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OBARCLAY WHMT 3rd Nine Weeks Exam Study Guide

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The ____________ Established a self-governing Canadian nation.

a)

Declaration of Canadian Liberty

b)

Treaty of France in 1763

c)

The British North America Act

d)

Canadian Revolution

2.

The effect of the Crimean War was to

a)

destroy the Concert of Europe and leave Austria without friends among the Great powers.

b)

destroy the gold fields in the Crimea

c)

force the Estonian economy into a decline that lasted for twenty years.

d)

strengthen the Concert of Europe with the addition of France.

3.

The ______ was crucial to Britain's Industrial Revolution

a)

The steam engine

b)

bicycle

c)

flying shuttle

d)

water powered loom

4.

who developed a steam engine that could drive machinery?

a)

Henry Cort

b)

James Hargreaves

c)

Edmund Wilson

d)

James Watt

5.

To Darwin, _____ was central to organic evolution.

a)

organic selection

b)

natural selection

c)

genetic engineering

d)

natural production

6.

__________ emphasized feelings and imagination as sources of knowing.

a)

Realpolitik

b)

Rationalism

c)

Romanticism

d)

Conservatism

7.

The formation of the Confederate States of America was sparked by

a)

The assassination of Abraham Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth

b)

The Battle of Fort Sumter

c)

the decision of the Kentucky convention to secede from the United States.

d)

The election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States

8.

Otto von Bismarck practiced Realpolitik, which was

a)

the study of the governments of other nations, both past and present.

b)

A theory of politics based on practical matters rather than theory or ethics.

c)

the view that military might equaled political might.

d)

a belief that animals have political rights.

9.

The factory created a new labor system in which

a)

workers had to work regular hours and do the same work over and over.

b)

products were produced by an assembly line of workers and animals.

c)

workers had to adjust to periods of hectic work, followed by periods of inactivity.

d)

machines were valued more highly than the men who ran them.

10.

_________ is the belief that people should be as free as possible from government restraints.

a)

Liberalism

b)

Industrial capitalism

c)

Nationalism

d)

Monoculturalism

11.

The production of _________ was one of the first industries to be affected by the Industrial Revolution.

a)

furniture

b)

automobiles

c)

Cotton cloth

d)

toys

12.

By attacking Austria in May 1915, Italy

a)

became a world power.

b)

betrayed Germany and Austria.

c)

helped to knock Russia out of the war.

d)

won the war

13.

The German advance toward Paris was halted at

a)

the German-Belgian border

b)

the Battle of Tannenburg

c)

the French-Belgian border

d)

the Battle of Marne

14.

The Schlieffen Plan was

a)

Germany's plan for a two-front war with Russia and France, which had formed a military alliance.

b)

Austria-Hungary's attempt to negotiate a peaceful settlement with Serbia.

c)

Germany's proposal for dividing up Serbia between Russia and Austria-Hungary.

d)

the Black Hand's plan to assassinate the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne.

15.

World War I was a __________, meaning that it involved a complete mobilization of resources and people.

a)

mobile conflict

b)

modern conflict

c)

trench war

d)

total war

16.

France's approach to peace was guided in large part by

a)

a vision to create a League of Nations to prevent future wars.

b)

the desire for national security

c)

a need to reclaim territories lost during the war

d)

the desire to obtain control over some of Germany's former colonies.

17.

The Treaty of Versailles was

a)

A defensive alliance between Great Britain, France, and the United States.

b)

a peace settlement that consisted of five separate treaties with the defeated nations.

c)

forced upon Austria, and gave some of its land to the new state of Poland

d)

The treaty signed with Germany that many Germans felt was a harsh peace.

18.

The Red Secret Police, known as the Cheka, began

a)

A Red Terror campaign to destroy all those who opposed the new regime.

b)

infiltrating the governments of Russia's enemies as spies

c)

to plot against Lenin almost immediately after he came to power

d)

to restore order to Russia after years of civil war

19.

Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Germany, and the Ottoman Empire became known as

a)

the Eastern Powers

b)

the Allied Powers

c)

the League of Nations

d)

the Central Powers

20.

What was the name of the group that conspired to assassinate Archduke Francis Ferdinand?

a)

the Black Hand

b)

the Bosnian Militia

c)

the Serbian Peoples Front

d)

The Red Band

21.

_________ was a literary and visual arts movement that rejected romanticism.

a)

Realism

b)

Secularism

c)

Evolutionism

d)

Nationalism

22.

Who proposed the germ theory of disease?

a)

Charles Darwin

b)

Farhid Molotof

c)

Michael Faraday

d)

Louis Pasteur

23.

The Western Front was characterized by

a)

innovative strategy and tactics that fully utilized the new technologies available to both armies.

b)

the slow but steady advance of the German Army.

c)

trench warfare that kept both sides in virtually the same positions for four years.

d)

decisive victories by the French army, quickly driving back the German forces.

24.

In 1914, _______ was considered an act of war.

a)

breaking a military alliance

b)

assassination of a member of royalty

c)

ending diplomatic relations.

d)

mobilization of a nation's army

25.

Who led the Spanish military in a revolt against the democratic government?

a)

Richard Blaine

b)

Leon Trotsky

c)

Francisco Franco

d)

Benito Mussolini

26.

The __________ was the leading policy-making body of the Communist Party.

a)

Ulema

b)

squadristi

c)

NEP

d)

Politburo

27.

An ________ is a period of low economic activity and rising unemployment.

a)

inflationary period

b)

economic cycle

c)

expressionist cycle

d)

economic depression

28.

Who was the propaganda minister for Nazi Germany?

a)

Heinrich Himmler

b)

Hermann Hesse

c)

Joseph Göebbels

d)

Leni Riefenstahl

29.

The literary work of _______ includes Siddhartha and Steppenwolf.

a)

James Joyce

b)

Hermann Hesse

c)

Joseph Göebbels

d)

Leni Riefenstahl

30.

Surrealist _________ painted everyday objects but separated them from their normal contexts.

a)

Salvador Dali

b)

Hannah Höch

c)

Hermann Hesse

d)

James Joyce

31.

Germany was especially unhappy with Article 231 of the Treaty of Versailles because it

a)

Declared that Germany and Austria were responsible for starting the war.

b)

forced Germany to reduce the size of its Army and Navy.

c)

forced Germany to give back the territories of Alsace and Lorraine

d)

awarded sections of eastern Germany to the new Polish State.

32.

_______ became the spokesperson for a new world order based on democracy and international cooperation.

a)

Georges Clemenceau

b)

Woodrow Wilson

c)

Rosa Luxemburg

d)

Karl Liebknecht

33.

Under the leadership of __________, the Bolsheviks became a party dedicated to violent revolution.

a)

Alexandra Romanov

b)

Alexander Kerensky

c)

Grigori Rasputin

d)

V. I. Lenin

34.

What caused the United States to join the Allies in fighting World War I?

a)

The Germans' use of unrestricted submarine warfare

b)

the sinking of the Titanic

c)

the German embargo on gasoline

d)

the United State's fear of the Austro-Hungarian powers.

35.

________ overthrew Porfirio Diaz to gain control of Mexico.

a)

Miguel Hidalgo

b)

Austin de Iturbide

c)

Francisco Madero

d)

Emiliano Zapata

36.

Who was the first Indian author who was also a social reformer, spiritual leader, educator, philosopher, singer, and painter?

a)

Mumbai Gujarat

b)

Rabindranath Tagore

c)

Apu Nahasapeemapetilon

d)

Mohandas Gandhi

37.

In 1857, a growing Indian distrust of the British led to

a)

the First War of Independence, which the British called the Sepoy Mutiny

b)

the British replacing indirect rule with divine rule.

c)

a treaty between Great Britain and India, restoring independence to India.

d)

the British establishing a fort at Kanpur.

38.

The Böers were descendants of

a)

German colonists who pushed the Zulu peoples out of Nigeria.

b)

the indigenous Zulu peoples of South Africa

c)

Watusi nomads, who had been driven south by German colonists.

d)

the original Dutch settlers of Cape Town and the surrounding areas.

39.

Who seized power in Egypt in 1805 and established a separate Egyptian state.

a)

General Charles Gordon

b)

Muhammad Ali

c)

Ferdinand de Lesseps

d)

Muhammad Ahmad

40.

What was the "white man's burden"?

a)

the unpopular belief that Europeans were responsible for the mass destruction of many African cultures.

b)

bigger, stronger Europeans could carry more baggage.

c)

the belief that Europeans had a moral responsibility to civilize primitive peoples

d)

the crowded urban living conditions created by the Second Industrial Revolution.

41.

The only free states remaining in Africa by 1914 were

a)

Rhodesia and Algeria

b)

Liberia and Ethiopia

c)

Nigeria and Rhodesia

d)

Egypt and Morocco

42.

In an attempt to end Russia's involvement in the war, Lenin

a)

called a general strike that shut down all factories in Petrograd on March 10th.

b)

seized the Winter Palace and overthrew the Russian government.

c)

signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with Germany, which gave up large amounts of Russian territory

d)

united the soviets under the Bolshevik Party

43.

________, the aggressive preparation for war, was growing along with nations armies.

a)

Mobilization

b)

Conscription

c)

Militarism

d)

Warmongering

44.

_______ were councils composed of representatives from the workers and soldiers.

a)

Dumas

b)

Bolsheviks

c)

Soviets

d)

Vanguards

45.

Why did Admiral Holtzendorff promise Emperor William II "not one American will land on the continent"?

a)

He was misled by the British spies working within the German navy.

b)

He wanted to convince the Emperor to resume unrestricted submarine warfare.

c)

He believed the United States had no interest in the war.

d)

He thought the Americans would honor their treaty with Germany.