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Imperialism, World War I, Interwar Period, World War II
Imperialism, World War I, Interwar Period, World War II
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Review of late 1800s until the end of World War II
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1
Who is famous for coining the term "social Darwinism?"
Otto von Bismarck
Herbert Spencer
Cecil Rhodes
Rudyard Kipling
2
Passed during the Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt, the Roosevelt Corollary stated
The U.S. would only get involved in European affairs
Created the "Open Door Policy" in regards to trade in China
Closed U.S. borders to immigrants and international business
The U.S. claimed North & South America
3
As European imperialism spread, how many Europeans migrated overseas?
fifteen million
five hundred million
five million
fifty million
4
The end of the Romanov dynasty was with the death of
Tzar Alexander II
Tzarina Catherine the Great
Tzar Alexander I
Tzar Nicholas II
5
After the death of Stalin, Soviet Russia instituted the "Brezhnev Doctrine" which
an economic plan for Soviet development
containment policy to stop the spread of capitalism
Plan to rebuild Eastern Europe after World War II
said USSR would invade any socialist country under threat
6
The United States sought to colonize Brazil with the publication of "White Man's Burden"
False
True
7
During World War I, German success against the Russians was a succinct western front victory
False
Trur
8
Emilio Aguinaldo is a revolutionary leader of
Argentina
Mexico
Philippines
Brazil
9
How were the Allies able to defeat the Axis powers?
Development of the atomic bomb
Increased capacity for industrial output
Larger armies due to the draft
Failure of Axis generals to win battles
10
Which treaty was responsible for the Russian exit from World War I?
Soviet-German Nonagression Pact
Treaty of Trianon
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Treaty of Versailles
11
Hitler believed that the signing of the armistice in 1918 destroyed German aspirations.
False
True
12
Popular opinion of the times that WWI would not last long emphasized
The wildly enthusiastic nature of the belligerents
the fear of a protracted war like the Crimean War
the use of mercenary troops to fight
the unique nature of religion in war
13
While originally settled by convicted criminals, Australia was quickly populated by
sheep and cows that outnumbered people
Aboriginals and Kiwis
the aristocracy and independently wealthy
prospectors and rancers
14
After World War II, Germany was split into the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) and
Unified Republic of West Germany
Federal Republic of Germany
Berlin Protectorate
Union of Republican Capitalists of Germany
15
World War II was the first total war in world history
True
False
16
The loss of the Alsace and Lorraine territories made France leery of German expansionism, why?
German defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo
The humiliating defeat of France in the Franco-Prussian War
An economic alliance between Germany and Britain
The division of Poland between Germany and USSR
17
Count Joseph Arthur de Gobineau wrote Essay on the Inequality of the Human Race
True
False
18
The Japanese fought in World War I in order to
desire to expand borders of Japan into British territories
Take Russian colonies in the Pacific
Take over German colonies in Asia
expand the boundaries of Sino-Japanese empire
19
With the unification of Germany, industry rose to equal
9% of industrial output between Germany and England
the world's largest
62% of global deman
the United Kingdom at 14% of global output
20
Captain Cook landed his boat in modern Botany Bay, or
Melbourne
New South Wales
Sydney
Cape Town
21
Late to the game in gaining African colonies, Germany's sole possession in Africa was
Rhodesia
Togoland
Congo
Zaire
22
The author of "The Inequality of Human Races" believed that
Europeans were superior to everyone else
Intellectually superior but morally inferior to other races
arrogant and lazy
23
The Nazis were effective in crushing Polish and French troops with what tactic?
Annexation of the Sudetenland
Einsatzgruppen, or the SS
Blitzkrieg, or lightning war
Anschluss, or unification with Austria
24
A violation of a nonagression pact, Operation Barbarossa was the Nazi plan for
The invasion plan to defeat France and install the Vichy
Code name for the US landing at Normandy
the invasion of the Soviet Union
British resistance to Nazi aggression
25
The March Revolution of 1917 in Russia
created a reformist government in Russia
happened after the assassination of Tzar Nicholas II
Led to the collapse of the Ottoman Empire
led to the French defeat in The Great War
26
An example of a "concessionary company," which had political control over a territory is
Virginia Company
French Protectorate
British East India Company
British Protectorate
27
Japan was charged with war crimes for forcing 500,000 women into prostitution from China and
Korea
Fiji
Indochina
the Philippines
28
As part of the imperialistic goals, which country is known for the saying "Asia for Asians?"
Vietnam
Korea
Japan
China
29
Black Thursday, October 24, 1929 is known as
When Hitler tried to overthrow the Wiemar Republic
Kuomingtang defeat Communist China
Stalin's first 5 Year Plan
U.S. Stock Market crash
30
The Rape of Nanjing was the worst Japanese atrocity in China
True
False
31
The largest, and most famous, death camp during World War II
Auschwitz
Treblinka
Bergen-Belsen
Dachau
32
China is responsible for creating the "Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere"
True
False
33
Hitler made the same mistake as Napoleon in invading Russia in winter. He also was stopped by
The defeat of Mussolini in Italy
the entrance of the US into the war
the Warsaw Ghetto uprising
an assassination plot
34
Scientific discoveries in the early 20th century solidified religious truth.
True
False
35
The Soviet-German Nonagression Pact was successful in
Dividing eastern Europe between Germany and Russia
Outlined anti-Semitic ideals
Set in motion the Anschluss plan
Laying the plans for a German betrayal of Russia
36
The Rape of Belgium was the cause for the expansion of WWI into Africa, Asia, and the Pacific.
True
False
37
Which French painter was influenced by Japanese art?
Picasso
Gauguin
Monet
Degas
38
A famous socialist writer in the 1920's is credited with coining "the lost generation." Who?
John Steinbeck
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Gertrude Stein
Ray Bradbury
39
Neville Chamberlain is famous for saying "peace in our time" after the conclusion of
The Munich Conference
German troops move into the Rhineland
the Nazi invasion of Poland
Nazi-Soviet Nonagression Pact
40
Japan gained Manchuria and became an imperial power after
Russo-Japanese War
Opium Wars
Sino-Japanese War
Korean War
41
Sigmund Freud is known for his therapeutic style called "psychoanalysis"?
True
False
42
Besides Jews, Roma, and the mentally/physically handicapped, Hitler hated
capitalist Great Britain
Vichy France
fascist Italy
communist Russia
43
The original Man of Steel wasn't Clark Kent, but
Franklin Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Adolf Hitler
Joseph Stalin
44
With the creation of "modern" and "postmodern" art
Lines between "good" and "bad" were blurred
Artists developed new mediums for art
public opinions on art became more important
students of art were taught specific "good" and "bad"
45
After the Great War, Britain and France used the "mandate system" to colonize the Mid East
False
True
46
The concept of "uncertainty principle" was proposed by
Keynes
Freud
Heisenberg
Einstein
47
Indochina, modern day Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos were under which European country's control?
United Kingdom
Netherlands
France
Portugal
48
Adolf Hitler was not the founder of fascism. Instead it was which leader?
Vladimir Lenin
Benito Mussolini
Leon Trotsky
Francisco Franco
49
Which African colony successfully defeated German imperialists?
Tanganyika
South Africa
Algeria
Ghana
50
Due to improvements in farming techniques, the price of wheat
increased dramatically worldwide
comparable to today's price
low in industrialized nations and high in others
lowest price seen since the 1500s
