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Section 1: Multiple Choices
Choose the correct answer for each of the questions below - Questions 1 to 40
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1. The ______________ was the name of the compromise between the French government and the trade unions that led to an increase of 35% in the minimum wage.
Treaty of Paris
Edict of Nantes
Genelle Agreements
Sorbonne Accords
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2. On May 29, 1968, Prime Minister Pompidou fled France for Germany.
True
False
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3. Protesters in Paris called for the resignation of which president of France?
Georges Pompidou
Charles de Gaulle
François Mitterrand
Pierre Mendès France
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4. De Gaulle's party suffered the largest loses of French history in the election of June 1968.
True
False
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5. Which king came to power after the fall of Napoleon in 1814?
Louis XIV
Louis XVI
Louis XVIII
Charles X
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6. The Bourbon Restoration lasted from 1814 until ___________
1824
1830
1833
1848
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7. What was the name of the meetings of England, Austria, Russia, Prussia, and France to determine France's future after Napoleon?
Berlin Conference
Treaty of Ghent
Congress of Vienna
Sixth Coalition
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8. Who represented France at the Congress of Vienna?
Bismarck
Tallyrand
Metternich
Louis Napoleon
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9. After Louis XVIII's death, ______________ became the king of France.
Louis Phillipe
Louis XIX
Charles X
Wilhelm I
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10. Charles X was forced out of the throne during what event?
Thermidorian Reaction
Coup of 18 Brumaire
June Rebellion
July Revolution
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11. Darfur is a region in what country?
Egypt
Sudan
Rwanda
Democratic Republic of Congo
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12. Who was the Sudanese president at the beginning of the genocide?
Omar al-Bashir
Idi Amin
Salva Kiir Mayardit
Abdelaziz Bouteflika'
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13. The Weimar Republic was the name of the government of which country after World War II?
Italy
Russia
Germany
France
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14. After World War I French troops occupied which German region?
Saxony
Bavaria
Rhineland
Brandenburg
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15. The Treaty of Rapallo was between Germany and
Italy
France
Poland
Soviet Union
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16. Adolf Hitler was sentenced to five years in prison for an attempted coup in what city?
Berlin
Munich
Frankfort
Hamburg
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17. What event in 1933 was used by the Nazi party to clamp down on the Communist party and increase its power by suspending many civil liberties?
An assassination attempt on President Hindenburg
The occupation of the Rhineland
A nationwide strike
The Reichstag fire
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18. The Cold War was a ______________________________
period of cooperation and agreement among the United States and the U.S.S.R
period of confrontation and competition between the United States and France.
period of confrontation and competition between the United States and the U.S.S.R
none of the above.
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19. How long did the Cuban Missile Crisis last?
17 days
13 days
10 days
15 days
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20.How did the United States find out about missiles in Cuba?
A U2 spy plane took photographs.
U.S. was tipped off by Turkey.
The U.S. recorded a seismic blast.
The Soviet Union threatened they would place them there if the missiles in Turkey were not removed.
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21. What did President Kennedy decide to do during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Initiate a land invasion of Cuba.
Create a naval blockade around Cuba.
Put more missiles in Turkey facing the Soviet Union.
Use a nuclear weapon on Cuba.
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22. What nation controlled Vietnam before World War II?
Germany
England
South Africa
France
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23. The reason that the period between the collapse of the Roman empire and the time of Charlemagne and the Carolingian Renaissance,is called the Dark Ages because
Spain and Persia were Islamic
The lack of intellectual record or pursuit
the abundance of written material
the Gothic kingdoms were peaceful
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24. Which of the following documents spells out Enlightenment ideas as they were applied to revolutionary France?
The Declaration of Independence
Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
the abundance of written material
the Gothic kingdoms were peaceful
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25. As kings or other landed nobility could not support the large numbers of Vassals necessary to defend their kingdom, they would grant vassals _______ so they could support themselves.
manor
field
fief
investiture
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26. After Charlemagne's death, the lack of a strong central authority or government made it necessary for local self-sufficiency. The institution that appeared in this time of a collapsing central authority was called
Monarchy
Warriorism
Feudalism
Carolingian Imperialism
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27. In towns of Europe, people with the same occupation formed groups called ___________ that controlled the quantity and quality of production.
Guilds
Unions
Clans
Societies
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28. During Feudal times most people lived in one of these two places ____________________
church or acropolis
park or plantation
manor or castle
None of the above.
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29. The Pope who with the Proclamation at Clermont, 1095, launched the First Crusades __________
Pope John II
Pope Dominicus
Pope Gregory
Pope Urban II
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30. The purpose of the First Crusade was to ______________________________
retrieve the Nile River from Egypt.
recapture the Holy Land.
Help Byzantine Emperor Alexius I Comnenus.
To help the Turks take Byzantine territory.
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31. The Muslim who was vizier of Egypt, and became the greatest Muslim leader during the period of the Crusades was ________________
Saracen
Alexius II
Saladin
Syrian
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32. What event is said to have started World War I?
The invasion of Russia.
The bombing of the Lusitania.
The shooting of Archduke Ferdinand.
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33. At the beginning of World War I, President Woodrow Wilson followed a traditional United States foreign policy by _______________
sending troops to aid Great Britain
declaring American neutrality
requesting an immediate declaration of war against the aggressors
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34. A major reason for the isolationist trend in the United States following World War I was _____________________
the public's desire to end most trade with other nations
the failure of the United States to gain new territory
a disillusionment over the outcomes of the war
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35. President Woodrow Wilson's statement "The world must be made safe for democracy" was made to justify his decision to ___________________
end United States imperialism in Latin America
ask Congress to declare war against Germany
support tariff reform
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36. During World War I, many American women helped gain support for the suffrage movement by ____________
protesting against the war
joining the military service
working in wartime industries
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37. After World War I, the opposition of some Members of Congress to the Versailles Treaty was based largely on the idea that the Treaty ___________________________
would require the United States to join the League of Nations and might result in a loss of United States sovereignty
did not punish the Central Powers harshly enough
did not give the United States an important role in world affairs
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38. During the Cold War, the U.S. and the Soviet Union battled each other ____________________________
militarily and politically
technologically and politically
economically and technologically
militarily and economically
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39. The Cold War originated immediately after ________________
The Civil War
World War II
World War I
Korean War
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40.A Cold War event that took place in 1961 was _____________________
Operation Vittles
the process of detente
the building of the Berlin Wall
the intensification of the nuclear arms race
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Section 2: Writing
Questions 41
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41. How did colonisation transform the economies of European empires? Write at least a 150 words on the topic.
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