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QUESTION 1
Which was not a component of Italian fascism?
| | anti-communism | |
| | right-wing conservatism | |
| | anti-democracy | |
| | hypernationalism |
2 points
QUESTION 2
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 |
2 points
QUESTION 3
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. |
2 points
QUESTION 4
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 |
2 points
QUESTION 5
Who was a key figure associated with the Chinese Civil War?
| | Mao Zedong | |
| | Lin Biao | |
| | Deng Xiaoping | |
| | Yuan Shikai |
2 points
QUESTION 6
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 |
2 points
QUESTION 7
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. |
2 points
QUESTION 8
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. |
2 points
QUESTION 9
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 |
2 points
QUESTION 10
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 |
2 points
QUESTION 11
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. |
2 points
QUESTION 12
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. |
2 points
QUESTION 13
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 |
2 points
QUESTION 14
Which was not a long-term cause of World War I?
| | fierce nationalism | |
| | competition over building empires | |
| | crisis in the Balkans | |
| | European alliance system |
2 points
QUESTION 15
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. |
2 points
QUESTION 16
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 |
2 points
QUESTION 17
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. |
2 points
QUESTION 18
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. |
2 points
QUESTION 19
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 |
2 points
QUESTION 20
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 |
2 points
QUESTION 21
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. |
2 points
QUESTION 22
. 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 |
2 points
QUESTION 23
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 |
2 points
QUESTION 24
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. |
2 points
QUESTION 25
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 |
2 points
QUESTION 26
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 |
2 points
QUESTION 27
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. |
2 points
QUESTION 28
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. |
2 points
QUESTION 29
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 |
2 points
QUESTION 30
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. |