Question 1

In which way was Nehru different from Gandhi?

Accepted Answer

A) The Indian National Congress should be open to members of all faiths. 
B) The moral transformation of Indian society was a necessary prerequisite for self-rule. 
C) The future of India lay in simple village communities. 
D) The Indian National Congress should be a strictly Hindu group. 
E) Nehru envisioned a secular state in which religion would play no part. 
A) The Indian National Congress should be open to members of all faiths. 
B) The moral transformation of Indian society was a necessary prerequisite for self-rule. 
C) The future of India lay in simple village communities. 
D) The Indian National Congress should be a strictly Hindu group. 
E) Nehru envisioned a secular state in which religion would play no part.

Question 2

Discuss how the speculative excesses of the American stock market,and the international debt structure that emerged after World War I,eventually snowballed into a global depression.

Accepted Answer

The speculative excesses of the American

Question 3

Please define the following key terms.
- Hind Swaraj

Accepted Answer

Hind Swaraj, also known as "Indian Home

Question 4

Which of the following is an example of European powers' reticence to allow independence to Africans and Asians?

Accepted Answer

A) French colonialists treatment of people as indigenes. 
B) Dutch resistance of Dutch-educated natives becoming social equals to their colonizers. 
C) British resistance to assimilation of British-educated Nigerians and Burmese. 
D) British hesitancy to allow India self-rule. 
E) All of the answers are correct. 
A) French colonialists treatment of people as indigenes. 
B) Dutch resistance of Dutch-educated natives becoming social equals to their colonizers. 
C) British resistance to assimilation of British-educated Nigerians and Burmese. 
D) British hesitancy to allow India self-rule. 
E) All of the answers are correct.

Question 5

To achieve military prestige,Mussolini attacked ____,avenging an 1896 defeat.

Accepted Answer

A) Switzerland 
B) Albania 
C) Greece 
D) Ethiopia 
E) Sardinia 
A) Switzerland 
B) Albania 
C) Greece 
D) Ethiopia 
E) Sardinia

Question 6

Please define the following key terms.
- Nigerian Youth Movement

Accepted Answer

The Nigerian Youth Movement (NYM) was a

Question 7

Please define the following key terms.
- Hirohito

Accepted Answer

Hirohito was the 124th Emperor of Japan,

Question 8

By the early 1930s,the major powers were taking protectionist measures and the world became locked in a vicious cycle of deflation and a downward spiral of both wages and prices as a result of

Accepted Answer

A) free-market practices. 
B) high tariffs. 
C) union uprisings. 
D) Britain's opening its colonial markets to the global market. 
E) the spread of communist revolutions in various European nations. 
A) free-market practices. 
B) high tariffs. 
C) union uprisings. 
D) Britain's opening its colonial markets to the global market. 
E) the spread of communist revolutions in various European nations.

Question 9

Even as the threat of German militarization and potential invasion of Russia grew,Stalin

Accepted Answer

A) ordered the killing and imprisonment of his generals. 
B) ordered the invasion of Poland. 
C) decreased the size of his military. 
D) stopped the Great Purge. 
E) allied with the Ottoman Empire. 
A) ordered the killing and imprisonment of his generals. 
B) ordered the invasion of Poland. 
C) decreased the size of his military. 
D) stopped the Great Purge. 
E) allied with the Ottoman Empire.

Question 10

Brazil was hard hit by the global market by the decrease in demand for

Accepted Answer

A) coffee. 
B) rubber. 
C) sugar. 
D) cocoa. 
E) tropical woods. 
A) coffee. 
B) rubber. 
C) sugar. 
D) cocoa. 
E) tropical woods.

Question 11

Although communism and fascism hated each other with a passion,they shared what common hate and enemy?

Accepted Answer

A) Liberal democracy. 
B) Social democracy. 
C) Capitalism. 
D) Religion. 
E) League of Nations. 
A) Liberal democracy. 
B) Social democracy. 
C) Capitalism. 
D) Religion. 
E) League of Nations.

Question 12

Please define the following key terms.
- Mahatma

Accepted Answer

Mahatma is a term of deep respect and re

Question 13

Soviet collectivization was a reform policy of Stalin that

Accepted Answer

A) was exactly opposite to the land policy of Lenin. 
B) moved populations to new industrial areas. 
C) was supposed to increase industrial output. 
D) would use farmland for cash crops. 
E) created a large military force. 
A) was exactly opposite to the land policy of Lenin. 
B) moved populations to new industrial areas. 
C) was supposed to increase industrial output. 
D) would use farmland for cash crops. 
E) created a large military force.

Question 14

Which of the following is associated with the direct and immediate causes of the Great Depression?

Accepted Answer

A) American stocks lost half of its value. 
B) Massive unemployment in industrial countries. 
C) Plummeting agricultural prices. 
D) All of the answers are correct. 
E) The complicated system of the international debt structure that emerged after World War I. 
A) American stocks lost half of its value. 
B) Massive unemployment in industrial countries. 
C) Plummeting agricultural prices. 
D) All of the answers are correct. 
E) The complicated system of the international debt structure that emerged after World War I.

Question 15

Please define the following key terms.
- Communism

Accepted Answer

Communism is a political and economic id

Question 16

Please define the following key terms.
- Government of India Act

Accepted Answer

The Government of India Act refers to le

Question 17

Please define the following key terms.
- Welfare State

Accepted Answer

The term "Welfare State" refers to a typ

Question 18

Which of the following brought the United States into direct military confrontation with Germany?

Accepted Answer

A) Chamberlain's active appeasement. 
B) Occupation of the Rhineland by Germany. 
C) Czechoslovakia. 
D) Hitler and Stalin's nonaggression pact. 
E) None of these. 
A) Chamberlain's active appeasement. 
B) Occupation of the Rhineland by Germany. 
C) Czechoslovakia. 
D) Hitler and Stalin's nonaggression pact. 
E) None of these.

Question 19

Please define the following key terms.
- National Socialist Party

Accepted Answer

The National Socialist Party, more commo

Question 20

How were Africa and Africans affected by the global depression in general and the depressed agricultural prices in particular?

Accepted Answer

A) Since prices for tropical goods remained steady,most Africans did not have a drop in income. 
B) Colonial governments increased taxes on peasant farmers to make up for other economic losses. 
C) The British welfare system,enacted in Britain,was extended to its African colonies. 
D) Africans were forced to plant cash crops. 
E) Most African peasants resorted to subsistence farming. 
A) Since prices for tropical goods remained steady,most Africans did not have a drop in income. 
B) Colonial governments increased taxes on peasant farmers to make up for other economic losses. 
C) The British welfare system,enacted in Britain,was extended to its African colonies. 
D) Africans were forced to plant cash crops. 
E) Most African peasants resorted to subsistence farming.

Exam 28: Responses to Global Crisis, 1920 - 1939

In which way was Nehru different from Gandhi?

Discuss how the speculative excesses of the American stock market,and the international debt structure that emerged after World War I,eventually snowballed into a global depression.

Please define the following key terms. - Hind Swaraj

Which of the following is an example of European powers' reticence to allow independence to Africans and Asians?

To achieve military prestige,Mussolini attacked ____,avenging an 1896 defeat.

Please define the following key terms. - Nigerian Youth Movement

Please define the following key terms. - Hirohito

By the early 1930s,the major powers were taking protectionist measures and the world became locked in a vicious cycle of deflation and a downward spiral of both wages and prices as a result of

Even as the threat of German militarization and potential invasion of Russia grew,Stalin

Brazil was hard hit by the global market by the decrease in demand for

Although communism and fascism hated each other with a passion,they shared what common hate and enemy?

Please define the following key terms. - Mahatma

Soviet collectivization was a reform policy of Stalin that

Which of the following is associated with the direct and immediate causes of the Great Depression?

Please define the following key terms. - Communism

Please define the following key terms. - Government of India Act

Please define the following key terms. - Welfare State

Which of the following brought the United States into direct military confrontation with Germany?

Please define the following key terms. - National Socialist Party

How were Africa and Africans affected by the global depression in general and the depressed agricultural prices in particular?

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