10th Grade Global Regents Review

A major goal of both the Sepoy Mutiny and the Boxer Rebellion was to

• restore parliamentary government

• remove foreign influences

• improve access to civil service examinations

• establish theocratic governments

One major reason European countries engaged in imperialism in the late 19th century was to

• gain a better understanding of unknown territories

• ease tensions with their rivals

• develop treatments for diseases

• obtain markets for their manufactured goods

During the Industrial Revolution, locating factories near concentrations of natural resources and transportation routes most directly promoted

• annexations and unequal treaties

• migration and urbanization

• legislative reforms and formation of unions

• communal fields and the domestic system

What was one factor that caused Napoleon’s invasion of Russia and Hitler’s invasion of Russia to be unsuccessful?

• poorly trained military forces

• a lack of alliances

• harsh winter climate

• mountainous terrain

• Pamphlet on the philosophy of Zionism

• Balfour Declaration

• Oslo Accords These documents are most closely associated with the controversy over

• efforts by the United Nations to restrict child slavery and indentured servitude

• production of oil by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)

• trade agreements established by the World Trade Organization (WTO)

• control of land in the Middle East by Palestinians and Jews

Which event sparked the outbreak of World War I?

• attack on Pearl Harbor by Japan

• Germany’s invasion of Poland

• Bolshevik coup d’état in Russia

• assassination of the Austrian Archduke

The purpose of Mohandas Gandhi’s actions such as the Salt March and the textile boycott was to

• begin a cycle of armed revolution

• draw attention to critical issues

• increase the strength of the military

• resist the power of religious leaders

Which condition was a result of Joseph Stalin’s command economy?

• Peasants were encouraged to sell surplus grain for personal profit.

• The production of consumer goods increased.

• National revenue increased allowing for greater individual spending.

• The government controlled agriculture through collective farms.

The introduction of the Green Revolution in India was intended to

• increase crop yields

• preserve the rain forest

• stop desertification

• protect endangered species

The rule of Kemal Atatürk and the rule of Shah Reza Pahlavi are similar because both leaders

• established communist policies

• wanted to restore traditional values

• promoted westernization and modernization

• banned foreign investors