossa
  • The Battle of Leyte Gulf
  • The Battle of Iwo Jima
  • Operation Overlord

Frage 74

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Following the war, pre-war gov'ts were quick to return to the following countries EXCEPT_____.
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  • Denmark
  • Belgium
  • France
  • Germany
  • All options
  • France and Germany
  • Russia and Denmark

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Which of the following was NOT a part of the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact?
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  • Poland would be divided between Germany and the Soviet Union
  • Germany would help supply the Soviet Union
  • The Soviet Union would be granted the Baltic countries and Finland
  • Neither side would attack the other

Frage 76

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Germany's takeover of what country forced Britain and France to declare war?
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  • Czechoslovakia
  • Denmark
  • Poland
  • Austria

Frage 77

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This attack was meant to neutralize the "dagger pointed at Japan's throat."
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  • Battle of Midway
  • Battle of Guadacanal
  • Pearl Harbor
  • Doolittle's Raid

Frage 78

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The fighting in Egypt was largely over who had control of what strategic location?
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  • The Suez Canal
  • The Mediterranean Sea
  • The Maginot Line
  • El Alamein

Frage 79

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This event resulted in the largest number of combat-related civilian deaths in the war.
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  • The Siege of Leningrad
  • Hiroshima
  • The Battle of Stalingrad
  • D-Day

Frage 80

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A student numbered the following in chronological order, but two were switched around. Select the two events that should be switched. THE ORDER IS NUMBERED.
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  • 1. Attack on Pearl Harbor
  • 2. Germany invade Poland
  • 3. The Siege of Leningrad begins
  • 4. The Nuremberg Laws are put into effect
  • 5. The Battle of Coral Sea
  • 6. The Nuremberg trials begin

Frage 81

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The [blank_start]geocentric[blank_end] theory was the idea that the earth is at the center of the universe.
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  • geocentric

Frage 82

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[blank_start]Scientific Revolution[blank_end] was the time when scholars challenged the ways of ancient thinking and the church; old ways of thinking were replaced by new theories.
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  • Scientific Revolution

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The [blank_start]heliocentric[blank_end] theory is idea that planets rotated around the sun.
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  • heliocentric

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[blank_start]Galileo[blank_end] was Italian scientist who built his own telescope and found that Jupiter had four moons, earth’s moon had an uneven surface and the sun had dark spots.
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  • Galileo

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The [blank_start]scientific method[blank_end] is a logical procedure for gathering and testing ideas.
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  • scientific method

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[blank_start]Isaac Newton[blank_end] founded the theory of motion.
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  • Isaac Newton

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The [blank_start]Enlightenment[blank_end] was a new intellectual movement that stressed reason and and thought and thee power of individuals to solve problems.
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  • Enlightenment

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A [blank_start]social contract[blank_end] is an agreement by which the people create the government.
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  • social contract
  • coalition

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[blank_start]John Locke[blank_end] was a philosopher who believed humans could learn from their experiences and improve themselves.
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  • John Locke
  • Voltaire
  • Mary Wollstonecraft

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[blank_start]Montesquieu[blank_end] - French writer who devoted himself to the study of political liberty
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  • Montesquieu
  • Rousseau
  • John Locke

Frage 91

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[blank_start]Montesquieu[blank_end] was a French writer who devoted himself to the study of political liberty
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  • Montesquieu

Frage 92

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What were the main ideas of Beccaria? Select all that apply.
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  • Right to speedy trial
  • All humans are born selfish
  • Women should be educated
  • Degree of crime should be equal to punishment

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What were the main ideas of Voltaire? Select all that apply.
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  • Religious freedom/freedom of speech
  • Political liberty
  • People should give up their rights to the gov't
  • "I do not agree with a word you say, but I will defer to death for your right to say it."

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What were the main ideas of John Locke? Select all that apply.
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  • natural rights (life, liberty and property) should be protected
  • no absolute monarchy
  • civilization corrupted natural goodness
  • absolute monarchies are needed

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What were the main ideas of Montesquieu? Select all that apply.
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  • separation of power
  • political liberty
  • torture should be abolished
  • women should be educated

Frage 96

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What were the main ideas of Rousseau? Select all that apply.
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  • civilization corrupted natural goodness
  • natural rights are life, liberty, and property
  • individual freedom
  • women's equality

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The [blank_start]philosophes[blank_end] are the French social critics who believed that all people could apply reason to all aspects of life. Reason, nature, happiness, progress, and liberty are their core beliefs.
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  • philosophes

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The [blank_start]Old Regime[blank_end] was a social and political system in 15th century to late 18th century France.
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  • Old Regime

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What was the Great Fear?
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  • wave of panic through France’s countryside after the storming of Bastille
  • the killing of people Stalin disliked

Frage 100

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What was the Tennis Court Oath?
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  • The Third Estate delegates stayed inside an indoor tennis court until they made a new constitution
  • Decision by the French monarchy that all decision should be made while playing tennis
  • Promise between France and Russia to remain allies

Frage 101

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Why was the Third Estate unhappy under the Old Regime?
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  • They had no power to influence government
  • They were heavily taxed
  • They often went hungry
  • All of the choices

Frage 102

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What was the Legislative Assembly?
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  • French legislative body that created laws and approved/rejected wars
  • group of representatives from each of the three estates
  • Parisian workers and small shopkeepers wanted the Revolution to bring changes to French
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