APWH Unit 7 - Global Conflict

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The picture shows Indian troops praying in Surrey, England in 1916. The use of the soldiers pictured most directly relates to which causes of early 20th century global conflicts?

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imperialist expansion for resources and markets

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Which led directly to the establishment of the govt. that produced the poster featured at the 17th Congress of the Soviet Communist Party in 1934? Options: redrawn national boundaries as a result of peace treaties ending WWI , increased ethnic violence in Russia due to imperial expansion in the 19th century , the collapse of the Russian Empire under the stress of WWI , the abolition of serfdom and other forms of coerced labor during the 19th century

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the collapse of the Russian Empire under the stress of WWI

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Which of the following most directly led to the start of the First World War? Options: nationalist rivalries for raw materials and markets , Japanese imperialist expansion into Korea and Vietnam, political tensions between democratic and totalitarian states , European powers meeting in Berlin to divide Africa into spheres of influence

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nationalist rivalries for raw materials and markets

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The global economic downturn of the 1930s had which of the following effects on nations in Europe and North America?

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Governments took a more active role in directing and regulating their economies to stimulate growth.

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How did Nazi ideology differ from that of Communist ideology?

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Nazis focused on theories of race, while Communists focused on class struggle.

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How were Midway, Stalingrad and D-Day similar?

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They each represent turning point battles where the Allied forces prevailed and began pushing back against Axis expansion.

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Which of the following was the most important factor behind Europeans’ readiness to embrace authoritarian political systems in the 1930s?
Options:
Dissatisfaction with the welfare state,
The economic crisis caused by the Great Depression,
Admiration for the economic achievement of the Soviet Union under Stalin,
Resentment of United States mass culture and consumer society

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The economic crisis caused by the Great Depression

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Which of the following best describes the 1936 lithograph by German artist George Grosz? A propaganda poster prepared for the Nuremberg Rally by the Nazi Party, A representation of a Holocaust victim from Dachau, A protest poster against the atrocities of the atomic bomb, A post-First World War print expressing antiwar sentiment

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A post-First World War print expressing antiwar sentiment

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Which of the following developments most directly weakened European colonial states and contributed to the emergence of new nations in the 20th century? Options: The decline of European economies during the Great Depression, Japanese occupation of Southeast Asia during the Second World War, Competition between Great Britain and France, The conquest of Spanish imperial territories by the United States

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Japanese occupation of Southeast Asia during the Second World War

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Which of the following was a common characteristic of the major revolutions that occurred in Russia, China, and Mexico in the early twentieth century?

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Nationalism and socialism helped shape all three revolutions.