Social Studies Multiple Choice Review Questions
Prepared by: Amen Samson
1. Before Geographical discoveries, in the middle Ages, Europeans knew the following except
A. Europe
B. Far East
C. Northern Africa
D. Western Asia.
2. All of the following dispatched explorers to Africa, Asia, and the New World in the 15th century except
A. Portugal
C. Spain
B. Holland
D. German
3. Who renamed Africa's southern tip "Cape of Good Hope."?
A. Queen Isabella
C. Bartholomew Diaz
B. John Il of Portugal
D. Hennery the navigator
4. Who granted Christopher Columbus money to explore in 1492?
A. Queen Isabella of Spain
B. Queen Marry of Britain
C. King Hennery of Britain
D. King Hennery the navigator
5. Which is not correct about Christopher Columbus?
A. Italian sailor from Genoa
B. Leaving Spain with 3 ships and 88 sailors.
C. Henary granted him money
D. He reached the Bahamas.
6. All were the main factors that encouraged discoveries except
A. Trade with the East
B. European Interest about the Far East
C. Civil war in Europe
D. scientific Progress
7. This religious uprising against the Catholic Church is known as
A. The Renaissance
B. The Revolution
C. The Reformation
D. The Enlightenment
8. All were major problems inside the Church during reformation except
A. Worldliness
B. nepotism
C. Protestantism
D. The sale of indulgences.
9. In 1517 Luther nailed to the door of the church at Wittenberg a statement of his religious beliefs,
A. The protestant doctrine
B. The Ninety-Five Theses
C. The list of saints
D. The protestant values
10. Counter Reformation refers to the steps taken by the Catholic Church to defend itself against
A. The German peasant
B. The Protestant movement
C. European Calvinist monarchs
D. The sale of indulgencies
11. Which saw a shift from rural and handicraft to industrial and machine manufacture?
A. The Industrial Revolution
В. The Economic Revolution
C. The religious movement
D. The Renaissance
12. All were the reasons to England to start the industrial Revolution except
A. It had domestic and abroad markets
B. Had large colonial territories
C. Strong harbors to promote commerce
D. Had stable and united government.
13. Which is the result of the first phase of the Industrial Revolution?
A. the invention of complicated machinery
B. the discovery of steam as a power source
C. the placement of space vehicles in orbit
D. the introduction of new transportation
14. This period continues with
A. the use of electricity, petroleum, and atomic energy
B. The building of the first factories
C. the invention of aircraft and fadio
D. Space age has arrived
15. Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy form the Triple Alliance This fundamental cause was
A. Nationalism
B. Imperialism
C. Alliance Formation
D. Militarism
16. European states produced new and automatic military equipment, This fundamental cause was
A. Nationalism
B. Imperialism
C. Alliance Formation
D. Militarism
17. Russia and Austria-Hungary were rivals in the Balkans. This fundamental cause was
A. Nationalism
B. Imperialism
C. Alliance Formation
D. Militarism
18. Serbia wanted Austro-Hungarian territory inhabited by Yugoslav peoples. This fundamental cause was
A. Nationalism
B. Imperialism
B. Alliance Formation
D. Militarism
19. Which was not the Axis Powers at the start of the WWI?
A. Germany
B. Italy
B. Belgium
D. Japan.
20. Which was not the Allied Powers during WWI?
A.Britain
B. France
C. Austria Hungary
D. The Soviet Union
21. 11 December 1941: Why did the US join the Allies?
A. German attack of USA marine
B. Pearl Harbor assault by Japan
C. Britain and France attack of Germany
D. The withdrawal of Russia
22. Which country wasn't totalitarian?
A. Japan
B. Germany
C. USA
D. Italy
23. The Axis states spent billions on weaponry and warfare strategies. This fundamental cause was
A. Totalitarianism
B. Militarism
C. Nationalism
D. Imperialism
24. Japanese Shinto, Italian Roman Empire revivalism, and German "master race" ideas. This fundamental cause was
A. Totalitarianism
B. Militarism.
C. Nationalism
D. Imperialism
25. Germany conquered Austria and Czechoslovakia to dominate Europe and maybe the globe. This fundamental cause was
A. Totalitarianism
B. Militarism
C. Nationalism
D. Imperialism
26. Who led the Allied forces northward in offensives on route to Japan in August 1942?
A. General Dwight D. Eisenhower
B. General Bernard Montgomery
C. General Douglas Mac Arthur
D. General Stanford
27. The United States dropped two atomic bombs on
A. Yokohama and Osaka
B. Nagoya and Sapporo
C. Hiroshima and Nagasaki
D. Fukuoka and Tokyo
28. One of the following was not the political consequence of the
WWII
A. Totalitarian regimes were deposed.
B. Totalitarian governments fell
C. USA and Russia become world powers.
D. British and French became super powers
21. Which was the competition between the super powers that lasted from 1945-1991?
A. The Cold War
B. Balkan War
C. European War
D. Pacific War
Who headed the capitalist bloc and the communist bloc respectively?
A. USA & USSR
B. Britain & France
C. German and Austria
D. China & Japan
The cold war has been fought by
A. Propaganda & diplomacy
B. Competition & espionage
C. Scientific & economic
D. All can be answer
President Truman promised Greece and Turkey economic and military aid to combat communism. This policy is known as
A. The Truman Doctrine
B. The Marshall plan
C. The Stalin plan
D. Warsaw Pact
