In the mid-1700s, how did trade contribute to
the early growth of an industrial economy in
Great Britain?
What is ..It gave British entrepreneurs the capital
needed to open new factories.
100
Economically, what enabled Japan to become a
colonial power after 1894?
What is ...Industrialization allowed Japan to expend
resources on military and colonial expansion
100
By 1914, Ethiopia and Liberia were the only
two African countries to
What is ..retain their independence.
100
Great Britain’s stated reason for declaring war
on Germany in 1914 was the
German invasion of Belgium.
100
One contribution of overseas colonies to the
Allied effort during World War I was that they
provided
What is ...large numbers of soldiers to reinforce the
Allied armies.
200
The American Civil War decreased Europe’s
supply of cotton from the American South.
What did the Europeans do to maintain the
flow of this natural resource for their textile
industries?
What is ..European factory owners turned to Egypt and
India as new sources of cotton.
200
In the late nineteenth century, the British
commonly referred to the Suez Canal in Egypt
as the “Lifeline of the Empire” because it
What is ..provided a strategic shipping route to British
colonies.
200
Why did Great Britain, France, and Russia
form the Triple Entente in 1907?
What is ...to respond to the increased military power of
Germany
200
Why did most of the combat on the Western
Front in World War I take place in a relatively
small area?
What is ...The armies became immobile because of
trench warfare.
200
President Wilson said that his Fourteen Points
would provide a framework for
What is a lasting and just peace.
300
What late-eighteenth-century European artistic
movement arose as a reaction against
Classicism’s emphasis on reason?
What is romanticism
300
In 1900, anti-foreign sentiment in China led to
an uprising known as the
What is Boxer Rebellion.
300
According to some historians, Europe’s
system of alliances prior to 1914 increased the
likelihood that
What is.... small disputes would develop into large-scale
wars
300
The Schlieffen Plan was designed by the
German military to
What is ...avoid the problem of fighting Allied powers
on two fronts
300
A major goal of France and Great Britain at
the Conference of Versailles following World
War I was to
What is... keep Germany from rebuilding its military
forces.
400
The social criticism of Charles Dickens’s
novels Hard Times and David Copperfield was a
response to conditions brought about by
What is industrialization.
400
The collapse of the last Chinese Empire in 1912
was caused by the imperial government’s
failure to
What is ....control foreign influence.
400
During World War I, U.S. propaganda posters
often portrayed German soldiers as
What is ...violators of human rights.
400
How did Russia’s participation in World War I
affect its empire?
What is ...Economic hardships brought on by the war
resulted in the downfall of the czar.
400
What aim did Italian leader Vittorio Orlando
have during the creation of the Treaty of
Versailles?
What is ...to gain territory from Austria-Hungary
500
At the end of the 1800s, colonies were generally
seen as a
What is sign of a country’s relative power.
500
Mohandas Gandhi used his philosophy of
nonviolent noncooperation in an effort to
What is ...achieve India’s independence from Great
Britain.
500
One major reason for the tension between
France and Germany before World War I was
that
What is ....France wanted to regain lands previously
seized by Germany.
500
What most affected the course
and outcome of World War I?
What is ...American military and financial intervention
in the war
500
What basic idea was shared by both Britain and
France at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919?
What is ...German military power should be permanently
restricted.