Chapter 31 WH

Gandhi embraced a moral philosophy of tolerance and nonviolence (ahimsa) during the twenty-two years he spent in A) South Africa. B) China. C) Morocco. D) Great Britain. E) Argentina.

South Africa.

In 1912, who became the first provisional president of what would become the Republic of China? A) Mohandas Gandhi B) Jiang Jieshi C) Puyi D) Sun Yatsen E) Mao Zedong

Sun Yatsen

Gandhi A) fought hard to improve the status of the casteless Untouchables. B) launched the non-cooperation movement. C) began the civil disobedience movement. D) worked to secure approval of the Government of India Act. E) All these answers are correct.

All these answers are correct.

Who among the following was an artist who blended artistic vision and radical political ideas in large murals that he created for the appreciation of working people? A) Carmen Miranda B) Lázaro Cárdenas C) Victor Raul Haya de la Torre D) Diego Rivera E) Anastacio Somoza Garcia

Diego Rivera

Which of the following is NOT true regarding Africa during the decades after the Great War? A) Colonial taxation policies were designed to drive Africans into the labor market. B) Using African labor and tax monies, Europeans built economic infrastructure. C) Europeans promoted rapid, intensive industrialization among their colonial possessions. D) The Great Depression exposed the vulnerability of dependent colonial economies. E) Europeans pursued the institutions that would best keep Africans in subjugation.

Europeans promoted rapid, intensive industrialization among their colonial possessions.

Who among the following was noted for his "Good Neighbor Policy"? A) Woodrow Wilson B) Theodore Roosevelt C) Howard Taft D) Franklin Delano Roosevelt E) Herbert Hoover

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

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) Mao Zedong's adapted philosophy of Chinese communism. D) the original name of the pan-African movement. E) the Chinese political party headed by Jiang Jieshi.

Gandhi's philosophy of passive resistance.

Mao Zedong's main rival after 1925 was A) Puyi. B) Sun Yatsen. C) Jiang Jieshi. D) Mohandas Gandhi. E) Muhammad Ali Jinnah.

Jiang Jieshi.

Who among the following emerged as the leader and principal theoretician of the Chinese communist movement? A) Mao Zedong B) Jiang Jieshi C) Sun Yatsen D) Shanfei E) None of these answers is correct.

Mao Zedong

Muhammad Ali Jinnah called for the creation of A) Pakistan. B) Iraq. C) Palestine. D) Saudi Arabia. E) Afghanistan.

Pakistan.

Carmen Miranda A) created a famous painting called Imperialism. B) wore colorful headdresses adorned with fruits, such as bananas, grown in Latin America. C) was the popular wife of an Argentine dictator. D) served as the model for an ad created by the United Fruit Company. E) both wore colorful headdresses adorned with fruits, and served to soften representations of Latin Americans for audiences in the United States.

both wore colorful headdresses adorned with fruits, and served to soften representations of Latin Americans for audiences in the United States.

After Mexico angered American oil companies by nationalizing its oil industry in 1938, the Roosevelt administration A) called for a negotiated resolution. B) declared war. C) intervened in Mexico with military forces. D) called for economic sanctions against Mexico. E) did nothing.

called for a negotiated resolution.

Brazil responded to the Great Depression by A) adopting Soviet communism. B) adopting fascism. C) embarking on a program of industrialization. D) declaring war on Peru. E) None of these answers is correct.

embarking on a program of industrialization.

Muhammad Ali Jinnah A) led the civil disobedience movement. B) was an adherent of values and virtues discussed in the Bhagavad Gita. C) was Gandhi's main challenger for the political leadership of Hindus. D) headed the Muslim League. E) was the founder of the Indian National Congress.

headed the Muslim League.

The Government of India Act A) resulted in complete Indian independence in 1931. B) was bitterly opposed by Gandhi. C) proved unworkable. D) failed to win the approval of India's voters. E)

proved unworkable.

During the Great Depression, Latin American nations experienced all of the following EXCEPT A) rapidly rising investment in the region by U.S. bankers. B) rapidly increasing unemployment rates. C) a sharp decline in the price of the region's exports. D) the drying-up of foreign capital investments. E) rising tariffs and restrictions on foreign trade.

rapidly rising investment in the region by U.S. bankers.

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) saved the Chinese Communist Party from destruction. D) was the final victory for the Guomindang. E) forced Mao Zedong to flee China and hide in the Soviet Union.

saved the Chinese Communist Party from destruction.

In the decades following the Great War, the economies of most African colonies were dominated by A) the exchange of raw materials or cash crops for manufactured goods from abroad. B) light manufacturing. C) the production of steel. D) cattle ranching. E) furniture manufacture.

the exchange of raw materials or cash crops for manufactured goods from abroad.

Marcus Garvey A) was a member of the "new elite" of African colonies who became president of Kenya. B) was a Jamaican pan-Africanist leader. C) was a leader of the Mumbo cult. D) mobilized Africans to revolt against British rule during the Great War. E) None of these answers is correct.

was a Jamaican pan-Africanist leader.

The May Fourth movement A) was a significant turning point in the evolution of Marcus Garvey's political efforts. B) was a sign of growing Japanese nationalism. C) became the pretext for Japan to invade Manchuria. D) was a movement organized by intellectuals and students aimed at limiting foreign—especially Japanese—influence in China. E) was typical of Gandhi's nonviolent movements.

was a movement organized by intellectuals and students aimed at limiting foreign—especially Japanese—influence in China.