World History (Grades 9–10) Midterm — Semester 2, Form B

Part 1: Multiple Choice

1. Which was a major social effect of the Industrial Revolution?
   1. A. Fewer people working outside the home
   2. B. A decline in city populations
   3. C. The end of child labor in factories
   4. D. Rapid growth of cities
2. Which industry was the first to be widely mechanized?
   1. A. Steel
   2. B. Electricity
   3. C. Automobiles
   4. D. Textiles
3. How did the enclosure movement contribute to industrialization?
   1. A. It gave more land to small farmers
   2. B. It required all workers to stay in villages
   3. C. It pushed small farmers off land and into cities
   4. D. It banned the use of new farm machines
4. Why did workers form labor unions?
   1. A. To help factory owners lower wages
   2. B. To replace workers with machines
   3. C. To stop the building of railroads
   4. D. To bargain for better wages and working conditions
5. What did Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels predict in The Communist Manifesto (1848)?
   1. A. Factory owners would share profits willingly
   2. B. Nations would return to feudalism
   3. C. Workers would overthrow capitalists and create a classless society
   4. D. Free markets would end all poverty
6. What was a result of the Sepoy Rebellion of 1857?
   1. A. France took control of India
   2. B. India gained full independence
   3. C. The British government took direct control of India
   4. D. The Mughal Empire took back power
7. What did the Berlin Conference (1884-1885) do?
   1. A. Created the League of Nations
   2. B. Gave independence to African nations
   3. C. Set rules for European powers to claim African land
   4. D. Ended the Atlantic slave trade
8. How did Japan respond to Western pressure during the Meiji Restoration?
   1. A. It closed itself off from all foreign contact
   2. B. It rapidly modernized and industrialized
   3. C. It became a colony of the United States
   4. D. It rejected all Western technology
9. Why was the Suez Canal (1869) important?
   1. A. It brought water to farms in the Sahara
   2. B. It linked the Mediterranean and Red Seas, shortening trips to Asia
   3. C. It connected the Black Sea to the Baltic Sea
   4. D. It linked the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
10. What is imperialism?
    1. A. A people electing their own leaders
    2. B. A stronger nation taking control of a weaker region
    3. C. A nation choosing to stay neutral in wars
    4. D. Two nations agreeing to trade freely
11. What was the Holocaust?
    1. A. A battle on the Eastern Front
    2. B. A peace treaty after World War II
    3. C. A Japanese attack in the Pacific
    4. D. The Nazi genocide that murdered about six million Jews
12. Which best describes fascism?
    1. A. Extreme nationalism under a dictator with total power
    2. B. A classless society with no government
    3. C. Rule by elected representatives with protected rights
    4. D. A system where religious leaders hold power
13. Which event began World War II in Europe?
    1. A. Germany's invasion of Poland in 1939
    2. B. Italy's invasion of Ethiopia
    3. C. Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union
    4. D. Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor
14. Which event brought the United States into World War II?
    1. A. The fall of France
    2. B. The invasion of Normandy
    3. C. The bombing of London
    4. D. Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor
15. What happened during the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962?
    1. A. The Soviet Union built the Berlin Wall
    2. B. The U.S. and USSR came close to nuclear war over missiles in Cuba
    3. C. Cuba launched missiles at Florida
    4. D. The U.S. invaded Cuba and overthrew its government

Part 2: Written Response

16. Explain two motives for European imperialism and describe one way colonized people resisted.