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Imperialism/WW1

Total questions: 32

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which is not a motivation for Imperialism

a)

Containment

b)

Nationalism

c)

Economic

d)

Civilizing Missions

2.

What did European writers argue about imperialism?

a)

An evil that must be avoided

b)

Necessary for the survival of dominance for European Powers

c)

Socialism was the cause for Imperialism

d)

Chronicled the horrors and atrocities of Somaliland

3.

Who wrote "The White Man's Burden"?

a)

Cecil Rhodes

b)

Thomas Herzl

c)

Rudyard Kipling

d)

Thomas Arnold

4.

Which African Territory was controlled by France?

a)

Congo

b)

Somaliland

c)

Egypt

d)

Tunisia

5.

What European country fought in the Boer War?

a)

France

b)

Netherlands

c)

England

d)

Germany

6.

Who won the "Scramble for Africa"?

a)

France

b)

England

c)

Germany

d)

Spain.........please don't click this

7.

Europeans meeting in 1884-1885 to partition Africa was called

a)

Berlin Conference

b)

Congress of Berlin

c)

Berlin Entente

d)

Berlin Convention

8.

Britain took direct control of India after what event?

a)

Boxer Rebellion

b)

Opium Wars

c)

Sepoy Rebellion

d)

Taiping Rebellion

9.

England made an alliance with what country to protect Pacific interests in the Pacific?

a)

China

b)

Japan

c)

India

d)

Russia

10.

What was the goal of Bismarck in regards to alliances?

a)

Maintain France isolation

b)

Maintain England isolation

c)

Maintain Russia isolation

d)

Maintain Germany isolation

11.

What two countries signed the Reinsurance Treaty?

a)

England-France

b)

Germany-England

c)

Russia-Germany

d)

France-Russia

12.

What countries made up the Triple Alliance?

a)

Germany-Italy-Austria

b)

England-France-Russia

c)

Germany-Austria-Russia

d)

England-Italy-France

13.

What were the goals of the Boxers?

a)

Rid China of foreign influence

b)

Stop the importation of Opium into China

c)

Set up a communist government in China

d)

Embrace Western Ideas

14.

The invasion of what country forced England into WW1?

a)

Netherlands

b)

France

c)

Belgium

d)

Russia

15.

Russia supported what country due to their Slavic population?

a)

Serbia

b)

France

c)

Ottoman

d)

England

16.

What area was called the "Powder Keg" due to their nationalist movements?

a)

Baltic

b)

Balken

c)

Caucasus

d)

Iberian

17.

Who entered World War 1 because they were rivals of Serbia?

a)

Romania

b)

Bulgaria

c)

Italy

d)

Albania

18.

What country was not part of the Big Four at the Paris Peace Conference?

a)

England

b)

USA

c)

Italy

d)

Russia

19.

What happened to the Austrian-Hungarian Empire After WW1?

a)

Divided into several small nationalist states

b)

Divided into Austria and Hungary

c)

Were not broken up, monarchy was replaced

d)

Became a socialist state under League of Nations

20.

Why were European countries successful establishing colonies in Africa and Asia?

a)

Europeans had better weapons

b)

Political revolutions in Africa and Asia

c)

Religious reasons

d)

Africans and Asians wanted industrial goods

21.

Who was the leader of the Bolshevik Party?

a)

Stalin

b)

Lenin

c)

Trotsky

d)

Kerensky

22.

Lenin believe that in order for a socialist revolution to happen, there needed to be

a)

Industrialized population

b)

Larger working class

c)

Professional Revolutionary leader

d)

Large rural class

23.

Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was between what two countries?

a)

Russia and Germany

b)

Italy and Germany

c)

Austria and Russia

d)

USA and Germany

24.

Who led the Red Army in the Russian Civil War?

a)

Stalin

b)

Lenin

c)

Trotsky

d)

Kerensky

25.

What was the harshest terms in the Treaty of Versailles?

a)

Demilitarization of the Rhine

b)

Payment of reparations

c)

Loss of Alsace and Lorraine

d)

Limited military

26.

What countries made up the Triple Entente?

a)

Germany-Austria-Italy

b)

England-Italy-France

c)

Russia-Germany-Austria

d)

England-Russia-France

27.

Who is this guy?

a)

Tsar Nicholas II

b)

King George V

c)

Kaiser Wilhelm II

d)

Otto von Bismarck

28.

Who is this guy?

a)

Tsar Nicholas II

b)

King George V

c)

Kaiser Wilhelm II

d)

Otto von Bismarck

29.

This cartoon is depicting which Monarch's rule over the Congo?

a)

King Edward VII

b)

King Leopold II

c)

Kaiser Wilhelm I

d)

Tsar Alexander III

30.

Is this funny?

a)

Yes

b)

No

31.

Which is the correct map of Europe 1918?

a)
b)
c)
d)
32.

Who has the strongest claim to the Iron Throne?

a)
b)
c)
d)