Mixed Quiz 8 - Review Quizzes

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1 Base your answer to following question on the excerpt below and on your knowledge of social studies. This excerpt is taken from a poem written about World War I.

"If I should die, think only this of me: That there's some corner of a foreign field. That is for ever England. There shall be In that rich earth a richer dust concealed; A dust whom England bore, shaped, made aware, Gave, once, her flowers to love, her ways to roam, A body of England's, breathing English air, Washed by the rivers, blest by suns of home. . . ." — Rupert Brooke, "The Soldier"

Which idea is expressed in this excerpt from Brooke's poem?

pacifism
neutrality
nationalism
anarchy

2 The early 20th-century Zionist movement calling for the establishment of a Jewish homeland was an example of

imperialism
nationalism
capitalism
isolationism

3 Growing nationalism and militarism in Europe and the creation of secret alliances were

reasons for the rise of democracy
causes of World War I
requirements for economic development
reasons for the collapse of communism

4 Which 19th century ideology led to the unification of Germany and of Italy and to the eventual breakup of Austria-Hungary and of the Ottoman Empire?

imperialism
nationalism
liberalism
socialism

5 Base your answer to the following question on on the statements below and on your knowledge of social studies.

Speaker A: “What was actually happening on the battlefield was all secret then, but I thought that the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere would be of crucial importance to backward races.”

Speaker B: “We Nazis must hold to our aim in foreign policy, namely to secure for the German people the land and soil to which they are entitled. . . .”

Speaker C: “The Munich Pact saved Czechoslovakia from destruction and Europe from Armageddon.”

Speaker D: “We shall defend our island, whatever the cost shall be. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets. . . . We shall never surrender.”

The common theme in the statements of Speakers B and D is

colonialism
containment
nationalism
reparations

6 Base your answer to the following question on the quotation below and on your knowledge of social studies.

"Kenyatta explained the flag. 'Black is . . . for black people. Red shows . . . [that] the blood of an African is the same colour as the blood of a European, and green shows . . . [that] when we were given this country by God it was green, fertile, and good.' What he . . . must mean . . . [is] that our lands could only be regained by the blood (red) of the African (black)." - Kwari Njama

Which idea is reflected in this passage?

imperialism
nationalism
totalitarianism
neocolonialism

7 A factor that contributed to the success of both Ho Chi Minh in Vietnam and Mao Zedong in China was their ability to combine

imperialism and traditionalism
nationalism and Communism
ethnocentrism and democracy
isolationism and Capitalism

8 World War II is often considered to be a turning point in history because

the League of Nations demonstrated that an international organization could maintain world peace
the war brought an end to dictatorships as a form of government
European domination of the world began to weaken as nationalism in colonies increased
religious and ethnic differences were no longer a source of conflict between nations

9 Brazil's establishment of an equal partnership with foreign investors and Venezuela's control of its highly profitable oil industry are examples of

neocolonialism
new imperialism
economic nationalism
Fascism

10 Which idea did Napoleon Bonaparte, Sun Yat-sen, and Simón Bolívar have in common?

divine right
nationalism
totalitarianism
nonviolence

11 The best example of the success of nationalism in Europe is the

development of socialism in France
Industrial Revolution in Great Britain
establishment of the Common Market
unification of Germany

12 Strong feelings of nationalism usually begin with the existence of

abundant natural resources
democratic traditions
a common history, language, and culture
imperialistic ambitions

13 "It has impoverished the dumb millions by a system of progressive exploitation. . . . It has reduced us politically to serfdom. It has sapped the foundation of our culture . . . and degraded us spiritually." — Mohandas Gandhi, 1930

In the statement, the "It" referred to by Gandhi is

British imperialism in India
India's involvement in World War II
the exploitation of the proletariat by the bourgeoisie
the British endorsement of apartheid in South Africa

14 Throughout the 1800s, an increased need for both raw materials and new markets for manufactured goods led various European nations to pursue policies of

socialism
isolationism
communism
imperialism

15 Base your answer to the following question on the poem below and on your knowledge of social studies.

. . . you, African, suffered like a beast Your ashes strewn to the wind that roams the desert, Your tyrants built the lustrous, magic temples To preserve your soul, preserve your suffering. Barbaric right of fist and the white right to whip, You had the right to die, you could also weep. –Patrice Lumumba, "Dawn in the Heart of Africa"

This African poem is discussing the evils of

communism
nationalism
imperialism
regionalism

16 Which policy is most directly associated with the terms spheres of influence, extraterritoriality, and protectorate?

collectivization
containment
isolationism
imperialism

17 After World War II, the boundaries of newly independent African countries were most often based on

existing ethnic settlement patterns
divisions imposed under European imperialism
mandates created under the United Nations
locations of oil resources

18 One similarity between the Sepoy Mutiny and the Boxer Rebellion is that they

opposed European imperialism
ended an established dynasty
resulted in the redistribution of land
instituted communist governments

19 “Take up the White Man’s Burden – Send forth the best ye breed – Go, bind your sons to exile To serve your captives’ need. . . .” — Rudyard Kipling, The Five Nations (1903)

The words of this poem have been used to support the practice of

isolationism
imperialism
cultural borrowing
self-determination

20 _________________________________________________________________________

  • France gained control over Algeria.
  • Great Britain gained control over North America.
  • Portugal gained control over Angola.

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What do these statements describe?

imperialism
revolution
alliances
totalitarianism

21 The Portuguese control of Macao and the British control of Hong Kong in China are examples of

collectivization
imperialism
self-determination
containment

22 The Sepoy Mutiny in India and the Boxer Rebellion in China were responses to

Mongol invasions
Japanese aggression
European imperialism
African slave trading

23 Base your answer on the excerpt below.

The White Man’s Burden

Take up the White Man’s burden– Send forth the best ye breed– Go bind your sons to exile To serve your captives’ need; To wait, in heavy harness On fluttered folk and wild– Your new-caught, sullen peoples, Half-devil and half-child. — Rudyard Kipling, 1899

The message of this poem was used by many Europeans to justify

industrialism
feudalism
imperialism
fascism