World History Semester II

Question 0

What is a czar?

Answer 0

Emperor of Russia, comes from word “Caesar”

Question 1

What is absolute power?

Answer 1

Unlimited and unrestrained power

Question 2

What is the scientific method?

Answer 2

A patten of thinking that scientists use when seeking answers

Question 3

What is enlightenment?

Answer 3

18th century religious revival in American colonies

Question 4

What is the coup d’état?

Answer 4

A sudden and illegal seize of power by force

Question 5

What is romanticism?

Answer 5

Late 18th century European literary and artistic movement characterized by a reaction against rationalism and embraced emotions

Question 6

What is the industrial revolution?

Answer 6

Late 18th and early 19th century period where technology advanced in many ways

Question 7

What is the factory system?

Answer 7

Puts everything under one roof of the factory

Question 8

What is socialism?

Answer 8

Gov. ownership by means of production and the distribution of goods for the presumed welfare of society

Question 9

What is realism?

Answer 9

An artistic style that sought to portray life as it really is

Question 10

What is Impressionism?

Answer 10

19th century French art style; focused on light with choppy strokes

Question 11

What is imperialism?

Answer 11

The extension of power by one people or country over another

Question 12

What is attrition?

Answer 12

War tactic by which each side true to gradually wear down the other

Question 13

What is armistice?

Answer 13

A temporary cessation of fighting

Question 14

What is reparations?

Answer 14

Payments for war damage

Question 15

What are pogroms?

Answer 15

Government organized massacres in Russia

Question 16

What is fascism?

Answer 16

Totalitarian gov. characterized by corporate economy, strong nationalism, military dictatorship and glorification of the state

Question 17

What is nazism?

Answer 17

German fascism

Question 18

What is the Luftwaffe?

Answer 18

German Air Force

Question 19

What is appeasement?

Answer 19

Buying off an aggressor by territorial concession

Question 20

What is amphibious?

Answer 20

On land and sea

Question 21

What is the Cold War?

Answer 21

Post WWII state of apprehension, hostility, and competition between Soviet Union and the US

Question 22

What is the arms race?

Answer 22

Buildup of weapons between two or more nations to maintain a position of strength and prevent the other side from gaining an advantage

Question 23

What is the domino theory?

Answer 23

Cold War theory that once Vietnam fell to communism all the other Asian countries would fall like dominoes

Question 24

Who wanted to increase the power of the king in France by persecuting the Huguenots?

Answer 24

Cardinal Richelieu

Question 25

Which family ruled Austria in the 18th century?

Answer 25

Hapsburg family

Question 26

Who transformed a hunting lodge into the palace of Versailles?

Answer 26

Louis XIV

Question 27

Which revolution was a bloodless dethroning of James II?

Answer 27

The glorious revolution

Question 28

Which monarch married 6 different times?

Answer 28

Henry IV

Question 29

Who ruled England for 45 years?

Answer 29

Elizabeth I

Question 30

Who persecuted all non-Catholics earning her violent nickname?

Answer 30

Mary Stewart ("bloody Mary")

Question 31

What are the steps of the scientific method?

Answer 31

1. Question, 2. Observations, 3. Pattern, 4. Conclusion, 5. Verify conclusion

Question 32

Who developed the heliocentric theory?

Answer 32

Copernicus

Question 33

Who created the law of gravity?

Answer 33

Newton

Question 34

Who developed the small pox vaccination?

Answer 34

Jenner

Question 35

How many miles did John Wesley travel and how many sermons did he preach?

Answer 35

250,000 miles preaching 42,000 sermons

Question 36

Who could listen to music and reproduce it?

Answer 36

Mozart

Question 37

How many years if freedom did the colonists have?

Answer 37

150

Question 38

What date did the colonists break away from Britain?

Answer 38

July 4th, 1776

Question 39

Which European country helped the colonists fight for independence?

Answer 39

France

Question 40

What problems brought France to revolution?

Answer 40

1. Social inequality, 2. Political inefficiency, 3. Economic irresponsibility

Question 41

Describe the reign of terror in France:

Answer 41

Destruction, beheadings, COPS

Question 42

Which nation used scorched earth techniques to defeat Napoleon in 1812?

Answer 42

Russia

Question 43

Where did the British finally defeat Napoleon?

Answer 43

Waterloo

Question 44

What did the congress of Vienna want to maintain in Europe?

Answer 44

Balance of power

Question 45

Who established the modern nursing profession during the Crimean war?

Answer 45

Florence nightingale

Question 46

Who wrote hunchback of Norte dame?

Answer 46

Victor Hugo

Question 47

Who compiled a 2 volume collection of German fairy tales?

Answer 47

Grimm brothers

Question 48

Who was an American writer who focused on one emotion in each piece of literature?

Answer 48

Edgar Allen Poe

Question 49

Which composer bridged the gap between classical and romantic?

Answer 49

Beethoven

Question 50

What 3 things led to the beginning of the industrial revolution?

Answer 50

1. Adequate food supply, 2. Large and mobile workforce, 3. Expansion of trade

Question 51

Who is responsible for introducing automobiles to America?

Answer 51

Henry ford

Question 52

Who is the author of "origin of species"?

Answer 52

Darwin

Question 53

Who was one of the earliest realist authors in England?

Answer 53

Dickens

Question 54

Who was the president during the US civil war?

Answer 54

Lincoln

Question 55

Who was the first industrialized nation in Asia?

Answer 55

Japan

Question 56

In what Spanish territory did the USS Maine explode, causing the Spanish American war?

Answer 56

Havana harbor

Question 57

What were the causes of WWI?

Answer 57

Extreme nationalism, militarism, imperialism, and rival alliances

Question 58

Why weapons were introduced in WWI?

Answer 58

Rifle, machine guns, gas, zeppelin, tank, planes, torpedoes

Question 59

Which group took over Russia in 1917?

Answer 59

Bolsheviks

Question 60

When was the Berlin Wall torn down?

Answer 60

November 9, 1989