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Benchmark 3 Study Guide

Benchmark 3 Study Guide . Answers . Suez Canal (what country it is in, who took over). Egypt British. Roosevelt Corollary (definition). Stated the U.S. could act as an international police in the Americas. Monroe Doctrine (definition).

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Benchmark 3 Study Guide

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  1. Benchmark 3 Study Guide • Answers 

  2. Suez Canal (what country it is in, who took over) • Egypt • British

  3. Roosevelt Corollary (definition) • Stated the U.S. could act as an international police in the Americas

  4. Monroe Doctrine (definition) • Forbid further colonization by European powers in the Americas

  5. Spanish-American war (event to start war, who won) • Bombing of the USS Maine • U.S.

  6. Imperialism (definition) • Extension of rule or influence by one govt., nation, or society over another

  7. Liberia & Ethiopia • In Africa, these 2 countries were able to maintain their independence during the age of imperialism

  8. Sphere of influence (definition) • Area in a country in which a foreign nation holds special trading privileges

  9. Berlin Conference • When Africa was being split up by European powers, Africans not invited to the conference

  10. Stanley & Livingstone • Stanley sent to Africa to find Livingstone after he went missing

  11. Boers • Dutch farmers/settlers

  12. Muhammad Ali • Controlled Egypt before the British took over

  13. Boer War (who was involved, who won) • Boers/Africans (Zulus)/British • British won

  14. Boxer Rebellion • Attempt by the Chinese to get rid of foreign influence

  15. Bolivar and San Martin • Worked together to gain independence for South American nations (who were under Spanish rule)

  16. Thailand (significance during imperialism) • King Mongkut and his son established Thailand as a neutral area/buffer between France & Great Britain

  17. Panama Canal (who started it and finished it) • France • U.S.

  18. Opium War (what was smuggled in) • On the test, it will say something like, “What was smuggled in to China, thus starting wars?” • Opium • It is not going to say what was smuggled in, starting the Opium War. That’s too easy! 

  19. Sinking of the USS Maine • This is a repeat question (from the Spanish-American war)

  20. Open Door Policy (issued by whom?) • U.S.

  21. Country that split from India • Pakistan

  22. Meiji (definition) • Enlightened rule/ruler

  23. Gandhi • Led India’s independence movement

  24. Japan (significance during imperialism) • Able to remain free from colonial rule because they adopted Western style politics & way of life.

  25. Battles near Verdun & the Somme River • Showed just how ineffective trench warfare was

  26. “spark that lit the fuse” for WWI • Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

  27. Rasputin • Allowed to make key political decisions in the Russian court, which many didn’t like

  28. Country that GY invaded (thus bringing in Britain) • Belgium

  29. Wilson & Fourteen Points • 14pts. Was Pres. Wilson’s idea

  30. Germany declared war on what 2 countries first (Aug. 1 & 3) • Russia, France

  31. Heir to Austro-Hungarian throne • Archduke Franz Ferdinand

  32. Schlieffen Plan • GY would race west, defeat France, and return to fight Russia in the east

  33. Lenin • Brought back to Russia to stir up trouble • Leader of Bolsheviks • Ended the Russian Rev.

  34. MAIN • Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism

  35. Triple Entente • BR, FR, RU

  36. Treaty of Versailles • Know the terms, in general

  37. 1918 Armistice (2 countries) • Germany & France

  38. End result of March Rev. • Czar abdicated and the royal family was killed

  39. Central Powers • GY, Au-Hu (I forgot the Ottoman Empire again on the test. )

  40. Treaty of Brest-Litovsk • Stopped the war b/w RU & GY

  41. Allies (1914/1915) • BR, FR, RU, Italy

  42. League of Nations • From the Fourteen Points, would protect great & small states alike (prevent war)

  43. Zimmerman Note/Telegram • Would help Mexico regain land (from the U.S.) if they allied with Germany

  44. Battle of the Marne • Caused GY to fight a war on 2 fronts (left the Schlieffen plan in ruins)

  45. (end of the war) Germany & Paris • Allies launched a counterattack when GY was 40 miles from Paris

  46. Big Four countries • BR, FR, US, Italy

  47. Lusitania • British ship, sunk by a u-boat, killed 128 Americans

  48. Battle of Tannenberg • During this battle, it took 4 days for the Germany army to crush the Russian army

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