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2. Which belligerent power of the First Word War carried out an early exit from the hostilities and negotiated a separate peace treaty? France The United States Russia Austria-Hungary

3. C. Russia

4. Which colonized African region had a well-established indigenous anti-colonial movement in place even before WWI? Ghana Algeria Egypt Congo

5. C. Egypt

6. Which of the following current-day nations would have contributed troops to the Central Powers the First World War? India Czechoslovakia Russia South Africa

7. B. Czechoslovakia

8. Which of the following answer choices best explains why women won the right to vote in many Western societies after World War I? Female nurses who cared for injured troops in the trenches won broad-based sympathy. Crucial contributions in wartime factory production lent legitimacy to ongoing calls for political and social equality. Feminist movements got their start during the First World War. Immediate granting to the to vote to women in Soviet Russia was an embarrassment on the world stage for male-dominated liberal democracies where the movement for women’s suffrage was decades old.

9. B. Crucial contributions in wartime factory production lent legitimacy to ongoing calls for political and social equality.

10. Which result of World War I did the most to spark nationalist movements in the colonized portions of the globe? Destruction of European industrial capacity in the war forced colonies toward economic independence British and French promises for self-rule made t colonized elites during the war were broken soon thereafter The Versailles settlement forced colonial powers to agree to timetables for colonial independence. Bolshevik- inspired revolutions broke out in the cities of the major imperialist powers.

11. B. British and French promises for self-rule made to colonized elites during the war were broken soon thereafter.

12. Which term do historians employ to describe both Hitler’s Germany and Stalin’s USSR? Fascist Communist Totalitarian Republican

13. A. Fascist

14. Which of the following had NOT experienced fascist aggression or takeover prior to WW2? Ethiopia Czechoslovakia Great Britain Spain

15. C. Great Britain

16. Which of the following were offered by the Stalin regime as reasons to pursue collectivization of agriculture and Five-Year Plans in industry after 1928? Reversal of the NEP and inculcation of socialist habits among the Soviet masses Reduction of the Soviet population to environmentally sustainable levels Rapid industrialization to prepare for a second imperialist invasion of the USSR I only II and III III only I and III

17. D. I and III

18. Which policy did Japanese and German governments take to reverse the economic difficulties of the 1930s? Stimulation of industry through war preparation Provisions of social insurance through liberal democratic parliamentary means Shift in orientation from industrial to agricultural production Laissez-faire approach toward economic policy

19. D. Laissez-faire approach toward economic policy

20. The invasion of which country led to the slowing and eventual reversal of the German blitzkrieg? France Belgium The USSR Great Britain

21. C. The USSR

22. Which of the following twentieth-century Latin America regimes survived CIA-supported efforts to bring them down? Arbenz regime in Guatemala Castro regime in Cuba Allende regime in Chile II only III only I and III I and II

23. A. II only

24. The United States pursued its interests in Latin America after WW2 in all of the following forms EXCEPT Direct annexation Diplomatic pressure in international organizations Peace Corps presence The IMF and World Bank

25. A. Direct annexation

26. Which Latin America nation stood apart from a general trend away from authoritarian or military rule that had taken hold across the region by the 1990s Argentina Chile Panama Cuba

27. D. Cuba

28. How are the nations of Latin America unique within the “Third World”? They have struggled to emerge from a dependent role in the global economy They have experienced civil war in the post-WWII era They gained political independence in the nineteenth century, in general Women have risen to high levels of political leadership

29. C. They gained political independence in the nineteenth century, in general

30. Which Latin American nation faced some of the first major US military action overseas of the post-Cold War era? Venezuela Haiti Mexico Panama

31. D. Panama

32. How did the independence movement in colonial settler societies such as Algeria or Kenya differ from that in non-settler societies? In non-settler societies the independence struggle was more likely to turn violent In settler societies constructive negotiations tended to yield power-sharing governments coalitions between settlers and representatives of the indigenous populations Non-settler societies experienced a smooth transition to independence with steady economic growth and rising per capita incomes based on healthy industrial sectors put in place by colonial administrators In settler societies the independence struggle was more likely to turn violent

33. D. In settler societies the independence struggle was more likely to turn violent

34. Which event precipitated the formal creation of the state of Israel in 1947? Multilateral U.S-Soviet-Palestinian-Jewish negotiations The Balfour declaration UN-sanctioned partition of Palestine Negotiated agreement between Zionist leaders and a unified Palestinian leadership

35. C. UN-sanctioned partition of Palestine

36. Which anti-colonial struggle is recognized as establishing a template for twentieth0century independence movements that included leadership by Western-educated elites and nonviolent protest? America Revolution Haitian Revolution India’s independence movement Ghana’s independence movement

37. C. India’s independence movement

38. Where did white rule persist longest on the African continent? Rhodesia South Africa Angola Nigeria

39. B. South Africa

40. Which of the following legacies of British colonial rule proved most disruptive in the immediate aftermath of Indian independence? Education of diverse Indian elites in a common English language Hindu-Muslim rivalry fostered by colonial divide and rule practices Establishment of parliamentary democratic norms in government Military training provided to Indian sepoys

41. B. Hindu-Muslim rivalry fostered by colonial divide and rule practices

42. How was the Spanish Civil War different from WW2? In the Spanish Civil war, Soviet-supplied forces fought fascist armies on European soil while liberal democracies delayed action “”, fascists emerged victorious “”, industrial-era weaponry was employed “”, fighting raged in both town and countryside

43. B. In the Spanish Civil War, fascists emerged victorious

44. Which of the following trends were seen in the twentieth century? Rise and fall of communism and political independence for the former colonies Rise and fall of communism and the eradication of global poverty Slowed population growth in industrialized regions and uninterrupted economic growth Political independence for the former colonies and uninterrupted economic growth

45. A. Rise and fall of communism and political independence for the former colonies

46. Which Soviet leader was a leading force in imposing economic, diplomatic, and political reforms after 1985 that contributed directly to the demise of Soviet socialism Nikolay Bukharin Leonid Brezhnev Mikhail Gorbachev Nikita Khrushchev

47. C. Mikhail Gorbachev

48. Which element of German fascism was NOT also found in 1930s Japan? Suspension of parliamentary authority State-sanctioned mob violence against ethnic minorities Annexation of nearby territory Repression of unions

49. C. State-sanctioned mob violence against ethnic minorities

50. U.S forces have seen military action most frequently to which region in the post-Cold War era? Pacific rim Latin America Middle East and Central Asia Caribbean Sea