MW Chapter 15 review

What is a hacienda?

• legislative body of the Mexican government

• emphasis on home control of the economy

• government take over of resources

• large plantations that housed Mexican peasants

Which contributed to the unrest that ultimately led to the Mexican revolution?

• the people were granted greater democracy and freedom

• Mexico decided to nationalize their interests

• wealth of Mexico being disproportionately spread

Which was NOT a change instituted by the 1917 constitution?

• women were granted suffrage

• it addressed major topics such as labor, land, and religion

• it allowed nationalization of resources

• church land was made property of the nation

How did the Great Depression affect Latin America economically?

• wealth became more evenly distrubuted

• people wanted the government to de-nationalize

• people began to lose faith in liberal government

• people wanted a weaker central government

in addition to political and economic nationalism, how else did Mexico nationalize?

• ethnically

• militarily

• democratically

• culturally

What was Pan-Africanism?

• an idea that emphasized the unity of Africans and their worldwide descent

• the goal for European colonialism to spread throughout all of Africa

• the idea that the people of Africa should be broken up into different fractions

• the allowance of foreign powers into Africa to establish colonial rule

What is Asia-Minor?

• the combination of Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam

• the Turkish peninsula between the black sea and the Mediterranean

• the colonies of Japan and China combined

What reforms did Ataturk and Reza Kahn have in common?

• both allowed Western powers to come in

• both decided to slow modernization

• both rushed to modernize to achieve independence

• none of their reforms were similar

How did the Paris Peace Conference lead to Arab unrest in Palestine?

• many arabs left for europe which crushed the economy

• Arabs pushed back against British and French rule

• The Balfour Declaration denied Jews a national state

What event convinced the people of India to seek self rule?

• Paris Peace Conference

• Balfour Declaration

• Zionist Movement

• Amritsar Massacre