Chapter 25 Student Quiz

. One reason that imperialism was increasingly chaotic and deadly at the start of the twentieth century was _____.

Large-scale rebellions by colonized peoples.

Growing nationalist movements.

Competition among imperial powers.

All of the above.

. Colonial rebellion were encouraged worldwide by ____ victory over Russia.

Japan's.

China's.

Britain's.

Germany's.

. World War I was far more deadly than earlier wars, in large part because _____.

Armies were able to effectively create strategies for using new weapons.

Officers held to the 19th century "cult of the offensive" in spite of new weaponry.

Armies were larger and less experienced than at earlier periods of history.

More countries took part than in any earlier war.

. Russia sustained the greatest number of casualties of all the warring nations.

True.

False.

. Elected councils of workers and solders which encouraged concern for workers and the poor were called _____.

Socialists.

Soviets.

Bolsheviks.

Capitalists.

. The League of Nations organized the former territories of Germany and the Ottoman Empire into independent nation-states.

True.

False.

. Imperial powers were willing to use violence to put down rebellions because maintaining empires was crucial to covering their wartime debts.

True.

False.

. The search for more efficient mass production led employers to try to streamline workers' tasks with a system called _____.

Scientific management.

Unionization.

Mass efficiency.

Worker mobilization.

. An example of politicians mobilizing people for their cause is:

The Bolshevik party's advertising of communism around the world.

Mohandas Gandhi's creation of a nonviolent independence movement in India.

Mussolini's development of a fascist movement in Italy.

All of the above.

. The major exception to the moderation that characterized Argentinean politics at this period was an outbreak of violence against Jews in 1918.

True.

False.

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