A World History Quiz: The Modern Time Period Part- II
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- 1.Who was one of the founders of the Chinese Communist Party?
- A.
Hitler
- B.
Mao Zedong
- C.
Chiang Kai-Shek
- D.
Stalin
- 2.What was the name of the alliance established by European Communist nations in response to NATO?
- A.
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
- B.
Second World
- C.
Warsaw Pact
- D.
Iron Curtain
- 3.__________ was represented at the Paris Peace Conference by David Lloyd George.
- A.
USA
- B.
France
- C.
Germany
- D.
Great Britain
- 4.During WWI what did the British navy do to prevent supplies from reaching Germany ports?
- A.
Trenches
- B.
Blockade
- C.
Airplanes
- D.
Machine guns
- 5.What type of people believe in equality of outcome?
- A.
Socialists and communists
- B.
Liberty people
- C.
Capitalists
- D.
Constitutionalists
- 6.What happened between the trenches on the first Christmas of the Great War?
- A.
Germans dug tunnels and made a surprise attack on the British.
- B.
Americans provided new machine guns for the British.
- C.
Soldiers on both sides met each other without weapons and sang Christmas carols including the most famous song, Silent Night, Holy Night.
- D.
British used chemical gas for the first time in war.
- 7.With which of the following is Karl Marx most closely associated?
- A.
Communism
- B.
Trade unionism
- C.
Freedom
- D.
Utilitarianism
- 8.Who were the Zionists?
- A.
French journalists who opposed an army cover-up
- B.
People who wanted a homeland in Palestine for the Jews
- C.
Founders of France's Third Republic
- D.
Supporters of the British Parliament
- 9.What was the biggest fear of constantly wet feet during war?
- A.
Trench foot
- B.
Sweaty feet
- C.
Cramps
- D.
Loss of appetite
- 10.All of the following joined the Axis Powers EXCEPT
- A.
France
- B.
Germany.
- C.
Italy
- D.
Japan
- 11.Which of the following was a key idea in the free-market system?
- A.
Protect the nation's industries from foreign competition
- B.
Give government complete control of the means of production
- C.
Establish minimum wages and maximum working hours
- D.
Limited government interference in economic matters
- 12.What event provoked the secession of the Southern states from the United States?
- A.
Election of Abraham Lincoln
- B.
Attack by the British
- C.
War with Mexico
- D.
The Emancipation Proclamation
- 13.What does the D in D-Day mean?
- A.
Destruction
- B.
Day
- C.
Demolition
- D.
Doomsday
- 14.Which two African countries were never colonized by European imperial powers?
- A.
Nigeria and South Africa
- B.
Ethiopia and Liberia
- C.
French West Africa and Algeria
- D.
Egypt and the Sudan
- 15.Where were atomic bombs dropped?
- A.
Dresden and Berlin
- B.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- C.
Tokyo and Hong Kong
- D.
Leyte Island and Midway
- 16.In the 1940s and 1950s, what did the region described as being "behind the iron curtain" include?
- A.
German Democratic Republic, or East Germany
- B.
Soviet Union only
- C.
Democratic nations of Western Europe
- D.
Soviet Union and its satellite nations
- 17.The territory between the trenches was known as _____________________.
- A.
No-Man’s Land
- B.
Front line land
- C.
Never-Never Land
- D.
The battle land
- 18.What is the policy of glorifying power and keeping an army prepared for war?
- A.
Imperialism
- B.
Patriotism
- C.
Nationalism
- D.
Militarism
- 19.Who organized the D-Day invasion as the supreme commander of the Western Allied forces in Europe?
- A.
General George Patton
- B.
General Erwin Rommel
- C.
General Dwight D. Eisenhower
- D.
General Bernard Montgomery
- 20.What were Gandhi's tactics for resistance to British rule?
- A.
Riots and street killings
- B.
The purge
- C.
Non-violent resistance and civil disobedience
- D.
Attacking British government buildings
- 21.The United States and the Soviet Union had a dangerous crisis over the presence of Soviet missiles in
- A.
Cuba.
- B.
Iraq.
- C.
Afghanistan.
- D.
Iran.
- 22.What was the French port city near the Belgian border from which a fleet of British ships and civilian boats evacuated soldiers in 1940?
- A.
Luftwaffe
- B.
Maginot Line
- C.
Normandy
- D.
Dunkirk
- 23.Nazism was the German form of
- A.
A coalition government.
- B.
Socialism.
- C.
Fascism.
- D.
Communism.
- 24.What caused people to like fascism in Italy and Germany?
- A.
People had a fear of Communist revolution.
- B.
Fascists promised a loss of individual rights.
- C.
Fascists wanted to control industry.
- D.
All of the above
- 25.The title of Hitler's book Mein Kampf in English is
- A.
Master Race.
- B.
Well-Being.
- C.
My Country.
- D.
My Struggle.
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