Unit 10/11 Review

How did nations act to reduce the possibility of future wars after the First World War and the Second World War?

• By introducing atomic weapons
• By fixing prices on food and clothing
• By reducing the size of armed forces
• By establishing international organizations

Why did the Japanese government act to create an empire on the Asian mainland during the 1930s?

• To limit Soviet expansion
• To spread communism to China
• To acquire a steady supply of raw materials
• To gain access to trade routes on the mainland

What event started WWI?

• Communist Revolution in Russia
• Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
• Germany Invades Belgium
• Sinking of the Lusitania

Which event started WWII?

• Japan Invades China
• Germany Invades Poland
• Japan Attacks Pearl Harbor
• Atomic Bomb Dropped on Hiroshima

Nationalism, Imperialism and Militarism, were all factors that lead to the starting of what?

• First World War
• The Great Depression
• Second World War
• Cold War

Which of the following was influential in the United States' decision to enter World War I?

• Unrestricted submarine warfare by the Germans
• Mexico's insinuation that it would ally itself with Germany
• The capture of Paris by the Germans
• The entry of the Ottoman Empire into World War I

How did President Wilson's "Fourteen Points" speech influence the peace after the First World War?

• Germany agreed to his fourteen points, but France refused.
• Many of his points were implemented by most nations in Europe.
• Each of the fourteen points was incorporated into the Treaty of Versailles.
• The Treaty of Versailles onlyimplemented his one point to for man international organization.

How did requiring Germany to make compensation for all damage done to the civilian population, impact the economy of Germany?

• The German government's refusal to pay led to a rapid increase in the price of gold on the international market.
• The German government's refusal to pay led to a rapid increase in the price of gold on the international market.
• The German government's trade embargo on Allied governments led to a rapid increase in the wealth of the German people.
• The German government's payment of gold to the Allied governments led to a lack of precious metals in Germany.

In light of the Russian revolutions of 1917, which generalization can be made about political revolutions?

• Revolutions tend to result from some combination of economic depression, military failure, and loss of faith in the ruling government.
• Revolutions only occur when unelected leaders are unable to feed the working class.
• Revolutions only occur in countries involved in a major military conflict.
• Revolutions tend to result fromsome combination of external forces such as global depression, foreign invasion, and international meddling.

One factor that contributed to many European nations experiencing an economic depression in the decade following the First World War was —

• the strong sense of nationalism
• the growing influence of communism
• the expense of recovery and reparations
• the lack of international economic agencies