World HistoryFinal Exam

Review

Question #1

•The Greeks first came up with the idea of Democracy

Question #2

•The Romans first came up with the idea of a Republic

RULE BY LAWS

Question #3

•Absolutism is the unlimited power & complete control of the King by divine right.

Unlimited Royal Power

Question #4

•The Magna Carta came up with the idea of Common Law

Limited Royal Power

Question #5• The Scientific

Revolution was a new way of thinking about the natural world. It challenged the authority of the Church and tradition.

Scientific Revolution

Question #6• The Enlightenment was a

time of REASON that led to major reforms in Society, it was sparked by the Scientific Revolution

The Enlightenment

Question #7• The 1st ten amendments

of the U.S. Constitution giving freedom of speech, religion, press, fair trial, petition were the Bill of Rights

Bill of Rights

Question #8• The U.S. Constitution

represented the ideas of the FEDERAL SYSTEM with 3 branches of government…

U.S. Constitution

Question #9• The French 1789

Declaration of the Rights of Man gave universal rights to all Frenchman

Declaration of the Rights of Man

Question #10• The U.S. Constitution

represented the ideas of the FEDERAL SYSTEM with 3 branches of government…

U.S. Constitution

Question #11• The British Loyalists

fought against the American Patriots in the American Revolutionary War

Loyalists vs. Patriots

Question #12• The Storming of the

Bastille became the symbol of the French Revolution

Storming of the Bastille

Question #13• Liberty, Equality &

Fraternity was the slogan of the French Revolution

Liberty, Equality & Fraternity

Question #14• Maximilien Robespierre

was the leader of the Reign of Terror during the radical stage of the French Revolution

Maximilien Robespierre

Question #15• Napoleon Bonaparte was

the French Emperor who tried to take over Europe and then the World

Napoleon Bonaparte

Question #16• The Industrial

Revolution led to long hours, unsafe working conditions and boring repetitive tasks and jobs to do

Industrial Revolution

Question #17

• The Industrial Revolution began in Britain in the 1750s

Britain, Birth Place of the Industrial Revolution

Question #18• The Principles of

Capitalism…– Law of Supply & Demand– Market Economy– Profit Motive– Free Enterprise

Capitalism

Question #19•The Arts– Classicism

emphasized the mind, the intellect and reason

– Romanticism shows life as it can be, beautiful and heroic

– Realism shows life as it really is, harsh and unfair

– Existentialism says that life has no universal meaning The Arts

Question #20

• Imperialism is the act of a stronger nation taking over & dominating a weaker nation is known as

Imperialism

Question #21

•The Jewel of the Crown was the term Britain used to describe the imperialist conquest of India

Jewel of the Crown

Question #22

•Karl Marx was the writer of the Communist Manifesto and leader of the communist movement

Karl Marx

Question #23

•Lenin was the leader of the Bolsheviks and Father of the Russian Revolution

Vladimir Lenin

Question #24

•The Assassination of Franz Ferdinand was the spark that started WWI

Franz Ferdinand

Question #25

•World War I ended on November 11th, 1918 at 11am

11-11-11am

Question #26

•World War I fighting was symbolized by trench warfareTrench Warfare

Question #27

•The name of President Wilson’s post war peace plan for the world was called the 14 Points

14 Points

Question #28

•The idea of fascism, which placed the state over the individual, was made popular by Benito Mussolini

Benito Mussolini

Question #29

•The idea of totalitarianism where the government controls both public & private life was made popular by Joseph Stalin

Joseph Stalin

Question #30

•Mein Kampf is the name of Hitler’s book that highlighted his anti-semitic & lebensraum beliefs

Mein Kampf

Question #31

•Neville Chamberlain made popular the idea of appeasement or giving in to an aggressor…

Neville Chamberlain

Question #32

•The Nuremberg Trials charged people with war crimes against humanity

Nuremberg Trials

Question #33

•The Invasion of Poland was the spark that started World War II

Invasion of Poland

Question #34

•The Manhattan Project was the name of the top-secret plan to build the world’s first atomic bomb

Manhattan Project

Question #35

•Genocide is the systematic killing and execution of a race of people (Ex: Holocaust)

Genocide

Question #36

•The Cold War is the struggle over political differences carried on short of military of action.

The Cold War

Question #37

•The Truman Doctrine is the idea of containment and stopping the spread of communism

Truman Doctrine

Question #38

•The greatest example of brinkmanship that almost led to a nuclear World War III was?

Cuban Missile Crisis

Question #39

•The idea of lessening the cold war tension and reaching out in peace by Nixon was called?

Détente

Question #40

•The ultimate symbol of the cold war that ended up falling in November of 1989…

The Berlin Wall 1989

Question #41

•1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre by the communist party ended the hopes for democracy

Tank Man

Question #42

•The Iran Hostage Crisis led by the Ayatollah Khomeini in 1979

Iran Hostage Crisis

Question #43

•September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Towers

911 Terrorist Attack

Question #44

•Gandhi led the independence of India in 1947

Mahatma Gandhi

Question #45

•Mao Zedong is the father of communist China 1949

Communist China

Question #46

•Mikhail Gorbachev accidentally ended the USSR through the policy of perestroika.

Perestroika & Glasnost

Question #47

•Winston Churchill is considered to be the most important man of the 20th Century.

The British Bulldog

Question #48

•Hotel Rwanda told the story of the Hutu genocide of the Tutsi people

1 Million Tutsis Killed

Question #49

•Forrest Gump was the story of five decades of U.S. History…

American History

Question #50

• Invictus was the story of Mandela and the South African Rugby team

Nelson Mandela