Diagnostic Exams

Diagnostic Test
Western Civilization II
HIST 1122

Some answers accepted that are not specifically given here. Below are the typical answers I accepted.


1. Who conquered the Aztecs during the early exploration era?

HERNANDO CORTEZ

2. What two countries led the era of exploration in the beginning?

SPAIN AND PORTUGAL (ENGLAND/FRANCE ALSO ACCEPTED, EUROPE WAS NOT ACCEPTED BECAUSE IT IS NOT A COUNTRY)

3. Which European country came to control the eastern seaboard of North America?

ENGLAND (GREAT BRITAIN ALSO ACCEPTED)

4. Name another colony in the British Empire besides those in the New World.

MOST COMMON ACCEPTED ANSWERS: INDIA, AUSTRALIA, EGYPT, ISLANDS IN THE WEST INDIES

5. What were the main principles of the Enlightenment?

SCIENCE (REASON) OVER RELIGION (FAITH/EMOTION), PRINCIPLES OF EQUALITY, POLITICAL RIGHTS, REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT

6. Name one discovery or accomplishment during the Scientific Revolution.

HELIOCENTRIC THEORY, TELESCOPE, BACTERIA, ANYTHING DONE BY GALILEO, SHIP TECHNOLOGY, COMPASS, HUMAN ANATOMY STUDIES (ELECTRICITY, THE LIGHT BULB, AND OTHER MORE RECENT INVENTIONS DID NOT COUNT)THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION TOOK PLACE IN THE 1500-1700S.

7. King Louis XVIth and Queen Marie Antoinette were dethroned and killed during which revolution?

FRENCH REVOLUTION

8. What is the Declaration of the Rights of Man?

GUARANTEED POLITICAL ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF NATURAL RIGHTS (FREEDOM, EQUALITY, RIGHT TO OWN PROPERTY)

9. In what country did the Industrial Revolution begin?

ENGLAND (GREAT BRITAIN)

10. Name one discovery, accomplishment, or change brought by the Industrial Revolution?

COTTON GIN, SPINNING JENNY, FACTORIES, AGRICULTURAL MACHINES, ETC.
ALSO CHILD LABOR LAWS, ASSEMBLY LINE, AND WOMEN WORKING WERE ACCEPTED.

11. What is urbanization?

MOVE TO CITIES, GROWTH AND MODERNIZATION OF CITIES (PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, GOVERNMENT, BUSINESS)

12. Who did Spain fight in the war that led to Cuban Independence and loss of Spanish control in Cuba?

THE UNITED STATES FOUGHT SPAIN TO AID CUBAN INDEPENDENCE FROM SPAIN. AFTERWARDS WE IMPOSED MANY OF OUR OWN TERMS ON CUBA'S INDEPENDENCE.

13. What was the Treaty of Versailles? What war did it end and what war did it help to begin (indirectly)?

PEACE TREATY THAT ENDED WWI AND INDIRECTLY LED TO WWII BECAUSE OF THE HARSHNESS OF ITS TERMS TOWARDS GERMANY AND THE CENTRAL POWERS.

14. Who was assassinated to begin WWI and what country did he represent?

ARCHDUKE FRANZ FERDINAND, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY

15. Which country led the aggression in WWII and remained the main force of the Central Powers alliance?

GERMANY (GREAT BRITAIN WAS MOSTLY ON THE DEFENSIVE, AS WAS FRANCE. THE U.S. DID NOT BECOME INVOLVED UNTIL THE LAST YEAR OF THE WAR. THE ALLIANCE OF THESE NATIONS WAS CALLED THE TRIPLE ENTENTE AND KNOWN AS THE ALLIES.)

16. Who was the U.S. president during most of WWII? Great Britain’s leader? France’s leader? Russia’s leader?

IN ORDER- F.D.ROOSEVELT, WINSTON CHURCHILL, CHARLES DE GAULLE, JOSEPH STALIN

17. Who was the Italian leader who practiced fascism in Italy from the 1920s-1945?

BENITO MUSSOLINI

18. Name one European country that remained neutral in both World Wars.

SWEDEN, SWITZERLAND (NATIONS CANNOT BE NEUTRAL IF THEY ARE OCCUPIED BY ANOTHER COUNTRY SUCH AS GERMANY OCCUPIED POLAND.)

19. Name one geographical area where many of the countries in that area gained independence after World War II.

MIDDLE EAST, AFRICA (COUNTRIES IN EASTERN EUROPE DID NOT GAIN INDEPENDENCE, MUCH OF IT BECAME PART OF THE U.S.S.R OR SOVIET UNION.)

20. What were the principles behind the Cold War and how did it end?

DEMOCRACY VERSUS COMMUNISM, NUCLEAR ARMS BUILD UP, THE FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL SIGNALED THE END OF THE COLD WAR.
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Diagnostic Test
World History II
HIST 1112

Some answers accepted that are not specifically given here. Below are the typical answers I accepted.

1. Describe the changes brought by the Renaissance to Europe?

THE REBIRTH OF ART AND ACADEMICS

2. What famous writer worker with Kublai Khan and helped to shape historical descriptions of Asia?

MARCO POLO

3. Who conquered the Aztecs during the early exploration era?

HERNANDO CORTEZ

4. Name another colony in the British Empire besides those in the New World.

MOST COMMON ACCEPTED ANSWERS: INDIA, AUSTRALIA, EGYPT, ISLANDS IN THE WEST INDIES

5. What were the main principles of the Enlightenment?

SCIENCE (REASON) OVER RELIGION (FAITH/EMOTION), PRINCIPLES OF EQUALITY, POLITICAL RIGHTS, REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT

6. King Louis XVIth and Queen Marie Antoinette were dethroned and killed during which revolution?

FRENCH REVOLUTION

7. Which Russian leader moved the capital and tried to “Westernize” Russia?

PETER THE GREAT

8. From the Middle Ages through 1700, Asia (in particular China) was famous for what goods? Try to name two.

PORCELAIN, TEA, SILK, GUNPOWDER

9. Name one discovery, accomplishment, or change brought by the Industrial Revolution?

COTTON GIN, SPINNING JENNY, FACTORIES, AGRICULTURAL MACHINES, ETC.
ALSO CHILD LABOR LAWS, ASSEMBLY LINE, AND WOMEN WORKING WERE ACCEPTED

10. Name one of the last great Islamic Empires between 1500-1914. What ended the last Islamic empire?

OTTOMAN EMPIRE

11. What was the Treaty of Versailles? What war did it end and what war did it help to begin (indirectly)?

PEACE TREATY THAT ENDED WWI AND INDIRECTLY LED TO WWII BECAUSE OF THE HARSHNESS OF ITS TERMS TOWARDS GERMANY AND THE CENTRAL POWERS.

12. Why did many countries in the Middle East/South & East Asia regions fall victim to European colonization in the
1800-1900s? Can you think of one contributing factor?

EUROPEAN COUNTRIES HAD A STRONGER MILITARY AND MORE MONEY. THE NEW REGIONS OFFERED NEW RESOURCES AND LABOR FOR EUROPEANS TO EXPLOIT IN THE NAME OF PROGRESS.

13. What region has the U.S. exploited and controlled economically since 1900?

LATIN AMERICA

14. What was the Bolshevik Revolution and where did it occur?

THE BOLSHEVIK REVOLUTION BROUGHT LENIN INTO POWER AND THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT WAS REPLACED WITH A COMMUNIST ONE-PARTY GOVERNMENT THAT PURPORTED REFORM AND EQUALITY FOR ALL.

15. Who was the U.S. president during most of WWII? Great Britain’s leader? France’s leader? Russia’s leader?

IN ORDER: F.D.ROOSEVELT, WINSTON CHURCHILL, CHARLES DE GAULLE, JOSEPH STALIN

16. Who was the Japanese leader who ordered the attack on Pearl Harbor?

JAPANESE MILITARY LEADERS (HIROHITO GAVE UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER FOUR YEARS LATER AFTER THE U.S. DROPPED TWO ATOMIC BOMBS ON JAPAN, KILLING OVER 250,000.)

17. What leader led the communist revolution in China?

MAO ZEDONG

18. Which side did the U.S. ally with in the Korean conflict? The Vietnam conflict?

THE U.S. SUPPORTED SOUTH KOREA AND SOUTH VIETNAM

19. What were the principles behind the Cold War and how did it end?

DEMOCRACY VERSUS COMMUNISM, NUCLEAR ARMS BUILD UP, THE FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL SIGNALED THE END OF THE COLD WAR.

20. What is apartheid and where did it occur in the 1960s and 1970s?

APARTHEID IS MUCH LIKE GENOCIDE, KILLING A GROUP OF PEOPLE BASED ON RACE. IT OCCURRED IN SOUTH AFRICA, WHITES KILLING BLACKS (AND THE NATIVE SOUTH AFRICAN RESPONSE PRODUCED NELSON MANDELA).
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Diagnostic Test
American History I
HIST 2111

Some answers accepted that are not specifically given here. Below are the typical answers I accepted.

1. What area did Hernando DeSoto explore in North America?

GEORGIA/THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES

2. What disease did large percentages of Native Americans contract from Europeans?

SMALLPOX

3. Which colony/state is most connected to Puritan society and influence?

MASSACHUSETTS (NEW ENGLAND); PENNSYLVANIA WAS NOT A PURITAN COLONY BUT A QUAKER COLONY FOUNDED BY WILLIAM PENN

4. What were the main principles of the Enlightenment?


SCIENCE (REASON) OVER RELIGION (FAITH/EMOTION), PRINCIPLES OF EQUALITY, POLITICAL RIGHTS, REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT

5. On what principles is the American Constitution based?

CHECKS AND BALANCES; REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY; LIFE, LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS; EQUALITY; FREEDOM

6. What main European country allied with the colonies and greatly increased their chances of winning the Revolutionary War?

FRANCE (AND ALSO SPAIN AND THE NETHERLANDS AIDED US AS WELL)

7. Who wrote most of the constitution?

JAMES MADISON (THOMAS JEFFERSON WROTE THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE)

8. Who did the United States fight in the War of 1812?

ENGLAND (GREAT BRITAIN) AGAIN (THIS WAS A FOLLOW UP WAR TO THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR 1776-1781.)

9. Who was not a president: John Adams, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, James Monroe, Thomas Jefferson?

ALEXANDER HAMILTON (ALTHOUGH HE WAS THE SEC. OF TREASURY AND HIS FACE IS ON OUR MONEY, HE WAS NOT A PRESIDENT. NEITHER WAS BEN FRANKLIN.)

10. What is the meaning of the phrase Manifest Destiny?

WESTWARD EXPANSION, FATE DESTINED BY GOD, CONQUERING LAND TO THE PACIFIC COAST, ADDING NEW STATES.

11. What was at issue during the Temperance Movement?

ALCOHOL (WANTING TO MAKE IT ILLEGAL, THE TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT DID NOT ACCOMPLISH THIS IN THE 1820-1840S, BUT THE PROHIBITION MOVEMENT DID SHORTLY AFTER WWI IN THE 1920S.)

12. What modern day state was once a republic named the Bear Flag Republic?

CALIFORNIA

13. What book did Harriet Beecher Stowe write?

UNCLE TOM'S CABIN

14. Name one discovery, accomplishment, or change brought by the Industrial Revolution?

COTTON GIN, SPINNING JENNY, FACTORIES, AGRICULTURAL MACHINES, ETC.
ALSO CHILD LABOR LAWS, ASSEMBLY LINE, AND WOMEN WORKING WERE ACCEPTED

15. Where did most of the immigrantS come from in the First Wave 1820-1870?

IRELAND (NORTHERN EUROPE), AND ALSO FROM CHINA

16. Define Sectionalism. Define Antebellum.

SECTIONALISM IS THE REGIONAL BARRIER BETWEEN TWO GEOGRAPHICAL/CULTURAL SECTIONS. FOR THE U.S. THIS OCCURS BETWEEN THE NORTH AND SOUTH. IT WAS MOST INTENSE BEFORE AND AFTER THE CIVIL WAR.

ANTEBELLUM MEANS THE CULTURE AND CONDITIONS OF THE SOUTH BEFORE THE WAR. POST-BELLUM IS AFTER THE WAR.

17. Who was President during the Civil War?

ABRAHAM LINCOLN

18. When was the Civil War fought? Be as specific as possible.

1861-1865

19. What was the turning point battle of the Civil War?

GETTYSBURG

20. What was the purpose of the poll tax, the grandfather clause, and the literacy test in southern states?

TO KEEP AFRICAN AMERICANS FROM VOTING, WHILE ENSURING THAT POOR WHITES STILL COULD