HIS 102 Chapter 26 28 & 29 Study Guide
The author of "The White Man's Burden" was (Ch. 28)
Rudyard Kipling
The Luddites were (Ch. 26)
craft workers who destroyed textile machines
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk (Ch. 29)
ended Russia's involvement in World War I
During the era of New Imperialism migrants from Asia and Africa were different from European immigrants because (Ch. 28)
they usually went as indentured laborers
Which of following best describes the results of World War I? (Ch. 29)
It led to harsh peace terms on Germany and destroyed the Austro-Hungarian Empire
The first industry to experience widespread mechanization (substituting machinery for human labor) was (Ch. 26)
the cotton textile industry
The creation of competing alliance systems such as the Triple Alliance and Triple Entente in Europe in the decades before World War I was motivated primarily by (Ch. 29)
the desire to create and maintain a balance of power
The British Imperialist who believed England had a duty to expand around the world because they were "the finest race in the world" was (Ch. 28)
Cecil Rhodes
The use of machine tools to produce large quantities of interchangeable parts was developed by (Ch. 26)
Eli Whitney
The official factor in the United States' decision to enter the war was (Ch. 29)
Germany's resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare in February 1917
The members of the Triple Alliance were (Ch. 29)
Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy
The industrial revolution began in (Ch. 26)
Great Britain
The Twenty-One Demands are best described as (Ch. 29)
an effort by Japan to use World War I to expand its influence in China
The Witte system is the best described as (Ch. 26)
an effort by the Russian government to promote industry and railroads
In the 1800s, trade unions (Ch. 26)
reduced the likelihood of a revolution by protecting the interests of working people
Following Russia's defeat in Crimean War, Alexander II initiated a series of (Ch. 26)
reforms designed to modernize and industrialize the country
Which of following movements was NOT an attempt by non-European elites to preserve or regain their independence by adopting European economic and political techniques? (Ch. 28)
young turks
The two most important settler colonies established by Europeans in the south Pacific were (Ch. 28)
Australia and New Zealand
One of the most famous examples of the slaughter that occurred on the Western Front in World War I is the (Ch. 29)
Battle of Verdun
Which of following best describes the results of World War I?
It led to harsh peace terms on Germany and destroyed the Austro-Hungarian Empire
America the petroleum monopoly, Standard Oil Company, was owned by (Ch. 26)
John D. Rockefeller
The inventor of the flying shuttle was (Ch. 26)
John Kay
The international organization created by Allied statesmen at the Paris Peace Conference at the urging of the United States President Wilson was (Ch. 29)
League of Nations
Which of the following countries experienced "informal dominance" rather than direct colonization? (Ch. 28)
Ottoman Empire
The radical Marxist who created the Bolshevik (later Communist) party and led it to victory in the Russian revolution was (Ch. 29)
Vladimir Lenin
Congo Free State was (Ch. 28)
a private empire established by King Leopold II of Belgium
The Boxer Rebellion is best described as (Ch. 28)
an anti-foreign, anti-Western uprising
A zaibatsu is the best described as (Ch. 26)
an association of large industrial corporations in Japan
In the wake of World War I, Mustafa Kemal (Ch. 29)
became president of Turkey
The term Scramble for Africa refers to the race of (Ch. 28)
countries to claim territories there
The Berlin West Africa Conference, which included delegates from twelve European states and the United States, (Ch. 28)
devised the ground rules for the colonization of Africa
Both the Suez Canal and Panama Canal facilitated the building and maintenance of empires by (Ch. 28)
enabling naval vessels to travel rapidly between the world's oceans
The Mandate System created by the Allies after the end of World War I angered many people in the Middle East, Asia, and Africa because it (Ch. 29)
failed to grant them national self-determination
Approximately how many combatants died in World War I? (Ch. 29)
fifteen million
James Watt invented a more efficient steam pump when he (Ch. 26)
figured out how to make a piston turn a wheel for rotary motion
After the overthrow of Queen Liliuokalani in 1893, the United States took over (Ch. 28)
hawaii
Which of following was NOT part of "Home Front" in World War I? (Ch. 29)
importing millions of indentured laborers from Asia
The underlying causes of the Great War included (Ch. 29)
intense nationalism, ethnic resentments, pursuit of economic interests, colonial rivalries, and a general struggle over the balance of power in Europe
The mandate system particularly angered the Arab world because (Ch. 29)
it violated promises made by the French and British
The Boer War was different from most other imperialist conflicts in Africa because (Ch. 28)
it was between two groups that were both of European descent
The country, which replaced China as the dominant power in Asia as a result of its successful industrialization and imperialism was (Ch. 28)
japan
The main reason the Provisional Government lost to the Bolsheviks in the struggle for power after the overthrow of the imperial government in Russia was its decision to (Ch. 29)
keep Russia in World War I
The main purpose of cartels and trusts created in the late 1800s was to (Ch. 26)
limit completion in order to insure profitability
Railroads were important to industrial development because they (Ch. 26)
lowered transportation and eased the flow of goods
After gaining Egyptian independence from the Ottomans, Muhammad Ali sought to (Ch. 28)
modernize the country both economically and militarily
The results of the Opium War indicated that China was (Ch. 28)
not strong enough to resist Western demands
The machine gun represented (Ch. 29)
one of the most important advances in military technology and compelled military leaders to rethink their battlefield tactics
Between 1800 and 1914, some fifty million Europeans left their poor agricultural societies and sought (Ch. 28)
opportunities overseas, a majority heading to the United States
The Taiping Rebellion is best described as a revolt of (Ch. 28)
poor Chinese peasants against the ruling Qing dynasty
Herbert Spencer and Social Darwinists believed that (Ch. 28)
powerful nations were meant to dominate weaker societies
The term for the idea that people with the same ethnic origins, language, and political ideals had the right to form sovereign states was (Ch. 29)
self-determination
Henry Bessemer invented the blast furnace and revolutionized the production of (Ch. 26)
steel
The most important result of the Sepoy Mutiny (1857) was (Ch. 28)
the British government assuming direct control of India
The two main groups of Europeans who colonized South Africa were (Ch. 28)
the English and the Boers
The most prominent of the nineteenth-century socialists were (They argued that human history has been a struggle between social classes, and that the future lay with the working class because capitalism would grind to a halt) (Ch. 26)
the German theorists Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
The event, which led to the first of many unequal treaties imposed on China was (Ch. 28)
the Opium War
What did the US construct to facilitate rapid transportation between the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans? (Ch. 28)
the Panama Canal
The most famous example of the elaborate (and often inflexible) military preparations made by European countries to achieve quick victories was (Ch. 29)
the Schlieffen Plan of Germany
The United States became an important imperial power in Asia after (Ch. 28)
the Spanish-American War
The United States occupied Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines after its victory in (Ch. 28)
the Spanish-Cuban-American War
Which of the following was NOT a technological invention that aided European imperial expansion in the late 1800s? (Ch. 28)
the astrolabe
The dominant form of industrial organization by the end of the nineteenth century was (Ch. 26)
the factory system
Beginning in the nineteenth century, industrializing lands experienced a social change known as the demographic transition when (Ch. 26)
the fertility rate began a marked decline and people had smaller families
Francis Ferdinand was (Ch. 29)
the heir to the Austrian Empire assassinated by Serbian nationalists
The best example of growing rivalry between European powers in the early 1900s was (Ch. 29)
the naval race between Germany and England
Which of following is NOT a trait associated with the Industrial Revolution? (Ch. 26)
the overthrow of old European monarchies
Industrialization refers to (Ch. 26)
the process that transformed agrarian and handicraft-centered economies into economies distinguished by industry and machine manufacture
One of the main reasons England was the first nation to industrialize, was because (Ch. 26)
the readily availability of coal and overseas resources
The strategy of "wearing down" the enemy by inflicting heavy losses on them through repeated large-scale offensives was known as (Ch. 29)
total war
The goal of the Tanzimat Reforms was to (Ch. 28)
transform the Ottoman legal and political system along European lines
What effect did World War I have on the status of women? (Ch. 29)
women in many countries received the vote in the years after the war
Industrial work had an enormous impact on family life in 19thcentury Europe because (Ch. 26)
work was now removed from the home
The Monroe Doctrine (Ch. 28)
worked as a justification for U.S. intervention in western hemispheric affairs
