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1
The first type of work to be industrialized in Britain was?
Cotton Textiles
Steel Production
Shipbuilding
Railroads
2
Which is an accurate statement about the partitioning of Africa by European imperialist nations during the 1800s?
Africans had a big voice in how it was divided up
European countries fought wars against each other for parts of Africa
African unity was encouraged
The continent was divided peacefully among European powers
3
Why was England so concerned about selling Opium in China?
To hurt Chinese social structure
Trade imbalance because of all the tea they were purchasing from China
To get back at China for the Open Door Policy
Opium was causing problems in England, so they wanted to get it out
4
The political cartoon below represents which of the main causes of World War 1?
Militarism
Militarism
Nationalism
The Alliance System
5
Which of the following BEST describes trench warfare?
Long, deadly struggles in clear victory for one side
Long battles involving each side marching toward each other with weapons
Long battles that often advanced over many miles of territory per day
Long, deadly struggles with little gain for either side
6
What was the result of soldiers having wet feet for weeks on end?
Gold Fever
Malaria
Toe Fungus
Trench Foot
7
The process of urbanization that occurred in 19th century Britain and in western Europe was mainly a result of?
Poor crop yield
Industrialization
More efficient transportation systems
Improving living conditions in the cities
8
The "spark" that was the immediate cause of World War 1 was?
Russia invading Austria
The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand
US Black Ships
The accidental bombing of London by France
9
Which word best describes this picture?
Scramble for Africa
Urbanization
Open Door Policy
Berlin Conference
10
What was the effect of the Schlieffen Plan?
Germany quickly defeated France
Germany and France were locked in trench warfare for four years
It was never actually used
France quickly defeated Germany
11
How did the Industrial Revolution affect cities?
It made the crime rate drop
It made the populations grow faster than the housing supply
It made them lose valuable sources of food
It created technology to clean them
12
Which of the following did the war on Western Front NOT involve?
Long periods of boredom between attacks
Russian military strikes with machine guns
Trench Warfare
Disease and rats
13
After the Treaty of Versailles Germany would have been?
Getting ready to invade Africa
Upset about the War Guilt Clause
Dismantling their machine guns
Celebrating their territorial gains
14
What happened as a result of the Berlin Conference of 1884-1885?
France and Britain agreed to govern their African colonies jointly
African leaders voiced their suggestions for better relations with Europe
There was less fighting between African leaders and European powers
Europeans divided African into colonies without consulting African leaders
15
The Industrial Revolution started in what country?
United States
Germany
England (Great Britain)
France
16
How did the Opium War, Taiping Rebellion and the US's Black Ships affect the Chinese and Japanese governments?
The Mughal Dynasty expanded Protestant Christianity to China and Japan
The Chinese and Japanese governments expanded Shintoism
Europe and the US forced China and Japan to open up trade with the West
The Qing Dynasty forced China and Japan to close off trade with the West
17
Who fought in World War 1?
Europe and China
The Triple Entente and the Axis Powers
The Allies and the Axis Powers
The Allies and the Central Powers
18
Why did the US join WW1?
Because France paid them
Because Germany was using unrestricted submarine warfare
Because the signed an alliance with England
Because Canada dared them to
19
The only non-Western country able to compete for colonies and markets was?
Canada
China
Japan
Brazil
20
What was the Industrial Revolution?
An increase in machine-made goods beginning in England during the 1700s
Increased population of urban areas during the 1800s
Widespread use of teenagers as factory laborers who worked long hours
Increased purchases of land by landowners to cultivate larger fields
21
Which of the following is a correct statement regarding the relationship between industrialization and imperialism?
Industrialized nations greatly had to free some of their imperial colonies
The industrial revolution began because nations had too many products
Imperialism got raw materials which were used in factories
Only industrialized nations with absolute rulers practiced imperialism
22
The coauthor of
The Communist Manifesto
?
Adam Smith
Robert Fulton
James Watt
Karl Marx
23
The increase in output of machine made goods that began in the middle 1700s was called?
The Industrial Revolution
The Renaissance
Feudalism
The Reformation
24
The purpose of the Berlin Conference was to reduce conflict among?
The US and England
European countries
African countries
China and Japan
25
Reparations were?
Submarines
Trench Warfare
Payments from Germany to countries they destroyed in WW1
Agreements to fight with someone in war
26
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, European powers raced to colonize the African. This became known as?
Race to the Top
The Open Door Policy
The African Assembly
Scramble for Africa
27
The process of developing machine production of goods is called?
Industrialization
Mechanization
Urbanization
The technology revolution
28
The Schlieffen Plan was Germany's strategy for?
Avoiding a two-front war
Launching submarine warfare
Invading North Africa
Testing new weapons
29
The region known as the "powder keg" of Europe because of both Russia and Austria wanted to control/colonize it was?
Poland
Sicily
Northern Italy
The Balkans
30
Who won World War 1?
Germany
Allies
Russia
Central Powers
31
What historical trend was most responsible for the change in Birmingham's population shown below?
Immigration from the colonies
Improvements in urban health care
Famine in rural areas
Industrial Growth
32
The goal of the Meiji reformers in Japan was to?
Advance the ways of the samurai
Ignore Western technology
Adopt Western ways to Japanese needs
Close Japan to the West
33
A major cause of World War 1 was?
An increase in acts of aggression by England
The existence of opposing alliances
A decline in the policy of imperialism
The spread of communism throughout Europe
34
What new technology resulted in the death of thousands of soldiers during WW1?
Jets
Atomic Bomb
Machine Gun
Gun Powder
35
After 1880, European nations sought colonies in Africa primarily because the Europeans were?
Competing for raw materials and markets
Interested in completing their geographic knowledge of the world
In need of land for their surplus populations
Determined to bring Christianity to the Muslim world
36
Industrial work had an enormous impact on the family because?
The work place was now away from the home and in factories, mines, etc.
Men were in the fields and women had to find jobs to pay for child care
It forced families to move from place to place as migrant workers
Men were doing women's work while women were doing men's work
