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what led to problems within the “self-strengthening movement” in china in the 1860s?

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china suffered increasing foreign influence

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what did NOT happen as a result of the opium war?

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britain stopped selling opium to china

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what did the opium war and the boxer rebellion have in common?

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resentment of foreigners contributed to both

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what effect did the visit of commodore perry have on the japanese?

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japan and the united states signed the treaty of kanagawa

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which of the following pairs of rulers tried to modernize their countries?

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guangxu and mutsuhito

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what action did the united states take to gain the right to build the panama canal?

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it aided panama’s fight for independence from columbia

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which of the following was NOT a reason for the political instability in latin america?

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caudillos who implemented untested reforms that backfired

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what was one major result of the spanish-american war?

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the united states became an imperial power in latin america and the pacific

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which two mexican leaders were most alike in their goals for reforming mexico?

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benito juárez and alvaro obregón

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which of the following statements best summarizes santa anna’s career?

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he helped win independence from spain, and served as mexico’s president, but lost much territory to the united states

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which countries made up europe’s great powers?

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great britain, france, germany, austria-hungary, russia, and italy

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what is the most probable link between militarism and imperialism?

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as a country gains colonies, its military grows to protect them

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what key factor led to the formation of the triple alliance and the triple entente?

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bismarck’s fear of the french retaliation and britain’s fear of germany’s empire

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what event in sarajevo ignited the great war?

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the assassination of archduke franz ferdinand and his wife sophie

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what was significant in the allied victory at the first battle of the marne?

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it resulted in germany’s have to fight on two fronts

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what was trench warfare intended to accomplish?

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to protect soldiers from enemy gun fir on the front lines

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what gamble did germany make before the united states entered the war?

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that their blockade would defeat britain before the US arrived

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what impact did the treaty of brest-litovsk have on germany?

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it allowed germany to focus all their efforts on the western front

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how did the allies respond to wilson’s vision for peace?

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all of the above are true

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what actions led to the formation of the new nations out of the central powers?

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provisions of peace treaties signed with the central powers

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what did the pogroms that occurred in the late 19th-century russia do?

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violently persecute jews

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who were the bolsheviks?

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radical russian marxist revolutionaries

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who did china’s peasants align themselves with in the 1920s?

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communists

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what were the soviets under russia’s provisional government?

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local councils

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what is a totalitarian state?

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a state in which the government controls every aspect of public and private life

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what was the purpose of the soviet state’s five-year plans?

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economic development

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who seized powe from persia’s shah and changed the name of his country to iran?

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reza shah pahlavi

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what did sun yixian’s revolutionary alliance accomplish?

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overthrowing the last emperor

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which group was known for taking a 6,000-mile journey known as the “long march?”

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chinese communists, fleeing the nationalists

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who led the famous protest known as the salt march?

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mohandis k. gandhi

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after world war I, most european nations had what type of government, if only temporarily?

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democratic

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what event marked the beginning of the great depression?

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the stock market crash of 1929

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what was one part of roosevelt’s new deal program to fight the depression?

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large public works projects helped to provide jobs

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il duce was the title of which of the following leaders?

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benito mussolini

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which german political part sought to overturn the treaty of versailles and combat communism?

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nazi

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which of the following was true of germany, italy, and japan during the 1930s?

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all three successfully invaded other nations

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what term was used to identify the alliance of germany, italy, and japan?

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axis powers

38
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what was the goal of the us isolationists after world war I?

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that political ties to other nations should be avoided

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what was the result of germany’s invasion of poland?

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britain and france declared war on germany

40
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how did the lend-lease act benefit the united states?

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it enriched the US economy through selling arms to the allies

41
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which of the following was NOT a reason for the expansion of japan’s empire?

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the emperor wanted a larger empire to suit his divine status

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what was the US response to japanese aggression in southeast asia in mid-1941?

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cut oil supplies in japan

43
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how were the holocaust and hitler’s “final solution” related?

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holocaust is the term for the second genocide that resulted from the plan called the “final solution”

44
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how did civilians join in the war effort?

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all of the above

45
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what was the allies’ plan for victory over the nazis?

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the allies would fight germany on two fronts to weaken it

46
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why were thousands of US citizens out in internet camps during the war?

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they were of japanese descent and falsely labeled as enemies

47
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why did president truman agree to use the atomic bomb?

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to bring the war to the quickest possible end

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which of the following is NOT a reason for the high number of displaced persons after the war?

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the united states deported thousands of japanese-americans to japan

49
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which of the following circumstances contributed to the breakdown of the alliance between the united states and the soviet union?

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stalin’s unfulfilled promise of free elections

50
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what statement did joseph stalin make shortly after president truman’s succession?

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he said that communism and capitalism could not exist in the same world

51
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which of the following worked together to produce similar goals

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truman doctrine and containment

52
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in what way did the existence of two china’s intensify the cold war between the united states and the USSR?

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all of the above are true

53
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what were the long-term effects of the cultural revolution?

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widespread chaos that closed down factories and threatened farm production

54
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what action did general macarthur take during the korean war that immediately led to his discharge?

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attempted to use the press and congress to go over the president’s head

55
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what unexpected turn of events occurred in postwar vietnam involving the united states?

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vietnam eventually accepted foreign investment from the united states

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how did the “bay of pigs” failure lead to the cuban missile crisis?

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krushchev believed the united states was too weak to oppose soviet expansion into cuba

57
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what was the primary goal for the soviet union’s invasion of afghanistan?

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to support the afghan communist regime against muslim revolt

58
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how did brezhnev’s leadership of the soviet union differ from that of krushchev?

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brezhnev repressed dissent at home and abroad more than krushchev had

59
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what influenced the independence movements of colonial countries?

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all of the above

60
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which of the following might have relocated after the partition of india?

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a muslim in india

61
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which of the following was caused by religious conflict?

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the civil war in sri lanka

62
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what hindered the development of the philippines after it gained independence?

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economic and political dependence on the united states

63
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which of the following has contributed to singapore’s high standard of living?

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singapore has one of the busiest ports in the world

64
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during the late 1900s, how were the philippines, myanmar, and algeria similar?

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they all had rulers who refused to accept the results of an election

65
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which nation is part of the central asian republics?

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tajikistan

66
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in which of the following ways we’re the mau mau and the PLO similar?

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both fought for the liberation of their respective peoples

67
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how were the assassinations of yitzhak rabin and anwar sadat similar?

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each assassination came form the leader’s own religion

68
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how did the declaration of principles affect palestinians living in gaza in 1993?

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they were able to elect their own political representatives

69
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why is a stable economy closely tied to the success of democratic government?

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economic opportunity gives citizens a stake in their country’s future

70
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which two latin american countries in this chapter are most alike and why?

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brazil and argentina were both ruled by military dictators before transitioning to democracy

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how did european colonists cause later conflicts in african nations?

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they established boundaries that ignored ethnic and cultural divisions

72
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which of the following is NOT a similarity in the way democracy has evolved in both the US and south africa?

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the end of a minority-controlled government

73
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how was the soviet union’s foreign policy changed by mikhail gorbachev?

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arms control became one of gorbachev’s top priorities

74
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what event cause germany to rethink its role in international affairs?

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reunification of east and west germany

75
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which force triggered the events that led to the collapse of the soviet union?

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nationalism

76
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how were the breakups of yugoslavia and czechoslovakia different?

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czechoslovakia’s breakup was peaceful; yugoslavia’s was violent

77
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which event began the process of opening up chinese-american relations?

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zhou enlai invited an american table tennis team to tour china

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why was china’s future uncertain after the death of deng xioping?

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all of the above are true

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