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Front 1

World War II officially began in what year?

A) 1940

B) 1941

C) 1939

D) 1935

E) 1945

Back 1

C) 1939

Front 2

Which of the following countries was NOT a member of the Axis powers?

A) The Soviet Union

B) Germany

C) Italy

D) Japan

E) Hungary

Back 2

A) The Soviet Union

Front 3

Adolph Hitler was the political and ideological leader of the

A) Social Democratic Party

B) National Socialist Party

C) Christian Democratic Party

D) Conservative Union

E) National Labor Party

Back 3

B) National Socialist Party

Front 4

Hitler came to power in Germany

A) as a result of entirely legal and constitutional means.

B) with the support of socialists.

C) after a short, but violent, overthrow of the constitutional government.

D) after a lengthy civil war between forces of conservatives and communists.

E) with the support of the upper and lower classes but financed by the Soviets.

Back 4

A) as a result of entirely legal and constitutional means

Front 5

In 1931, the Japanese army marched into________ and declared it an independentstate.

A) Korea

B) Vietnam

C) the Philippines

D) Manchuria

E) Laos

Back 5

D) Manchuria

Front 6

In order to avoid a two-front war, Hitlersigned a nonaggression pact with this countryin 1939.

A) the U.S.S.R.

B) Japan

C) Italy

D) France

E) Great Britain

Back 6

A) the U.S.S.R.

Front 7

A 1944 Allied landing in this country createda European front against the Germans

A) Belgium

B) France

C) Sicily

D) Spain

E) Egypt

Back 7

B) France

Front 8

This institution was created as a result ofWorld War II.

A) the League of Nations

B) the United Nations

C) the World Bank

D) the International Monetary Fund

E) the World Court

Back 8

B) The United Nations

Front 9

The Afrikaner National Party in South Africaestablished a rigid system of racial segregationcalled

A) Boer prejudice.

B) voortrekker.

C) apartheid.

D) swarzfrei.

E) Jim Crow.

Back 9

C) Apartheid

Front 10

How did independence movements in Englishnonsettler African colonies differ in relationto French and Belgian nonsettler Africancolonies?

A) The English colonies were less successfuleconomically in the long run.

B) Their leaders came from among the lowersocial classes.

C) They refused assistance from outsidepowers.

D) They tended to be less violent in nature.

Back 10

D) They tended to be less violent in nature

Front 11

What phrase did Winston Churchill coin todescribe the division between free andrepressed societies after World War II?

A) the red menace

B) the iron curtain

C) the Berlin Wall

D) the Cold War

Back 11

B) the iron curtain

Front 12

What was the focal point of the Cold War in Europe immediately following World War II?

A) Hungary

B) Czechoslovakia

C) France

D) Germany

E) Italy

Back 12

D) Germany

Front 13

Which of the following was consistent with the political viewpoint of the Christian Democrats?

A) totalitarian government

B) democratic institutions and moderatesocial reform

C) abolition of trade unions

D) nationalization of all industries

E) suppression of the Catholic Church

Back 13

B) democratic institutions and moderate social reform

Front 14

What work by Simone de Beauvoir signifiedthe beginning of the new feminism in 1949?

A) Patriarchal Society

B) The Feminine Mystique

C) The Second Sex

D) Fear of Flying

E) The Solidarity of Women

Back 14

C) The Second Sex

Front 15

Which of the following nations did NOT remain independent of direct Soviet control by 1948?

A) Greece

B) Albania

C) Yugoslavia

D) Poland

E) Turkey

Back 15

D) Poland

Front 16

What Soviet leader emerged to take primary power in 1956?

A) Joseph Stalin

B) Mikhail Gorbachev

C) Yuri Andropov

D) Nikita Khrushchev

E) Yuri Gagarin

Back 16

B) Mikhail Gorbachev

Front 17

The independent labor movement in Poland that challenged Soviet dominance was called

A) Comintern.

B) Solidarity.

C) Izvestia.

D) Pravda.

E) Perestroika

Back 17

D) Pravda

Front 18

Postwar Soviet society resembled Western society in all of the following ways EXCEPT:

A) a falling birthrate.

B) women entered the workforce in significant numbers.

C) women’s domestic roles were more idealized in the West.

D) women increasingly received higher educations.

E) leisure activities absorbed ever moreavailable income.

Back 18

C) women’s domestic roles were more idealized in the West.

Front 19

Which of these statements are true about the Russian Orthodox Church under Soviet rule? A) Orthodoxy was embraced as a vehicle for communist propaganda.

B) The Orthodox Church was outlawed inits entirety.

C) The government secularized the church as an agency of the state.

D) The Orthodox Church survived, but was not allowed to instruct youth.

E) Orthodoxy became an underground movement.

Back 19

D) The Orthodox Church survived, but was not allowed to instruct youth

Front 20

Nikita Khrushchev fell from power because

A) he failed to win more countries for communism.

B) he failed to satisfy Stalinists, and over a new Soviet venture in Siberia.

C) his missile policy in Cuba earned U.S. hostility.

D) his repressive measures angered Russians desiring reform.

Back 20

B) he failed to satisfy Stalinists, and over a new Soviet venture in Siberia.

Front 21

All of these were 20th-century LatinAmerican revolutionary movements or revolutionsEXCEPT:

A) Liberation theology.

B) Nicaraguan Revolution.

C) Cuban Revolution.

D) Mexican Revolution.

E) Bolivian Revolution.

Back 21

A) Liberation theology.

Front 22

All of these are traditional Latin Americanpopulist political practices or ideas EXCEPT:

A) anti-imperialism, especially against theUnited States and Europe.

B) acceptance of communism.

C) nationalism.

D) nationalization of foreign assets.

E) anti-establishment attitudes supported byurban workers and rural peasants.

Back 22

B) acceptance of communism.

Front 23

In 20th-century Latin America, the militarywas typically

A) small and usually ineffective.

B) liberal and reform-minded.

C) anti-Catholic and in favor of a secularsociety. D) democratic but involved in politics.

E) socially conservative, elitist and authoritarian.

Back 23

E) socially conservative, elitist and authoritarian.

Front 24

Argentina’s Perón and Brazil’s Vargas regimeswere

A) pro-European or Western.

B) favorably inclined toward foreign investmentsin national industries.

C) often simultaneously fascist, nationalistic,socialist, and populist.

D) supportive of the communist.

E) anti-union and anti-worker.

Back 24

C) often simultaneously fascist, nationalistic, socialist, and populist.

Front 25

Throughout 20th-century Latin America, thepeople most often excluded from influence, orsocially marginalized, were the

A) intellectuals, especially writers and artists.

B) clergy, especially Roman Catholic priestsand nuns.

C) indigenous peoples and descendants ofAfrican slaves.

D) peasants and rural landowners.

E) workers and miners.

Back 25

C) indigenous peoples and descendants of African slaves.

Front 26

The Latin American country and ruler whomost directly challenged American regionalhegemony during the Cold War was

A) Mexico’s Cardenas.

B) Chile’s Allende.

C) Argentina’s Perón.

D) Brazil’s Vargas.

E) Cuba’s Castro.

Back 26

E) Cuba’s Castro

Front 27

All of these Latin American nations experiencedmilitary dictatorships and repressionduring the 20th century EXCEPT:

A) Chile.

B) Argentina.

C) Peru.

D) Mexico.

E) Venezuela.

Back 27

E) Venezuela.

Front 28

Which statement about Latin America sincethe 1980s is a FACT?

A) Economic development came at theexpense of enormous foreign debts.

B) Democracy and democratic rule wasthreatened by military takeovers.

C) Conservative groups and elite parties stilldominate Latin America.

D) The United States has abandoned itslongtime role of intervention in theregion.

Back 28

C) Conservative groups and elite parties still dominate Latin America.

Front 29

The American policy most favored by themajority of Latin Americans in the 20th centuryhas been

A) Kennedy’s Alliance for Progress.

B) Franklin Roosevelt’s Good NeighborPolicy. C) Jimmy Carter’s return of the PanamaCanal to Panama.

D) Jimmy Carter’s human rights campaign.

E) the periodic occupation of many nationsby U.S. troops.

Back 29

B) Franklin Roosevelt’s Good Neighbor Policy.

Front 30

All of these are demographic trends and problemsin 20th-century Latin America EXCEPT: A) rapid urbanization.

B) migration of unskilled laborers, the poor,and the politically repressed to richercountries.

C) millions of refugees due to wars andfamines. D) excessively large population growth rates.

E) staggering growth of capital cities.

Back 30

C) millions of refugees due to wars and famines.

Front 31

The boundaries of many contemporary states,especially African nations,

A) generally conform to elements of physical geography such as rivers.

B) have been rearranged since independence.

C) are subject to frequent change.

D) are representative of ethnic realities in the region or continent.

E) were set by colonial rivalries irrespective of ethnic or cultural realities.

Back 31

E) were set by colonial rivalries irrespective of ethnic or cultural realities.

Front 32

In order to rule their colonies, Europeans frequently

A) established a parliamentary system and allowed their subjects to vote.

B) used one group to rule and played groups against each other.

C) brought in foreign bureaucrats.

D) failed to utilize traditional native elites.

E) encouraged land reform and industrialization.

Back 32

B) used one group to rule and played groups against each other.

Front 33

All of these modern African problems resulted from or were exacerbated by European colonial policies EXCEPT:

A) inter tribal warfare based on linguistic,cultural, and religious differences.

B) wars of independence and secession by excluded ethnic groups.

C) lack of loyalties to the nation-state.

D) widespread reliance on the military and generals to rule nations.

Back 33

D) widespread reliance on the military and generals to rule nations.

Front 34

Most problems affecting modern states in post colonial Africa and Asia can be traced to

A) overpopulation.

B) industrialization.

C) continuing neo-colonialism.

D) linguistic, cultural, and religious differences.

Back 34

A) overpopulation

Front 35

The most destabilizing aspect of the 20th century demographic transition in Africa and Asia has been the

A) rapid growth of the older segment of the population, especially the elderly.

B) international migration by productive populations to richer nations.

C) decrease in poverty.

D) increase of the productive portion of the population, especially those between 15 and 50.

E) extreme urbanization with its accompanying urban problems that drain most national resources.

Back 35

E) extreme urbanization with its accompanying urban problems that drain most national resources.

Front 36

Which statement BEST describes women’s situation in post colonial Africa and Asia?

A) While women have legal equality, they are rarely afforded equal opportunity for jobs, education, and politics.

B) Upper-class educated women have established rights and exercise considerable power.

C) Women’s life spans in the developing world are longer than their male counterparts.

D) Women are allowed to vote and encouraged to participate in the political process.

Back 36

A) While women have legal equality, they are rarely afforded equal opportunity for jobs, education, and politics

Front 37

The army has become an important institution in many nations since 1950 for all of these reasons EXCEPT:

A) army units are usually disciplined and loyal to officers.

B) it has a monopoly on force and power within society.

C) soldiers and officers are often more educated and technically trained.

D) the army is less susceptible to religious and ethnic rivalries.

E) no other local or native institutions survived the colonial era.

Back 37

E) no other local or native institutions survived the colonial era.

Front 38

India differs from other ex-colonial 20th century nations such as Pakistan, Egypt,Burma, and Nigeria in that

A) its army constantly intervenes in national politics.

B) it has avoided overpopulation.

C) it preserved civilian and democratic rule of law and government since independence.

D) it has failed to develop an important industrial and business sector.

E) it has avoided sectarian religious strife.

Back 38

C) it preserved civilian and democratic rule of law and government since independence.

Front 39

In the contemporary world economic system,ex-colonial Asian and African nations have

A) developed industrialized, free market economies.

B) built considerable infrastructures to support industry and commerce.

C) attracted foreign developmental capital and industries from wealthier nations.(\

D) remained largely sources for exportable raw minerals and cash crops.

E) relied on tourism to develop.

Back 39

D) remained largely sources for exportable raw minerals and cash crops.

Front 40

During the last decades of the 20th century,the event that has most determined Iraniandevelopment has been the

A) autocratic reign of the shah, Reza Pahlavi.

B) religious revolution of the ayatollahs.

C) alliance with the United States.

D) war with Iraq.

E) discovery and development of oil

Back 40

B) religious revolution of the ayatollahs.

Front 41

communists in the south

Back 41

Viet Cong

Front 42

American reforms in Japan

Back 42

Transform to US style government

Front 43

Years of US occupation of Japan

Back 43

1945-1952

Front 44

What Russian leader significantly alteredpolitical, diplomatic, and economic policies inthe Soviet Union after 1985?

A) Yuri Andropov

B) Leonid Brezhnev

C) Mikhail Gorbachev

D) Yuri Gagarin

E) Rudolph Nureyev

Back 44

C) Mikhail Gorbachev

Front 45

German reunification occurred in what year?

A) 1991

B) 1990

C) 1988

D) 1995

E) 1955

Back 45

A) 1991

Front 46

The Persian Gulf War of 1991 was in responseto the Iraqi invasion of

A) Israel.

B) Kuwait.

C) Syria.

D) Iran.

E) Jordan.

Back 46

B) Kuwait.

Front 47

Common currency in the European Union

Back 47

Euro

Front 48

Second Persian Gulf War was started in 2003 by the invasion of what country?

Back 48

Iraq

Front 49

% of households in america where English is not the primary language?

Back 49

25%

Front 50

Religion that spread rapidly in the 1990s throughout Latin America

Back 50

Orthodox Christianity

Front 51

The immediate cause for the outbreak ofWorld War I was

A) a naval race between Germany and GreatBritain.

B) the assassination of Austrian ArchdukeFranz Ferdinand.

C) colonial disputes over Morocco.

D) conflicting alliances.

E) the Industrial Revolution

Back 51

B) the assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

Front 52

It was inevitable that conflict in Europe wouldbecome a world war because

A) Great Britain and France had existingalliances with Japan and the UnitedStates.

B) the European combatants had coloniesand forces around the world.

C) Germany attacked China and Japan.

D) Germany had alliances with Brazil,Argentina, and Mexico.

E) the United States was heavily invested inGerman industry and protected its ally.

Back 52

B) the European combatants had colonies and forces around the world.

Front 53

Who were the Triple Entente?

Back 53

France, Britian, Russia

Front 54

Who were the Central Powers?

Back 54

Germany, Ottomans, Austria/Hungary

Front 55

World War I and the immediate aftermath ofthe Versailles Treaty

A) produced in the 1920s a decade of greateconomic instability.

B) resolved many, if not most, of the issuesleading to World War I.

C) led to the political polarization ofEuropean parties between left and right.

D) saw a realistic appraisal that wars could beavoided.

E) had little demographic or social impacton Western society.

Back 55

C) led to the political polarization of European parties between left and right.

Front 56

All of these conditions were characteristic ofthe 1920s in the West EXCEPT:

A) industrial production boomed.

B) mass consumption standards rose.

C) technology increasingly impacted theeconomy and daily life.

D) unemployment declined.

E) women joined the workforce in ever largernumbers.

Back 56

E) women joined the workforce in ever larger numbers.

Front 57

Which of the following statements concerningwomen’s suffrage in the 1920s is most accurate?

A) Despite their service in World War I, women failed to win the vote everywherebut in the United States.

B) Women had been briefly granted the voteduring the war, but the female franchisewas rapidly won when the conflictended.

C) Women’s suffrage was granted afterWorld War I in Britain, Germany, andthe United States.

D) Granting women’s suffrage during thewar converted many governments tofeminist principles.

E) Women had the vote throughout the prewarperiod, but it was suspended indefinitely during the early years of the war.

Back 57

C) Women’s suffrage was granted after World War I in Britain, Germany, and the United States.

Front 58

Which of the following factors limitedJapanese economic advance prior to WorldWar II?

A) continued dependence on relatively fewexport products

B) low population growth

C) the failure of the agricultural economy

D) rapidly increasing wages in the workforce

E) none of the above

Back 58

A) continued dependence on relatively few export products