1

Productivity can be defined as

A. the amount of machines that are used to creat a
product
B. a supply of people used to run the machines
C. the amount of products shipped in a day
D. a measure of how much work can be done in a
certain length of time
2
How did the industrial revolution improve
people's lives?
A. Factories started making designer clothes thus
making people want to buy more
B. Clothing was poorly made thus forcing people to
buy more
C. Clothing was cheaper, making it easier for
people to stay clean thus reducing disease.
D. Clothing became more dificult to make thus
make it more expensive to buy
3
Why was World War I unlike any other War
fought before this time period?
A. They did not use guns to fight other wars before
WWI
B. Machines designed for war were mass-
produced which helped make the war more
violent than any war before it
C. Because there weren't that many people injured
or killed in this particular war
D. Because of the creation of the atomic bomb
countries did not want to go to war
4
Imperialism can be defined as
A. giving back lands to the native people in order to
build alliances between other countries
B. taking over lands surrounding an already
developed kindom
C. conquering land and converting people to
christianity
D. countires colonizing other lands around the
world for markets and resources for their
factories
5
In 1930s, a worldwide depression severely
tested the ability government to provide for
their citizens. The problems that were not
solved after World War I eventually led to new
alliances in Europe thus causing
A. The Industrial Revolution
B. World War II
C. The Holocaust
D. Communism
6
Push factors are defined as forces that push
people out of their native lands toward a new
place. Which of the following was a push
factor that led immigrants to leave Northern
Europe for the United States?
A. population growth
B. crop failures
C. Industrial Revolution
D. All of the above
7
How did machinery affect the textile
industry?
A. People where no longer needed to run the
machines
B. Huge quantities of cloth could be produced
C. machines slowed down productivity
D. Machines often needed repair so the use of
textiles slowed production
8
Textile mills became even more productive
when
A. Steam replaced waterpower for running the
machinary
B. when machines replaced human resources
C. factories hired children to work long hard hours
D. when items began to be shipped buy airplanes
in the early 1800s
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Human resources can be defined as
A. A steady supply of people needed to run the
machines in the factories
B. The use of humans needed to make products by
hand
C. The amount of resources need to supply
humans with enough energy to work long hours
D. Humans that supplied resources and equipment
to make their own goods
10
In 1914 a war broke out in Europe that quickly
spread to the European colonies and other
areas of the world. It was known as the Great
War, and later called
A. World War I
B. World War II
C. The Civil War
D. The Revolutionary War
11 The genocide of the 20
th
century that claimed the
most lives was:
A. The Holocaust Genocide in Europe in the 1940s
B. The Holodomer Famine Genocide in Ukraine in
the 1930s
C. The Cambodian Genocide in Southeast Asia in
the 1970s
D.
There were no instances in the 20
th
century that
could be classified as genocide.
12
The key to Allied victory in Europe was:
A. the success of resistance movements at
undermining German authority.
B. the vast personnel and industrial capacity of the
United States and Soviet Union.
C. the lack of commitment of Italian forces to the
Axis cause.
D. the development of the atomic bomb.
E. the leadership of Harry Truman after the death
of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
13
A revolution in Russia in 1917 led to a new
political, economic, and social system called
A. Genocide
B. Imperialism
C. Democracy
D. Communism
14
During World War II, women in the United States
A. took part in direct combat.
B. entered war industries.
C. engaged in sabotage acts against German
facilities in occupied Europe while travelling.
D. took part in direct combat, entered war
industries, and engaged in sabotage acts
against German facilities in occupied Europe
while travelling.
E. None of these answers is correct.
15
What are satellite nations?
A. nations that are dependent upon a stronger
power
B. nations that colonize other nations
C. nations that are located near the space station
D. nations that trade with other nationas around the
world
16
The original Allies before 1941 (before The
U.S. and Soviet Union) joined the War
consisted of which of the following countries
A. Sweden, Norway, and Finland
B. Koera, Japan, and China
C. Great Britain, France, and China
D. Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands
17
The Axis powers consisted of which of
following countries?
A. Italy, Germany, and Japan
B. Great Britain, France, and Spain
C. Germany, Russia, and Korea
D. France, China, and Italy
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Textiles, or woven cloth
A. became very expensive after the industrial
revolution
B. was the first industry to be moved to factories
C. beacme more difficult to make due to low supply
and high demand from the public
D. Both A and C
19
The purpose of the common market was to
allow western European countries to
A. promote free trade amongst themselves
B. have workers from one country could get jobs in
any other member countries.
C. None of the above
D. Both A and B
20
Weapons that use atomic reactions to release
enourmose power and can cause mass
destruction are called
A. Balistic Weapons
B. Biological Weapons
C. Grenades
D. Nuclear Weapons
21
In what ways was the Warsaw Pact like
NATO?
A. It was also a military alliance, but against the
West
B. It allowed countries to create nuclear weapons
C. Both A and B
D. None of the above
22
NATO stands for
A. North American Trade Organization
B. North Atlantic Treaty Organization
C. National Association for the Trade of Oil
D. None of the above
23
Why did the countries of Western Europe join
NATO?
A. to stop Germany from ever becoming a world
power again
B. in order to stop the spread of democracy
C. to increase trade across the world
D. to form an alliance in order to respond to
possible attacks by the Soviet Union
24
What was the goal of the Marshall Plan?
A. to give the land back to Germany after world war
II
B. To help rebuild Europe after the War
C. To stop the spread of communism
D. Both B and C
25
The Cold War can be defined as
A. The global competition between the democratic
United States and is allies and the Communist
Soviet Union and its supporters
B. A bloody war fought in the cold Weather climate
of the Yukon
C. Both A and B
D. None of the above
26
In August of 1945 the United States- in an
effort to end the war in Asia
A. surrendered to Japan
B. dropped two atomic bombs on the Japanese
cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
C. invaded the Islands of Japan
D. withdrew from the war in the Pacific
27
The Holocaust can be defined as
A. the movement of Jews from Europe to other
places in the world
B. Imperialism
C. a new political, econmic, and social system
D. Genocide, or the mass murder of a people
because of race, religion, ethnicity, politcs, or
culture
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What did the berlin wall symbolize?
A. the power of Germany
B. the split between Eastern and Western Europe
C. the power of the Soviet Union
D. the ideas of the people living in Berlin
29
Which Russian leader moved the Soviet
Union and Eastern Europe towards
democracy?
A. Vladimir Putin
B. Adolf Hitler
C. Karl Marx
D. Mikhail Gorbachev
30
What is the name of the new European
currency?
A. Yen
B. Euro
C. Peso
D. Ecoin
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