WorksheetsHIS 154 Exam 3 Review
Total questions: 100
Worksheet time: 33mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The opening of the Suez Canal: (Page 245)
a)
triggered war between Germany and France
b)
reduced travel time between England and India
c)
restored Ottoman power over Morocco
d)
was the final triumph of Napoleon Bonaparte
2.
One of the key characteristics of the “new imperialism” of the late 19th century was that: (Page 246-247)
a)
imperial powers asked permission before entering into colonial relationships
b)
imperial powers had more resources with which to control their colonies
c)
indigenous populations were less likely to resist imperial powers
d)
Great Britain pledged to withdraw any colonial possessions within 20 years of taking control
3.
By 1830, France had occupied and imposed colonial rule in: (Page 251)
a)
the Philippine Islands
b)
Algeria
c)
Indonesia
d)
Hawaii
4.
Which of the following was annexed to the United States at the end of the 19th century? (Page 264)
a)
Indonesia
b)
Korea
c)
Taiwan
d)
the Philippine Islands
5.
Which of the following territories was NOT controlled by the British in the late 19th and early 20th centuries? (Page 249, Map 9.1)
a)
Egypt
b)
Northern Rhodesia
c)
Basutoland
d)
Ethiopia
6.
Which of the following did NOT have colonial claims in Africa in the early 20th century? (Page 249, Map 9.1)
a)
Portugal
b)
France
c)
Belgium
d)
Japan
7.
European authors and politicians justified imperialism with the argument that: (Page 250-251)
a)
they needed access to new markets
b)
they were engaged in a competition for survival
c)
they were obliged to help civilize other societies
d)
all of these arguments were used
8.
The Congo Free State was administered on behalf of: (Page 252)
a)
Queen Victoria
b)
Otto von Bismarck
c)
King Leopold II
d)
Giuseppe Mazzini
9.
The Ghost Dancers: (Page 267)
a)
employed indigenous customs and traditions
b)
received military support from Germany
c)
defied the Geneva Conventions
d)
supported the Congo Free State
10.
In the 1870s and 1880s, Otto von Bismarck invited other leaders to Berlin to discuss: (Page 248)
a)
Africa and China
b)
Africa and Southeastern Europe
c)
China and Japan
d)
the freedom of the seas
11.
During the second half of the 19th century, the economies of Latin America: (Page 267-268)
a)
achieved stability through industrialization
b)
benefitted from increased direct trade with independent African countries
c)
received little investment from outside
d)
experienced wild fluctuations between boom and bust
12.
The Congo Reform Association: (Page 254)
a)
presented photographs and other evidence of atrocities in the Belgian Congo
b)
supported the Berlin Conference of 1884
c)
opposed efforts to import Brazilian rubber to Belgium
d)
financed the first investments in rubber plantations in central Africa
13.
During the Maji Maji War in East Africa: (Page 253)
a)
Mohandas Gandhi rose to leadership of the Swahili Army
b)
as many as 100,000 people died
c)
the German Empire was driven out of its African colonies
d)
Belgium intervened on behalf of the Herero peoples
14.
The Africa Association: (Page 256)
a)
demanded an end to racial discrimination
b)
petitioned the US government to seize African colonies
c)
honored King Leopold of Belgium for his humanitarian efforts
d)
formed to deny the allegations of the Congo Reform Association
15.
In 1901, Dadabhai Naoroji, the first South Asian member of the British Parliament, argued that British imperialism: (Page 257)
a)
could only be ended with communist revolution
b)
must be maintained until the Indian National Congress was eliminated
c)
violated many of the principles that Great Britain stood for
d)
had brought prosperity to India and must continue
16.
In the 1880s, the Qing Dynasty lost control of ____________ in a war with France (Page 257)
a)
Algeria
b)
Indo-China
c)
Burma
d)
Shanghai
17.
After the collapse of the Qing Dynasty: (Page 263)
a)
a new monarchy and imperial line was established in China
b)
the Chinese Nationalist Party announced a new communist government had assumed power
c)
years of civil war followed
d)
Great Britain occupied Beijing for three years
18.
Opened in 1914, the Panama Canal: (Page 275)
a)
connected the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
b)
competed with the Suez Canal for shipping between Europe and India
c)
doubled the shipping capacity between Ghana and Brazil
d)
was a major contributing factor to the outbreak of the Russo Japanese War
19.
In the first decades of the 20th century, global migration: (Page 273)
a)
declined precipitously from its peak in 1899
b)
expanded from Asia while contracting from Europe
c)
was so common it held no interest for either sending or receiving countries
d)
continued at a significant rate
20.
Which of the following statements is NOT true? (Page 268)
a)
After the abolition of enslavement of African peoples was completed in the Western hemisphere, demand for agricultural laborers was often met by indentured servants from South Asia
b)
As many as 100,000 Chinese laborers helped to build the transcontinental railroad system in the United States
c)
South America did not see significant immigration from Europe between 1870 and 1920
d)
Migrants from the Caribbean and Asia worked in African colonies during the era of the “New Imperialism”
21.
The “Bloody Sunday” massacre in Russia occurred in the context of: (Page 287)
a)
worsening economic conditions and military setbacks against Japan
b)
the aftermath of the Sino Japanese War in Beijing
c)
labor violence in the United States during the Homestead Steel Strike
d)
the Fascist march on Rome led by Benito Mussolini
22.
One of the many challenges facing the global population during the spring of 1918 was: (Page 289)
a)
a violent confrontation between Catholics and Protestants in central Europe
b)
the return of Tsarist rule to Russia
c)
a global influenza pandemic
d)
the German kaiser’s refusal to resign
23.
What happened to Germany’s colonial concessions in China after World War I? (Page 300)
a)
they were returned to China
b)
they were given to Japan
c)
they were liberated as new nation-states
d)
they were left under the sovereignty of the German Weimar Republic
24.
The suffering caused by the Great War contributed directly to: (Page 288-289)
a)
the outbreak of the Russian Revolution
b)
development of atomic weapons
c)
the creation of the United Nations Organization
25.
Which of the following did NOT contribute to the outbreak of World War I? (Page 280-284)
a)
nationalistic rivalries between European empires
b)
the Russian Revolution
c)
an arms race accelerated by industrialism
d)
a geo-strategic rivalry the between the Russian and Austro Hungarian Empires in Southeastern Europe
26.
Which of the following statements is true of the first two decades of the 20th century? (Page 287-288; 299-300)
a)
military expenditures by industrialized European nations decreased dramatically
b)
naval power was deemed obsolete in modern military confrontations
c)
monarchy collapsed in both China and Russia
d)
the United States did not fight in any major military confrontations
27.
The Mexican Constitution of 1917: (Page 296)
a)
contained extensive guarantees of social rights
b)
is modeled on the first constitution of the USSR
c)
inspired the formation of Marcus Garvey’s UNIA
d)
prohibited the formation of political parties
28.
In “Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism,” Lenin argued that: (Page 297)
a)
the spread of industrialization will benefit the entire world
b)
imperialism is the only way to spread industrialization to so called backward regions
c)
capitalism would create circumstances for its own destruction
d)
workers benefit from globalization in the long term
29.
Which of the following suffered the LEAST damage from the Great War? (Page 290; 304)
a)
Germany
b)
Russia
c)
England
d)
the United States
30.
Which of the following countries expanded the suffrage to include women in the 1910s and 1920s? (Page 295)
a)
the Ottoman Empire
b)
Great Britain
c)
Mexico
d)
Japan
31.
Following World War I, the political future of most of the Middle East was placed under the control of: (Page 293)
a)
Russia, Turkey, and Egypt
b)
the United States and Russia
c)
Communist movements within their own national borders
d)
France and Great Britain
32.
The Wafd (Delegation) Party supported: (Page 293)
a)
Jewish homeland in Palestine
b)
self-determination and an end to the British protectorate over Egypt
c)
equal rights for women
d)
the Sykes-Picot Agreement
33.
The May Fourth Movement grew out of: (Page 300)
a)
a communist uprising in Japan
b)
a sense that China had been betrayed by the Western powers
c)
Ho Chi Minh’s resistance against the French
d)
respect for Lenin’s achievements in Russia
34.
Wilfred Owen’s poem “Dulce et Decorum Est” vividly describes: (Page 301)
a)
the appeal of nationalism
b)
how it feels to drive a tank
c)
a chemical weapons attack
d)
the Bolshevik Revolution
35.
In many places, the economy of the early 1920s was characterized by: (Page 304-305)
a)
recession and inflation
b)
mercantilism and dollarization
c)
monetarization and recuperation
d)
consolidation and factorization
36.
In the 1920s, many market economies focused on: (Page 305)
a)
establishing command economies
b)
regulating financial transactions and establishing agricultural cooperatives
c)
nationalizing key industries and protectionism
d)
using the gold standard for currency and balancing government budgets
37.
After the stock market crash of 1929, one major stock market indicator (the Dow Jones Industrial Average) would not again achieve the value it had before the crash: (Page 306)
a)
for a decade
b)
ever again
c)
for 25 years
d)
until the first part of the New Deal was passed by the U.S. Congress
38.
In the early 1930s, the unemployment rate in Germany reached approximately: (Page 306)
a)
one-half of the workforce
b)
30 percent of the workforce
c)
10 percent for men and 15 percent for women
d)
the lowest levels it had been since the outbreak of World War I
39.
In the 1916 poem “The Oarsman,” Rabindranath Tagore describes one of the causes of the world’s turmoil as: (Page 302)
a)
excessive nationalism
b)
absence of national feeling
c)
the decline of empires
d)
the lack of direction in the Indian National Congress
40.
Adolf Hitler embraced many of the ideas about politics promoted by: (Page 299)
a)
V.I. Lenin
b)
Woodrow Wilson
c)
Mohandas Gandhi
d)
Benito Mussolini
41.
Japan’s relationship to France during World War II was: (Page 323)
a)
one of neutrality as they shared a mutual interest in Indochina
b)
one of support as they were both opposed to China’s rising communist party
c)
one of belligerence as Japan joined the Axis and invaded French possessions in Vietnam and Laos
d)
one of close financial ties between French investors and Japanese shipbuilders
42.
Which of the following were responses by leaders and governments to the economic turmoil of the early 1930s? (Page 321-322)
a)
Communists proposed a centrally planned economy
b)
Fascists proposed a European common market
c)
Liberal democratic states reduced state interventions in economic activities
d)
Latin American militaries turned government control over to civilians
43.
In the early days of the Great Depression, many countries with market economies ______ tariffs in an effort to protect their domestic industries and employment, but the effort failed. (Page 313)
a)
abandoned
b)
reduced
c)
suspended
d)
raised
44.
Spain in the mid-1930s: (Page 319)
a)
allied with the United States after final reconciliation of the Spanish-American War
b)
allied with Ethiopia to resist an Italian invasion
c)
engaged in a Civil War that would be won by fascists
d)
became a founding member of the Communist International
45.
One response by Japan to the upheavals of the 1930s was: (Page 321)
a)
withdrawing troops from China
b)
forming the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
c)
signing the Trans-Pacific Partnership
d)
creating a non-aggression pact with the USSR
46.
During the 1930s, Chiang Kai-Shek’s New Life Movement: (Page 319)
a)
embraced the Communist Party
b)
insisted on liberal solutions to China’s political problems
c)
drove Japan from the Asian mainland
d)
took on many aspects of fascism
47.
Which of the following events pivotal in shaping the outcome of World War II took place in 1941? (Page 323)
a)
the German invasion of Poland and Stalin’s invasion of Ukraine
b)
the Japanese attacks on Pearl Harbor and Chongqing
c)
the German invasion of the USSR and the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
d)
Italy’s surrender and the triumph of Franco in Spain
48.
Residents of Britain’s colonial province of ________ died by the millions due to a famine during World War II. (Page 343)
a)
Hong Kong
b)
Bengal
c)
Kenya
d)
Laos
49.
Mohandas K. Gandhi, a leader of the Indian National Congress: (Page 311)
a)
supported Franco in the Spanish Civil War
b)
organized non-violent protests against the British imperial government
c)
supported the Hitler-Stalin Non-Aggression Pact
d)
deferred his aspirations for independence due to the outbreak of the Cold War
50.
Which of the following characterized Burma during the World War II era? (Page 333)
a)
Great Britain granted Burma independence after Japan invaded China
b)
many Burmese joined an armed movement formed by the Japanese to fight British imperialism
c)
Burmese political leaders unanimously rejected the “Asia for Asiatics” movement
d)
General Aung San returned to Burma from exile in London after the bombing of Hiroshima
51.
Between World War I and World War II, fascist movements: (Page 317-319)
a)
were limited to Italy and Germany
b)
rejected both communism and liberalism
c)
had no influence outside of Europe
d)
lost momentum as a result of the global economic collapse
52.
In the 1930s, both Mexico and Bolivia __________. (Page 314)
a)
opened their agricultural sectors to foreign investors
b)
froze the wages of mine workers
c)
nationalized their oil industries
d)
suspended operations of the World Bank
53.
Adolph Hitler, like Benito Mussolini: (Page 327)
a)
first came to power through constitutional processes
b)
was educated in a French university
c)
opposed Spain’s Francisco Franco
d)
supported the League of Nations
54.
In the 1942 Declaration of the United Nations, the Allied Powers agreed that they would: (Page 328)
a)
build a transition to global communist organization
b)
not seek to gain territory after the war
c)
punish Germany just as they had after World War I
d)
elect Stalin as Secretary-General of the United Nations
55.
Upon independence in 1947, British India was partitioned into two countries, called India and _________________. (Page 334-335)
a)
Pakistan
b)
Burma
c)
Afghanistan
d)
Nepal
56.
Hitler’s “Final Solution” refers to: (Page 327)
a)
the destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
b)
the fire bombing raids on Dresden
c)
the invasion of Poland in 1939
d)
a government policy of genocide that led deaths of millions of Jews, Romani, and others
57.
One advantage of using radio as a means of propaganda in the 1920s and 1930s was: (Page 325-326)
a)
newspapers were censored by the League of Nations
b)
moving pictures (film) had not been invented yet
c)
populations in different places could hear programs at the same time
d)
only fascist states had access to the technology
58.
The United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) was tasked with: (Page 330)
a)
defending accused Nazi war criminals
b)
distributing grants from the Marshall Plan
c)
managing the care and relocation of millions of persons displaced by World War II
d)
dismantling the infrastructure created by the League of Nations
59.
The largest country to establish a communist government in the years immediately following World War II was: (Page 332)
a)
Algeria
b)
Cuba
c)
Burma
d)
China
60.
Which of the following countries was NOT divided into communist and non- communist states after World War II? (Page 332-334, 336)
a)
Germany
b)
Korea
c)
Yugoslavia
d)
Vietnam
61.
In the 1970s, OPEC attempted to: (Page 361)
a)
reduce global dependence on petroleum
b)
shift the relationship between oil producers and consumers
c)
join the United Nations
d)
support U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East
62.
Poland’s Solidarity Movement in the early 1980s: (Page 366)
a)
challenged the power of the Soviet Union in Eastern Europe
b)
lobbied for the election of a Polish Pope
c)
was the beginning of the Arab Spring
d)
prevented the union of East and West Germany
63.
Which of the following was part of Mikhail Gorbachev’s reform program for the Soviet Union? (Page 366)
a)
unilateral disarmament to counter the American military buildup
b)
opening internal policy debates and institutional restructuring
c)
reviving Stalin’s economic policies from the 1930s to compete with China
d)
maintaining the Communist Party in Eastern Europe through electoral fraud
64.
In 1944, Allied leaders met in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire to discuss: (Page 343)
a)
how to prosecute war criminals
b)
a unified response to Mao Zedong’s victory on China
c)
ways to avoid a repeat of the economic disorder that led to the Great Depression
d)
the plan to deploy atomic weapons in the next year
65.
After World War II, which of the following places did not emerge as an independent country in Africa? (Page 349-350)
a)
Kenya
b)
Costa Rica
c)
Angola
d)
Ghana
66.
Across the ideological spectrum, most political leaders assumed that the key to sustained economic growth in the post World War II era was: (Page 343)
a)
economic nationalism
b)
industrialization
c)
agricultural diversification
d)
limited financial markets
67.
Import Substitution Industrialization uses __________________ as a way to spur growth of domestic industry. (Page 345)
a)
tariff barriers and other government policies
b)
free trade agreements
c)
Communist Party functionaries
d)
comparative advantages in labor costs
68.
Export Led Industrialization uses ______________________ as a way to spur growth of domestic industry. (Page 345)
a)
tariff barriers and other government policies
b)
free trade agreements
c)
Communist Party functionaries
d)
comparative advantages in labor costs
69.
The Mau Mau Rebellion was: (Page 350-351)
a)
an East African uprising against British control
b)
a Filipino uprising against American control
c)
an Angolan uprising against Portuguese control
d)
a Vietnamese uprising against French control
70.
Protest movements in both _______________________ were suppressed by Soviet troops during the Cold War. (Page 366)
a)
Cuba and Czechoslovakia
b)
Syria and Iran
c)
Ukraine and Indonesia
d)
Czechoslovakia and Hungary
71.
A conference in Bandung, Indonesia in 1955: (Page 346-347)
a)
launched the Pan-African movement
b)
established the World Bank
c)
launched the Non-Aligned Movement
d)
formalized Indonesian independence from the Dutch
72.
Post-World War II economic growth among the world’s market economies: (Page 344)
a)
was stagnant through the 1960s
b)
was fueled by significant growth in international trade in the 1950s and 1960s
c)
was disrupted by the withdrawal of North Korea from the International Monetary Fund
d)
did not account for the pace of industrialization
73.
Many protest movements of the 1960s challenged the idea: (Page 355-356)
a)
that Sputnik was a technological breakthrough
b)
that freedom was a meaningful category of political analysis
c)
that economic identities and structures were the primary determinants of how people experienced their lives
d)
that useful ideas emerged from the Third World
74.
Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev asserted that it was possible: (Page 345)
a)
for China and the Soviet Union to adopt market solutions to economic scarcity
b)
for Fidel Castro to be tried for crimes against humanity
c)
for the United Nations to condemn the Non Aligned Movement
d)
for peaceful coexistence between capitalist and communist economic systems
75.
In the 1960s, China and the Soviet Union: (Page 346)
a)
became geopolitical rivals
b)
tried to prevent the rise of Ho Chi Minh
c)
argued against the independence of Angola
d)
formed an alliance to fight India
76.
In 1971, a majority of member states of the United Nations decided to: (Page 360)
a)
resign from the organization
b)
give a permanent seat on the Security Council to the People’s Republic of China (Communist China)
c)
remove religious tolerance from the list of recognized human rights
d)
vote to send a peacekeeping mission to South Vietnam
77.
Which of the following countries was never a member of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Counties (OPEC)? (Page 361)
a)
the United States
b)
Qatar
c)
Ecuador
d)
Nigeria
78.
In the early 1980s, Islamic militants were drawn to ________________ to fight against _________________. (Page 364)
a)
Iraq; the United States
b)
Algeria; France
c)
Afghanistan; the Soviets
d)
Iran; Iraq
79.
The Soviet Union officially disbanded as a single country in: (Page 367)
a)
1989
b)
1991
c)
1985
d)
1995
80.
At the end of the 1950s, in the Western hemisphere a communist regime came to power in: (Page 352)
a)
Nicaragua
b)
El Salvador
c)
Cuba
d)
Mexico
81.
In the 1990s, the country of Rwanda experienced: (Page 377)
a)
decolonization
b)
genocide
c)
the world’s fastest economic growth rate
d)
rapid industrialization
82.
Which of the following ideas most accurately reflects Francis Fukuyama’s “End of History” thesis? (Page 372)
a)
the values of western liberal democracy were spreading around the world
b)
China and India’s air pollution problems were threatening to end the human race
c)
Al Qaeda’s attacks on the United States demonstrated the absurdity of studying history
d)
China’s emergence as an economic power signaled a return to the biological old regime
83.
In the 1980s, some optimistic assessments of the global political order suggested that: (Page 373-374)
a)
the Iranian government would turn away from communism
b)
North and South Korea would be unified by Mao Zedong
c)
the British Empire would finally withdraw form India
d)
integration of a global market economy would yield more democratic openings in authoritarian countries
84.
In the summer of 1989 China: (Page 374-375)
a)
reached the brink of nuclear war with the Soviet Union
b)
experienced large public protests followed by harsh repression
c)
faced an economic downturn unseen since the Great Depression
d)
witnessed the downfall of its communist government
85.
The countries of Croatia, Serbia, and Bosnia Herzegovina were created out of the former: (Page 377)
a)
Soviet Union
b)
East Germany
c)
Yugoslavia
d)
Congo Free State
86.
Which of the following economic policy trends did NOT take place among the world’s market economies in the 1980s? (Page 378-379)
a)
a resurgence of protectionism
b)
regional economic integration treaties
c)
lowering of tariffs
d)
greater reliance on markets to allocate resources
87.
In 2013, Croatia became the 20th country to join: (Page 380)
a)
the United Nations
b)
FIFA, the international governing body for soccer
c)
the Warsaw Pact
d)
the European Union
88.
The World Trade Organization: (Page 381)
a)
dissolved when the Cold War ended
b)
refused to allow the People’s Republic of China to join
c)
establishes the terms by which member states permit goods and services to cross borders
d)
was founded the same year the United Nations opened (1945)
89.
The term “airpocalypse” refers to: (Page 383-384)
a)
the dangerous levels of air pollution in Chinese cities
b)
the dangerous number of airplanes crowding the skies
c)
the threat posed by the number of basketball shoes in landfills around the world
d)
the threat to television broadcasting posed by the internet
90.
Between 1970 and 2010, many indicators of human well-being (e.g., health and educational attainment): (Page 385)
a)
returned to the median of the biological old regime
b)
diverged in significant ways between Great Britain and France
c)
showed an inverse relationship between quality of health outcomes and level of educational attainment
d)
improved in almost every country on Earth
91.
In 2019, the United States and China: (Page 379, Figure 13.1)
a)
signed a nuclear disarmament treaty
b)
accounted together for almost half of the world’s economic assets
c)
noted a record number of bird species extinctions
d)
recognized the autonomy of Tibet
92.
Great Britain’s decision to withdraw from the European Union: (Page 380)
a)
signaled the end of the modern Olympics movement
b)
was a protest of the agreement to allow Russia to enter the union
c)
was an example of a broader trend of protest against globalization
d)
allowed the country to then join NAFTA
93.
In 1990, about ________________ people around the world had access to the internet (Page 381)
a)
3 billion
b)
3 million
c)
60 percent of
d)
10 percent of
94.
Which of the following could be counted as economic advantage for India in the increasingly globalized economy of the 21st century? (Page 382)
a)
Control of 40 percent of the world’s lithium supply
b)
A “green energy” infrastructure that limited air pollution
c)
The world’s most efficient textile industry
d)
An educated, English-speaking population working in the technology and service sectors
95.
The terrorist group al Qaeda (Page 386-387)
a)
had roots in the resistance to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
b)
objected to Russia’s entry into the WTO
c)
was fanatically devoted to Mao Zedong
d)
made its first appearance on the world stage in 2001
96.
Which of the following countries was NOT included in the term “Axis of Evil,” used by U.S. President George W. Bush in the early 2000s? (Page 388)
a)
Iran
b)
North Korea
c)
Russia
d)
Venezuela
97.
Which of the following statements about the “Great Recession” of 2008 2009 are true? (Page 389-390)
a)
Unemployment rates approached 50 percent in some European countries
b)
Governments in Greece and Iceland came close to defaulting on public debt
c)
Some countries in Africa achieved significant economic growth during this period
d)
All of the above statements are true
98.
Ethno-nationalism has been: (Page 391-392)
a)
on the decline as a political force since 9/11
b)
linked to anti-immigration protests
c)
rejected in Indian politics
d)
a driving force in the expansion of the World Trade Organization
99.
The spread of the COVID-19 virus: (Page 396)
a)
caused more deaths per capita than the Black Death
b)
triggered a long-term downward spiral in global energy consumption
c)
generated a global commitment to share sovereignty on medical matters through the World Health Organization
d)
affected countries with high and low per capita incomes
100.
Which of the following countries fought a war during the 1980s? (Page 377)
a)
United States and Soviet Union
b)
East Germany and West Germany
c)
Iran and Iraq
d)
Argentina and Chile
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