ap world 7 test

Which of the following best describes the 1936 lithograph (entitled The Hero) by German artist George Grosz?

A post first world war print expressing antiwar sentiment

Which of the following developments during the Second World War would Franck most likely have cited as evidence to support his arguments in the passage?

Allied firebombing in Germany and Japan had caused massive devastation and civilian casualties, and atomic weapons were vastly more powerful than those used in firebombing.

The treaties that settled the conflict referred to in the passage most directly changed the geopolitical structure of the Middle East in which of the following ways?

Allied powers received territorial mandates from the League of Nations.

c) Explain ONE economic policy, other than those mentioned in the passage, that governments in Western Europe and North America adopted in the 1930s to address the economic crisis referred to in the passage.

Expansionary monetary policy by means of abandoning the gold standard- Many countries, led by Great Britain, abandoned the rigid gold standard to increase money supply in the economy. Central banks could lower their interest rates when pegged off the dollar and act as lenders for banks. Also, leaving the gold standard caused a currency depreciation thus strengthening their balance of payments. The United States also dropped the gold standard in 1933 to ease the aggravating deflation levels.

a) Identify ONE piece of evidence that Moser uses in the passage to support his claim regarding nationalist perceptions of liberal economic policies.

Global commerce, a key feature of economic liberalism, was critically under attack as the crisis spread through other countries. The U.S government had to use protectionist policies to safeguard its economy, and other governments imposed retaliatory tariffs, aggravating the crisis.

Which of the following was the major long-term political effect of the Great Depression?

Governments began to take a more active role in economic life.

Which of the following was a major long-term effect of the global economic depression of the 1930s?

Governments began to take a more active role in their economies.

The global economic downturn of the 1930s had which of the following effects on nations in Europe and North America

Governments took a more active role in directing and regulating their economies to stimulate growth

Which of the following factors contributed most significantly to the contraction of the Ottoman Empire in the nineteenth century?

Independence movements inspired by ethnic nationalism

Taken together, the two sources best support which of the following conclusions regarding the situation in British India in 1940?

Indian opposition to British rule involved groups pursuing very different political goals.

Which of the following arguments would a supporter of using nuclear weapons against Japan have most likely cited to explain the limitations of Franck's arguments in the first and second paragraphs?

Japanese government propaganda instilled fierce, suicidal nationalism in the Japanese population, making Japan unlikely to surrender unconditionally without experiencing the effects of nuclear weapons.

Which of the following most directly explains the Nazis' ability to carry out the policies of extermination shown in the image?

Local populations collaborated with the regime either out of racial prejudice, fear, or hopes for material gain.

In excerpt above, Mustafa Kemal is most clearly supporting the following

Nationalism

Which of the following most directly led to the start of the First World War?

Nationalist competition among industrialized powers for resources

Which of the following true statements about the Netherlands best explains how the newspaper's national origin likely influenced the view of Germany expressed in the editorial?

The Netherlands, by remaining neutral during the war, profited significantly from helping Germany evade the Entente's naval blockade.

b) Explain ONE development in the late 1930s and early 1940s that could be used to support Moser's argument in the last sentence of the passage.

The Pearl Harbor attack- Japan believed expanding into China's territory and taking over its import market would solve its economic problems. The U.S government retaliated to this aggression by imposing economic sanctions on Japan and enforcing trade embargoes. Japan did not back down. A series of negotiations followed but no state would budge, leading to the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Which of the following countries experienced the greatest number of war-related deaths during the Second World War?

The Soviet Union

Which of the following was the most important factor behind Europeans' readiness to embrace authoritarian political systems in the 1930s?

The economic crisis caused by the Great Depression

The memorandum is best explained in the context of which of the following developments in the early twentieth century?

The emergence of external and internal challenges that threatened the stability of imperial states

Which of the following statements best represents a nationalistic interpretation of the collapse of the Ottoman and Russian empires during and immediately after the First World War?

The growing demands of various ethnic groups within these multiethnic empires were the primary reasons for the collapse.

The implementation of the policies of extermination shown in the image is most directly explained by which of the following aspects of Nazi ideology?

The idea that minority populations within Germany were somehow responsible for its defeat during the First World War

The photograph above of German East African troops best illustrates which of the following historical processes during the First World War?

The increasing inclusion of non-Europeans in European conflicts

Which of the following accurately explains the historical significance of the harsh conditions imposed on Germany that the editorial describes?

They encouraged the rise of political extremism in Germany.

Which of the following best explains the historical significance of views such as those expressed in the passage?

They show that, in response to the disruptions of the Great Depression, many political leaders saw it as their duty to take an active role in guiding economic life

The mention of "President Wilson's principles" is most directly significant to understanding the editorial's point of view about the Treaty of Versailles because of the United States president's commitment to

broker a peace agreement on liberal principles that would not be motivated by revenge

Which of the following directly enabled the establishment of the government that produced the poster?

the abolition of serfdoms