Renaissance and
Reformation
Exploration and
Absolutism
Enlightenment and French Revolution
Industrial Revolution
And WWI
WWII and Cold War
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Modern World Final Review Jeopardy
The Renaissance was a rebirth of __________.
Art and literature.
What was the first full-size book Gutenberg printed?
The Bible.
Someone who excelled in many areas of study was called
_________.
Renaissance man
What is “secular”?
Worldly.
What was one of John Calvin’s major teachings?
Humanism.
Who conquered the Aztec empire?
Cortes.
What were the three reasons why European explorers started
Exploration?
God, Glory and Gold
_______ was the belief that there was a certain amount of Gold in
the world and money represented power.
Mercantilism
What was the purpose of most joint-stock companies of 1500s
and 1600s?
Funding colonies in Americas.
True or False. The Portuguese and Spanish led the way in exploration because of new navigation tools such as the
compass.
True.
What was another name for the Enlightenment?
Age of Reason.
Who wrote, “A Vindication of Rights of Women”?
Wollenstonecraft
What is a synonym for the French word “estate”?
Classes.
Why did philosophes support the use of the guillotine?
The machine was viewed as a fair method of executing people.
The violence that rocked the French countryside in 1789 was
called ____________.
Great Fear.
Why did the Industrial Revolution begin in Britain?
It was surrounded by water and had an excellent transportation
system.
The Weimar Republic was the postwar (WWI) democratic government of _________.
Germany
The Weimar Republic was the postwar (WWI) democratic government of _________.
What were the four MAIN causes of World War I?
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, and Nationalism
The Peace Treaty signed to end World War One took place on _____________ , 1918 at the
__________.
November 11, Palace of Versailles
True or False. An effect of the Treaty of Versailles was France was forced to decrease the size
of their military.
False.
What is the policy of giving in to an aggressor’s demands in order
to avoid conflict?
Appeasement
Who did the Soviet Union sign a non-aggression pact with in
1939?
Germany.
What prompted G.B. and France to declare war on Germany?
German invasion of Czechoslovakia.
What was the name of the desperation German counter-
attack that occurred towards the end of WWII?
Battle of Bulge
According to Hitler’s plan, Germany would become living
space for _________.
The Aryan Race.
Double JeopardyRenaissance
and Reformation
Exploration and
Absolutism
Scientific Revolution and French Revolution
Industrial Revolution
And WWI
WWII and Cold War
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40 40 40 40 40
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What view of human nature did Machiavelli support in his work?
Strong leaders should be feared by their citizens.
What was Henry VIII’s reason for splitting with the Roman Catholic
Church?
His desire for a male heir.
What was the practice of selling indulgences?
The clergy sold “ticket” or pardons that released people
from their sins.
True or False. The Jesuits were formed by the Catholic Church.
True.
True or False. The reason for the Reformation was that Martin
Luther said that he could interpret the bible.
False.
This individual was Hapsburg loyalty and assembled the largest
armada in history and still lost.
Phillip II
This individual was known as the “sun king” from the Bourban
dynasty, ruled seventy two years and built the palace of Versailles.
Louis XIV
This absolute monarch never married and used Poor Laws to make local areas responsible for
their poor and unemployed.
Elizabeth I
This Romanov monarch took control of all agricultural and craft
production, took away all the peasant’s rights and ventured
west on a trip called the “Grand Embassy”
Peter I
This Tudor monarch’s father had six wives and killed two of them; one of them was this monarch’s
mother.
Elizabeth I
_________ were state schools that were set up by Napoleon
Bonaparte.
Lycees
The Scientific Revolution began when a small group of scholars
began to question _____________.
The center of the Universe.
Who felt that people could discover things about the world
by creating the scientific method?
Francis Bacon
Napoleon’s rule is best described as a(n)___________.
dictatorship
________ refers to the time period that Napoleon ruled after
escaping the island of Elba.
Hundred Days
Give one new technology from WWI.
Tanks, poison gas, machine guns
Facism was the government in ______ and the leader was
______.
Italy and Mussolini
What is the policy of a stronger nation imposing its government
on a weaker nation?
Imperialism
What is a policy that describes a deep devotion to one’s country?
Nationalism
True or False. Diversity in the industrial cities decreased during
the Industrial Revolution.
False.
The violent attack on Jewish shops and stores by Nazi mobs on November 8th and 9th, 1938
was called __________.
Kristallnacht.
Who earned the nickname the “Desert Fox” during WWII?
Erwin Rommel
What does the use of Kamikaze pilots show about Japanese
culture?
They valued national honor and the policy of nationalism more
then individual life.
Who were the allied powers during WWII?
Soviet Union, United States and Great Britain.
Which two cities were the atomic bombs dropped?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki.