Review 1
Who was the heir to the throne of Austria Hungary that was assassinated by a Bosnian Terrorist?
a. Franz Hughes
b. Charles Ferdinand
c. Franz Ferdinand
d. Franz Ruth
c. Franz Ferdinand
Who was a famous African American poet during the Harlem Renaissance?
a. Louis Armstrong
b. Babe Ruth
c. Charles Lindbergh
d. Langston Hughes
d. Langston Hughes
Which country below is not part of the Central Powers?
a. Germany
b. France
c. Bulgaria
d. Ottoman Empire
b. France
America helped the Allies in all of the following ways EXCEPT ?
a. Sending supplies to Great Britain prior to the war
b. Using propaganda to promote men to enlist
c. Destroying the Lusitania
d. Joining the war and sending men and supplies over to fight in the war.
C. Destroying the Lusitania
Babe Ruth was a famous ______________.
a. Jazz trumpet player
b. baseball player
c. inventor of the assembly line
B. Baseball player
The Treaty of ________ ended World War I.
a. France
b. Germany
c. Estonia
d. Versailles
d. Versailles
______ was a famous author during the Harlem Renaissance period. He wrote about the lives of African Americans.
a. Louis Armstrong
b. Henry Ford
c. Langston Hughes
d. Franz Ferdinand
c. Langston Hughes
The family sat around the radio and heard the news reporter say, "The Treaty of Versailles has been signed". When was this time period ?
a. The end of Babe Ruth's baseball game
b. The end of the Cold War
c. The end of World War 1
c. The end of World War 1
The sinking of the Lusitania was important because____.
a. The US should have never bombed this ship.
b. It was a passenger ship attacked by Germany which led to the US becoming involved in WWI.
c. It was a German U-Boat
b. It was a passenger ship attacked by Germany which led to the US becoming involved in WWI.
Explain TWO events that lead to the US joining WWI.
Answers include: The sinking of the Lusitania, Several US merchant ships being sunk
The provisions of the Treaty of Versailles included all of the following EXCEPT:
a. Germany accepting blame for the war
b. Germany paying $33 billion in reparations
c. Germany agreeing to acquire more land
d. Germany agreeing to not build up their military
c. Germany agreeing to acquire more land
True or False
Henry Ford invented the automobile.
False
What type of poetry did Langston Hughes create?
a. Silly poems about soldiers
b. Poems that describe the life of Jazz musicians
c. Poems about the sinking of the Lusitania
d. Poems about the unfair treatment of African Americans
d. Poems about the unfair treatment of African Americans
The Harlem area was _______.
a. The area Babe Ruth played baseball
b. The area in which African Americans could express themselves through music and the arts
c. The area in which Louis Armstrong played music
b. The area in which African Americans could express themselves through music and the arts
Who was the first person to fly across the Atlantic Ocean alone?
A. Babe Ruth
B. Amelia Earhart
C. The Wright Brothers
D. Charles Lindbergh
D. Charles Lindbergh
Which of the following countries fought on the Allied side during World War 1?
a. Germany and Serbia
b. Ottoman Empire and Great Britain
c. Bulgaria and Ottoman Empire
d. Great Britain and France
d. Great Britain and France
Which show specializations that improved the lives of Many of people living in the US in the 1920s?
a. Langston Hughes specialized in writing poetry.
b. Louis Armstrong specialized in singing Jazz.
c. Henry Ford specialized in the use of the assembly line.
c. Henry Ford specialized in the use of the assembly line.
If the Toyota manufacturing company began selling cars at a cheap rate, it will force other similar companies to sell their cars at a cheaper rate as well. Competing businesses are ______.
a. looking to raise their prices to lose customers
b. never making adjustments to their prices, they don't care about their customers
c. always looking for different ways to bring more customers to their business
c. always looking for different ways to bring more customers to their business
The assembly line helped increase the production of cars. Due to increased production, __________.
a. prices increased
b. prices decreased
a. prices decreased
Prior to joining the war, the United States supported the theory of Isolationism. What are some of the ways the US supported certain Allied countries before formally entering the war?
Answers will vary
How did Henry Ford impact the American way of life?
a. He invented the air conditioner which made cars cooler.
b. He made cars more luxurious and more expensive.
c. He made cars more expensive so fewer people could own one of his cars.
d. He used the assembly line to make cars more affordable.
d. He used the assembly line to make cars more affordable.
The US did not originally enter the World War. Which statement below describes why the US remained neutral at the time?
a. Americans did not believe in war.
b. Woodrow Wilson wanted to stay out of the war overseas because it’s none of our business.
c. America’s military was not strong enough to enter the war.
b. Woodrow Wilson wanted to stay out of the war overseas because it’s none of our business.
Which of the following examples of specialization helped make the lives of MANY Americans better?
a. the invention of the assembly line
b. the invention of jazz music
c. the invention of crop rotation
d. the invention of poetry
A. the invention of the assembly line
a. production of cars decreased and price increased.
b. production of cars decreased and price decreased.
c. production of cars increased and price increased.
d. production of cars increased and price decreased.
D - production of cars increased and price decreased.
_________ is the process of becoming an expert in a particular subject or skill.
a. nationalism
b. militarism
c. specialization
d. socialization
C. Specialization