Unit 7 - Interwar Period

Based on this passage, what was the purpose of the May 7th protest in Tianjin?

• to condemn international wars

• to demonstrate national pride

• to support economic interdependence

• to criticize progressive revolutionaries

Which claim is best supported by this passage?

• Industrial modernization has been delayed by gender inequality in the workplace.

• Women should hold positions of leadership in business and government.

• Government and society must return to a reliance on Confucian values.

• Consumers should choose to purchase domestically manufactured goods.

The significance of the events shown on this time line is that they represent

• attempts to force empires to decolonize

• efforts by Manchuria and Czechoslovakia to maintain the balance of power

• the expansion of communist forces into Europe and Asia

• underlying causes of World War II

Which situation was most responsible for the rise of the political systems referred to in these headlines?

• unification of Italy

• conflicts between European nations over Africa

• worldwide economic instability

• emergence of the United States as a world power

What is a common characteristic of the political systems represented in these headlines?

• multinationalism

• capitalism

• humanitarianism

• totalitarianism

Answer explanation

Totalitarians are leaders that have TOTAL control.

Synonyms: dictator, authoritarian, absolutist.