Question 1
In 1907, in order to balance the Triple Alliance, the Triple Entente was formed by
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(A)Italy, France, and Britain.
(B)France, Russia, and Britain.
(c) France, Russia, and Germany.
(D)Russia, Britain, and the United States.
(E)Britain, the United States, and Belgium.
My answer B
Question 2
During World War I the most striking break from pre-war conditions on the home front was
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(A)the use of volunteer armies.
(B)central planning of the economy.
(C)censorship.
(D)anti-patriotic sentiment.
(E)conscription.
My answer C
Question 3
Which groups experienced a relative improvement in income and standards of living as a result of World War I?
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(A)aristocrats and middle class
(B)middle-class and working-class families
(C)working-class families and peasants
(D)middle class and peasants
(E) women
My answer E
Question 4
The Germans planned to invade France first because they
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(A) believed the French army was poorly organized.
(B)believed they could conquer France before Russia could mobilize, thereby avoiding a two-front war.
(C)believed they could conclude a separate peace with Russia, based on a former alliance.
(D)wanted to conquer France in order to annex Belgium.
(E)believed the conflict with France would last longer.
My answer B
Question 5
The British East India Company
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(A)lost the battle of Plassey.
(B) continued to pay for Bengali goods with silver after the battle of Plassey.
(C)forced Bengal to pay for its exports to Britain through land taxes.
(D)stimulated the Bengal economy by driving up demand for calicoes.
(E)encouraged subsistence farming in Bengal.
My answer C
Question 6
Which of the following factors provoked the participants in the Taiping Rebellion?
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(A)attacks on Europeans enraged Chinese merchants
(B)the attack on Peking by foreign forces
(C)the persecution of Christians
(D) peasant unrest and anti-foreign sentiments
(E)the westernization program forced upon China by European powers
My answer D
Question 7
The threats to the mercantile colonial world included all of the following except
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(A)slave revolts.
(B)independence movements.
(C) the free trade lobby.
(D) Enlightenment universalism.
(E) the papacy.
My answer E
Question 8
Britain and the U.S. abolished the slave trade in
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(A)1803.
(B)1807.
(C)1834.
(D)1865.
(E)1888.
My answer B
Question 9
Which was not among the underlying reasons for war in 1914?
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(A) the arms race.
(B) a deep antagonism between Germany and France.
(C) the effectiveness of the alliance system in achieving security and encouraging negotiated solutions.
(D)the use by many governments of nationalist and militaristic foreign policies to deflect attention from domestic problems.
(E)the limits of the diplomatic system.
My answer E
Question 10
Europeans found it difficult to colonize Africa at first because
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(A)of disease.
(B)the continent's difficult geography.
(C)the power of the Fulani and Bambara states.
(D)of missionary work there preventing economic relations.
(E)a and b.
My answer B
To check your answers for these questions, we can go through each question and option one by one:
Question 1:
The correct answer is (B) France, Russia, and Britain. This formed the Triple Entente in 1907. You selected the correct answer.
Question 2:
The correct answer is (B) central planning of the economy. This was the most striking break from pre-war conditions on the home front during World War I. You selected the incorrect answer. The correct answer is not (C) censorship.
Question 3:
The correct answer is (B) middle-class and working-class families. These groups experienced a relative improvement in income and standards of living as a result of World War I. You selected (E) women which is not the correct answer.
Question 4:
The correct answer is (B) believed they could conquer France before Russia could mobilize, thereby avoiding a two-front war. The Germans planned to invade France first for this reason. You selected the correct answer.
Question 5:
The correct answer is (C) forced Bengal to pay for its exports to Britain through land taxes. This is what the British East India Company did. You selected the incorrect answer.
Question 6:
The correct answer is (D) peasant unrest and anti-foreign sentiments. This is what provoked the participants in the Taiping Rebellion. You selected the correct answer.
Question 7:
The correct answer is (C) the free trade lobby. This was not a threat to the mercantile colonial world. You selected the incorrect answer.
Question 8:
The correct answer is (B) 1807. Britain and the U.S. abolished the slave trade in this year. You selected the correct answer.
Question 9:
The correct answer is (C) the effectiveness of the alliance system in achieving security and encouraging negotiated solutions. This was not an underlying reason for war in 1914. You selected the incorrect answer.
Question 10:
The correct answer is (E) a and b. Europeans found it difficult to colonize Africa at first because of disease and the continent's difficult geography. You selected the correct answer.
So out of the 10 questions, you answered 5 correctly. Good job on getting some of them right!