Which of the following statements best summarizes the rise of nationalism in Europe?
A. At the Berlin Conference of 1884, European nations cooperated by trying to establish rules for African conquest.
B. Large armies and navies, along with extensive colonial holdings, helped to define European national greatness.
C. Germany and Great Britain engaged in a naval arms race.
D. Hiram Maxim invented the machine gun.
B. Large armies and navies, along with extensive colonial holdings, helped to define European national greatness.
Which of the following serves as an example of imperialism?(1 point)
Responses
A. the building of the HMS Dreadnought
B. the adoption of the machine gun by the German army
C. the creation of Germany as a nation-state
D. Belgian expansion in the Congo
D. Belgian expansion in the Congo
Which of the following offers the best analysis of why the United States entered World War I?
A. The U.S. was angered by German unrestricted submarine warfare.
B. Great Britain entered into an agreement with France and Russia called the Triple Entente.
C. The members of the Triple Alliance promised to help each other if attacked.
D. Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated by a Serbian nationalist.
A. The U.S. was angered by German unrestricted submarine warfare.
Which of the following can be used to investigate the reason the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand sparked World War I?(1 point)
Responses
A. the collapse of the alliance system
B. knowledge of the Schlieffen Plan
C. the nationality of Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s assassin
D. the role that East African soldiers played in the war
C. the nationality of Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s assassin
Compare the speeches of Sir Edward Grey and Kaiser Wilhelm II. Based on the tone and content of each speech, with which of the following statements would Grey and Wilhelm II both agree? (1 point)
Responses
A. Germany was to blame for the war.
B. Europe faced a dangerous crisis.
C. Great Britain was to blame for the war.
D. Peace could be easily achieved.