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War, Instability, and Depression (CHAPTER 17)

Total questions: 48

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What nation did Germany strive to replace as the industrial power of Europe?

a)

Britain

b)

Russia

c)

America

2.

What country became the largest producer of chemicals during WW 1?

a)

Britain

b)

Germany

c)

France

3.

What country took advantage of Germany's failure to renew the Reinsurance Treaty with Russia?

a)

France

b)

Austria

c)

Britain

4.

Which one is incorrect about the reason Europeans developed large militaries?

a)

Spreading the gospel

b)

The civilian glorification of war

c)

The military domination of some governments

d)

Symbol of national power

e)

National Glory

5.

Who made the first military move in World War I?

a)

Germany

b)

America

c)

Britain

6.

How did Russian upset the Schlieffen Plan?

a)

They mobilized faster than the Schlieffen Plan had anticipated

b)

They destroyed faster than the Schlieffen Plan

c)

They moved faster than the Schlieffen Plan

7.

Into what two groups did the social Democratic Party (Russia) split?

a)

Bolsheviks and Mensheviks

b)

Sun Yat-Sen and Chiang Kai Shek

c)

Lenin and Stalin

8.

What do the names of Bolsheviks and Mensheviks mean?

a)

Rich and Poor

b)

Employer and Employee

c)

Majority and minority

9.

What German republic fell to the Nazis?

a)

Stalin

b)

Weimar

c)

Russia

10.

Who became the first two dictators of Russia?

a)

Lenin and Hitler

b)

Stalin and Hitler

c)

Lenin and Stalin

11.

What nation supported the allies during the First World War but turned to a dictatorship after the war?

a)

Germany

b)

Italy

c)

Russia

12.

Who were the first two leaders of the Kuomintang Party?

a)

Sun Yat-Sen and Stalin

b)

Sun Yat-Sen and Chiang Kai-shek

c)

Chiang Kai-shek and Stalin

13.

Which science was not included to contribute to improving modes of transportation?

a)

Physics

b)

Math

c)

Chemistry

d)

History

14.

Which one was not included as ideas and culture spread around the world during WW I?

a)

Newspapers

b)

Magazines

c)

Advertising

d)

Films and Radio

e)

Youtube

15.

How did advances in science and technology change the way people thought about the world?

a)

People thought science and technology could make the world to be rich.

b)

People thought science and technology could make people more modern.

c)

People thought science and technology could unlock the secrets of the universe and solve all man's problems.

16.

Who was the Italian leader that formed Fascist Party?

a)

Lenin

b)

Benito Mussolini

c)

Joseph Stalin

17.

Who was the leader of the National Socialist German Workers' Party (Nazy Party)

a)

Adolf Hitler

b)

Benito Mussolini

c)

Sun Yat-Sen

18.

Who replaced Sun Yat-Sen after his death and became the leader of the Kuomintang party?

a)

Mao Zedong

b)

Chiang Kai-shek

c)

Yuan Shikai

19.

Who led the Chinese Communist Party in China in 1893 - 1976?

a)

Mao Zedong

b)

Chiang Kai-shek

c)

Sun Yat-Sen

20.

Which one was not true the reason that led to the collapse of the Qing dynasty?

a)

Trade with the west

b)

China's policy of isolation

c)

Foreign Imperialism

d)

China's wars

21.

Which one was not truly motivated more Chinese peasants to rebel?

a)

Opium

b)

Heavy taxation

c)

Government corruption

d)

Famine

22.

Whom did Hong Xiuquan claim to be?

a)

The pastor

b)

The younger brother of Christ

c)

The bishop

23.

What rebellion did Hong Xiuquan lead?

a)

The Boxer Rebellion

b)

The Taiping Rebellion

c)

The Opium Rebellion

24.

What rebellion resulted in the deaths of many missionaries?

a)

The Boxer Rebellion

b)

The Opium Rebellion

c)

The Taiping Rebellion

25.

Why was Emperor Guangxu imprisoned while in office?

a)

Because Guangxu sought to modernize and reform China

b)

Because Guangxu sought to trade with the west

c)

Because Guangxu sought to colonize China

26.

What treaty opened Japan to foreign trade?

a)

The Treaty of Meiji

b)

The Treaty of Kanagawa

c)

The Treaty of Russo

27.

What did not include the European developments that Japan studied?

a)

Military

b)

Government

c)

Religion

d)

Education

e)

Industry

28.

What does the term Meiji mean?

a)

Modernization

b)

War

c)

Enlightened rule

29.

What major power did Japan defeat in 1905?

a)

Russia

b)

Sweden

c)

Austria

30.

What other European state sought to compete with Britain for control of India?

a)

Sweden

b)

France

c)

Austria

31.

What act in 1814 gave the British crown control over all the East India Company's holdings?

a)

British Act

b)

Charter Act

c)

Indian Act

32.

What rumor led to the Sepoy Mutiny?

a)

The rifle cartridges had been greased with drugs

b)

The rifle cartridges had been greased with pork or beef fat

c)

The rifle cartridges had been greased with lamb fat

33.

What drug did British merchants sell to the Chinese in order to gain a favorable balance of trade?

a)

Rifle

b)

Opium

c)

Silk

34.

In which Battle did many Indian forces and France's strength defeated in 1757?

a)

Battle of Plassey

b)

Battle of India

c)

Battle of Opium

35.

Which are in Europe are the Balkan states located?

a)

In Southeastern Europe

b)

In West Europe

c)

In North Europe

36.

What Ottoman territory did Napoleon attempt to conquer in 1798?

a)

India

b)

Iran

c)

Egypt

37.

Who came to power in the Ottoman Empire during its period of decline?

a)

Mahmud I

b)

Mahmud II

c)

Mahmud III

38.

Which one was not true how the Ottomans responded to the emperor's reforms?

a)

They embraced European clothing

b)

They embraced land reform

c)

They embraced European laws

d)

They embraced European religion

39.

By the eighteenth century, which country had grown into the largest state in the world?

a)

Russia

b)

France

c)

English

40.

Who replaced the position of Catherine the Great as Russian leader after she passed away?

a)

Nicholas I

b)

Alexander II

c)

Alexander I

41.

What group led the Decembrist Revolt?

a)

A small group of nobles and army officers

b)

A small group of nobles and peasants

c)

Army officers and peasants

42.

Who became known as the Father of Anarchism?

a)

Michael Bakunin

b)

Michael Gorbachev

c)

Michael Learn to Rock

43.

What did Czar Alexander II decree in 1861?

a)

He abolished the Battle of Plassey

b)

He abolished Decembrist Revolt

c)

He abolished serfdom

44.

Who abolished serfdom and freed 23 million people who worked for noblemen in Russia?

a)

Alexander I

b)

Alexander II

c)

Alexander III

45.

Where did Michael Bakunin flee after his concept of society without government rejected?

a)

Germany

b)

Italy

c)

Sweden

46.

Where is Russia located?

a)

Eastern Europe and Northern Asia

b)

Eastern Europe and South-Eastern Asia

c)

Western Europe and Northern Asia

47.

Who was the English Baptist preacher and linguist who translated the Bible into many languages, including Bengali and Sanskrit?

a)

William Carey

b)

Adoniram Judson

c)

Robert Morrison

48.

Who was the first Protestant missionary to China and arrived there in 1807?

a)

William Carey

b)

Adoniram Judson

c)

Robert Morrison