Revolution, World Wars, and Depression h 225- World War I was considered a global conflict
because
(A) it involved battles on every continent
(B) it was fought in both European and Pacific
theaters
(C) the warring powers held colonies that par-
ticipated in the war
(D) it began in Europe, whose culture domi-
nated the globe in the early twentieth
century
(E) it involved both Europe and the United
States - Russia’s role in twentieth-century global con-
flicts included all of the following EXCEPT
(A) an ethnic-based alliance with Serbia
(B) providing opportunity for Germany to turn
its attention to France
(C) participation in the formation of the
League of Nations
(D) creating opportunities for postwar influence
in Eastern Europe
(E) participation in the war against Japan - Spain did not participate in World War II
because
(A) its republican government feared a fascist
coup
(B) it was still recovering financially from
World War I
(C) it feared communist domination
(D) it had just endured a civil war
(E) it was angered over the provisions of the
Treaty of Versailles - The Allied policy toward Hitler in the 1930s can
best be described as one of
(A) confrontation
(B) appeasement
(C) containment
(D) indifference
(E) support
5. All of the following are true of communism after
World War II EXCEPT that
(A) it produced a division in Korea
(B) Eastern European countries were subjected
to Soviet occupation
(C) it spread to largely agricultural regions
(D) it altered the territory of Poland
(E) it created a pause in the civil war in China
6. In contrast to the period following World War
I, that following World War II
(A) did not produce a single defining peace treaty
(B) produced an international organi zation with
fewer powers of enforcement
(C) saw immediate independence for Europe’s
African colonies
(D) disregarded the Soviet war effort
(E) created new colonial possessions
7. The nation that rose in power during World War
I but declined in power during World War II was
(A) Great Britain
(B) Japan
(C) Russia
(D) the Ottoman Empire
(E) Austria
8. The nation that saw a consistent rise in global
influence during both world wars was
(A) Germany
(B) Poland
(C) China
(D) France
(E) the United States
9. The French Revolution of 1789 and the Chinese
revolt of 1911 were alike in that
(A) they were initiated by the lower classes
(B) they were not nationalist independence
movements
(C) they ended immediately in dictatorship
(D) they failed to achieve their goals
(E) they were a response to foreign intervention
rule in Japan. The world found itself at war for the second time in the twentieth century.
Millions died in the Holocaust, while the atomic age was launched with the bombings of
Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The lessons of war created an attempt at a new world order that
included a stronger international organization, the United Nations.❯ Review Questions
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