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Ch18 WHMT Nationalism in Asia, Middle East, Latin America, Etc.

Total questions: 32

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The __________ controlled the major groups within Mexican society, thereby giving it enormous control over the Mexican Presidency.

a)

Chapel of Agriculture

b)

People's Liberation Army

c)

Institutional Revolutionary Party

d)

Mexican People's Front

2.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Good Neighbor Policy

a)

rejected the use of U. S. Military force in Latin America.

b)

allowed open immigration between the U. S. and all Latin American countries.

c)

lowered taxes on goods imported from Latin American countries.

d)

stopped trade between the United States and the Latin American countries.

3.

Chiang Kai-shek did not press for programs that would lead to a redistribution of wealth because

a)

he saw the working class as unimportant in his overall "New Life Movement".

b)

he did not want to lose the support of the rural landed gentry, as well as the urban middle class.

c)

he did not understand economic theory

d)

he hated the lower classes

4.

In China, in order to fight the larger Nationalist Army, the Communists

a)

refused to fight on the weekends

b)

went on the Long March to recruit new soldiers

c)

forced peasants to join the army

d)

began using guerilla tactics

5.

Who led the People's Liberation Army on the Long March?

a)

Mao Zedong

b)

the Gang of Four

c)

Sun Yat-sen

d)

Chiang Kai-shek

6.

The ________ gradually developed into vast companies that controlled major segments of the Japanese industrial sector.

a)

Sashimi

b)

Black Dragon Society groups

c)

Triads

d)

zaibatsu

7.

Mohandas Ghandi protested British Laws by

a)

refusing to eat Irish potatoes

b)

using methods of civil disobedience, that is, refusing to obey laws considered to be unjust.

c)

using terrorism in an attempt to drive the British out of India.

d)

staging massive labor strikes to cripple British business interests in India.

8.

In November 1917, the ________ stated Britain's intention to make Palestine the national home of the Jews.

a)

McPherson papers

b)

Churchill report

c)

Lawrence doctrine

d)

Balfour declaration

9.

After successfully establishing the Republic of Turkey, Kemal Atatürk

a)

immediately declared war on Arabia

b)

established a totalitarian state patterned after Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy.

c)

introduced many reforms, most of which were kept even after his death.

d)

proceeded to commit the genocide of the Syrian people.

10.

__________ sought to create national art that would portray Mexico's past, as well as Mexican festivals and folk customs.

a)

Getúlio Vargas

b)

Diego Rivera

c)

Lázaro Cárdenas

d)

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

11.

Identify the radical party leader elected president of Argentina in 1916.

a)

Lázaro Cárdenas

b)

Juan Valdez

c)

Getúlio Vargas

d)

Hipólito Irigoyen

12.

An oligarchy is a

a)

government that glorifies the state above the individual

b)

government in which a select few exercise control.

c)

system in which society owns the means of production.

d)

country that claims to be a republic, but is actually ruled by zaibatsu.

13.

Mao Zedong was convinced that a Chinese revolution would be driven by

a)

the poverty-stricken rural peasants

b)

the disgruntled urban middle class

c)

the discontented wealthy

d)

the angry urban middle class

14.

Chiang Kai-shek's "New Life Movement" was

a)

was patterned after Stalin's Five Year Plans

b)

a new religious movement

c)

an attempt to promote traditional Confucian values while rejecting the excessive individualism of Western capitalism.

d)

his plan to rid China of the Communists, which he called "a disease of the heart".

15.

_________ ordered the killing of thousands of communists in the Shanghai Massacre.

a)

Mao Zedong

b)

Chang Jiang

c)

Sun Yat-sen

d)

Chiang Kai-shek

16.

In the autumn of 1931, Manchuria was invaded by

a)

the Russian Army

b)

an extremist group of middle-level Japanese officers acting without government approval.

c)

the Japanese army, acting on the orders of the newly formed Imperial Rule Assistance Association.

d)

a group of communist agents that was trained by the Comintern in Moscow.

17.

The Salt March was

a)

Mohandas Ghandi's march to the sea to protest new British taxes and restrictions on salt.

b)

the long daily route that Indian laborers were forced to make bearing heavy loads of salt.

c)

a movement led by Jomo Kenyatta to protest British rule of Kenya.

d)

the genocidal exile of the Turkish people to the deserts and swamps of Syria and Mesopotamia.

18.

________ established the modern state of Iran in 1935.

a)

Lord Balfour

b)

Kemal Atatürk

c)

Reza Shah Pahlavi

d)

Ibn Saud

19.

________ is a more modern term for genocide, the deliberate mass murder of particular racial, political, or cultural groups.

a)

Regicide

b)

Ethnic Cleansing

c)

Patricide

d)

Gene splicing

20.

Identify the name of the Mexican national oil company.

a)

Mexicoil

b)

PetroMex

c)

Mexico Refinery Company

d)

PEMEX

21.

U. S. Oil Companies developed a good relationship with Juan Vicente Gómez, the dictator of

a)

Brazil

b)

Venazuela

c)

Honduras

d)

Colombia

22.

In 1900, Brazil was producing three-quarters of the world's

a)

sugar

b)

oil

c)

coffee

d)

rice

23.

The Arab leader, ______ established the kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 1932.

a)

Mohandas Ghandi

b)

Sun Yat-sen

c)

Mao Zedong

d)

Ibn Saud

24.

During the 1920's many countries in ________ became independent republics, but their economies were often dependent on large, wealthy nations.

a)

South America

b)

North America

c)

Central America

d)

the Carribean

25.

__________ believed that Chinese Revolution would be driven by poverty-stricken peasants rather than the urban working class.

a)

Ho Chi Minh

b)

Mao-Zedong

c)

Hirohito

d)

Chiang Kai-shek

26.

In 1928, Chiang Kai-shek founded a new Chinese republic at

a)

Beijing

b)

Bong Son

c)

Nanjing

d)

Peking

27.

Because of an increase in manufacturing in Japan, the government felt pressure to find new sources of

a)

raw materials

b)

revenue

c)

manpower

d)

hydro-electricity

28.

In 1930, the Muslim League in India was beginning to believe in the creation of a separate Muslim state of

a)

Rubekistan

b)

Pakistan

c)

Iraq

d)

Iran

29.

Many Africans had fought during World WarI in the armies of Britain and France and hoped to be rewarded afterward with

a)

Gold

b)

land

c)

independence

d)

Silver

30.

The traditional home of the Jews in antiquity was

a)

Pakistan

b)

Persia

c)

Egypt

d)

Palestine

31.

The British sought to undermine Ottoman rule in the _______ Peninsula by supporting Arab nationalist activties.

a)

Korean

b)

Siberian

c)

Malaysian

d)

Arabian

32.

In 1921, the Persian army mutinied and seized control of the capital city, ___________.

a)

Mecca

b)

Jerusalem

c)

Tehran

d)

Constantinople