Honors Spring Final Review pt. 2

What was the primary reason the United States finally entered World War I?

• The sinking of the Lusitania

• Alliances with France and Britain

• Fear of German attacks on the United States

• German unrestricted warfare

Which crisis marked the closest the U.S. and USSR ever came to nuclear war?

• Hungary withdrawing from the Warsaw Pact

• invasion of South Korea by North Korea

• the creation of East Germany

• the installation of Soviet missiles in Cuba

What was Joseph Stalin's Five year plan?

• producing more consumer goods

• expanding exports

• creating a demand for high quality imports

• develop heavy industry and increasing agricultural production

What was the significance of the D-Day invasion of Normandy, France?

• Took the pressure off the war in the Pacific

• Led directly to the war crimes trials in Nuremberg

• Forced Germany to fight the Allies on eastern and western fronts

• Caused Germany to resort to unrestricted submarine warfare

Explain the phrase "The Sun never sets on the British Empire".

• The empire’s culture was superior to all others

• No other nation could defeat the empire because of the might of its navy

• The empire had territory in all parts of the world

• People in Britain were so industrious it was like they had unlimited hands that never stopped working

During the Industrial Revolution, why did factory owners prefer to hire women and children to work for them?

• They could pay women and children more

• They could pay women and children less

• They were less likely to form unions

• They were more likely to form unions

What is one impact from globalization?

• popularity

• increase water flow

• apparel

• social

After World War I, the international peacekeeping organization created by the Treaty of Versailles was called the-

• United Nations

• League of Nations

• Treaty of San Stefano

• Triple Entente

The Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan, and Korean War are all examples of-

• imperialism

• appeasement

• noninvolvement

• containment

Efforts to eliminate people of a different ethnic group is called-

• Ethnic cleansing

• Gerrymandering

• Realpolitik

• Non-proliferation