Global Review 5/25/18

 After World War II, a key reason the Soviet Union established satellite nations in Eastern Europe was to

• ease tensions with the Chinese government
• expand trade opportunities with Western Europe
• protect its western border from attack
• maintain freedom of the seas

 During its climb to power in the 1930s and 1940s, the Chinese Communist Party under Mao Zedong developed a strategy that focused on

• taking over cities 
• building peasant support
•  sponsoring nonviolent protests 
• strengthening traditional Confucian values

Which description best fits the Salt March conducted by Mohandas Gandhi?

• an act of civil disobedience against the British
• a statement of support for dividing India
• a protest against the Sepoy Mutiny
•  a rally for the British during World War II

In the 1930s and 1940s, Japan expanded its empire to include parts of 

• eastern Europe and southwest Asia
• China and southeast Asia
• Turkey and the Soviet Union
• Australia and Latin America

Why was the outcome of the Russo-Japanese War a concern for European governments?

• Japan was able to defeat a western power.
• Russia had surrendered without a fight.
•  Japan had developed a superior air force.
•  The Russian monarch had been assassinated.

During the 19th century, the economies in most Latin American countries relied primarily on the export of

• cash crops
• service jobs
• hydroelectric power
• factory-made goods

Which factor was a major consideration at the time India was being partitioned?

• creation of uniform land areas
• equal distribution of natural resources
• tensions between Hindus and Muslims
• territorial disputes between Britain and France

One way in which Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping are similar is that both

• granted autonomy to satellite countries
• promoted a multiparty political system
•  encouraged religious dissenters to seek freedom
•  encouraged religious dissenters to seek freedom

Nelson Mandela and Aung San Suu Kyi are closely associated with movements to 

• establish theocratic rule
• guarantee rights and liberties
• introduce socialistic economic principles
• support military juntas

“OPEC Meets To Discuss Production Restrictions” “European Union Threatens Sanctions Against Nonmembers” “China Granted Most Favored Nation Status by United States”
These headlines illustrate the economic concept of

• interdependence
• imperialism
• communism
• self-sufficiency