AICE International 1st Semester Exam Review

Sino-Japanese War was between Japan and Russia over Korea.

 Britain and France had the same attitude towards German recovery after World War I.

Which of the following is a core characteristic of fascism?

 At the Berlin Conference of 1885, the European powers

Which of the following was NOT a cause of international tensions in the 1920s.

Which of the following was NOT true of the Washington Naval Conference of 1921-1922?

Which country was called the Balkan Prussia?

The U.S. entered World War I mostly because of

Paul Kruger

This nation didn't support disarmament in the early 1920s because it wanted to protect itself from Germany.

What were the reasons for the gathering of the Washington Conference (1921-1922)?

Which of the following was NOT a cause of German hyperinflation in the 1920s?

 Russia was not invited to join the League of Nations because they were communist.

Alliances among the Great Powers before World War I changed when

In the Treaty of Versailles, all of the following were required EXCEPT

In the 1920s, how did most defeated nations react to the Paris Peace Settlements?

 The Bolshevik government in Russia was invited to the Paris Peace Conference of 1919.

What was the main purpose of the League of Nations, from the 14 Point Speech?

What was significant about the Lausanne Treaty in 1923?

Britain and France occupied the Ruhr in 1923 due to Germany's failure to make reparations?

What country adopted the German style of central government, constitution, and army?

What is a protectorate?

European imperialism in Africa was facilitated by all of the following EXCEPT

What was the primary reason for the US Senate's rejection of the Paris Peace Settlement?

 Most important reason for “scramble” of Eur. nations to colonize areas of Central/S. Africa during the late 19th C.

 Which African nations were able to remain independent at the end of the 19th C.?

The United States pushed westward to the Pacific Ocean and this was called...

The Second Boer War (1899-1902) was different from other imperialist struggles for which of the following reasons?

What did the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, in 1918, do?

What European country helped Japan during the Russo-Japanese War?

What two countries isolated their nations from foreigners in the EARLY 1800s

What was a long term cause of WWI?

 Sweden was granted the Aaland Islands when the League of Nations settled the dispute.

 The League of Nations had a multi-national army to solve disputes between member nations.

Which of the following was NOT one of the goals outlined in the 14 Points Speech?

Which country/empire controlled most of Africa (had the largest % of land)?

__________were when foreign nations controlled trade and economic activities in China in the 19th and 20th centuries.

 In the Treaty of St. Germain, this nation lost large amounts of territory.

 Genoa Conference(1922) was intended to address postwar economic problems like reparations & achieved none of its goals.

Who got to keep Vilna after seizing it militarily and the League did nothing to respond?

The 21 Demands was a set of aggressive requirements presented by Japan to the Republic of China in 1915, during WW I.

Trench warfare was an effective strategy during WWI?

The Treaty of Neuilly dealt with the reduction of arms, reparations, the loss of territory from which defeated nation?

The Treaty of Sevres stripped territory from which defeated nation?

Why did the Young Plan fail in 1929?

The Entente Cordiale is a formal alliance between France and England over Morocco in Africa.

 Which of the following in NOT true of the Paris Peace Settlements?

The Washington Conference successfully eliminated ALL tensions in East Asia.

Who were the 2 biggest competitors for territory/control in Africa in 1914?

Who was not originally allowed to originally take part in the League of Nations?

 The Panama Canal was originally supposed to be built in Egypt.

Considered a SUCCESSFUL conference because it settled the border of Greece, Turkey, and Bulgaria.

The successor states faced all of the following problems EXCEPT

Which of the following was a key factor that contributed to the Russian Revolution?

 In 1899, US Secretary of State John Hay, persuaded European powers to maintain ______policy for all to trade w/China.

Powder Keg of Europe; E. Europe countries

Who was president of the US during WWI?

What countries made up the original Triple Alliance in WWI?

What was the outcome of the Corfu incident?

Which Russian leader was overthrown because of the Russian Revolution?

 The Treaty of Trianon dealt mainly with the defeated state of __________________which lost a large amount of territory.

The Schlieffen Plan, convinced the Ger. they could win the war with Fr. & R. provided for

Why was Lenin's NEP (New Economic Policy) considered controversial?

During the Russian Civil War, the White Army was supported by supporters of the czar & supporters of democracy

Which of the Big Three leaders wanted to PUNISH Germany after WWI?

Which two countries were involved in the Corfu dispute of 1923?

Which of the following countries/empires did NOT undergo significant expansion during imperialist age of the 19th C.?

Which of the following was a consequence for China of the Treaty of Nanking?

What is yellow journalism?

What was the main focus of the Genoa Conference in 1922?

Trench warfare was established along the Western Front in WWI because

What did economist John Keynes think about Treaty of Versailles?

The League of Nations' major aim was to solve the problems of the international economies.

 The only permanent members of the League of Nations were Britain, France, Italy, and Japan.

What slogan did the Bolsheviks use during the October Revolution?

The 1922 agreement between Ger./R. to cooperate in meeting the economic goals of both countries was the Rapallo Pact.

This 1928 agreement renounced war and promoted diplomatic problem-solving and was signed by over 60 nations.

Stronger nations had a natural right to dominate weaker peoples.

Which 2 countries signed the Rapallo Pact (Treaty)?

What are the 'Successor States' of the 1920s?

What country financed and engineered the Suez Canal?

The motive for 19th-century European imperialism is imperialism would benefit the economies of the colonial powers.