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Which of the following statements is an accurate comparison of the Ottoman, Russian, and Qing Empires in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries? Prior to their collapse, each of the empires attempted a series of Western-style reforms, but the ruling elites eventually failed to support the needed changes. These land based empires collapsed due to a variety of internal and external factors, including WWI, failure to modernize and revolution. The Ottoman and Russian Empires survived because of the adoption of some Western-style reforms while the Qing failed because it refused to alter centuries of Chinese tradition. The Ottoman Empire and Qing dynasty both lost territory to aggressive European powers while Russia, acting as an aggressor, expanded its empire during this time.

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These land based empires collapsed due to a variety of internal and external factors, including WWI, failure to modernize and revolution.

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Improved wartime technology during World War I led to

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Increased casualties in battles fought during the war

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Which of the following best describes the 1936 lithograph (entitled The Hero) by German artist George Grosz? A propaganda poster prepared by the Nazi Party, A protest poster against the atrocities of the atomic bomb, A representation of a Holocaust victim, 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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The mobilization of state resources during World War II:

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Occurred in fascist, democratic, and totalitarian states

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Which of the following is NOT one of the extreme beliefs that people turned to during the low period of economic activity? Totalitarianism , Fascism, Mercantialism, Ultra-nationalism

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Mercantialism

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Which of the following is NOT one of the reasons why so many people died during World War II?
Weapons became much more deadly such as tanks, airplanes, and the atomic bomb.
Deadly trench warfare
Total War tactics
The bombing of enemy cities with bombs dropped from airplanes

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Deadly trench warfare

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Which of the following was NOT one of the decisions made at the Potsdam Conference?
Truman demands free elections in Eastern Europe, Stalin says no
Truman and Churchill become untrusting of Stalin and the Soviet Union beginning the Cold War
Nazi officials will be arrested and placed on trial for crimes against humanity

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Germany will be unified again which ends the Cold War

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Stalin was most successful in: Industrializing the Soviet Union, Expanding access to consumer goods, Extending suffrage to a majority of the population, Improving higher education possibilities for both men and women

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Industrializing the Soviet Union

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It could be said that World War II began in Asia in 1931 when which nation invaded Manchuria?

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Japan