Question 1

Many Japanese nationalists thought that the answer to the Depression was to

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A)  once again close Japan to Western influence. 
B)  start Japanese colonies. 
C)  better support Japanese agriculture. 
D)  make prayers and sacrifices to their ancestors. 
E)  All of these 
A)  once again close Japan to Western influence. 
B)  start Japanese colonies. 
C)  better support Japanese agriculture. 
D)  make prayers and sacrifices to their ancestors. 
E)  All of these

Question 2

On December 7, 1941,

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A)  the Yalta Conference took place and set in motion the plans for the Axis defeat. 
B)  Japanese planes bombed the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor. 
C)  Japan surrendered to the United States to end World War II. 
D)  the Soviet Union invaded north China. 
E)  the United States army invaded the home islands of Japan. 
A)  the Yalta Conference took place and set in motion the plans for the Axis defeat. 
B)  Japanese planes bombed the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor. 
C)  Japan surrendered to the United States to end World War II. 
D)  the Soviet Union invaded north China. 
E)  the United States army invaded the home islands of Japan.

Question 3

What did Adolf Hitler write while in jail in the 1920s?

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A)  The Protocols of the Elders of Zion 
B)  All Quiet on the Western Front 
C)  Mein Kampf 
D)  A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man 
E)  Die Blechtrommel 
A)  The Protocols of the Elders of Zion 
B)  All Quiet on the Western Front 
C)  Mein Kampf 
D)  A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man 
E)  Die Blechtrommel

Question 4

Italy's fasci di combattimento initially included mainly

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A)  radical politicians and hired thugs. 
B)  conservative politicians and the military. 
C)  disgruntled workers and socialists. 
D)  unemployed veterans and violent youths. 
E)  pardoned prisoners. 
A)  radical politicians and hired thugs. 
B)  conservative politicians and the military. 
C)  disgruntled workers and socialists. 
D)  unemployed veterans and violent youths. 
E)  pardoned prisoners.

Question 5

Under Stalin, membership in the Communist Party

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A)  was automatically granted to all Soviet citizens. 
B)  was largely ceremonial, and offered no benefits. 
C)  conferred valuable privileges. 
D)  was something to be avoided, because it made people more susceptible to arrest. 
E)  could only be purchased by those with large personal fortunes. 
A)  was automatically granted to all Soviet citizens. 
B)  was largely ceremonial, and offered no benefits. 
C)  conferred valuable privileges. 
D)  was something to be avoided, because it made people more susceptible to arrest. 
E)  could only be purchased by those with large personal fortunes.

Question 6

Instructions: Explain/Define the following terms. 
Chiang Kai-shek

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Chiang Kai-shek was a Chinese political

Question 7

Instructions: Explain/Define the following terms. 
Adolf Hitler

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Adolf Hitler was a German politician and

Question 8

Why was Chiang Kai-shek so focused on building up the Chinese military after escaping to Sichuan?

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A)  He knew that war with Japan was going to be long and drawn-out. 
B)  He had already lost significant troops in Beijing. 
C)  He needed troops to rebuild the infrastructure after he had destroyed the dikes of the Yellow River. 
D)  He was preparing for a future battle with Mao's army. 
E)  He planned to form an alliance with Russia and knew it would require a troop commitment. 
A)  He knew that war with Japan was going to be long and drawn-out. 
B)  He had already lost significant troops in Beijing. 
C)  He needed troops to rebuild the infrastructure after he had destroyed the dikes of the Yellow River. 
D)  He was preparing for a future battle with Mao's army. 
E)  He planned to form an alliance with Russia and knew it would require a troop commitment.

Question 9

How did the League of Nations respond to the initial milit ary actions by Germany and Japan?

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A)  Coordinated armed response by peacekeeping missions. 
B)  Denunciation and economic embargo. 
C)  Protest and rebuke. 
D)  Mobilization of Allied troops. 
E)  A conference calling for negotiating the return of Ethiopia. 
A)  Coordinated armed response by peacekeeping missions. 
B)  Denunciation and economic embargo. 
C)  Protest and rebuke. 
D)  Mobilization of Allied troops. 
E)  A conference calling for negotiating the return of Ethiopia.

Question 10

During the Stalinist terror, Soviet women

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A)  found themselves in more repressed roles. 
B)  were expected to work only in farm collectives. 
C)  entered jobs and careers previously closed to them. 
D)  found their roles in society unchanged. 
E)  gained equality with men. 
A)  found themselves in more repressed roles. 
B)  were expected to work only in farm collectives. 
C)  entered jobs and careers previously closed to them. 
D)  found their roles in society unchanged. 
E)  gained equality with men.

Question 11

In the 1930s and early 1940s, the primary advantage the communists had over the Guomindang was that

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A)  the communists received military support from Japan. 
B)  the communists won over the peasants, especially the poorest of them. 
C)  the communists were better armed. 
D)  the communists had the backing of urban business elites. 
E)  the communists protected the holdings of large landowners, while the Guomindang did not. 
A)  the communists received military support from Japan. 
B)  the communists won over the peasants, especially the poorest of them. 
C)  the communists were better armed. 
D)  the communists had the backing of urban business elites. 
E)  the communists protected the holdings of large landowners, while the Guomindang did not.

Question 12

What was the source of conflict between Japan and China from 1931 to 1945?

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The economic dislocation of the Great De

Question 13

Which of the following was not among Mao Zedong's policies toward women?

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A)  He encouraged women to organize. 
B)  He made it illegal for women to work in textile mills. 
C)  He banned arranged marriage. 
D)  He banned footbinding. 
E)  He allowed divorce. 
A)  He encouraged women to organize. 
B)  He made it illegal for women to work in textile mills. 
C)  He banned arranged marriage. 
D)  He banned footbinding. 
E)  He allowed divorce.

Question 14

The Depression in the 1930s was the deepest and most widespread economic collapse in history. What were its international economic and political consequences?

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After the stock market crash, consumptio

Question 15

According to Hitler's Mein Kampf , the greatest threat to the power of the so-called "master race" were the

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A)  Italians. 
B)  Communists. 
C)  French. 
D)  Slavs. 
E)  Jews. 
A)  Italians. 
B)  Communists. 
C)  French. 
D)  Slavs. 
E)  Jews.

Question 16

Japan chose to attack the United States because

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A)  in protest of Japanese actions in southeast Asia, the U.S. had refused to continue supplying Japan with industrial materials. 
B)  racist propaganda had convinced the Japanese that Americans needed to be exterminated. 
C)  the Nazis asked them to do it. 
D)  trade with the United States was not important to Japan. 
E)  it was Japan's main rival for influence in China. 
A)  in protest of Japanese actions in southeast Asia, the U.S. had refused to continue supplying Japan with industrial materials. 
B)  racist propaganda had convinced the Japanese that Americans needed to be exterminated. 
C)  the Nazis asked them to do it. 
D)  trade with the United States was not important to Japan. 
E)  it was Japan's main rival for influence in China.

Question 17

Mao Zedong's 1934 escape from the Guomindang to Shaanxi was called the

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A)  Miracle of Mao. 
B)  Long March. 
C)  Trek to the Mountain. 
D)  March of Madness. 
E)  Taking of Tiger Mountain by Strategy. 
A)  Miracle of Mao. 
B)  Long March. 
C)  Trek to the Mountain. 
D)  March of Madness. 
E)  Taking of Tiger Mountain by Strategy.

Question 18

While the Depression's effects on nonindustrialized countries were uneven, those hardest hit were those

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A)  that had lately undergone independence movements. 
B)  under colonial mandate. 
C)  that depended on exports. 
D)  with industrialization in its infancy, like India. 
E)  without many railroads. 
A)  that had lately undergone independence movements. 
B)  under colonial mandate. 
C)  that depended on exports. 
D)  with industrialization in its infancy, like India. 
E)  without many railroads.

Question 19

Instructions: Explain/Define the following terms. 
Mao Zedong

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Mao Zedong was a Chinese communist revol

Question 20

Which of the following scientific and technological innovations were not spurred by World War II?

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A)  synthetic rubber 
B)  machine guns 
C)  antibiotics 
D)  nuclear weapons 
E)  radar 
A)  synthetic rubber 
B)  machine guns 
C)  antibiotics 
D)  nuclear weapons 
E)  radar

Exam 27: The Collapse of the Old Order

Many Japanese nationalists thought that the answer to the Depression was to

On December 7, 1941,

What did Adolf Hitler write while in jail in the 1920s?

Italy's fasci di combattimento initially included mainly

Under Stalin, membership in the Communist Party

Instructions: Explain/Define the following terms. Chiang Kai-shek

Instructions: Explain/Define the following terms. Adolf Hitler

Why was Chiang Kai-shek so focused on building up the Chinese military after escaping to Sichuan?

How did the League of Nations respond to the initial milit ary actions by Germany and Japan?

During the Stalinist terror, Soviet women

In the 1930s and early 1940s, the primary advantage the communists had over the Guomindang was that

What was the source of conflict between Japan and China from 1931 to 1945?

Which of the following was not among Mao Zedong's policies toward women?

The Depression in the 1930s was the deepest and most widespread economic collapse in history. What were its international economic and political consequences?

According to Hitler's Mein Kampf , the greatest threat to the power of the so-called "master race" were the

Japan chose to attack the United States because

Mao Zedong's 1934 escape from the Guomindang to Shaanxi was called the

While the Depression's effects on nonindustrialized countries were uneven, those hardest hit were those

Instructions: Explain/Define the following terms. Mao Zedong

Which of the following scientific and technological innovations were not spurred by World War II?

Nature, Humanity, and the First River-Valley Civilizations

The Middle East and the Mediterranean

New Civilizations in East Asia, Africa, and Europe

Greece and Iran

An Age of Empires: Rome and Han China

India and Southeast Asia

Peoples and Civilizations of the Americas

Networks of Communication and Exchange

The Sasanid Empire and the Rise of Islam

Christian Societies Emerge in Europe

Inner and East Asia

Mongol Eurasia and Its Aftermath

Europe East and West

Southern Lands and Seas

The Maritime Revolution

Transformations in Europe

The Americas, the Atlantic, and Africa

Southwest Asia and the Indian Ocean

East Asia

Industrial Revolution and Global Impact

Revolutionary Changes in the Atlantic World

Land Empires in the Age of Imperialism

Varieties of Imperialism in Africa, India, Southeast Asia, and Latin America

The New Power Balance

The Crisis of the Imperial Order

Revolutions in Living

The Cold War and Decolonization

New Challenges in a New Millennium

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