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By the end of the nineteenth century, the Ottoman Empire had lost control of its territories outside of Turkey except what area?
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Arabia.
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President Kemal Atatürk of Turkey introduced a few reforms but NOT include what?
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an elected opposition.
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While in most former Ottoman Empire territories the people had no strong identification with their designated country, Ibn Saud of __________ won broad support among what Arab peoples?
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Saudis of Saudi Arabia
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What did the "The Balfour Declaration" declare/propose?
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declared Palestine a national Jewish homeland.
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The 1940s brought to the for a new generation of young African leaders, many of whom had been educated in Europe and the United States, including:
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Jomo Kenyatta (Kenya),Léopold Senghor (Sengal), Nnamdi Azikiwe, Kwame Nkurmah (Ghana)
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What contributed to the emergence of an aggressive military state in Japan?
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1) resentment of Western influence, 2) anger at the government’s pacifist policies in the 1920s, 3) anger at cuts in military spending (Wasington conference), 4) needed access to mineral resources: oil, iron.
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A What was the name of the Vietnamese revolutionary, who gained valuable training from the Soviets?
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Ho Chi Minh
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The Shanghai Massacre spelled the end of what in China?
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the Communist-Nationalist alliance
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What was the long march?
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Trek of Chinese communist in 1948, led by Mao Zedong to a safe haven in the North, later used as base to defeat Chiang Kai-Shek's nationalist army that fled the country.
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Where did the defeated nationalist army of China escape to?
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Taiwan.
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Mao Zedong believed China’s rural peasants would lead the struggle for what?
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a communist revolution.
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Chiang Kai-shek planned to use which of the following to modernize Chinese industry?
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dictatorial power
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When did the United States become the foremost investors in Latin America?
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beginning in the 1920s
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How did U.S. investors attempt to control Latin American industries?
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controlled Latin American industries directly.
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Which was a positive effect of the Great Depression on Latin America?
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Governments encouraged the development of new industries to produce goods that were formerly imported.
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During the Great Depression, whom did the military coup installed as the leader in Brazil?
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Getúlio Vargas
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Who was President of Mexico during the Great Depression?
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Lázaro Cárdenas
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In Mexico during the depression, president Lázaro Cárdenas became popular among peasants when he did what?
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Redistributed 44 million acres of land to landless peasants.
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