Notes

European nations ruled almost all of Africa by 1914. True

Who first built trading forts along India’s coast? the East India Company

The Panama Canal was built as part of a treaty between the US and Columbia. False

The ____ proved that a quick route was needed between U.S. east and west coasts. War of 1898

Europeans were interested in taking over foreign land for all of the following reasons except to help liberate people from oppressive governments

president who declared war on Spain to help the rebelling Cubans william mckinley

one nation controls the government or economy of another nation imperialism

When the British took complete control of India, it brought both chaos and order to the region. True

a canal built to link the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans panama

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The Meiji Restoration did all of the following except _________ . establish a democracy

American commodore sent by President Fillmore to open relations with Japan matthew parry

What happened when revolutionaries overthrew the Qing dynasty? General Yuan Shigai took power.

British-ruled island hong kong

the “Enlightened” Japanese emperor mutsuhito

Sun Yat-sen wanted to establish a communist state in China. false

Meiji leaders did all of the following except introduced communism as the new social system

Japan proved to the world that it was a rising power by defeating Russia’s navy in 1905. true

secret society members attacked foreigners and Chinese Christians in Beijing boxer rebellion

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The first war in which ____ were important to winning was World War I. civilians

This account of the gas attack at Ypres emphasized that chemical warfare was against international law.

The United States entered WWI largely because __________. the Germans sank the cruise liner the Lusitania

Which group of people occupied much of Austria in 1914? Germans

Congress and President Wilson initially voted to not get involved with World War I. true

fascination with war and the military militarism

War broke out in Sarajevo, Bosnia, when Austro-Hungarian archduke ____ was assassinated. Franz Ferdinand

Britain, France, and Russia triple entente

Which people lived in Prague? Slavic groups

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set-up after WWI, the course of action where by territories controlled by the League of Nations were assigned to member nations to govern mandates

In what country did the Zimmerman telegram originate? germany

Russia pulled out of the war in the same year that America joined. true

war damages paid by Germany to the Allies repatations

Many people supported Lenin because he wanted to do all of the following except keep Russia in World War I

At the end of World War I, the Ottoman Empire was reduced to the area of Turkey. true

believed revolutionaries should use force to bring about an ideal society bolsheviks

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Japan proved to the world that it was a rising power by defeating Russia’s navy in 1905. true

Russian people revolted against Tsar Nicholas II because i, ii & iii

Meiji leaders did all of the following except introduced communism as the new social system

The assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand sparked the start of World War I. true

After Germany signed the armistice, peace talks began in ____________. france

In the 19th century, Europeans built empires in order to all of the above

a state that believed its mission was to unite the South Slavs serbia

Which of the following was the largest group of people living in the region of Transylvania? Slavic groups

were sent aid to fight Russian Civil War by the United States whites

a government controls the economy of another imperialism

Austria-Hungary, Germany, the Ottoman empire, and Bulgaria the central powers

During the ____, Japan began to make major industrial changes and build an empire. Meiji Restoration

founded in 1847 by African Americans freed from slavery republic of liberia

British traders who supported Indians’ fight against the French east india company