Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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What event precipitates the
decline of the Ottoman Empire?
a. | The rise of the Roman
Empire | c. | the death of Suleyman
I | b. | World War
II | d. | the Crusades |
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Which statement below is
true?
a. | The Ottoman Empire was behind Europe
in technology | c. | The Ottoman Empire
army was modernized | b. | The Ottoman Empire was superior to Europe in technology and
science | d. | The Ottoman family ruled the Arab lands into the 20th
century |
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Taking land or products for its
strategic location is called....
a. | Appeasement | c. | Geopolitics | b. | Geolocation | d. | Geography |
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Why did Russia focus attention
on Arab lands in the Slavic states
a. | Russia needed Serbian land to grow
food | c. | Russia was looking for a cold water
port for its navy | b. | Russia was looking for a warm water port for its
navy | d. | Russia wanted to rule the
world |
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Why did Russia attack the
Ottomans in the Crimean War?
a. | Russia needed Serbian land to grow
food | c. | Russia was looking for a cold water
port for its navy | b. | Russia was looking for a warm water port for its
navy | d. | Russia wanted to rule the
world |
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Who won the Crimean
War?
a. | Russia | c. | Germany | b. | The Ottoman Empire | d. | England |
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Russia and Britain waged a war
called the “Great Game.” What were they fighting about?
a. | India | c. | Serbia | b. | the Crimea | d. | China |
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Most of the battles fought
between Russia and Britain were fought in....
a. | India | c. | Serbia | b. | Africa | d. | Afghanistan |
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What was the name of the ruler
who broke Egypt away from the Ottoman Empire?
a. | Muhammad Ali
Pasha | c. | King
Faruk | b. | Muhammad Johnson | d. | Ramses II |
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King Muhammad Ali aPasha
shifted Egyptian agriculture
a. | from cash crops to food
crops | c. | from food and cash crops to
industry | b. | from food crops to cash crops | d. | from food crops to oil
production |
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Which two bodies of water does
the Suez Cabal connect?
a. | Atlantic and
Africa | c. | Red Sea and
Mediterranean | b. | Mediterranean and Sinai | d. | Mediterranean and Atlantic |
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Which country took control of
the Suez Canal when it took control of .........
a. | the Red
Sea | c. | Africa | b. | Israel | d. | Egypt |
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Which nation today used to be
called Persia?
a. | Egypt | c. | Iran | b. | Saudi Arabia | d. | Libia |
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In 1907 which two countries
took control of Persia and divided the country between them?
a. | India and
Britain | c. | Russia and
China | b. | Russia and India | d. | Russia and Britain |
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15.
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In which war did Corporal
Philip Smith win the Victorian Cross?
a. | World War
I | c. | Crimean
War | b. | World War II | d. | Russo Japan War |
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