Blueprint Practice

Units 4-6 // 9-Question Intensive

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Stimulus 1: Motives & Scramble

"The collection of rubber was for the government... the agents received a commission. force was the only way... Europeans drew lines on a map of Africa at the Berlin Conference without consulting any African leaders."

1. The primary motive for the exploitation described was:

A) Religion

B) Economic resources

C) Equality

D) Science

2. Which meeting formalized the division of Africa?

A) Yalta

B) Berlin Conference

C) Munich

D) Versailles

3. Japan modernized its military and industry during which era?

A) Meiji Restoration

B) Boxer Rebellion

C) Opium War

D) Leap Forward

Stimulus 2: The Great War

Data: Military spending increase (1870-1914):
Germany: +300% | Britain: +180% | Russia: +150%

4. Which cause of WWI is linked to this spending data?

A) Militarism

B) Alliances

C) Imperialism

D) Neutrality

5. The use of trenches, poison gas, and tanks led to:

A) Stalemate

B) Quick victory

C) Peace talks

D) End of warfare

6. The harsh terms of the Treaty of Versailles led to:

A) World peace

B) Rise of Nazi Party

C) US intervention

D) End of Depression

Stimulus 3: Stalin & Support

"Peace, Land, and Bread!" — Lenin, 1917
"We must industrialize... Five-Year Plans." — Stalin, 1931

7. The Bolsheviks won support in 1917 by promising:

A) Peace, Land, Bread

B) More war

C) Return Czar

D) Democracy

8. Stalin achieved rapid industrialization through:

A) Five-Year Plans

B) Free markets

C) US loans

D) Isolationism

9. War crime accountability was established at:

A) Nuremberg

B) Berlin

C) Yalta

D) Munich

Blueprint Synthesis

How did Imperialism (Unit 4) and WWI (Unit 5) create the conditions for the rise of Stalin (Unit 6)?

Unit 4-6 Expanded Practice

Unit 4-6 Expanded Practice