Global Review # 5

Which historical turning point was directly influenced by the events described in this document?

• 1) Germany unified and industrialized, becoming a dominant world power by World War I.

• (2) Europeans lost profitable colonies in the Americas and sought new imperial holdings.

• (3) Japan shifted from a period of isolation to a more modernized state

• British Parliament began to pass legislation to address concerns over working conditions.

Which historical writing most influenced the circumstances described in this document?

• (1) John Locke’s Two Treatises of Government

• (2) Olympe de Gouges’ Declaration of the Rights of Woman

• (3) Karl Marx’s Communist Manifesto

• (4) Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations

The passage was written to justify

• (1) the export of Irish grain

• (2) the importation of foreign food through English ports

• (3) Irish protests against British trade policies

• (4) the Great Famine

Which problem is identified in this passage?

• (1) the low prices of agricultural products

• (2) the exporting of much-needed food

• (3) the waste caused by grain overproduction

• (4) the opening of ports to foreign merchants

Which event influenced the writing of this poem?

• (1) World War I

• (2) the Russian Revolution

• (3) World War II

• (4) the Korean War

Siegfried Sassoon’s primary purpose for writing this poem is to

• (1) promote nationalism and encourage soldiers to volunteer

• (2) show the horrors of the fighting and the cruelty of the war

• 3) encourage the development of more technologically advanced weapons

• (4) protect the environment from destruction by human actions

The author interprets Kenyatta’s discussion of the Kenya African Union flag as a call for

• (1) a new monotheistic religious movement

• (2) a peaceful transfer of political power to Africans

• (3) removal of restriction on political speech

• 4) violent resistance against colonial authority

Which event led most directly to the situation described in this document?

• (1) the French Revolution

• (2) the Berlin Conference

• (3) the Treaty of Versailles

• (4) the Truman Doctrine

Which statement best describes the point of view of this cartoonist?

• (1) Nuclear arms treaties have been highly effective

• (2) The arms race was limited to nuclear missiles.

• (3) The threat of armed revolution was not taken seriously.

• (4) Disarmament talks had not been effective.