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WH Final (Sophomore)
World History Final for 10th grade
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What two things (after magna carta) affected the US government? | English bill of rights; parliament |
| Nickname given to Duke of Normandy after victory at Hastings in 1066 | William the Coqueror |
| Campaign to drive Muslims out of Spain | Reconquista |
| The goal of the crusades | to regain holy land from Muslims |
| Result of struggle between church and state in Holy Roman Empire | made german monarchy weak and divided it up into many states |
| The black death was primarily spread along ____ routes | trade |
| Who/what started 100 years war? | (french) King Phillip; tried to take Duchy of Gascony from Britain |
| Most middle age towns were built along _____ to help trade | rivers |
| President _________ purchased Louisiana Territory from France | Thomas Jefferson |
| Why was travel so important in the Age of Exploration? | to increase trade |
| _____ and ______ helped improve navigation in the Age of Exploration | compass; caravel |
| ______ was the main thing Indians recieved from the old world during the Columbian Exchange | disease |
| Mercantilism uses ____ and ____ to measure a nations wealth | gold; silver |
| Under mercantilism, a country wants more ____ than ____ | exports; imports |
| Define popular sovereignty | "people rule" |
| ______ separater Europe from Africa | Mediteranean Sea |
| a ____ determines the population of a country each decade | census |
| What revolution is associated with the Declaration of the Rights of Man | French Revolution |
| What were 3 reasons for the 30 years war? | Religion (Calvinism), politics (European leadership), and territory |
| Improvements in medicine and science occurred during _____ revolution | scientific |
| What part of the 3rd estate believed in Enlightenment ideals? | middle class |
| What did Napoleon do to opress freedom of speech in france? | shut down newspapers; opened mail |
| What action caused Napoleon the greatest loss of soldiers? | invasion of Russia |
| What were some negative factors of industrial revolution? | poverty, dangerous working conditions, overcrowded cities, pollution |
| In what 3 ways did Napoleon's war hurt industrialization in France? | hurt trade, communication, and inflation rose |
| How did reforms in Britain change the government? | all males could vote, king was figurehead, and, House Commons gained power |
| What were the key factors that led to the formation of triple entente and triple alliance? | fear and power |
| What was the main factor in redrawing borders after WWII? | nationalism |
| How was Russia organized after Bolshevik Revolution? | centralized state dominated by a single party |
| Why did Hitler persecute Jews? | he believed they were attacking Aryan race and blamed them for the outcome of WWII |
| How did the Lend-Lease Act help US? | made US rich |
| What 3 things influenced independence movement during WWII? | too expensive, being defeated, spread democracy |
| How did US/Russia space exploration affect the world? | expansion of satellites and communication |
| How did TV affect the rest of the world and media? | gave a visual record of world events |
| Who did Columbus think owned the land he explored? | Spanish monarchy |
| Define civilian | A person not in the armed services or the police force |
| The colonies of England and Spain resisted that they were prevented from _____ with other places | trading |
| What is imperialism? | extension of a nations power over land |
| The ______ strengthened France, weakened Spain, and devastated Germanic states | Thirty Years War |
| Put the English Civil War, the Glorious revolution, and the Restoration in order | English Civil War, Restoration, Glorious Revolution |
| What was Jean-Baptiste Colbert famous for? | Mercantilism |
| Under Elizabeth I, who tried to restore catholicism in England? | Phillip II |
| Louis XIV believed in the _____ rights of kings | divine |
| What 3 things allowed the industrial Revolution to begin? | more food, more money, more labor, more resources |
| What controls production under capitalism | individuals |
| Who did John Locke think should protect people's rights? | government |
| What system did Marx and Engels believe shoud be destroyed? | Industrial capitalism |
| What group murdered Franz Ferdinand? | Blackhand |
| What was the name of the alliance between England, France, and Russia? | Triple Entente |
| What country was hurt most by the Treaty of Versailles? | Germany |
| What provision did the Covenant of League of Nations set up to settle disputes? | a forum for discussion and negotiation |
| What caused US to join WWII? | Pearl Harbor |
| Hitlers Final Solution exterminated ____ | jews |
| What ended WWII? | Nukes |
| What is the main theory of Social Darwinism? | The fittest survive |
| What is the main theme of Darwin's theory of evolution? | Change over time |
| What did Oliver Cromwell do after executing King Charles? | New Model Army |
| What religious group did English Bill of Rights exclude? | Catholics |
| Jean-Jaques Rousseau believed people should _________ | Select their own government |
| What early Greek work was questioned and started the scientific revolution? | Mathematics |
| Who proposed the helicopter theory of universe? | Copernicus |
| Who came up with ideas of gravitational movement of planets? | Gallileo |
| Why did France help the US during the American Revolution? | They didn't like Britain |
| Who paid all the taxes before the French Revolution? | 3rd estate |
| Who did the Reign of Terror persecute? | enemies of the revolution |
| What was the main goal of the Congress of Vienna? | find a peace agreement |
| The Munich Conference became a sumbol of _____ | appeasement |
| How did allies end WWII in Europe | attack on Normandy |
| What was the allied invasion of France called? | D-Day |
| What battle in the Pacific was a turning point for the US? | Battle of Midway |
| How did Gandhi fight British rule? | Peacefully |
| What was a major effect of the Great Depression? | High unemployment |
| Montesquieu believed in _________ to protect our freedoms | Separation of Power |
| What did the western nations do to modernize their conquered lands? | imposing western culture upon them |
| What was blitzkrieg? | the formation of Germany's attack on Poland; "lightning war" |
| Why was the Weimer Republic famous? | Weak; easy for Hitler to take over |
| How did Hitler become famous in Germany | got Germany out of the depression |
| What was a kamikaze | Suicidal, Japanese pilots |
| Who came up with theories about space and time and what was it called? | Albert Einstein; Special theory of relativity |
| Who turned Russia into a totalitarian state? | Stalin |
| WHat was 2nd largest minority killed by Hitler? | Polish Catholics |
| Who did the Bay of Pigs attempt to overthrow ? | Fidel Castro |
| Who fired Douglas MacArthur? | President Truman |
| What made France and England declare war on Germany? | Invasion of Poland |
| Thomas Hobbes wrote of a social contract between ____ and _____ | state; people |
| The steam engine led the textile factory to do this: | greater profits and demand for more workers |
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