Question 1

After the peace settlement that ended the First World War,the United States

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A)  participated for awhile in the League of Nations, but gradually stopped because it was weak and ineffectual. 
B)  turned to isolationism and declined to participate in the League of Nations. 
C)  became active in the League of Nations, especially with the rise of extremist politics. 
D)  wanted no part of the League of Nations because it had been an idea of the French government. 
A)  participated for awhile in the League of Nations, but gradually stopped because it was weak and ineffectual. 
B)  turned to isolationism and declined to participate in the League of Nations. 
C)  became active in the League of Nations, especially with the rise of extremist politics. 
D)  wanted no part of the League of Nations because it had been an idea of the French government.

Question 2

One of the goals of the American entry into the First World War was to

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A)  gain territory. 
B)  weaken the European imperial system. 
C)  end its isolation and become a player on the world stage. 
D)  help Britain and France increase their colonial holdings. 
A)  gain territory. 
B)  weaken the European imperial system. 
C)  end its isolation and become a player on the world stage. 
D)  help Britain and France increase their colonial holdings.

Question 3

Followers of a corporatist ideology believe that

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A)  private property is allowable, but business should be conducted for the greater benefit of the state. 
B)  state power should be minimal, and private industry should be allowed to function with a minimum of interference. 
C)  political power should be placed in the hands of corporations. 
D)  militarism and anti-Semitism are the primary ways that a society should be shaped. 
A)  private property is allowable, but business should be conducted for the greater benefit of the state. 
B)  state power should be minimal, and private industry should be allowed to function with a minimum of interference. 
C)  political power should be placed in the hands of corporations. 
D)  militarism and anti-Semitism are the primary ways that a society should be shaped.

Question 4

The Helsinki Accords of 1975 pledged its signers to recognize

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A)  democracy as the best political ideology. 
B)  capitalism as the best economic system. 
C)  a respect for human rights. 
D)  the need for nuclear disarmament. 
A)  democracy as the best political ideology. 
B)  capitalism as the best economic system. 
C)  a respect for human rights. 
D)  the need for nuclear disarmament.

Question 5

The first sub-Saharan state to gain independence was

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A)  Angola. 
B)  Equatorial Guinea. 
C)  Ghana. 
D)  Zimbabwe. 
A)  Angola. 
B)  Equatorial Guinea. 
C)  Ghana. 
D)  Zimbabwe.

Question 6

The first country to launch a successful spacecraft and to put a man in space was

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A)  Great Britain. 
B)  China. 
C)  the Soviet Union. 
D)  the United States. 
A)  Great Britain. 
B)  China. 
C)  the Soviet Union. 
D)  the United States.

Question 7

The division of territory in former colonial possessions on the basis of religion happened in

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A)  Liberia and Sierra Leone. 
B)  India and Ireland. 
C)  Rwanda and Burundi. 
D)  Cyprus and Sri Lanka. 
A)  Liberia and Sierra Leone. 
B)  India and Ireland. 
C)  Rwanda and Burundi. 
D)  Cyprus and Sri Lanka.

Question 8

A key aim of the Japanese attack against the United States in 1941 was to

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A)  occupy the West Coast of the United States. 
B)  support its German allies in Europe. 
C)  attack the United States before being attacked itself. 
D)  defend and control the oilfields in Southeast Asia. 
A)  occupy the West Coast of the United States. 
B)  support its German allies in Europe. 
C)  attack the United States before being attacked itself. 
D)  defend and control the oilfields in Southeast Asia.

Question 9

In the period following the Cold War,American leaders chose to

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A)  take a leading role in creating new world institutions. 
B)  only engage in military interventions with the blessing of the United Nations. 
C)  stay out of global entities like the International Criminal Court. 
D)  avoid the United Nations completely. 
A)  take a leading role in creating new world institutions. 
B)  only engage in military interventions with the blessing of the United Nations. 
C)  stay out of global entities like the International Criminal Court. 
D)  avoid the United Nations completely.

After the peace settlement that ended the First World War,the United States

One of the goals of the American entry into the First World War was to

Followers of a corporatist ideology believe that

The Helsinki Accords of 1975 pledged its signers to recognize

The first sub-Saharan state to gain independence was

The first country to launch a successful spacecraft and to put a man in space was

The division of territory in former colonial possessions on the basis of religion happened in

A key aim of the Japanese attack against the United States in 1941 was to

In the period following the Cold War,American leaders chose to

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

After the peace settlement that ended the First World War,the United States

One of the goals of the American entry into the First World War was to

Followers of a corporatist ideology believe that

The Helsinki Accords of 1975 pledged its signers to recognize

The first sub-Saharan state to gain independence was

The first country to launch a successful spacecraft and to put a man in space was

The division of territory in former colonial possessions on the basis of religion happened in

A key aim of the Japanese attack against the United States in 1941 was to

In the period following the Cold War,American leaders chose to

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

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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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