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QUESTION 1

  1. Which was not a component of Italian fascism?

anti-communism

right-wing conservatism

anti-democracy

hypernationalism

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QUESTION 2

  1. Which contributed to the defeat of the Axis powers?

British destruction of German Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain

Germany's failure to take Moscow and occupy Soviet Union

French patriotic resistance movement against German occupation

Italy's failed quest to take colonial territory in British North Africa

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QUESTION 3

  1. Which describes World War I conflict in east Asia and the Pacific?

Japan attempted to reduce China to a protectorate.

Japan launched a pre-emptive attack on Pearl Harbor.

Australia attacked British holdings on the Gallipoli Peninsula.

Australia joined the defense of German-held Marshall Islands.

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QUESTION 4

  1. Which is not an impact of economic inequities?

perpetuation of socioeconomic inequality between north and south

continued disparity between available employment in developed and developing world

diplomatic friction between developed and developing nations

interference with smooth and equitable globalization of the world economy

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QUESTION 5

  1. Who was a key figure associated with the Chinese Civil War?

Mao Zedong

Lin Biao

Deng Xiaoping

Yuan Shikai

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QUESTION 6

  1. Why did the Islamic resurgence in southwest Asia and North Africa occur?

assassination of Egypt�s President Sadat

increase in number of Shiite adherents

reversal in U.S.-style cultural secularization

collapse of Israeli-Arab peace agreements

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QUESTION 7

  1. Which was not a general economic trend from 1900 to the present?

A number of countries experimented with command economies.

A significant number of states achieved complete industrialization.

A north-south split occurred between developed and non-developed states.

A large amount of prosperity arose in communist bloc nation-states.

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QUESTION 8

  1. Which does not describe African participation in World War I?

European Allied powers invaded German African colonial territory.

African soldiers were directly involved in military combat campaigns.

European nations scrambled for new African colonial territory in the war.

Africans performed construction and garrison duties for both sides.

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QUESTION 9

  1. Which is a feminist challenge in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries?

wage equality

access to birth control

traditional gender roles

universal suffrage

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QUESTION 10

  1. Which was a reason for the Sino-Soviet split?

Chinese support for North Korea

Chinese favoritism of the industrial class

Soviet rejection of hard-line Stalinism

Soviet focus on building peasantry

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QUESTION 11

  1. Why was there postwar pessimism?

Conservatism in U.S. and European governments was revived.

Christian religious beliefs were obliterated as a result of war.

Western society declined as it was marked by imperialism and warfare.

Governments denied extending the franchise to women.

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QUESTION 12

  1. Why was Mahatma Gandhi significant?

He initiated a policy of nonalignment to prevent India from becoming a client state to world powers.

He conducted a movement calling for the creation of a separate Muslim state named Pakistan.

He preached a policy of nonviolent resistance leading to peaceful mass demonstrations.

He worked as a political leader and lawyer to press the British government for greater reform.

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QUESTION 13

  1. Which of the following was a postwar settlement?

British agreement to give up its worldwide colonial empire

Allied harmony on occupation of Berlin by the U.S.S.R.

International agreement to put Nazi war criminals on trial

Soviet agreement to allow only the United States to occupy Japan

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QUESTION 14

  1. Which was not a long-term cause of World War I?

fierce nationalism

competition over building empires

crisis in the Balkans

European alliance system

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QUESTION 15

  1. Which describes Japan's war in China?

Japan forced the Soviets to sign over Mongolian territory.

Japan attacked U.S.-held islands off the Chinese coast.

Japan launched naval and air bombings on Shanghai.

Japan engaged in prolonged land artillery battles with communists.

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QUESTION 16

  1. Which was not a reason for economic growth in Asia since World War II?

heavy emphasis on export-driven industrialization

numerous government regulations and rules

compliant workforce willing to endure low wages

global free trade policies in the United States

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QUESTION 17

  1. Which was not a main event associated with Persian independence?

Reza Shah Pahlavi established a new royal dynasty in the renamed Iran.

Muzaffar al-Din Shah Qajar agreed to the formation of a national parliament.

Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani gained the presidency and ousted the last shah.

Reza Khan mutinied against the Qajar rulers and expelled the British.

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QUESTION 18

  1. Which was not a way that World War II impacted women?

Soviet and Chinese women engaged in combat.

German women served as combat pilots.

Jewish women were exterminated en masse.

British and U.S. women became heads of households.

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QUESTION 19

  1. Which was not a cause of the Russian Revolution?

extravagance and corruption in the tsarist court

inability to prevent mutinies and disintegration of armies

food shortages and massive street demonstrations

the tsar forcing parliamentary leadership out of elected office

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QUESTION 20

  1. Which best describes the results of global population increase in the twentieth century?

regional youth protests and upheavals

enlarged social welfare programs

increased production of waste and pollution

excessive migration to Western nations

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QUESTION 21

  1. Which does not describe the Battle of Britain?

The British Royal Air Force used its own skill and also U.S. aid to stave off attacks.

Forty thousand British civilians died in the four months of air bombing raids.

Manchester and Liverpool were depopulated as a result of German air raids.

The German air force bombed heavily-populated British metropolitan areas.

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QUESTION 22

  1. . Which was not a root cause of the conflict over Palestine?

explosion of anti-Jewish riots by threatened Arabs

massive European Jewish migration to Arab lands

armed young Arabs infiltrating Jewish kibbutzim

conflicting promises by Britain to both Arabs and Jews

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QUESTION 23

  1. Which describes communism in Russia from 1917 to 1939?

forced business leaders to join in government-led corporatism

tolerated limited freedom of speech as long as it supported socialism

permitted competitive elections for local and regional assemblies

introduced collectivization of agriculture to rationalize farming

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QUESTION 24

  1. Which describes Japan in the 1920s?

Economic policy was under state influence.

Working class unions were strengthened.

The middle class was greatly expanded.

Universal suffrage was granted to all.

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QUESTION 25

  1. Which was not an origin of World War II?

fortified assault of Poland by Austrian forces

policy of appeasement by Britain and France

armed invasion of northern China by Japan

military aggression by Germany and Italy

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QUESTION 26

  1. Which was a key event associated with the end of apartheid in South Africa?

African National Congress�s perseverance in pursuing non-violent protests

Nelson Mandela�s release from serving a life sentence in prison in 1990

Afrikaner National Party�s commitment to maintain power through minority rule

dedication of homeland territories for South Africa�s black and colored citizens

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QUESTION 27

  1. Which was an economic theory of John Maynard Keynes?

Governments should undertake public works projects to provide new employment.

Government should generate bond sales to persuade the wealthy to start spending again.

Governments should create consumer demand by nationalizing several key industries.

Governments should avoid deficit spending in order to increase economic confidence.

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QUESTION 28

  1. Which describes an outside influence on Latin America before World War I?

Enlightened economic liberal ideas from Europe came to be embraced by the rising middle classes in Latin America.

Western-style democracy and its capitalistic economic ideas were adopted by students on university campuses in Latin America.

Asia and its rising manufacturing sector opened diplomatic negotiations and dominance in Latin American markets.

British and U.S. investors employed great control over business and industrial enterprises in Latin America.

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QUESTION 29

  1. Which was not a cause of the Cold War?

Soviet formation of the Warsaw Pact military bloc

U.S. placement of nuclear missiles in Turkey

Soviet military domination of Eastern Europe

U.S. policy of containment against communism

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QUESTION 30

  1. Which best describes decolonization efforts in Vietnam after World War II?

Vietnam was temporarily divided into a non-communist south and communist north.

French soldiers sided with Vietnamese independence through their refusal to fight.

The French government gave the United States the authority to dismantle colonial Indochina.

With British support, French officials handed over power freely to Ho Chi Minh.