M3: L10 Quiz

Which of the following led to the integral migration of 12 million South Asians in 1947?

Both Hindus and Muslims left their homes to relocate to the new countries, India or Pakistan, after more than a million people were killed in religious conflicts.

Which of the following is a similarity between the decolonization experiences of Algeria and South Africa?

Both countries had large numbers of European settlers, which prevented a smooth transfer of power

Which of the following encouraged the European powers to surrender their African colonies?

European powers were too deep in debt to invest more in pacifying the discontented Africans

Which of the following led Zionist militants to use force to gain statehood?

Following World War II, the British restricted the immigration of hundreds of thousands of concentration camp survivors.

Which of the following reflects the Chinese communist party's approach toward women?

It freed women from oppressive laws and customs as part of its government

Which of the following was one of the principal causes of World War II?

Resentment lingered over the punitive treaties imposed after World War I

Which if the following is a reason why some First World powers supported South Africa during the 1950s and 1960s?

South Africa was anticommunist

Which of the following saved Chinese communists from being overwhelmed by Nationalist forces in the Chinese Civil War?

The Japanese invasion diverted Nationalist troops from pursuing the communists into the Chinese interior.

During the Cold War, what did the United States and the Soviet Union expect from Third World countries?

They expected them to join one or the other of the two opposing Cold War camps.

Which of the following groups of Africans led anticolonial movements immediately following World War II?

Urban unemployed, former servicemen, Western-educated indigenous elites