WHAP AP Exam Review 1900-Current

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All of the following statements are True about WWI EXCEPT...
Poison gas was utilized to break the stalemate of Trench warfare
British strategy during the war included using officers like T.E. Lawrence to encourage an Arab revolt against the Ottoman Empire.
Conservative governments attempted to avoid the war for fear of national disunity.
Alliances and elaborate war plans such as the Schlieffen Plan were a major cause of the war

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Conservative governments attempted to avoid the war for fear of national disunity.

Answer explanation

Conservative governments welcomed the war because they believed it would unify and limit labor strife and suffrage movements.

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Which of the following was made a new state and a British mandate from the Ottoman Empire after WWI? Serbia, Albania, Iraq, Syria

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Iraq

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Which of the following was NOT a platform of Lenin during the 1917 Russian Revolution? Majority rule by the bourgeois, Ending Russia's participation in WWI, Land reform, Worker control of factories and organized Soviets

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Majority rule by the bourgeois

Answer explanation

Karl Marx described a conflict between the bourgeois (privileged classes) and the proletariat (laboring classes).

During Stalin's Great Purges many were exiled, executed or sent to the gulag for "being corrupted by bourgeois" ideas.

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Which of the following is a key component of fascism? individualism and creativity, staunch nationalism, liberalism, communism

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staunch nationalism

Answer explanation

See page 543 in our textbook for more details

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Which of the following is an explanation as to why Japan took over Manchuria prior to WWII? The feminism movement brought on by the Great Depression, To replace resources that were lost during the "rice riots", The increase of the Mobo Moga movement, Radical Nationalism/ Revolutionary Right beliefs

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Radical Nationalism/ Revolutionary Right beliefs

Answer explanation

Check page 549 in our textbook for further explanation

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Which of the following was most instrumental in forming the Republic of China after the end of the Qing Dynasty? Chiang Kai-Shek, Sun Yat-sen, Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping

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Sun Yat-sen

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All of the following would be considered areas of proxy wars during the Cold War EXCEPT: Nicaragua, Afghanistan, Republic of the Congo.

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Hungary

Answer explanation

If you are unfamiliar with these please do some research

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All of the following led to Decolonization movements EXCEPT...
A weakened Europe as a result of World War I and II
Local colonial elites and western educated colonists strove for national self determination
The United Nations became a forum for anticolonial agitation
The decline of globalization

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The decline of globalization

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Which of the following statement's best describe China and the U.S.S.R. from 1976-1989?
Both signed treaties eliminating the ability to stockpile nuclear weapons,
Both underwent economic reforms that installed elements of capitalism,
Both countries changed policies to allow freedom of speech,
Both countries signed a military alliance and agreed to economic sanctions against America

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Both underwent economic reforms that installed elements of capitalism

Answer explanation

Review pages 603 and 604 in our textbook

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Which of the following is an example of totalitarianism?
The use of containerized shipping, The monopoly of Henry Ford's Model T automobile, China's one-child family policy, The dependence on fossil fuels

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China's one-child family policy