How did the Crimean War change life in Russia?
a. Russia's defeat in the war sparked calls for political and social reform. *********
b. Russia's investment of wealth and the loss of lives in the war led to a crippling depression.
c. Russia's proven military strength in the war helped solidify the power of the tsars.
d. Russia's victory in the war put the nation in control of strategic trade routes.
How did industrialization spur European imperialism in the nineteenth century?
a. European businesses needed larger workforces.
b. European citizens depended on competition to win better wages.
c. European nations sought sources of raw materials for industry.*******
d. European rulers required more land to house excess populations.
How did Japan's geography encourage the building of empires?
a. Japan had enough land to support a growing population.
b. Japan lacked resources needed for industrialization******
c. Japan's largely uninhabitable terrain led its people to look to other lands.
d. Japan's location enabled it to avoid unwanted contact with foreign nations.
Which event occurred first?
I. Civil war breaks out between the Reds and Whites.
2. A communist government forms the USSR.
3. Lenin and the Bolsheviks seize power.
4. Tsar Nicholas II gives up the throne.******
Which major source of discontent united many Mexicans behind Emiliano Zapata? (I point)
a. Economic differences*****
b. foreign intervention
c. military repression
d. religious persecution
Among which portion of the population did Mao Zedong and Chinese Communists win enough support to drive out Jiang Jieshi and the Guomindang?
a. middle-class merchants
b. nationalist followers*****
c. peasant fanners
d. religious zealots