Question 1

What is the system called in which states play visible and significant roles in markets?

Accepted Answer

A)  Free-market capitalism. 
B)  Managed markets. 
C)  State capitalism. 
D)  Central planning. 
A)  Free-market capitalism. 
B)  Managed markets. 
C)  State capitalism. 
D)  Central planning. C

Question 2

Where was the only case of major violence in the decolonization of British Africa?

Accepted Answer

A)  Kenya. 
B)  Uganda. 
C)  Nigeria. 
D)  Sierra Leone. 
A)  Kenya. 
B)  Uganda. 
C)  Nigeria. 
D)  Sierra Leone. A

Question 3

Why has China's interest in Africa grown in recent years?

Accepted Answer

A)  A desire to communize the developing world. 
B)  Its effort to balance Western influence in Africa. 
C)  Its need for raw materials. 
D)  Its desire for naval bases. 
A)  A desire to communize the developing world. 
B)  Its effort to balance Western influence in Africa. 
C)  Its need for raw materials. 
D)  Its desire for naval bases. C

Question 4

What did British Prime Minister Harold MacMillan mean in 1960 when he declared that "the wind of change is blowing through this continent"?

Accepted Answer

A)  The countries of Asia are prepared to oppose communism. 
B)  The countries of Europe are ready for economic integration. 
C)  The countries of Africa are determined to achieve independence. 
D)  The countries of Latin America are turning to free-market capitalism. 
A)  The countries of Asia are prepared to oppose communism. 
B)  The countries of Europe are ready for economic integration. 
C)  The countries of Africa are determined to achieve independence. 
D)  The countries of Latin America are turning to free-market capitalism.

Question 5

What was the result of the 1931 Statute of Westminster?

Accepted Answer

A)  Independence of Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. 
B)  Independence of South Africa. 
C)  Imposition of a protectorate over Egypt. 
D)  The merging of Tanganyika and Zanzibar to form Tanzania. 
A)  Independence of Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. 
B)  Independence of South Africa. 
C)  Imposition of a protectorate over Egypt. 
D)  The merging of Tanganyika and Zanzibar to form Tanzania.

Question 6

Which of the following was the dominant figure in South America's wars of liberation?

Accepted Answer

A)  Bernardo O'Higgins. 
B)  Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla. 
C)  Toussaint L'Ouverture. 
D)  Simón Bolívar. 
A)  Bernardo O'Higgins. 
B)  Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla. 
C)  Toussaint L'Ouverture. 
D)  Simón Bolívar.

Question 7

Which of the following territories did the United States seize in the Spanish-American War?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Philippines. 
B)  Haiti. 
C)  Hawaii. 
D)  Honduras. 
A)  The Philippines. 
B)  Haiti. 
C)  Hawaii. 
D)  Honduras.

Question 8

Who was William Wilberforce?

Accepted Answer

A)  The British governor of Virginia. 
B)  A British abolitionist. 
C)  The British general who drove the French from Canada. 
D)  The founder of the British East India Company. 
A)  The British governor of Virginia. 
B)  A British abolitionist. 
C)  The British general who drove the French from Canada. 
D)  The founder of the British East India Company.

Question 9

Which European power conquered Libya in 1911?

Accepted Answer

A)  Great Britain. 
B)  France. 
C)  Italy. 
D)  Germany. 
A)  Great Britain. 
B)  France. 
C)  Italy. 
D)  Germany.

Question 10

What is the central claim of postcolonial theorists?

Accepted Answer

A)  Poor countries depend on rich countries for political guidance. 
B)  Rich countries enjoy structural power over poor countries. 
C)  Rich countries depend on poor countries for key commodities. 
D)  The leaders of poor countries are mainly educated in rich countries. 
A)  Poor countries depend on rich countries for political guidance. 
B)  Rich countries enjoy structural power over poor countries. 
C)  Rich countries depend on poor countries for key commodities. 
D)  The leaders of poor countries are mainly educated in rich countries.

Question 11

Which of the following is not associated with state fragility and possible failure?

Accepted Answer

A)  Demographic pressures. 
B)  Economic decline. 
C)  The absence of public services. 
D)  Insufficient foreign aid. 
A)  Demographic pressures. 
B)  Economic decline. 
C)  The absence of public services. 
D)  Insufficient foreign aid.

Question 12

What French colony began a massive insurrection to gain its independence after 1954?

Accepted Answer

A)  Morocco. 
B)  Ivory Coast. 
C)  Chad. 
D)  Algeria. 
A)  Morocco. 
B)  Ivory Coast. 
C)  Chad. 
D)  Algeria.

Question 13

What poet urged Europeans and Americans "to take up the White Man's burden"?

Accepted Answer

A)  Wilfred Owen. 
B)  W.B. Yeats. 
C)  Rudyard Kipling. 
D)  Robert Graves. 
A)  Wilfred Owen. 
B)  W.B. Yeats. 
C)  Rudyard Kipling. 
D)  Robert Graves.

Question 14

What was the major result of the Berlin Conference of 1884-1885?

Accepted Answer

A)  An agreement to begin the process of decolonization. 
B)  An Anglo-French agreement under which Egypt would be under British influence and Morocco under French influence. 
C)  A division of Africa into spheres of influence. 
D)  The settlement of outstanding British and Russian colonial differences. 
A)  An agreement to begin the process of decolonization. 
B)  An Anglo-French agreement under which Egypt would be under British influence and Morocco under French influence. 
C)  A division of Africa into spheres of influence. 
D)  The settlement of outstanding British and Russian colonial differences.

Question 15

Which conquistador destroyed Peru's Inca Empire?

Accepted Answer

A)  René-Robert La Salle. 
B)  Francisco Pizarro. 
C)  Hernán Cortes. 
D)  José Marti. 
A)  René-Robert La Salle. 
B)  Francisco Pizarro. 
C)  Hernán Cortes. 
D)  José Marti.

Question 16

Which of the following European countries had no colonies in Africa or Asia?

Accepted Answer

A)  Italy. 
B)  Germany. 
C)  Portugal. 
D)  Austria-Hungary. 
A)  Italy. 
B)  Germany. 
C)  Portugal. 
D)  Austria-Hungary.

Question 17

Who influenced Mahatma Gandhi's belief in passive resistance?

Accepted Answer

A)  Henry David Thoreau. 
B)  Ralph Waldo Emerson. 
C)  William Gladstone. 
D)  Sun Yat-sen. 
A)  Henry David Thoreau. 
B)  Ralph Waldo Emerson. 
C)  William Gladstone. 
D)  Sun Yat-sen.

Question 18

What European country took possession of Rwanda, Burundi, Tanganyika, and Namibia?

Accepted Answer

A)  Russia. 
B)  Portugal. 
C)  Germany. 
D)  Austria-Hungary. 
A)  Russia. 
B)  Portugal. 
C)  Germany. 
D)  Austria-Hungary.

Question 19

What defines the countries that belong to the global South?

Accepted Answer

A)  Relative economic development. 
B)  Geographic location. 
C)  Ideological preference. 
D)  Nonalignment. 
A)  Relative economic development. 
B)  Geographic location. 
C)  Ideological preference. 
D)  Nonalignment.

Question 20

Which of the following countries gained control of Tunisia, Morocco, and Algeria?

Accepted Answer

A)  Great Britain. 
B)  Belgium. 
C)  France. 
D)  Germany. 
A)  Great Britain. 
B)  Belgium. 
C)  France. 
D)  Germany.

What is the system called in which states play visible and significant roles in markets?

Where was the only case of major violence in the decolonization of British Africa?

Why has China's interest in Africa grown in recent years?

What did British Prime Minister Harold MacMillan mean in 1960 when he declared that "the wind of change is blowing through this continent"?

What was the result of the 1931 Statute of Westminster?

Which of the following was the dominant figure in South America's wars of liberation?

Which of the following territories did the United States seize in the Spanish-American War?

Who was William Wilberforce?

Which European power conquered Libya in 1911?

What is the central claim of postcolonial theorists?

Which of the following is not associated with state fragility and possible failure?

What French colony began a massive insurrection to gain its independence after 1954?

What poet urged Europeans and Americans "to take up the White Man's burden"?

What was the major result of the Berlin Conference of 1884-1885?

Which conquistador destroyed Peru's Inca Empire?

Which of the following European countries had no colonies in Africa or Asia?

Who influenced Mahatma Gandhi's belief in passive resistance?

What European country took possession of Rwanda, Burundi, Tanganyika, and Namibia?

What defines the countries that belong to the global South?

Which of the following countries gained control of Tunisia, Morocco, and Algeria?

Prologue

An Introduction to Global Politics: Change and Continuity

The Evolution of the Interstate System and Alternative Political Systems

The World Wars

The Cold War

Globalization: The New Frontier

Great Issues in Contemporary Global Politics

Causes of War

Technology and the Changing Face of War

International Law and Organization and the Quest for Peace

Identity Politics: Nationalism and Ethnicity

International Political Economy

Human Rights

Human Security

The Environment: a Global Collective Good

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Exam 6: Decolonization and the Global South

What is the system called in which states play visible and significant roles in markets?

Where was the only case of major violence in the decolonization of British Africa?

Why has China's interest in Africa grown in recent years?

What did British Prime Minister Harold MacMillan mean in 1960 when he declared that "the wind of change is blowing through this continent"?

What was the result of the 1931 Statute of Westminster?

Which of the following was the dominant figure in South America's wars of liberation?

Which of the following territories did the United States seize in the Spanish-American War?

Who was William Wilberforce?

Which European power conquered Libya in 1911?

What is the central claim of postcolonial theorists?

Which of the following is not associated with state fragility and possible failure?

What French colony began a massive insurrection to gain its independence after 1954?

What poet urged Europeans and Americans "to take up the White Man's burden"?

What was the major result of the Berlin Conference of 1884-1885?

Which conquistador destroyed Peru's Inca Empire?

Which of the following European countries had no colonies in Africa or Asia?

Who influenced Mahatma Gandhi's belief in passive resistance?

What European country took possession of Rwanda, Burundi, Tanganyika, and Namibia?

What defines the countries that belong to the global South?

Which of the following countries gained control of Tunisia, Morocco, and Algeria?

Prologue

An Introduction to Global Politics: Change and Continuity

The Evolution of the Interstate System and Alternative Political Systems

The World Wars

The Cold War

Globalization: The New Frontier

Great Issues in Contemporary Global Politics

Causes of War

Technology and the Changing Face of War

International Law and Organization and the Quest for Peace

Identity Politics: Nationalism and Ethnicity

International Political Economy

Human Rights

Human Security

The Environment: a Global Collective Good

Filters