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1
Who were the Viet Cong?
CIA sponsored freedom troops for South Vietnam
Neutral Vietnamese who wanted decolonization
Chinese military advisors to the North Vietnamese
A North Vietnamese supported communist guerilla movement
2
The earliest 20th century system of alliances pitted the British, French, and Russians against
Germany, Italy, and Austria-Hungary
The Japanese, Italians, and Germans
The Ottomans, Italians, and Chinese
Austria, Hungary, Japan and Poland
3
In the 19th century, Mexico lost all but which of the following?
New Mexico to the U.S.
Texas to the U.S.
Florida to the U.S.
Arizona to the U.S.
4
The Soviet-dominated counterpart to NATO was the
Detente agreements
Warsaw Pact
Green Revolution
Helsinki Accords
5
British angered American colonies by doing all of the following EXCEPT
Limiting the power of legislature
Limiting trade by regulations
Imposing new taxes
Prohibiting publication of inflammatory publications
6
Which of the following was NOT a factor in starting World War 1
Nationalism
Alliances and interactive military plans
Competition for resources in colonial territories
The Monroe Doctrine
7
The Safavids are known for manufacturing
Guns and canons
Silks and carpets
Navigational tools
Porcelain
8
What problem did the British face with China's "Canton System"?
China wanted British rule in Canton to facilitate trade
China bought few British goods
Britain couldn't meet China's demand for goods
The British wanted to go to Canton only for trade
9
The Japanese called their warriors
Renmin
Yujo
Daimyo
Samurai
10
At the height of the Stalinist terror of the 1930's
Moscow was burned as part of Stalin's "scorched earth" code
Millions of Jews were slaughtered in gas chambers
Millions of ordinary Soviet citizens were sent to gulags
USSR joined forces with Germany and Italy to invade Poland.
11
The system of social organization in France would have placed the clergy in
The 2nd estate
Clergy were not governed by secular legal classifications
The 3rd estate
The 1st estate
12
A significant difference in Ethiopian identification compared to other African nations was
It was predominantly Muslim since the 7th century
It was Buddhist since trade missions with China
It was predominantly Christian for 1500 years
It was based on indigenous religions practices+monotheism
13
Why was the Sepoy rebellion a turning point in the history of India
The sepoys successfully pushed the British out of Bengal
India came to be rules directly by the British government
It inspired development of new weapons
The British were finally rebuffed and withdrew from India
14
The policy of restructuring the Soviet Union as authority by Mikhail Gorbachev was known as
Perestroika
Samizdat
Glasnost
Kulak
15
In 1923, Mustafa Kemal (Ataturk) turned Turkey into
A secular republic
A sulatanate
An Islamic state
A communist state
16
The Marshall plan
Launched a process of economic cooperation and integration
A currency from member nations to finance temporary trade
Provided 125 billion in economic aid to friendly countries
Was never enacted due to political feuds in congress
17
Woodrow Wilson's proposal for settlement of the European affairs was based on his principle of
Protectorate status
Self-determination
Home ruled mandates
Liberalism
18
Independence in Brazil first occurred when
The armies of the United Provinces freed the slaves
Juntas turned Brazil into a constitutional republic
Bolivar overthrew King John VI after returning to Portugal
Emperor Pedros I declared Brazil a constitutional monarchy
19
A new and potent defensive weapon in World War I was
The helicopter
The automatic pistol
Poison gas
The machine gun
20
Which of the following is NOT one of the factors→ Britain's "head start" in the Industrial Rev.
It recovered from the plague quicker than the rest of Europe
It was highly commercial, and was involved in prod./ trade.
It had access to ports because it is on an island
It enjoyed a high standard of living and a "fluid" society
21
"NGOs" is an acronym for
Network global operations
Nuclear grade ores
Non-governmental organizations
Nations gaining oil
22
What was the main reason for population decline in the rural areas of Ming China?
European invasion
Economic depression
Bubonic Plague
Lack of agricultural innovations and crop fungus
23
So-called "Dirty War" in South America was so deemed because it was characterized by
Torture and executions by the military
The use of long-lasting radioactive weapons
Tremendous deforestation and stripping of natural resources
Leftist propaganda during the Cold War
24
Argentinian independence fighter, Jose de San Martin's most effective troops were
Former slaves
Spanish ex-patriots
Former American convicts
Former Portuguese soldiers
25
Which Indian leader supported full industrialization
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Indira Gandhi
Jawaharlal Nehru
Mahatma Gandhi
26
Towards the end of Unit 4, the Ottoman empire
Decentralized and redirected its economy to European ways
Grew in economic strength and solidified more territory
Evicted all Muslims
Conquered most of present-day Russia
27
"Ethnic cleansing" in the Balkans occurred between
Russians and Croatians
Greeks and Serbians
Serbians and Ottomans
Christian Serbians and Muslims
28
How did slavery in Africa differ from slavery in the Americas?
Both systems were similar in scale and motivation
African slavery was smaller in scale but lasted longer
Slavery in the Americas = before the African slave trade.
American slave owners refused to take Muslims as slaves
29
Christian religions proved attractive in some parts of colonial Africa because
Africans were willing to abandon Islam
They established mission schools
They could be adopted to African needs
They did not disrupt African culture
30
After investing so much capital in the construction and operation of the Suez Canal, ___invaded
France
The Ottoman empire
Britain
Russia
31
The Depression of 1929
Had less impact on Argentina+Brazil than it had on Europe+US
Was not the turning point that the 1st+2nd World War were
Impacted Argentina but had almost no effect on Brazil
Caused Argentina+Brazil to veer toward authoritarian regimes
32
After the profitability of sugar plantations declined, the British
Planted opium instead
Focused on rum production
Burned their crops to create an artificial shortage
Pushed for the end of slavery
33
Sugar plantations were important to the introduction of African slavery to the Americas , why?
Disease wiped out Amerindian populations
African slaves were the cheapest form of labor
Only African slaves knew how to grow sugar
The Catholic church forbid Amerindians as slave labor.
34
A "plantocracy" is
A government where a monarch serves as a sovereign leader.
A reference to the awful Middle Passage
The wealthy elite who owned lots of slaves in the W. Indies
A government where power is only held by a small group
35
How did the Bolsheviks win the civil war in Russia after World War I?
By forcing the tsar to fight a duel with Lenin
By enlisting the aid of Great Britain to overthrow the tsar
Through the military leadership of Leon Trotsky+The Red Army
By using democratic elections to stabilize the Duma
36
Merchants from which country were the 1st to arrive in East Asia?
Spain
Holland
Portugal
England
37
The Zulu succeeded in creating a new
National education system
Economic system based on cowrie shells
System of writing
National identity
38
Why were Greece and Turkey admitted to NATO
They were democratic republics with constitutions
They were felt to be capable of participating in the EEC
They provided missile bases to Western military forces
Because of the strategic location near a USSR "back door"
39
In the 1630's the Japanese government
Encouraged the people to choose a religious system
Largely closed Japan to European trade + Christian influence
Adopted an "open door" policy in regards to foreign trade
Encouraged the people to choose an economic system
40
At its height, the Ottoman Empire covered
Eastern and Western Europe
Sub-Saharan Africa
Southern and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa
The Middle East, Central Asia and Northern China
41
South African governments used policies of racial segregation called
Apartheid
Volkgeist
Partition
Blitzkrieg
42
Most slaves exported from West Africa were
Shunned by other Africans because of their Islamic beliefs
Prisoners of war
African elites
Only men
43
Simón Bolivar created Gran Columbia, which unified
The Spanish and Portuguese speaking territories
The peoples of all Spanish speaking America
Central and South America into one coalition
Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador into one nation
44
The Russian army during the war
Was smaller than the German forces and was better equipped
Was very large but poorly supplied and led
Was doing very well until the Revolution began
Fought the German army to its defeat and occupied Berlin
45
Hitler's popularity came in large part from the German people's belief that
Divide the W. world from the E. by a triple pact W/ Japan
The German Communist Party should rule Europe
He was a religious, as well as political leader
Economic well-being outweighed a loss of liberty
46
Ho Chi Minh inspired
The building of the Contra regime in Hanoi
A treaty between North and South Korea
A nationalist coalition against the French
Nationalist movements in Vietnam against China
47
Which empire replaced the Ming empire of China?
Han empire
Qing empire
Yuan empire
Yi empire
48
Encomienda is
A profitable silver mine is present-day Bolivia
Someone of mixed native American and European descent
Someone of mixed Latin American/African/European descent
An economic system
49
After Mexico lost the Mexican-American War, a French Army was driven out of Mexico by
Simon Bolivar
Emperor Maximillian
Tupac Amaru II
Benito Juarez
50
As a result if the industrialization of Britain, the most valuable crop in America was:
Steel
Lumbar
Coal
Cotton
51
What new crop contributed to the SECOND agricultural revolution in Europe?
The soybean
Rice
Wheat
The potato
52
Which of the following is the most likely reason for Britain's "fluid" social structure?
It did not have the three estate systems of France
It had a highly regimented government bureaucracy
It had a less powerful aristocracy
They had a reformed national church
53
The British finally recognized Indian independence in 1947 with
The British keeping favored-nation status for cotton and tea
A division of the continent into speakers of Urdu and Tamil
A division of India into Pakistan and India
Separation of Kashmir from Mongolia
54
The Allied push to liberate mainland Europe that began on June 6, 1944, known as
The Big One
D-Day
Operation Caprica
The Norman Invasion
55
According to chapter 19, the Songhai
Amerindians conquered by Spanish conquistadors
Kingdom in W. Africa that played a role in African trade
Portuguese word for those forced into labor in silver mines
Kingdom in E. Asia who played a role in Silk Road trade
56
Which of the following was NOT a factors in the Treaty of Versailles that angered Germany?
The amount of reparations it had to pay
High tariffs enacted by the allies
The loss of territory it sustained
The infamous "guilt clause"
57
Chapter 20 covers Muslim empires referred to by historians as "gunpowder empires" because
Each empire experienced considerable agricultural success
Each empire was land-locked and relied on a land military
Each empire enjoyed success with gunpowder.
Each empire employed "janissaries"--who were soldiers
58
Which of the following cannot be said of the French-Algerian War?
It produced an Algerian independence movement
It began with a revolt in 1954
It ended with Algeria becoming officially a part of France
It ended in 1962 with Algerian Independence
59
Which of the following was not included in Lenin's plan for Russia?
Transfer of land to the peasants
Return to Agrarian society
Immediate surrender to Germany
A transfer of all power to the Soviets
60
The Junta Central was a political body established
In Mexico, only, to maintain European domination
To rule during the French occupation of Spain
To organize the overthrow of British colonial powers
To coordinate many diverse revolutionary groups
61
In the 20th century, world population soars. In 1798, Thomas Malthus argued that
A poor economy would drive people back to the land
Population growth would promote economic gains
A healthy economy would reduce the population
Population growth would outstrip food production
62
Napoleon's plans for European conquest were held in check by the naval supremacy of
The Netherlands
Spain
Britain
France
63
During this time period, Russia grew vastly by colonizing
Japan
Siberia
Manchuria
French Canada
64
Bismarck's plan to unite most German speaking people into a single state focused on using
Industry and nationalism
Religon and conservatism
Ethnicity and race
Liberalism and language
65
The Battle of Britain was conducted primarily by
Air attacks
Submarine
Naval warships
Ground force invasion on the beaches of Hasting
66
Under the leadership of Deng Xiaoping, China
Both A and B
Had economic growth by freeing industries from the state
Endorsed the 1st Clean Air and Clean Water act in the world
Permitted foreign investment for the first time since 1949
67
A direct result of the invention of the movie camera was
The weakening of national economies
A growth in barriers between linguistic and political groups
A contribution to the development of consumerism
It replaced all other forms of communication
68
The revolutions of 1848 convinced politicians that
Use of the media was the most important tool in public
Democracy was an unworkable system
Rubber bullets were an effective deterrent to rioters
They couldn't keep the people out of politics forever
69
Brazil became a major colony with a big African population. Which best explains the change?
Portuguese loss of colonies in the Indian Ocean
The adoption of native Brazilian crops by African migrants
A rapid increase in Brazil's native slave population
Increase in demand for sugar-grown and harvested in Brazil
70
World War II was most important for African independence movements because
Africans liberated their countries during the war
Many Africans fought in armies and returned with new ideas
Africans listened closely to German propaganda
The German colonies were destroyed during the war
71
When the Qing banned the importation of opium, the British
Made it illegal in England as well
Stopped growing it
Began growing cacao
Sent naval and marine forces to China
72
The Taiping Revolution
Was designed to lure French+British forces to destruction
Succeeded in its goal to Christianize China
Never actually took place
Was the world's bloodiest civil war
73
Which of these places in Africa was NOT a main source of slaves of the Atlantic slave trade?
Angola
Sierra Leone
Great Zimbabwe
Gold Coast
74
The establishment of the colonies in the Americas marks the
The beginning of a genuinely global economy
Dividing the global economy
End of European involvement in the global trade networks
Beginning of land-based empires
75
The Russian government viewed industrialization
With limited interest, preferring to import industrial goods
As a necessary evil
As a sign of the decline of respect for religious authority
As the wave of the future
76
In response to economic depression, hunger, and high bread prices in 1789, a Parisian crowd
Petitioned to have Joan of Arc made a saint
Protested the building of Fontainebleau
Burned the palace at Versailles
Attacked the Bastille
77
Who was Cecil Rhodes
British businessmen involved in the imperialism in L America
Belgium king known for exploiting natives in the Congo
The man who demanded Japan open trade with the "west"
British businessmen involved in the imperialism in Africa
78
"Division of labor" in manufacturing means
Dividing the work force into capitalists and communists
Using "division" as well as other mathematical functions
Dividing work into specialized and repetitive tasks
Having the worker make the entire product
79
The Treaty of Kanagawa of 1854
Put an end to the Taiping Rebellion
Was made with unequal treaties that the West had with China
Opened Japan and Korea to the United States
Settled the Opium war
80
Although the East India Company was founded in 1600, the British gradually colonized India by
Enslaving Indians on sugar plantations
Defeating the French and picking apart the Mughal empire
Making alliances with Persian traders to est. trading posts
Paying the Dutch to abandon economic resources+trade in Java
81
One of the most significant problems facing Latin American independence movements was
How to incorporate the Catholic church
Racial divisions
Indigenous emphasis of matrilinear powers
82
What was the British raj?
British clothes
British school
British rule over India
British tea
83
The largest railway network in the world at the end of the century was in
The United States
Great Britain
Mexico
Canada
84
The key to the final victory in the Pacific Ocean was
Holding the Philippine Islands
Short supply line
The base at Pearl Harbor
The atomic bomb
85
The most pertinent opponents of early Ottoman reforms were the
Janissaries
Hereditary elites
Religious leaders
Peasants and agriculturalists
86
When China didn't import enough British goods, the British responded by
Bombing Saipei
Instigating the White Lotus rebellion
Starting the illicit trade of opium
supporting the Bannerman to overthrow the Qing
87
Decolonization after WW2 was
Largely complete before the onset of WWII
The political ideology of the East versus West
Often shaped by the need to align with either the US or USSR
Limited to South Africa
88
One of the resources for the outbreak of the Iran-Iraq war was
Saddam Hussein's fear of Shi'ite rebellion
Instability because of Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
US pressure on Iraq to invade Iran
Khomeini's desire to gain control of Iraq's oil industry
89
The production of sugar was necessary because of which of the following developments?
Sugar spoiled quickly.
American foods became staples of European diets
The Catholic church connected sugar with religious spread.
Sugar was an important instrument, similar to salt or silver
90
An alliance of 5 N.E. Amerindian tribes who formed alliances with Europeans, is known as
Coureurs de Bois
Creoles
Iroquois Confederacy
Mulattos
91
Which 2 countries were particularly hard hit by the Depression
France+Germany
Japan+Germany
England+Japan
Englans+France
92
Peter the Great looked to
Imitate Japan and Korea
Impose strict cultural control over his empire
Colonize Southeast Russia
Modernize Russia
93
What was the mandate system?
Colonial rulers ruled territories+were ruled by L.O.N.
An immigration system of quest workers that provided labor
Colonies were incorporated into various nations
The League of Nations members split the wealth from colonies
94
The most successful leader of Italian unification efforts was
Benito Mussolini
Giuseppe Mazzini
Giuseppe Garabaldi
Pope Pius IX
95
The Shah of Iran was supported strongly by:
Amnesty international
The religious factions of Iran
Secular reformers and industrialists
The United States
96
How did labor differ in Northern American colonies?
Southern American colonies used indentured servants
Northern American colonies used labor for sugar.
Southern American colonies used labor for tobacco
Disease killed many people, North American=Indent. servants
97
The Mughals relied heavily on
Trade with Cossacks
A strict Hindu-based government
Silver bullion (Japan) and Spanish silver (New World)
European naval protection in return for trade (Indian Ocean)
98
The Mexican revolutionary, Jose Maria Morelos and Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla were
Priests
Labor union organizers
Military officers
Lawyers
99
The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights reflected
An international consensus against racism and imperialism
Its intention to remove guns from the US population
Its intention to try leaders of powers as war criminals
Its understanding of slavery as a culturally defined thing
100
The discovery by the US. that the USSR had deployed nuclear missiles in Cuba in 1962 sparked
Rebellion in Czechoslovakia
US deployment of nuclear missiles in Turkey
The Cuban missile crisis
The blockade of Cuba
101
Franklin D. Roosevelt's economic recovery plan during the Great Depression was called a
Fair Deal
Square Deal
New Frontier
New Deal
102
True or false: Napoleon invaded Northern Africa?
True
False
103
Napoleon won the support of the peasantry and the middle class by
Humiliating the British navy
Giving tax rebates
Campaigning door by door
Rewriting French law for law equality+protection of property
104
Which of the following was NOT one of the major 18th century wars in Europe?
Thirty years war
Seven Years war
War of Spanish succession
French and Indian war
105
The stresses that led to the Taiping revolution in Qing China were initially a result of
Severe loss of rural population
The presence of many Europeans in the region
Large numbers of Qing troops in the area
Social unhappiness and foreign intrusion
106
What was the result of the Boxer Rebellion of 1900?
The Communists captured Beijing and Hong Kong
Western powers+Japan captured Beijing and demanded payments
All foreign powers fled China, creating a power vacuum
The Boxers overthrew the Dowager Empress Cixi
107
Who demanded that Japan open its ports for refueling and trade?
Matthew Perry
Cecil Rhodes
Tsar Nicholas
Robert Clive
108
Aside from the brutal conditions in Saint Domingue, the island erupted in revolt because
Of the intervention of the English navy
Of the turmoil in revolutionary France
The planter elites started their own government
All trade and exports were cut off
109
Mao Zedong's communism was a radical departure from the traditional ideology because it
Was the same as Stalin's brand of communism
Relied on the peasantry
Involved no land distribution
Emphasized the urban population
110
Vladimir Lenin was the leader of the
Mensheviks
Social Revolutionaries
Bolsheviks
Provisional Government
111
Gandhi's "unusual" political ideas included
The vote for women
Terrorist plans to bomb civilian locations
Democratic reforms through legislation and lobbying
Nonviolence
112
Zionism was supported as an official policy by which country
Britain
Russia
Germany
Francee
113
What European organization was a transmitter of science and technology to China?
The Knights Templar
The Society of Jesus, or Jesuits
The Teutonic Knights
The Order of the Cross
114
People who wanted slavery to be outlawed were called
Deconstructionists
luddites
Libertarias
Abolitionists
115
The root cause of the Crimean War was
Russia's desire to spread Christianity thru Ottoman empire
Marked the end of the "age of innocence"
Was the most destructive war in human history
Russia's desire to expand South for naval access to the sea
116
The Enlightenment was the intellectual movement is which
The methods of the Confucian exam were applied to society
The methods of the Protestant Ref. were applied to society
The methods of the Scientific Rev. were applied to society