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