True/False
Indicate whether the sentence or statement is true
or false. |
| | 1. | Arabia, led by the governor of Makkah, declared independence from Ottoman rule in
1916. |
| | 2. | The
Ottoman sultan was deposed in 1909 by a group called the Young Turks. |
| | 3. | Many
European Jews fled to Saudi Arabia as a result of Hitler’s persecutions in
Germany. |
| | 4. | By
1920, many Jews lived in Palestine. |
| | 5. | Countries in the League of Nations mandates included Iraq, Jordan, Syria and
Lebanon. |
| | 6. | Unlike other Communist leaders in China, Mao believed a revolution would be led by
rural peasants. |
| | 7. | Mao’s army in Jiangxi received reinforcements and was rescued by Communists from
northwest China. |
| | 8. | Chiang Kai-shek implemented Sun Yat-sen’s idea of a republican
government. |
| | 9. | Chiang’s “New Life Movement” tried to discourage Confucian social
ethics. |
| | 10. | Chiang’s programs called for a redistribution of wealth from the rich to the
poor. |
| | 11. | The
Great Depression caused some Latin American governments to start new national industries such as oil
and steel. |
| | 12. | Military forces and military leaders avoided getting involved in Latin American
governments. |
| | 13. | The
Great Depression reduced the demand in the U.S. and Europe for Latin American foodstuffs and raw
materials. |
| | 14. | When
U.S. Marines pulled out of Haiti in 1936, there were no more U.S. troops in Latin
America. |
| | 15. | U.S.
businesses sometimes used their profits to keep ruthless Latin American dictators in
power. |
Multiple Choice
Identify the
letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. |
| | 16. | The Balfour
Declaration of 1917 supported the idea of a a. | Jewish homeland in Palestine. | b. | United Arab
state. | c. | Palestinian homeland in Israel. | d. | Turkish
state. | | |
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| | 17. | The new
kingdom of Saudi Arabia earned great wealth after 1938 as a result of a. | the tourism
industry. | b. | the oil industry. | c. | Saud’s family
wealth. | d. | return of Ottoman taxes. | | |
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| | 18. | The League
of Nations established mandates to give certain European countries the right a. | to explore for
oil. | b. | to create a Turkish
state. | c. | to support Zionism. | d. | to govern certain Arab
territories. | | |
|
| | 19. | In 1935,
under the new Pahlavi dynasty, Persia became the state of a. | Iran. | b. | Iraq. | c. | Turkey. | d. | Ottomania. | | |
|
| | 20. | In
retaliation for an uprising in 1915, the Ottoman Turks massacred over one million a. | Jews. | b. | Egyptians. | c. | Armenians. | d. | Palestinians. | | |
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| | 21. | Without
government approval, a Japanese military group in 1931 invaded a. | Manchuria. | b. | Vietnam. | c. | India. | d. | Pakistan. | | |
|
| | 22. | In 1930, the
Muslim League called for the creation of a separate Indian Muslim state called a. | Nehru. | b. | Islamabad. | c. | Pakistan. | d. | Manchuria. | | |
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| | 23. | Gandhi
encouraged his followers to protest British laws by all of the following means
EXCEPT a. | withholding of
taxes. | b. | boycotting British goods. | c. | using homemade
salt. | d. | blowing up British railroad tracks. | | |
|
| | 24. | Gandhi was
called by his many Indian followers the “Mahatma,” which means a. | Father. | b. | Great Soul. | c. | Messiah. | d. | King. | | |
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| | 25. | Colonial
rule in Africa did not generally end, as many African leaders had hoped, after a. | World War
I. | b. | World War
II. | c. | the Indian National
Congress. | d. | the Ottoman Empire collapsed. | | |
|
| | 26. | In 1923, the
Nationalists and Communists in China formed an alliance against a. | Japan and
Korea. | b. | warlords and imperialist powers. | c. | Russia. | d. | peasants and the working class. | | |
|
| | 27. | In 1933, the
People’s Liberation Army a. | defeated Chiang’s troops. | b. | began its own
state. | c. | began its Long March. | d. | began its Great
Fast. | | |
|
| | 28. | In 1926, the
Chinese alliance a. | began its Northern
Expedition. | b. | started a war with India. | c. | ended its Great
Southern Trek. | d. | broke up. | | |
|
| | 29. | In 1927,
Chiang’s forces a. | struck against Communist forces. | b. | elected Mao their
leader. | c. | disbanded. | d. | attacked the Japanese. | | |
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| | 30. | Chiang
believed all of the following EXCEPT that a. | Japan was a serious threat to China. | b. | Japan was less
dangerous than the Communists. | c. | “Communists are a disease of the
heart.” | d. | the Imperialist powers should gain power in
China. | | |
|
| | 31. | Authoritarianism spread in Latin America during the 1930s largely because
of a. | the Great
Depression. | b. | the rise of communism. | c. | American
exports. | d. | fear of the powerful landowners. | | |
|
| | 32. | After a
dispute over workers’ wages, the Mexican government in the 1930s did all of the following
EXCEPT a. | pay back oil companies
for their property. | b. | seize oil fields and foreign oil company
properties. | c. | set up PEMEX, a Mexican national oil
company. | d. | sign the Good Neighbor Treaty. | | |
|
| | 33. | Diego
Rivera’s art tried to do all of the following EXCEPT a. | create a Mexican
national art. | b. | portray Mexico’s past. | c. | spread
Catholicism. | d. | carry a social message. | | |
|
| | 34. | By 1945,
Latin America’s chief industrial power was a. | Brazil. | b. | Mexico. | c. | Argentina. | d. | Peru. | | |
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| | 35. | In 1930, the
Argentine military seized power in order to do all of the following EXCEPT a. | continue the old export
economy. | b. | help spread communist ideals. | c. | stop the growth of the
industrial working class. | d. | reestablish the power of the large
landowners. | | |
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Completion
Complete each sentence or
statement. |
| 36. | After
World War I, ____________________ was stripped of its African colonies.
|
| 37. | By
the 1930s, many African leaders began to call for ____________________, not just reform, from their
colonial rulers.
|
| 38. | W.E.B. DuBois, the leader of Pan-Africanism, was educated at ____________________
University.
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| 39. | The
Indian National ____________________ was founded in 1885 to seek reforms to British rule in
India.
|
| 40. | The
Indian independence movement’s secular, Western, and modern wing identified with Jawaharlal
____________________.
|
Matching |
| | Match
each item with the correct statement below. a. | secular | b. | shah | c. | genocide | d. | Ibn Saud | e. | Atatürk | | |
|
| | 41. | deliberate
mass murder of a group |
| | 42. | “father
Turk,” President Kemal |
| | 43. | state that
rejects religious influences |
| | 44. | king of
Iran |
| | 45. | Arab
nationalist leader |
| | Match
each item with the correct statement below. a. | civil disobedience | b. | Pan-Africanism | c. | zaibatsu | d. | Ho Chi
Minh | e. | Jomo
Kenyatta | | |
|
| | 46. | movement to
unify all Africans |
| | 47. | Kenyan
writer and leader |
| | 48. | refusal to
obey laws considered unjust |
| | 49. | large
Japanese corporation |
| | 50. | Vietnamese
Communist revolutionary |
| | Match
each item with the correct statement below. a. | tutelage | b. | Sun Yat-sen | c. | Mao Zedong | d. | Chiang Kai-shek | e. | guerrilla | | |
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| | 51. | leader of
China’s Nationalist Party in 1921 |
| | 52. | leader of
China’s Nationalist Party after 1925 |
| | 53. | warfare
tactics that use surprise, sabotage, subterfuge |
| | 54. | training |
| | 55. | Chinese
Communist Party leader |
| | Match
each item with the correct statement below. a. | oligarchies | b. | Diego Rivera | c. | the Good Neighbor
policy | d. | Getúlio Vargas | e. | Lázaro
Cárdenas | | |
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| | 56. | Franklin D.
Roosevelt’s policy rejecting the use of U.S. military force in Latin America |
| | 57. | governments
run by select groups of powerful people |
| | 58. | Mexican
president who distributed land to peasants in the 1930s |
| | 59. | Mexican
fresco artist who studied in Europe |
| | 60. | Brazilian
reformer who turned dictator |