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WHAP Chapter 35/36 Review

Total questions: 74

Worksheet time: 37mins

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Class
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1.

One of the greatest proponents of Pan-Africanism was

a)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

b)

Malcolm X.

c)

Jomo Kenyatta.

d)

Marcus Garvey.

2.

U.S. policies toward Latin America included

a)

the New Deal.

b)

"dollar diplomacy."

c)

the Good Neighbor Policy.

d)

"dollar diplomacy" and the Good Neighbor Policy.

3.

Mexican President ________ nationalized his country's oil industry, thus posing a challenge to the U.S. policy of nonintervention in Latin American affairs.

a)

Lázaro Cárdenas

b)

Diego Rivera

c)

José Carlos Mariátegui

d)

Juan Batista Sacasa

4.

Who of the following is most closely associated with the Good Neighbor Policy?

a)

Woodrow Wilson

b)

Warren Harding

c)

Theodore Roosevelt

d)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

5.

In South Africa, how much land was reserved for the whites?

a)

88 percent

b)

50 percent

c)

95 percent

d)

68 percent

6.

In South Africa, how much of the population did whites make up?

a)

50 percent

b)

20 percent

c)

45 percent

d)

65 percent

7.

In which of the following groups did ideas regarding African nationalism germinate?

a)

peasants

b)

veterans of World War I

c)

new elite

d)

laborers

8.

Pan-Africanism is an idea that advocated the

a)

creation of individual African states based solely on religious affiliation.

b)

creation of individual African states based on language groups.

c)

establishment of Muslim states throughout Africa.

d)

unification of all people of African descent around the globe into one African state.

9.

The "Mukden Incident"

a)

started active warfare between the Chinese nationalists and communists.

b)

resulted in the signing of the Sino-Russian Pact.

c)

provided Germany with an excuse to send troops into Poland.

d)

provided Japan with the fabricated excuse to send troops into Manchuria.

10.

Manchukuo was the

a)

Japanese nationalist leader who led Japan into World War II.

b)

Korean leader who vainly fought to push the Japanese out of Korea.

c)

Japanese puppet state in the former Manchuria.

d)

code name for the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

11.

The Allies had invaded German colonies in Africa by

a)

1914

b)

1919

c)

1917

d)

1923

12.

Africans were participants in World War I because

a)

they were paid a great deal of money by the Europeans to participate.

b)

many believed in the cause of the Entente powers versus the Central powers.

c)

many believed in the cause of the Central powers versus the Entente powers.

d)

they were bound by colonial ties to European powers.

13.

In the decades following World War I, nationalism in Asia was most powerful in

a)

Korea and Japan.

b)

China

c)

Japan

d)

China and India.

14.

The Long March

a)

destroyed Mao Zedong's credibility with the Chinese.

b)

left Jiang Jieshi in complete control of the Chinese Communist Party.

c)

forced Mao Zedong to flee China and hide in the Soviet Union.

d)

greatly strengthened Mao Zedong's leadership position.

15.

Maoism was

a)

solely an economic policy based on encouraging agrarian growth in China.

b)

solely an economic policy based on encouraging industrial growth in China.

c)

a political ideology that held that peasants were the foundation for a successful communist revolution.

d)

a foreign policy agenda that actively encouraged open relations with democratic western powers.

16.

By the end of World War I, how many people from Africa had served in the French army?

a)

385,000

b)

480,000

c)

610,000

d)

230,000

17.

All of the following African colonies were compelled by European colonial powers to participate in the Great War EXCEPT the

a)

British colonies.

b)

Spanish colonies.

c)

Belgian colonies.

d)

Italian colonies.

18.

After World War I, colonial powers

a)

let go of their colonial holdings.

b)

gave the colonials the right to vote.

c)

shut down exportation.

d)

sought to make the colonies dependent on the European economy.

19.

The Great Depression helped lead Japan to

a)

institute greater democratic reforms for its government.

b)

embrace more western institutions.

c)

consult more frequently with other countries on matters of security and economics.

d)

turn toward a militaristic government whose goal was the domination of east Asia.

20.

Which of the following Asian countries was part of the "big five" in the League of Nations?

a)

Indonesia

b)

China

c)

Korea

d)

Japan

21.

Sun Yatsen's plan for China included all of the following EXCEPT

a)

the elimination of privileges for foreigners.

b)

the establishment of a communist, totalitarian government.

c)

national reunification.

d)

economic development.

22.

Who launched the Northern Expedition?

a)

Sun Yatsen.

b)

Mohandas Gandhi.

c)

Jiang Jieshi.

d)

Muhammad Ali Jinnah.

23.

The nationalist government of China was challenged by all of the following EXCEPT

a)

the possibility of a revolution led by Chinese communists.

b)

Japanese aggression.

c)

economic hardship caused by the Great Depression.

d)

local Chinese warlords that controlled a portion of China.

24.

In 1928 the Japanese government signed the Kellogg-Briand Pact, which

a)

established peace between it and China.

b)

lowered world tariffs to try to kick-start economic development.

c)

renounced war as a tool of national policy.

d)

carved up China into zones of control by western powers and Japan.

25.

The most influential organization dedicated to the end of British rule in India was the

a)

Muslim League.

b)

Pan-Indian Association.

c)

Indian National Congress.

d)

Indian Communist Party.

26.

Indian nationals were influenced by

a)

Winston Churchill.

b)

Woodrow Wilson.

c)

Adolf Hitler.

d)

Benito Mussolini.

27.

Satyagraha was

a)

Gandhi's philosophy of passive resistance.

b)

the Islamic leader who called for the creation of Pakistan for India's Muslims.

c)

the Nazi attack on Jewish shops known as the "night of broken glass."

d)

a new artistic movement that flourished after World War I.

28.

Which of the following refers to "Land of the Pure"?

a)

India

b)

Soviet Union

c)

Korea

d)

Pakistan

29.

Which of the following was NOT one of the foundations of Gandhi's preferred methods for changing or improving the Indian state?

a)

an attempt to improve the position of the harijans.

b)

boycotting British goods.

c)

heavy industrialization.

d)

passive resistance.

30.

The Great Depression aggravated the tense situation between Muslims and Hindus in India, in part because

a)

Muslims perceived that they were economically controlled by the Hindu majority of India.

b)

all British economic assistance went to Hindus rather than Muslims.

c)

the Hindu majority of India refused to do business with Muslims.

d)

Hindus accused Muslims of being the cause of the depression in India.

31.

The May Fourth Movement

a)

disguised the beginning of Stalin's great purge of his enemies.

b)

was Lenin's shocking free market reforms.

c)

perfectly expressed growing Japanese nationalism.

d)

galvanized the Chinese against foreign interference.

32.

The founding of the Chinese Communist Party was directly influenced by

a)

India

b)

Indonesia

c)

Iraq

d)

Soviet Union.

33.

The former teacher and librarian that became the leader of the Chinese communist movement was

a)

Jiang Jieshi.

b)

Sun Yatsen.

c)

Shanfei.

d)

Mao Zedong.

34.

Muhammad Ali Jinnah called for the creation of

a)

Pakistan

b)

Iraq

c)

Palestine

d)

Saudi Arabia.

35.

The India Act of 1937

a)

gave total independence to India from Britain.

b)

instituted new measures of oppression that the British used to quell opposition to their rule in India.

c)

gave the institutions of a self-governing state to India, although the British government still exercised overall control.

d)

created the Muslim state of Pakistan.

36.

The high point of appeasement was

a)

the Munich Conference.

b)

the signing of the Nazi-Soviet Pact.

c)

the German invasion of Poland.

d)

Germany sending troops into the demilitarized Rhineland.

37.

In the wake of the Munich Conference, what leader proposed that the meeting had ensured "peace for our time"?

a)

Winston Churchill

b)

Adolf Hitler

c)

Joseph Stalin

d)

Neville Chamberlain

38.

The largest of the Nazi death camps was

a)

Treblinka

b)

Kulmhof

c)

Belzec

d)

Auschwitz

39.

"Comfort women" were

a)

members of the WAVES (Women Appointed for Volunteer Emergency Service).

b)

American women who took over men's work during the course of World War II.

c)

women forced into prostitution by the Japanese.

d)

German spies sent to infiltrate Allied nations.

40.

The majority of the "comfort women" in World War II were from China and

a)

Japan

b)

Russia

c)

the Philippines.

d)

Korea

41.

The German Democratic Republic

a)

was formed out of the British, French, and American zones of occupation.

b)

was sealed off from its eastern half by the construction of the Berlin Wall.

c)

prospered under American leadership.

d)

was formed out of the Soviet zone of occupation.

42.

In the wake of the Berlin blockade and airlift, the U.S., British, and French zones of occupation in Western Germany were

a)

combined into one large American zone of occupation.

b)

evacuated by the countries occupying them in order to prevent a wider conflict.

c)

combined to form the Federal Republic of Germany.

d)

occupied by the Soviet Union after a treaty was signed between the Soviets and the West.

43.

Hitler's comment "You only have to kick in the door, and the whole rotten structure will come down" was a reference to the planned act of invading which of the following powers?

a)

Great Britain

b)

France

c)

Italy

d)

the Soviet Union

44.

The U.S. victory in the Pacific that turned the tide against the Japanese was

a)

Pearl Harbor.

b)

Guam

c)

Midway

d)

Iwo Jima.

45.

The U.S. secret weapon in the Pacific campaign was

a)

an almost three-to-one advantage in aircraft carriers.

b)

its alliance with the Soviets.

c)

massive military aid from Korea and Vietnam.

d)

a code-breaking operation known as Magic.

46.

In the Battle of Okinawa, the Japanese introduced

a)

their own unsuccessful atomic weapon.

b)

the V-1 rocket.

c)

a new and particularly lethal poison gas.

d)

kamikaze pilots.

47.

During the battle of Okinawa,

a)

the people of Okinawa took the opportunity to rebel against their Japanese oppressors.

b)

the United States suffered a devastating defeat that almost cost them the entire war.

c)

the United States introduced its own variety of the V-1 rocket.

d)

roughly 110,000 Okinawan civilians died refusing to surrender.

48.

By December 1941, the Soviets gained two new allies in their struggle to defeat the German invasion of their country: a severe winter and

a)

China

b)

India

c)

the United States.

d)

Finland

49.

The Japanese goal in the bombing of Pearl Harbor was to

a)

take the first step in a planned invasion of the United States.

b)

draw the Americans away from fighting the Germans in Europe.

c)

permanently add Hawai`i to the Japanese empire.

d)

destroy the United States' naval capacity.

50.

"Asia for Asians" was the slogan of the

a)

Japanese

b)

Chinese

c)

Indians

d)

Vietnamese

51.

The Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere was envisioned by

a)

the United States.

b)

China

c)

England

d)

Japan

52.

The key to the Allied victories in Europe and Asia was

a)

industrial capacity and personnel reserves.

b)

the creation of the atomic bomb.

c)

a better group of generals.

d)

the complete agreement on all issues among the British, Soviets, and Americans.

53.

The Normandy invasion

a)

failed, and Hitler was not able to conquer Britain.

b)

allowed Hitler to surprise the French and enter Paris with relative ease.

c)

failed because of stiffening Russian resistance and the onset of winter.

d)

overwhelmed the Germans and led to the collapse of the German western front.

54.

The German Blitzkrieg referred to

a)

the Nazi plan for a "final solution" to the "Jewish question."

b)

the living space in the east that was necessary for an expanding Germany.

c)

a lightning war.

d)

the German representative assembly that voted Hitler into power.

55.

After the fall of France in 1940, the only country standing in opposition to Germany was

a)

Britain

b)

the United States.

c)

the Soviet Union.

d)

Norway.

56.

In the Battle of Britain, the Germans hoped to defeat the English

a)

through a massive naval invasion of Scotland.

b)

through their secret alliance with the Irish.

c)

almost solely through air attacks led by the Luftwaffe.

d)

through simultaneous attacks launched from Norway and France.

57.

Operation Barbarossa was the

a)

British plan for a counter invasion of Germany.

b)

German plan for an invasion of France through Belgium.

c)

German plan for an invasion of the Soviet Union.

d)

American plan for a landing at Normandy in northern France.

58.

In 1938, Germany sent troops into what country and forced its leaders to accept the Anschluss?

a)

the Rhineland

b)

Poland

c)

Austria

d)

Czechoslovakia

59.

While the German-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact was on the surface a nonaggression treaty, it had secret stipulations that spelled out

a)

the division of eastern Europe.

b)

the plans for the "final solution."

c)

the division of China into spheres of influence.

d)

The European part of World War II began with the

60.

The European part of World War II began with the

a)

Soviet invasion of Romania.

b)

German invasion of Poland.

c)

German takeover of Austria.

d)

Munich Conference.

61.

Hitler's air force was able to intervene in and use which war to gain valuable military experience?

a)

Russian civil war

b)

Ethiopian civil war

c)

Czechoslovakian civil war

d)

Spanish civil war

62.

The "Brezhnev Doctrine"

a)

called for economic and political liberalization in eastern Europe.

b)

was a policy of containment to stop the spread of communism.

c)

offered billions of dollars in aid to combat the spread of capitalism.

d)

reserved the right of the Soviet Union to invade any socialist country that was deemed to be threatened by forces hostile to socialism.

63.

The weakness of the League of Nations was revealed in its inability to take any substantial action in response to the Italian invasion of

a)

Czechoslovakia

b)

Ethiopia

c)

Austria.

d)

Egypt

64.

The "Policy of Détente" meant

a)

a reduction in hostility between nations.

b)

an economic program between two powers designed to create a trading bloc.

c)

a commitment to allowing the international body of the United Nations to lead the world community.

d)

a French plan to greatly increase their arsenal of nuclear weapons.

65.

Adolf Hitler often spoke of the "November Crime," which was the

a)

Bolshevik takeover in Russia.

b)

signing of an alliance between England and the Soviet Union.

c)

Japanese takeover of China.

d)

signing of the 1918 armistice.

66.

The Warsaw Pact

a)

was under the leadership of Lech Walesa.

b)

was formed in response to NATO.

c)

was designed to contain the spread of communism.

d)

monitored the treaty that ended World War II.

67.

An active policy of De-Stalinization was begun in 1956 by

a)

Dwight Eisenhower.

b)

Marshall Tito.

c)

Mikhail Gorbachev.

d)

Nikita Khrushchev.

68.

Alexander Dubček's "Prague Spring"

a)

was a literary account of his years in a Soviet labor camp.

b)

promised "socialism with a human face."

c)

was a pejorative term for his ruthless crackdown on anticommunists.

d)

inspired Czechoslovakia to switch to communism.

69.

The Japanese finally surrendered in August 1945

a)

in response to the surrender of Germany.

b)

after the emperor resigned and a republic was established.

c)

after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

d)

after the American landing at Kyushu.

70.

At the Wannsee Conference,

a)

the British agreed to hand over the Sudetenland to Hitler.

b)

Germany officially surrendered and signed the peace treaty.

c)

the United Nations was founded.

d)

the Nazis decided to implement the "final solution."

71.

World War II began with

a)

the assassination of Francis Ferdinand.

b)

Japanese attacks on China.

c)

a Russian invasion of Poland.

d)

the Nazi invasion of Poland.

72.

The height of Japanese atrocity in China was reached at the Rape of

a)

Beijing.

b)

Shanghai

c)

Nanjing

d)

Manchukuo

73.

By September 1937 nationalists and communists had

a)

largely lost the capability to fight.

b)

agreed on a "united front" policy against the Japanese.

c)

reached out to Japanese occupiers with peace offerings.

d)

begun to work with the Germans to fight Japan.

74.

The Tripartite Pact brought together

a)

England, France, and the Soviet Union.

b)

Germany, Italy, and Japan.

c)

England, the Soviet Union, and the United States.

d)

Germany, Italy, and Austria.