Multiple Choice Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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The quotation expresses Churchill's concern about
a. | the rise of two superpowers. | c. | the spread of
communism. | b. | ruined cities in Eastern Europe. | d. | postwar economic
recovery. |
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In the 1950s, tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union increased
as a result of
a. | the division of Germany. | c. | the Cuban Missile
Crisis. | b. | nuclear weapons development. | d. | UN troops in Eastern
Europe. |
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What was the underlying cause of the Cold War?
a. | conflicts within the UN Security Council | c. | border disputes in Europe and
Asia | b. | Soviet resentment of U.S. military efforts during World War II | d. | competition between the United States and the
Soviet Union |
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Which condition was a consequence of the Cold War?
a. | The United States sought to become the world's greatest
superpower. | c. | The United States offered aid to the new nation of Israel. | b. | The Soviet Union
wished to launch a worldwide workers' revolution. | d. | The Soviet Union supported anti-colonial
efforts in the Congo.
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Why was the Cuban Missile Crisis considered a Cold War conflict?
a. | The United States supported the Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista. | c. | Cuba was caught in
a conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union. | b. | The Soviet Union
offered military and economic aid to Cuban rebels. | d. | Cuba sought to invade the United States and
further the spread of communism.
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As a result of the Truman Doctrine, in the late 1940s the United States sent
more than ten billion dollars to
a. | Eastern Europe. | c. | Western Europe. | b. | Cuba and Central America. | d. | Africa, Asia, and South
America. |
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What phrase used by Truman in the quotation best expresses his beliefs about the
Soviet Union?
a. | "must be the policy" | c. | "attempted
subjugation" | b. | "free people" | d. | "outside
pressures" |
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The Marshall Doctrine reflected the policy of
a. | brinkmanship. | c. | isolationism. | b. | containment. | d. | nonalignment. |
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Mao Tse-tung's main goal for Communist China was to
a. | expand communism in Asia. | c. | throw off Japanese
rule. | b. | defeat the Kuomintang. | d. | achieve economic stability. |
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10.
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What did China's Great Leap Forward attempt to modernize?
a. | agriculture | c. | the church | b. | education | d. | the military |
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How did the Soviet Union respond to Czechoslovakia's Prague Spring?
a. | They permitted limited democratic reforms. | c. | They banned the trade union and
jailed its leaders. | b. | Soviet troops invaded
Czechoslovakia. | d. | Soviet
authorities restored Imre Nagy to power. |
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In Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Poland, communist governments fell four years
after the
a. | election of Mikhail Gorbachev. | c. | fall of the Berlin
Wall. | b. | end of the Cold War. | d. | founding of Solidarity. |
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Which statement best expresses the relationship between Zionism and the state of
Israel?
a. | Many Jews fled to Israel to escape the Zionists. | c. | The creation of Israel fulfilled
the Zionist goal. | b. | Zionists are the dominant ethnic group in
Israel. | d. | Zionist forces
tried to block the founding of Israel. |
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The state of Israel was founded in the
a. | Arabian Peninsula. | c. | Sahara Desert. | b. | region of Palestine. | d. | Sinai
Peninsula. |
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What has been a defining feature of Israel's history with its
neighbors?
a. | political interdependence | c. | ongoing land
disputes | b. | weak trade networks | d. | permanent ceasefire |
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Which event in the Soviet Union would be an example of perestroika?
a. | The region of Chechnya is not allowed to secede. | c. | Soviet leaders sign the SALT I and
II agreements. | b. | Books by formerly banned authors are published. | d. | People are allowed to own small
businesses. |
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What organization of the United Nations has five permanent members?
a. | General Assembly | c. | Secretary-General | b. | Secretariat | d. | Security
Council |
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According to the map, which NATO member shared a border with both a neutral
nation and a Warsaw Pact country?
a. | Austria | c. | Greece | b. | Czechoslovakia | d. | Italy |
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How do the events listed relate to the Russian Revolution?
a. | They helped to cause the revolution. | c. | They were consequences of the
revolution. | b. | They turned Europeans against the revolution. | d. | They were turning points in the
revolution. |
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The government of Czar Nicholas II was replaced with rule by
a. | Alexander III. | c. | Mensheviks. | b. | Bolsheviks. | d. | the White Army. |
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In the command economy of Stalinist Russia, all economic decisions were made
by
a. | the Duma. | c. | workers and peasants. | b. | local councils known
as soviets. | d. | the government
alone. |
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What is one way that Stalin created a totalitarian state?
a. | allowing teachers control of the schools | c. | pursuing Lenin's New Economic
Policy | b. | requiring membership in the church | d. | using police terror to put down
opposition |
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Totalitarian regimes arose in Germany, Italy, and the Soviet Union in part as a
result of
a. | bloody revolutions. | c. | civil wars. | b. | the devastation of World War
I. | d. | conflict between
capitalists and communists. |
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What feature was shared by the totalitarian regimes of Germany, Italy, and the
Soviet Union?
a. | a dictator who was glorified as a hero | c. | the desire for a classless
society | b. | strong government-business relationships | d. | a state
religion |
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Which event or trend was among the causes of the Russian Revolution?
a. | the Gulag | c. | civil war | b. | redistribution of farmland | d. | poor economic
conditions |
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Why did 5 million Ukrainians starve in Stalinist Russia?
a. | Outdated farming methods made their crops vulnerable to pests. | c. | A national attempt
at collective farming had failed tragically. | b. | The Soviet government took their food away from
them. | d. | War between
"red" and "white" forces led to a famine. |
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What does the cartoon suggest about the conditions in which Hitler and his party
rose to power in Germany?
a. | The abandonment of the Versailles Treaty allowed Hitler's party to
emerge. | c. | The Versailles Treaty caused problems that led to the rise of Hitler's
party. | b. | Hitler's party was weakened by the Versailles Treaty, but would soon
recover. | d. | Hitler's
party was able to hide behind the terms of the Versailles Treaty. |
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In his quest for a "New Roman Empire," Benito Mussolini
a. | annexed the Rhineland. | c. | conquered Manchuria. | b. | invaded Ethiopia. | d. | coclaimed Ottoman
lands |
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The Japanese invasion of China in 1937 was followed by the
a. | Chinese civil war. | c. | mass murder of civilians. | b. | collapse of Imperial
China. | d. | surrender of Chinese
communists. |
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What did Germany gain from the Hitler-Stalin Pact?
a. | control of the Sudetenland | c. | room for population
growth | b. | protection from attack from the east | d. | the right to advance troops through
Poland |
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In the 1930s, why did Great Britain and France respond to German and Italian
aggression with appeasement?
a. | Appeasement was mandated by the Neutrality Acts. | c. | Great Britain and France wanted to
keep the peace. | b. | Germany and Italy had superior military forces. | d. | The aggression did not directly affect Great
Britain or France. |
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What event sparked the outbreak of World War II?
a. | Germany invaded Poland. | c. | Italy invaded
Albania. | b. | Great Britain and France formed an alliance. | d. | European leaders met at the Munich
Conference. |
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Use the quotation to answer this question. "Yesterday, December
7, 1941 - a date which will live in infamy - the United States of America was suddenly and
deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan." - U.S. President
Franklin D. Roosevelt
The attack Roosevelt refers to in the quotation took place in
a. | A. Guadalcanal. | c. | Europe. | b. | the continental United
States | d. | the
Pacific. |
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In 1945, Germany was attacked
a. | by Allies on the east and Soviets on the west. | c. | from the sea in the north and land
in the south. | b. | in the Battle of Stalingrad. | d. | through Normandy in
France. |
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During World War II, Winston Churchill
a. | commanded Allied forces in the Pacific. | c. | mobilized the Allies against
Hitler. | b. | led the D-Day invasion. | d. | negotiated U.S. entry into the war. |
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During World War II, Winston Churchill
a. | commanded Allied forces in the Pacific. | c. | mobilized the Allies against
Hitler. | b. | led the D-Day invasion. | d. | negotiated U.S. entry into the war. |
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What leader in World War II signed a nonaggression pact with Hitler but later
joined the Allies?
a. | Charles de Gaulle | c. | Benito Mussolini | b. | Emperor Hirohito | d. | Joseph Stalin |
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What policy of the Nazi party led to the Holocaust?
a. | pursuit of Lebensraum | c. | pursuit of racial purity | b. | economic
redistribution | d. | religious
unity |
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The Nuremberg Laws helped to set the Nazi Holocaust in motion by
a. | forcing Jews into ghettos. | c. | outlawing opposition to Nazi
policies. | b. | ordering the construction of death camps. | d. | stripping Jews of citizenship
rights. |
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During the Holocaust, Poland was the site of
a. | all but a few of the Jewish ghettos. | c. | most of the Nazi labor
camps. | b. | all of the major Nazi death camps. | d. | the largest resistance
movement. |
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What conclusion is supported by the information in these charts?
a. | The civilian death toll in World War II was similar to the military death
toll. | c. | World War II was the most destructive war in history. | b. | The Soviet Union had
the greatest military losses and the greatest civilian losses. | d. | No Axis power had a military death toll greater
than 1 million. |
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From the map, you can infer that expansion of Nazi Germany was motivated by a
desire to
a. | gain access to the sea. | c. | invade France. | b. | achieve control of
Russia. | d. | possess more
land. |
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What domestic challenge made it difficult for France, Great Britain, and the
United States to halt German and Italian aggression in the 1930s?
a. | antiwar sentiment | c. | military weakness | b. | economic depression | d. | rapid
immigration |
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Which event marked the final Allied victory in World War II?
a. | Battle of the Bulge | c. | D-Day invasion | b. | Battle of El Alamein | d. | Japanese
surrender |
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In the final years of World War II, who served as supreme commander of the
Allied forces in Europe?
a. | Dwight Eisenhower | c. | Bernard Montgomery | b. | Douglas MacArthur | d. | Franklin D.
Roosevelt |
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What was the relationship between the Nuremberg Laws and the "Final
Solution"?
a. | The Nuremberg Laws were the legal basis of the "Final
Solution." | c. | The Nuremberg Laws were a step on the road to the "Final
Solution." | b. | The "Final Solution" was the ideology that led to the Nuremberg
Laws. | d. | "Final
Solution" propaganda was used to pass the Nuremberg Laws.
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Which condition is a pressing problem in Mexico today?
a. | high trade tariffs | c. | single-party rule | b. | low petroleum production | d. | unequal income
distribution
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How did China benefit from its admission to the World Trade Organization?
a. | It joined the global marketplace. | c. | Human rights issues were
resolved. | b. | Communist rule officially ended | d. | Population growth leveled
off.
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Which fact about China has probably contributed most to calls for democratic
reform?
a. | China is the world's most populous nation. | c. | Industrial growth has spurred
migration to cities. | b. | Literacy has quadrupled in the last 50
years | d. | Urban employment is
nearly 10 percent.
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As a result of the Treaty of Versailles, Germany was
a. | assigned sole responsibility for the World War I. | c. | forbidden to have an
army. | b. | divided into two states. | d. | denied the right to trade overseas. |
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What was the main purpose of the League of Nations?
a. | determining war reparations | c. | preventing the formation of
national alliances | b. | peacekeeping | d. | regulating
trade |
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On the map, which letters indicate nations created from the former empire of
Austria-Hungary?
a. | B and C | c. | N and O | b. | I and L | d. | P and Q |
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The nations indicated on the map by the letters F, G, and H were formed on land
that had belonged to
a. | Finland. | c. | Russia. | b. | Germany. | d. | Yugoslavia. |
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Which letter on the map indicates a country created from the former lands of the
Ottoman Empire?
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In Europe, World War I brought an end to
a. | economic depression. | c. | multiparty government. | b. | isolationism. | d. | rule by empires. |
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In the 1920s, which nation was most burdened by war debt?
a. | Germany | c. | Russia | b. | Great Britain | d. | the United
States |
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What contributed to the rise of totalitarianism in Europe after World War
I?
a. | dissatisfaction with the aristocracy | c. | independence movements in overseas
colonies | b. | lack of democratic tradition | d. | growth of the banking
industry |
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After World War I, many European artists felt that traditions of the past
were
a. | a source of comfort. | c. | no longer meaningful. | b. | rejected by the
government. | d. | intellectually
stimulating. |
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The literature of "lost generation" writers was characterized
by
a. | disillusionment. | c. | patriotism. | b. | melodrama. | d. | surrealism. |
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Which project would most likely have been undertaken by a post–World War I
European artist such as Pablo Picasso or René Magritte?
a. | mural for a new government building | c. | portrait of the royal
family | b. | drawing of an image from a dream | d. | painting of a romantic
landscape |
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What conclusion is supported by the information in these charts?
a. | The civilian death toll in World War II was similar to the military death
toll. | c. | World War II was the most destructive war in history. | b. | The Soviet Union had
the greatest military losses and the greatest civilian losses. | d. | No Axis power had a military death toll greater
than 1 million. |
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What was the goal of President Wilson's Fourteen Points?
a. | preparing for the independence of colonies in Africa and Asia | c. | convincing the
United States to join the League of Nations | b. | limiting the power of
Germany | d. | developing a plan
for postwar peace |
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What was the main reason for the Americans' rejection of the League of
Nations?
a. | The U.S. economy was already burdened. | c. | Americans distrusted Russia and
China. | b. | Americans feared participation in future European wars. | d. | U.S. diplomats were advocates of
isolationism. |
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Which dissolved European nation was re-created after World War I?
a. | Czechoslovakia | c. | Serbia | b. | Poland | d. | Turkey |
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65.
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Which word best describes the state of most European economies following World
War I?
a. | bankrupt | c. | slow-growing | b. | booming | d. | stable |
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66.
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The novels A Farewell to Arms and The Sun Also Rises were written by which
"lost generation" author?
a. | F. Scott Fitzgerald | c. | Ernest Hemingway | b. | Ford Maddox Ford | d. | John Dos Passos |
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