Question 1

Which of the following groups of Africans led anticolonial movements immediately following World War II?

Accepted Answer

A)  Religious leaders,rural peasants,and urban artisans 
B)  Urban unemployed,former servicemen,and Western-educated indigenous elites 
C)  Current and former members of colonial legislatures 
D)  Primary school dropouts unable to find gainful employment 
A)  Religious leaders,rural peasants,and urban artisans 
B)  Urban unemployed,former servicemen,and Western-educated indigenous elites 
C)  Current and former members of colonial legislatures 
D)  Primary school dropouts unable to find gainful employment B

Question 2

Why did Egypt emerge as a potent symbol of pan-Arab nationalism in 1956?

Accepted Answer

A)  Egypt's military under Nasser was able to reclaim the Suez Canal from the British,French,and Israelis. 
B)  Because Egypt was the site of the oldest civilization in the region,it had great prestige. 
C)  Egypt was the site of origin of the Muslim Brotherhood,which soon came to power after they overthrew the king. 
D)  Egypt had been the capital of the last Muslim Caliphate,so it was the symbolic home of pan-Arab sentiments. 
A)  Egypt's military under Nasser was able to reclaim the Suez Canal from the British,French,and Israelis. 
B)  Because Egypt was the site of the oldest civilization in the region,it had great prestige. 
C)  Egypt was the site of origin of the Muslim Brotherhood,which soon came to power after they overthrew the king. 
D)  Egypt had been the capital of the last Muslim Caliphate,so it was the symbolic home of pan-Arab sentiments. A

Question 3

Which of the following is a reason why the Algerian War of Independence shocked French citizens and the colons?

Accepted Answer

A)  The colons controlled Algeria's best land and finances. 
B)  The French government had declared that Algeria was not a colony,but an integral part of France. 
C)  France had already granted independence to all of its other African colonies. 
D)  The colons introduced terror tactics to force the population to choose between them and the nationalists. 
A)  The colons controlled Algeria's best land and finances. 
B)  The French government had declared that Algeria was not a colony,but an integral part of France. 
C)  France had already granted independence to all of its other African colonies. 
D)  The colons introduced terror tactics to force the population to choose between them and the nationalists. B

Question 4

How did Pacific Rim nations such as South Korea and Taiwan escape the typical Third World cycle of poverty and dependence?

Accepted Answer

A)  They closely followed the international market model. 
B)  They built a new system from the basic ideas of Karl Marx. 
C)  They used regulation to promote new industries and required multinationals to cooperate with local firms. 
D)  They used the World Bank to fund infrastructure projects and the International Monetary Fund (IMF)to prop up their currencies. 
A)  They closely followed the international market model. 
B)  They built a new system from the basic ideas of Karl Marx. 
C)  They used regulation to promote new industries and required multinationals to cooperate with local firms. 
D)  They used the World Bank to fund infrastructure projects and the International Monetary Fund (IMF)to prop up their currencies.

Question 5

What issues did Third World radicalism attempt to address? How successful were its leaders in implementing their goals?

Accepted Answer

The idea of the Third World was radical

Question 6

Why did many African leaders think that Africa would move swiftly to a special African form of socialism following decolonization?

Accepted Answer

A)  They believed that the common African traditions that informed Negritude would enable them to embrace social justice and equality. 
B)  They believed that they had been most prosperous under,and wanted to return to,Islamic caliphates. 
C)  They believed that the colonial experience had provided them with strong economic principles to begin independence. 
D)  They believed that the model provided by the First World was best suited to African conditions. 
A)  They believed that the common African traditions that informed Negritude would enable them to embrace social justice and equality. 
B)  They believed that they had been most prosperous under,and wanted to return to,Islamic caliphates. 
C)  They believed that the colonial experience had provided them with strong economic principles to begin independence. 
D)  They believed that the model provided by the First World was best suited to African conditions.

Question 7

NATO and the Warsaw Pact were both designed to help contain the spread of communism.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

During the 1950s,Americans expressed anxiety about communism in which of the following ways?

Accepted Answer

A)  Anticommunist rhetoric led to attacks on civil liberties of individuals suspected of being communists or communist sympathizers. 
B)  Hollywood produced fewer movies than before because so many directors,stars,and writers were blacklisted. 
C)  Americans bought more consumer goods,which were usually made in the United States. 
D)  American society became more egalitarian,so that communism would be less appealing. 
A)  Anticommunist rhetoric led to attacks on civil liberties of individuals suspected of being communists or communist sympathizers. 
B)  Hollywood produced fewer movies than before because so many directors,stars,and writers were blacklisted. 
C)  Americans bought more consumer goods,which were usually made in the United States. 
D)  American society became more egalitarian,so that communism would be less appealing.

Question 9

For Léopold Senghor-leading figure in the Negritude movement-how did Negritude and European civilization relate to each other?

Accepted Answer

A)  The two were naturally pitted against each other in a violent dynamic. 
B)  The two would eventually fuse into a hybrid Afro-European culture. 
C)  European civilization was a myth,but Negritude was a natural phenomenon. 
D)  Negritude could only be strengthened by its encounter with European civilization. 
A)  The two were naturally pitted against each other in a violent dynamic. 
B)  The two would eventually fuse into a hybrid Afro-European culture. 
C)  European civilization was a myth,but Negritude was a natural phenomenon. 
D)  Negritude could only be strengthened by its encounter with European civilization.

Question 10

Which of the following saved Chinese communists from being overwhelmed by Nationalist forces in the Chinese Civil War?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Soviet Union changed its support from the Nationalists to the communists. 
B)  Nationalist leader Chiang Kai-shek died suddenly,throwing the Nationalist army into disarray. 
C)  The Japanese invasion diverted Nationalist troops from pursuing the communists into the Chinese interior. 
D)  The Nationalist army was diverted to fight against the Germans,who had hopes of conquering China. 
A)  The Soviet Union changed its support from the Nationalists to the communists. 
B)  Nationalist leader Chiang Kai-shek died suddenly,throwing the Nationalist army into disarray. 
C)  The Japanese invasion diverted Nationalist troops from pursuing the communists into the Chinese interior. 
D)  The Nationalist army was diverted to fight against the Germans,who had hopes of conquering China.

Question 11

OPEC's oil embargo was effective in redressing poverty and dependency in the Third World.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Which of the following is a similarity between the decolonization experiences of Algeria and South Africa?

Accepted Answer

A)  Both countries suffered violent civil wars to end colonial control. 
B)  Both countries were independent before the end of World War II. 
C)  Both countries had large numbers of European settlers,which prevented a smooth transfer of power. 
D)  Both countries had trained large numbers of indigenous people in the civil service and military,making the transition to independence easier. 
A)  Both countries suffered violent civil wars to end colonial control. 
B)  Both countries were independent before the end of World War II. 
C)  Both countries had large numbers of European settlers,which prevented a smooth transfer of power. 
D)  Both countries had trained large numbers of indigenous people in the civil service and military,making the transition to independence easier.

Question 13

Which of the following factors encouraged the British to transfer power quickly to the Indian National Congress following World War II?

Accepted Answer

A)  The threat of radicalized peasant uprisings prompted the British to expedite the transfer of power to the middle-class leaders of the Indian National Congress. 
B)  The British had to give up the rule of India because Indian nationalists threatened violent revolution over the British attempt to select the Indian cricket team to tour Australia in 1946. 
C)  The British,exhausted from World War II,were unable to cope with the cost of famine relief in 1946. 
D)  The outbreak of civil war between Hindus and Muslims in South Asia in 1945 encouraged the British to leave India as quickly as possible. 
A)  The threat of radicalized peasant uprisings prompted the British to expedite the transfer of power to the middle-class leaders of the Indian National Congress. 
B)  The British had to give up the rule of India because Indian nationalists threatened violent revolution over the British attempt to select the Indian cricket team to tour Australia in 1946. 
C)  The British,exhausted from World War II,were unable to cope with the cost of famine relief in 1946. 
D)  The outbreak of civil war between Hindus and Muslims in South Asia in 1945 encouraged the British to leave India as quickly as possible.

Question 14

Japan began its military expansion into mainland Asia after World War II began.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Which of the following encouraged the European powers to surrender their African colonies?

Accepted Answer

A)  The European powers determined that it was time to live up to their Enlightenment ideals. 
B)  The United States encouraged decolonization,but the USSR opposed it. 
C)  The treaty ending World War II called for immediate decolonization. 
D)  European powers were too deep in debt to invest more in pacifying the discontented Africans. 
A)  The European powers determined that it was time to live up to their Enlightenment ideals. 
B)  The United States encouraged decolonization,but the USSR opposed it. 
C)  The treaty ending World War II called for immediate decolonization. 
D)  European powers were too deep in debt to invest more in pacifying the discontented Africans.

Question 16

Which of the following was the main reason that the United States became involved in the conflict between North and South Vietnam?

Accepted Answer

A)  The United States supported South Vietnam because it feared the spread of communism throughout Southeast Asia. 
B)  The United States supported North Vietnam because it admired Ho Chi Minh's nationalist goals. 
C)  The United States felt it could be a neutral arbitrator in the region,since the United States had not been a colonial power in the region. 
D)  The United States became involved in order to get access to petroleum reserves off the eastern coast of Vietnam. 
A)  The United States supported South Vietnam because it feared the spread of communism throughout Southeast Asia. 
B)  The United States supported North Vietnam because it admired Ho Chi Minh's nationalist goals. 
C)  The United States felt it could be a neutral arbitrator in the region,since the United States had not been a colonial power in the region. 
D)  The United States became involved in order to get access to petroleum reserves off the eastern coast of Vietnam.

Question 17

Which of the following factors led to the failure of Mao Zedong's Great Leap Forward in 1958?

Accepted Answer

A)  Peasants refused to cooperate in communal living because it conflicted with traditional Chinese values. 
B)  First World corporations refused to buy any of the items produced in the local Chinese communal factories. 
C)  The Red Guards were not behind the Great Leap Forward and undercut its effectiveness. 
D)  The communes failed to provide enough food to avoid famine,and the manufactured goods were inferior. 
A)  Peasants refused to cooperate in communal living because it conflicted with traditional Chinese values. 
B)  First World corporations refused to buy any of the items produced in the local Chinese communal factories. 
C)  The Red Guards were not behind the Great Leap Forward and undercut its effectiveness. 
D)  The communes failed to provide enough food to avoid famine,and the manufactured goods were inferior.

Question 18

In which of the following ways did the United States attempt to counter growing radicalism in Latin America?

Accepted Answer

A)  The United Sates accepted the right of Latin American peoples to choose their own form of governance. 
B)  President John Kennedy sent advisors to dole out aid,explain how to reform local land systems,and demonstrate the benefits of liberal capitalism. 
C)  President Kennedy condemned the persecution and execution of protestors in Argentina,Uruguay,and Venezuela. 
D)  U.S.policymakers supported the democratically elected government of socialist Salvador Allende in Chile. 
A)  The United Sates accepted the right of Latin American peoples to choose their own form of governance. 
B)  President John Kennedy sent advisors to dole out aid,explain how to reform local land systems,and demonstrate the benefits of liberal capitalism. 
C)  President Kennedy condemned the persecution and execution of protestors in Argentina,Uruguay,and Venezuela. 
D)  U.S.policymakers supported the democratically elected government of socialist Salvador Allende in Chile.

Question 19

Which of the following techniques did Adolf Hitler use to create his racially based new world order?

Accepted Answer

A)  He set up puppet governments that complied with deportation orders for Jews. 
B)  He authorized a land invasion of India to block supplies of petroleum from reaching the British. 
C)  He assisted the Soviets in creating their own concentration camps to house those deemed racially inferior. 
D)  He accepted the work of German Jewish scientists and artists if they would agree to support his programs. 
A)  He set up puppet governments that complied with deportation orders for Jews. 
B)  He authorized a land invasion of India to block supplies of petroleum from reaching the British. 
C)  He assisted the Soviets in creating their own concentration camps to house those deemed racially inferior. 
D)  He accepted the work of German Jewish scientists and artists if they would agree to support his programs.

Question 20

Which of the following is a reason that communism lost its appeal in post-World War II Western Europe?

Accepted Answer

A)  Communist political parties were outlawed in Western European countries. 
B)  Strong economic growth led to increased standards of living and expanded access to services like education and health care. 
C)  Observers who visited the Soviet Union were able to observe and report on the differences between communist theory and Soviet practice. 
D)  Europeans had successfully prosecuted Nazis and Fascists,so saw nothing to be gained from another authoritarian system such as communism. 
A)  Communist political parties were outlawed in Western European countries. 
B)  Strong economic growth led to increased standards of living and expanded access to services like education and health care. 
C)  Observers who visited the Soviet Union were able to observe and report on the differences between communist theory and Soviet practice. 
D)  Europeans had successfully prosecuted Nazis and Fascists,so saw nothing to be gained from another authoritarian system such as communism.

Exam 20: The Three-World Order 1940-1975

Which of the following groups of Africans led anticolonial movements immediately following World War II?

Why did Egypt emerge as a potent symbol of pan-Arab nationalism in 1956?

Which of the following is a reason why the Algerian War of Independence shocked French citizens and the colons?

How did Pacific Rim nations such as South Korea and Taiwan escape the typical Third World cycle of poverty and dependence?

What issues did Third World radicalism attempt to address? How successful were its leaders in implementing their goals?

Why did many African leaders think that Africa would move swiftly to a special African form of socialism following decolonization?

NATO and the Warsaw Pact were both designed to help contain the spread of communism.

During the 1950s,Americans expressed anxiety about communism in which of the following ways?

For Léopold Senghor-leading figure in the Negritude movement-how did Negritude and European civilization relate to each other?

Which of the following saved Chinese communists from being overwhelmed by Nationalist forces in the Chinese Civil War?

OPEC's oil embargo was effective in redressing poverty and dependency in the Third World.

Which of the following is a similarity between the decolonization experiences of Algeria and South Africa?

Which of the following factors encouraged the British to transfer power quickly to the Indian National Congress following World War II?

Japan began its military expansion into mainland Asia after World War II began.

Which of the following encouraged the European powers to surrender their African colonies?

Which of the following was the main reason that the United States became involved in the conflict between North and South Vietnam?

Which of the following factors led to the failure of Mao Zedong's Great Leap Forward in 1958?

In which of the following ways did the United States attempt to counter growing radicalism in Latin America?

Which of the following techniques did Adolf Hitler use to create his racially based new world order?

Which of the following is a reason that communism lost its appeal in post-World War II Western Europe?

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