AICE International History Exam with
Accurate Answers
AICE case study countries emerging in the early 20th century - ✔✔US and Japan
George Washington's warning to America - ✔✔Avoid entangling alliances and American
intervention in Europe
NOT a cause of the Spanish American War - ✔✔The Zimmerman Telegram
TRUE regarding the Russo-Japanese War - ✔✔Japan acquires influence in Korea and Port Arthur
as a result
Territory in mainland China disputed between Japan, Russia, and China - ✔✔Shantung
peninsula
Instrumental factor in the Russo-Japanese War outcome - ✔✔Japanese naval superiority
Ideology NOT related to imperialist policies - ✔✔Communism
Country without significant territorial holdings in Africa - ✔✔America
King of Belgium who took the Congo region as his personal colony - ✔✔Leopold II
NOT established by the Treaty of Berlin - ✔✔Abolition of the slave trade
Regions focused on by European imperialism in the late 1800s - ✔✔Africa and Asia
, Motivations for imperialism by European powers - ✔✔Pursuit of raw materials, territory and
national prestige
False statement about the Boer War - ✔✔The Boers won the first Boer War
NOT a major cause of the First World War - ✔✔Communism in Russia
Spanish-American War - ✔✔A conflict driven by Spanish/US diplomatic tensions, atrocities in
Cuba, economic domestic recession, yellow journalism, and public support for war.
Scramble for Africa - ✔✔A period motivated by Social Darwinism, the perception of a civilizing
mission, industrial changes in European economies, humanitarian goals, the desire to spread
Christianity, and the search for allies.
US Isolationism in the 19th Century - ✔✔The US did not intervene in European, African, or
largely Asian affairs due to a commitment to isolationism, opposition to free trade, focus on
westward expansion, national-building, and domestic political stability.
America as a Global Power - ✔✔Historians indicate America emerged as a global power due to
economic growth, the closing of the frontier, establishing a sphere of influence in China, victory
in the Spanish-American War, and entry into WWI.
Philippines Conflict (1898-1902) - ✔✔The United States sent 200,000 troops, had 4,300 soldiers
die, and killed over 50,000 insurgents fighting for independence.
Underlying Cause of WWI - ✔✔Extreme nationalism in the Balkans was a major underlying
cause of WWI.
Accurate Answers
AICE case study countries emerging in the early 20th century - ✔✔US and Japan
George Washington's warning to America - ✔✔Avoid entangling alliances and American
intervention in Europe
NOT a cause of the Spanish American War - ✔✔The Zimmerman Telegram
TRUE regarding the Russo-Japanese War - ✔✔Japan acquires influence in Korea and Port Arthur
as a result
Territory in mainland China disputed between Japan, Russia, and China - ✔✔Shantung
peninsula
Instrumental factor in the Russo-Japanese War outcome - ✔✔Japanese naval superiority
Ideology NOT related to imperialist policies - ✔✔Communism
Country without significant territorial holdings in Africa - ✔✔America
King of Belgium who took the Congo region as his personal colony - ✔✔Leopold II
NOT established by the Treaty of Berlin - ✔✔Abolition of the slave trade
Regions focused on by European imperialism in the late 1800s - ✔✔Africa and Asia
, Motivations for imperialism by European powers - ✔✔Pursuit of raw materials, territory and
national prestige
False statement about the Boer War - ✔✔The Boers won the first Boer War
NOT a major cause of the First World War - ✔✔Communism in Russia
Spanish-American War - ✔✔A conflict driven by Spanish/US diplomatic tensions, atrocities in
Cuba, economic domestic recession, yellow journalism, and public support for war.
Scramble for Africa - ✔✔A period motivated by Social Darwinism, the perception of a civilizing
mission, industrial changes in European economies, humanitarian goals, the desire to spread
Christianity, and the search for allies.
US Isolationism in the 19th Century - ✔✔The US did not intervene in European, African, or
largely Asian affairs due to a commitment to isolationism, opposition to free trade, focus on
westward expansion, national-building, and domestic political stability.
America as a Global Power - ✔✔Historians indicate America emerged as a global power due to
economic growth, the closing of the frontier, establishing a sphere of influence in China, victory
in the Spanish-American War, and entry into WWI.
Philippines Conflict (1898-1902) - ✔✔The United States sent 200,000 troops, had 4,300 soldiers
die, and killed over 50,000 insurgents fighting for independence.
Underlying Cause of WWI - ✔✔Extreme nationalism in the Balkans was a major underlying
cause of WWI.
