Question 1

Which of the following accurately depicts the Vietnamese intelligentsia under French rule?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Vietnamese intelligentsia rejected Western culture and returned to traditional Shinto values. 
B)  The Vietnamese intelligentsia were granted land and mining concessions to ensure their loyalty. 
C)  Western-educated Vietnamese living overseas strongly supported the colonial government. 
D)  Western-educated Vietnamese worked as clerks,teachers,and petty officials,but had few opportunities for advancement. 
A)  The Vietnamese intelligentsia rejected Western culture and returned to traditional Shinto values. 
B)  The Vietnamese intelligentsia were granted land and mining concessions to ensure their loyalty. 
C)  Western-educated Vietnamese living overseas strongly supported the colonial government. 
D)  Western-educated Vietnamese worked as clerks,teachers,and petty officials,but had few opportunities for advancement.

Question 2

Which of the following first tested President Harry Truman's containment policy?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Berlin blockade 
B)  The bombing of Nagasaki 
C)  The Marshall Plan 
D)  The siege of Stalingrad 
A)  The Berlin blockade 
B)  The bombing of Nagasaki 
C)  The Marshall Plan 
D)  The siege of Stalingrad

Question 3

Analyze the impact of the Cold War-era international politics on decolonization and nation-building movements in the Third World.

Accepted Answer

After World War II,the world's new domin

Question 4

Which of the following people provided the model for protest that Martin Luther King,Jr.adopted in his pursuit of civil rights?

Accepted Answer

A)  Nelson Mandela 
B)  Mohandas Gandhi 
C)  Ho Chi Minh 
D)  Gamal Abdel Nasser 
A)  Nelson Mandela 
B)  Mohandas Gandhi 
C)  Ho Chi Minh 
D)  Gamal Abdel Nasser

Question 5

Multinational corporations had which of the following impacts on Third World countries?

Accepted Answer

A)  They removed raw materials,and then left the local government to clean up the mess. 
B)  They provided important technical knowledge that Third World countries could use to build their industrial bases. 
C)  They expanded countries' agricultural and manufacturing sectors,but impeded the growth of local firms. 
D)  They allowed Third World countries to free themselves from dependence on the institutions of international capitalism. 
A)  They removed raw materials,and then left the local government to clean up the mess. 
B)  They provided important technical knowledge that Third World countries could use to build their industrial bases. 
C)  They expanded countries' agricultural and manufacturing sectors,but impeded the growth of local firms. 
D)  They allowed Third World countries to free themselves from dependence on the institutions of international capitalism.

Question 6

Which of the following reflects the Chinese communist party's approach toward women?

Accepted Answer

A)  It rejected women's rights in order to build support with the patriarchal Chinese peasantry. 
B)  It subordinated women's individual rights to the rights of the family as an institution. 
C)  It believed that women were selfish to demand more rights during the war with Japan. 
D)  It freed women from oppressive laws and customs as part of its government. 
A)  It rejected women's rights in order to build support with the patriarchal Chinese peasantry. 
B)  It subordinated women's individual rights to the rights of the family as an institution. 
C)  It believed that women were selfish to demand more rights during the war with Japan. 
D)  It freed women from oppressive laws and customs as part of its government.

Question 7

Which of the following was a response to Nikita Khrushchev's speech in 1956 attempting to separate Stalinism from true communism?

Accepted Answer

A)  Supporters of Stalin attempted to regain control of the Politburo. 
B)  Polish and Hungarian intellectuals tried to break away from strict communist controls. 
C)  The Soviet army commanders withdrew troops from Eastern Europe. 
D)  The Politburo gave orders to have Stalin's supporters quietly poisoned to avoid open disunity among the communist elite. 
A)  Supporters of Stalin attempted to regain control of the Politburo. 
B)  Polish and Hungarian intellectuals tried to break away from strict communist controls. 
C)  The Soviet army commanders withdrew troops from Eastern Europe. 
D)  The Politburo gave orders to have Stalin's supporters quietly poisoned to avoid open disunity among the communist elite.

Question 8

Under what circumstances did the Cold War become a "hot" war?

Accepted Answer

A)  It became a hot war when the United States and the Soviet Union became involved in armed conflict. 
B)  It became a hot war when the Soviet Union enforced its will on its Eastern European satellite states. 
C)  It became a hot war when the United States and the Soviet Union armed their Third World allies and encouraged proxy wars. 
D)  It became a hot war when the United States and the Soviet Union established foreign military bases in Third World countries. 
A)  It became a hot war when the United States and the Soviet Union became involved in armed conflict. 
B)  It became a hot war when the Soviet Union enforced its will on its Eastern European satellite states. 
C)  It became a hot war when the United States and the Soviet Union armed their Third World allies and encouraged proxy wars. 
D)  It became a hot war when the United States and the Soviet Union established foreign military bases in Third World countries.

Question 9

Which of the following is a reason why historians have described World War II as a total global conflict?

Accepted Answer

A)  World War II led to significant transformations of all the major prewar forms of government. 
B)  Fighting in World War II took place on three continents and included soldiers from all continents except Antarctica. 
C)  All countries in the world were involved in the war,suffering severe financial losses and dislocation to their economies. 
D)  Class,race,and gender boundaries were dissolved by the needs of total war in all the combating nations. 
A)  World War II led to significant transformations of all the major prewar forms of government. 
B)  Fighting in World War II took place on three continents and included soldiers from all continents except Antarctica. 
C)  All countries in the world were involved in the war,suffering severe financial losses and dislocation to their economies. 
D)  Class,race,and gender boundaries were dissolved by the needs of total war in all the combating nations.

Question 10

How did the Korean War transform Japan's relationship with the winners of World War II?

Accepted Answer

A)  Japan became an important ally of the United States in the fight against communism. 
B)  Japan became an important ally of the Soviet Union in the fight to expand communism. 
C)  Japan once again became a strong,aggressive neocolonial power. 
D)  Japan used the Korean War as an opportunity to attempt to redress the war crimes it had committed in World War II. 
A)  Japan became an important ally of the United States in the fight against communism. 
B)  Japan became an important ally of the Soviet Union in the fight to expand communism. 
C)  Japan once again became a strong,aggressive neocolonial power. 
D)  Japan used the Korean War as an opportunity to attempt to redress the war crimes it had committed in World War II.

Question 11

What was the cause of the OPEC oil embargo of 1973?

Accepted Answer

A)  OPEC wanted to force increased exploration for petroleum and other energy resources. 
B)  Arab oil-producing states wanted to pressure Israel's First World allies by halting oil exports to them. 
C)  Threats of war in the Persian Gulf led to closing off the oil fields for fear that they might be destroyed in the fighting. 
D)  OPEC states were running low on petroleum reserves and needed to find a way to slow down oil consumption. 
A)  OPEC wanted to force increased exploration for petroleum and other energy resources. 
B)  Arab oil-producing states wanted to pressure Israel's First World allies by halting oil exports to them. 
C)  Threats of war in the Persian Gulf led to closing off the oil fields for fear that they might be destroyed in the fighting. 
D)  OPEC states were running low on petroleum reserves and needed to find a way to slow down oil consumption.

Question 12

The United States opposed decolonization because it hoped to keep colonial peoples within Western Europeans' sphere of influence.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

The Cold War superpowers stayed out of civil wars in Third World countries,believing that such conflicts ought to be resolved internally.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

In which of the following ways was the Prague Spring in 1968 similar to the Hungarian uprising in 1956?

Accepted Answer

A)  Both were attempts to undercut the Marshall Plan in eastern Europe. 
B)  Both were primarily revolts conducted according to the principles of nonviolent civil disobedience. 
C)  Both were responding to the Cultural Revolution. 
D)  Both attempts to decrease communist authoritarianism in eastern Europe were crushed by the Soviet military. 
A)  Both were attempts to undercut the Marshall Plan in eastern Europe. 
B)  Both were primarily revolts conducted according to the principles of nonviolent civil disobedience. 
C)  Both were responding to the Cultural Revolution. 
D)  Both attempts to decrease communist authoritarianism in eastern Europe were crushed by the Soviet military.

Question 15

Jawaharlal Nehru,the first prime minister of India,advanced a plan for India's future based on the application of scientific knowledge to promote the nation as a whole.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Which of the following led to the internal migration of 12 million South Asians in 1947?

Accepted Answer

A)  Millions of South Asians moved from rural poverty to seek better lives in urban centers. 
B)  Both Hindus and Muslims left their homes to relocate to the new countries,India or Pakistan,after more than a million people were killed in religious conflicts. 
C)  Millions of dalits,the lowest caste in India,moved from Hindu provinces to Muslim provinces,where they were promised equality under law. 
D)  Millions of people returned from overseas British-controlled plantations and factories to seek independent incomes in the new India. 
A)  Millions of South Asians moved from rural poverty to seek better lives in urban centers. 
B)  Both Hindus and Muslims left their homes to relocate to the new countries,India or Pakistan,after more than a million people were killed in religious conflicts. 
C)  Millions of dalits,the lowest caste in India,moved from Hindu provinces to Muslim provinces,where they were promised equality under law. 
D)  Millions of people returned from overseas British-controlled plantations and factories to seek independent incomes in the new India.

Question 17

What did the Berlin Wall signify?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Marshall Plan's success at stimulating economies throughout Europe 
B)  The appeal of Communist policies to Western Europeans in the aftermath of World
War II 
C)  Nazi Germany's last attempt to resist the Allied advance 
D)  The Soviet Union's attempt to insulate its sphere of influence from the West 
A)  The Marshall Plan's success at stimulating economies throughout Europe 
B)  The appeal of Communist policies to Western Europeans in the aftermath of World
War II 
C)  Nazi Germany's last attempt to resist the Allied advance 
D)  The Soviet Union's attempt to insulate its sphere of influence from the West

Question 18

In post-World War II Western Europe,the "woman question" concerned what new problem?

Accepted Answer

A)  Women were making gains in the workplace,but without a proportional decrease in domestic responsibility. 
B)  Women were being advised to focus their lives around acquiring a husband and children. 
C)  Women were more likely to be sympathetic to communism than were men. 
D)  More women were moving into the workplace,but there were not enough available jobs to accommodate them. 
A)  Women were making gains in the workplace,but without a proportional decrease in domestic responsibility. 
B)  Women were being advised to focus their lives around acquiring a husband and children. 
C)  Women were more likely to be sympathetic to communism than were men. 
D)  More women were moving into the workplace,but there were not enough available jobs to accommodate them.

Question 19

Which of the following led Zionist militants to use force in their attempt to gain statehood?

Accepted Answer

A)  During World War II,secret negotiations took place to turn the entire region over to the House of Saud. 
B)  Following World War II,hundreds of thousands of concentration camp survivors sought entry into Palestine. 
C)  During World War II,Italian forces occupied the region and attempted to transport large numbers of Jews to Nazi extermination camps in Europe. 
D)  Following World War II,the French wanted to annex the region to their colony in Lebanon. 
A)  During World War II,secret negotiations took place to turn the entire region over to the House of Saud. 
B)  Following World War II,hundreds of thousands of concentration camp survivors sought entry into Palestine. 
C)  During World War II,Italian forces occupied the region and attempted to transport large numbers of Jews to Nazi extermination camps in Europe. 
D)  Following World War II,the French wanted to annex the region to their colony in Lebanon.

Question 20

Which of the following was one of the principal causes of World War II?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Germans and the Russians had a long-standing agreement to divide the world between them. 
B)  The Great Depression led to decreased military spending in Germany and Japan,which invited aggression from their neighbors. 
C)  Communism failed to expand its presence in Europe. 
D)  Resentment lingered over the punitive treaties imposed after World War I. 
A)  The Germans and the Russians had a long-standing agreement to divide the world between them. 
B)  The Great Depression led to decreased military spending in Germany and Japan,which invited aggression from their neighbors. 
C)  Communism failed to expand its presence in Europe. 
D)  Resentment lingered over the punitive treaties imposed after World War I.

Exam 20: The Three-World Order 1940-1975

Which of the following accurately depicts the Vietnamese intelligentsia under French rule?

Which of the following first tested President Harry Truman's containment policy?

Analyze the impact of the Cold War-era international politics on decolonization and nation-building movements in the Third World.

Which of the following people provided the model for protest that Martin Luther King,Jr.adopted in his pursuit of civil rights?

Multinational corporations had which of the following impacts on Third World countries?

Which of the following reflects the Chinese communist party's approach toward women?

Which of the following was a response to Nikita Khrushchev's speech in 1956 attempting to separate Stalinism from true communism?

Under what circumstances did the Cold War become a "hot" war?

Which of the following is a reason why historians have described World War II as a total global conflict?

How did the Korean War transform Japan's relationship with the winners of World War II?

What was the cause of the OPEC oil embargo of 1973?

The United States opposed decolonization because it hoped to keep colonial peoples within Western Europeans' sphere of influence.

The Cold War superpowers stayed out of civil wars in Third World countries,believing that such conflicts ought to be resolved internally.

In which of the following ways was the Prague Spring in 1968 similar to the Hungarian uprising in 1956?

Jawaharlal Nehru,the first prime minister of India,advanced a plan for India's future based on the application of scientific knowledge to promote the nation as a whole.

Which of the following led to the internal migration of 12 million South Asians in 1947?

What did the Berlin Wall signify?

In post-World War II Western Europe,the "woman question" concerned what new problem?

Which of the following led Zionist militants to use force in their attempt to gain statehood?

Which of the following was one of the principal causes of World War II?

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