Test 7

Question 0

Britain in Egypt (When questoin)

Answer 0

mid 1900’s, in 1956 Britain pulled out

Question 1

Opium Wars

Answer 1

China v. Britain, Britain was forcing china to continue to buy opium from Britain, Britain won a series of naval battles and got Hong Kong and Shanghai, Opium in China was already common

Question 2

Japanese Imperialism in Korea (when Q)

Answer 2

Japan occupied Korea in the 1910’s, as a colony

Question 3

when was commodore Mathew Perry sent into Africa?

Answer 3

1857

Question 4

when was the Meiji restoration

Answer 4

1880’s and 1890’s

Question 5

what were the Berlin Conferences principles

Answer 5

countries have to effectively occupy the territory to lay claim to it, and it ended the British slave trade

Question 6

Portugal during the scramble of Africa

Answer 6

did not gain any territorial possesions, and held on to existing territories, did not expand imperial empire

Question 7

archduke Franz Ferdinand

Answer 7

heir to the Austrian throne who was assassinated by Serbian nationalists, was a short term cause of WWI

Question 8

The Marne

Answer 8

battle between France and Germany on the Western Front, brought an end to mobil war and the beginning of trench warfare in WWI

Question 9

The German invasion of Belgium

Answer 9

Germany invades Belgium and British enters the war because of its agreements with the neutral Belgium

Question 10

When did Rasputin die?

Answer 10

1916

Question 11

Who had the “Splendid Isolation”

Answer 11

Britain, was isolated from WWI, just like napoleonic wars and was able to industrialize first

Question 12

Britain and France in the Middle East

Answer 12

by 1916 made secret plans to divide up Middle East for themselves, caused great unrest and is the reason why the middle east is so messed up today

Question 13

What di governments do to wage total war

Answer 13

Governments regulated prices and the press, implemented rationing, and mobilized and militarized the civilians which led to a longer war and more deaths

Question 14

Treaty of Versailles outcomes

Answer 14

League of Nations created, Germany was debated and blamed for the start of the war, and had to lower military to 100, 000 men

Question 15

Archangels and Siberian expeditions

Answer 15

Became great propaganda pieces for the Soviet Union government, they said the allies were the enemy and invaded first

Question 16

Who was Alexander Kerensky

Answer 16

Socialist and the leader of the provisional government

Question 17

Who was Mustafa Kemal

Answer 17

The father of modern day Turkey

Question 18

Who were the central powers?

Answer 18

Germany, AH, and the Ottoman Empire plus Bulgaria

Question 19

Who was in the Three Emperors League?

Answer 19

Russia, Germany, Austria-Hungary

Question 20

What was the first Balkan War?

Answer 20

Serbia, Greece, and Bulgaria allied to drive the Turks out of the Balkans

Serbia sought port access to the Adriatic but was rejected when Austria created the state of Albania, long term cause to WW1

Question 21

Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

Answer 21

Lenin was in power effectively signed to treaty to get Russia out of the war, but it forced Russia to give up a quarter of all its holdings

Question 22

Petrograd Soviets Army Order No. 1

Answer 22

Effectively dissolved all ranks and titles within the Russian Army, the army was now supposed to be led by committees of soldiers that made decisions, brought anarchy to the military, which spread into the country

Question 23

Bensheviks vs. Mensheviks

Answer 23

Bolsheviks followed Lenin’s teachings and were the majority, while the Menshaviks were the minority but the majority opinion, wanted to wait for capitalism to play its part

Question 24

Clemencaue at the Treaty

Answer 24

Wanted buffer France’s national security by creating buffer state with Germany and punishing Germany

Question 25

J.A. Hobson’s critique of Imperialism

Answer 25

Most prominent anti-imperialist of the time

Stated that imperialism and capitalism leads to war and distracts from making change at home and improving everyday life

Question 26

When did Conrad make heart of darkness?

Answer 26

1899 (imperialism in Africa)

Question 27

Battle of Omduran

Answer 27

As the British moved up the Nike to expand their imperialism, general Horatio H. Kitchen and his men faced waves of spear wielding Muslim tribesmen, the British equipped with machine guns cut down the tribesmen, 11000 dead to 28

Question 28

When was the ministry munitions established

Answer 28

1915-1916

Question 29

Battle of Tannenberg

Answer 29

Russians badly damaged in trench warfare with Germans and never challenged the Germans again, masurain lakes

Question 30

Nicholas II and the Duma

Answer 30

After Nicholas II was kicked out the Duma created a provisional government

Question 31

Italy in the war

Answer 31

Entered the war in 1915 to fight against the central powers (it’s former allies), as it was promised Austrian and Balkan Territory, and some German and Turkish colonies and territories