Jordan, Chinika, Nile, Micah, Jonathan, Emma, Taylor, Gabbi, Alex, Aaron, Sofia, Kayla, Cole, Zach,
Morgan, Alex, PJ, Hank
Review sheet for Knowledge Quiz #1 on 10/21
Quiz will be 30 questions
To review look over the following readings:
a) Overfield
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pages 1-2 (Broad intro beginning with WWI, but then going backward to late 1800s;
pages 3-5 (Western world on the eve of war);
pages 5 Pros and Cons of European Imperialism as understood by two British thinkers;
pages 6-8 (Imperialism);
pages 8-11 (Chamberlain);
pages 11-12 (Hobson);
pages 12-15 (Treitschke);
pages 15-18 (Lenin);
pages 19-22 (intro and AH Shaw)
pages 41-45 (intro and Bahithat al Badiya)
pages 58-60 (intro and Qiu Jin)
You should also go over the Jeopardy Game Questions and Answers which reviews our
introductory material. This can be found on course page : Lesson 6: Tue., Sept. 16
b) You should look again briefly at the Pankaj Mishra Introduction (the very first handout) which
centers on the overlooked importance of the Russo-Japanese War of 1905-6 as a stimulus for Asia
nationalists.
c) You should look again at the WWI intro reading by Spielvogel which we went over on Monday
10/13 in detail.
d) You should look over the Jay Winter article entitled “How the Great War Shaped the Modern
World.”
e) Finally you should try your hand at the following 10 questions drawn from some of the source
material above. Answers are upside down on the back of page 3.
___1. “World War I’s legacy went far beyond lost lives and broken bodies. It led to the overthrow of
Russia’s tsarist government and the establishment of the world’s first_______________________.”
A. fascist dictatorship B. communist state C. transcontinental empire D. multinational democracy
___2. The problems of urbanization in the USA led some to join together to reform politics and improve
democracy. This was called ____________________ .
A. the socialist movement B. the national movement C. the progressive movement D. Communism
___3. “By 1900 the greatest land grab in history was complete.” Where? and by whom?
A. Asia, by Japan B. South America, by the USA C. Africa, by 5 European countries D. Siberia, by Russia
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___4. Identify the following speaker: “What we want is to give to this country the means of
communication by a railway from the coast which would bring the population – which is more intelligent
than the ordinary in the heart of Africa – our iron, and our cloths, our cotton, and even our jewelry,
because I believe the savages are not at all insensible to the delights of personal adornment.
(Laughter).”
A. Joseph Chamberlain B. Anna Howard Shaw C. John Hobson D. Bahithat al Badiya
___5. The Boer War in South Africa cost the British many lives and was a brutal campaign over three
years long (1899-1902). To many it was clearly about taking land and resources which had belonged to
others. _________________ complained bitterly that the British public was delusional if it believed that
the war and the control of these resources would necessarily benefit the public. Instead he believed only
a few _______________________ would benefit from this imperial war in Africa.
A. Joseph Chamberlain; countries
B. Vladimir Lenin; of the “lower races”
C. Mohandas Gandhi; of the upper castes
D. John Hobson; business interests
___6. Which of the following happened after 1914?
A. Russo-Japanese War B. Plessy v. Ferguson C. Boxer Protocol
D. Paris Peace Conference
___7. For Heinrich von Treitschke in the 1880s Germany’s new nationalism was based on getting rid of
internal enemies, and matching Germany’s principal rivals ________________________________ by
building new colonies and industrial production at home.
A. France and Great Britain
B. Russia and the USA
C. Poland and Austria
D. Italy and the Ottoman Empire
___8. Who is speaking? “The international Jew, hidden in the mask of different nationalities, is a
disintegrating influence; he can be of no further use to the world.”
A. Vladimir Lenin B. Heinrich von Treitschke C. Bahithat al Badiya D. Joseph Chamberlain
___9. Who is speaking? “”I assert that it is far more difficult to unearth a dozen wise men than a
hundred fools. This position I will defend, no matter how much you [label it] ‘anti-democratic.’ As I have
stated repeatedly, by ‘wise men’…I mean professional revolutionaries.”
A. Vladimir Lenin B. John Hobson C. Anna H. Shaw D. Heinrich von Treitschke
___10. “Does an intelligent interest in the education of a child render a woman less a mother? Does the
housekeeping instinct of woman manifested in the desire for clean streets and pure water, and
unadulterated food, destroy her efficiency as a home-maker?”
The point of this statement by AH Shaw is that:
A. women are interested in domestic family issues
B. to get reforms that will benefit society women must be allowed to engage in politics
C. women can be both good wives and good mothers
D. society’s harms are the responsibility of the men and the women have no role to play
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Answers:
1. B (sentence from page 1 of Overfield)
2. C (see Overfield page 4 where shifting political positions like
liberal and conservative and radical and progressives are described)
3. C see Overfield page 5 on imperialism
4. A Joseph Chamberlain who lets his racism show in front of other
white imperialists in Parliament, Overfield pg. 7
5. D Hobson see Overfield pg. 8 and 9
6. D class notes, timelines, etc. The Paris Peace Conference was in
1919 after WWI and it resolved the boundaries of many parts of the
world between nation states, as well as addressing some aspects of
imperialism and war reparations for Germany to pay.
7. A Take a look at Overfield pg. 12-13
8. B Take a look at Overfield top of pg. 15
9. A Lenin in 1905. Take a look at 16 and 17 … the way he argues is a
little confusing, you have to read very carefully. Later in 1917 he’ll
do exactly this – form a small group of highly organized and secretive
Bolshevik leaders and then use the Bolshevik soldiers who have
mainly deserted from the front lines and together they’ll seize
power. Orders about what to do in October 1917 – how to seize
power – will be issued from the top officials around Lenin.
Communism according to Marx was supposed to be a kind of
spontaneous class war from below. Lenin uses Marxism in new way –
to seize power by small group of committed revolutionaries acting in
the name of the ‘proletarian’ working (and soldiering) classes.
10. B This is Anna Howard Shaw in 1905 see page 21…this is reading
comprehension style question like the one above about Lenin.
Other questions to consider:
 Why was socialism growing in popularity in countries in Western Europe and the USA in the
decades before WWI. How was socialism a threat to established business interests?
 In what way did WWI influence
the suffrage movement?
 What were the four main
causes of WWI ? What
evidence is there for each as a
cause?
 Who were the main Allied
powers by 1918?
 Who were the Central Powers?
 What was the ‘race to the sea’
and the western front?
 List and briefly describe four
major consequences of war?
P-doc. questions:
A. Why is Chamberlain in favor of imperialism?
B. Why is Hobson against?
C. How would Treitschke define the nation-state?
D. What ‘innovation’ to Marxist theory did Lenin create?
E. What is Anna H. Shaw fighting for c. 1905?
F. What is Bahithat al Badiya fighting for in Egypt c. 1905?
G. What is Qiu Jin fighting for in China c. 1905?
The ten questions above are the style that will be used for the Knowledge Quiz #1. The ten above cover
just a little of what we did in the first three or four weeks of classes; you should also go over the other
items from the last three weeks of class to 10/15.