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John Locke, Jean Rousseau, and Voltaire all lived during what was called the:
Dark Ages
Middle Ages
Enlightenment
Depression
Estate
Why did many industrialized or advanced countries need to takeover less advanced countries?
For better climate and cleaner environment
To create a democratic government
To teach the local population about recycling
To claim or takeover natural resources located in those countries
Why were European countries interested in colonizing Africa during the Age of Imperialism?
They wanted Africa's natural resources
They wanted land to develop new types of ships
They wanted to create a perfect society
They wanted to learn new languages
The race for European countries to claim land in Africa was called the _________.
Scramble for Africa
African Marathon
Great Competition
Monopoly
Which of the following is true about the Boxer Rebellion?
The rebellion took place in Japan.
The Boxers were trying to keep Christianity in China.
The Boxers were unhappy with foreign influence in China.
The Boxers were able to drive out the foreigners from China.
The Berlin Conference split up ________ among European nations.
Africa
Asia
Australia
South America
The Monroe Doctrine prevented Europe from taking over countries in __________________
North America only
South America only
Asia
North and South America
Which of the following events led to Japan being opened up to foreign trade?
Admiral Matthew Perry landing in Tokyo with warships
The Boxer Rebellion
Queen Liliuokalani being overthrown
The Sepoy Mutiny
One effect of industrialization on Meiji Japan was that it
strengthened the power of the Shogunate
decreased the level of pollution
modernized transportation
increased the number of small farms
Japan’s increased foreign trade during the Meiji Restoration was closely related to its
need to maintain a traditional society
desire for a modern industrialized society
colonization by Western nations
encouragement of foreign investment
What was one impact of industrialization on Japan during the Meiji Restoration?
Japan became more isolated from world affairs
Demand for natural resources increased
Japan became a colonial possession of China
Traditional practices of Bushido were reintroduced
In the years following the Meiji Restoration in Japan and the unification of Germany in the 19th century, both nations experienced
an increase in military production and strengthened military forces
a reduction in tensions with neighboring nations
a restructuring of government that included popularly elected monarchs
a decrease in the reliance on industrialization and trade
Which of the following would be considered a secondary source?
diary of a Jewish girl who lived during the Holocaust
school report written about the start of World War I
map used by explorers during the Age of Exploration
lab notes written by Marie Curie
The unification of Italy and the unification of Germany were both made possible through
nationalism
imperialism
collectivization
industrialization
Which leader is best known for his role in the Haitian Revolution?
Simon Bolivar
Mahatma Ghandi
Raul Castro
Toussaint L'Overture
Which policy is most directly associated with the terms spheres of influence, extraterritoriality, and protectorate?
collectivization
containment
isolationism
imperialism
Which event directly led to the beginning of World War I?
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
Cuban Missile Crisis
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Emancipation Proclamation
Which leader used the phrase "Peace, Land, and Bread" to encourage Russian citizens to overthrow the government?
Lenin
Hitler
Moussolini
Putin
Which of the following was an effect of Joseph Stalin's collectivization
Famine in the Ukraine
Economic prosperity
Move toward democracy
Fall of the Berlin Wall
"Korea Divided at 38th Parallel"
"Hungarian Revolution Crushed"
"Missile Sites Spotted in Cuba"
The events in these headlines contributed to the
development of peacetime allies
collapse of the Soviet Union
rejection of imperialism by Western nations
tensions between the superpowers
Many conflicts in the Middle East during the post-World War II period have directly resulted from
the dissolution of the Arab League
border clashes between Iran and China
disputes related to Palestine
the partition of Egypt
After the overthrow of the Shah of Iran in 1979, Iran's government
became allied with the Soviet Union
was run by Islamic Fundamentalist leaders
returned to a monarchy
was run by Spanish colonial leaders
Which of the following would be considered a Developing Nation?
Nicaragua
France
The United States
Ireland
Which of the following is a major factor leading to the decline in life expectancy in Africa and Southeast Asia?
the AIDS epidemic
failure of communist governments
fallout from nuclear waste
rise in honor killings
China relying on the Congo for coltan to use in the electronics that China produces in an example of
climate change
global interdependence
social mobility
economic self-sufficiency
Which of the following is a factor that has led to World Population Growth in the last 60+ years?
New medicines and technology mean that people are living longer
Families are choosing to have fewer children
War and international conflict has been eliminated
There have been fewer natural disasters
In the late 20th century, the Green Revolution had the greatest impact on
grain production in India
political freedom in Russia
economic reforms in Cuba
traditional customs in Japan
The creation of the United Nations and the signing of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) resulted in an increase in
political revolutions
nonalignment policies
military alliances
international cooperation
How did the Treaty of Versailles lead to the start World War II?
It made the German economy very strong so they had the power to start a war
It gave Germany more access to weapons of war
It outlined a plan for peace with Germany
It made the German people very angry with the rest of Europe, leading to the growth of the Nazi party
Which document forced Germany to take responsibility for causing World War I and pay reparations for damage done?
United Nations Charter
Treaty of Versailles
Atlantic Charter
Treaty of Portsmouth
Joseph Stalin used Five-Year Plans and restrictions on the press as part of a strategy to create this type of government in Russia
Democracy
Totalitarian Dictatorship
Theocracy
Monarchy
Which term describes the idea that private property should be eliminated, all businesses should be public property, and the government should be in complete control of the economy?
Monarchy
Dictatorship
Democracy
Communism
What do Nazism, Communism, and Fascism have in common?
They all deny citizens of some of their basic human rights
They all set up strong economies that can compete in a global market
They all encourage people to learn more about music and the arts
They all encourage peaceful relationships with other countries
Which policy, practiced by Great Britain after World War I, helped cause World War II because it allowed Germany to act aggressively without punishment?
Totalitarianism
Communism
Appeasement
Industrialization
Leading up to and during ___________________, many people in Germany and surrounding countries were denied basic human rights purely based on their religion, culture, or other difference.
The Cold War
The Hungarian Revolt
The Holocaust
The Treaty of Versailles
What was the purpose of the Marshall Plan created after World War II?
create a new military in Germany
create permanent alliances between countries
punish Polish rebels
rebuild and stabilize European countries
The naval blockade of Cuba in 1962 illustrated which political policy?
Isolationism
Containment
Reparations
Exploration
Gorbachev's reforms of perestroika and glasnost resulted in conditions that led to
the strengthening of the Soviet Union's economy
an era of peace in the Soviet Union
the breakup of the Soviet Union
censorship of the news media in Russia
Which term best describes a period of improved relations between the Soviet Union and the United States?
Containment
Sanctions
Detente
Coup d'etat
Until the 1990s, many Eastern European Nations that were under Soviet rule were labeled SSRs, which stands for
Serious Space Racex
Soviet Socialist Republics
Satellite States of Russia
Supreme State Republics
Which historical event is pictured in this photograph?
Construction of the Great Wall of China
The destruction of the Berlin Wall
Separation of Berlin into East and West
Collapse of the monarchy in Great Britain
The Communist Party's idea of joining small farms into larger farms was known as
collectivization
industrialization
politicizing
ownership
The Communist's plan of joining farms together to grow more and more food by competition between farms was known as
Cultural Revolution
The Chinese Communal Farm Plan
The Communist's Food Plan
The Great Leap Forward
All citizens of China during the Cultural Revolution were required to memorize and carry with them
Mao's Little Instruction Book
Mao's Letter to the People
Mao's Little Red Book
Mao's How to be a Communist Book
What had to happen before the Industrial Revolution could take place?
The French Revolution
The Agricultural Revolution
Child labor
Improvements for workers in factories
One of the reasons why the Industrial Revolution began in Britain was because Britain had
an abundance of natural resources, especially coal and iron
an abundance of silk for luxury textiles
few natural resources
a stable government that placed limits on the role of merchants
Why did the "cottage industry" come to an end?
too many people moved to the city
the factory system replaced the cottage industry
women stopped working to take care of their children
women demanded higher wages (money for working)
How did the Agricultural Revolution affect Britain?
the population increased
the population stayed the same
the population decreased
the crops failed continuously
Before a nation can industrialize, it must first have
strong religious beliefs
a good supply of food
a communist government
a democratic government
it allowed the Russians to receive financial aid and build their army.
it punished Germany by making them pay reparations and led the Germans to seek revenge
During the Cold War, what policy did the U.S. follow to stop the spread of communism?
Open Door Policy
Big Stick Policy
Containment Policy
Dollar Diplomacy
Which letter represents the location of a country created in part as a result of the Zionist movement?
A
B
C
D
In Iran, the Revolution of 1979 and the rise of Islamic fundamentalism have resulted in
an increase in women's rights
the westernization and modernization of the nation
a return to many traditional customs
the introduction of a democratic form of government
What was the main reason refugees fled Rwanda in the 1990s?
Cold War tensions
ethnic conflict
devastation from an earthquake
expansion of the Sahel
In Cambodia, Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge modeled their agrarian society on
Lech Walesa’s Solidarity movement in Poland
Mohandas Gandhi’s Quit India program
Mao Zedong’s Great Leap Forward in China
Leonid Brezhnev’s doctrine of détente
The Nuremberg Trials are considered an important event in the 20th century because they
condemned the use of nuclear weapons
ruled on provisions for the postwar occupation of Germany
brought an end to genocide
established principles of responsibility for human rights violations
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was written in response to
the forced migrations of city people under the rule of the Khmer Rouge
demands for better treatment of Latin American peasants in Guatemala
the burning of Hutu homes in Rwanda
atrocities committed during World War II
Which group was accused of violating human rights in the city of Nanjing during World War II?
Germans
Japanese
Americans
Chinese
The governments of Augusto Pinochet, Saddam Hussein, and Slobodan Milosevic
set-up absolute monarchies
violated some of their citizens human rights
decreased human rights atrocities
formed Islamic theocracies
The late 20th-century conflicts in Rwanda,Yugoslavia, and India were similar in that each was caused by the
rivalries between ethnic groups
intervention of United Nations peacekeeping forces
collapse of communism
deforestation conducted by multinational companies
What is the main idea of the cartoon?
Eastern European satellite nations have been a liability to the Soviet Union.
The Soviet Union produces more industrial goods than China produces.
The standard of living in Communist nations needs improvement.
Most communist nations are wealthier than capitalistic nations.
What is the main idea of this 1991 cartoon?
The unification of Germany has been hurt by poor leadership in the country.
The economic differences between East and West Germany have limited the growth of the total German economy.
East Germany's strong economy has strengthened a united Germany.
Both East Germany and West Germany have contributed equally to the new economy of a reunified Germany.
During the Cold War period, India's foreign policy was committed to
supporting communism in Asia
isolationism in international commerce
nonalignment with the world powers
rejecting democracy in Pakistan
Which is a valid conclusion that can be drawn from a study of these events of the late 1980s and early 1990s?
The former Soviet Union succeeded in isolating its satellites from Western influences.
The United Nations forced Communist leaders to accept changes.
Communist leaders used new strategies to win the cold war.
Communism did not succeed as a workable political and economic system in Europe.
The growing interdependence of the world’s economies, cultures, and populations, brought about by cross-border trade in goods and services, technology, and flows of investment, people, and information is the...
Multiculturalism
International Trade
Globalization
Ecommerce
What is globalization?
the policy of reducing poverty and population growth across the globe
a process of using both a command economy and a mixed economy worldwide
the global exchange of goods, services, capital, people and information
the process of restricting world trade and investments in developing nations
What is urbanization?
. The movement of people from one country to another
The buildup of heat around large metropolitan centers
The movement of people from rural areas to cities
The system of public works that supports a city
•Digital technology, fiber optics, and microprocessors are ___________________.
Advanced technologies that have increased globalization
Advanced technologies only used by developed nations.
Advanced technologies that keep developing nations poor
Advanced technologies that are avoided in countries with command economies
What made the improvement in contact between countries possible and led to globalization in the 1990s?
the end of the cold war
the outbreak of WWII
the advent of the Great Pandemic of 1918
the invention of the toothbrush
Why were countries in Eastern Europe, Asia and South Africa finally able to adopt democracy after the Cold War?
the introduction of the internet allowed democratic ideas to reach them finally
communication was restored after the Great Schism ended
the Soviet Union collapsed and wasn't able to enforce communism on them any longer
financial discrepancies were discovered in the I495 tax codes of Bolivia
One way in which Toussaint L’Ouverture, Simón Bolívar, and José de San Martín are similar is that they all were
supporters of mercantile policies
leaders of independence movements
democratically elected leaders
industrial labor reformers
During its climb to power in the 1930s and 1940s, the Chinese Communist Party under Mao Zedong developed a strategy that focused on
taking over cities
building peasant support
sponsoring nonviolent protests
strengthening traditional Confucian values
The workers in industrial countries must create a revolution, overthrow the existing governments using force if necessary, and then create a new classless society.
This statement expresses the views of
Mikhail Gorbachev
Jomo Kenyatta
Karl Marx
Kemal Atatürk
The economic policies of Mikhail Gorbachev of the Soviet Union and of Deng Xiaoping of China included
elements of capitalism
boycotts on foreign products
a one-child policy
a reliance on agricultural self-sufficiency
One way in which Sun Yat-sen and Kemal Atatürk were similar is that each
led a nationalist movement in his country
rejected violence as a way to gain political power
supported Marxist political principles
promoted a society ruled by religious leaders
One similarity in the actions of Benito Mussolini and Saddam Hussein is that both
established a democratic form of government
denied individual rights
expanded the power of labor unions
sought a classless society
Which middle eastern country was created as a result of the Zionist Movement?
Syria
Iraq
Jordan
Israel
In Iran, the Revolution of 1979 and the rise of Islamic fundamentalism resulted in
an increase in women'r rights
the westernization and modernization of the nation
a return to many traditional customs
the introduction of a democratic form of government
Which Turkish leader aimed to modernize the country with the adoption of many western ideas and practices?
Jomo Kenyatta
Deng Xioping
Franz Ferdinand
Kemal Ataturk
When the people of a country practice self-determination, this means that
they are completely controlled by colonial countries
they separate the people by race
they have a communist economy
they determine their own statehood and government
What does NAFTA stand for?
North American Federation Trading Act
North America Fur Trade Agreement
North America Free Trade Agreement
Northern Africa Free Trade Act
Which countries are included in the NAFTA deal? (Select all that apply)
Mexico
USA
Alaska
Canada
Greenland
The main course of the Arab-Israeli conflicts from 1948 to 1973 was the clash between
Islamic Fundamentalism and Orthodox Judaism
Arab socialism and Israeli capitalism
Arab nationalism and Jewish nationalism
Arab nationalism and Jewish nationalism
a major stumbling block to a settlement of the Arab-Israeli conflict is the question of
ownership and operation of the Suez Canal
control of the Arabian Peninsula
representation of Palestinian Arabs and Israelis
land and civil rights for Palestinian Arabs
What was the result of the Arab-Israeli Conflict?
Israel lost, Palestine took over territory.
No country won, they both surrendered
Israel defeated the Arab Countries, and took Palestine land.
Palestine was part of this Arab empire before and during WWI.
Ottoman Empire
Persian Empire
Mauryan Empire
Saudi Empire
After the UN partition of Jerusalem the city would have been...
Given to Israel
Given to Palestine
Split between the Israelis and Palestinians
Put under UN control
The politically motivated use of computers and information technology to cause severe disruption or widespread fear in society.
Cyberterrorism
Bioterrorism
Globalization
Kyoto Protocol
The term "nonalignment" referred to
the political and diplomatic independence from the Soviet Union and the United States
newly independent African countries not aligning themselves with Islam
Iran not aligning itself with other Islamic countries in the Middle East
I was a leader in the movement for Indian independence and became the 1st Prime Minister of India.
Nehru
Gandhi
Jinnah
Meir
