Chapter 36 Questions, Chapter 38 Questions, Chapter 37 Questions
The Tripartite Pact brought together a. England, France, and the Soviet Union. b. China, England, and the United States. c. Germany, Italy, and Japan. d. England, the Soviet Union, and the United States. e. Germany, Italy, and Austria.
c. Germany, Italy, and Japan.
The most influential organization dedicated to the end of British rule in India was the a. Muslim League. b. Pan-Indian Association. c. Indian National Congress. d. League of the Fourteen Points. e. Indian Communist Party.
c. Indian National Congress.
After World War I, which of the following countries sought to preserve their cultural identity against western influences? a. China b. Pakistan c. Japan d. India e. Palestine
c. Japan
The Allies had invaded German colonies in Africa by a. 1914. b. 1915. c. 1919. d. 1917. e. 1923.
a. 1914
In South Africa, how much land was reserved for the whites? a. 88 percent b. 50 percent c. 95 percent d. 82 percent e. 68 percent
a. 88 percent
This Cold War event was the closest that the Soviet Union and the United States came to war with one another. a. Berlin Blockade b. Korean War c. Bay of Pigs Invasion d. Cuban Missile Crisis e. the Soviet invasion of Panama
a. Berlin Blockade
After the fall of France in 1940, the only country left to fight Germany was a. Britain. b. the United States. c. the Soviet Union. d. Italy. e. Norway.
a. Britain.
The "velvet revolution" brought change to a. Czechoslovakia. b. Poland. c. Romania. d. Bulgaria. e. East Germany.
a. Czechoslovakia.
The East German leader who rejected Gorbachev's reforms and clung to the traditional Soviet pattern was a. Erich Honecker. b. Nicolae Ceauşescu. c. Todor Zhivkov. d. Boris Yeltsin. e. Josip Broz.
a. Erich Honecker.
Satyagraha was a. Gandhi's philosophy of passive resistance. b. the Islamic leader who called for the creation of Pakistan for India's Muslims. c. the Nazi attack on Jewish shops known as the "night of broken glass." d. a new artistic movement that flourished after World War I. e. the Chinese nationalist party headed by Jiang Jieshi.
a. Gandhi's philosophy of passive resistance.
"Asia for Asians" was the slogan of the a. Japanese. b. Chinese. c. Indians. d. Vietnamese. e. Koreans.
a. Japanese.
The president of North Korea was a. Kim Il Sung. b. Achmad Sukarno. c. Jiang Jieshi. d. Deng Xiaoping. e. Syngman Rhee.
a. Kim Il Sung.
In 1954, segregation in U.S. schools was declared illegal in a. King Jr. v. Mobile Board of Education. b. Parks v. Memphis School System. c. Bentley v. Ziegler. d. Brown v. Board of Education. e. Marbury v. Madison.
a. King Jr. v. Mobile Board of Education.
Mexican President ________ nationalized his country's oil industry, thus posing a challenge to the United States policy of nonintervention in Latin American affairs. a. Lázaro Cárdenas b. Diego Rivera c. José Carlos Mariátegui d. Juan Batista Sacasa e. Anastacio Somoza Garcia
a. Lázaro Cárdenas
The Great Depression aggravated the tense situation between Muslims and Hindus in India, in part because a. Muslims perceived that they were economically controlled by the Hindu majority of India. b. all British economic assistance went to Hindus rather than Muslims. c. the Hindu majority of India refused to do business with Muslims. d. Hindus accused Muslims of being the cause of the depression in India. e. None of these answers is correct.
a. Muslims perceived that they were economically controlled by the Hindu majority of India.
Muhammad Ali Jinnah called for the creation of a. Pakistan. b. Iraq. c. Palestine. d. Saudi Arabia. e. Indonesia.
a. Pakistan.
Solidarity was a. a combined trade union and nationalist movement in Poland. b. the call for reunification of Germany. c. the appeal that East German leader Erich Honecker made for the communist world to stay united. d. one of the new ideological phrases made popular by Mikhail Gorbachev. e. the philosophy that a united capitalist world was destined to destroy communism.
a. a combined trade union and nationalist movement in Poland.
The "policy of détente" means a. a reduction in hostility between nations. b. a gradual increase in hostility between nations, as one power tries to force the other to bend to its will. c. an economic program between two powers designed to create a trading bloc. d. a commitment to allowing the international body of the United Nations to lead the world community. e. a French plan to greatly increase their arsenal of nuclear weapons.
a. a reduction in hostility between nations.
The key to the Allied victories in Europe and Asia was a. industrial capacity. b. the creation of the atomic bomb. c. a better group of generals. d. the complete agreement on all issues among the British, Soviets, and Americans. e. convincing Japan to change sides.
a. industrial capacity.
The high point of appeasement was a. the Munich Conference. b. the signing of the Nazi-Soviet Pact. c. the German invasion of Poland. d. Germany sending troops into the demilitarized Rhineland. e. the Washington Conference.
a. the Munich Conference.
While the Russian-German Treaty of Nonagression was on the surface a nonaggression treaty, it had secret stipulations that spelled out a. the division of eastern Europe. b. a plan for the eventual invasion of the United States. c. the plans for the "final solution." d. the division of China into spheres of influence. e. the expansion of the treaty to include the British.
a. the division of eastern Europe.
In South Africa, how much of the population did whites make up? a. 50 percent b. 20 percent c. 45 percent d. 65 percent e. 15 percent
b. 20 percent
The author of The Feminine Mystique was a. Simone de Beauvoir. b. Betty Friedan. c. Imre Nagy. d. Indira Gandhi. e. Gertrude Stein.
b. Betty Friedan.
At the time of the collapse of the Soviet Union, the largest of the republics, the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic, was headed by a. Mikhail Gorbachev. b. Boris Yeltsin. c. Nicolae Ceauşescu. d. Todor Zhivkov. e. Vladimir Putin.
b. Boris Yeltsin.
The weakness of the League of Nations was revealed in its inability to take any substantial action in response to the Italian invasion of a. Czechoslovakia. b. Ethiopia. c. Austria. d. Egypt. e. Switzerland.
b. Ethiopia.
World War II began with a. the assassination of Francis Ferdinand. b. Japanese attacks on China. c. a Russian invasion of Poland. d. the Nazi invasion of Poland. e. the German takeover of Czechoslovakia.
b. Japanese attacks on China.
The Russian leader who brought massive reform to the Soviet Union beginning in 1985 was a. Boris Yeltsin. b. Mikhail Gorbachev. c. Leonid Brezhnev. d. Nikita Khrushchev. e. Vladimir Putin.
b. Mikhail Gorbachev.
All of the following African colonies were compelled by European colonial powers to participate in the Great War EXCEPT a. British colonies. b. Spanish colonies. c. Belgian colonies. d. Italian colonies. e. German colonies.
b. Spanish colonies SPAIN WAS NEUTRAL
Indian nationals were influenced by a. Winston Churchill. b. Woodrow Wilson. c. Adolf Hitler. d. Benito Mussolini. e. Muhammad Ali Jinnah.
b. Woodrow Wilson.
What country did the Soviet Union expel from the Soviet bloc in 1948 because of its insistence on following an independent course in foreign affairs? a. East Germany b. Yugoslavia c. Hungary d. Czechoslovakia e. Romania
b. Yugoslavia
Betty Friedan, in her book The Feminine Mystique, wrote about a. the spectacular advances that American women had made in the years after World War II. b. how unhappy many American women were. c. the greater education and employment freedoms that Russian women had over U.S. women. d. the subtle transformation of the rights of women in the Islamic world. e. the controversial topic of female sexuality.
b. how unhappy many American women were.
Alexander Dubček's "Prague Spring" a. was a literary account of his years in a Soviet labor camp. b. promised "socialism with a human face." c. was a pejorative term for his ruthless crackdown on anticommunists. d. inspired Czechoslovakia to switch to communism. e. was a controversial musical piece that expressed the freedom in eastern Europe in the late 1960s.
b. promised "socialism with a human face."
Sun Yatsen's plan for China included all of the following EXCEPT a. the elimination of privileges for foreigners. b. the establishment of a communist, totalitarian government. c. national reunification. d. economic development. e. a democratic republican government based on universal suffrage.
b. the establishment of a communist, totalitarian government.
The Warsaw Pact a. was under the leadership of Lech Walesa. b. was formed in response to NATO. c. was designed to contain the spread of communism. d. was a free trade organization designed to foster greater economic expansion in western Europe. e. monitored the treaty that ended World War II.
b. was formed in response to NATO.
By the end of World War I, how many people from Africa had served in the French army? a. 500,000 b. 385,000 c. 480,000 d. 610,000 e. 450,000
c. 480,000
The Soviet Union discovered its "Vietnam" in a. Vietnam. b. East Germany. c. Afghanistan. d. Hungary. e. Czechoslovakia.
c. Afghanistan.
The European part of World War II began with the a. Soviet invasion of Romania. b. Polish invasion of Germany. c. German invasion of Poland. d. German takeover of Austria. e. Munich Conference.
c. German invasion of Poland
Manchukuo was the a. Japanese nationalist leader who led Japan into World War II. b. Korean leader who vainly fought to push the Japanese out of Korea. c. Japanese puppet state in the former Manchuria. d. the code name for the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. e. scene of the biggest naval battle in the Pacific during World War II.
c. Japanese puppet state in the former Manchuria.
Who launched the Northern Expedition? a. Sun Yatsen. b. Mohandas Gandhi. c. Jiang Jieshi. d. Puyi. e. Muhammad Ali Jinnah.
c. Jiang Jieshi.
"Comfort women" were a. members of the WAVES (Women Appointed for Volunteer Emergency Service). b. American women who took over men's work during the course of World War II. c. Korean and Chinese women forced into prostitution by the Japanese. d. German spies sent to infiltrate Allied nations. e. wealthy women who received the title as an insult because of their refusal to assist in the war effort.
c. Korean and Chinese women forced into prostitution by the Japanese.
The U.S. victory in the Pacific that turned the tide against the Japanese was a. Pearl Harbor. b. Guam. c. Midway. d. Iwo Jima. e. Okinawa.
c. Midway.
The Japanese finally surrendered in August 1945 a. in response to the surrender of Germany. b. after the emperor resigned and a republic was established. c. after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. d. after the American landing at Kyushu. e. after the Soviet landing at Okinawa.
c. after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
In the Battle of Britain, the Germans hoped to defeat the English a. through a massive naval invasion of Scotland. b. through their secret alliance with the Irish. c. almost solely through air attacks led by the Luftwaffe. d. through simultaneous attacks launched from Norway and France. e. using their vast advantage in submarine warfare.
c. almost solely through air attacks led by the Luftwaffe.
Imre Nagy a. launched the Prague Spring in 1968. b. wrote The Second Sex. c. announced Hungary's withdrawal from the Warsaw Pact in 1956. d. pursued a foreign policy independent of Soviet Control in Yugoslavia. e. wrote One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich.
c. announced Hungary's withdrawal from the Warsaw Pact in 1956.
Ideologically, the two competing sides in the cold war were a. socialism and communism. b. communism and fascism. c. capitalism and communism. d. republican and democrat. e. fascism and capitalism.
c. capitalism and communism
In the wake of the Berlin blockade and airlift, the U.S., British, and French zones of occupation in western Germany were a. combined into one large American zone of occupation. b. evacuated by the countries occupying them in order to prevent a wider conflict. c. combined to form the Federal Republic of Germany. d. occupied by the Soviet Union after a treaty was signed between the Soviets and the west. e. None of these answers is correct.
c. combined to form the Federal Republic of Germany.
Mikhail Gorbachev's policy of perestroika referred to a. openness. b. "the great leap forward." c. decentralizing the economy. d. de-communism. e. reeducation.
c. decentralizing the economy.
The nationalist government of China was challenged by all of the following EXCEPT a. the possibility of a revolution led by Chinese communists. b. Japanese aggression. c. economic hardship caused by the Great Depression. d. local Chinese warlords that controlled a portion of China. e. communists inspired by the Long March.
c. economic hardship caused by the Great Depression
The India Act of 1937 a. gave total independence to India from Britain. b. instituted new measures of oppression that the British used to quell opposition to their rule in India. c. gave the institutions of a self-governing state to India, although the British government still exercised overall control. d. created the Muslim state of Pakistan. e. provided a clear timetable for the independence of India.
c. gave the institutions of a self-governing state to India, although the British government still exercised overall control.
Which of the following was NOT one of the foundations of Gandhi's philosophy? a. an attempt to improve the position of the harijans b. boycotting British goods c. heavy industrialization d. passive resistance e. economic self-sufficiency
c. heavy industrialization
In which of the following groups did ideas regarding African nationalism generate? a. peasants b. veterans of World War I c. new elite d. laborers e. women
c. new elite
The government of Muhammad Najibullah, who had been put in place in Afghanistan back in 1986, was finally overthrown in 1996 by a. the United States. b. the Soviet Union. c. the Taliban. d. Pakistan. e. Iran.
c. the Taliban.
By December 1941, the Soviets gained two new allies in their struggle to defeat the German invasion of their country: a severe winter and a. China. b. India. c. the United States. d. Finland. e. Romania.
c. the United States.
The Guomindang, during World War II, was a. an Asian economic organization. b. a Japanese government that ruled the Philippines. c. the resistance government of the Chinese versus Japan's invasion of China. d. the resistance government of Korea versus Japan's invasion of Korea. e. an Asian political action group in the United States that campaigned against discrimination versus Asians.
c. the resistance government of the Chinese versus Japan's invasion of China.
The French president Charles de Gaulle a. broke with tradition and supported the Soviet Union in the Algerian crisis. b. was a staunch ally of the Soviet Union. c. wanted to disengage from NATO. d. remained the most loyal ally of the United States throughout the 1960s. e. formed a strong alliance with East Germany.
c. wanted to disengage from NATO.
U.S. president Dwight Eisenhower a. felt that communism would die out on its own. b. signed a long-term trading agreement with the Russians. c. was a believer in the domino theory. d. articulated the containment theory in his famous Eisenhower Doctrine. e. stood up to the Soviets in the Cuban missile crisis.
c. was a believer in the domino theory.
Upon its creation in 1949, the People's Republic of China a. was a democratic country committed to the destruction of communism. b. was a steadfast ally of the Soviet Union and remained so throughout the Cold War. c. was a totalitarian, communist nation under the leadership of Mao Zedong. d. was a communist nation with an open society that could question communist rule. e. signaled a return to the structure of imperial rule of ancient China.
c. was a totalitarian, communist nation under the leadership of Mao Zedong.
In the wake of the Berlin Blockade and Airlift, the U.S., British, and French zones of occupation in western Germany a. were combined into one large American zone of occupation. b. were evacuated by the countries occupying them in order to prevent a wider conflict. c. were combined to form the Federal Republic of Germany. d. were occupied by the Soviet Union after a treaty was signed between the Soviets and the West. e. None of these.
c. were combined to form the Federal Republic of Germany.
In 1938, Germany sent troops into what country and forced its leaders to accept the Anschluss? a. the Rhineland b. Poland c. France d. Austria e. Czechoslovakia
d. Austria
Who finally dismantled the Soviet Communist party and pushed the country toward free market reforms? a. Mikhail Gorbachev b. Erich Honecker c. Vladimir Putin d. Boris Yeltsin e. Nikita Khrushchev
d. Boris Yeltsin
At the time he was forced out of office in 1989, longest surviving communist leader was a. Romania's Nicolae Ceauşescu. b. East Germany's Erich Honecker. c. Hungary's Imre Nagy. d. Bulgaria's Todor Zhivkov. e. the Soviet Union's Mikhail Gorbachev.
d. Bulgaria's Todor Zhivkov.
Operation Barbarossa was the a. British plan for a counter invasion of Germany. b. German plan for an invasion of France through Belgium. c. Polish operation designed to steal the secret German code machine. d. German plan for an invasion of the Soviet Union. e. American plan for a landing at Normandy in northern France.
d. German plan for an invasion of the Soviet Union.
Which of the following Asian countries was part of the "big five" in the League of Nations? a. Indonesia b. China c. Korea d. Japan e. Manchuria
d. Japan
The former teacher and librarian that became the leader of the Chinese communist movement was a. Jiang Jieshi. b. Sun Yatsen. c. Shanfei. d. Mao Zedong. e. Guomindang.
d. Mao Zedong.
One of the greatest proponents of Pan-Africanism was a. Martin Luther King, Jr. b. Malcolm X. c. Jomo Kenyatta. d. Marcus Garvey. e. Jesse Jackson.
d. Marcus Garvey.
The height of Japanese atrocity in China was reached at the Rape of a. Beijing. b. Shanghai. c. Hong Kong. d. Nanjing. e. Manchukuo.
d. Nanjing.
Which of the following refers to "land of the pure"? a. India b. Soviet Union c. Korea d. Pakistan e. Manchuria
d. Pakistan
The German Blitzkrieg referred to a. an elaborate series of concrete bunkers built on the experiences of World War II. b. the Nazi plan for a "final solution" to the "Jewish question." c. the living space in the east that was necessary for an expanding Germany. d. a lightning war. e. the German representative assembly that voted Hitler into power.
d. a lightning war.
Maoism was a. a political ideology that held that the urban proletariat was the foundation for a successful communist revolution. b. solely an economic policy based on encouraging agrarian growth in China. c. solely an economic plan that encouraged the growth of industry in China. d. a political ideology that held that peasants were the foundation for a successful communist revolution. e. a foreign policy agenda that actively encouraged open relations with democratic western powers.
d. a political ideology that held that peasants were the foundation for a successful communist revolution.
The Korean War resulted in a. an overwhelming victory for U.S.-backed South Korea. b. an overwhelming victory for Soviet-backed North Korea. c. the second use of nuclear weapons. d. an encouragement of the globalization of containment. e. such a terrible loss of life that the Soviets and Americans were forced to reconcile their differences.
d. an encouragement of the globalization of containment.
The May Fourth Movement a. disguised the beginning of Stalin's great purge of his enemies. b. was Lenin's shocking free market reforms. c. perfectly expressed growing Japanese nationalism. d. galvanized the Chinese against foreign interference. e. dissolved Gandhi's nonviolent movement into a series of violent uprisings.
d. galvanized the Chinese against foreign interference.
When Mikhail Gorbachev discussed the opening of Soviet society to public criticism and admission of past mistakes, he used the term a. uskorenie. b. perestroika. c. ceausescu. d. glasnost. e. zhivkov.
d. glasnost.
The Long March a. destroyed Mao Zedong's credibility with the Chinese. b. left Jiang Jieshi in complete control of the Chinese Communist Party. c. forced Mao Zedong to flee China and hide in the Soviet Union. d. greatly strengthened Mao Zedong's leadership position. e. was the final victory for the Guomindang.
d. greatly strengthened Mao Zedong's leadership position
In the Battle of Okinawa, the Japanese introduced a. their own unsuccessful atomic weapon. b. the V-1 rocket. c. a new and particularly lethal poison gas. d. kamikaze pilots. e. a new, more devastating model of submarine that effectively ended the U.S. policy of island-hopping.
d. kamikaze pilots.
After World War I, colonial powers a. let go of their colonial holdings. b. gave the colonials the right to vote. c. shut down exportation. d. made the colonies dependent on the European economy. e. granted independence for those colonies that served during the war.
d. made the colonies dependent on the European economy.
Mikhail Gorbachev a. intended from the very beginning to tear down the Soviet system. b. was influenced by the economic reforms of Deng Xiaoping. c. was mainly inspired by Leonid Brezhnev. d. never intended to abolish the existing Soviet political and economic system. e. had been a capitalist reformer since his college education in London.
d. never intended to abolish the existing Soviet political and economic system.
The "Brezhnev doctrine" a. called for economic and political liberalization in eastern Europe. b. was a policy of containment to stop the spread of communism. c. offered billions of dollars in aid to combat the spread of capitalism. d. reserved the right of the Soviet Union to invade any socialist country that was deemed to be threatened by forces hostile to socialism. e. forbade changes in the basic communist economic structure but allowed for some local political freedom.
d. reserved the right of the Soviet Union to invade any socialist country that was deemed to be threatened by forces hostile to socialism.
At the Wannsee Conference, a. the British agreed to hand over the Sudetenland to Hitler. b. Germany officially surrendered and signed the peace treaty. c. the United Nations was founded. d. the Nazis put in place the "final solution." e. differences among the former Allies helped lead to the cold war.
d. the Nazis put in place the "final solution."
The Strategic Arms Limitations Talks were signed in 1972 between a. China and the Soviet Union. b. the United States and the western Europeans. c. North and South Korea. d. the Soviet Union and the United States. e. India and Pakistan.
d. the Soviet Union and the United States.
Africans were participants in World War I because a. they were paid a great deal of money by the Europeans to participate. b. many believed in the cause of the Entente powers versus the Central powers. c. many believed in the cause of the Central powers versus the Entente powers. d. they were bound by colonial ties to European powers. e. they were paid a great deal of money by the Europeans to participate, and many believed in the cause of the Entente powers versus the Central powers.
d. they were bound by colonial ties to European powers.
The Great Depression led Japan to a. institute greater democratic reforms for its government. b. embrace more western institutions. c. consult more frequently with other countries on matters of security and economics. d. turn toward a militaristic government whose goal was the domination of east Asia. e. a revolution that placed the Japanese communist party in power.
d. turn toward a militaristic government whose goal was the domination of east Asia.
The Japanese goal in the bombing of Pearl Harbor was to a. take the first step in a planned invasion of the United States. b. draw the Americans away from fighting the Germans in Europe. c. permanently add Hawai`i to the Japanese empire. d. weaken the United States' naval capacity. e. implement the "final solution."
d. weaken the United States' naval capacity.
U.S. policies toward Latin America included a. the New Deal. b. "dollar diplomacy." c. the Good Neighbor Policy. d. the Latin American Assistance Plan. e. "dollar diplomacy" and the Good Neighbor Policy.
e. "dollar diplomacy" and the Good Neighbor Policy.
The Bay of Pigs invasion a. diminished U.S. prestige in Latin America. b. was a failure. c. strengthened Castro's position in Cuba. d. strengthened Castro's commitment to communism. e. All of these.
e. All of these.
The largest of the Nazi death camps was a. Treblinka. b. Kulmhof. c. Belzec. d. Majdanek. e. Auschwitz.
e. Auschwitz.
In the decades following World War I, nationalism was most powerful in Asia in the regions of a. Korea. b. China c. India d. Japan e. China and India
e. China and India
Who of the following is most closely associated with the Good Neighbor Policy? a. Woodrow Wilson b. Warren Harding c. Herbert Hoover d. Theodore Roosevelt e. Franklin D. Roosevelt
e. Franklin D. Roosevelt
The Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere was designed by a. the United States. b. Germany. c. China. d. England. e. Japan.
e. Japan.
The majority of the "comfort women" in World War II were from China and a. Japan. b. Russia. c. the United States. d. the Philippines. e. Korea.
e. Korea.
In the wake of the Munich Conference, what leader proposed that the meeting had ensured "peace in our time"? a. Winston Churchill b. Adolf Hitler c. Benito Mussolini d. Joseph Stalin e. Neville Chamberlain
e. Neville Chamberlain
An active policy of de-Stalinization was begun in 1956 by a. Dwight Eisenhower. b. Harry Truman. c. Marshall Tito. d. Mikhail Gorbachev. e. Nikita Khrushchev.
e. Nikita Khrushchev.
The founding of the Chinese Communist Party was directly influenced by a. India. b. Indonesia. c. Iraq. d. Pakistan. e. Soviet Union.
e. Soviet Union
The Italian fascists used which war as an excuse to intervene and gain valuable military experience? a. Russian civil war b. Ethiopian civil war c. Czechoslovakian civil war d. Algerian civil war e. Spanish civil war
e. Spanish civil war
The U.S. secret weapon in the Pacific campaign was a. an almost three-to-one advantage in aircraft carriers. b. its alliance with the Soviets. c. its possession of the atomic bomb from 1941 on. d. massive military aid from Korea and Vietnam. e. a code-breaking operation known as Magic.
e. a code-breaking operation known as Magic.
The Paris Peace Accords of 1973 a. recognized the division of Korea along the 38th parallel. b. called for a limitation on Soviet and American production of nuclear weapons. c. settled the long-standing Indian-Pakistani confrontation over the status of the province of Kashmir. d. brought an end to the Nigerian civil war. e. ended the U.S. phase of the Vietnam War.
e. ended the U.S. phase of the Vietnam War.
The Normandy invasion a. failed, and Hitler was not able to conquer Britain. b. allowed Hitler to surprise the French and enter Paris with relative ease. c. failed because of stiffening Russian resistance and the onset of winter. d. freed Italy. e. led to the end of German resistance in western Europe.
e. led to the end of German resistance in western Europe.
The "Mukden incident" a. started active warfare between the Chinese nationalists and communists. b. started the career of Mao Zedong. c. resulted in the signing of the Sino-Russian Pact. d. provided Germany with an excuse to send troops into Poland. e. provided Japan with the excuse to send troops into Manchuria.
e. provided Japan with the excuse to send troops into Manchuria.
During the battle of Okinawa, a. the people of Okinawa took the opportunity to rebel against their Japanese oppressors. b. the United States suffered a devastating defeat that almost cost them the entire war. c. the United States introduced its own variety of the V-1 rocket. d. the United States was able to seize 90 percent of Vietnam. e. roughly 110,000 Okinawan civilians died refusing to surrender.
e. roughly 110,000 Okinawan civilians died refusing to surrender.
Adolf Hitler always spoke of the "November crime," which was the a. election of Franklin Roosevelt. b. Bolshevik takeover in Russia. c. signing of an alliance between England and the Soviet Union. d. Japanese takeover of China. e. signing of the 1918 armistice.
e. signing of the 1918 armistice.
Hitler's comment "You only have to kick in the door, and the whole rotten structure will come down" was a reference to which of the following powers? a. Great Britain b. France c. Italy d. Poland e. the Soviet Union
e. the Soviet Union
Nicolae Ceauşescu was a. the Bulgarian dictator who was the longest surviving communist leader. b. the leader of Solidarity. c. the leader of the "velvet revolution" in Czechoslovakia. d. the Soviet general who seized control after Gorbachev's reform movement. e. the brutal Romanian dictator who was overthrown and killed in 1989.
e. the brutal Romanian dictator who was overthrown and killed in 1989.
The foreign policy of Charles de Gaulle focused on a. full cooperation with NATO during the Cold War. b. the creation of an independent nuclear strike force. c. establishing close ties with the Soviet Union. d. disengagement from NATO. e. the creation of an independent nuclear strike force and disengagement from NATO.
e. the creation of an independent nuclear strike force and disengagement from NATO.
Pan-Africanism is an idea that advocated a. the formation of individual African states whose borders were the same as those established by the European colonial powers. b. the creation of individual African states based solely on religious affiliation. c. the creation of individual African states based on language groups. d. the establishment of Muslim states throughout Africa. e. the unification of all people of African descent around the globe into one African state.
e. the unification of all people of African descent around the globe into one African state.
The German Democratic Republic a. was formed out of the British, French, and American zones of occupation. b. was sealed off from its eastern half by the construction of the Berlin Wall. c. prospered under American leadership. d. was really under direct Chinese control. e. was formed out of the Soviet zone of occupation.
e. was formed out of the Soviet zone of occupation.