WWI-WWII Test Review

Appeasement

• pacify or placate (someone) by acceding to their demands

• to appease something

• endear

• delight

• please

Before 1914, nationalism in the Balkan Peninsula contributed to

• Resistance by ethnic groups to Austrian rule throughout the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

• The rejection of the Treaty of Versailles by combatants.

• The inability of countries to make reparation payments.

• Campaigns by foreign diplomats against the use of trench warfare.

Why was the Balkan region referred to as the “Powder Keg of Europe” prior to World War I?

• Yugoslavia was invading its neighboring countries.

• Nationalistic and imperialistic rivalries were increasing.

• The aggression of the Ottoman Empire was disrupting the balance of power.

• The area was the leading supplier of military equipment to the rest of the world.

“Not by democracy or liberal standards will our goal be achieved but by blood and iron. Then we will be successful, no nation is born without the traumatic experience of war.” –Otto von Bismarck

This statement was used to justify a policy of...

• Containment

• Militarism

• Appeasement

• Ethnocentrism

The statements below are most clearly associated with which concept?

1. The United States had an “Open Door” policy in China.
2. Kipling wrote of the “White Man’s Burden” in Africa and Asia.
3. Britain acquired virtual control of the Suez Canal in the Middle East.
4. European countries had a “Scramble for Africa” in the late 1800s

• Nationalism

• Humanitarianism

• Cultural Borrowing

• Imperialism

"The period of imperialism has witnessed many wars...They have resulted in the taking of territory by force...The white rulers of the colonies live at the expense of the natives. Their chief work is to organize labor for their support. In the typical colony, the most fertile lands and the mineral resources are owned by the white foreigners. These holdings are worked by the natives under their direction. The foreigners take wealth out of the country. All the hard work is done by the natives. "

- J.A. Hobson, 1902

How did imperialism affect African societies?

• Foreigners used the most fertile land and took wealth out of the country.

• Foreigners took the citizens out of the country to work as slaves.

• Foreigners helped the continent by providing citizens with high-paying jobs.

• Foreigners helped the continent by providing citizens with high-paying jobs.

Just prior to World War I, the nations of Europe believed that the balance of power and peace could best be maintained by

• Increases in tariff barriers.

• An international court.

• Open agreements.

• A system of alliances.

The Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente were established in the decades just

• Before World War I

• After the formation of the United Nations

• Before the Congress of Vienna

• After the Treaty of Versailles

Which statement is best supported by the data contained in the table?

• Great Britain attempted to prepare for a long ground war.

• France spent the greatest amount of money on defense in 1900.

• Austria-Hungary could not afford a large military expenditure in 1880.

• Germany rapidly increased its military spending after 1890.

Bombardment, barrage, curtain-fire, mines, gas, tanks, machine-guns, hand-grenades—words, words, but they hold the horror of the world.” –Erich Maria Remarque, All Quiet on the Western Front

This quotation best describes the effects of the

• Tension between the superpowers during the Cold War.

• Technological developments used during World War I.

• Formation of alliances in World War II.

• Protests against reforms during the Indian independence movement.