World History Chapter 17 Test

Question 1

Archduke Francis Ferdinand

Answer 1

Assassinated by a Bosnian radical on June 28,1914

Question 2

Curie

Answer 2

Pioneered work in radioactive matter

Question 3

Einstein

Answer 3

The father of modern Physics

Question 4

Hitler

Answer 4

Leader of the Nazi party

Question 5

Lenin

Answer 5

Signed a treaty with the Germans that took Russia out of the war

Question 6

Mao Zedong

Answer 6

Chinese Communist leader

Question 7

Mussolini

Answer 7

Fascist leader of Italy

Question 8

Roosevelt

Answer 8

American president who spent billions and created temporary jobs

Question 9

Schlieffen

Answer 9

Prepared a strategy for germany to win a two-front war

Question 10

Stalin

Answer 10

The Soviet Union’s second dictator

Question 11

Sun Yat sen

Answer 11

Struggled to unite China through the Kuomintang Party

Question 12

Wilson

Answer 12

American president who spent billions and created temporary jobs

Question 13

Architecture/media

Answer 13

Had much change after WWI

Question 14

Balkans

Answer 14

Known as the “powder keg” of Europe

Question 15

Belgium

Answer 15

Germany’s invasion of Belgium brought Britain into the war on the side of the Allies

Question 16

Central Powers

Answer 16

Alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire

Question 17

Civil religion

Answer 17

The use of religion to promote the goals of the state

Question 18

Entente Cordiale

Answer 18

A friendly agreement between France and Britain

Question 19

Germany

Answer 19

The largest producer of chemicals prior to WWI

Question 20

German Submarines

Answer 20

sank over 6,000 Allied ships

Question 21

Government programs

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Roosevelt’s programs did not solve America’s unemployment problem

Question 22

Kellogg

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Briand Pact - Agreed to settle disputes by negotiations rather than war

Question 23

Lateran Treaties

Answer 23

The agreements between Mussolini and Catholic representatives

Question 24

Literature

Answer 24

Often reflected the despair and emptiness of modern life following WWI

Question 25

Mensheviks

Answer 25

Sought social and political change through peaceful methods

Question 26

Pan Arabism

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- A movement started by Arabs to seek a united state of Arabia and an Arab League

Question 27

Propaganda

Answer 27

used by both sides in WWI

Question 28

Reinsurance Treaty

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Germany and Russia agreed to defend one another

Question 29

Smoot Hawley Tariff Act

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- Trade legislation that damaged the American economy

Question 30

Stalemate

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A condition when two armies fight each other without major gains on either side.

Question 31

Total war

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No limits on targets or kinds of weapons

Question 32

Treaty of Versailles

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Ended WWI and made Germany pay for war damages

Question 33

Triple Entente

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An Agreement between Britain, France, and Russia

Question 34

Turning point

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America's decoration of war on Germany became a turning point in WWI

Question 35

Washington Naval Conference

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A meeting where the participants agreed to limit the number of their warships

Question 36

War debt

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Only one country repaid the United States after WWI

Question 37

Weapons in WWI

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Machine guns,Tanks ,Poisonous gas

Question 38

Weimar Republic

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Was formed in Germany after WWI

Question 39

Know the causes and costs of the Great Depression

Answer 39

Financial devestation of WW1, Failure of federal reserve, protectionism, uemployment, growth of governmment