10) Extra Credit (Regents Review)

Historians rely on primary sources because these sources

• are more detailed than secondary sources

• provide eyewitness accounts of events

• have the approval of religious authorities

• establish rules for writing history

Which change is most closely associated with Peter the Great of Russia?

• establishment of Moscow as the capital city

• extension of Russia’s borders to the Northern Caucuses and Ukraine

• westernization and modernization of the country

• emancipation of the serfs on private estates

The primary purpose of both the Suez and the Panama canals was to

• control immigration to the colonies

• limit the slave trade

• expand irrigation systems

• decrease the distance of trade routes

The Armenian massacre (1910s) and the forced famine in Ukraine (1930s) are examples of

• international terrorism

• religious conflicts

• guerrilla warfare

• human rights violations

Censorship, a one-party dictatorship, and the replacement of religious ideals with those of the state are all characteristics of a

• democratic government

• totalitarian government

• democratic government

• parliamentary system

The primary purpose of Joseph Stalin’s five-year plans was to

• increase agricultural and industrial output

• limit the wealth of the upper class

• increase the production of consumer goods

• limit immigration of ethnic minorities

During the 1930s, Japan’s policy of imperialism was primarily driven by

• revenge for the bombing of its cities

• a desire to retain its traditional values

• a determination to spread Zen Buddhism

• the need for natural resources

In which region are most member-nations of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) located?

• Latin America

• Europe

• Middle East

• East Asia

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was written in response to

• atrocities committed during World War II

• the burning of Hutu homes in Rwanda

• demands for better treatment of Latin American peasants in Guatemala

• the forced migrations of city people under the rule of the Khmer Rouge

The 20th-century term Green Revolution refers to significant advancements made in the field of

• electronic communication

• food production

• zero population growth

• biological warfare