Benchmark Review 2 MWH

What was one motivation for the United States to offer to help finance the construction of the Aswan Dam in Egypt in 1956?

• A) to repay Egypt for military support against Germany during World War II

• B) to discourage Egypt from improving relations with the Soviet Union

• C) to encourage Egypt to establish a peaceful relationship with France

• D) to compensate Egypt for losses incurred during the Suez Crisis

Which phrase best completes the title of this list? Nations That Have _______?

• A) Resisted Free Market Economies

• B) Joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organization

• C) Protested for Democratic Reform

• D) Sought Membership in the African Union

These wars were fought primarily for which reason? Crimean War: 1853–1856, First Boer War: 1880–1881, Russo-Japanese War: 1904–1905

• to establish democratic governments

• religious divisions between populations

• to expand imperial holdings

• self-determination for ethnic groups

At the end of World War II, many Jewish Holocaust survivors migrated from Europe to Palestine because Palestine was

• well-protected from Nazi invasion

• easily accessible by train

• a sparsely populated country

• the site of ancient Israelite kingdoms

Use the information in the chart to answer the question. The chart lists countries that gained independence in 1991: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan.

• overthrow of the Taliban

• end of British colonialism

• collapse of the Soviet Union

• break-up of the Holy Roman Empire

Which factor helped enable Fidel Castro to seize power in Cuba?

• use of Soviet military forces

• corruption in the national government

• assistance from the U.S. government

• failures in agricultural production

What is one likely cause of these pandemics?

• globalization

• drought

• pollution

• deforestation

What was an immediate result of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?

• Germany signed a peace treaty

• Great Britain formed an alliance with Belgium

• Russia’s monarch was overthrown

• Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia

Pakistan was a founding member of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO), even though the country is not located in Southeast Asia. What did Pakistan gain from participating in this organization?

• increased support for colonial independence movements

• widespread support in the conflict with India

• new markets to import finished goods

• improved relations with Cambodia

Which action is Mandela referring to in this excerpt? "I was made, by the law, a criminal, not because of what I had done, but because of what I stood for..." —Nelson Mandela

• exile from his homeland for committing acts of treason

• punishment for speaking out against an oppressive government

• cancellation of his license to practice law in Johannesburg

• removal as the head of the African National Congress