01 Feb D. Ireland

Question 1

1. What was no-man’s-land?

A. An area of land between Poland and Russia

B. Disputed territory claimed by more than one ethnic group

C. A region in central Arabia

D. The area between the trenches of opposing forces

Question 2

2. Trenches were built during World War I for what reason?

A. To protect soldiers from machine gun fire

B. To gain access to needed metal in the ground

C. To protect soldiers from gas attacks

D. To reroute water away from the battlefields

Question 3

3. What organization made up of Hindus and Muslims pushed for Indian independence after World War I?

A. The Indian Independence Party

B. The Pakistan Compact

C. The Gandhi Initiative

D. The Indian National Congress

Question 4

4. Why did the US stock market crash in 1929 affect other nations?

A. The United States soon refused to trade with other nations after the crash.

B. Many nations relied on US investment capital that dried up after the crash.

C. Other nations closed their own stock trading in fear that the same would happen to them.

D. War immediately broke out between many nations after the crash.

Question 5

5. The development of Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle had what effect?

A. Scientific progress stopped.

B. Electrons became impossible to study.

C. People could now objectively know truth.

D. Objectivity became questioned.

Question 6

6. What was the result of the Mukden incident?

A. Chinese communists turned on the Nationalists.

B. Japan used the incident as an excuse to invade Russia.

C. Japan used the incident as an excuse to invade Manchuria.

D. Russia used the incident as an excuse to invade Japan.

Question 7

7. What term was given to new attempts to use economic means to influence policy in Latin American nations that were no longer colonies?

A. Monroe Doctrine

B. Neocolonialism

C. Economic warfare

D. Nationalism

Question 8

8. Which of the following ethnic groups wanted to break from Austrian control before World War I?

A. French

B. Russians

C. Serbs

D. Turks

Question 9

9. What writer concluded that European society was on the decline after World War I?

A. Ernest Hemingway

B. Gertrude Stein

C. Oswald Spengler

D. Karl Barth

Question 10

10. Which leader pushed his idea of the Fourteen Points after World War I?

A. Vladimir Lenin

B. Woodrow Wilson

C. Henry Cabot Lodge

D. Winston Churchill

Question 11

11. Which nationalist leader in colonial areas stressed nonviolent resistance to colonial rule?

A. Marcus Garvey

B. Mohandas Gandhi

C. Sun Yat-sen

D. Mao Zedong

Question 12

12. What was the result of the British invasion of Ottoman territory in an attempt to take the Dardanelles during World War I?

A. A sea route to southern Russia was opened.

B. The Ottoman forces were defeated and driven back.

C. The British forces were unsuccessful with large losses.

D. The Ottoman empire was knocked out of the war.

Question 13

13. Which of the following best describes the foreign policy of Japan during the 1930s?

A. Focused on trade, not military power

B. Unfailing support for the League of Nations

C. A peaceful approach to dealing with neighbors

D. Military aggression

Question 14

14. What motivated Germany to make an alliance with Austria-Hungary?

A. Fear of aggression from England

B. Fear of aggression from the United States

C. Fear of aggression from France

D. The desire to invade Russia

Question 15

15. What was an immediate result for Japan after World War I?

A. A boosted economy

B. A slower economy

C. Less territory controlled by Japan

D. A weakened military

Question 16

16. The _______ were the anti-communist forces in the Russian civil war from 1918–1920.

A. Reds

B. Whites

C. Blues

D. Democrats

Question 17

17. What was an economic result of soldiers being drafted to fight in World War I?

A. Unemployment in home countries increased.

B. Demand for workers dropped.

C. Unemployment in home countries dropped.

D. Supply of workers increased.

Question 18

18. The _______ was an international organization designed to prevent war that was set up after World War I.

A. Triple Entente

B. Peace Conference

C. United Nations

D. League of Nations

Question 19

19. What nation was involved in the fighting on the Eastern European front during World War I?

A. Russia

B. France

C. Spain

D. Ireland

Question 20

20. What happened to the public perception of democracy after World War I?

A. Fewer people were capable of understanding democracy.

B. There was less trust in democratic government.

C. There was more trust in democratic government.

D. The public’s perception was unchanged.