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Which of the following helped Hitler rise to power?
his public speaking skills
his drawings
his parents
his support of labor groups
Question 2
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What does D-Day mean in military parlance?
the day a demilitarized zone is created
the day a discovery is made
a reference to an area of low, flat land shaped like a triangle
the date of an important operation
Question 3
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How were the policies of Hitler and Mussolini similar?
all of these answers are correct
both discontinued elections
both persecuted farm laborers
both used violence against dissenters
Question 4
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What was the U.S. and Great Britain’s response to the Japanese occupation of French Indochina?
they sent diplomats to redraw borders
all of these answers are correct
they rejected the racial equality clause in the Treaty of Versailles
they placed an oil embargo on Japan
Question 5
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What is the term for an area that is subject to indirect cultural, economic, military, or political domination by another country?
sphere of influence
third class city
circle of concern
circle of control
Question 6
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When did the hostilities of World War I formally end due to an armistice?
1915
1918
1917
1919
Question 7
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What does it mean that most of the Middle East is patriarchal?
men and women are only allowed to marry once during their lifetime
men hold primary power but property and title are inherited by the female lineage
men and women are allowed to marry more than one person
men hold primary power and women have few (if any) rights
Question 8
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Post Cold War relations between the US and Cuba have depended largely on _______.
the state of Cuba’s economy.
the US’s political administration.
whether or not Fidel Castro is in power.
US trade and travel restrictions.
Question 9
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Who dominated the U.S. political climate in the early 1950s by accusing many Americans of participating in a communist takeover?
Harry Truman
George Marshall
Douglas MacArthur
Joseph McCarthy
Question 10
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Which of the following nations suffered the least amount of damage to its economy after World War I?
Great Britain
United States
Germany
Japan
Question 11
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What is the term most often used to describe United States citizens who attempted to mount insurrections in Latin America in the mid-1800s?
tsar
nationalist
unificationist
filibuster
Question 12
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What is the term for the international movement to restore the Jewish homeland in Palestine?
Zionism
Statism
Confucianism
Judaism
Question 13
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Which form of art began in the early 1920s and uses unexpected combinations of elements?
Surrealism
Pointillism
Divisionism
Renaissance
Question 14
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How did the Austro-Hungarian Constitution divide groups?
it suggested that public services should be organized based on language
it suggested that public services should be organized based on currency
it suggested that peasants should receive land that was previously given to nobles
it suggested that only nobles qualified for welfare
Question 15
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Which of the following was NOT a strategy Mahatma Gandhi used to fight for India’s independence?
civil disobedience
fasts
violent protests
marches
Question 16
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What is one of the leading causes of death in Latin American children under the age of 5?
intentional self-harm
obesity
hypertension
contaminated drinking water
Question 17
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Which of the following best explains why the period of geopolitical tension between the Soviet Union and the United States was called the “Cold War”?
both sides raced to be the first to develop cold-formed steel
there was no direct large-scale fighting
it lasted over 40 years
it was a fight between imperialism and isolationism
Question 18
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How did the farmers respond to Stalin forcing farmers to give up their land to the state?
they destroyed their farm equipment
all of these answers are correct
they destroyed their livestock
they farmed less land than they had
Question 19
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The _____________ was a device that recorded and played back music. Forms of this invention were used as the dominant way to listen to music for generations.
telephone
phonograph
barometer
telegraph
Question 20
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What was the immediate cause of the U.S. entering World War II?
the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor
the Western nations signed the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Mussolini founded the National Fascist Party
Germany invaded Poland
Question 21
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What was the primary weapon of land forces during World War II?
bayonet
shotgun
tank
trench raiding club
Question 22
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What was the Red Scare?
a government-led initiative that aimed to stop illegal drug use by dramatically increasing prison sentences for both drug dealers and users
a period of widespread social activism and political reform across the U.S. that spanned the 1890s to the 1920s
a widespread fear in the 1930s of the bubonic plague spreading in the U.S.
a frenzy over the perceived threat posed by Communists in the U.S. during the Cold War
Question 23
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Which of the following best describes the Marshall Plan?
it proposed a covert operation against the Soviet Union
it provided military help to any country that was under threat of being taken over by communism
it provided aid for individual national projects that operated independently of one another
it provided aid in the form of food and money to countries in Western Europe
Question 24
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Who was the Brazilian President whose goal was to end hunger in the country?
Fidel Castro
Hugo Chavez
Luiz Inácio “Lula” da Silva
Ernesto Zedillo
Question 25
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Who did Austria-Hungary retaliate against after the “shot heard around the world”?
Serbia
UK
France
Japan
Question 26
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Which of the following countries was excluded from negotiations during the Paris Peace Conference?
Australia
Japan
Italy
Germany
Question 27
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Why did China get involved in the Korean War?
All of these answers are correct
The Chinese were worried that communism would spread into China
The Chinese had signed a collective defense treaty with South Korea
The Chinese were worried that the U.N. and U.S. forces would conquer Korea and continue on to China
Question 28
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Which of the following is a negative example of nationalism?
singing the national anthem
cooking a national dish
displaying the national flag
promoting ideas of racial supremacy
Question 29
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What was the Tiananmen Square Massacre?
the relocation of the Republic of China to Taiwan
a famine that spread across China due to there not being enough farmers to harvest crops
an incident where the PRC army opened fire on thousands of liberal protesters
a term for the two Sino-Japanese wars
Question 30
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Which of these events was an attempt by the US to overthrow Fidel Castro’s new government in Cuba?
The Mexican Miracle
The Bay of Pigs
The Cuban Missle Crisis
The December Mistake
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