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World History Unit 1

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does the acronym M.A.N.I.A. stand for?

a)

militarism, alliances, nationalism, imperialism, anarchy

b)

monarchy, alliances, nationalism, imperialism, anarchy

c)

monarchy, alliances, nationalism, internationalism, anarchy

d)

militarism, alliances, nationalism, internationalism, anarchy

2.

Agent of British Imperialism in India from the early 18th century to the mid-19th century. Formed for the exploitation of trade with East and Southeast Asia and India, incorporated by royal charter on December 31, 1600.

a)

British East India Trading Company

b)

Weimar Republic

c)

Ottoman Empire

d)

Japanese Trading Company

3.

The policy, practice, or advocacy of extending the power and dominion (control) of a nation especially by direct territorial acquisitions or by gaining indirect control over the political or economic life of other areas.

a)

Imperialism

b)

Nationalism

c)

Militarism

d)

Alliances

4.

Identification with one’s own nation and support for its interests, especially to the exclusion or detriment (harm) of the interests of other nations.

a)

Nationalism

b)

Imperialism

c)

Militarism

d)

Alliances

5.

Meeting between European nations to create rules on how to peacefully divide Africa.

a)

Berlin Conference

b)

Treaty of Versailles

c)

Zimmerman Telegram

d)

Treaty of Paris

6.

Muslim state (modern Turkey) that existed in various forms between 1299-1923. Supported the Central Powers during WWI, which would lead to their demise and loss of territory.

a)

Ottoman Empire

b)

Germany

c)

Austria

d)

Poland

7.

A policy adopted by the Germans during WWI, where they attacked any and all vessels that sailed through certain waters (Atlantic). One cause of U.S. involvement in WWI.

a)

Unrestricted Submarine Warfare

b)

Luftwaffe

c)

Nanking Massacre

d)

Imperialism

8.

Was a secret diplomatic communication issued from the German foreign office in January 1917 that proposed an alliance between Germany and Mexico.

a)

Zimmerman Telegram

b)

Alliances

c)

Berlin Conference

d)

Battle of Britain

9.

Address delivered before Congress on January 8, 1919, which Woodrow Wilson outlined his vision for a stable, long-lasting peace in Europe, the Americas and the rest of the world following WWI.

a)

Fourteen Points

b)

Treaty of Versailles

c)

Treaty of Paris

d)

State of the Union Address

10.

Brought an end to WWI, stripped Germany of all its colonies, and Part V reduced Germany’s armed forces to very low levels and prohibited Germany from possessing certain classes of weapons.

a)

Treaty of Versailles

b)

Fourteen Points

c)

Treaty of Utrecht

11.

Name of Germany’s democratic government from 1919 to 1933, the period after WWI until the rise of Nazi Germany.

a)

Weimar Republic

b)

Ottoman Empire

12.

A system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state. Strict control of all aspects of the life and productive capacity of the nation especially by coercive measures (such as censorship and terrorism).

a)

Totalitarian

b)

Socialist

c)

Communist

d)

Democratic

13.

(1936-1939): Conflict, on one side were the loyalists (Republicans), Spaniards loyal to the republic (democracy); On the other side were fascists, led by General Francisco Franco.

a)

Spanish Civil War

b)

Nanking Massacre

c)

Battle of Berlin

d)

WWI

14.

The general and dictator, he (1892-1975) ruled over Spain from 1939 until his death in 1975. He rose to power during the bloody Spanish Civil War when, with the help of Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy, his Nationalist forces overthrew the democratically elected Second Republic.

a)

Francisco Franco

b)

Benito Mussolini

c)

Emperor Hirohito

d)

Josef Stalin

15.

Main type of warfare used during WWI on the Western Front. Sides faced each other and would leave these and do into “no man’s land” with the hopes of overrunning the other side.

a)

trench warfare

b)

blitzkrieg

c)

unrestricted submarine warfare

16.

(December 1937 – January 1938), mass killing and ravaging of Chinese citizens and capitulated (surrendering) soldiers by forces of the Japanese Imperial Army. The number of Chinese killed in the massacre has been subject to much debate, with most estimates ranging from 100,000 to more than 300,000.

a)

Nanking Massacre

b)

Battle of Britain

c)

D-Day

d)

Battle of Midway

17.

Emperor of Japan from 1926 until his death in 1989. He was the longest reigning monarch in Japan’s history.

a)

Hirohito

b)

Tojo

c)

Mussolini

d)

Hitler

18.

(June 6, 1944) in WWII on which the Allied forces invaded northern France by means of beach landings in Normandy. Resulted in the Allied liberation of Western Europe from Nazi Germany’s control. Codenamed Operation Overlord.

a)

D-Day

b)

Battle of Britain

c)

Battle of Midway

d)

Battle of Coral Sea

19.

Was a military campaign of WWII, in which the Royal Air Force defended the United Kingdom (UK) against large-scale attacks by Nazi Germany’s air force, the Luftwaffe.

a)

Battle of Britain

b)

Battle of Midway

c)

Battle of Iwo Jima

d)

Battle of the Bulge

20.

What conflict is M.A.N.I.A. related to?

a)

World War I

b)

World War II

c)

Spanish Civil War

d)

Vietnam War