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The term for the idea that people with the same ethnic origins, language, and political ideals had the right to form sovereign states was
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| Which of the following was not an important area of competition and conflict between England and Germany in the years leading up to World War I? |
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a. religious differences
b. the naval race
c. colonial disputes
d. industrial and trade rivalry
e. nationalistic tensions |
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The members of the Triple Alliance were
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Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy.
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The western front in World War I was
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a English assault in 1916 that gained a few thousand yards.
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| In World War I, the eastern front was |
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| ultimately a spectacular German success. |
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What effect did World War I have on the status of women?
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| Women in many countries received the vote in the years after the war. |
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| Which one of the following is not an explanation of the expansion of World War I to Asia, Africa, and the Pacific? |
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The German invasion of neutral Belgium was such a profound breech of international law.
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The main reason for the failure of the provisional government in Russia in 1917 was
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| its inability to satisfy popular demands for an end to the war. |
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Woodrow Wilson agreed to many harsh stipulations to the Treaty of Versailles
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| in return for the creation of the League of Nations. |
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One of the biggest results of the artistic experimentation of the 1920s and 1930s was that
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| generally accepted standards that distinguished between “good” and “bad” art disappeared. |
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| A troubling economic problem in the 1920s was the depressed state of agriculture caused by |
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| overproduction and falling prices. |
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On Black Thursday, 24 October 1929, |
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| the U.S. stock market crashed. |
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| During the Great Depression, most nations |
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| practiced economic nationalism. |
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In response to the Great Depression, economist John Maynard Keynes
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| urged the government to expand the money supply and undertake public works to provide jobs. |
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| The Russian Civil War that broke out after the revolution was between |
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| Reds, being the communists of Lenin’s regime, and Whites comprising a collection of anti-communist groups. |
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| This individual believed in a philosophy of promoting communism primarily in the Soviet Union rather than trying to export the revolution to other nations. |
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| was designed to transform the Soviet Union from an agricultural nation into an industrial one |
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All of the following constitute steps taken by Benito Mussolini to consolidate power except
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a. the elimination of all other political parties.
b. outlawing freedom of speech.
c. instituting a communist system of government.
d. decreasing freedom of the press.
e. exiling, imprisoning, or killing Italians who spoke out openly against his regime.
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| deprived German Jews of their citizenship. |
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The most influential organization dedicated to the end of British rule in India was
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| the Indian National Congress. |
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| Gandhi’s philosophy of passive resistance. |
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Which of the following was not one of the foundations of Gandhi’s philosophy?
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a. an attempt to improve the position of the harijans
b. boycotting British goods
c. heavy industrialization
d. passive resistance
e. economic self-sufficiency
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The Great Depression aggravated the tense situation between Muslims and Hindus in India in part because
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Muslims perceived that they were economically controlled by the Hindu majority of India.
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| Sun Yat-sen’s plan for China included all of the following except |
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a. the elimination of privileges for foreigners.
b. the establishment of a communist, totalitarian government.
c. national reunification.
d. economic development.
e. a democratic republican government based on universal suffrage.
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. greatly strengthened Mao Zedong’s leadership position.
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a political ideology that held that peasants were the foundation for a successful communist revolution.
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The Great Depression led Japan to
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| turn toward a militaristic government whose goal was the domination of east Asia |
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Japanese puppet state in the former Manchuria.
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Africans were participants in World War I because
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they were bound by colonial ties to
European powers. |
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Which of the following sets of events is listed in the correct order?
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a. Mein Kampf, Munich revolt, Kristallnacht, Nuremberg Laws
b. Zimmerman Note, Treaty of Versailles, Stock Market Crash, New Deal
c. Mukden incident, Japan leaves League of Nations, Washington Naval Conference.
d. Five Year Plan, New Economic Policy, U.S.S.R. created, Russian Civil War
e. Leaders came to power: Lenin, Stalin, Roosevelt, Mussolini, Hitler
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| Which nation was one of the Allied powers, but not a member of the Triple Entente? |
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| Which of the following statements is true regarding Adolf Hitler? |
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a. He had the support of the majority of the German people when he became chancellor.
b. He began the genocide policy towards the Jews as soon as he became the dictator.
c. He was born in Austria; was an artist who fought in the German army during the Great War.
d. He opposed lebensraum.
e. He was a strong supporter of Marxist philosophy and the ideals of Lenin.
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Which of the following sets is a correct list of new nations created by the Treaty of Versailles?
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| Poland, Lithuania, Hungary |
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| Which of the following is a true statement about ideologies in the 1920’s and 1930’s? |
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| Germany began the 1930’s as a democracy. |
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| a threat with a severe consequence |
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| The movement of troops in preparation for battle is called |
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| The weakness of the League of Nations was revealed in its inability to take any substantial action in response to the Italian invasion of |
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In 1938, Germany sent troops into what country and forced its leaders to accept the Anschluss?
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| The high point of appeasement was |
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| After the fall of France in 1940, the only country left to fight Germany was |
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the German plan for an invasion of the Soviet Union.
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| led to the end of German resistance in western Europe. |
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One of the biggest arguments among the Allies in World War II was
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Stalin’s demand for a second front.
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a U.S. financial plan to rebuild Europe and stop Soviet expansion.
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be a regional military alliance against Soviet aggression.
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| At a meeting of fifty nations at San Francisco in 1945, |
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| the United Nations Charter was signed. |
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| The Guomindang during World War II was |
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the resistance government of the Chinese versus Japan’s invasion of China.
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