Question 1

How did the Great Depression help lead to the outbreak of World War II?

Accepted Answer

A) It caused France to invade Germany after the Germans failed to pay back their war reparations. 
B) It led to the rise of extreme right-wing,nationalistic governments in several key European nations. 
C) It caused a major spike in the price of oil,a resource that was fiercely contested between America,Germany,Japan,and the United Kingdom. 
D) It caused many countries to stop funding the League of Nations,crippling the organization tasked with keeping the peace. 
E) It prevented nations such as the United States and the United Kingdom from investing in more troops. 
A) It caused France to invade Germany after the Germans failed to pay back their war reparations. 
B) It led to the rise of extreme right-wing,nationalistic governments in several key European nations. 
C) It caused a major spike in the price of oil,a resource that was fiercely contested between America,Germany,Japan,and the United Kingdom. 
D) It caused many countries to stop funding the League of Nations,crippling the organization tasked with keeping the peace. 
E) It prevented nations such as the United States and the United Kingdom from investing in more troops.

Question 2

Why did the adoption of the gold standard facilitate global trade?

Accepted Answer

A) Gold was easier to mine than previous standard metals. 
B) The International Monetary Fund pushed for the adoption of the gold standard. 
C) It suited the interests of Great Britain,as it controlled most of the gold mines. 
D) It created a predictable way to exchange international currencies. 
E) Few countries had existing trade barriers against gold. 
A) Gold was easier to mine than previous standard metals. 
B) The International Monetary Fund pushed for the adoption of the gold standard. 
C) It suited the interests of Great Britain,as it controlled most of the gold mines. 
D) It created a predictable way to exchange international currencies. 
E) Few countries had existing trade barriers against gold.

Question 3

Why did major-power interests and interactions result in a peaceful nineteenth century but a conflict-ridden twentieth century?

Accepted Answer

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Question 4

The world as a meaningful political and economic unit emerged:

Accepted Answer

A) when the Roman Republic first became the Roman Empire. 
B) with the first successful unification of China. 
C) sometime after 1500. 
D) during the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union. 
E) after the collapse of the Soviet Union. 
A) when the Roman Republic first became the Roman Empire. 
B) with the first successful unification of China. 
C) sometime after 1500. 
D) during the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union. 
E) after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Question 5

Which of the following is the best example of a hegemon?

Accepted Answer

A) Germany after World War I. 
B) The United States during the Cold War. 
C) France during the Thirty Years' War. 
D) Great Britain in the 1800s. 
E) China in the modern era. 
A) Germany after World War I. 
B) The United States during the Cold War. 
C) France during the Thirty Years' War. 
D) Great Britain in the 1800s. 
E) China in the modern era.

Question 6

The end of the Cold War was preceded by which event in the 1980s?

Accepted Answer

A) Decreased military spending by the United States. 
B) Increased Soviet repression in Eastern Europe. 
C) Increased Soviet troops in Vietnam. 
D) Policies of greater openness and economic reconstruction in the Soviet Union. 
E) Economic recovery in the Soviet Union. 
A) Decreased military spending by the United States. 
B) Increased Soviet repression in Eastern Europe. 
C) Increased Soviet troops in Vietnam. 
D) Policies of greater openness and economic reconstruction in the Soviet Union. 
E) Economic recovery in the Soviet Union.

How did the Great Depression help lead to the outbreak of World War II?

Why did the adoption of the gold standard facilitate global trade?

Why did major-power interests and interactions result in a peaceful nineteenth century but a conflict-ridden twentieth century?

The world as a meaningful political and economic unit emerged:

Which of the following is the best example of a hegemon?

The end of the Cold War was preceded by which event in the 1980s?

Introduction

Understanding Interests, interactions, and Institutions

Why Are There Wars

Domestic Politics and War

International Institutions and War

Violence by Nonstate Actors: Civil War and Terrorism

International Trade

International Financial Relations

International Monetary Relations

Development: Causes of the Wealth and Poverty of Nations

International Law and Norms

Human Rights

The Global Environment

The Future of International Politics

Foundations, war, and Peace

International Political Economy, transnational Politics, and Looking Ahead

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Exam 2: What Shaped Our World

How did the Great Depression help lead to the outbreak of World War II?

Why did the adoption of the gold standard facilitate global trade?

Why did major-power interests and interactions result in a peaceful nineteenth century but a conflict-ridden twentieth century?

The world as a meaningful political and economic unit emerged:

Which of the following is the best example of a hegemon?

The end of the Cold War was preceded by which event in the 1980s?

Introduction

Understanding Interests, interactions, and Institutions

Why Are There Wars

Domestic Politics and War

International Institutions and War

Violence by Nonstate Actors: Civil War and Terrorism

International Trade

International Financial Relations

International Monetary Relations

Development: Causes of the Wealth and Poverty of Nations

International Law and Norms

Human Rights

The Global Environment

The Future of International Politics

Foundations, war, and Peace

International Political Economy, transnational Politics, and Looking Ahead

Filters