Semster 2 Review

Question 1

A factor in leading many Germans to accept Hitler and Nazis was…

Answer 1

they believed he ended their economic depression

Question 2

After WW II, African and Asian leaders identified what as their defining theme?

Answer 2

After WWII many African and Asian leaders believed that democracy should be the new theme of political cultures

Question 3

German’s use of submarines to blockade Britain during WWI led to what?

Answer 3

to blockade Britain during WWI led to the US entering the War

Question 4

Great Britain’s policy of what was based on the belief that the satisfaction of reasonable demands would maintain peace in Europe?

Answer 4

Great Britain’s policy of Appeasement

Question 5

Increasing demands for what leads to deforestation?

Answer 5

Increasing demands for new farmlands leads

Question 6

Iran and Iraq tensions are fueled by what?

Answer 6

disputes over territory

Question 7

Laws excluding Jews from German citizenship were called?

Answer 7

Nuremberg Laws

Question 8

Mao Zedong led what on the Long March?

Answer 8

People’s Liberation Army

Question 9

Some scientists have warned that the release of chlorfluorocarbons into the atmosphere may impact what?

Answer 9

ozone layer

Question 10

Sun Yat-sen founded the revive China Society and what else?

Answer 10

Nationalist Party

Question 11

Two days after Hitler’s invasion of what country did Britain and France declare war on Germany?

Answer 11

Poland

Question 12

U.S fears about the spread of communism were increase when what nation became communist in 1949?

Answer 12

China became communist

Question 13

What arose out of people’s awareness of being part of a community with common institutions, traditions, language and customs?

Answer 13

Nationalism

Question 14

What book led to the movement to protect the environment?

Answer 14

Silent Spring

Question 15

What did Lenin do to end Russia’s involvement in the war?

Answer 15

Lenin signed the treaty of Brest-Litovsk with Germany that gave up much Russian Territory

Question 16

What did Pogroms and anti-Semitism in Europe lead to?

Answer 16

emigration of thousands of Jews to the United States, growth of Zionism and political parties that endorsed anti-semitism

Question 17

What did the European Union want to establish by January 1, 2002?

Answer 17

Establishing a common European currency, the euro

Question 18

What did the Red Secret Police do?

Answer 18

began a Red Terror campaign to destroy all opposition

Question 19

What did the Tiananmen Square Demonstrations involve?

Answer 19

students who sought the resignation of communist party leaders

Question 20

What did the Warsaw Pact seek to do?

Answer 20

Warsaw Pact sought to create a military alliance between the Soviet Union and various Eastern European nations

Question 21

What does “Green Revolution” mean?

Answer 21

the development of new strains of grains that have higher yields

Question 22

What does the concept of total war mean?

Answer 22

Total War involves a complete mobilization of resources and people

Question 23

What is an oligarchy?

Answer 23

a government in which a select few exercise control

Question 24

What stated Britain’s intentions to make Palestine the national home of the Jews?

Answer 24

In 1917, The Balfour Declaration stated Britain intention to make Palestine the national home of the Jews.

Question 25

What turned the USSR from an agricultural economy to an industrial economy?

Answer 25

Stalin’s five-year plan turned the USSR from an agricultural economy to an industrial economy

Question 26

What was the form of attack that used tank divisions supported by air attacks called?

Answer 26

blitzkrieg

Question 27

What was the Treaty of Versailles?

Answer 27

Many Germans felt that Treaty of Versailles was a harsh peace

Question 28

What was the turning point of the war in the Pacific?

Answer 28

Battle of Midway Islands

Question 29

What were Dadaists?

Answer 29

Dadaists tried to express in their art their revulsion for what they saw as the insanity of life

Question 30

What were some of the non-violent acts of Gandhi?

Answer 30

Salt March, a nonviolent act in his protest against imperialism

Question 31

When did the Japanese launch a surprise attack at Pearl Harbor?

Answer 31

December 7, 1941

Question 32

Which view does Pan-Africanism promote?

Answer 32

promotes the idea that Black Africans share a common identify

Question 33

Who led the Spanish military in a revolt against the democratic government?

Answer 33

Francisco Franco

Question 34

Who sought to create national art that would portray Mexico’s past as well as Mexican festivals and folk customs?

Answer 34

Diego Rivera

Question 35

Who was the Japanese ruler who called his reign the Enlightened Rule?

Answer 35

Mutsuhito