10) Regents Review (June 2023)

The idea that people are born with the natural rights of life, liberty, and property is most directly associated with the writings of

• Baron de Montesquieu

• Thomas Hobbes

• Jacques-Benigne Boussuet

• John Locke

Which geographic feature aided industrialization in Great Britain?

• good harbors

• large forests

• highland climate

• monsoon winds

The terms of the Treaty of Nanjing and of the Treaty of Kanagawa demonstrate the

• unequal relationships characterized by imperialism

• humanitarian ideals that accompanied missionary activity

• importance of technology in developing economies

• changing roles of men and women associated with modernization

The term Zionism can be defined as a form of

• nonalignment

• collective security

• nationalism

• pacifism

The organization of campaigns in South Africa against the policy of racial separation and segregation are most closely associated with

• Jomo Kenyatta

• Cecil Rhodes

• Nelson Mandela

• Kwame Nkrumah

Beginning in the late 1970s, one of Deng Xiaoping's major goals for the People's Republic of China was to

• encourage economic growth through modernization

• support the practice of traditional religions

• protect the purity of revolutionary doctrine

• lesson control over bureaucracy

Which geographic factor most directly contributed to the early success of the Nazi blitzkrieg during World War II?

• Alps Mountain Range

• English Channel

• Thames River

• Northern European Plain

One reason Mao Zedong, Ho Chi Minh, and Fidel Castro rose to power was that these leaders

• promoted capitalism and democracy

• represented the interests of rich landowners

• wanted their countries to stress religious values

• gained the support of the peasants

A major goal of both the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has been to

• control oil prices

• promote the development of rain forests

• expand governmental control of industry

• encourage economic development

Use of the term Iron Curtain is meant to symbolize and highlight differences in

• religious philosophy

• political ideology

• art and literature

• resources and climate