geography final

Question 1

What battle best represents Hitler's "last gasp attempt" to keep momentum going on the Eastern Front against Russia?

Accepted Answer

The Battle of Stalingrad

Question 2

what did china want from the british?

Accepted Answer

silver

Question 3

who colonized who

Accepted Answer

germany colonized rwanda

Question 4

what was the drug the british addicted the chinese to?

Accepted Answer

opium

Question 5

What happened shortly after Bosnia declared independence in 1992?

Accepted Answer

Civil war and widespread ethnic cleansing by Serbs.

Question 6

how does the chinese react?

Accepted Answer

they toss the opium into the ocean

Question 7

reasons for colonialism

Accepted Answer

gaining economic power, wanting raw materials

Question 8

ww1 ended when...

Accepted Answer

the Triple Entente & the Triple Alliance signed an armistice

Question 9

How did the philosophy of mercantilism apply to how the British Empire treated China?

Accepted Answer

britian addicts the chinse to opium so they make up for their losses

Question 10

what is colonialism?

Accepted Answer

when a group takes over another group and turns them into a colony

Question 11

the British call for war, called the Opium war

Accepted Answer

True

Question 12

If Germany wanted to invade Britain (after defeating France) in WWII, it would have to

Accepted Answer

all of the above

Question 13

The Israeli push for Jews to have a permanent state in the Holy Land was called Zionism

Accepted Answer

True

Question 14

The US strategy that demanded intervention where communism tried to spread was called containment

Accepted Answer

True

Question 15

Probably the best way to understand the Mau Mau Rebellion (from Kenya's perspective) is as:

Accepted Answer

civil war

Question 16

the meeting where europeans carved up africa is called the berlin conference

Accepted Answer

True

Question 17

Korea had been divided into 2 countries after WWII

Accepted Answer

with the intention to be unified, but that changed with the Cold War

Question 18

Why did Western countries seem reluctant to call the killings in Rwanda “genocide”?

Accepted Answer

because the countries in the United Nations would be obligated to act

Question 19

The East India Company was not overseen by the British

Accepted Answer

False

Question 20

the treaty of Versailles is one cause of WW1

Accepted Answer

False

Question 21

the reason that the US chose to not get involved in the Rwandan genocide was because of its failed military operation in

Accepted Answer

somalia

Question 22

what is nationalism?

Accepted Answer

Nationalism is wanting lots of power and more military

Question 23

Although it's traditionally known as the Israel-Palestinian Conflict, in reality, the conflict over the "Holy Land"

Accepted Answer

over time conflict between Arabs and Israelis to Israelis and Palestinians

Question 24

what happens after the opium war?

Accepted Answer

all of the above

Question 25

What is white mans burden?

Accepted Answer

the idea that white people are better than the rest

Question 26

A nation-state:

Accepted Answer

refers to a large group of people who share roughly have a similar culture.

Question 27

World War I was mostly characterized by trench fighting because:

Accepted Answer

old mentalities on how to fight and could survive new tech (machine guns)

Question 28

India was colonized by the US

Accepted Answer

False

Question 29

the british had enough silver to trade

Accepted Answer

False

Question 30

Which two Axis countries felt resentment after the way they were treated after WWI?

Accepted Answer

germany, italy

Question 31

events leading up to ww1 in order

Accepted Answer

DCBEAG

Question 32

the feb revolution resulted in

Accepted Answer

a provisional, democratic government under Alexander Kerensky

Question 33

The Einsatzgrüppen were: a.

Accepted Answer

the group responsible for the mass killing of polish citizens before camps

Question 34

Reason for India being colonized

Accepted Answer

India was colonized because the British relied on them for tea and cotton

Question 35

The Cold War can be BEST defined as: a non-shooting conflict between the Soviet Union and the United States

Accepted Answer

True

Question 36

the causes of october revolution

Accepted Answer

the popularity of the Bolsheviks and poor performance in WW1

Question 37

which two were a cause of the feb revolution

Accepted Answer

Rasputin's influence on Tsar's family was a cause for concern for nobles, social class differences grew between the bourgeoisie and the proletariat

Question 38

choose the legacies of ww1

Accepted Answer

The League of Nations is created, Germany is blamed for the war and is forced to pay war reparations, encouraged decolonization by showing european powers weren't superior, The extreme hate treatment of germany & lead to the rise of WW2

Question 39

strategies the europeans used to maintain power

Accepted Answer

they fueled the fire between the rival ethnic groups by making one superior

Question 40

how was hitler able to acquire territory before ww2

Accepted Answer

the British and French use of "appeasement"

Question 41

Which of the following nations competed for colonial empires in Africa in the last half of the nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

Germany, Belgium, and Great Britain

Question 42

_________ was a centrifugal force for yugoslavia

Accepted Answer

nationalism

Question 43

reasons why europeans colonized africa

Accepted Answer

raw materials for industrial revolution, competetion in other countries, access to trade and wealth, needing to civilize africans

Question 44

explain the significance of pearl harbor

Accepted Answer

It is the event which brought the US into WW 2.

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geography final

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