Littlerock High School World History Standards Questions
Standard 10.1
Performance Indicator 1:
1. The Ten Commandments, also known as the Hebrews codes, form the basis of which of the following?
a. Judaism and Hinduism
b. Shintosim and Taoism
c. Christianity and Judaism
d. Christianity and Zen
2. The Hebrew Codes are essentially:
a. A list of people
b. A guide to behavior and values
c. A strict legal document
d. An argument for monarchy.
3. The laws of Rome were designed for the benefits of all Romans, therefore Christianity was accepted because of
its
a. Acceptance of Roman law over Hebrew law
b. Acceptance of the non-citizen of Rome
c. Acceptance by all classes
d. Acceptance by the Jewish people
Standard 10.1
Performance Indicator 2:
1. The principle of democracy is usually attributed to the:
a. Greeks
b. English
c. French
d. Japanese
2. The idea of representative democracy or republic, is generally attributed to:
a. Rome
b. Greece
c. England
d. France
3. Courage, duty and determination were common words for which of the following civilizations
a. Rome
b. Greek
c. Judah
d. Egypt
Standard 10.1
Performance Indictor 3:
1. The American Constitution provides for what type of government?
a. A constitutional monarchy
b. A theocracy
c. A socialist state
d. A federal republic
2. The Bill of Rights protects:
a. The government from its citizens
b. The citizens from the government
c. The young from the old
d. The rich from the poor.
3. Which of the following political systems was influenced by the U. S. Constitution?
a. The French Constitution of 1791
b. English Magna Carta
c. English Bill of Rights
d. Articles of Confederation
Standard 10.2
Performance Indictor 1:
1. The Declaration of Independence was based on the philosophy of:
a. Thomas Hobbes
b. Voltaire
c. John Locke
d. Montesquieu
2.
Philosohes urged government to
a. end religious toleration
b. stop press censorship
c. give harsh punishments to criminals
d. limit education to the rich.
3.
All of the following were ideas supported by the philosophes EXCEPT:
a.
b.
c.
d.
freedom of religion
reform of penal systems
encouragement of mercantilist policies
abolition of government censorship
Standard 10.2
Performance Indictor 2:
1. Who led the revolutionary movement in South America?
a. James Madison
b. Simon Bolivar
c. Hernando Cortez
d. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
2.
How many bills are in the U.S. Bill of Rights?
a. 27
b. 10
c. 3
d. 15
3.
Where was the “shot heard around the world” fired?
a. The Bastille
b. Lexington, Massachusetts
c. London
d. Madrid
Standard 10.2
Performance Indictor 3:
1. After the execution of Louis XVI, France was governed as a:
a. a republic
b. a limited monarchy
c. an absolute monarchy
d. an autocracy
2.
The Reign of Terror ended when:
a. France lost the war
b. Robespierre was executed
c. The king and queen were executed
d. France won the war
3.
Which was NOT on of the problems faced by France during the years immediately preceding the Revolution?
a. civil war
b. food shortages
c. government debt
d. an antinquated tax system
Standard 10.2
Performance Indictor 4:
1. Napoleon gained power in France in 1799 by
a. promising to invade Russia
b. overthrowing the Directory
c. winning the Battle of the Nile
d. executing Robespierre
2.
Which of the following was NOT a result of Napoleon’s conquests of Europe?
a. The Continental System succeeded.
b. Nationalism grew
c. Monarchs were overthrown
d. Revolutionary ideas spread beyond France.
3.
The most serious economic problem facing the French government in the 1700’s was that:
a. farmers did not produce enough food
b. the government had borrowed huge sums of money
c. France had very little trade and industry
d. The middle class was excused from paying taxes.
Standard 10.2
Performance Indictor 5:
1. The Glorious Revolution was triggered by which event?
a. the crowning of James I
b. the birth of a son to James II’s Catholic wife
c. passage of the Test Act
d. passage of the Exclusion Act
2.
American discontent with British rule began after 1763 over which issue?
a. religious freedom
b. lack of representation in Parliament
c. taxation
d. the appointment of royal governors
3.
One long-range effect of the English civil war and the Commonwealth was to:
a. give Puritans permanent control of Parliament
b. limit the power of the English monarch
c. make England a republic
d. end the privileges of English nobles
Standard 10.3
Performance Indictor 1:
1. The Industrial Revolution began in
a. Britain
b. France
c. Germany
d. Italy
2.
The 1889 group formed to fight against capitalism worldwide was the
a. Communist Manifesto
b. Second International
c. Social Democratic Party
d. First International
3.
In the Communist Manifesto, Marx and Englels
a. praised the attributes of industrial capitalism
b. commended the conditions in industrial factories
c. described a new social system
d. saw no connection between factory conditions and industrial capitalism
Standard 10.3
Performance Indictor 2:
1. At the onset of the Industrial Revolution, most nations were primarily:
a. rural
b. urban
c. based on an industry of specialized services
d. well educated
2.
Who invented the telephone?
a. Eli Whitney
b. Alexander Graham Bell
c. Thomas Edison
d. James Watt
3.
Who invented the light bulb?
a. Eli Whitney
b. Alexander Graham Bell
c. Thomas Edison
d. James Watt
Standard 10.3
Performance Indictor 3:
1. What Socialist wrote Oliver Twist and A Christmas Carol ?
a. William Blake
b. William Wordsworth
c. Charles Dickens
d. Walt Whitman
2.
Which tortured and tragic artist maintained that artists should paint what they feel?
a. Sergei Daiglhilev
b. Vasily Kandinsky
c. Pablo Picasso
d. Vincent Van Gogh
3.
Who created the Kodak camera in 1888?
a. Frank Lloyd Wright
b. Louis Sullivan
c. Igor Stravinsky
d. George Eastman
Standard 10.3
Performance Indictor 4:
1. Who pioneered the modern American house?
a. Frank Lloyd Wright
b. Louis Sullivan
c. Igor Stravinsky
d. George Eastman
2.
Who created the new painting style called cubism?
a. Frank Lloyd Wright
b. Louis Sullivan
c. Igor Stravinsky
d. George Eastman
3.
Which of the following statements is incorrect?
a. White-collar workers were the product of the Second Industrial Revolution
b. The Second Industrial Revolution opened the door to new jobs for women.
c. Marriage was a matter of economic necessity for most women.
d. The chief motive for mass education was economic.
Standard 10.3
Performance Indictor 5:
1. Which economic system is dominant in the modern era?
a. socialism
b. communism
c. capitalism
d. utopianism
2.
Who was a utopian socialist?
a. Henry Cort
b. Robert Owen
c. Karl Marx
d. Edmund Cartwright
3.
Who was an urban reformer in Germany?
a. Edwin Chadwick
b. Rudolf Virchow
c. Octavia Hill
d. Consuelo Vanderbilt
Standard 10.3
Performance Indictor 6:
1. By 1914 which state did Austria-Hungary view as a mortal threat to its empire?
a. Romania
b. Serbia
c. Montenegro
d. Bulgaria
2.
What had emerged as labor’s chief voice in America in 1900?
a. the Second International
b. the Congress of Industrial Organizations
c. the American Federation of Labor
d. the Social Democratic Party
3.
Who is the father of psycho analytic theory?
a. Thomas Edison
b. Albert Einstein
c. Sigmund Freud
d. Claude Monet
Standard 10.3
Performance Indictor 7:
1. The theory of evolution was applied to social order and called:
a. capitalism
b. communism
c. Social Darwinism
d. Psychology
2.
Who invented the airplane?
a. Frank Lloyd Wright
b. The Wright Brothers
c. Albert Einstein
d. Sigmund Freud
3.
What percentage of arable land is there in the United States?
a. 10
b. 25
c. 50
d. 99
Standard 10.4
Performance Indictor 1:
1. What term is the idea “struggle for existence” a part of?
a. Social Darwinism
b. Freudiansm
c. Zionism
d. Theory of Relativity
2. By the beginning of the 20th century what continent dominated the worlds economy?
a. Africa
b. North America
c. Asia
d. Europe
3. Which of the following did the Industrial Revolution not increase:
a. workers wages
b. colonization
c. isolationism
d. steel production
Standard 10.4
Performance Indictor 2:
1. Britain and what other country battled for control of Southeast Asia
a. France
b. Germany
c. United States
d. Spain
2. This country was annexed by Japan in 1908:
a. Russia
b. Vietnam
c. Australia
d. Korea
3. This continent was divided up by European powers in an attempt to gain colonies:
a. Asia
b. North America
c. Antarctica
d. Africa
Standard 10.4
Performance Indictor 3:
1. Which of the following did the colonizers during the age of imperialism not bring to the new regions:
a. religion
b. peace
c. disease
d. war
2. During the are of imperialism the indigenous people were revolted for all of these reasons except:
a. high taxes
b. high wages
c. debt
d. famine
3. How did the British differ from other European countries during imperialism:
a. indirect rule
b. industrial developments
c. colonial enterprise
d. new trade centers
Standard 10.4
Performance Indictor 4:
1. He was the young radical Chinese who formed the Revive China Society:
a. Dowager Cixi
b. Yuan Shikai
c. Sun Yat-sen
d. Hong Xiuquan
2. Which of these was not a step in Sun Yat-sen’s plan in China:
a. military rule
b. revolutionary party rule
c. constitutional democracy
d. communism
3. What was the group of people that fought Shaka Zulu in South Africa:
a. Boers
b. Germans
c. British
d. French
Standard 10.5
Performance Indictor 1:
1. What country did Austria-Hungary suspect of being involved in the assassination in Sarajevo:
a. Bosnia
b. Russia
c. Serbia
d. Germany
2. All of the following were reasons the U.S. entered WWI except:
a. Zimmerman Note
b. economic interest
c. attack on U.S. homeland
d. ideology
3. Region of conflict between Austria-Hungary, Serbia, and Russia:
a. Baltic
b. Balkans
c. Crimea
d. Poland
Standard 10.5
Performance Indictor 2:
1. What country did Germany plan to go through to attack France:
a. Switzerland
b. Netherlands
c. Belgium
d. Bosnia
2. This front stretched from the North Sea to the French/Swiss border:
a. Eastern
b. Western
c. Southern
d. Northern
3. Which battle was the last major battle of WWI:
a. Gallipoli
b. Second Marne
c. Jutland
d. Verdun
Standard 10.5
Performance Indictor 3:
1. What was not an effect of the U.S. involvement in WWI:
a.
b.
c.
d.
low morale
reinforcements
money
goods
2. Which of these did not limit the Russian’s in WWI
a. poor weapons
b. bad weather
c. civil war
d. bad economy
3. Which of the following rulers ended Russia’s involvement in WWI:
a. Trotsky
b. Lenin
c. Kerensky
d. Nicholas II
Standard 10.5
Performance Indictor 4:
1. Which of the following countries suffered the most casualties during WWI:
a. Russia
b. Great Britain
c. Germany
d. Austria-Hungary
2. While in the trenches, which would you not encounter:
a. trench foot
b. mustard gas
c. rats
d. high morale
3. Which of the following was put aside in homeland economies:
a. price controls
b. control of wages
c. unregulated trade
d. rationed food
Standard 10.5
Performance Indictor 5:
1. In which of the following countries did the Armenian Genocide take place:
a. Germany
b. Turkey
c. Austria
d. India
2. This genocide of these people took place during WWI:
a. Armenians
b. Jewish
c. Cambodians
d. Russians
3. This country supported the Armenian Genocide in Turkey:
a. Germany
b. Austria
c. Both A and B
d. Neither
Standard 10. 6:
Performance Indicator 1:
1. In Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points, this was the guiding idea behind the eight points regarding changes
in national borders and the creation of new nations.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Balance of power
Separation of powers
Self-determination
Unification
2. Russia did not participate in the negotiations leading to the Treaty of Versailles with the other Allies
because…
a. they had switched sides and joined the Axis near the end of the war.
b. they were involved in a civil war and were not invited.
c. the Tzar was angry with the other Allied nations.
d. they wanted to continue the war until Germany was completely helpless.
3. France and Great Britain eventually rejected much of Wilson’s Fourteen Points because…
a. they felt that the Axis nations should be more severely punished.
b. it was felt they were too harsh and would only bring future problems.
c. the League of Nations wouldn’t include the United States, Germany or Russia.
d. Wilson insisted that they must accept all of the points or there would be no treaty.
Standard 10. 6:
Performance Indicator 2:
1. The Balkan nations of Serbia, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Montenegro, Macedonia, Slovenia and Croatia were
united into the country of …
a. Greece
b. Bulgaria
c. Austria-Hungary
d. Yugoslavia
2. Absent since it’s partitioning in the late 18th century, by Prussia, Russia and Austria, this nation returned to
the map of Europe after the Treaty of Versailles.
a. Netherlands
b. Poland
c. Yugoslavia
d. Greece
3. The territories of Trans-Jordan, Iraq, Palestine, Syria and Lebanon were administered by the League of
Nations as …
a. colonies
b. member nations
c. territorial holdings of the Ottoman Empire
d. mandates
Standard 10. 6:
Performance Indicator 3:
1. In the chaos of the Russian Revolution, only this group had the focus of purpose to take control.
a. Mensheviks
b. Bolsheviks
c. White Russians
d. Cossacks
2. Lenin and Trotsky were leaders of this political and economic philosophy in Russia.
a. communism
b. capitalism
c. fascism
d. deism
3. This man used the disillusionment of his people to create the first fascist state in Europe.
a. Adolph Hitler
b. Francisco Franco
c. Benito Mussolini
d. Neville Chamberlain
Standard 10. 6:
Performance Indicator 4:
1. The disillusion and disheartening caused by the impact of World War I led to this description for the young
people returning and their artistic contributions.
a. Lost Generation
b. Sad Sacks
c. Totalitarians
d. Art Nuevo
2. World War I caused many intellectual and creative minds following the war to …
a. reflect a lighthearted and joyous celebration of peace.
b. explode with positive new ideas for a better world.
c. produce a dark and depressing view of the world.
d. refuse to share their ideas and creations with the world.
3. The destruction of World War I led many intellectuals to …
a. see Western values as the cause of the war and reject them.
b. see Eastern values as the cause of the war and reject them.
c. see Western values as the only hope for society and try to reestablish them.
d. see Eastern values as the only hope for society and try to reestablish them.
Standard 10.7
Performance Indicator 1:
1. The leader of the revolution was:
a. Gorbachev
b. V. I. Lenin
c. Stalin
d. Hitler
2. This group masterminded the November 1917 revolution in Russia.
a. The Bolsheviks
b. The Mensheviks
c. The Romanovs
d. The Bourbons
3. What treaty ended Russia’s involvement in World War I?
a. Treaty of Versailles
b. Brest-Litovsk
c. Paris Peace Conference
d. Moscow Peace Treaty
Standard 10.7
Performance Indicator 2:
1. The Soviet Union was transformed into a totalitarian state by:
a. Lenin
b. Trotsky
c. Witte
d. Stalin
2. Under Joseph Stalin’s command economic system, all economic decisions were made by
a. Government officials alone
b. Workers and government officials
c. Members of the socialist realism movement
d. Local soviets composed of workers, soldiers and peasants.
3. Under Stalin, the Soviet government persecuted all of the following EXCEPT
a. Jews
b. Atheist
c. Kulaks
d. Roman Catholics
Standard 10.7
Performance Indicator 3:
1. All the of the following were common to both fascism and communism EXCEPT
a. A classless society
b. A one-party system
c. A disregard for individual rights
d. Strong nationalist feelings.
2. Nazism was the German form of
a. Fascism
b. Socialism
c. Communism
d. A coalition government
3. Which of the following does fascism stress?
a. Nationalism
b. Isolationism
c. Individual rights
d. A Classless society
Standard 10.8
Performance Indicator 1:
1. The Japanese drive for an empire is attributed to which of the following circumstances?
a. Need for natural resources
b. An attack by the Chinese
c. The isolationism it felt from Europe
d. A desire to be more powerful than the U.S.
2. The title of Hitler’s book, “Mein Kampf”, in English is
a. “Well-Being”
b. “My Country”
c. “My Struggle”
d. “Master Race”
3. Hitler signing a non-aggression pact with Stalin gave Hitler the freedom to
a. Attack Czechoslovakia
b. Attack Sudentenland
c. Attack Poland
d. Attack Slovakia
Standard 10.8
Performance Indicator 2:
1. The decisions and results of the Munich Conference of 1938 have become symbolic of
a. The threat posed by Communism
b. The dangers involved in appeasement
c. The value of negotiation in foreign relations
d. The need for an international peacekeeping body
2. In the years prior to World War II, the United States
a. Strongly supported Japanese actions in Manchuria
b. Tried to appease Japan in the hope of encouraging its moderates
c. Threaten to use force against the Japanese
d. Never threatened the use of economic sanctions against Japan
3. In Hitler’s drive for land and power, he expected the French and British to practice
a. Surrender
b. Appeasement
c. Isolationism
d. Nothing
Standard 10.8
Performance Indicator 3:
1. Which of the following events turned the tide of the war in the Pacific AGAINST Japan and allowed the Allies to
begin taking the offensive?
a. Battle of Midway
b. Battle of Guadalcanal
c. Battle of Coral Sea
d. Doolittle’s raid on Japan
2. Which of the following occurred on D-Day?
a. The Allied invasion of Italy
b. The Allied invasion of France
c. The Allied invasion of Germany
d. The Allied invasion of Nagasaki
3. At the Potsdam Conference of July 1945, the Allied leaders met to discuss which of the following.
a. The division of land between the powers
b. Free elections in Eastern Europe
c. The terms of reparation from Germany
d. The surrender terms on Germany
Standard 10.8
Performance Indicator 4:
1. Hitler
a. Was a man of peace
b. Posed as a man of peace
c. Abided by the Treaty of Versailles
d. Stayed out of the affairs of other nations
2. Who was the commander of the troops engaged in the process of “island hopping?”
a. Henri Petain
b. Douglas MacArthur
c. Erwin Rommel
d. Dwight D. Eisenhower
3. The Prime Minister of England was
a. Neville Chamberlain
b. Franklin D. Roosevelt
c. Winston Churchill
d. Harry S. Truman
Standard 10.8
Performance Indicator 5:
1. Which of the following did Hitler refer to as the “Final Solution”?
a. “Total war” against Great Britain
b. Genocide against “inferior” races
c. Pushing through the Western Front on the Ardennes
d. Committing suicide before being captured by Allied Forces
2. The attack on German Jews by Nazi mobs on November 9, 1938, was called
a. Anchluss
b. Kristallnacht
c. Schutzstaffel
d. Reichschancellor
3. Which of the following was the location of a Nazi extermination camp?
a. Berlin
b. Warsaw
c. Dresden
d. Auschwitz
Standard 10.8
Performance Indicator 6:
1. Where were atomic bombs dropped at the end of WWII?
a. Tokyo
b. Dresden
c. Hiroshima and Nagasaki
d. Leyte Island and Midway
2. Who went on the Bataan Death March, and why?
a. Japanese soldiers, because they refused to surrender
b. Allied prisoners of war, because the Japanese forced them to.
c. Allied soldiers, because it was essential to the success of the “island-hopping” strategy
d. Chinese civilians, because they were forced off their land by the Japanese invasion.
3. This Russian city lost 1.5 million people due to a siege by German troops.
a. Moscow
b. Leningrad
c. Stalingrad
d. Minsk
Standard 10. 9:
Performance Indicator 1:
4. Of the world powers that dominated the events of World War II, only these two emerged as superpowers as
the Cold War began.
a. Great Britain and the United States
b. Great Britain and the Soviet Union
c. the Soviet Union and the United States
d. France and Great Britain
5. At the Yalta Conference, held in February of 1945, these leaders tried to come to an agreement as to the
direction of world affairs after World War II.
a. Hitler, Mussolini and Hirohito
b. Eisenhower, DeGaulle and Khrushchev
c. Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin
d. Clemenceau, Wilson and George
6. The Soviet influence over their satellite states was motivated by …
a. their wish to see these countries freely electing their own democratic governments.
b. to protect them from the growing fascist movement in Europe.
c. to help them rebuild their nations and become independent after the destruction caused by the war.
d. to protect their borders and spread the doctrine of communism.
Standard 10. 9:
Performance Indicator 2:
1. The Cold War was a result of the ideological differences between …
a. democratic capitalism and democratic socialism
b. democratic socialism and communism
c. fascism and democratic capitalism
d. communism and democratic capitalism
2.
3.
In an effort to direct the course of emerging nations during the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet
Union competed for influence in …
a. Vietnam, the Congo, Chile and Egypt.
b. Canada, Spain and Brazil.
c. Japan, Germany and Italy.
d. Mexico, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand.
In October of 1962, the United States confronted the Soviet Union of the placement of offensive missiles in
this Western Hemisphere nation.
a.
Turkey
b.
Mexico
c.
Haiti
d.
Cuba
Standard 10. 9:
Performance Indicator 3:
1. The purpose of the Truman Doctrine was to …
a. stop the spread of capitalism
b. stop the spread of communism
c. stop the spread of socialism
d. stop the spread of fascism
2.
3.
Which of the following was not a motivating factor of the Marshall Plan:
a. An effort to avoid the financial problems of rebuilding that swept Europe after the first world war.
b. To develop solid trading partners for the American economy.
c. To prevent the political environment that led to the totalitarian regime of the 20’s and 30’s.
d. To give communism and fascism an equal footing with democracy in Europe.
The Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan were important factors in America’s effort to …
a. help developing South American states.
b. help spread democratic capitalism and stop the expansion of communism.
c. influence British political policies.
d. rebuild the German Reich.
Standard 10. 9:
Performance Indicator 4:
1. The Chinese Civil War ended in 1949 with …
a. Mao Tse-tung’s communists ruling mainland China and Chiang Kai-shek’s government in
exile on Tiawan.
b. the overthrow of Chiang Kai-shek and the return of the Manchu Dynasty to power.
c. the overthrow of the Manchu Dynasty and the emergence of democracy.
d. the Chinese invasion of Vietnam.
2.
In 1989, a student protest for Chinese democracy here was put down by the use of troops and tanks by the
Chinese government.
a. The town square in Amritsar.
b. Boston Commons.
c. Tiananmen Square in Bejing.
d. Tlatelolco Square.
3. In 1966, Mao Tse-tung unleashed his Cultural Revolution and the Red Guard, in an effort to …
a. establish a democratic society..
b. purge China of all capitalist influences.
c. integrate Taiwan and Hong Kong back into mainstream Chinese society.
d. train young people for the new fascist system he planned to establish.
Standard 10. 9:
Performance Indicator 5:
1. When the Hungarian government appeared headed for movement away from Marxism in 1956, the Soviet
Union …
a. threatened to cut off economic support.
b. supported their actions and threatened any nations that tried to interfere.
c. asked the United Nations to force them to retain their current form of government.
d. sent the Red Army to Budapest and replaced Prime Minister Imre Nagy with the pro-Soviet
J’anos K’ad’ar.
2.
In 1968, the independence movement, in this Soviet Bloc state, known as “Prague Spring” was put down
by Soviet troops and tanks.
a. Poland
b. Czechoslovakia
c. Hungary
d. Austria
3. Primarily this segment of Polish society drove the “Solidarity” movement.
a. organized labor
b. military
c. religious fundamentalists
d. pro-Soviet Marxists
Standard 10. 9:
Performance Indicator 6:
1. The growing awareness of the Holocaust after World war II brought increased support for this concept.
a. ethnic cleansing
b. anti-Semitism
c. Zionism
d. fascism
2.
Nationalist feelings in Egypt led Nasser to nationalize the Suez Canal, seizing control from these countries.
a. Britain and Israel
b. Israel and Saudi Arabia
c. France and Saudi Arabia
d. France and Britain
3. Resentment of the establishment of the state of Israel caused her new neighbors to do this the day Israel
became an independent nation.
a. Declare war.
b. Walk out of the United Nations.
c. Take the United Nations to court because they were overseeing Palestine as a mandate.
d. Refused to trade with Israel.
Standard 10. 9:
Performance Indicator 7:
1. One of the factors leading to the collapse of the Soviet Union was …
a. increasing demands for change from the state run media.
b. United Nations concerns over civil rights violations.
c. pressure from the satellite states for inclusion in the U.S.S.R.
d. financial demands of military for arms production and foreign conflicts.
2.
Which of the following did not contribute to the fall of the Soviet Union:
a. The Soviet command economy.
b. Pressure from the republics of the U.S.S.R. to include the satellite states in the Soviet
Union.
c. World wide financial demands for military and aid in countries like Afghanistan and Cuba.
d. Growing resistance to Soviet rule in the satellite states and non-Russian republics.
3. The Soviet policy of planning the economy down to very minuscule details such as who worked where and
when was called ...
a. Organized Labor
b. Soviet Economic Standards
c. Politburo
d. Command Economy
Standard 10. 9:
Performance Indicator 8:
1. The Warsaw Pact was created by the Soviet Bloc to ...
a. counter trade alliances such as OPEC and NAFTA.
b. reward the Soviet Union’s satellites for their help defeating Germany.
c. unite these countries into one larger country.
d. counter the power and influence of NATO.
2.
SEATO (Southeast Asian Treaty Organization) included Pakistan, Thailand, the Philippines, Australia and
New Zealand along with these countries.
a. Britain, France and the United States
b. Vietnam, India and Saudi Arabia
c. China, Japan and the Soviet Union
d. North and South Korea
3. One reason the Organization of American States (OAS) was created was for this purpose.
a. Build a large military force to dominate the world..
b. Stop military and political interventions into each others affairs.
c. Stop the spread of communism into the Western Hemisphere.
d. Force out non-democratic governments in countries of the Western Hemisphere.
Standard 10.10
Performance Indictor 1:
10.10.1
1. What was the leading religion in the Middle East which led to challenges in nation building in the area:
a. Christianity
b. Buddhism
c. Islam
d. Hinduism
2. Which of these European countries was the last to give up it’s African territories:
a. Portugal
b. Great Britain
c. France
d. Germany
3. Which of the following did not occur after the African states gained their freedom:
a. stability
b. AIDS
c. population growth
d. poor economy
Standard 10.10
Performance Indictor 2:
1. Which of the following countries is a Communist country today:
a. Russia
b. Poland
c. Cambodia
d. Vietnam
2. What region has had the largest increase in population since WWII:
a. Africa
b.
c.
d.
Latin America
Asia
North America
3. Which of the following is not a problem in Latin America today:
a. population explosion
b. landowning system
c. political differences
d. trade
Standard 10.10
Performance Indictor 3:
1. What organization adopted the “Universal Declaration of Human Rights”:
a. League of Nations
b. United Nations
c. Green Peace
d. NAFTA
2. In which of the following countries are free elections not taking place:
a. South Korea
b. Taiwan
c. Philippines
d. China
3. Which of the following countries has not seen ethnic conflict since 1945:
a. Indonesia
b. Serbia
c. Palestine
d. Brazil
Standard 10. 11:
Performance Indicator 1:
1. International laws regulating the worldwide web ...
a. are mostly ineffective.
e. are very strong and rigid enforced.
f. keep illegal activity from taking place.
g. are reviewed often and corrected quickly.
2.
3.
4.
The “green revolution” was a campaign started in the 1950’s to
a. Increase available food sources
b. Increase the use of recycled materials
c. Re-forest areas that had been clear-cut
d. Develop methods of sustainable development
Which of these categories didn’t have spectacular developments during the Technological Revolution:
a. Transportation
b. Communications
c. Medicine
d. Politics
At the end of the 20th Century, which nation remained as the largest Communist nation?
a. Russia
b. Cuba
c. Nicaragua
d. China