Question 1

For which of the following reasons did President Harry Truman authorize use of the atomic bomb in 1945?

Accepted Answer

A)  Germany refused to surrender, even though the Soviets, British, and Americans were converging on Berlin. 
B)  Truman feared that if he didn't use the bomb the Russians would continue their drive to spread Communism into Western Europe. 
C)  The bomb had never been tested, and scientists needed to know if the theory behind it was valid. 
D)  An Allied invasion of Japan would cost hundreds of thousands of American lives, since the Japanese had vowed to defend the main islands to the last man, woman, or child. 
A)  Germany refused to surrender, even though the Soviets, British, and Americans were converging on Berlin. 
B)  Truman feared that if he didn't use the bomb the Russians would continue their drive to spread Communism into Western Europe. 
C)  The bomb had never been tested, and scientists needed to know if the theory behind it was valid. 
D)  An Allied invasion of Japan would cost hundreds of thousands of American lives, since the Japanese had vowed to defend the main islands to the last man, woman, or child. D

Question 2

Which of the following led European Jews to migrate to Palestine during the first half of the twentieth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  They believed that returning to their place of origin would lead to self-determination. 
B)  They sought assimilation into an existing regional Semitic culture. 
C)  They wished to create a new European colony in the Middle East, to replace the Ottoman Empire. 
D)  They hoped to learn Palestinian agricultural techniques in order to achieve economic success. 
A)  They believed that returning to their place of origin would lead to self-determination. 
B)  They sought assimilation into an existing regional Semitic culture. 
C)  They wished to create a new European colony in the Middle East, to replace the Ottoman Empire. 
D)  They hoped to learn Palestinian agricultural techniques in order to achieve economic success. A

Question 3

Why did communism appeal to many Europeans after World War II?

Accepted Answer

A)  The USSR offered a large amount of aid for economic and military redevelopment throughout Europe. 
B)  Capitalism failed to provide adequate supplies of weapons to protect them from German invasions. 
C)  Many eastern Europeans, reacting to the horrors of fascism, looked to the Soviets for solutions to rebuild society. 
D)  The Soviet Union demonstrated how effective communism was at protecting human rights. 
A)  The USSR offered a large amount of aid for economic and military redevelopment throughout Europe. 
B)  Capitalism failed to provide adequate supplies of weapons to protect them from German invasions. 
C)  Many eastern Europeans, reacting to the horrors of fascism, looked to the Soviets for solutions to rebuild society. 
D)  The Soviet Union demonstrated how effective communism was at protecting human rights. C

Question 4

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

Question 5

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 6

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.

Question 7

In comparison with life in First World countries, which of the following best describes life for ordinary people in Second World countries?

Accepted Answer

A)  Higher standards of living, but lower levels of economic security 
B)  Greater social egalitarianism and more opportunities for self-expression 
C)  Lower standards of living, but higher levels of economic security 
D)  Higher standards of living, but greater demands for military and community service 
A)  Higher standards of living, but lower levels of economic security 
B)  Greater social egalitarianism and more opportunities for self-expression 
C)  Lower standards of living, but higher levels of economic security 
D)  Higher standards of living, but greater demands for military and community service

Question 8

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 9

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 10

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 11

Which of the following is a reason why some First World powers supported South Africa during the 1950s and 1960s?

Accepted Answer

A)  South Africa was anticommunist. 
B)  South Africa was a strategic military and commercial outpost. 
C)  South Africa had developed a democratic society. 
D)  South Africa, especially Johannesburg, was an important center for global finance. 
A)  South Africa was anticommunist. 
B)  South Africa was a strategic military and commercial outpost. 
C)  South Africa had developed a democratic society. 
D)  South Africa, especially Johannesburg, was an important center for global finance.

Question 12

Evaluate the factors that led to decolonization following World War II. Discuss at least one specific example of each of the following: negotiated transitions, civil wars, or incomplete decolonizations.

Accepted Answer

After World War II, European powers had

Question 13

Use the image below and your knowledge of world history to answer all parts of the question that follows.   Mahatma Gandhi Salt March in progress, March 12, 1930
(A) Identify ONE way that nationalist parties and leaders in Asia challenged imperial rule.
(B) Explain ONE way imperial powers responded to nationalist pro-independence movements.
(C) Identify and explain ONE limitation of using the image above as an example of the way that nationalist parties and leaders in Asia and Africa challenged imperial rule.

Accepted Answer

(A) The two obvious choices are using ci

Question 14

The reason that Nazi bureaucrats decided to exterminate, instead of deport, the Jewish population of eastern Europe was that they believed that deportation was too costly.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

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

Question 16

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 17

Questions refer to the image below.
Chinese Stamp, "Treaty of Friendship, Alliance and Mutual Assistance," showing Joseph
Stalin and Mao Zedong Shaking Hands (1950)  
-Which of the following was implemented in both the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China with disastrous consequences?

Accepted Answer

A)  Great Leaps Forward 
B)  Collectivization of agriculture programs 
C)  Cultural revolutions 
D)  Joining the nonaligned movement 
A)  Great Leaps Forward 
B)  Collectivization of agriculture programs 
C)  Cultural revolutions 
D)  Joining the nonaligned movement

Question 18

Questions refer to the passage below.
"We do not believe in rigid autarchy (absolute rule), but we do want to make India as self-sufficient in regards to her needs as far as this is possible. We want to develop international trade, importing articles we cannot easily produce and exporting such articles as the rest of the world wants from us. We do not propose to submit to economic imperialism of any other country or to impose our own on others. We believe that nations of the world can cooperate together in building a world economy which is advantageous for all and in this work we shall gladly cooperate together in building a world economy which is advantageous for all and in the work we shall gladly cooperate. But this economy cannot be based on the individual profit motive, nor can it subsist within the framework of an imperialist system. It means a new world order, both politically and economically, and free nations cooperating together for their own as well as the larger good."
A note to the members of the National Planning Committee (1940) Jawaharlal Nehru
-Nehru asserts that for India to be economically successful:

Accepted Answer

A)  it needs to protect its own industries from foreign competition until they are more fully developed. 
B)  it must fully integrate into the global free-market capitalist system. 
C)  it must take the lead in developing an economic system outside of either capitalist or communist influence. 
D)  a new world economic system must be developed that is based on cooperation rather than individual profits. 
A)  it needs to protect its own industries from foreign competition until they are more fully developed. 
B)  it must fully integrate into the global free-market capitalist system. 
C)  it must take the lead in developing an economic system outside of either capitalist or communist influence. 
D)  a new world economic system must be developed that is based on cooperation rather than individual profits.

Question 19

What was the Marshall Plan's goal?

Accepted Answer

A)  Its goal was to build an "iron curtain" across the center of Europe, blocking the expansion of communism. 
B)  Its goal was to limit the appeal of communism in Europe by providing grants for reconstruction to democratic governments. 
C)  Its goal was to ensure that eastern European states would have communist governments, providing a buffer between the USSR and Germany. 
D)  Its goal was to humiliate the Soviets by showing how few resources the Soviets could muster to rebuild Europe. 
A)  Its goal was to build an "iron curtain" across the center of Europe, blocking the expansion of communism. 
B)  Its goal was to limit the appeal of communism in Europe by providing grants for reconstruction to democratic governments. 
C)  Its goal was to ensure that eastern European states would have communist governments, providing a buffer between the USSR and Germany. 
D)  Its goal was to humiliate the Soviets by showing how few resources the Soviets could muster to rebuild Europe.

Question 20

Questions refer to the image below.
Chinese Stamp, "Treaty of Friendship, Alliance and Mutual Assistance," showing Joseph
Stalin and Mao Zedong Shaking Hands (1950)  
-The commemorative stamp above reveals:

Accepted Answer

A)  the importance of a wartime alliance against Japan. 
B)  a public spirit of cooperation between two communist leaders. 
C)  the bridging of First World-Third World diplomatic relations. 
D)  an agreement about what "true" communism should look like. 
A)  the importance of a wartime alliance against Japan. 
B)  a public spirit of cooperation between two communist leaders. 
C)  the bridging of First World-Third World diplomatic relations. 
D)  an agreement about what "true" communism should look like.

For which of the following reasons did President Harry Truman authorize use of the atomic bomb in 1945?

Which of the following led European Jews to migrate to Palestine during the first half of the twentieth century?

Why did communism appeal to many Europeans after World War II?

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

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

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

In comparison with life in First World countries, which of the following best describes life for ordinary people in Second World countries?

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

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

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

Which of the following is a reason why some First World powers supported South Africa during the 1950s and 1960s?

Evaluate the factors that led to decolonization following World War II. Discuss at least one specific example of each of the following: negotiated transitions, civil wars, or incomplete decolonizations.

The reason that Nazi bureaucrats decided to exterminate, instead of deport, the Jewish population of eastern Europe was that they believed that deportation was too costly.

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

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

Questions refer to the image below. Chinese Stamp, "Treaty of Friendship, Alliance and Mutual Assistance," showing Joseph Stalin and Mao Zedong Shaking Hands (1950) -Which of the following was implemented in both the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China with disastrous consequences?

What was the Marshall Plan's goal?

Questions refer to the image below. Chinese Stamp, "Treaty of Friendship, Alliance and Mutual Assistance," showing Joseph Stalin and Mao Zedong Shaking Hands (1950) -The commemorative stamp above reveals:

The Rise of Universalizing Religions 300-600 Ce

New Empires and Common Cultures 600-1000 Ce

Becoming the World 1000-1300 Ce

Crisis and Recovery in Afro-Eurasia 1300-1500

Contact, Commerce, and Colonization 1450-1600

Worlds Entangled 1600-1750

Cultures of Splendor and Power 1500-1780

Reordering the World 1750-1850

Alternative Visions of the Nineteenth Century

Nations and Empires 1850-1914

An Unsettled World 1890-1914

Of Masses and Visions of the Modern 1910-1939

Globalization 1970-2000

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Exam 13: The Three-World Order 1940-1975

For which of the following reasons did President Harry Truman authorize use of the atomic bomb in 1945?

Which of the following led European Jews to migrate to Palestine during the first half of the twentieth century?

Why did communism appeal to many Europeans after World War II?

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

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

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

In comparison with life in First World countries, which of the following best describes life for ordinary people in Second World countries?

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

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

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

Which of the following is a reason why some First World powers supported South Africa during the 1950s and 1960s?

Evaluate the factors that led to decolonization following World War II. Discuss at least one specific example of each of the following: negotiated transitions, civil wars, or incomplete decolonizations.

The reason that Nazi bureaucrats decided to exterminate, instead of deport, the Jewish population of eastern Europe was that they believed that deportation was too costly.

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

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

Questions refer to the image below. Chinese Stamp, "Treaty of Friendship, Alliance and Mutual Assistance," showing Joseph Stalin and Mao Zedong Shaking Hands (1950) -Which of the following was implemented in both the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China with disastrous consequences?

What was the Marshall Plan's goal?

Questions refer to the image below. Chinese Stamp, "Treaty of Friendship, Alliance and Mutual Assistance," showing Joseph Stalin and Mao Zedong Shaking Hands (1950) -The commemorative stamp above reveals:

The Rise of Universalizing Religions 300-600 Ce

New Empires and Common Cultures 600-1000 Ce

Becoming the World 1000-1300 Ce

Crisis and Recovery in Afro-Eurasia 1300-1500

Contact, Commerce, and Colonization 1450-1600

Worlds Entangled 1600-1750

Cultures of Splendor and Power 1500-1780

Reordering the World 1750-1850

Alternative Visions of the Nineteenth Century

Nations and Empires 1850-1914

An Unsettled World 1890-1914

Of Masses and Visions of the Modern 1910-1939

Globalization 1970-2000

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