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Imperialism/WWI Test

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is direct rule?

a)

local elites were removed from power and replaced with a new set of officials from the mother country.

b)

colonies gave up all power

c)

the power was divided equally in the colony

2.

What was the “white man’s burden”?

a)

bigger, stronger Europeans could carry more materials

b)

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

c)

the crowded urban living conditions created by the Second Industrial Revolution

d)

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

3.

The Western Front was characterized by

a)

the slow but steady advance of the German army.

b)

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

c)

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

d)

decisive victories by the French army, quickly driving back the German forces.innovative strategy and tactics that fully utilized the new technologies available to both armies.

4.

The Zimmerman Telegram was:

a)

a note from Germany offering United States territory to Mexico in return for joining the German cause

b)

A German note that was intercepted by the Allies

c)

One reason why the United States joined WWI.

d)

All the above.

5.

What is indirect rule?

a)

local elites remained in power but answered to the mother country.

b)

colonies gave up all power

c)

the power was divided equally in the colony

6.

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

a)

Serbians

b)

Germans

c)

Russians

d)

Ottomans

7.

What was the area in between trenched called during WWI?

a)

Tolerance Land

b)

No Man's Land

c)

The Dead Zone

d)

The Empty Void

8.

President Wilson responded to the end of World War I by

a)

commencing work on the Manhattan Project.

b)

outlining the Wilsonian Negation, which would set the stage for a generation of American isolationism.

c)

putting forth his Fourteen Points plan, a comprehensive vision for the transformation of world politics.

9.

Who were the Allies in World War I?

a)

The US, Soviet Union, and Spain

b)

The United Kingdom, The United States, France, and Russia

c)

Germany, Austria-Hungary and Ottoman Empire

10.

Which was NOT a cause of WWI?

a)

Alliances

b)

Nationalism

c)

Imperialism

d)

National Debt

11.

The Treaty of Versailles was

a)

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

b)

the treaty signed with Russia that many Russians felt was a harsh peace.

c)

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

12.

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

a)

modern conflict

b)

trench war

c)

total war

d)

mobile conflict

13.

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

a)

the German embargo on gasoline

b)

the United States’s fear of the Austro-Hungarian powers

c)

the Germans’ use of unrestricted submarine warfare

d)

the sinking of the Titanic