Weekly Assignment-1

4-The Second Continental Congress......

- formed the Continental Army under the leadership of George Washington.

6-The United States' most valuable support in the Revolution came from. - France

9-The first 10 articles of the constitution was called the- Bill of Rights which represented the will of
the American people.

14. In January 1776, Thomas Paine, a recent immigrant from England, had published……. In his book,
he wanted to demonstrate that the time for compromise had passed, that the proper course was to
shed the British monarchy and aristocracy to create an American Republic.
- Common Sense

10-Treaty of Paris recognized Britain’s former 13 colonies now as U.S.A. - True

1-In an effort to help support... -SUGAR

4-The Second Continental Congress......

- B- formed the Continental Army under the leadership of George Washington

3-The so-called Boston Massacre had little impact on public opinion. .-FALSE

2. The First Continental Congress met in Philadelphia on September 1, 1774. All 13 colonies sent delegates
except for Virginia. FALSE

8-The first draft of the Declaration of Independence was prepared by Benjamin Franklin. False

13.)George Washington was the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army. True

5.)The first major battle of the Revolutionary War was the Battle of...
Bunker Hill

2.)In response to the Boston Tea Party, British government passed a series of laws which closed the port of
Boston and strengthened the power of the governor of Massachusetts. In the colonies, these acts were known as
the Intolerable Acts.

The first but temporary capitol city of USA is ………. A. Philadelphia B.New York D. Boston

WA2
1-All of the following contributed to the outbreak of the French Revolution except
D) Industrial Revolution.

4-The term “sans culottes” was used in revolutionary France to refer to:
C. mainly workers and poor.

Many victims of the Reign of Terror were subject to this form of execution:
B.guillotine.
10-Napoleon had himself elected Consul in 1802, becoming more powerful than any previous Bourbon king of
France.

14. The fall of the Bastille marked the beginning of the French Revolution. TRUE

6-What estate was the "commoners" in 18th century France?

Third Estate

8-The government that emerged in France after Robespierre's fall from power was the
Directory

2-What was the most important document of the French Revolution?

Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen

9-Maximilien Robespierre was the head of the Committee of Public Safety.

True

In 1649, Charles I was executed... --TRUE--

The second Estate was made up of the --NOBILITY--

The term "sans culottes" was used... --MAINLY WORKERS AND POOR--

12. Absolute Monarchy is a form of government in which monarch’s power is limited by the constitution and
where Parliament is in control along with the king. False

WA3
1. 1.Napoleon’s revision of the legal system included the creation of the
d. Napoleonic Code

9-Civil Code did not regulated

D.the birth laws

10. Which of the following is NOT among he aims of the Congress of Vienna?
C-To make France going to war again.

12. Which of the following is NOT among the stagnation and decline in the Ottoman Empire?
D- Reform and change in Islam

7-By Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca in 1774, Russian Empire was allowed to station representatives throughout
Ottoman Empire and to act as protector of Ottoman Christians as well. This meant a direct and “legal right to
intervene in Ottoman internal affairs.” TRUE
14. The major problems of Murad IV’s reign were the Safavid Empire, the rebellions in Anatolia and the
Janissaries. The Safavid Empire invaded the territories in the region of Iraq. TRUE

3.Napoleon's Continental System represented

B) economic warfare against Britain to ruin a nation he could not defeat militarily.

2. Napoleon captured Moscow after the Battle of:

A)Leipzig

5-Hundred days refers to the period between Napoleon’s return from exile to Paris on March 1815 to King Louis
XVIII’s second restoration of the monarchy on July 1815. A)True

6-At Battle of Trafalgar, in Belgium in 1815, Napoleon was defeated by combined armies of Europe mainly
British and Prussian. Napoleon was sent to exile to St. Helena, an island in the south of Atlantic Ocean. True
4-Napoleon needed money and he sold Louisiana to England which is known as the “Louisiana Purchase” in
history. False

Geographical limits were also an important factor behind the expansion coming to a moment of halt in the
Ottoman Empire. For example, geographical obstacles such as the Grand Desert in in Africa or the Zagros
mountains on the Iran border. TRUE

Week Assignment 4
8- Middle classes in Russia attempted a nationalist coup in December 1825 which is known as “Decembrist
Revolt”. TRUE

15- The new constitution in France which was approved in 1848, set up the “Second Republic.” Charles Louis
Napoleon Bonaparte or Louis-Napoleon, Napoleon’s nephew was elected president. TRUE

6- The Great Reform Bill of 1832

B- extended the vote to include male members of the industrial middle class.

12- The two largest states in the German Confederation were.....

A- Austria and Prussia

2-The conservatives.........
B- believed that change should come gradually.

14- Nationalism is a psychological/emotional identification with and devotion to one's "nation" and its political,
economic, and cultural goals and interests. true

11- The Crimean War destroyed the Concert of Europe. true

13- The chancellor who engineered the unification of Germany was.......

D- Otto von Bismarck.

3- The Concert of Europe...

A- The regular meetings of the Congress of Vienna participats to keep the balance of power.

9- Czar Alexander II made reforms.Which of the following is NOT among them?

C- aristocracy was abolished.

10- Converting Muslims such as Ukrainians into Russians which was called “Russification." False

5- Charles X was proclaimed the new monarch and politically his rule was more liberal than Napoleon’s
government. Charles X ruled between the years 1830 to 1848. He was named as the “Citizen King” due to his
tendency to be a liberal king. True

4-The Industrial Revolution changed the “commercial capitalism” of the Middle Ages with “industrial
capitalism” which is based on industrial production. true

1- Prince Clemens von Metternich (1773-1859) was an Austrian politician and a statesman. He served as the
Foreign Minister of the Austrian Empire from 1809 until the liberal revolutions of 1848 when he was forced to
resign. True
Weekly assignment 5
2-Where did the Industrial Revolution begin in the West?
D) Great Britain

3-The person who perfected the steam engine was

D) James Watt.

7- Which of the following is NOT among the reasons that Industrial Revolution began in England?
D- Anglican Church

10. Mass immigration and migration to cities started. Cities were the industrialized centers. For
example, London’s population increased from 1 million in 1800 to 2,363,000 in 1850. True

13. In Great Britain, in 1870s unions won the right to strike. TRUE

6-Which of the following is NOT among the factors behind the Industrial Revolution?
Religious Rebellions

11. Finland was the first country with women voting in 1907.FALSE

3-The person who perfected the steam engine was James Watt.

9-Samuel Slater initiated water-powered textile manufacture with his spinning frame. -TRUE

1) The Industrial Revolution.....

C) replaced animal power with water and coal power.

15)Before the Factory Act in 1833, children only above the age of 12 were allowed to work in the
factories up to 12 hours FALSE

7- First offical newspaper was printed in 1839 was.......

B)Takvim-i Vekayi.

12- Which of the following is NOT among the difficulities of the Ottoman efforts of reform?
D) They were very old-fashioned and traditional.

9- In 1902, Great Britain was granted a 99 year concession to build and operate a BerlinBaghdad
Railroad. false

6- The political agenda of the Young Ottoman Movement was “to adopt Western politicalinstitutions,
including an efficient centralized government, an elected parliament, and awritten constitution.” True

Weekly Assignment 6
15) The second constitution was declared by…
C) Mehmet V.

14) The Committee of Union and Progress was

B) established newspapers to spread their political ideology.

9- In 1902, Great Britain was granted a 99 year concession to build and operate a BerlinBaghdad
Railroad. False
4- Printing-press was established under the rule of Abdulmecid, first offical newspaper was printed in
1839, Takvim-i Vekayi (Calendar of Events) False

1- With the The Peace of Edirne......

B-Ottomans accepted the establishment of an independent Greek state.

14) The Committee of Union and Progress was

B) established newspapers to spread their political ideology.

13) Modernization in Ottoman Empire was mainly criticized by the.........

A)religious conservatives.

10-The Young Turks revolt was in........1908.

2-“Asakir-i Mansure-i Muhammediye” means “Victorious Soldiers of Suleyman” False

The second constitution was declared by..........

C) Abdulhamid II

7- First offical newspaper was printed in 1839 was.......

B)Takvim-i Vekayi.

8- Fetva means.......
A) religious-legal order.

15) The second constitution was declared by..........

C) Abdulhamid II

6- The political agenda of the Young Ottoman Movement was “to adopt Western politicalinstitutions,
including an efficient centralized government, an elected parliament, and awritten constitution.”True

5- Which of the following is NOT among the reforms of Tanzimat Period?

D- It gave right to vote to all peoples living in the empire.

11- The leaders of the CUP were mainly...............

D) Pro-German.

3- Forced disbandment of the Janissary corps by Ottoman sultan Mahmud II in June 1826 ishistory is
called “Vaka-i Hayriye. True

Weekly Assignment 7

1- Social Darwinism is the application of Darwinian biological theory to a social theory that argued the
idea of “the survival of the fittest to society. TRUE

5- Washington Conference which was held in 1885 and organized by Otto Von Bismarck, First
Chancellor of Germany, drafted the borders of which European nation would take which had parts of
Africa. FALSE

12-All of the following are true of the imperial idea except

D) Europeans believed that they could learn new political and technological ideas from the
native populations.
10-Max Planck
A) developed the quantum theory.

9-Who first demonstrated the accuracy of the germ theory of disease?

B) Louis Pasteur

15- Impressionism began in

France

7- In his essay on the "Inequality of the Human Races," Count Arthur de Gobineau:
A. portrayed Western troubles as being the result of intermarriages.

6- Auguste Comte developed the theory of:

D. positivism.

13-Which European country gained the most territory as a consequence of the New Imperialism?
B) Great Britain

2- Anti-Semitism is hatred of and discrimination against the Christians. False

1- Social Darwinism is the application of Darwinian biological theory to a social theory that argued the
idea of “the survival of the fittest to society. False

8-Theodor Herzl:
B. called for a separate Jewish state in which Jewish rights and liberties would be
protected.

9-Russians tried to expand into the Pacific. However, they gave up the plan and sold their
territories in America (Alaska) to the United States in 1867 TRUE

Weekly Assignment 8 (100’lük)

5. With the Lausanne treaty, the Allies recognized the present-day territory of Turkey and gave Mosul area in the
East back to Turkey.FALSE

15- America entered the war in 1917 because of

a. the sinking of the Lusitania.
b. the German assaults on the free trade zones.
c. the Zimmer Telegram

9- The Triple Entente included

C) Great Britain, France and Russia.

8- The immediate cause of World War I was................

D) the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

3. Those who opposed Lenin and his ideas gathered around The Bolshevik Party. FALSE

2. No Man's Land is the term used by soldiers to describe the ground between the two opposite trenches of
combating armies, usually about 200-250 meters. True

10- Russia pulled out of World War I

-As a consequence of the Bolshevik revolution
1-Which is NOT among the motivations behind Imperialism?
-To heal the poor health conditions of the 3rd world.
To heal the poor health conditions of the 3rd world. -True

14- After the overthrow of the czar, the provisional government was headed by
-Krensky

8- The immediate cause of World War I was................

D) the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

4. The Mandate System gave former German colonies and Ottoman lands to imperial nations (ones that helped
the victors in the war.) Japan took over German colonies in the Pacific, while France and Britain took control
over parts of the Middle East. -True

6. The ideological foundation of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk’s reform program is Kemalism whose main points were
the Six Arrows: Republicanism, Nationalism, Populism, Reformism, Etatism (statism),and Secularism. -True

12- The series of treaties that ended World War I were negotiated at
D) Versailles.

9- The Triple Entente included

C) Great Britain, France and Russia.

13- The act that led to the outbreak of World War I was simply one of a series of crises involving what region of
Europe?
A) The Balkans

Weekly Assignment 9 (100’lük)

10- During World War I, Hitler
C) served in the German army.

6. The Third Reich government was a police state. SA – Stormtroopers or elite military and SS –
Gestapo or secret state police force was established. The head of SS forces was Joseph Goebbels.
FALSE

4. Japan’s attack into Manchuria was a direct violation of Nine-Power Treaty and a direct threat to
USA security. After the attack, the tension began to grow between USA and Japan. TRUE

14- Which of the leading Western nations was hardest hit by the Depression?
d. Germany

12- The leader of the Soviet Union during the 1930s was
C) Joseph Stalin.

8- All of the following are true of fascism except....

B) it was anti-nationalism

15- Adolph Hitler was the political and ideological leader of the
B) National Socialist Party.

10- During World War I, Hitler

C) served in the German army.

6. The Third Reich government was a police state. SA – Stormtroopers or elite military and SS –
Gestapo or secret state police force was established. The head of SS forces was Joseph Goebbels.
FALSE
2. The beginning of the Great Depression is usually associated with the stock market crash on
October 29, 1929, known as “Black Monday” in America. FALSE

13- While in prison in 1925 Hitler

wrote Mein Kampf.

5. In 1935, Mussolni invaded Ethiopia. Ethiopia consulted the League of Nations for help. The league
banned the trading of weapons with Italy, but lacked the power to enforce the ban. True

11- The Nuremberg Laws in 1935

A) were the legal foundation of Hitlerʹs dictatorship.

2. The beginning of the Great Depression is usually associated with the stock market crash on
October 29, 1929, known as “Black Monday” in America. False

14- Which of the leading Western nations was hardest hit by the Depression?
d. Germany

15-In 1928, Joseph Stalin became the communist leader of the Soviet Union. TRUE

7- Antidemocratic forces in the Weimar Republic gained popularity because......

A) they played on German anger over the Versailles Treaty

Weekly Assignment 10 (100’lük)

7- In June 1941, the Nazis invaded
D) the Soviet Union.

9- What nation did the French and British agree to defend in 1939 if the Germans attacked?
D) Poland

4- At Potsdam, with the Yalta Accords the Allies agreed to:

C.divide Germany into occupation/military zones.

11- World War II formally ended on September 2, 1945, when the Japanese signed the document of
surrender aboard the battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay. True

14- The Axis Powers were Germany, Italy and Soviet Union False

9) Poland took Alsace and Lorraine region at the end of the war. False

13-The Blitzkrieg was Hitler’s military tactic which meant “attack from one target targets with small
number of soldiers so as to devastate the enemy and seize rapidly." false

11- World War II formally ended on September 2, 1945, when the Japanese signed the document of
surrender aboard the battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay. true

8- The United States entered World War II as a result of

C) the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

14- The Axis Powers were Germany, Italy and Soviet Union -False

10- The battle of Britain refers to

-D) the series of air attacks to Britain launched by the German air force in 1940.
8- The United States entered World War II as a result of
-C) the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

12- After the Battle of Stalingrad, German forces never gained back their earlier strength. This led to
the final defeat of the German army by the allied powers.-True

6- The Munich Conference was held because

-C) Hitler had invaded Poland.
100/80

1-In a secret agreement, signed in August 1939, these two nations agreed to divide Poland amongst
themselves:
B. Soviet Union and Germany.

15-)In Spain, Mussolini seized the national power and government in 1922 and announced
his political ideology as Fascism. False

15. Ottoman-Russian War between 1736-1739 was due to the Russian effort to gain the control the
Black Sea region to be able to have an open access to Mediterranean Sea. True

Video Quiz 1
4) Which of the following is NOT among the factors behind the Industrial Revolution?
D) Religious Rebellions

5) Which of the following is NOT among the reasons that Industrial Revolution began in England?
D) Anglican Church

8) The population of Europe decreased between 1680 and 1820. False

9) Money flow of the merchants and traders had NO impact on the building of factories. False

10) Scientific Revolution led to scientific knowledge about agriculture and industry. This resulted with
the capability of mechanizing the industry. True

2) Where did the Industrial Revolution begin in the West?

D) Great Britain

6) Which one is not a basic natural resource during the Industrial Revolution?
D) Gold

7) Due to the Industrial Revolution, Europe and later the United States emerged as two leading
economic and political powers of the world. True

1- The Industrial Revolution.....

C) replaced animal power with water and coal power.

Video Quiz 2 (80’lik)

7) Who is the founder of 14 points?

C) Woodrow Wilson

11) Extreme Nationalist of Germany were blaming Hitler for signing the Treat of Versailles. FALSE

6) At the time the Prime Minister of USA was Woodrow Wilson. TRUE
10) Rhineland was occupied by Allied troops until 1935 in order to protect France. True

5) At the time the Prime Minister of Britain was Loyd George. TRUE

4) 27 nations attended the Peace Conference in Paris in 1919.True

8) Leauge of Nations is a part of 14 points plan.TRUE

9) Poland took Alsace and Lorraine region at the end of the war.FALSE

3) Where was the Treaty that ended the war signed?

B) Versailles Palace

Map Quiz-1
1. In the map below, choose the 13 original states that constituted the Independent United States of America after
the 1783 independence war.

- Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware,
Mayrland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia.

MAP QUIZ 2

1- Which of the following represents the Portuguese colonies in the map below that depicts Africa
between 1880-1914.
Port Guinea, Angola, Mozambique.

2-Which of the following represents the Ottoman domains in the map below that depicts Africa
between 1880-1914.
Libya

3-Which of the following represents the British colonies in the map below that depicts Africa between
1880-1914.
Egypt, Nigeria, Gambia, Gold Coast, Somaliland, Cape Colony.

4-Which of the following represents the Spanish colonies in the map below that depicts Africa between
1880-1914.
Rio de Oro, Rio Muni.

5-Which of the following represents the French colonies in the map below that depicts Africa between
1880-1914.
Algeria, French Somali and Senegal.