SECRETARY OF PUBLIC EDUCATION

FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION OF EDUCATIONAL SERVICES IN THE FEDERAL DISTRICT

DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF OPERATION EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
SECTORAL COORDINATION OF SECONDARY EDUCATION
DIRECTORATE OF SECONDARY EDUCATION OPERATIONS

EXTRAORDINARY REGULARIZATION EXAM

2014-2015
PERIOD: ____________________________

OPERATIONAL DIRECTORATE 2 GUSTAVO A. MADERO DELEGATION SCHOOL ZONE XXXVII

SECONDARY SCHOOL NO. 136 'DR. ENRIQUE GONZALEZ MARTÍNEZ'

Specialty: History I Degree: SECOND
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No. of correct answers______

Name and signature of the teacher who graded _____________________________________

General Instructions: Below are 50 items, each valued at 20.

points that you must answer correctly and individually, as indicated,
using a black pen. You have two hours to complete the exam; start now.
solve the easier problems first and leave the more difficult ones for last; if you omit one
the answer will be considered incorrect; manage your time and submit the exam when finished
Professor.

According to the possible answers, select the correct one and mark it.

It is the science that studies man in society throughout time.

a) Geography
b) Biology
c) Paleontology
d) History
e) Archaeology
What is the purpose of history?
a) Knowing the past.
b) Understand the present through the facts of the past to know where it is going.
society.
c) Remember our ancestors.
d) Relive the past.
e) Memorizing important dates.
3.- Period in time that studies man in society before the appearance of writing
a) Ancient age
b) Paleolithic
c) Prehistory
4.- Stages in which Prehistory is divided

a) Ancient, modern, and contemporary age

Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic
c) Feudalism, slavery, and capitalism
d) History and prehistory
Ice Age and Fire Age
5.-Stages in which history is divided for study.

a) Ancient age, medieval age, modern age, and contemporary age

b) Paleolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic
c) Feudalism, slavery, and capitalism
d) History and prehistory
Ice age and age of fire
6.-Arrange the following events chronologically. Writing in the parentheses 1 for the
older and so on.
Invention of writing.
Discovery of America
Discovery of agriculture
French Revolution
Fall of the Roman Empire
7,-Characteristics of the main ancient civilizations
a) Capitalist societies, type of democratic government, polytheistic religion.
b) Agricultural societies, theocratic government type, monotheistic religion.
c) Agricultural societies, theocratic type of government, polytheistic religion.

d) Slaveholding societies, republican type of government, polytheistic religion.

e) Commercial societies, type of socialist government, monotheistic religion.

8.- The theory of divine right underpins the form of government known as:
Totalitarianism.
b) Federalism.
c) Absolutism.
d) Nepotism.
e) Fascism.
9.- They were phenomena of the 16th century that favored the consolidation of absolutism in Spain:
10.- Enlightenment thought bases its worldview on:
a) Socialism.
b) Liberalism.
c) Democracy.
d) The republic.
e) Rationalism.
11.- It was the main means of spreading Enlightenment ideas.
a) Navigation.
b) The minstrels.
c) The Encyclopedia.
d) The universities.
e) The pamphlets.
12.- I retom in its reform the cultural contributions of humanism as well as the dissemination of the Bible in
his native language.

a) Gutenberg.
b) Charles V.
c) Luther.
d) Calvino.
e) Rousseau
13. - Social class formed by affluent people who own property and capital: appeared in
starting from the industrial revolution, but its origins can be traced back to feudalism.

b) Bourgeoisie.
b) Proletariat.
c) Clergy.
d) Workers.
Peasant

14.- Which of the following events marks the beginning of the French Revolution?
The Hundred Days.
b) Battle of Waterloo.
c) Death of Napoleon.
d) Storming of the Bastille.

e) Coronation of Louis XVI.

15.- On July 14, 1789, it began, in France:
French Revolution.
 b) Humanism
c) The encyclopedia
d) The French Revolution
e) The Enlightenment

It can be understood as the dominance exerted by the most powerful nations over others.
weak and is generally referred to the process of economic expansion that took place in Europe
in the middle of the 19th century.

a) Industrialization
b) Humanism
c) Imperialism
d) Colonization
e) The Enlightenment

18.- Among the reasons that allowed England to become a power in the 19th century is its:
a) Maritime power and accelerated industrialization.

b) Military power and economic development.

c) Power divided into two chambers.

d) Power of the king limited by Parliament.
e) None of the above.
19.-In 1521 the significant decrease of the indigenous population, the important emigration of
Spain, the slave trade, the accumulation of precious metals in Europe and the increase of the
piracy were some effects of:
a) From the lack of economic resources in Europe.
b) From the control of trade with the East.

c) On the unification of the kingdoms of Spain.

d) On the discovery and conquest of America.
e) None of the above.
20.- What was the most important institution that Spain had to exercise control over its domains?
in America?
House of Trade of Seville.
viceroyalty.
c) Council of the Indies.

d) Intendencies.
e) General Captaincy.
 d) The Declaration of Independence of Mexico.
e) Napoleon's invasion of Spanish territory.
22.- A large part of the Latin American nations were formed from:
a) The independence of the Thirteen Colonies.

b) The French Revolution.

c) Independence movements of the 19th century.
d) The attempts at liberation of the eighteenth century.

e) The diffusion of socialist thought.

23. historical period comprised between the second half of the 18th century and the beginning of the 19th century, in the
that England first, and the rest of continental Europe afterwards, suffer the greatest set of
socioeconomic, technological, and cultural transformations of the History of humanity.
a) The independence of the Thirteen Colonies.

b) The French Revolution.

c) Nineteenth-century independence movements.
d) The Industrial Revolution.
e) The spread of Enlightenment thought.
24.-Year in which the independence of the 13 British colonies is given.
1776.
b) 1789.
c) 1810.
1492.
25.-Chronologically organize the events associated with the development of World War I. 1
for the oldest and so on.
( ). Russia sends armies to the German border
The United States provides economic and military aid to the bloc of the
allies
( ). The Treaty of Versailles is signed and the political division of Europe changes

Assassination in Sarajevo of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and declaration of

war of Austria against Serbia

Germany and Austria declare war on Russia

( ). Formation of the Central Countries and Allied Countries blocs

II answers the following questions

I.- Instructions: Choose the correct option and mark it.
 4. Assassination in Sarajevo of Archduke Francis Ferdinand and
declaration of war by Austria to Serbia
5. Germany and Austria declare war on Russia
6. Formation of the Central Countries and Allied Countries blocs
a) 6, 4, 1, 5, 2, 3
b) 2, 5, 6, 4, 3, 1
c) 6, 4, 3, 2, 1, 5
d) 4, 6, 1, 5, 3, 2

2.- Cause of the outbreak of World War I

a) German expansionism
b) Assassination of the King of France

c) Invasion of Poland
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria

3.- The Triple Entente was composed of:

a) England, France and the United States

b) France, Germany and the Ottoman Empire

c) Russia, England and France

d) Germany, Austria, and Italy
4.- Battle of the First World War
Stalingrad
b) Pearl Harbor
Waterloo
d) Verdun
5.- The Red Russians were:
a) Who were seeking communism
b) The allies of England
c) The pacifists
d) The followers of Trotsky

6. The Treaty of Versailles of 1918 stipulated that:

a) The United States was the new world power
Stalingrad
Tanemberg
8. Russia accepted its surrender in World War I in the treaty of:
Versailles
b) Paris
Moscow
Brest-Litovsk
9. The United States entered World War I because:
a) Germany bombed London
b) Germany insulted the USA
c) Germany sank the Lusitania
d) Germany was sinking neutral ships
10. Organization formed to help war wounded:
League of Nations
b) UN
IMSS
Red Cross
11. The 1st World War began in
1914-1918
b) 1918-1929
c) 191 3-1917
d) 1914-1920
The Second World War began in: _____
September 12, 1938
December 7, 1941
May 22, 1942
September 1, 1939
13.- England, France, the USSR, and the USA fought against:
The Triple Entente
b) The Holy Alliance
c) Berlin-Rome-Tokyo Axis
d) The allies
14.- The Japanese attack on the Pearl Harbor naval base took place on the day.
December 7, 1941
August 7, 1945
May 22, 1942
16.- The main cause of World War II was:
a) German expansionism
b) The search for colonies
c) Italian fascism
d) The hatred of Jews
17.- What did the 'D-Day' consist of?

a) The invasion of the Allies into Germany

b) The invasion of Italy
c) The liberation of France from Nazi hands
d) The nuclear attack on Japan
18.- The main battle between the USSR and Germany took place in:
Tanemberg
Verdun
From the Pacific
Stalingrad
19.- First allied nation to attack and enter Berlin:
a) France
b) USSR
USA
d) England
20.- President of the United States who authorized the use of nuclear weapons:
a) JFK
b) Roosevelt
c) Truman
d) Carter

21.- Leader of the Vietnamese resistance against France

Mao Zedong
Ho Chi Minh
Sun Yat-sen
Match each of the following wars with its start date
A.- KOREAN WAR 1, - 1956
B.- VIETNAM WAR 2.- 1950
C.. WORLD WAR ONE 3.- 1936
D.- SPANISH CIVIL WAR 4.- 1914
a) A1, B.2, C3, D4
b) A4, 83, C2, D1
c) A2, 81, C4, D3
d) A3, B.2, C1, D4
24.- Leader of the USSR who announced the disintegration of his homeland

a) Reagan
b) Gorbachev
c) Khrushchev
d) Yeltsin
25.- In 1948, the following nation was created:

a) Croatia
b) Palestine
Israel
d) Libya
III. From the words found within the box, choose the one that correctly completes the
following paragraphs.

Direct observation Verification

Constitutional Monarchy • Power *Fundamentalism

Empiricism Absolute Monarchy Monarch

One of the most important thinkers of this intellectual movement was John Locke. He believed
that the problems of society originated from the accumulation of
___________________________ into a single individual; therefore, he proposed to divide it into: a) power
legislative, which would reside in the Parliament or in the assembly responsible for discussing, approving the
laws, and authorize public or government spending; and b) in the executive power, represented by the
_______________________, which would be responsible for overseeing compliance with the laws, for the good of
everyone. This political proposal laid the foundations of the so-called ______________________________.
Locke's ideas were the foundation of the English Revolution of the 17th century and the basis of the
French illustration of the 18th century. Other outstanding figures who participated in the revolution
Among the ideas were the Englishmen Thomas Hobbes, David Hume, and Francis Bacon. The latter is
considered the founder of ______________________________, for he affirmed that the source of
knowledge was experience. In his work, he proposes a systematic classification of the sciences and
explain the system of ____________________________ of nature.
F) 2000-2005 XXI.
G) Mexico and Peru. ( Discipline responsible for studying the
H) abstract art and way to alter DNA.
surrealist ( Inventor of Bakelite, who was one
I) genetic engineering of the first plastics.
J) Eugenne Bauman ( Time period in which it is born and
K) molecular genetics Nanotechnology is developed

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Name and signature of the teacher who prepared:

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PROF. RAYMUNDO GARCÍA SALAZAR

Vo. Bo. V. B.
SCHOOL PRINCIPAL INSPECTOR OF THE SCHOOL ZONE XXXVII

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PROF. GUADALUPE SÁNCHEZ BARRALES PROFRA. EXALTACIÓN MERLÁN RUELAS