World History: Early To Mid 20th Century Quiz

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1.

What happened to Czar Nicholas II and his family in the Ural Mountains?
- A.
  
  They were honored by the Church.
- B.
  
  They went hiking.
- C.
  
  They were killed.
- D.
  
  They moved to France.
2.

Bombers under the command of ____________ bombed Tokyo for revenge and demonstrated Japan’s vulnerability to air attack.
- A.
  
  The Luftwaffe
- B.
  
  Winston Churchill
- C.
  
  Colonel James H. Doolittle
- D.
  
  Erwin Rommel
3.

What did the US do after the attack on Pearl Harbor?
- A.
  
  Declared war
- B.
  
  Tried to make friends with Japan
- C.
  
  Gave that land to Japan
- D.
  
  Cried about it to the United Nations
4.

Which country did NOT belong to the Triple Alliance?
- A.
  
  Germany
- B.
  
  Austria-Hungary
- C.
  
  Italy
- D.
  
  Russia
5.

What was NOT a cause of the Great War?
- A.
  
  Nationalism
- B.
  
  Imperialism
- C.
  
  Zionism
- D.
  
  Militarism
6.

What is laissez-faire economics?
- A.
  
  A committee sets working standards without interference from industry owners
- B.
  
  Owners set working conditions without government interference; free markets; “let them do as they choose”
- C.
  
  Working conditions based on government standards
- D.
  
  Government workers set working conditions based on votes on relevant to their industry
7.

This term was used in Latin America to describe people of mixed European and Indian ancestry.
- A.
  
  Mestizos
- B.
  
  Mulattos
- C.
  
  Peninsulares
- D.
  
  Creoles
8.

Who was the mastermind of the "island-hopping" strategy?
- A.
  
  Admiral Yamamoto
- B.
  
  Douglas MacArthur
- C.
  
  Adolph Hitler
- D.
  
  Winston Churchill
9.

What was the purpose of the Monroe Doctrine?
- A.
  
  To annex Texas to the United States
- B.
  
  To establish the right of the United States to control the spice trade
- C.
  
  To open trade in China to all nations
- D.
  
  To discourage European nations from establishing colonies in Latin America
10.

Which European countries could receive aid through the Marshall Plan?
- A.
  
  Latin American countries
- B.
  
  Any European country that needed it
- C.
  
  African countries
- D.
  
  Cities in the USA with high crime rates
11.

What is genocide?
- A.
  
  A new form of poison gas
- B.
  
  The systematic killing of an entire people
- C.
  
  Gene splicing to create a master race
- D.
  
  Old people controlling geographic movement
12.

Soviets were made up of the ______________.
- A.
  
  Lower class
- B.
  
  Upper class
- C.
  
  Middle class
- D.
  
  Foreigners
13.

What idea was the major U.S. foreign policy during the Cold War era?
- A.
  
  Nonaligned nations
- B.
  
  Khmer Rouge
- C.
  
  Vietnamization
- D.
  
  Stopping the spread of communism
14.

What was the purpose of the Truman Doctrine?
- A.
  
  To judge political parties that favored communism
- B.
  
  To create a Communist party in the United States
- C.
  
  To raise funds for Communist activities in Europe
- D.
  
  To give money to support countries that rejected communism
15.

What caused Italians to start taking Mussolini and his message seriously?
- A.
  
  The example of Hitlers's success in Italy
- B.
  
  Instability and Communist political movements
- C.
  
  His skill at making speeches
- D.
  
  The threat of invasion by the Soviet Union
16.

What was the long economic downturn in the 1930s called that was marked by bank failures, loss of businesses, and high unemployment?
- A.
  
  The Great Depression
- B.
  
  Inflation
- C.
  
  The Great Recession
- D.
  
  Coalition Government
17.

These people were descendants of the original Dutch settlers of South Africa.
- A.
  
  Boers (a.k.a. Afrikaners)
- B.
  
  Zulu
- C.
  
  Belgium
- D.
  
  British
18.

What was significant about the Battle of Midway?
- A.
  
  It destroyed the whole of the Japanese navy.
- B.
  
  It marked the end of the war for the Japanese.
- C.
  
  It turned the war in the Pacific against the Japanese.
- D.
  
  All of the above
19.

What was the biggest advantage that the British had in the Battle of Britain?
- A.
  
  Radar
- B.
  
  British tanks
- C.
  
  Superior numbers of aircraft.
- D.
  
  Midway
20.

Communism is
- A.
  
  Good.
- B.
  
  Bad
21.

This was the name of a group of countries who were friends with the U.S.S.R.
- A.
  
  NATO
- B.
  
  Capitalists
- C.
  
  Warsaw Pact
22.

Which country did NOT belong to the Triple Entente?
- A.
  
  France
- B.
  
  Germany
- C.
  
  Great Britain
- D.
  
  Russia
23.

This is the name of the policy that aimed to prevent the spread of communism by blocking Soviet influence.
- A.
  
  Enlightenment
- B.
  
  Nationalism
- C.
  
  Containment
- D.
  
  Liberalism
24.

This names a dispute between the Soviet Union and the United States that resulted from the shooting down of a spy plane.
- A.
  
  U-2 incident
- B.
  
  Apollo XI
- C.
  
  Containment
- D.
  
  Sputnik I
25.

Who described the superiority of the free-market system of capitalism in the book, The Wealth of Nations?
- A.
  
  Adam Smith
- B.
  
  John Stuart Mill
- C.
  
  Jeremy Bentham
- D.
  
  William Wilberforce