WH Final Exam Review

Which global institution was created to bring more diplomacy and peace between countries?

• The United Nations

• The World Fair Trade Organization

• The International Monetary Fund

• The World Bank

Europeans used the theory of ______ to justify imperialism

• Social Darwinism

• Economic Imperialism

• Industrialization

• Multinational Corporations

Which British man wanted to control Africa, build a railroad across it, and started De Beers Diamond Company?

• Cecil Rhodes

• David Attenborough

• John Cleese

• Eric Idle

James Watt developed the steam engine. How did this invention help imperialism?

• It helped Europeans travel further

• Trick question, it didn't

• It helped Africans colonize Asia

• It helped Africans work together

Europeans built infrastructure (roads, railroads, etc) in colonies they controlled in order to do what?

• transport raw materials out of the colony

• help the native people industrialize

• transport raw materials into the colony

• help people migrate

What happened in India due to the Sepoy/Indian Rebellion of 1857?

• Britain took direct control of India

• Britain was forced out of India

• Pakistan was created from Indian Territory

• India split into two different empires

What was the concept of the "White Man's Burden"?

• That Europeans needed to "civilize" non-Europeans

• That Europeans needed to "civilize" their selves

• That Africans needed to spread their culture to others

• That Africans needed to "civilize" Europeans

What was the Schlieffen Plan?

• Germany's plan to take France fast to avoid a two-front war

• Germany's plan to take Russia fast to avoid a two-front war

• Germany's plan to control the seas by sinking ships without warning

• Germany's plan to have Japan and Mexico attack America so they could not enter WWI

Russia started out as part of the Triple Entente. What happened afterwards? Select all that apply

• the war brought on economic hardships, which resulted in revolution, leading to the death of the czar

• the USSR was formed

• Vladimir Lenin created a totalitarian government in Russia

• The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was signed, dropping Russia from the war, and allowing Germany to focus their armies in France

What was the "Powder Keg" of Europe?

• The Balkan Peninsula

• Germany

• Belgium

• Switzerland