Review Questions

1. Review Questions • The first man to translate the Bible into his own common language was • Queen Elizabeth • King Henry VIII • John Calvin • Martin Luther Martin Luther did a very humanist thing by translating the Bible into German

2. Review Questions • The route depicted on this map was first travelled by • Ferdinand Magellan • Vasco da Gama • Erasmus • Christopher Columbus Vasco da Gama explored for Portugal and was the first to round the horn of Africa

3. 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 • Slave trade • New inventions • Atlantic Trade • Columbian Exchange The Columbian Exchange brought cultures all over the world in contact with each other’s customs, beliefs, and goods.

4. 3. He believed that India could be reached by sailing west and discovered what would be known as the Americas. • Vasco do Gama • Samuel de Champlain • Ferdinand Magellan • Christopher Columbus Columbus discovered the “new world’ but thought he landed in India; thus that area of the Caribbean was called the “West Indies”

5. 4. The invention that had the greatest impact on exploration was the • Smaller ships • astrolabe • compass • Printing press

6. 5. If you were a native American living in the new world, you would probably feel ______ about/by the Columbian Exchange • Apathetic • Elated • Dismayed • Amused The Columbian Exchange killed off most of the native Americans and those who survived were often taken as slaves

7. 6. Which country was the first to successfully embark on long range voyages during the age of exploration? • Portugal • France • Spain • England Portuguese Prince Henry the Navigator started a school for navigation and successfully explored the West Coast of Africa

8. Choose the name for the government that ruled a “free” France for 2 years after Hitler attacked. • Vichy • Verdun • Venice • Versailles

9. Who was the American commander of the Pacific campaign? General Douglas MacArthur

10. Pick the reason that is NOT a cause of WWII • nationalism • Hitler • The Russian Revolution • Treaty of Versailles The Russian revolution caused suffering in Russia but didn’t affect the rest of Europe as much

11. Who was not a member of the ‘allied’ nations • Italy • Russia • Japan • France Italy dropped out two years into the war. Russia joined because Hitler attacked them.

12. Who was the dictator of Russia during WWII? Stalin

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

16. What is the “discovery” that U.S. troops found in Germany when they crossed the Rhine River? Concentration camps

17. What is the largest concentration camp in Poland? Auschwitz

18. The Potsdam Conference is important because it • Created the conditions for the Cold War to happen • Made Stalin angry because he thought the Soviet Union should get more land • Was the third major conference between the Big Three • None of the above It put the U.S. and Soviet Union in control of different parts of Germany

19. 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

20. Where did U.S. troops attack first in WWII? • N. Africa • Japan • Germany • 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

21. Caused joining WWI Pick the reason that the United States joined the war? • The sinking of the Lusitania • The bombing of oil refineries on the California coast • The bombing of Pearl Harbor • The bombing of London Happened after pearl harbor

22. What does D-Day, otherwise known as Operation Overlord, refer to in WWII? • When U.S. troops attacked the beaches of Japan • When U.S. troops stormed the beaches of Normandy, France • When U.S. troops finally crossed into Germany • When U.S. troops dropped the A-bomb on Japan

23. The Marshall Plan said we should pay to rebuild Europe with the purpose, or goal, of • Keeping communism from taking hold there • Making competitive economies to ours • Alleviating hunger • Eliminating fascism

24. The Japanese commander who designed the attack on Pearl Harbor and who the U.S. killed in a later air raid in the Pacific • Yamamoto • Hirohito • Emperor Meiji • Yamaguchi

25. Pick the country that was the first communist country in the world • Germany • Italy • Japan • Russia

26. What treaty did we make with Japan after WWII? • We would help pay for them to rebuild their military if they wouldn’t use it against us • We would bomb them again if they attack us • We would protect them but they can’t build up their military again • We would allow them to control the Pacific Ocean to facilitate trade with China

27. What did the allies do with Germany at the end of the war? • Distributed anti-Hitler pamphlets • Held free elections for all Germans • Argued over who would rule • Divided it (relatively) equally among themselves

28. 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

29. Review Questions • The Industrial Revolution started in • France • Germany • Italy • England It started there because they had more colonies and water resources, and they invented the steam engine

30. 2. The steam engine was revolutionary invention because it • Was a machine that was very easy to build • Made products with very little product waste in the • Could be attached and move any type of machine • Used coal as fuel The steam engine could be used in so many different inventions that it made machines available for use in everything

31. 3. The Industrial Revolution can be best characterized as a time when • There were many new inventions created in Europe • Goods began to be made in factories by machine • European countries fought over access to resources • 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

32. 4. One major social effect of the Industrial Revolution was that • People stopped believing in the Catholic church • People began to work more hours than before • People moved to crowded cities • People had more children People moved closer to where the factory jobs were and cities began to get crowded

33. 5. The man credited with writing the document that defined what communism is was • Adam Smith • Karl Marx • Frederich Engels • Martin Luther

34. 6. Communisms view regarding company profits is that they should be • Given to the king • Split evenly amongst capitalist share-holders • Shared equally between the workers • Given to the owner who made the investment

35. 8. Capitalism says that profits should be • Given to the king • Given back to the people in the form of tax breaks • Shared equally between the workers • Given to the owner who made the investment

36. 9. The person who wrote a book outlining and defining capitalism is • Karl Marx • Adam Smith • Frederic Engels • Otto Von Bismark

37. 15. Communism’s ultimate goal is to • Take over capitalist companies and profits • Make everyone look the same • Put down any religious ideas • All of the above

38. 16. The Wealth of Nations talks primarily about the economic ideas involved in • Mercantilism • Communism • The Industrial Revolution • Capitalism

39. 17. Adam Smith said the two necessary ingredients for capitalism to work were • Competition and a highly involved government • One strong central bank and a highly involved government • Mercantilism with lots of gold • Competition and a laissez-faire government

40. 18. A laissez-faire government is one that • Intervenes in the economy • Stays out of the economy altogether • Intervenes a little in the economy • Completely controls the economy

41. 19. Industrialism leads to imperialism because it • Creates a need for more factory workers • Creates a need to show a country’s power • Creates a need for raw materials for products • Creates a need for more water to run the steam engines

42. 20. Urbanization is a consequence of or caused by • The Enlightenment • The Reformation • The Scientific Revolution • The Industrial Revolution

43. 21. India was colonized by • Germany • England • France • Italy

44. 22. Indochina (Vietnam, Cambodia) was colonized by the • French • Dutch • British • Germans

45. 23. Africa was controlled by many European countries but for the most part African Imperialism resulted in • Racial segregation • Worsened conditions for the common people • slavery • All of the above

46. 24. Great Britain helped to improve India’s industrialization by • Building extensive railroads • Reducing crime • Improving the education system • All of the above

47. 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. • Considerate; hard • Respectful; hard • Valuable; easy • Necessary; challenging

48. 28. Before the Industrial Revolution most people lived on/in ____ and worked in the ____ industry. • Homes; home • Small factories; textile • Farms; cottage • Apartments; factory

49. 32. Which industry was the first to use machines to make its products • Coal industry • Furniture industry • Lumber industry • Textile industry

50. 34. The goal of Imperialism is to • Extend the borders of countries’ to make a country larger • Extend the political influence of countries’ so that other countries will see their might • Extend the authority of countries’ to other countries in order to control their resources • None of the above.