7.11 MC Answers and Review

⛔STOP!⛔ Before you look at the answers make sure you gave this practice quiz a try so you can assess your understanding of the concepts covered in unit 7. Click here for the practice questions: AP World History Unit 7 Multiple Choice Questions.

Facts about the test: The AP World History exam has 55 multiple-choice questions and you will be given 55 minutes to complete the section. That means it should take you around 15 minutes to complete 15 questions.

A. The assassination of Franz Ferdinand

B. Nationalism

C. Alliances

Answer: In fact, militarization was one of WWI's driving causes, when countries mass produced and hoarded arms and weapons.

📄 Study AP World History, Unit 7.2: Causes of World War 1

A. They were further discriminated against by the general public

B. Similar to life before the war, they remained at home

C. They fought in war alongside men

Answer: As men fought in the war, women filled in gaps in the workforce in factories, businesses, and other major areas such as hospitals, police stations, and even governments (to a limited extent).

B. Nicholas II

C. Kaiser Wilhelm II

D. Woodrow Wilson

Answer: Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated by a member of the Serbian nationalist/terrorist group The Black Hand at a parade in Sarajevo, angering Austria-Hungary enough for it to declare war on Serbia as both nations called on their European allies to jump in.

📄 Study AP World History, Unit 7.2: Causes of World War 1

A. development of atomic weapons

B. rise of fascist Italy

D. the Treaty of Versailles

Answer: The flu pandemic between 1918 and 1919 easily spread through both eastern and western fronts, claiming the lives of millions of lives due to a lack of hygiene and the ease of transmission from person to person.

📄 Study AP World History, Unit 7.3: Conducting World War 1

A. political propaganda

C. art and media

D. intensified nationalism

Answer: Amidst total war, countries suppressed dissent and promoted their causes by rallying the public to their side through art, propaganda, media, and nationalism and encouraging young men to enlist.

B. sinking of the Lusitania

C. unrestricted submarine warfare by the Germans

D. Zimmermann telegram

Answer: The U.S. was pressured by sharp public opinion after U-boats by Germany sank the Lusitania, killing 127 Americans. In addition, an intercepted German telegram to Mexico encouraging it to rise against the U.S. further angered the public, causing the U.S. to join the Allies in war.

A. A tradition of democracy

B. A booming economy

C. Strong government

Answer: Fascists promised to fix the various economic problems in Italy, including widespread unemployment, which helped them garner support.

A. The president is more powerful than the chancellor

B. The president and chancellor are equally powerful

D. The president and chancellor have little power compared to the Reichstag

Answer: The chancellor, elected by the majority party of the Reichstag, had much more power than the president, elected by the people.

B. overproduction

C. industrialization leading to lower demands and prices

D. drastic increase in unemployment

Answer: After WWI, goods production and industrial production went back to normal and there were huge surpluses of products, causing businesses to slow production and lay off workers. 

A. harassing European nations over their loans to the U.S.

B. intensifying goods production

C. promoting imperialism over the Americas

Answer: Through the New Deal, FDR justifies the federal government's more active role and intervention in economic life to protect the social and economic welfare of its people.

A. Hitler: France

C. Stalin: Japan

D. Emperor Hirohito: Germany

Answer: Japan, France, and Italy were the major powers of the Axis Powers. Common characteristics include imperialist ambitions and some degree of anger and nationalism stemming from unresolved tensions from WWI.

A. to ensure that fascism will prevail in the Mediterranean region

C. to spite France and Britain

D. just for fun

Answer: Italy - under Mussolini - underwent a path of expansionism after it suffered in WWI economically and socially with the deaths of hundreds of thousands and failure to acquire lands at the Treaty of Versailles. This desire carried on later in WWII.

B. D-Day

C. bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

D. failed attack on Stalingrad

Answer: With the U.S. and Russia joining the Allies and Germany failing to invade the Soviet Union, the Axis Powers were eventually overwhelmed with consecutive losses and the devastating firepower of the atomic bombs over Japan, an important Axis asset.

A. 1

C. 3

D. 4

Answer: Two atomic bombs were dropped on Japan by the U.S., in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

A. One hundred thousand

B. Five hundred thousand

C. Two million

Answer: In addition to the six million Jews who lost their lives to the Holocaust, an additional roughly five million people of marginalized groups (disabled, homosexual, Romani, and more) were killed.

🔍 Study for AP World History Unit 8