World Studies B Final Exam Review #1

All of the following were members of the Triple Alliance EXCEPT:

• Japan

• Germany

• Austria-Hungary

• Italy

How many European Jews were killed in the Holocaust?

• 4 million

• 6 million

• 9 million

• 11 million

The idea that the state should leave the economy alone is known as:

• Detente

• Enlightenment

• Proletariat

• Laissez-Faire

All of the following were regions in which fighting took place in the Seven Years War EXCEPT:

• North America

• South America

• Europe

• Asia (India)

Period during which the Committee of Public Safety took control of the French government and adopted policies to "protect" France.

• Seven Years War

• Enlightenment

• Napoleonic Era

• Reign of Terror

Refers to the working class (the oppressed)

• bourgeoise

• proletariat

• communists

• fascists

Colonial system in which local rulers were allowed to keep their authority and status in the new colonial setting (used by Dutch East India Company).

• Indirect rule

• Direct rule

Hindu leader of the Indian independence movement

• Tagore

• Bolivar

• Gandhi

• Mutsuhito

What treaty included China opening five coastal ports to British trade, limiting taxes on imported British goods, and pay for the costs of the Opium War?

• Treaty of Hong Kong

• Treaty of Guangzhou

• Treaty of Nanjing

• Treaty of Paris

Which country did Japan defeat cementing its status as a world power in 1903?

• China

• Korea

• The United States

• Russia