question archive QUESTION 1 Which of the following was not a consequence of the end of the war? Germany was stripped of all its conquests and overseas colonies, lost much of its land, was forced to pay reparations, and was curtailed militarily
QUESTION 1 Which of the following was not a consequence of the end of the war? Germany was stripped of all its conquests and overseas colonies, lost much of its land, was forced to pay reparations, and was curtailed militarily
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QUESTION 1
Which of the following was not a consequence of the end of the war?
Germany was stripped of all its conquests and overseas colonies, lost much of its land, was forced to pay reparations, and was curtailed militarily.
Austria-Hungary was completely broken up into three new countries and contributed land to four others.
The Ottoman Empire lost all of its territory except for Anatolia and the Straits.
The Russian territory was dramatically diminished.
QUESTION 2
Which of the following is not true about colonies?
South Africa was the exception to the rule and was a self-supporting colony.
They almost never paid for themselves.
They only enriched some individuals or companies.
Merchants were not magically enabled to gain access to commodities they could not have otherwise acquired through open trading.
QUESTION 3
What factor probably drove Europe into war more than any other factor?
German militarism
The aggressive arms race
Ideologies of struggle
English and French desire to contain and weaken Germany
QUESTION 4
The tragic losses experienced by tens of millions of survivors in the major European countries had what impact?
It convinced most people that another major war was to be avoided at all cost.
It made most people turn to isolationist policies and ignore events in other countries.
It convinced most Europeans that Soviet socialism was the key to the future.
It led many people to question the legitimacy of their government.
QUESTION 5
What compelled Tsar Nicholas II of Russia to promise to adopt civil rights legislation and to institute a parliament, known as the Duma, in 1905?
A Western education and a desire to reform his country.
The power of Western countries convinced him that their social and political systems were superior.
Conflicts in the Balkans sparked a ministerial revolution from above.
The defeat by Japan in the Russo-Japanese war and an ensuing revolution that nearly toppled his government.
QUESTION 6
What endeavors captivated the attention of the public in Europe for much of the nineteenth century?
Scientific experimentation and discoveries
Efforts to prove racial superiority through science and eugenics
The nationalist and unification movements in German and Italy
The travels of adventurers racing to explore the remaining uncharted localities
QUESTION 7
All but which of the following groups cooperated in the work of killing insurgents, educated elites, nobles, priests, and Jews during the conquest of Poland?
Regular military forces
Captured soldiers
Local ethnic minorities
Special SS troops
QUESTION 8
Which of the following is not a military action taken by Hitler before the start of WWII?
He reintroduced conscription in 1935, flouting a key provision of the Versailles Treaty.
He began to greatly build up the navy to avoid the blockade of Germany that had happened in WWI.
He invaded Austria in 1938 without resistance and then annexed the country.
He annexed German-speaking regions of Czechoslovakia and then occupied the rest of the country.
QUESTION 9
Where did fascist parties flourish the best?
In countries on the losing side in WWI
In countries directly bordering Soviet Russia
In countries with the weakest institutions of self-government and civil society
In countries with larger militaries
QUESTION 10
Why was Mikhail Gorbachev unable to halt the loss of Soviet control in Eastern Europe and the collapse of the USSR?
The military was no longer loyal to Gorbachev and the Soviet government.
Gorbachev no longer believed in using force to preserve the Soviet Union.
Too many people joined the popular uprisings for the military to repress it.
The United Nations sent troops to support the overthrow of the Soviet system.
QUESTION 11
What broader moral crisis in Western civilization was provoked by imperialism, military and scientific mastery, and intense competition?
The violence and greed provoked by colonial possessions clashed with the ideas of Christianity.
Aggressive ideologies justifying and lauding violence and struggle as central to human existence took hold of many Western people.
The rise of a nonwestern power in Japan questioned the racial superiority of Europeans.
The memory of the American Revolution led European countries to question if they could hold onto their colonies.
QUESTION 12
What prevented a scramble for China and the partitioning of its territory?
The Sino-Japanese War led to Japanese dominance in the area
Growing US interests in China and the Pacific and its insistence on an Open Door policy
A European agreement that China was off limits
A fear that expansion into China would clash with Russian interests
