World History

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Round 1: Absolutism, English Civil

War & Enlightenment

Round 1: Question 1

• QUESTION: Define ABSOLUTISM

• ANSWER: A form of government in which the monarch has unlimited power & seeks to control all aspects of society

Round 1: Question 2

• QUESTION: According to the Divine Right Theory, monarchs are ONLY answerable to ___________.

• ANSWER: God

Round 1: Question 3• QUESTION: This Russian czar was the primary proponent of westernization in Russia

• ANSWER: Peter the Great

Round 1: Question 4• QUESTION: Why did James VI of Scotland become King of England after Elizabeth I died?

• ANSWER: She never married, so she didn’t have an heir, and he was her cousin

Round 1: Question 5

• QUESTION: Name the two sides of the English Civil War, as well as who they supported

• ANSWER: Roundheads – Parliament; Cavaliers – King

Round 1: Question 6

• QUESTION: What is the term for the return of the monarch to the English throne after the end of Cromwell’s rule…and for a bonus point, who was that monarch?

• ANSWER: Restoration…Charles II

Round 1: Question 7

• QUESTION: After the English Civil War and Glorious Revolution, how did the English Kings differ from the French Kings?

• ANSWER: English kings’ powers were limited by Parliament, but the French kings had absolute power

Round 1: Question 8

• QUESTION: Louis XIV revoked the Edict of Nantes. Who did this affect and why?

• ANSWER: Huguenots (French Protestants) were no longer given the freedom to worship

Round 1: Question 9

• QUESTION: Philosopher who believed government should protect people’s natural rights and if they don’t, people have the right to overthrow them

• ANSWER: Locke

Round 1: Question 10

• QUESTION: According to Locke, the three natural rights of people

• ANSWER: Life, liberty and property

Round 2: French

Revolution

Round 2: Question 1

• QUESTION: List at least THREE factors that contributed to France’s pre-Revolutionary debt.

• ANSWER: Aid to the American Revolution; foreign wars; extravagance of the royal court; crop failure

Round 2: Question 2• QUESTION: What was the

significance of the Tennis Court Oath?

• ANSWER: An oath in which the National Assembly (3rd estate) promised to write a new constitution for France

Round 2: Question 3• QUESTION: This event, which

symbolized the first successful attack on the tyranny of the monarchy, is known for being the first violent event of the Revolution.

• ANSWER: The Storming of the Bastille

Round 2: Question 4

• QUESTION: After the execution of Louis XVI, these two political factions formed in the National Convention. What were they & what were their views?

• ANSWER: The Jacobins (extreme radicals) & the Girondists (moderate radicals)

Round 2: Question 5

• QUESTION: What was the Reign of Terror and how did it end?

• ANSWER: Period of time when radical Jacobins executed anyone thought be going against the revolution. Ended when Robespierre was executed.

Round 2: Question 5

• QUESTION: How did Napoleon come to power?

• ANSWER: By Coup D’etat

Round 2: Question 6

• QUESTION: Name two reasons Napoleon was able to win the support of the French people after he seized power

• ANSWER: He was a successful military leader; protected equality before the law; brought order and stability

Round 2: Question 7

• QUESTION: This movement inspired revolution in France as well as in Latin America

• ANSWER: The Enlightenment

Round 2: Question 8

• QUESTION: What was a common reason for revolution in Latin America?

• ANSWER: To gain independence from colonial powers

Round 3: Era of Global

Change & Conflict

Round 3: Question 1

• QUESTION: Name two reasons why Great Britain took the lead in the Industrial Revolution

• ANSWER: More capital (money), natural resources, larger labor supply (b/c of improvements in agriculture), & entrepreneurship (people willing to invest and take risks)

Round 3: Question 2

• QUESTION: Term for an increase in the number, size and population of cities

• ANSWER: Urbanization

Round 3: Question 3• QUESTION: Describe 2 problems

created by the Industrial Revolution

• ANSWER: Long workdays/workweeks; Child Labor; Unsafe working conditions; Pollution; Crowded and unsanitary cities; Increased inequality between the factory owners/workers

Round 3: Question 4

• QUESTION: Identify a major difference between Laissez-Faire Capitalism and Socialism

• ANSWER: Ownership rights, Govt regulation of businesses, Govt protection of workers rights

Round 3: Question 5

• QUESTION: This man, who is often regarded as the Father of Capitalism, believed that competition and supply & demand should regulate the economy

• ANSWER: Adam Smith

Round 3: Question 6

• QUESTION: According to 19th century economist Karl Marx, who are the “HAVES” and the “HAVE-NOTS”?

• ANSWER: • Haves = Bourgeoisie (Middle

Class/Owners)• Have-Nots = Proletariat

(Working Class)

Round 3: Question 7

• QUESTION: List 3 factors that aid in the rise of nationalism within any given territory

• ANSWER: Shared History; Same Language; Same Ethnicity/Culture; Same Religion; National Cause (Unification/Separation)

Round 3: Question 8

• QUESTION: Identify 3 MOTIVES for Imperialism in the 19th Century

• ANSWER: Loss of lands in New World; More/new resources; “Civilizing” mission; Nationalism

Round 3: Question 9

• QUESTION: Explain the cause of the Sepoy Rebellion in India

• ANSWER: Gun cartridges were greased with animal fat (pig/cow) – offended their religions (Muslim/Hindu)

Round 3: Question 10

• QUESTION: This policy allowed all western powers to have equal trading rights in China

• ANSWER: • Open Door Policy

Round 4: WWI

Round 4: Question 1

• QUESTION: Historians generally claim that these are the FIVE underlying causes of World War I.

• ANSWER: Militarism, Alliances, Nationalism, Imperialism and Anarchy

Round 4: Question 2

• QUESTION: Explain the reason for which Gavrillo Princip assassinated the archduke of Austria-Hungary, Franz Ferdinand.

• ANSWER: Ferdinand wanted to bring the Slavic people under Austro-Hungarian control, while the Slavic people wanted to unify independently.

Round 4: Question 3

• QUESTION: This was the term used to describe the American attitude towards World War I in the year 1914.

• ANSWER: Isolationism

Round 4: Question 4

• QUESTION: Name 3 reasons the U.S. entered the war on the side of the Allies

• ANSWER: British propaganda against Germans; Sinking of U.S. ships; Zimmermann Telegram

• QUESTION: Name two factors contributing to the Russian Revolution

• ANSWER: Incompetence of the Czar; Food shortages; Large number of deaths in WWI

Round 4: Question 5

• QUESTION: Who was the leader of the Bolsheviks and what type of government did they want to establish in Russia?

• ANSWER: Vladimir Lenin; Socialist/Communist

Round 4: Question 6

Round 4: Question 7

• QUESTION: This was the name given to Woodrow Wilson’s proposed plan for peace.

• ANSWER: The Fourteen Points

• QUESTION: What is the main difference between the Treaty of Versailles and Wilson’s 14 Points?

• ANSWER: Treaty of Versailles blamed/punished Germany; Wilson’s did not

Round 4: Question 8

Round 5: Between the Wars & WWII

Round 5: Question 1

• QUESTION: This treaty, signed by the French & the Germans in 1925 signified an attempt to establish a lasting peace between the former enemies.

• ANSWER: The Locarno Treaty

• QUESTION: List at least three major characteristics of fascism, as seen in Nazi Germany.

• ANSWER: Extreme militarism, extreme nationalism, heavy censorship, youth indoctrination, propaganda, separate social classes, etc.

Round 5: Question 2

Round 5: Question 3

• QUESTION: During the 1930s, one of Hitler’s primary goals was to establish the Third German Empire – an empire that would supposedly last for 1,000 years. What was the name of this empire?

• ANSWER: The Third Reich

Round 5: Question 4

• QUESTION: Explain the decision that was made at the Munich Conference.

• ANSWER: Great Britain & France “allowed” Hitler to take Czechoslovakia, as he promised that it was his “last territorial demand”

Round 5: Question 5

• QUESTION: This diplomatic agreement was signed by both Hitler and Stalin; agreed to split Poland into two different zones of occupation.

• ANSWER: Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact

Round 5: Question 6

• QUESTION: In the year 1940, these were the primary AXIS powers.

• ANSWER: Germany, Italy and Japan

Round 5: Question 7

• QUESTION: In 1939, this event marked the beginning of World War II.

• ANSWER: The German invasion of Poland (September 1st)

Round 5: Question 8

• QUESTION: Explain the conflict that emerged between the U.S. and Japan in the months preceding the bombing of Pearl Harbor.

• ANSWER: Japan was attempting to build an empire; U.S. felt threatened; warned to stop; did not stop; oil embargo; bombing

• QUESTION: In terms of the Soviet Union, what was the significance of D-Day?

• ANSWER: It was the opening of the 2nd front in Western Europe (Stalin had been asking for…)

Round 5: Question 9

Round 5: Question 10

• QUESTION: Describe the Nazi attitude toward their own race and toward others

• ANSWER: The Germans were a superior race of people; All others were inferior

Round 5: Question 11

• QUESTION: What was “The Final Solution to the Jewish Question”?

• ANSWER: Annihilation of the Jewish race, carried out through death camps

Round 6: The Cold War…&

Beyond

Round 6: Question 1

• QUESTION: The term Churchill used to describe the division between western European democracies and eastern European communist countries

• ANSWER: Iron Curtain

Round 6: Question 2

• QUESTION: Leader of the Communist Party who founded the People’s Republic of China

• ANSWER: Mao Zedong

Round 6: Question 3

• QUESTION: Name the new organization that was tested when North Korea invaded South Korea after WWII

• ANSWER: The United Nations

Round 6: Question 4

• QUESTION: The main reason the U.S. got involved in the Korean and Vietnam Wars

• ANSWER: To stop the spread of communism (containment)

Round 6: Question 5

• QUESTION: Identify two countries we studied that got their independence from Great Britain following WWII

• ANSWER: Israel, India, Ghana

Round 6: Question 6

• QUESTION: What was Mohandas Gandhi’s approach to India’s independence movement?

• ANSWER: Non-violent/Passive Resistance; Civil Disobedience

Round 6: Question 7

• QUESTION: Reason India had to be partitioned into two states when it achieved independence

• ANSWER: Division between Hindus and Muslims

Round 6: Question 8

• QUESTION: Name Gorbachev’s policy that restructured the Soviet Union’s economy to allow more local control and some private business

• ANSWER: Perestroika

Round 6: Question 9

• QUESTION: Symbol of the Cold War that was removed starting in 1989

• ANSWER: The Berlin Wall

Round 6: Question 10

• QUESTION: Term for South Africa’s legal separation of the races AND the leader who was imprisoned for fighting against it

• ANSWER: Apartheid; Nelson Mandela