Quiz: World History Multiple Choice Questions
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- 1.Who were the Bolsheviks?
- A.
Radical Russian Marxist revolutionaries
- B.
Followers of Rasputin
- C.
Soldiers in the White Army
- D.
Members of the Duma, Russia's parliament
- 2.Which country signed a nonaggression pact with the Soviet Union in 1939?
- A.
The United States
- B.
Great Britain
- C.
Spain
- D.
Germany
- 3.Following the Mexican-American War, the United States gained ______.
- A.
The Confederate States of America
- B.
California, Arizona, and New Mexico
- C.
Louisiana
- D.
Texas
- 4.____________ proposed the "general association of nations" that would later become the League of Nations.
- A.
Leonard Scott
- B.
Woodrow Wilson
- C.
General Schlieffen
- D.
Georges Clemenceau
- 5.Marx and Engels predicted that the workers would
- A.
Become middle class.
- B.
End up happy.
- C.
Overthrow the owners.
- D.
Join foreigners in a battle royale.
- 6.What event in Sarajevo ignited the Great War?
- A.
Russia's mobilization of troops along the Austrian border
- B.
Austria's rejection of Serbia's offer and declaration of war on Serbia
- C.
An ultimatum presented to Serbia in response to royal assassinations
- D.
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie
- 7.The German blitzkrieg was a military strategy that depended on what advantage?
- A.
Surprise and overwhelming force using fast tanks, jeeps, and planes
- B.
A system of fortifications
- C.
Ability to make a long, steady advance
- D.
"out-waiting" the opponent
- 8.What caused the United States to enter the Great War?
- A.
Mexico invaded the U.S.
- B.
Unrestricted submarine warfare
- C.
The British invaded Boston
- D.
The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor
- 9.What did the Allies' strategy of "island hopping" in the Pacific involve?
- A.
attacking on all islands within 50 miles of Japan
- B.
Attacking only on islands that had Japanese and German soldiers
- C.
Attacking one island, then hopping over the next island thereby isolating it from its supply
- D.
Attacking non-Japanese held islands
- 10.Which side won the American Civil War?
- A.
The North
- B.
The East
- C.
The South
- D.
Canada
- 11.What event in 1937 made the Nationalists and Communists in China stop fighting each other?
- A.
Chinese Communists began a 6,000 mile journey.
- B.
The Japanese invaded China.
- C.
Chinese peasants aligned themselves with the Communists.
- D.
The Nationalists succeeded in wiping out the Communists.
- 12.________ was a liberal reformer who wanted to make changes in Mexico.
- A.
John Smith
- B.
Benito Juárez
- C.
Rasputin
- D.
Adolin Kholin
- 13.What is a totalitarian state?
- A.
A state in which the people have a direct say in their government
- B.
A state in which the people elect representatives to the legislature
- C.
A state in which the government controls every aspect of public and private life
- D.
A state in which the working class is glorified and has the greatest voice in government
- 14.Why did some people call for reform during the Industrial Revolution?
- A.
Reformers seemed popular.
- B.
It was part of the religious movement.
- C.
People in industrial cities had bad working conditions and bad living conditions.
- D.
Reform went along with the expansion of empires.
- 15.Which nation was unified by Otto von Bismarck and later ruled by Kaiser Wilhelm II?
- A.
Germany
- B.
Austria-Hungary
- C.
Russia
- D.
Serbia
- 16.Who led the famous protest known as the Salt March?
- A.
Mao Zedong
- B.
Sun Yat Sen
- C.
Mustafa Kemal
- D.
Mohandis K. Gandhi
- 17.For what is Isoroku Yamamoto famous?
- A.
Ordering and overseeing the Bataan Death March
- B.
The first to win American Ninja
- C.
Breaking the Japanese secret code during World War II
- D.
Masterminding the Japanese naval strategy during World War II
- 18.Who became the president of the Nationalist Republic of China in 1928?
- A.
Chiang Kai-shek
- B.
Lenin
- C.
Hitler
- D.
Stalin
- 19.Throughout the course of this year it can be said that the rise of the _________ class strengthened democracy.
- A.
Working class
- B.
Lower class
- C.
Middle class
- D.
Upper class
- 20.What event occurred on the day described as "yesterday, December 7th, 1941...a date which will live in infamy"?
- A.
Battle of Guadalcanal
- B.
Bombing of Hiroshima
- C.
Attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese which killed 2,300 Americans
- D.
Signing of the Atlantic Charter
- 21.Because so many men were off fighting the war, _____________ worked in factories, on farms, and as truck drivers.
- A.
Women
- B.
Rich people
- C.
Robots
- D.
Children
- 22.What was the Industrial Revolution?
- A.
Increased populations of urban areas during the 1800s
- B.
Increased purchases of land by wealthy landowners to cultivate larger fields
- C.
Increased output of machine-made goods that began in England during the 18th-century
- D.
A widespread use of teenagers as factory laborers who worked 14 hour days, 6 days a week
- 23.He was the major leader of the Bolsheviks.
- A.
Mao
- B.
Sun Yat-Sen
- C.
Czar Nicholas II
- D.
Lenin
- 24.What did the 13th amendment end?
- A.
Child labor
- B.
Low wage pay
- C.
Slavery
- D.
Transportation of illegal goods
- 25.What was the policy of appeasement?
- A.
The British and French decision to give into aggression to keep peace
- B.
The treaty between Germany and the Soviet Union agreeing not to fight against each other
- C.
The move that Mussolini made to form an alliance with Germany
- D.
The U.S. desire to stay out of foreign affairs
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