WHAP Semester 2 Final
Which of these statements about South Africa under Mandela is FALSE?
It sentenced everyone who was involved in apartheid to prison sentences
What impact did World War I have on women?
Job and career opportunities expanded
Expecting a situation similar to World War I, France resorted to the ____ to protect it from German invasion
Maginot Line
Most of the Arab, Indian, and African soldiers recruited by Britain and France were
Muslims
What was one part of French plans for neocolonialism in Africa?
NOT "To create an African elite allied to French culture by promising French citizenship to educated Africans" PROBABLY "To grant immediate and complete local rule"
What did fascists incorporate into their idea of the perfect state?
National greatness would be achieved by organizing the collective will
What has been the effect of increased mobility in the modern world on diseases and their prevention?
PROBABLY "Antibiotics have led to drug-resistant bacteria, creating problems with world health security"
The American president who committed the United States to an aggressive military policy against the Soviet Union was
Reagan
What was a result of Stanley's explorations
Recognition of scope of the Congo River
In 1949, Chiang Kai-shek formed the
Republic of China in Taiwan
The greatest achievement of détente was
SALT
World War I was called the Great War because of many reasons. What was NOT one of these?
Techniques of modern warfare were employed
Although there were great hopes that World War I was the war to end all wars, what clearly illustrates that was not likely to be the case?
Tensions in Europe continued, and the U.S. declined to participate in the League of Nations
All of these statements about the American invasion of Iraq are true EXCEPT
The CIA proved, beyond a doubt, that Hussein trained and bankrolled the 9/11 attacks
Which statement about the 1980s and early 1990s is FALSE?
The Soviet Union reformed itself into a stronger centralized nation
Which statement regarding the United States' involvement with Vietnam is FALSE?
The U.S. supported and trained the North Vietnamese and supplied them with weapons
World War I battles were fought on all front except
The United States
What was true about international relations regarding Cuba?
The United States and the Soviet Union were on the threshold of nuclear war over Soviet missiles in Cuba
The Meiji Restoration was led by a powerful group of reformers who all passed the following edicts except
former samurai were organized into an elite imperial force
What changed in Japan during the reign of the Meiji government
government made investments in railroads, harbors, and telegraph lines, as well as new industries
India's dowry system
has led to increasing reports of bride murders as in-laws demand even greater dowry payments
Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal programs included all of these measures except
heavy military spending
What best describes the New Imperialism that emerged in the late nineteenth century
heightened competition between European states for African raw materials and markets
By the early 1930s, the world was locked in a vicious cycle of deflation and a downward spiral of both wages and prices as a result of
high tariffs
Regarding immigration, which of these statements is false
immigration is not related to poverty
Paramilitary death squads in Guatemala primarily targeted
indigenous villagers
Why did China intervene in the Korean War
it feared that the US, which had already intervined on South Korea's behalf, would attack China too
What was true of trench warfare
it resulted in horrible and massive deaths among soldiers
Although Communism and Fascism were passionately at odds, what common enemy did they share
liberal democracy
Japan successfully transitioned from weakness to international power through all the following actions except
loosening its cultural ties to its traditional past
The goals of the Self-Strengthening Movement pursued all of these goals EXCEPT
massive Christian conversions
The goals of the self strengthening movement pursued all of these goals except
massive Christian conversions
The effects of global warming would be devastating on Bangledesh and other highly populated coastal areas as a result of
melting polar ice caps
The relationship between Castro and the United States soured when Castro
nationalized all Cuban land and land owned by American corporations
Within Europe, leaders used ___ in their efforts to muster public support for their imperialist goals
patriotism
Which of these terms describes American naval strategy in the Pacific?
Island hopping
The British became the "new Mughals" in India by
1800
The Soviet Union invaded ____ in 1978
Afghanistan
Which statement about the Berlin Conference is false
Africans were given an important voice in the discussions and decisions at the conference
What caused the OPEC nations to call for the oil boycott of 1974?
American military aid to Israel
Which statement best describes the relationship between Canada and Britain in the nineteenth century?
Canada´s independence was a product of a slow evolution rather than a revolution
This chapter highlights democratic transitions in all of these Latin American countries EXCEPT
Cuba
Arab Spring actions have taken place in
Egypt
The Versailles Treaty fell short of preventing future international conflicts because
England and France refused to recognize the self determination of the people of their empires
The Versailles treaty fell short of preventing future international conflicts because
England and France refused to recognize the self-determination of the peoples of their empires
Which nations held the largest African empires
France and Britain
What was the real turning point for the success of the Soviets in 1942?
German defeat at Stalingrad
Which statement about the environment is FALSE?
Global climate change will cause a decrease of infectious diseases
In what way was Nehru different from Gandhi
Go w/ anything other than the industrialization answer
In 1918, a flu strain killed millions of people, a pandemic that became the basis for hysteria surrounding the outbreak of which related virus in 2009
H1N1 (swine flu)
Although Kemal attempted to create a strong Turkish economy, how did his policies only add to the international global depression?
High tariffs on imported goods only hurt other nations involved in the global depression
Which of these terms describes American naval strategy in the Pacific
Island hopping
What best illustrates public opinion in regard to the days leading up to World War I?
The possibility of war was wildly supported by the public, who had strong feelings of patriotic nationalism
What led most directly to the final defeat of Japan in 1945?
The use of nuclear devices
What decision was made by Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin at Teheran in 1943?
To open a second Allied front in France
The German military tactic, blitzkrieg, contrasted with the ___ of World War I
Trench warfare
Which statement about the present-day crises of global warming and deforestation is FALSE?
Tropical forests replenish the atmosphere with carbon dioxide
The Helsinki Accords committed the
United States and western Europe to recognize the communist bloc border, while the Soviets agreed to respect human rights
Which of these statements about the Suez Canal is false
With the alliance of France and Egypt, England lost a great deal of power over the canal and the area
Which groups in the United States especially benefited from new job opportunities in war industries?
Women and African Americans
The Mandate System was devised by
World War I allies
Based on lessons learned from the American War of Independence
a balance was created to allow for local representation, but with safeguards to protect British interests
Beginning in 2015, the US faced a new challenge in Iraq in the form of
a more virulent extremist group dubbed the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
The Emancipation Proclamation made the Civil War a war to
abolish slavery in the United States
The transition from the old Communism Soviet Union to the Russian Federation produced all of these immediate results except
an increase in industrial production and wages
The main goal of the Kyoto Treaty was
an international commitment to reduce greenhouse gases
Darwinism, when translated into Social Darwinism,
argued that wealth was the just reward for exceptional talent
The Cuban Missile Crisis was a good example of how dangerous it was for one superpower to become involved in another's
established sphere of influence
By the 1950s, the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union included all the following EXCEPT
détente
The Hungarian Uprising of 1956
ended in mass arrests and executions after the Soviets moved in with tanks
Gandhi was associated with all of these traits EXCEPT
extreme nationalism, even if it meant using force
India's economic growth has
provided new opportunities for people to purchase consumer goods
The British used ___ issues to justify their continued presence in India
religious
Darwin's Theory of Evolution
removed mankind from the central place in the natural world
Soviet collectivization was a reform policy of Stalin's that
reversed the private ownership allowed in previous regimes
Prior to his capture and sentence to life in prison in 1964, Nelson Mandela experienced all of the following EXCEPT
securing a powerful political ally through an arranged marriage
Crystal Night involved the
smashing of windows of Jewish synagogues, sotres, and private homes
What best describes the decolonization process immediately following World War II
some nations became involved in the competition between superpowers and were pulled apart in the process
Malala Yousafzai was shot in the head by Taliban fighters who
sought revenge for her blog posts promoting education for girls
During the Reconstruction period that followed the American Civil War,
southerner "Redeemers" and the Ku Klux Klan sought to restore white supremacy through terror and intimidation
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Brazil surprised many observers by
supporting economic liberalization as well as a safety net for the poor
Although there were great hopes that World War I was the war to end all wars, what clearly illustrates that was not likely to be the case
tensions in Europe continued and the US declined to participate in the League of Nations
In 1957, the Treaty of Rome paved the way for what would later become
the European Economic Community
Why did the Taiping Rebellion eventually desolve
the Taiping could not afford the fine clothes that leaders wanted them to wear
The U.S. supported violent dictatorships in Argentina and Chile for years because
the U.S. wanted to keep communism from gaining a stronghold so close to U.S. borders
The turning point in the Japanese move to westernize came in 1853 with the arrival of a fleet from
the United States
Writing about America in the 1830s, Alexis DeTocqueville observed that
the seemingly limitless geographical expanse of America promoted a sense of equality in the culture
Criticism of the World Trade Organization centers mainly on what issue
the way deregulation favors multinational corporations
Why was the Indian Rebellion of 1857 unable to push the British out of India
there was a lack of unity among the rebels
Colonial powers used all the following methods to deter nationalism EXCEPT
violently eliminating native leaders
The United States and Britain recognized the independence of South Africa and its represive government because that government
was anti-Soviet and anti-Communist
Before Hitler came to power, Germany
was humilated and finacially ruined after World War I
Imperialistic nations promoted the idea that they
were on a civilizing mission
