WORLD HISTORY & GEOGRAPHY B
COMMON FINAL EXAMPOWER POINT REVIEW
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Unit 1 – The Industrial Revolution
6.1.2/6.1.4/6.1.5*Questions 1-11
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# 1 - How did the increased amount of railroad tracks
from 1840-1890 influence the global economy?
A. It connected the U.S. to Canada & Mexico
B. It made western settlement possible
C. It increased trade & connected the interior to industrial centers
and seaports3
# 1 - How did the increased amount of railroad tracks
from 1840-1890 influence the global economy?
C. It increased trade & connected the interior to industrial centers and seaports
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# 2 - Which improvements during the I.R. led to people living longer and healthier
lives?
A. Sanitation & medicine
B. Communication & transportation
C. Faster and better production methods 5
# 2 - Which improvements during the I.R. led to people living longer and healthier
lives?
A. Sanitation & medicine
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# 3 - What important role did the European colonies provide during the I.R.?
A. Industrial labor
B. Supplied raw materials
C. Produce manufactured goods
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# 3 - What important role did the European colonies provide during the I.R.?
B. Supply raw materials
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Raw Materials
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# 4 - During the I.R. what caused the significant
migration of people to cities from rural areas?
A. Social equality
B. Cleaner environment
C. Economic opportunity
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# 4 - During the I.R. what caused the significant
migration of people to cities from rural areas?
C. Economic opportunity (jobs) 11
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# 5 - Which of the following was an internal cause of
increased European global power between 1500-1900?
A. The Plague
B. Feudalism
C. Industrialization13
# 5 - Which of the following was an internal cause of
increased European global power between 1500-1900?
C. Industrialization14
# 6 - What external factor led to increased European global
power between 1500-1900?
A. Asian isolation
B. American isolation
C. European isolation
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# 6 - What external factor led to increased European global
power between 1500-1900?
A. Asian isolation
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# 7 - What new economic factor led to the growth of
democracy in Great Britain & the U.S. between 1750-1915?
A. Absolutism
B. Commercialism
C. Industrialization
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# 7 - What new economic factor led to the growth of
democracy in Great Britain & the U.S. between 1750-1915?
C. Industrialization
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# 8 - Women’s suffrage, labor reforms, and abolition were
all examples of…?
A. The political effects of industrialization
B. The economic effects of industrialization
C. The social effects of industrialization
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# 8 - Women’s suffrage, labor reforms, and abolition were
all examples of…?
C. The social effects of industrialization
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# 9 - Identify the environmental effect of
industrialization.
A. Increased pollution
B. Better transportation
C. Depleted soil21
# 9 - Identify the environmental effect of
industrialization.
A. Increased pollution22
# 10 - Identify the positive political consequence of
industrialization.
A. Increased deaths in factories
B. Higher wages for men
C. The right to vote23
# 10 - Identify the positive political consequence of
industrialization.
C. The right to vote
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# 11 - Women’s suffrage, labor reforms, and abolition
were all examples of…?
A. The political effects of industrialization
B. The economic effects of industrialization
C. The social effects of industrialization
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# 11 - Women’s suffrage, labor reforms, and abolition
were all examples of…?
C. The social effects of industrialization
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Unit 2 - Imperialism6.2.2 / 6.2.3 / 6.2.4*Questions # 12-17
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# 12 - What foreign policy developed in Europe and Asia
as a result of Nationalism?
A. Capitalism
B. Militarism
C. Isolationism
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# 12 - What foreign policy developed in Europe and Asia
as a result of Nationalism?6.2.2
B. Militarism
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# 13 - How did industrialization lead to imperialism?
A. Workers demanded higher wages
B. Competition increased for natural resources and markets
C. Child labor increased30
# 13 - How did industrialization lead to imperialism?
B. Competition increased for natural resources and markets
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# 14 - How did society react to the poor working conditions for women and children in
most factories?
A. An increase in sending children to work in factories
B. Many factory owners were jailed
C. Labor reform32
# 14 - How did society react to the poor working conditions for
women and children in most factories?
C. Labor reform (new laws made)
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Poor Working Conditions
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# 15 - Identify the impact of imperialism towards Japan.
A. The building of the Seikan Tunnel
B. A lack of technology
C. The adoption of Western ways
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# 15 - Identify the impact of imperialism towards Japan.
C. The adoption of Western ways
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# 16 - Although there were many negative effects of
imperialism in Africa, identify a positive effect.
A. Many cultures were destroyed
B. Redefined national boundaries
C. Modernization
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# 16 - Although there were many negative effects of
imperialism in Africa, identify a positive effect.
C. Modernization
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# 17 - Which European country usually used indirect rule in their African colonies?
A. Britain
B. France
C. Spain
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# 17 - Which European country usually used indirect rule in their African colonies?
A. Britain
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Unit 3 – World War I7.1.5 / 7.2.1
*Questions # 18-25
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# 18 - Which country was forced to take the blame for
WWI under the Treaty of Versailles?
A. Germany
B. Austria-Hungary
C. Russia
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# 18 - Which country was forced to take the blame for
WWI under the Treaty of Versailles?
A. Germany (War Guilt Clause)
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# 19 - Which best identifies the German policy of
unrestricted submarine warfare?
A. Sinking any ship that belongs to the Central Powers
B. Sinking any ship in British waters without warning
C. Sinking any ship in German waters without warning
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# 19 - Which best identifies the German policy of
unrestricted submarine warfare?
B. Sinking any ship in British waters without warning
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WWI German Submarine
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# 20 - Which best identifies the impact that WWI had on the economies of Europe?
A. It helped the economies of Europe
B. It drained the treasuries of Europe
C. It empowered smaller nations to surpass larger nations 47
# 20 - Which best identifies the impact that WWI had on the economies of Europe?
B. It drained the treasuries of Europe
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# 21 - What was the spark in Sarajevo which ignited
WWI?
A. The stock market crash
B. The invasion of Poland
C. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
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# 21 - What was the spark in Sarajevo which ignited
WWI?
C. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
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Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
• June 28th, 1914
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# 22 - What was an unintended consequence of the pre-WWI European alliance system?
A. Alliances caused countries to start war
B. Alliances allowed countries to avoid war
C. It allowed countries to remain neutral, thus avoiding conflicts
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# 22 - What was an unintended consequence of the pre-WWI European alliance system?
A. Alliances caused countries to start war
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# 23 - What were the 4 MAIN causes of WWI?
(fill in the blanks)
• M_________
• A________ S________
• I__________
• N___________54
# 23 - What were the 4 MAIN causes of WWI?
• Militarism
• Alliance System
• Imperialism
• Nationalism55
# 24 - When a country devotes all of its resources to a war effort,
this is known as…?
A. Being in way too deep
B. Industrial War
C. Total War
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# 24 - When a country devotes all of its resources to a war effort,
this is known as…?
C. Total War
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# 25 - How did the Versailles Treaty impact postwar
Germany?A. It allowed the Russians to take
over Germany
B. It created bitterness in the hearts of the German people
C. It left Germany in much the same state as before the war
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# 25 - How did the Versailles Treaty impact postwar
Germany?
B. It created bitterness in the hearts of the German people
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Germany Reaction to Versailles Treaty
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Unit 4 – The Interwar Years
7.2.2/ 7.3.1 / 7.3.2 / 7.3.3*Questions # 26-30
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# 26 - What two things led to the rise of Fascism and the growth of
the Nazi party in Germany?A. The election of Mussolini &
beginning of WWI
B. The loss of human rights and Hitler’s book Mein Kampf
C. Fear of a Communist Revolution & anger over the Treaty of Versailles
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# 26 - What two things led to the rise of Fascism and the growth of
the Nazi party in Germany?
C. Fear of a Communist Revolution & anger over the Treaty of Versailles
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# 27 - What event is considered to be the start of the Great
Depression in the U.S.?
A. The end of WWI
B. The stock market crash of 1929
C. The passage of the Dawes Plan
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# 27 - What event is considered to be the start of the Great
Depression in the U.S.?
B. The stock market crash of 1929
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Stock Market Crash
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# 28 - The effects of the Great Depression were more severe
in Germany because of…?
A. The rise of Adolph Hitler
B. The break-up of Austria-Hungary
C. The Treaty of Versailles67
# 28 - The effects of the Great Depression were more severe
in Germany because of…?
C. The Treaty of Versailles
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Effects of Great Depression in Germany
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# 29 - The answer is…the Chinese Communists divided land among the farmers, while the Nationalists ignored their
problems…
What is the question?
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# 29 - The answer is…the Chinese Communists divided land among the farmers, while the Nationalists ignored their
problems…
What is the question?
Why did the peasants align themselves with the
Communists? 71
A Chinese Communist Propaganda Poster
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# 30 - What did Czar Alexander III & Nicholas II do (or not do), which led to the Bolshevik
Revolution?
A. They failed to make reforms
B. They instituted programs to get rid of revolutionary thinkers
C. They imprisoned those who could not pay their debts
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# 30 - What did Czar Alexander III & Nicholas II do (or not do), which led to the Bolshevik
Revolution?
A. They failed to make reforms
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Unit 5 – WWII7.2.3
*Questions # 31-36
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# 31 - The answer is…it convinced the U.S. to join the
war
What is the question?
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# 31 - The answer is…it convinced the U.S. to join the
war
What is the question?
Why was the attack on Pearl Harbor a major turning point
in WWII?77
“A Day Which Will Live in Infamy!”
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# 32 - The answer is…it demonstrated that Hitler’s
advances could be blocked
What is the question?
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# 32 - The answer is…it demonstrated that Hitler’s
advances could be blocked
What is the question?
Why was the Battle of Britain considered to be a major
turning point of WWII?
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The Battle of Britain
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# 33 - What was the name of the policy which Great Britain
& France followed in the years prior to the invasion of
Poland by Germany?
A. Appeasement
B. Total War
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# 33 - What was the name of the policy which Great Britain
& France followed in the years prior to the invasion of
Poland by Germany?
A. Appeasement
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Lord Neville Chamberlain leaving the Munich Conference
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# 34 - The ultimate goal of Nazi ideology and Hitler’s “Final Solution” was…?
A. To divide all acquired territories among the Nazi military
B. The genocide of Jews and other peoples the Nazis considered to be inferior
C. The training of millions of new soldiers to prepare for the invasion of Russia
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# 34 - The ultimate goal of Nazi ideology and Hitler’s “Final Solution” was…?
B. The genocide of Jews and other peoples the Nazis considered to be inferior
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Hitler’s Final Solution…Genocide
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# 35 - Why was the Atlantic Charter important both during
and after WWII?A. It established an alliance between the
U.S. & Japan to oversee postwar peace
B. It established rules for the division of conquered territories
C. It upheld rights of free trade and choices of government, and it became the plan for postwar peace
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# 35 - Why was the Atlantic Charter important both during
and after WWII?
C. It upheld rights of free trade and choices of government, and it became the plan for postwar peace
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The Atlantic Charter
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# 36 - At the Nuremberg Trials, Nazi leaders were put on trial for crimes committed
during…?
A. The Bataan Death March
B. The invasion of Poland
C. The Holocaust
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# 36 - At the Nuremberg Trials, Nazi leaders were put on trial for crimes committed
during…?
C. The Holocaust
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Unit 6 – The Cold War & the 2oth Century Since 1945
8.1.1*Questions # 37- 67
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# 37 - The United States & the USSR competed politically AND economically for nearly half a century….This competition is better known as….
(fill in the blank)
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# 37 - The United States & the USSR competed politically AND economically for nearly half a century….This competition is better known as….
The Cold War95
# 38 - After World War II, the United Nations was created. For what purpose was the UN created? (short answer)
Protection against military aggression for its members
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To halt military aggression!
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# 39 - Why did the Soviet Union create a “buffer zone” between
itself & the West?
(short answer)
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# 39 - Why did the Soviet Union create a “buffer zone” between
itself & the West?
To shield itself from another invasion from the West
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# 40 - What was the “iron curtain” AND what did it symbolize?
(short answer)
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# 40 - What was the “iron curtain” AND what did it
symbolize?
The division between the democratic FREE countries of
Europe and the communist countries of Europe.
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# 41 - What did the United States’ foreign policy of “containment” hope to
contain? (fill in the blank)
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# 41 - What did the United States’ foreign policy of “containment” hope to
contain?
The spread of COMMUNISM
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# 42 - To defend itself against the USSR, the United States created
the __________ Alliance.
The Soviets created the ___________.
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# 42 - To defend itself against the USSR, the United States created
the NATO Alliance.
The Soviets created the Warsaw Pact.
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# 43 - What was the Berlin Airlift?
(short answer)
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# 43 - What was the Berlin Airlift?
The Allied countries (USA, France, UK) flew & dropped
supplies into West Berlin during the Soviet siege of
West Berlin113
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# 44 - Why did the Soviet Union hold West Berlin
hostage (the reason for the Berlin Airlift)?
(short answer)
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# 44 - Why did the Soviet Union hold West Berlin
hostage (the reason for the Berlin Airlift)?
The Soviets wanted to keep Germany weak & divided
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# 45 - The Soviet Union launched the space satellite,
Sputnik, using an intercontinental ballistic missile. This prompted
America to take what action?
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# 45 - The Soviet Union launched the space satellite,
Sputnik, using an intercontinental ballistic missile. This prompted
America to take what action?
There was an increase in spending on education in science and math
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# 46 - Due to the United States’ Cold War policy of
containment, the U.S. got involved in two civil wars in
which two countries?
(fill in the blanks)
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# 46 - Due to the United States’ Cold War policy of
containment, the U.S. got involved in two civil wars in
which two countries?
Korea and Vietnam
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Korea Vietnam
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# 47 - The Bay of Pigs invasion & a missile crisis almost led the U.S. & USSR to nuclear
war. Which country did these take place?
(fill in the blank)
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# 47 - The Bay of Pigs invasion & a missile crisis almost led the U.S. & USSR to nuclear
war. Which country did these take place?
Cuba
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Bay of Pigs Missile Crisis
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# 48 - Satellite nations of the Soviet Union often tried to
revolt, like Czechoslovakia and Hungary. How did the Soviet
Union respond to such revolts?
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# 48 - Satellite nations of the Soviet Union often tried to
revolt, like Czechoslovakia and Hungary. How did the Soviet
Union respond to such revolts?
The Soviet Union invaded those nations
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# 49 - What nation occupied Eastern Europe at the end of WWII and maintained military
and political control there until the end of the Cold War?
(fill in the blank)
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# 49 - What nation occupied Eastern Europe at the end of WWII and maintained military
and political control there until the end of the Cold War?
The U.S.S.R.
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# 50 - What is significant about the destruction of the
Berlin Wall?
A. It led to the reunification of Germany
B. It ended Communism in the world forever
C. It led to the creation of the European Union 133
# 50 - What is significant about the destruction of the
Berlin Wall?A. It led to the reunification of
Germany
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# 51 - What caused the partition of India in 1947 into the two independent nations
of India & Pakistan?
A. Economics
B. Religion/ Culture
C. Politics136
# 51 - What caused the partition of India in 1947 into the two independent nations
of India & Pakistan?
B.Religion/Culture
(British India was 80% Hindu & 20% Muslim)
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The Partition of India
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# 52 - What has been a major lingering effect of colonialism
that has undermined efforts to build stable, democratic
economies and states in Africa?A. A stable economy
B. Ethnic & cultural conflicts created by poorly established borders
C. Cultural uniformity 139
# 52 - What has been a major lingering effect of colonialism
that has undermined efforts to build stable, democratic
economies and states in Africa?
B. Ethnic & cultural conflicts created by poorly established borders
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Map of Civil Wars in Africa
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# 53 - Why did some African colonies experience a much easier
transition to independence?
A. These colonies had been under indirect rule, so local officials had experience in government
B. These colonies accepted aid from the U.S. under the Marshall Plan
C. These colonies had been under direct rule, so they had no experience in government 142
# 53 - Why did some African colonies experience a much easier
transition to independence?
A. These colonies had been under indirect rule, so local officials had experience in government
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# 54 - Which of the following is a condition necessary for a
democracy to flourish?
A. Cultural diversity
B. A strong military
C. A stable economy
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# 54 - Which of the following is a condition necessary for a
democracy to flourish?
C. A stable economy
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# 55 - What was the goal of the Zionists?
A. To create an Arab homeland
B. To provide a shared homeland for Arabs & Jews
C. To create a homeland for Jews
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# 55 - What was the goal of the Zionists?
C. To create a homeland for Jews
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# 56 - After efforts to create a Jewish state out of Palestinian land failed, which of the following is true
about the relationship between Jews & Arabs living in Palestine?
A. Hostility began to lessen
B. Hostility continued to grow
C. Both agreed to live peacefully together 148
# 56 - After efforts to create a Jewish state out of Palestinian land failed, which of the following is true
about the relationship between Jews & Arabs living in Palestine?
B. Hostility continued to grow
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1919 1947
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# 57 - The Congo was under the brutal, direct control of Belgium.
After independence, how did Mobutu Sese Seko maintain
control there?A. Through good will and luck
B. Through a combination of force, one-party rule, and gifts to supporters
C. Through reforms and giving power to the people
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# 57 - The Congo was under the brutal, direct control of Belgium.
After independence, how did Mobutu Sese Seko maintain
control there?
B. Through a combination of force, one-party rule, and gifts to supporters
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Atrocities of the Belgian Congo
Mobutu Sese Seko
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# 58 - Why did Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser send troops to take the Suez
Canal from the British?A. To protest the loss of U.S. &
British financial support for the building of the Aswan Dam
B. To protest the partition of Palestine
C. To protest the creation of Israel154
# 58 - Why did Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser send troops to take the Suez
Canal from the British?
A. To protest the loss of U.S. & British financial support for the building of the Aswan Dam
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Egypt’s Gamal Abdel Nasser
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# 59 - Apartheid was a system of…?
A. Economic opportunity
B. Racial segregation
C. Organized religious protest
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# 59 - Apartheid was a system of…?
B. Racial segregation
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Apartheid in South Africa
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# 60 - Who was Nelson Mandela?
A. The 1st President of post-Soviet Russia
B. Gandhi’s choice for India’s 1st President
C. The 1st black President of the Republic of South Africa 160
# 60 - Who was Nelson Mandela?
C. The 1st black President of the Republic of South
Africa
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# 61 - What method was used to get (force) South Africa to end its policy of Apartheid?
A. An economic campaign
B. A military coup
C. Appeasement
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# 61 - What method was used to get South Africa to end its
policy of Apartheid?
A. An economic campaign
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Economic Sanctions against South Africa
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# 62 - Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia both divided along what type of lines?
A. Philosophical
B. Ethnic
C. Economic
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# 62 - Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia both divided along what type of lines?
B. Ethnic
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• Ethnic Groups
in Yugoslavia
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# 63 - Under the “Four Modernizations,” China
sought reforms in what area?
A. The economy
B. Socially
C. Culturally
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# 63 - Under the “Four Modernizations,” China
sought reforms in what area?
A. The economy
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China’s Four Modernizations
Although the Four Modernizations are associated with Deng Xiaoping this program was articulated by
Zhou Enlai in 1975.
China's Four Modernizations were in the fields of:
Agriculture, Industry, Science & Technology, & National Defense
In practical terms this meant "electricity in the rural areas, industrial automation, a new economic
outlook, and greatly enhanced defense strength."
# 64 - How have artificial satellites changed the world?
A. By creating a global communications network
B. By creating a network of terrorist cells
C. They have led to increased warfare
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# 64 - How have artificial satellites changed the world?
A. By creating a global communications network
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# 65 - What terrorist methods have created the most
intimidation?
A. Rock throwing
B. Chemical warfare, biological warfare, and cyber-terrorism
C. Nuclear warfare
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# 65 - What terrorist methods have created the most
intimidation?
B. Chemical warfare, biological warfare, and cyber-terrorism
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# 66 - Why did the terrorists target the Twin Towers and
Pentagon on September 11th, 2001?
A. In order to steal the money in the buildings
B. The buildings were the closest available targets
C. The buildings were important symbols of the U.S. 175
# 66 - Why did the terrorists target the Twin Towers and
Pentagon on September 11th, 2001?
C. The buildings were important symbols of the U.S.
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# 67 - Since 911, how have anti-terrorism measures
infringed on people’s civil liberties in the U.S.?
A. Voting rights have been restricted
B. Officials have detained Americans based upon their ethnicity
C. Detainees have been denied lawyers
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# 67 - Since 911, how have anti-terrorism measures
infringed on people’s civil liberties in the U.S.?
B. Officials have detained Americans based upon their ethnicity
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DONE!
• 2nd & 3rd Hrs. - Tue. 6/9
• 4th & 5th Hrs. – Wed. 6/10
• 1st & 6th Hrs. – Thurs. 6/11
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