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West and the World, Part II > Chapters 24-32 > Flashcards

Chapters 24-32 Flashcards

1
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Canada was a product of

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Slow evolution

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2
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Cinco de Mayo is important to Mexican history because

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A small Mexican force defeated a larger French force

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3
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Which U.S. president was in office when the Indian Removal Act was passed?

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Andrew Jackson

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4
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What was the period of economic prosperity in the last two decades of the nineteenth century called?

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The Gilded Age

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5
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Which Mexican statesman led La Reforma?

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Benito Juarez

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6
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What provided the means and motives for the U.S. to spread west?

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The Industrial Revolution

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7
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What became the symbol of new mobility and new freedom for middle class women in the U.S. and Canada in the mid-1800s?

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Bicycles

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8
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The loss of guaranteed British markets led to

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A boom in Canadian trade

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9
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Japan and Qing China came into conflict in

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Korea

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10
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The British considered the problem in China not to be of opium but of

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Free Trade

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11
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The Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists was also known as the

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Boxers

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12
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Where did the most notorious abuse take place in the drive to meet the demand for rubber?

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Congo Free State

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13
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What advance in medical technology helped make the domination of inland Africa possible?

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Quinine

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14
Q

The lack of _________ among African peoples facilitated the process of European imperialization.

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Alliances

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15
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W.E.B Du Bois believed that New Imperialism led to

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White domination

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16
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Why did the Egyptian king support the construction of the Suez Canal?

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He thought it would generate revenue for Egypt and protect its independence

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17
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What was the main purpose of the Berlin Conference?

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To divide Africa between the major European states

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18
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David Livingstone believed that Africans were

A

Fully capable

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19
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What affect did famines have on British imperialist goals in Africa?

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Famines enabled easy British victories over weakened African people

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20
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Who founded the Republic of China after the revolution of 1911?

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Sun Yat-sen

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21
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Which of the following was the first use of chemical weapons in history?

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Mustard gas

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22
Q

What was Joseph Stalin’s slogan?

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Socialism in One Country

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23
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What was the most important strategic Ottoman position on the southern front?

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The Dardanelles

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24
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Carranza saw Zapata’s desire to redistribute the large plantations as

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An intrusion on the rights of property owners

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25
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Archduke _______ was assassinated by a Serbian nationalist.

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Ferdinand

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26
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Before and during the war, all of the following societies had a major revolution except for

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Britain

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27
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What did the French do in lieu of German payment?

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Occupied the Ruhr Valley

28
Q

What event led Hitler to arrest Communist members of the Reichstag?

A

Fire in the Reichstag

29
Q

New Deal programs included all of the following except for

A

Workers Compensation

30
Q

Which of the following were both Mussolini and Hitler contemptuous of?

A

Representative government

31
Q

During the Spanish Civil War the Soviet Union supported the ________ and the Nazis supported ________ .

A

Republicans, Franco

32
Q

From which empire did the country of Turkey emerge?

A

Ottoman Empire

33
Q

Which event led the Congress Party to launch its first mass public protest to gain Indian self-rule?

A

Amritsar Massacre

34
Q

What is collectivization?

A

Stalin’s replacement of peasant villages with large, state-run farms

35
Q

Hitler promised all the following traditional values after the communists and Jews were taken care of except

A

Innovation

36
Q

Which American president chose to drop atomic bombs on Japan?

A

Harry S. Truman

37
Q

How did Stalin defend Russia from potential future invasions after WWII?

A

Acquired border countries to form a geographic barrier

38
Q

What is the purpose of the United Nations?

A

To guarantee international peace through diplomacy

39
Q

Which of the following groups did the Nazis attempt to exterminate?

A

Jews, Gypsies, Jehovah’s Witnesses, homosexuals, and disabled people

40
Q

The Bretton Woods Conference formed a plan to prevent a repeat of

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Economic difficulties following WWI

41
Q

What is the blitzkrieg?

A

All of the above

42
Q

How much money did the Marshall Plan make available for European reconstruction?

A

$12 billion

43
Q

Where did the first decisive military victory for the Allies occur?

A

North Africa

44
Q

Which side did India’s prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, take in the Cold War?

A

He did not take a side

45
Q

With regards to the Soviet sphere influence the U.S. policy was one of

A

Containment

46
Q

The Non-Aligned Movement included

A

A group African and Asian leaders

47
Q

What did the outcomes of war in Vietnam, Indonesia, and the Congo have in common?

A

None were democratic by the mid-1970s

48
Q

Under Fulgencio Batista most Cubans lived without all of the following except

A

Housing

49
Q

The Great Leap Forward directed the “masses” to pour their energy into

A

Communal production

50
Q

The U.S. and the Soviet Union both presented themselves as

A

Champions of freedom

51
Q

Relations deteriorated between the U.S. and Cuba after Cuba’s

A

Agrarian Reform Law

52
Q

Which country experienced the “Velvet Revolution”?

A

Czechoslovakia

53
Q

What were the guerilla fighters who opposed Brezhnev’s regime in Afghanistan called?

A

Mujahaddin

54
Q

The Soweto Uprising was a protest by

A

Black students

55
Q

The Rwandan Genocide took place between which two tribal groups?

A

Tutsi and Hutu

56
Q

Stagflation is a term that means

A

A combination of slow growth and inflation

57
Q

What is kleptocracy?

A

Government by theft

58
Q

The policies of Deng Xiaoping favored

A

Market incentives

59
Q

What event symbolized the end of the Cold War?

A

Destruction of the Berlin Wall

60
Q

Data from India, China, Brazil, and the United States show a strong corrolation between

A

Global economic growth and rising inequality

61
Q

What did Muhammad Yusuf pioneer and eventually win the Nobel Peace Prize for?

A

Microfinance

62
Q

Was Iraq complicit in the 9/11 terrorist attacks?

A

No

63
Q

What does the Bharatiya Janata Party attempt to use as a unifying principle?

A

Hinduism

64
Q

What is the stated purpose of the World Trade Organization?

A

Establish rules for international trade

65
Q

What does the term BRIC stand for?

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Brazil, Russia, India, China

66
Q

What did the One Child Policy lead to in China?

A

Significant gender imbalance

67
Q

Is the dowry system in India legal?

A

No

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