World History Final

Who was Lenin's comrade who helped form the USSR and became the 2nd leader?

• Nikita Khrushchev

• Michail Gorbachev

• Peter Romanov

• Joseph Stalin

Which economic philosopher wrote On the Wealth of Nations?

• Fredrick Engel
• Karl Marx
• Adam Smith
• Robert Owen

Which incident triggered the start of World War I in 1914?

• The sinking of the passenger liner Lusitania
• The German invasion of neutral Belgium
• the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand
• the incident with the German gunboat Panther in Africa

Who conquered the Aztec Empire?

• Hernando Cortes
• Francisco Pizarro
• Ferdinand Magellan
• Vasco da Gama

Who was the Prime Minister of England during the Battle of Britain?

• Winston Churchill
• George Marshall
• Douglas MacArthur
• Franklin Roosevelt

Who was the first President of the United States?

• James Madison

• George Washington

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

Karl Marx’s idea that workers should collectively own the means of production instead of private owners was held by which group?

• Communist
• Anarchists
• Utopians

Who was the Renaissance statesman that wrote The Prince?

• Erasmus
• Marlowe
• Shakespeare
• Machiavelli

What is Divine Right?

• The need to purify the Anglican church of Catholic rituals and symbols
• The need to have a church ritual to be closer to God
• The belief that a king gets his power to rule directly from god
• The belief that buying an indulgence will get a person into heaven

What is the name of the theory that a country's power depends on it's wealth?

• Joint-stock theory
• Columbian Exchange
• Commercialism
• Mercantilism