Question 1

By what decade did the French manage to achieve control of all of Vietnam?

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A)   1810s
B)   1840s
C)   1870s
D)   1890s

Question 2

Which of the following nations is NOT part of the ?first world??

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A)   The United States
B)   Japan
C)   Britain
D)   The Soviet Union

Question 3

A new strategic arms treaty called was negotiated between the superpowers in 1979.

Accepted Answer

A)   SALT I
B)   SALT II
C)   START
D)   STOP

Question 4

In which of the following ways were the preconditions for revolution in Vietnam NOT similar to those in China?

Accepted Answer

A)   Possession of a polity based on the Confucian system of China
B)   Failure of imperial government to respond to foreign intervention leading to complete collapse of dynastic system
C)   Actual colonization by a European power
D)   Radical rather than gradualist solutions to reconstruction

Question 5

Which country did Indira Gandhi govern?

Accepted Answer

A)   Britain
B)   Nigeria
C)   India
D)   China

Question 6

How many direct U.S. military interventions were there in the Caribbean and Central America before 1933?

Accepted Answer

A)   Two
B)   Seven
C)   16
D)   Over 30

Question 7

In 1991, Boris Yeltsin emerged as head of what major Soviet Republic?

Accepted Answer

A)   Belarus
B)   Russia
C)   Ukraine
D)   Georgia

Question 8

By what decade had the European colonization of most of black Africa come to an end?

Accepted Answer

A)   1950s
B)   1960s
C)   1970s
D)   1980s

Question 9

What is globalization and what are the processes that have led to globalization?

Accepted Answer

Globalization is the increasing intercon...

Question 10

Which of the following is NOT an issue raised against economic globalization?

Accepted Answer

A)   Damage to labor conditions through use of cheap workers
B)   Damage to the environment
C)   Its pace is too slow
D)   Rampant consumerism

Question 11

Which of the following statements concerning the development of new governments in Europe after World War II is most accurate?

Accepted Answer

A)   Except for Germany and Italy, political stability was restored through the institution of more authoritarian governments.
B)   New constitutions established in western Europe uniformly established effective parliaments with universal (including female)  suffrage.
C)   Constitutions formed after World War II were noteworthy primarily for the lack of durability.
D)   As late as the 1980s several nations clung to semi-fascist, authoritarian regimes ruled by strongmen.

Question 12

What did third world cities lack that had made possible the absorption of a similar migrant influx in the West?

Accepted Answer

A)   Expanding industrial sectors
B)   Slums
C)   Low population growth in the countryside
D)   Competition for jobs

Question 13

What document during World War II included a clause that recognized the ?right of all people to choose the form of government under which they live??

Accepted Answer

A)   The Marshall Plan
B)   The Atlantic Charter
C)   The Balfour Declaration
D)   The Truman Doctrine

Question 14

Who commanded the United Nations troops who participated in the Korean conflict on behalf of the Republic of Korea?

Accepted Answer

A)   Hap Arnold
B)   Douglas MacArthur
C)   Omar Bradley
D)   Dwight D. Eisenhower

Question 15

By about 1950, what portion of Cuba?s imports came directly from the United States?

Accepted Answer

A)   Three-fourths
B)   One-half
C)   20 percent
D)   10 percent

Question 16

What trends in political organization and economic development can be identified with globalization?

Accepted Answer

Major industrial nations like the United...

Question 17

Hitler promised the German people all of the following EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)   to put Germans back to work.
B)   to rid Germany of the Jewish race.
C)   to restore political stability
D)   to remilitarize Germany.

Question 18

In what year did the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor, thus bringing the United States into World War II?

Accepted Answer

A)   1939
B)   1941
C)   1943
D)   1945

Question 19

In order to avoid a two-front war, Hitler signed a nonaggression pact with this country in 1939.

Accepted Answer

A)   Spain
B)   France
C)   Italy
D)   The Soviet Union

Question 20

How did the reforms of Mikhail Gorbachev lead to the collapse of communism in eastern Europe?

Accepted Answer

Glasnost introduced a greater freedom, p...

Exam 35: A Second Global Conflict and the End of the

Who commanded the United Nations troops who participated in the Korean conflict on behalf of the Republic of Korea?

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A new strategic arms treaty called was negotiated between the superpowers in 1979.

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In which of the following ways were the preconditions for revolution in Vietnam NOT similar to those in China?

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In order to avoid a two-front war, Hitler signed a nonaggression pact with this country in 1939.

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Which of the following nations is NOT part of the ?first world??

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Which of the following is NOT an issue raised against economic globalization?

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What did third world cities lack that had made possible the absorption of a similar migrant influx in the West?

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By what decade had the European colonization of most of black Africa come to an end?

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By about 1950, what portion of Cuba?s imports came directly from the United States?

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In 1991, Boris Yeltsin emerged as head of what major Soviet Republic?

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What is globalization and what are the processes that have led to globalization?

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How many direct U.S. military interventions were there in the Caribbean and Central America before 1933?

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By what decade did the French manage to achieve control of all of Vietnam?

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Which of the following statements concerning the development of new governments in Europe after World War II is most accurate?

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