IGCSE World History Mid-Term Examination Review

Question 1

All of the following plagued Russia following its Civil War; except.

Accepted Answer

All of these are reasons

Question 2

When Lenin died, it created a power struggle between all of the following except?

Accepted Answer

Nikita Khrushchev

Question 3

The world was focused upon the League, as it was the first time it had faced a serious challenge from what great power?

Accepted Answer

Japan

Question 4

An alliance is when two or more nations (countries) agree to defend one another in time of war.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 5

Where did the assassination that triggered World War I occur?

Accepted Answer

Sarajevo

Question 6

Imperialism wasn't an actual cause for World War I.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 7

A War of Attrition - is a war where one’s enemy is worn down by continuous losses in people, food and war weapons.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 8

All of the following are ways in which the League was successful in the 1920's except ...

Accepted Answer

The city of Vilna was made the capital of newly created state; Lithuania.

Question 9

The name of the secret police that Stalin would create to do his dirty work for him was called ...

Accepted Answer

The Cheka

Question 10

Which weapons of mechanized warfare were introduced in World War I?

Accepted Answer

Airplanes and Tanks

Question 11

America turned inward after WWI (nativist), denouncing “radical” foreign ideas and “un-American” lifestyles!

Accepted Answer

True

Question 12

FDR used government power to provide _______ to the poor, stimulate __________, and ________ the American economy!

Accepted Answer

Relief, Recovery and Reform

Question 13

Why was it difficult to gain an advantage over the enemy in trench warfare?

Accepted Answer

The machine gun made it nearly impossible for troops to advance.

Question 14

Explain why the German figure is half-naked and has his hands tied.

Accepted Answer

Germany stripped of his dignity & apprehended because of his nature.

Question 15

For the League, in the 1920's, there were no major conflicts or threats to world peace.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 16

The communist takeover of Russia caused a ______ in the US (leading to restrictions of free speech and other freedoms)

Accepted Answer

Red Scare

Question 17

The Ku Klux Klan reached its highest ever membership in the 1920's fueled by __________.

Accepted Answer

Nativism

Question 18

All of the following are accomplishments of the League's Health Organization except ...

Accepted Answer

It helpedto fund the campaign for a Polio vaccine in the US.

Question 19

Stalin will emphasize ________ for rapid development

Accepted Answer

Heavy Industries (Steel)

Question 20

Germany and all the parts of the former Austrian-Hungarian Empire were League members by the end of 1926.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 21

Militarism is the love and devotion one has for their nation.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 22

The treaty that allowed Germany to concentrate all of their troops on the Western front was called

Accepted Answer

Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

Question 23

Germany’s plan for fighting France and Russia was called ...

Accepted Answer

The Schlieffen Plan

Question 24

Germany was correct in their insistence that ...

Accepted Answer

The Lusitania carried arms on board as its cargo.

Question 25

Which of the following statements is true regarding the role of women during World War I?

Accepted Answer

Women's efforts kept their nations’ economies goingduring the war.

Question 26

An Armistice – is an agreement between nations to defend and aid one another in the onset of war.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 27

We've established World War I was more destructive than earlier wars, what was the main reasoning for this fact?

Accepted Answer

The industrialization of war made this conflict moredeadly!

Question 28

When the Great Depression began in United States all of the following were certainly causes except ...

Accepted Answer

Real Estate was very affordable!

Question 29

What was the Zimmermann telegram?

Accepted Answer

It turned Americans against Germany.

Question 30

The Italian invasion of Abyssinia in October 1935 meant that the League would impose _________ upon Italy.

Accepted Answer

Sanctions

Question 31

Which of the following was not a cause of World War I?

Accepted Answer

American Isolationism

Question 32

On which two fronts did Germany fight during World War I?

Accepted Answer

Russia to the east andFrance to the west.

Question 33

Why would Americans suffer the least amount of casualties during the war?

Accepted Answer

The U.S. doesn't enter the war until 1917.

Question 34

New Deal programs also created government-backed jobs for the ____% of Americans who were unemployed

Accepted Answer

30%

Question 35

One of the motives for the League was to discourage "nation building".

Accepted Answer

True

Question 36

No Man's Land -a deadlock in which neither side is able to defeat the other.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 37

What type of "market" would the United States experience through the 1920's?

Accepted Answer

Bull

Question 38

The League would be faced with the problem of former WWI prisoners-of-war stranded in all countries except ...

Accepted Answer

Great Britain

Question 39

Nationalism - is the building up of one’s armies/navies in preparation of war.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 40

The Great Depression lead to sharp declines in ...

Accepted Answer

Both Global Trading and Manufacturing

Question 41

Henry Ford didn't invent the automobile, but he did _________ the automobile.

Accepted Answer

Made it both- more affordable and mass produced it!

Question 42

Lenin will call for a new economic policy calling for tenants of ...

Accepted Answer

Capitalism

Question 43

Without the membership of what 2 countries, there was little the League could do to prevent Japan's further expansion?

Accepted Answer

The US & Soviet Russia

Question 44

Manchuria would be Japan first conquest.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 45

Many people began questioning capitalism and democracy (and sought ____________ instead)

Accepted Answer

Radical Alternatives

Question 46

FDR’s “____ _____” was a plan to address the causes and effects of the Great Depression.

Accepted Answer

The New Deal

Question 47

What did the Allies use to overcome the threat of German U-boats?

Accepted Answer

Groups of guarded ships, that would surround thebattleship, called convoys

Question 48

Following the civil war, Communism remained in control of large industries, reviving Russia's economy to pre WWI levels.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 49

This communist party leader believed Russia should support communist rebellions all around the world?

Accepted Answer

Leon Trotsky

Question 50

Stalin created __________ to increase farm production (with farmers expected to meet annual government quotas).

Accepted Answer

Collectives

Question 51

Which of the following would end Russia’s involvement in World War I?

Accepted Answer

The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

Question 52

Living standards for ordinary citizens (workers & peasants) would ________ through the 1930s

Accepted Answer

Decrease

Question 53

Why does the cartoonist show Wilson as a more reasonable figure?

Accepted Answer

There was no need to blame one particular country-Germany was seeking mercy

Question 54

What do you feel the artist was trying to convey to his audience about the war?

Accepted Answer

Germany is falsely accused and will become the global scapegoat.

Question 55

The League's absence in the Manchurian Crisis was certainly encouraging for ...

Accepted Answer

Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini

Question 56

When Stalin comes to power, a command economy is created in Russia, where the government makes ALL economic decisions.

Accepted Answer

True

IGCSE World History Mid-Term Examination Review

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IGCSE World History Mid-Term Examination Review

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