Question 1

Following World War I,which of the following statements is true of Latin America?

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A)  Booming economies during the war collapsed, which led to dictatorships and "emergency" governments. 
B)  Mexico finally saw the revolution end with well-educated professionals taking over the government. 
C)  Falling demand in the United States and Europe for raw materials led to significant poverty and economic decline. 
D)  all of the above 
A)  Booming economies during the war collapsed, which led to dictatorships and "emergency" governments. 
B)  Mexico finally saw the revolution end with well-educated professionals taking over the government. 
C)  Falling demand in the United States and Europe for raw materials led to significant poverty and economic decline. 
D)  all of the above

Question 2

Aside from the collapse of the stock market and banking industry in the United States,the Great Depression was worsened in America by

Accepted Answer

A)  an ecological disaster known as the Dust Bowl. 
B)  earthquakes on the West Coast. 
C)  the collapse of the oil industry. 
D)  the failure of the government to create new social programs. 
A)  an ecological disaster known as the Dust Bowl. 
B)  earthquakes on the West Coast. 
C)  the collapse of the oil industry. 
D)  the failure of the government to create new social programs.

Question 3

An example of what political scientists call "soft power" is

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A)  cultural influence. 
B)  a military threat without actually doing anything. 
C)  political domination. 
D)  economic dominance of a particular market. 
A)  cultural influence. 
B)  a military threat without actually doing anything. 
C)  political domination. 
D)  economic dominance of a particular market.

Question 4

What challenges that China faced at the end of twentieth century might eventually lead to democratization?

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A)  growing competition with the United States 
B)  the desire to become a leading power in East Asia 
C)  the effects of economic liberalization 
D)  pressure from human rights organizations 
A)  growing competition with the United States 
B)  the desire to become a leading power in East Asia 
C)  the effects of economic liberalization 
D)  pressure from human rights organizations

Question 5

A key reason that many of the newly created states in Europe were dissatisfied with their status was that

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A)  many had large, resentful minorities within their borders. 
B)  most lacked access to the sea. 
C)  they were too small to be viable states. 
D)  the League of Nations did little to help them. 
A)  many had large, resentful minorities within their borders. 
B)  most lacked access to the sea. 
C)  they were too small to be viable states. 
D)  the League of Nations did little to help them.

Question 6

What are the respective strengths and weaknesses of the United States,the European Union,and China at the beginning of the twenty-first century?

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The United States, the European Union, a

Question 7

Explain how the process of decolonization could deliver on the promise of autonomy and self-governance while simultaneously dismantling many of the structures that had provided stability during the colonial era.

Accepted Answer

The process of decolonization could deli

Question 8

The main goal of the Habsburg Empire in the First World War was

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A)  to expand its territory. 
B)  to preserve its overseas empires. 
C)  to contain its national minorities. 
D)  to force Britain to allow more freedom of the seas. 
A)  to expand its territory. 
B)  to preserve its overseas empires. 
C)  to contain its national minorities. 
D)  to force Britain to allow more freedom of the seas.

Question 9

One communist country that remained outside of the Soviet Warsaw Pact was

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A)  Czechoslovakia. 
B)  Hungary 
C)  Poland. 
D)  Yugoslavia. 
A)  Czechoslovakia. 
B)  Hungary 
C)  Poland. 
D)  Yugoslavia.

Question 10

Two concepts shared by far left and far right political ideologies concern

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A)  collectivization of property and communitarian values. 
B)  service to the state and the persecution of "enemies." 
C)  nationalism and private property. 
D)  militarism and anti-Semitism. 
A)  collectivization of property and communitarian values. 
B)  service to the state and the persecution of "enemies." 
C)  nationalism and private property. 
D)  militarism and anti-Semitism.

Question 11

Between 1974 and the end of the twentieth century,the number of new democracies (measured by the standard of having viable elections)that had been created was about

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A)  35. 
B)  50. 
C)  75. 
D)  100. 
A)  35. 
B)  50. 
C)  75. 
D)  100.

Question 12

What effects did decolonization by the Europeans have on their former colonies?

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Decolonization by the Europeans had a ra

Question 13

What new challenges faced regional orders like the European Union and rising powers like China at the turn of the century?

Accepted Answer

At the turn of the century, regional ord

Question 14

What made these ideologies attractive to so many people in the 1930s? How did they address people's perceived conditions?

Accepted Answer

In the 1930s, several ideologies gained

Question 15

Mao Zedong's successor in Communist China Deng Xiaoping began a series of reforms by urging his countrymen

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A)  to work for more open and democratic government. 
B)  to get rich. 
C)  to continue the policies of the Cultural Revolution. 
D)  to collectivize agriculture. 
A)  to work for more open and democratic government. 
B)  to get rich. 
C)  to continue the policies of the Cultural Revolution. 
D)  to collectivize agriculture.

Question 16

A common policy of European decolonization was to

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A)  favor newly-anointed leaders who came from the native middle class. 
B)  appoint new leaders from the native militaries. 
C)  utilize the traditional ruling classes and aristocracies in choosing new leaders. 
D)  carefully prepare the new governments for independence over long periods of time. 
A)  favor newly-anointed leaders who came from the native middle class. 
B)  appoint new leaders from the native militaries. 
C)  utilize the traditional ruling classes and aristocracies in choosing new leaders. 
D)  carefully prepare the new governments for independence over long periods of time.

Question 17

All of the following resulted from the Nazi-Soviet pact in 1939 EXCEPT:

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A)  it showed Soviet support for Hitler's war plans in Europe. 
B)  it allowed Hitler to invade Poland. 
C)  it forced Czechoslovakia to give up the Sudetenland. 
D)  it neutralized Hitler's main foe. 
A)  it showed Soviet support for Hitler's war plans in Europe. 
B)  it allowed Hitler to invade Poland. 
C)  it forced Czechoslovakia to give up the Sudetenland. 
D)  it neutralized Hitler's main foe.

Question 18

The crisis that erupted in 1962 over the stationing of missiles in Cuba ended when

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A)  the United States agreed to allow the Soviet Union to keep its missiles in Cuba, while it put missiles in Europe. 
B)  a stalemate occurred as the United States put missiles in Turkey. 
C)  the United States agreed to remove its missiles from Turkey, and the Soviet Union agreed to remove the missiles in Cuba. 
D)  a brief fight ended with victory by the United States as the Soviet Union conceded to a unilateral removal of the missiles. 
A)  the United States agreed to allow the Soviet Union to keep its missiles in Cuba, while it put missiles in Europe. 
B)  a stalemate occurred as the United States put missiles in Turkey. 
C)  the United States agreed to remove its missiles from Turkey, and the Soviet Union agreed to remove the missiles in Cuba. 
D)  a brief fight ended with victory by the United States as the Soviet Union conceded to a unilateral removal of the missiles.

Question 19

When the war hero Kemal Ataturk came to power in 1923,he

Accepted Answer

A)  established himself as caliph and sultan over the new Turkish nation. 
B)  attempted to found a new kingdom in the Middle East, but he was rebuffed by France and Britain. 
C)  founded Turkey as an Islamic republic, but one that was relatively moderate and pro-Western. 
D)  established Turkey as a secular republic that would grant universal male suffrage and women's rights within a little more than a decade. 
A)  established himself as caliph and sultan over the new Turkish nation. 
B)  attempted to found a new kingdom in the Middle East, but he was rebuffed by France and Britain. 
C)  founded Turkey as an Islamic republic, but one that was relatively moderate and pro-Western. 
D)  established Turkey as a secular republic that would grant universal male suffrage and women's rights within a little more than a decade.

Question 20

What led the Europeans to rapidly abandon their colonial possessions?

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The rapid abandonment of colonial posses

Exam 28: World Order and Disorder: Global Politics in the Twentieth

Following World War I,which of the following statements is true of Latin America?

Aside from the collapse of the stock market and banking industry in the United States,the Great Depression was worsened in America by

An example of what political scientists call "soft power" is

What challenges that China faced at the end of twentieth century might eventually lead to democratization?

A key reason that many of the newly created states in Europe were dissatisfied with their status was that

What are the respective strengths and weaknesses of the United States,the European Union,and China at the beginning of the twenty-first century?

Explain how the process of decolonization could deliver on the promise of autonomy and self-governance while simultaneously dismantling many of the structures that had provided stability during the colonial era.

The main goal of the Habsburg Empire in the First World War was

One communist country that remained outside of the Soviet Warsaw Pact was

Two concepts shared by far left and far right political ideologies concern

Between 1974 and the end of the twentieth century,the number of new democracies (measured by the standard of having viable elections)that had been created was about

What effects did decolonization by the Europeans have on their former colonies?

What new challenges faced regional orders like the European Union and rising powers like China at the turn of the century?

What made these ideologies attractive to so many people in the 1930s? How did they address people's perceived conditions?

Mao Zedong's successor in Communist China Deng Xiaoping began a series of reforms by urging his countrymen

A common policy of European decolonization was to

All of the following resulted from the Nazi-Soviet pact in 1939 EXCEPT:

The crisis that erupted in 1962 over the stationing of missiles in Cuba ended when

When the war hero Kemal Ataturk came to power in 1923,he

What led the Europeans to rapidly abandon their colonial possessions?

Out of the Ice: Peopling the Earth

Out of the Mud: Farming and Herding after the Ice Age

The Great River Valleys: Accelerating Change and Developing States

A Succession of Civilizations: Ambition and Instability

Rebuilding the World: Recoveries, New Initiatives, and Their Limits

The Great Schools

Postimperial Worlds: Problems of Empires in Eurasia and Africa, ca. 200 C.E. to ca. 700 C.E.

Remaking the World: Innovation and Renewal on Environmental Frontiers in the Late First Millennium

Contending with Isolation: ca. 1000–1200

The Nomadic Frontiers: The Islamic World, Byzantium, and China ca. 1000–1200

Contending with Isolation: ca. 1000–1200

The Nomadic Frontiers: The Islamic World, Byzantium, and China ca. 1000–1200

The World the Mongols Made

The Revenge of Nature: Plague, Cold, and the Limits of Disaster in the Fourteenth Century

Expanding Worlds: Recovery in the Late Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries

Imperial Arenas: New Empires in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

The Ecological Revolution of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

Mental Revolutions: Religion and Science in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

States and Societies: Political and Social Change in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

Driven by Growth: The Global Economy in the Eighteenth Century

The Age of Global Interaction: Expansion and Intersection of Eighteenth-Century Empires

The Exchange of Enlightenments: Eighteenth-Century Thought

Replacing Muscle: The Energy Revolutions

The Social Mold: Work and Society in the Nineteenth Century

Western Dominance in the Nineteenth Century: The Westward Shift of Power and the Rise of Global Empires

The Changing State: Political Developments in the Nineteenth Century

The Twentieth-Century Mind: Western Science and the World

The Pursuit of Utopia: Civil Society in the Twentieth Century

The Embattled Biosphere: The Twentieth-Century Environment

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