SAMPLE QUESTIONS Unit 8

In this cartoon, the Chinese are reacting to

• forced industrialization
• forced imperialism
• mercenary tactics
• isolationism

In response to China being carved to spheres of influence the US issued the Open Door policy in order to

• establish military control in China
• protect United States trading rights in China.
• encourage Chinese immigration to the United States.
• establish their own colony in China

The Monroe Doctrine and the Roosevelt Corollary shaped United States relations with

• Latin America
• the Middle East
• Asia
• Africa

The main reason the United States wanted a canal built through Panama was to

• improve United States relations with Latin America.
• increase trade with Canada.
• protect United States citizens living in South America.
• make travel between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans more efficient.

Which statement is the best summary of United States expansion policy?

• The United States always supported independence movements around the globe.
• Expansion of the United States was achieved through both violent and non- violent methods.
• The United States refused to use intimidation or violence to acquire territory
• The United States sought to maintain its isolationist foreign policy throughout

Based on the cartoon below, why did fighting increase from a local conflict in Europe to a world war?

• all of the nations fought for control of colonies
• each nation wanted control of the valuable oil resources in the region
• powerful nations had opposing alliances.
• Germany was attacked by Russia

While Europe had earned the nickname "the powderkeg" due to it's volatile nature, the "spark" that caused europe to explode into war in 1914 was?

• secret alliances that divided that continent
• competition over colonies in the Americas
• The massive accumulation of weapons and military led governments
• assassination of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria

The cartoon below refers to

• Rival alliances coming into play before WWI
• Germany attempting to recruit Mexico to attack the United States
• The Spanish and Germans working together in a plot against France
• The use of U-boats in the Gulf of Mexico

The notice below is a warning to the United States that

• Germany is intending to attack their western territory
• Great Britain is secretly plotting against them
• Ships aiding Great britain may be attacked by German U- Boats
• Germany expects the United States to become allies with Germany

The United States was drawn into WWI due to

• exaggerated stories by yellow journalists.
• the unrestricted use of submarine warfare and the Zimmerman telegram
• a direct attack on an American military base.
• commitments made to the United Nations.