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AP Upshur 14/15
AP Upshur Chapters 14 and 15
Question | Answer |
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Which of the following countries was neutral during World War II? | Sweden |
An example of a successful African revolt against European domination was | None of these choices |
According the Baruch Plan, suggested by the United States, | nations would stop making atomic bombs and would submit to inspection by an independent international agency. |
In the years immediately before Israeli independence, Palestine was the site of a three-way struggle among the | British, Palestinians, and Zionists |
After World War I, France controlled | Syria |
In its Balfour Declaration of 1917, the British government | announced that it "viewed with favor" the establishment of a Jewish homeland in Palestine. |
Dr. W.E.B. DuBois | all of these choices |
During the 1930s, Japanese nationalism was strongest | In the military |
The Indian National Congress | was organized in 1885 primarily as an education association. |
Domestic measures take by the Communists in the 1920s included all of the following except | adoption of a tolerant attitude toward all other political parties. |
Which of the following statements about the onset of "the space and missile age" is false? | d. The Soviet Union maintained a wide lead over the United States throughout the late 1950s and 1960s. Correct |
By 1945, the Indian population stood at | 400 million. |
MaoMao | thought the peasants were the key to successful Marxist revolutions in underdeveloped countries. |
Which of the following statements about the French in the Middle East is false? | They had very amicable relations with their Syrian subjects. |
During the civil war following the Bolshevik revolution, Russias communists did not have to contend militarily with | none of the choices |
Jawaharlal Nehru was | the first prime minister of India. |
Which of the following statements about NATO is false? | none of these choices |
The Mexican Revolution was | essentially over by 1920. |
As regards the conflict between religious traditionalists and modernizers, | all of these choices |
Who wrote the following: "The best state constitution and state form is that which, with the most unquestioned certainty, raises the best minds in the national community to leading position and leading influence. | Adolf Hitler |
Which of the following statements about non-Turkish peoples of the Ottoman Empire under the Young Turks is false? | none of these choices |
The Enabling Act | gave Hitler the power to rule by decree for four years. |
As regards influence of Christian missions in China, it is true that | missionaries opened schools to girls and sought to end harmful customs such as foot-binding. |
In Brazil, Getulio Vargas | strengthened Brazilian industry and provided guaranteed employment, wages, and pensions for the urban working classes. |
As regards the reaction of the United States to German and Japanese aggressions in the 1930s, | all of these choices |
The Truman Doctrine was | designed to prevent communism from spreading. |
Which of the following statements about Mussolini and the Italian Fascist Party is false? | none of these choices |
Among the Allies, the country that most wanted to exact war reparations from Germany was | The Soviet Union |
Not among the steps taken to change Japan from an aggressive and imperialistic nation to a peaceful and democratic one was | the establishment of a four-power board of governors that dictated Japanese domestic policy till 1975. |
Yuri Gagarin was the | first to orbit the earth. |
The Berlin Blockade occurred chiefly because of | Soviet fears that Germany would again be unified into a strong, potential military threat. |
This was the least important interest of the British in the Arab world in 1919. | religious interest |
The Lytton Report | condemned Japanese aggression in Manchuria. |
Octavio Paz | felt the models of modern development were "compendiums of horror." |
Among the singers or musicians who have addressed political controversies and thereby helped to fuel the social protest by youth in the later half of the twentieth century was | Bob Marley. |
As a result of Gandhis activities, this became the symbol of the Indian Nationalist Movement: | a spinning wheel |
The tide in the Russian theater turned in favor of the Russians when | German forces were surrounded and captured at the crucial battle of Stalingrad. |
It is estimated that the number of military and civilian casualties in World War II was as high as | 50 million. |
Which of the following statements about the interests and themes of modern artists is false? | none of these choices |
In Russia between 1861 and 1900, the peasant population increased | more than 50 percent. |
China fought Japanese aggression alone until | Japans attack on U.S. forces at Pearl Harbor. |
Programs that resembled those of the New Deal in the United States were implemented by | Lázaro Cárdenas in Mexico. |
The Indian National Congress | was organized in 1885 primarily as an education association. |
Which of the following statements about education is false? | Four-fifths of South Americans go to secondary school. |
Why did Hitler postpone his scheduled invasion of the Soviet Union? | He needed to replenish the Luftwaffe following the massive assault on Great Britain. |