Question 1

Gandhi protested British violence and policies by being arrested and threatening to

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A)  fight. 
B)  fast. 
C)  leave India. 
D)  write newspaper ads. 
E)  None of these 
A)  fight. 
B)  fast. 
C)  leave India. 
D)  write newspaper ads. 
E)  None of these

Question 2

What British action in 1911 had raised political consciousness in India?

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A)  Partitioning of Pakistan. 
B)  Transfer of the capital from Calcutta to Delhi. 
C)  Appointment of a Muslim prince to the position of Vice-Roy. 
D)  Granting the right to vote to Hindus but not Muslims. 
E)  British punishment of traditional honor killings. 
A)  Partitioning of Pakistan. 
B)  Transfer of the capital from Calcutta to Delhi. 
C)  Appointment of a Muslim prince to the position of Vice-Roy. 
D)  Granting the right to vote to Hindus but not Muslims. 
E)  British punishment of traditional honor killings.

Question 3

After staging his second coup in Brazil in 1938, Vargas firmly established

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A)  "demand side" economics. 
B)  "supply side" economics. 
C)  the "New State." 
D)  mercantilism. 
E)  None of these 
A)  "demand side" economics. 
B)  "supply side" economics. 
C)  the "New State." 
D)  mercantilism. 
E)  None of these

Question 4

Identify the following term(s).
-Sigmund Freud

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Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) was an Austria

Question 5

Identify the following term(s).
-Mohandas K. (Mahatma) Gandhi

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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, commonly kno

Question 6

Who constituted the majority of the Indian Civil Service?

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A)  Western educated Hindus. 
B)  men from the English gentry. 
C)  an equal mix of Hindu and Muslim appointees. 
D)  Maharajahs. 
E)  none of these. 
A)  Western educated Hindus. 
B)  men from the English gentry. 
C)  an equal mix of Hindu and Muslim appointees. 
D)  Maharajahs. 
E)  none of these.

Question 7

Identify the following term(s).
-Getulio Vargas

Accepted Answer

Getúlio Dornelles Vargas was a Brazilian

Question 8

Identify the following term(s).
-Max Planck

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Max Planck was a German theoretical phys

Question 9

Identify the following term(s).
-Juan Perón

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Juan Perón was an Argentine military off

Question 10

Describe how the skyscraper and the automobile transformed urban life in the first half of the 20th century.

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Two new technologies-the skyscraper and

Question 11

Identify the following term(s).
-Margaret Sanger

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Margaret Sanger (1879-1966) was an Ameri

Question 12

Both Argentina and Brazil had

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A)  large, docile middle classes. 
B)  a small but outspoken middle class. 
C)  no middle class. 
D)  a classless society. 
E)  a feudal aristocracy. 
A)  large, docile middle classes. 
B)  a small but outspoken middle class. 
C)  no middle class. 
D)  a classless society. 
E)  a feudal aristocracy.

Question 13

During the 1920s, the British in India

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A)  repressed any attempts at Indian nationalism. 
B)  made concessions only within the Indian Civil Service. 
C)  began to withdraw military support. 
D)  slowly and reluctantly gave Indians control over "national areas" such as education and the economy. 
E)  brought jazz and "bath tub" gin into popularity. 
A)  repressed any attempts at Indian nationalism. 
B)  made concessions only within the Indian Civil Service. 
C)  began to withdraw military support. 
D)  slowly and reluctantly gave Indians control over "national areas" such as education and the economy. 
E)  brought jazz and "bath tub" gin into popularity.

Question 14

One of the major incidents that sparked an Indian nationalist movement was

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A)  Lord Curzon's unilateral decision to divide Bengal into two provinces. 
B)  the arrest of Gandhi. 
C)  British troops storming the Jamshedpur factories. 
D)  insistence by the British that Muslim regions learn English. 
E)  taxation of Hindu and Muslim houses of worship to support the British colonial administration. 
A)  Lord Curzon's unilateral decision to divide Bengal into two provinces. 
B)  the arrest of Gandhi. 
C)  British troops storming the Jamshedpur factories. 
D)  insistence by the British that Muslim regions learn English. 
E)  taxation of Hindu and Muslim houses of worship to support the British colonial administration.

Question 15

Gandhi rejected the popular ideas of political struggle for power through violence, and instead embraced "unusual" political ideas including nonviolence and

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A)  terrorist plans to bomb civilian locations. 
B)  democratic reforms through legislation and lobbying. 
C)  the search for the truth. 
D)  the vote for women. 
E)  guerilla tactics. 
A)  terrorist plans to bomb civilian locations. 
B)  democratic reforms through legislation and lobbying. 
C)  the search for the truth. 
D)  the vote for women. 
E)  guerilla tactics.

Question 16

After the Great War, what transpired in the U.S. with the use of radios?

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A)  Amateurs used surplus radio equipment. 
B)  The first commercial radio station opened in Pittsburgh in 1920. 
C)  By 1924, over 600 radio stations were operating. 
D)  By 1930, 12 million families owned radios. 
E)  all of the above 
A)  Amateurs used surplus radio equipment. 
B)  The first commercial radio station opened in Pittsburgh in 1920. 
C)  By 1924, over 600 radio stations were operating. 
D)  By 1930, 12 million families owned radios. 
E)  all of the above

Question 17

Identify the following term(s).
-Igor Stravinsky

Accepted Answer

Igor Stravinsky was a Russian composer,

Question 18

Identify the following term(s).
-KLM Royal Dutch Airlines

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KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, commonly known

Question 19

The new social sciences in the 1920s were unsettling because they

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A)  supported notions of Western superiority 
B)  seemed to reward bourgeois values 
C)  invariably led to communism 
D)  challenged Victorian morality 
E)  caused the Great Depression 
A)  supported notions of Western superiority 
B)  seemed to reward bourgeois values 
C)  invariably led to communism 
D)  challenged Victorian morality 
E)  caused the Great Depression

Question 20

Who were the maharajahs?

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Ruling princes in In

Exam 29: Revolutions in Living

Gandhi protested British violence and policies by being arrested and threatening to

What British action in 1911 had raised political consciousness in India?

After staging his second coup in Brazil in 1938, Vargas firmly established

Identify the following term(s). -Sigmund Freud

Identify the following term(s). -Mohandas K. (Mahatma) Gandhi

Who constituted the majority of the Indian Civil Service?

Identify the following term(s). -Getulio Vargas

Identify the following term(s). -Max Planck

Identify the following term(s). -Juan Perón

Describe how the skyscraper and the automobile transformed urban life in the first half of the 20th century.

Identify the following term(s). -Margaret Sanger

Both Argentina and Brazil had

During the 1920s, the British in India

One of the major incidents that sparked an Indian nationalist movement was

Gandhi rejected the popular ideas of political struggle for power through violence, and instead embraced "unusual" political ideas including nonviolence and

After the Great War, what transpired in the U.S. with the use of radios?

Identify the following term(s). -Igor Stravinsky

Identify the following term(s). -KLM Royal Dutch Airlines

The new social sciences in the 1920s were unsettling because they

Who were the maharajahs?

Nature, Humanity, and History

The First River-Valley Civilizations

The Mediterranean and Middle East

New Civilizations Outside the West Asian Core Area

Greece and Iran

An Age of Empires: Rome and Han China

India and Southeast Asia

Peoples and Civilizations of the Americas

Networks of Communication and Exchange

The Sasanid Empire and the Rise of Islam

Christian Societies Emerge in Europe

Inner and East Asia

Mongol Eurasia and Its Aftermath

Latin Europe

Southern Empires, Southern Seas

The Maritime Revolution

Transformations in Europe

The Diversity of American Colonial Societies

The Atlantic System and Africa

Between Europe and China

East Asia in Global Perspective

The Early Industrial Revolution

Revolutionary Changes in the Atlantic World

Land Empires in the Age of Imperialism

Nation Building and Economic Transformation in the Americas

Varieties of Imperialism in Africa, India, Southeast Asia, and Latin America

The New Power Balance

The Crisis of the Imperial Order

The Collapse of the Old Order

The Cold War and Decolonization

The End of the Cold War and the Challenge of Economic Development and Immigration

New Challenges in a New Millenium

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