Multiple Choice History Questions

This week, an ancient lake was found beneath two miles of ice. What country unearthed this lake?

• The United States

• China

• Russia

• Libya

The Berlin Conference

• gave Thailand support in its war with France

• divided Africa between European imperialist powers

• ended the Spanish-American War

• aided Dutch settlements in Southeast Asia

Anglos

• People who fought against Pancho Villa

• White settlers in Mexican Texas

• French soldiers who invaded Mexico

• Supporters of Santa Anna

What was Porfirio Diaz's slogan?

• Order and Progress

• Liberty, Order and Progress

• Liberty, Equality, Brotherhood

• Peace, Land, Bread

Caudillos

• Nickname for the United States

• Military dictators in Latin America

• The chief export of Brazil

• Local leaders in Japan

Voortrekkers

• African peoples who resisted European imperialism

• Gun used by English soldiers in India

• Indian nationalist movement

• Boers who moved northward from South Africa

The Treaty of Kanagawa opened trade between which two nations?

• United States and Japan

• Japan and China

• Great Britain and China

• Australia and Russia

According to the theory of mercantilism, why do countries create colonies?

• To produce factories

• To intimidate other countries

• To expand a country's territory

• To enrich the home country

What product did the British sell in great quantities to the Chinese?

• Opium

• Jute

• Tea

• Cotton

Menelik II

• Fought a deadly war with the Dutch

• Built the first railroads in Thailand

• Conquered South Africa with the help of the French

• Attempted to use diplomacy to prevent Ethiopia's colonization