• Connections between places and regions

• Patterns of population distribution

• Urban land use patterns

Which social science would most likely focus on the study of these topics from a spatial perspective?

Speaker A: The market should be controlled by supply and demand, not the whims of a parliament.

Speaker B: History will administer justice to the greedy bourgeoisie when the proletariat revolt.

Which type of economy is Speaker A reflecting and Speaker B represents the ideas of which of the following?

Maximilien Robespierre is best known in French history for

"Crop rotation, a natural form of pest control, was used less as Irish agriculture switched mainly to growing potatoes. Individual farms were located close together, making it easy for the fungus to spread. After the famine, the amount of farmland cultivated decreased by approximately 50%. Before the famine, 8 million people lived in Ireland. In the 1960s, 3 million lived there".

— From Evan D. G. Fraser, Conservation Ecology 6 Based on this information, what was a contributing cause of the Irish famine?

A major goal of both the Sepoy Rebellion and the Boxer Rebellion was to

. . .In the rest of the world European political assumptions are so taken for granted that nobody thinks about them anymore; but at least one of these assumptions, the modern belief in secular civil government, is an alien creed in a region [the Middle East] most of whose inhabitants, for more than a thousand years, have avowed faith in a Holy Law that governs all of life, including government and politics. . . . — David Fromkin, A Peace to End All Peace

What is a valid conclusion based on this reading?

The terms of the Treaty of Versailles and the global economic depression of the 1930s both contributed to the

Replaced Islamic law with secular law

Encouraged industrial expansion

Increased the rights of women

Inspired nationalism ?

To whom does this refer?

A goal of the Japanese invasion of Manchuria (1931) and of the second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) was to

Adolf Hitler justified his takeover of eastern territory by stating that Germany needed to

First they came for the Communists, but I was not a Communist so I did not speak out. Then they came for the Socialists and the Trade Unionists, but I was neither, so I did not speak out. Then they came for the Jews, but I was not a Jew so I did not speak out. And when they came for me, there was no one left to speak out for me.

— Martin Niemöller

Which event is Martin Niemöller referring to in this passage?

An examination of the Nazi’s Russian campaign in the 1940s would show that

The military conflicts of World War II ended in August 1945 when

After World War II, trials for Nazi war criminals were conducted by the

This image shows a label used on aid packages to post–World War II Europe as a result of the

“African National Congress (ANC) Demands Repeal of Pass Laws”

“Bishop Desmond Tutu Awarded Nobel Peace Prize”

“Nelson Mandela Released from Prison After Serving 27 Years”

Which historical situation is most closely associated with these headlines?

The migration of over a million people from Rwanda in the 1990s was the result of

This map depicts Vietnam during which time period?

The April 1986 events at the Soviet nuclear plant in Chernobyl demonstrate that

Which conclusion can best be supported based on the 2003 data shown on this map?

• Extensive use of irrigation systems

• High inputs of chemical fertilizers and pesticides

• Use of genetically altered seeds to increase yields

These characteristics are most closely associated with the

Which scientific theory is supported by the work of Copernicus, Galileo, and Kepler?

The collapse of the Ottoman Empire, the creation of nation-states in central Europe, and the formation of the League of Nations are results associated most directly with

Which revolution, led by Toussaint L’Ouverture, relied on slave rebellions to achieve independence?

There is that great proverb—that until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter. That did not come to me until much later. Once I realized that, I had to be a writer. I had to be that historian. It’s not one man’s job. It’s not one person’s job. But it is something we have to do, so that the story of the hunt will also reflect the agony, the travail [hardships]—the bravery, even, of the lions.

— Chinua Achebe, “Bravery of Lions,” 1994 interview in The Paris Review 2

Which idea about history does this passage illustrate?

• Men are born and remain free and equal in rights. Social distinctions may be founded only upon the general good.

• Any law which violates the inalienable rights of man is essentially unjust and tyrannical; it is not a law at all.

Which event was an attempt to implement these ideas?

• Prices are determined by supply and demand.

• Governments have little involvement in economic decision making.

• Private ownership is the norm.

Which economic system is best characterized by these statements?

Which societal issue was examined in the written works of Charles Dickens and Karl Marx?

One result of the Treaty of Nanjing was the

The Sepoy Rebellion and the Boxer Rebellion are best characterized as responses to

. . . During the five years beginning in 1914, industrial production grew five times; exports, more than three times. The deficit in international accounts, opened in the mid-nineteenth century, was replaced by a comfortable surplus. The industry that showed the most remarkable growth was shipbuilding; barely started in the latter part of the nineteenth century, in 1919 600,000 tons were built, putting Japan in third place after Great Britain and the United States. . . .

— Masataka Kosaka (adapted)

The developments in Japanese history described in this passage are most closely associated with

Political boundaries of 19th-century European countries frequently changed due to

Toward the end of the Weimar Republic (1919– 1933), many Germans supported fascism because the Nazis

Which heading best completes the partial outline below?

I. ____________________________________

A. Austria-Hungary blamed Serbia for encouraging terrorism.

B. Russia supported the Serbian desire for self-determination.

C. Great Britain believed it had a duty to protect Belgium from German invasion.

One reason Kemal Atatürk faced opposition is that he

Stalin’s forced collectivization in Ukraine in the 1930s resulted in the

Toward the end of the Weimar Republic (1919– 1933), many Germans supported fascism because the Nazis

NEW YORK — Seventy years ago this month in Munich, the British prime minister, Neville Chamberlain, signed a document that allowed Germany to grab a large chunk of Czechoslovakia. The so-called “Munich Agreement” would come to be seen as an abject [despicable] betrayal of what Chamberlain termed “a far away country of which we know little.” But that was not what many people thought at the time. . . .

— Ian Buruma, “The Wrong Lesson of Munich,” September 8, 2008

Which policy is associated with the historical episode described in this passage?

NEW YORK — Seventy years ago this month in Munich, the British prime minister, Neville Chamberlain, signed a document that allowed Germany to grab a large chunk of Czechoslovakia. The so-called “Munich Agreement” would come to be seen as an abject [despicable] betrayal of what Chamberlain termed “a far away country of which we know little.” But that was not what many people thought at the time. . . .

— Ian Buruma, “The Wrong Lesson of Munich,” September 8, 2008

What does this passage suggest about Neville Chamberlain’s action?

Which physical feature made the Soviet Union vulnerable to invasion from German forces in World War II?

Why is D-Day (June 6, 1944) considered a turning point in World War II?

A study of organizations like the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the European Union (EU), and the United Nations (UN) would show that

Which resource makes the Middle East geopolitically important?

In the 1980s, China’s economic growth and reentry into the world economy was most directly the result of the

Which heading best completes the partial outline below?

I. ___________________________________

A. Bordered by hostile countries

B. Limited arable land

C. Scarce water resources

D.Intifadas

. . . The scale and the intensity of the conflict, along with the conditions of the use of force against the insurgents [rebels], have focused international attention on Kashmir. Both Indian and international human rights groups have criticized the excessive and unauthorized use of force by the security forces, particularly the BSF [Border Security Force]. Charges have repeatedly been exchanged between Islamabad and New Delhi: the former accusing India of widespread repression in Kashmir, the latter accusing Pakistan of aiding and abetting [supporting] the insurgents. Finally, external powers, principally the United States, have expressed concerns about the potential spillover of the conflict. U.S. officials have articulated fears of an Indo-Pakistani conflict that could escalate to the nuclear level. . . .

— Šumit Ganguly, The crisis in Kashmir, 1997

According to this author, what is one potential consequence of the Kashmir conflict?

A. Korean War

B. Communist Revolution in China

C. Cuban missile crisis

D. Fall of the Berlin Wall

Which sequence of letters places these Cold War events in the correct chronological order?

THE PRIMARY GOAL OF MIKHAIL GORBACHEV'S POLICY of perestroika for the Soviet Union was the

Which action of Kim Jong Il is the subject of this 2009 cartoon?

Conflicts in Rwanda and Darfur demonstrate the destabilizing effects of

A study of the rule of Czar Nicholas II and the rule of King Louis XVI would show that

The purpose of Lenin’s New Economic Policy in the Soviet Union and Deng’s Four Modernizations in China was to

Simón Bolívar, Ho Chi Minh, and Jomo Kenyatta are significant historical figures because they all

Locke and Rousseau, as writers during the Enlightenment, expanded the concept of

From a Mexican perspective, what was one argument against adopting the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)?

Which global problem is best illustrated by the late 20th-century conflicts in Rwanda, Kosovo, and Sudan?

One way in which Mikhail Gorbachev of the Soviet Union and F. W. de Klerk of South Africa are similar is that each leader

In Cambodia, Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge modeled their agrarian society on

Which two nations were created as a result of religious tensions?

What is one of the primary differences between a market economy and a command economy?

The Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan were established to

The term totalitarianism can best be defined as the

. . .It is inevitable, perhaps, that the present activity in Japanese shipping should be linked with the military program and the drive for expansion both on the mainland of Asia and in the waters to the south. Witness the recent statement of the Japanese Minister of Communications, when he characterized the industry as the “vanguard [trailblazers] of advancing Japan,” describing its development as important to “national economy, national defense and the improvement of the country’s international accounts.”. . .

— Catherine Porter, “Shipping the ‘Vanguard of Advancing Japan,’ ” Far Eastern Survey, February 3, 1937

Based on this excerpt, which conclusion is most valid?

Neville Chamberlain visited Munich in 1938 to negotiate the fate of Sudetenland. Which policy is most closely associated with Chamberlain’s action?

*Building factories and infrastructure

*Outlawing the wearing of veils by women and fezzes by men

*Modernizing education and government

*Replacing Arabic script with Latin alphabet

Under the rule of which leader did these changes occur?

Social Darwinism and the ideas expressed in the “White Man’s Burden” were used by Europeans to justify their policies of

Camillo di Cavour is to unification of Italy as Otto Von Bismarck is to the unification of ____________

Which feature is shown on a political map?

Which action best represents what a historian should do when considering primary source evidence about a historical event?