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Semester 2 Test
History End of Semester Test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What does the “Age of Imperialism” refer to? | a time when industrial nations established colonies overseas |
| This British writer lived in India, wrote children’s stories, and was proud of the British empire. Who was he? | Rudyard Kipling |
| The lightbulb and phonograph have been invented. Mr. Bell has placed a telephone call. Mr. Andrew Carnegie is now making a fortune in steel. What year is it? | 1900 |
| The assembly line I developed made it much easier and much cheaper to produce cars. Who am I? | Henry Ford |
| Which of the following describes Thomas Edison? | ingenious inventor, known as “the Wizard of Menlo Park” |
| Which bodies of water does the Panama Canal connect? | Atlantic and Pacific Oceans |
| Which war was called “the Great War” or “the war to make the world safe for democracy”? | World War I |
| What does women’s suffrage refer to? | the right of women to vote |
| How can we describe the period of time that followed World War I? | a time of resentment, depression, and unrest |
| Who were Hitler, Mussolini, and Stalin? | dictators who came to power in the 1930s |
| What do Alexander Fleming and Jonas Salk have in common? | They were both pioneers in medicine. |
| What were the League of Nations and the United Nations? | international organizations formed to promote peace |
| In her later life, Eleanor Roosevelt worked with the United Nations to ____________________. | promote human rights |
| Even though there was a lot of war and bloodshed in the twentieth century, there was also ______________. | great progress in communication, transportation, and medicine |
| He led the United States through the Great Depression and most of World War II. | Franklin Roosevelt |
| In 1957 the Soviet Union sent Sputnik, the first man-made satellite, into space. President John F. Kennedy responded by urging the United States to __________________. | land a man on the moon before the end of the 1960s |
| One of the greatest horrors of World War II was Hitler’s attempt to kill all the Jews in Europe. What was that attempt called? | the Holocaust |
| What was Mohandas Gandhi’s Salt March? | part of a campaign to free India from British Rule |
| Which American president said, “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall”? | Ronald Reagan |
| At the end of World War II, what did the victors do? | They helped rebuild the economies and governments of war-torn nations. |
| What do we call the time when Czar Nicholas was ousted and Lenin came to power? | the Russian Revolution |
| Who led the British during the Battle of Britain and proved to be one of the greatest leaders England ever had? | Winston Churchhill |
| How did Charles Lindbergh lift people’s spirits in the 1920s? | He flew solo between New York and Paris. |
| What have the governments of Lenin, Stalin, and Mao shown about communism? | It puts power in the hands of few, and takes freedom away from many. |
| The Cold War ended when the Berlin Wall fell and the Soviet Union broke apart. Why were people so happy the Cold War ended? | There was less threat of another world war. There was a greater chance for freedom and democracy in Eastern Europe and elsewhere. The deadly threat of communism was over. |
| Kitty Hawk, North Carolina | Location of first successful flight |
| Flanders Fields | Site of Famous WW1 Battles |
| Hiroshima | city where the first atomic bomb was dropped |
| Iron Curtain | Imaginary barrier between communist and democratic lands |
| Pearl Harbor | US Naval base attacked by Japanese |
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