xOld: World History Final Review

Who does an absolute monarch share power with? 

• No one
• poor people
• Congress
• the church

The policy or action by which one country controls another country is called

• socialism
  
• nationalism
• communism
• imperialism

Why were Europeans able to expand their power in Africa and Asia?

• Ethnic groups in Africa and Asia invited European rule.
• Europeans had a military advantage and the great empires of Asia and North Africa were weakening.
  
• The religious beliefs of Africans and Asians stressed non-violence.
  
• Africans and Asians fought off Europeans and remained independent.

In general, the Treaty of Versailles

• dealt fairly with Germany.
• favored U.S. interests.
• favored Japan interests
• dealt harshly with Germany.

Atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki led to

• 
  Victory in Europe
• the loss of Midway
• Victory in Japan.
• Victory in the U. S. 

What does RENAISSANCE mean? 

• Rediscovery
• Rebirth
• Reincarnation
• Repeat

What were the two cultures that were studied in the Renaissance?

• Greece and Persia
• Egypt and Rome
• Greece and Egypt
• Greece and Rome

Before Spain found millions of pounds of Silver in the new world, which area had the most expensive and desired goods.

• Asia
• Africa
• Italy

Industrial countries began a huge quest to conquer foreign lands.  Why do industrial countries in 1900 need to control so much foreign land?

• Because they can, and controlling the world was achievable
• Because cheap raw materials were needed for industry
• Because Industrial countries are better to live in and they needed to bring that industry to their neighbors as a favor to them

One event may have triggered the World War I, but the reason so many Countries got dragged into it was because a complex system of _____________________ was in place

• Militarism
• Alliances
• Imperialism
• Nationalism