Chapter 10 Multiple Choice Self-Quiz

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. The Hibiya Riots that took place in Tokyo in 1905 were triggered by:

Japan's recent defeat by Russia in war. correct incorrect

Japanese government propaganda, which encouraged the population to protest. correct incorrect

a new taxation scheme that was designed to recoup losses incurred during the war. correct incorrect

popular discontent with the perception that Japan did not receive sufficient concessions after its military victory over Russia. correct incorrect

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. Alfred Thayer Mahan's theories of __________ gained him an international reputation.

physics correct incorrect

propaganda correct incorrect

naval strategy correct incorrect

civil-military relations correct incorrect

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. In 1898, U.S. newspapers called on readers to Remember the Maine

a U.S. battleship sunk in Havana harbor. correct incorrect

a combat unit from the Civil War. correct incorrect

the first steam railroad engine. correct incorrect

a daily newspaper censored by the state government. correct incorrect

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. In the wake of Russia's defeat by Japan, a crowd of several thousand approached the Winter Palace of Tsar Nicholas II in _____________ to petition for improved working conditions and increased recognition of workers' rights.

Sochi correct incorrect

Odessa correct incorrect

Saint Petersburg correct incorrect

Vladivostok correct incorrect

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. In 1910, armed rebels called for an end to the regime of Porfirio Diaz, who had ruled __________ for decades.

Mexico correct incorrect

Spain correct incorrect

Argentina correct incorrect

Chile correct incorrect

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. Sun Yat-sen called for the future of China to be built upon:

monarchy and filial piety. correct incorrect

nationalism and democracy. correct incorrect

anarchy and liberation. correct incorrect

socialism and centralism. correct incorrect

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. In her gripping memoir Testament of Youth, Vera Brittain recounts:

her participation in the abolition movement. correct incorrect

her experiences working in a field hospital during the World War I. correct incorrect

the early days of fascism in Italy. correct incorrect

her father's struggles with wounds suffered at the Battle of the Somme. correct incorrect

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. Although heavy and unreliable compared to later models, the German Maxim machine gun in World War I could fire a barrage equivalent to between 60 and 100 rifles.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect

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. Poems, such as Wilfred Owen's Dulce et Decorum Est"

refute empirical arguments. correct incorrect

capture the spirit of a time period. correct incorrect

demonstrate the perils of fascism. correct incorrect

disavow nationalist impulses. correct incorrect

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. About 1500 Britons were killed during the First World War in some of the first ___________ bombing campaigns in history.

aerial correct incorrect

tactical correct incorrect

mortar correct incorrect

artillery correct incorrect

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. After the outbreak of World War I, ___________, joined the alliance with Germany, largely out of concern for its rivalry with Russia.

the Ottoman Empire correct incorrect

Poland correct incorrect

Italy correct incorrect

China correct incorrect

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. More than one million volunteers from _______________ fought for the British Empire during the First World War, in Egypt, Persia, and Europe.

the Balkans correct incorrect

South Asia correct incorrect

West Africa correct incorrect

Central America correct incorrect

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. At the end of WWI, Nguyen Ai Quoc (Nguyen the Patriot") called for representation for ___________ in the French parliament and equality before the law."

Senegalese correct incorrect

Vietnamese correct incorrect

Algerians correct incorrect

Moroccans correct incorrect

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. When Emperor ____________ took the throne in 1926, Japan’s democracy was functional, although strong authoritarian factions continued to agitate.

Hirohito correct incorrect

Tojo correct incorrect

Taisho correct incorrect

Kokoro correct incorrect

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. After long and sometimes violent struggles, ___________ earned the right to vote in Belgium, the United Kingdom, and the United States around the time that World War I ended.

veterans correct incorrect

unmarried men correct incorrect

women correct incorrect

immigrants correct incorrect

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. The Mexican Constitution of 1917:

established the first communist state in the Western hemisphere. correct incorrect

explicitly guaranteed social rights to citizens. correct incorrect

restored the head tax on indigenous peasants. correct incorrect

created an apartheid system. correct incorrect

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. Benito Mussolini demonstrated the power of the fascist movement:

by purchaing the largest steel producer in northern Italy in 1926. correct incorrect

by staging a coup d'etat against the monarchy in 1920. correct incorrect

by offering asylum to Adolf Hitler in 1918. correct incorrect

by leading a march on Rome in 1922. correct incorrect

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. Which of the following countries suffered the least damage to its territory and infrastructure during World War I?

Germany correct incorrect

Great Britain correct incorrect

Belgium correct incorrect

United States correct incorrect

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. The Peace treaties after World War I:

returned German colonies in Asia to China. correct incorrect

created an independent India. correct incorrect

left the British and French Empires largely in place. correct incorrect

restored sovereignty over Greece to the Ottoman Empire. correct incorrect

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. After World War I, political regimes in both Italy and Russia rejected:

liberalism. correct incorrect

authoritarianism. correct incorrect

monarchy. correct incorrect

communism. correct incorrect