HIWD376 Liberty University
Quiz Six: The GME and the Modern-
Napoleon through WWII
Question 1
5 / 5 pts
Which of the operations below accurately reflects the actions
of WWII in the correct chronological order?
Compass, Alamein, Crusader, Sonnenblume, Tobruk falls,
Torch
Torch, Tobruk falls, Sonnenblume, Crusader, Alamein,
Compass
Compass, Sonnenblume, Alamein Crusader, Tobruk
Falls, Torch
Sonnenblume, Crusader, Compass, Torch, Tobruk
All of the Above
Question 2
5 / 5 pts
Napoleon sought to enter the Greater Middle East (GME) with
the intention of seizing ____ in an effort to cut off Britain from
India:
Oil
The Suez Canal
The Divan System
The Tanzimat System
All of the Above
Question 3
5 / 5 pts
The first world war generally saw the more effective use of
allies on the battlefield by the:
Allies (British, Russians and French)
Axis
Central Powers (Germans, Austro-Hungarians, Ottomans and
Bulgarians)
Turks
None of the Above
Question 4
5 / 5 pts
The influence of European Jewish financiers, namely the
Rothschild family who used their influence to see a Jewish
state carved out of Palestine with British support best
describes the:
Balfour Declaration
The White Paper
Peel Commission
The Arab Revolt
All of the Above
Question 5
5 / 5 pts
A challenge to collective security in the GME after World War
II that proved generally successful until the end of the USSR
in 1991 was the US backed:
Baghdad Pact
CENTO
NATO
League of Nations
None of the Above
Question 6
5 / 5 pts
The US commitment to use force in the GME after World War
Two in an effort to contain the USSR soon became known as
the:
Baghdad Pact
League of Nations
Truman Doctrine
NATO
All of the Above
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Question 7
5 / 5 pts
The Grand Strategy of the Axis included:
Use of railroads and airpower to link Germany with the GME
Link up German control of Europe with Japanese Sea Power
Controlling the Rimland of South Asia up through the Suez
Canal
Separation of Great Britain from her colonies
All of the Above
Question 8
5 / 5 pts
The British by the end of 1917 entered into Jerusalem and by
1918 fought the Second Battle of Megiddo the location of the
first recorded battle in history
True
False
Question 9
5 / 5 pts
The rise of the _________ utilized the fierce Wahhabi warriors
to secure the Hejaz in Saudi Arabia after the First World War:
Wahhabis
Janissaries
Ilkhwan
Saudis
None of the Above
IncorrectQuestion 10
0 / 5 pts
The British in World War Two acted first and more effectively
utilized air power and allies against the operationally more
capable Germans to secure Damascus and oil-rich areas of
Iraq early in the war through the use of double envelopments
from both Iraq and Palestine.
True (My original answer was False, and that was
wrong; the correct answer is ***TRUE***)
False
Quiz Score: out of 5045
