HIST 113 Final Questions

Which of the following was not a part of the New Deal reform plan?

Hawley-Smoot Tariff

What is the attitude of novelist Kanagaki Robun towards the inventions of Europe?

He enjoys praising the inventions.

Which of the following best characterizes Hitler's foreign policy?

He planned for territorial conquests to unite the German people and expand the nation's territory.

Imre Nagy was executed in 1958 because of his earlier involvement in

Hungarian demands for autonomy and desire to withdraw from the Warsaw pact.

By the 1830s, the attitude of the Chinese government towards the opium trade can best be described as

moral outrage—they cracked down on all opium traders, Chinese and foreign.

Fascism is most closely allied with

nationalism.

The Dual Alliance of 1879

sought to isolate Russia.

The "scramble for Africa" started to impact large numbers of Africans in the

1880s.

Countries with notable imperial holdings in Asia by 1914 included all of the following except

Germany.

The CCP won control of China in

1949.

The effect of the Great Depression on Japan was

All of these answers are correct.

Which of the following accounts for the relegation of Latin America to a dependent trading partner after the 1920s?

All of these answers are correct.

Dunkirk was a famous episode in 1940 in which

Allied troops were evacuated from France, mostly by British civilians in small boats.

The United Provinces of La Plata included much of which modern day country?

Argentina

The Bosnian Crisis of 1908 resulted in

Austria annexing territory in exchange for backing Russian demands for opening the Dardanelles.

The only independent Latin American nation that permitted slavery after 1855 was

Brazil.

When Hitler announced his intention to rearm Germany,

Britain and France did not object.

By the terms of the Entente Cordiale,

Britain and France patched up colonial differences without making a formal alliance.

Liang Qichao believed that China's international problems in the nineteenth century were caused by

China's refusal to modernize.

During the Cold War, between approximately 1950-1985, all of the following groups migrated to Western Europe in significant numbers except

Eastern European refugees.

The radical leaders in the Mexican revolution of 1911 were

Emiliano Zapata and Pancho Villa.

Which country suffered the greatest number of lives lost in World War I?

Germany

The Triple Alliance consisted of

Germany, Austria, and Italy.

The Western power in control of Vietnam during the 19th century was

France.

Which best characterizes the effect of massive inflation on Germany?

It permanently traumatized the middle class.

Which best describes France's occupation of the Ruhr?

It threatened the French economy and alienated the English.

After the overthrow of the tsar, the provisional government was headed by

Kerensky.

Stalin's Great Purges started in the aftermath of

Kirov's assassination.

The term Hermit Kingdom referred to

Korea's weakness and lack of foreign ties before the end of the 19th century.

The only country in Latin America to experience a fundamental revolution before the 1950s was

Mexico.

The battle that turned the tide against Japan in the Pacific was

Midway.

John F. Kennedy's program to promote U.S. interests was entitled

New Frontier.

Which rebellion began as an organization of bandits?

Nian

After the Treaty of Versailles, which of the following empires remained?

None of these.

The early 20th century Mexican Revolution was initially directed against the rule of

Porfirio Díaz.

Which of the following is not an example of foreign involvement in the affairs of Latin America?

Semana Trágica

The correct chronological order of Allied conferences at or near the end of World War II is

Tehran, Yalta, Potsdam.

Which is the best summary of the Nazi position regarding German women?

They should contribute to the war effort in ways consistent with maternal roles.

The Communist institution most comparable to NATO was the

Warsaw Pact.

Hitler's expectation that Britain would come to terms following the fall of France was thwarted by which prime minister?

Winston Churchill.

In the 19th century Ottoman Empire, the Tanzimat era was

a period of reordering and Western-style reforms.

Perestroika can best be defined as

a restructuring of economic and political institutions leading toward reform.

"Cantonment" in India referred to

a separation of whites from untrusted natives.

Which of the following was not a factor in the coming of the Depression of the 1930s?

a shortage of agricultural produce

The Open Door policy called for

allowing all nations to trade on equal terms in China.

The Sudetenland was

an area of Czechoslovakia with a large German population.

In post-World War II Europe, universal social insurance

appealed to liberals and conservatives.

Under King Leopold II of Belgium, the Congo was administered

as the king's own personal property.

"War Communism" in the Soviet Union

authorized the revolutionary government to take over most economic functions.

The Opium War was fought

between China and Great Britain, because China banned opium.

"Scientific" racism in 19th century Latin America

blamed non-whites for economic backwardness.

Mussolini became the leader of Italy

by being legally appointed by the king.

Under the Meiji government, the Japanese saw the West as

civilized and enlightened.

Lower prices for most foods in the 1920s hurt all of the following except

consumers.

The Japanese objectives in signing the Tripartite Pact of 1940 included all of the following except

counter the strength of Britain's Royal Navy in the Pacific.

The end result of the "Great Trek" and Boer expansion was the

creation of the Orange Free State.

The independence movements of the early 19th century originated with the

creole elite.

In 19th century Latin America, outside of Brazil, agricultural labor primarily took the form of

debt peonage.

Simon de Beauvoir believes women need what kind of freedom?

economic freedom, in order to obtain autonomy from men

Thomas Macaulay, an Englishman, suggested that the English

educate a group of Indians to act as emissaries between English and Hindi culture.

From 1853 to 1916, Argentina experienced economic

expansion.

Stalin's power and influence lay in his

mastery of the crucial details of party structure.

Ram Mohan Roy's reforms for British India focused on

modernizing Hindu thought and practices.

The Treaty of Nanjing

gave Great Britain privileged legal and trading rights in China.

The fire in the Reichstag building

gave Hitler the opportunity to rule by decree using emergency powers.

The beer hall putsch of 1923 in Munich

gave Hitler the opportunity to use his trial to become a national figure.

The rule of Getulio Vargas was a major turning point in Brazilian history for all of the following reasons except

his term in office marked the end of monarchy.

The Second Moroccan Crisis of 1911 resulted in

increased British fear and hostility toward Germany.

In the 19th century, postcolonial Brazil differed from other newly independent nations in South America for all of the following reasons except

it had a more diversified economic base.

In southern Africa, the kingdom of Lesotho was exceptional because

it maintained its independence despite challenges from outsiders including the Zulu, Afrikaaners, missionaries and the British.

The Treaty of Maastricht (1991)

made proposals that led to a unified European currency.

New Deal legislation provided a significantly expanded role for

organized labor.

Charles de Gaulle

organized the French National Committee of Liberation.

Atatürk's major reforms included all of the following except

outlawing Christianity in Turkey.

The Indian National Congress

promoted nationalist feeling and the goal of ending colonial rule.

Kulaks originally were

prosperous farmers who owned their land.

What was the immediate trigger of the Uprising of 1857 in India?

religious objections to the use of animal fat to grease rifles

China's foreign policy toward Russia in the 19th century

resulted in the restoration of most of the Ili region in western Mongolia to Chinese control.

The caudillos who tended to dominate the political scene in 19th and 20th century Latin America were

strong, often oppressive leaders with ties to the military.

The effect of World War I on European imperialism can best be described as

tension increased between colonies and their ruling nations.

An ironic result of the 1891 tobacco boycott in Iran was

that Iran was forced to take on its first foreign debt.

The Wahhabis emphasized

that only the Qur'an and the traditions of the Prophet were authorities for Islam.

The Maginot Line was

the French defensive fortifications along the German border.

The Battle of Britain resulted in

the German abandonment of invasion plans.

In the late 19th century, the U.S. became an imperialist power in Asia by obtaining

the Philippines.

The Cuban missile crisis resulted in

the U.S. blockade of Cuba and removal of Soviet missiles.

All of the following are accomplishments of the Meiji government before WWI except

the conquest of Manchuria.

The mfecane in southern Africa resulted in

the creation of several large multi-tribal military states.

The primary practical consequence of the Potsdam conference was

the division of Europe into eastern and western zones of influence.

The 19th century economic decline of the Islamic empires can be attributed to

the end of their status as middlemen because ships could bypass the Islamic heartlands when carrying goods between Asia and Europe.

One of the most significant policies enacted by Lorenzo Cárdenas was

the expropriation of the oil industry.

The Holocaust refers to

the murder of six million Jews by the Nazis.

Germany failed to conquer the Soviet Union in 1941 for all of the following reasons except

the opening of a second front in France by the Allies.

Stalin's industrial policies resulted in

unprecedented economic growth and new industries.

The emergence of the German Empire in 1871

upset the European balance of power established by the Congress of Vienna in 1815.

The Atlantic Charter

was a broad set of principles in the spirit of Wilson's Fourteen Points.

The Strategic Arms Defense Initiative

was a space-based high-tech defense.

In 19th and early 20th century India, Muslims generally

were afraid that they would lose what power they had in a Hindu-majority Indian nation.

In World War I, armored tanks

were used by France and the United States in small numbers.

The Taipings supported

women's equal status with men.