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Imperialism, World War I and II Exam Review
New Imperialism most commonly took the form of...
World War II began when...
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World War II began when...
Japan attacked Pearl Harbor
Germany invaded Poland
Hitler took power in Germany
Italy annexed Libya
2
New Imperialism most commonly took the form of...
direct political control over the colony
missionary movements to spread Christianity
resettlement of Europeans in the colony
capital investment in a less developed economy
3
What was the name for the French defensive fortifications along the German border?
Maginot Line
Les Fortifications
The Rhineland
Nuremburg Castle
4
Which year did the United States enter World War I?
1914
1918
1929
1917
5
Which year did World War I begin?
1914
1910
1911
1918
6
Who was Prime Minister of Britain during World War 2?
Winston Churchill
Neville Chamberlain
Ramsay MacDonald
Anthony Eden
7
Which year was the great city of Portland settled?
1633
1620
1833
1750
8
Which year did World War II end?
1945
1954
1939
1941
9
Which famous general commanded the allied invasion of Normandy?
Chamberlain
Eisenhower
MacArthur
Patton
10
Hitler, Stalin and Mussolini are all examples of...
Members of the Axis powers during World War II
Great military generals
Fascist leaders
Members of the Allied powers during World War II
11
The Triple Entente (WW1) consisted of...
Russia, Britain and France
Germany, Austria, and Italy
Germany, Russia and Italy
Russia, Britain and Austria
12
Which is the largest land carnivore?
Polar Bear
Lion
Tiger
Black Bear
13
Who killed Alexander Hamilton?
John Adams
John Wilkes Booth
Aaron Burr
George Washington
14
Which U.S. president made the decision to drop the atomic bomb?
Washington
Roosevelt
Truman
Nixon
15
President Roosevelt's program to help the United States recover from the Great Depression was..
National Works Act
Economic Recovery Act
Labor Administration Act
The New Deal
16
Who were the big three?
Truman, Lenin and Stalin
Roosevelt, Patton and Mussolini
Tojo, Mussolini and Hitler
Stalin, Churchill and Roosevelt
17
The battle that turned the tide against Japan in the Pacific was...
Coral Sea
Pearl Harbor
Okinawa
Midway
18
Which year did Maine become a state?
1920
1864
1820
1776
19
What started the Great Depression?
Stock market crash of 1929
The great bank run
the mideast oil crisis
The collapse of the housing industry
20
The Holocaust refers to...
those murdered in Stalin's purges
the destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
the murder of six million Jews by the Nazis
the bombing and burning of the German city of Dresden
21
On which day was Pearl Harbor attacked?
Nov. 7
Dec. 11
Nov. 11
Dec. 7
22
After the overthrow of the tsar, the provisional government was headed by...
Trotsky
the Petrograd Soviet
Lenin
Kerensky
23
Which civil war officer went on to be president of Bowdoin College and Governor of Maine?
Joshua Chamberlain
Paul Lepage
Roger Reed
Hannibal Hamlin
24
When Hitler remilitarized the Rhineland, he broke which treaties?
Enabling Act and the Versailles Treaty
Locarno Agreements
Matignon Accords
Versailles Treaty and the Locarno Agreements
25
What was the government type of the Soviet Union?
Capitalism
Democracy
Communism
Republic
26
What was the most common style of fighting during World War I?
Guerrilla warfare
Tank charge
Trench warfare
Cavalry charge
27
The first day of which battle was considered the worst day in the history of the British Army?
The Battle of the Somme
The Battle of Midway
The Battle for Stalingrad
The Battle of Adwa
28
World War I resulted in the end of which long lived empire?
The Roman Empire
The British Empire
The Ottoman Empire
The Byzantine Empire
29
The United States entered World War II because of...
American outrage over Hitler's racial policies
the sinking of the Lusitania
the bombing of Pearl Harbor
their fear of the spread of communism
30
What was the name of the U.S. secret program to develop the atomic bomb?
Nuclear Project
Atomic Project
Manhattan Project
Brooklyn Project
31
Bangor, Maine is said to be the home of which legendary woodsman?
Max Headroom
Paul Bunyan
John Reed
Marcus Feldman
32
What was the largest amphibious invasion in world history?
D-Day
The Battle of Lepanto
The Battle of Tripoli
Salamis
33
The turning point in the German campaign against Russia was...
the Battle of Kursk
Operation Barbarossa
the Battle of Stalingrad
the Battle of Leningrad
34
Which year did the United States enter World War II?
1945
1941
1939
1929
35
Which nation was created by the victors after World War II?
Israel
Manchuria
Turkey
Mongolia
36
In the late nineteenth century, the United States became and imperial power in the pacific by..
obtaining parts of the Dutch East Indies
obtaining Malaysia
obtaining the Philippines
obtaining Korea
37
Who won the Battle of Adwa?
Ethiopia
Italy
Russia
Somalia
38
The policy of appeasement was based on the assumption that Germany...
had real grievances and that Hitler's goals were limited
was guilty as charged in the treaty of Versailles
sincerely intended to live by the Weimar constitution
None of these answers are correct
39
Which is the correct chronological order of Hitler's territorial conquests?
Belgium, France, Austria, Sudetenland, Poland
Poland, France, Belgium, Austria, Sudetenland
Sudetenland, Austria, Belgium, France, Poland
Austria, Sudetenland, Poland, Belgium, France
40
What are the largest four cities in Maine?
Sanford, Saco, Biddeford, Portland
Portland, Lewiston, Bangor, South Portland
Portland, Bangor, Biddeford, Augusta
Augusta, Portland, Waterville, Brunswick
41
Which country suffered the greatest number of lives lost during World War I?
Russia
France
the United States
Germany
42
Which the U.S. battleship that accounted for almost half the casualties at Pearl Harbor?
USS Nevada
USS Missouri
USS Maine
USS Arizona
43
Which territory did 99% of Germans vote to annex in 1938?
Austria
Hungary
Poland
Czechoslovakia
44
What was the first English colony in what is now Maine?
Phippsburg Colony
Popham Colony
Falmouth Colony
Belfast Colony
45
Which country suffered the greatest number of lives lost during World War II?
Japan
Russia
China
the United States
