History 12 Final Exam
1. What was the League of Nations’ system for promoting self-determination?
2. Which country emerged from World War I with the strongest economy?
3. Which countries gained self-determination following World War I
4. Which countries least supported harsh reparations for Germany?
5. Following World War I, the British and French public felt
6. Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points did not encourage
7. The failure of the U.S.A. to sign the Treaty of Versailles resulted in
8. Immediately following World War I, Germany became
9. What was the concrete fortification system built by France following World War I called?
10. Which nations are most associated with communism during the 1920s?
Use the following newspaper headline to answer the next question.
Newspaper Headline
“The People Have Spoken: Wilson Wins the Presidency!”
11. What political ideology is reflected in the given statement?
12. Mussolini’s secret police force was called the
13. Other than Germany, which nation established a fascist government during the 1930s?
14. Which of the following ideologies promotes the protection of human rights under the constitution?
15. Which ideology does not feature habeas corpus?
16. What are reasons for the inflation in Germany in 1923
17. What was the name of Hitler’s Nazi combat squads?
18. What event effectively removed all opposition to the government within the Nazi Party?
19. Which factors led to the 1905 Revolution?
20. After the fall of Petrograd in March 1917, Tsar Nicholas
21. Which of the following statements describes Lenin’s policy toward Germany?
22. The day in 1905 when Tsar Nicolas’ troops opened fire on protestors is called
23. Stalin’s foreign policy during the interwar period did not support
24. Great Britain’s main concern about granting independence to India was that
25. What happened in regards to Jewish immigration to Palestine in 1939?
26. Following World War I, Great Britain’s main concern regarding the Middle East was with what
resource?
27. What was the main goal of the Muslim League?
28. Which country was once the colony considered Great Britain’s “crown jewel”?
29. Which description best reflects U.S. foreign policy before during the interwar period?
30. What is the common name for the economic boom period in the U.S.A. between 1920 and 1930?
31. Which event is commonly believed to be the beginning of the Great Depression?
32. The Great Depression was not created by
33. The concept that dictates product prices in a free market economy is called
34. The Western policy of allowing Germany to aggressively expand it military and influence in Europe
was called
35. Which of the following events is not an example of Hitler’s aggressive foreign policy?
36. What was the name of the treaty signed between Germany and the U.S.S.R. in 1939?
37. The Spanish Civil War was fought between the
38. Which of the following nations openly supported China in its effort against Japanese imperialism
during the 1930s?
Use the following newspaper headline to answer the next question.
Newspaper Headline___1939
“The People Have Spoken. An Overwhelming 99.75% Vote Yes to Annexation”
39. Which nation held the plebiscite described in the given headline?
40. What event marked the start of World War II?
41. The cramped holding areas for Jews and Gypsies in Eastern European cities were called
42. All of the following groups were targeted by the Nazis during the Holocaust except
43. Which country liberated the first Nazi concentration camps at the end of World War II?
44. All of the following groups form the trinity of guilt that emerged from the Holocaust except
45. The first of the Big Three wartime conferences was
46. Which of Stalin’s policies allowed the U.S.S.R. to become a superpower?
47. The opposition between the U.S. and the Soviet ideologies initiated
Use the following quotation to answer the next two questions
“An iron curtain has descended across the continent.”
48. Who spoke the given statement?
49. Was censorship increasing in the U.S.S.R. in 1945?
50. The U.S. mandate to rehabilitate European economies called
51. Nations under Soviet control during the Cold War were called
52. At what post-war conference was Germany divided into occupation zones?
53. After World War II, Korea was divided along the
54. More Korean war – which UN Nations fought?
55. Who replaced Truman as U.S. president in 1952?
56. What policy did Nikita Khrushchev establish once he replaced Malenkov in 1953?
57. The United Nations respond to the Suez Crisis by
58. Who overthrew Cuba’s corrupt U.S.-supported government in 1959?
Use the following newspaper headline to answer the next question
Newspaper Headline
“The Communist Party of China Defeats the Kuomintang”
59. To what event does the given headline refer?
60. Who was the first leader of the Republic of China?
61. Which of the following statements about Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping is true?
62. The period of major Chinese socioeconomic reforms from 1958-1960 is called the
63. Which of the following statements about the Great Leap Forward is false?
Use the following newspaper headline to answer the next question
Newspaper Headline
“Arab Nations Officially Unite! Arab Nations Officially Unite!”
64. In what year did the Arab unification mentioned above occur?
65. The alliance of the Arab nations was called the
66. Which of the following nations was not part of the Arab League?
67. When did India become a sovereign state?
68. When did Pakistan become a sovereign state?
69. What was the name of the communist organization in Cambodia?
70. Which of the following nations was not a part of French Indochina?
Use the following quotation to answer the next question.
“I have a dream!”
71. Which civil rights leader spoke the given famous words?
72. When was M.L. King assassinated?
73. Which of the following political parties represented the Boers in South Africa after World War II?
74. The goal of the African National Congress was
75. What resolution gave Lyndon Johnson the ultimate authority regarding Vietnam?
76. Which of the following is not true of Diem’s regime?
77. In what year did the U.S.A. begin to withdraw from Vietnam?
Use the following newspaper headline to answer the next question.
Newspaper Headline
“Crude Oil Price Rises by 70%!”
78. The given headline refers to the
79. What organization controlled the price of the Middle Eastern crude oil at this time?
80. Describe Lebanon during the 1970s and 1980s
81. Which of the following statements best describes the Six Days War?
82. China’s Five year Plan did not
83. What economic plan did Mao Zedong introduce in 1958?
84. The Great Leap Forward did not cause
Use the following list to answer question 72
1) The Open Door Policy
2) The Cultural Revolution
3) The Great Leap Forward
4) The Five Year Plan
85. What’s the correct chronological order of the given events?
86. What are policies or reform initiatives introduced by Gorbachev
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1)
2)
3)
4)
Bulgaria
Poland
East Germany
Hungary
87. What’s the chronological order in which the above nations became democracies?
88. What are U.S. advantages in the arms race of the 1980s
89. Which of the following treaties was a precursor to détente?
90. What are stipulations were agreed to in the Helsinki Accords of 1975
91. What nations did not participate in the Helsinki Accords?
92. What was the name of the Polish trade union started by Lech Walesa in 1980?
93. Which of the following leaders did not lead the Soviet Union during the Cold War period?
94. By 1985, the Soviet Union was
95. Which of the following statements best describes the “Star Wars” initiative?
96. What competition between the U.S.A. and the Soviet Union was parallel to the Arms Race?