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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Ideas similar to those expressed in the passage would contribute most directly to which of the following? Passage by: Japanese intellectual, 1881 | Japanese imperialist policies in East and Southeast Asia in the first half of the twentieth century |
| The economic development Stalin describes above was achieved primarily through which of the following? | Government control of the national economy |
| The policy of requiring Koreans to adopt Japanese names most directly illustrates which of the following aspects of interwar Japan? | It's extreme nationalism |
| Taken together, the two sources best support which of the following conclusions regarding the situation in British India in 1940? | Indian opposition to British rule involved groups pursuing very different political goals. |
| The opinion expressed in the passage above is most consistent with which of the following? | Redistributing one-third of the land controlled by large landholders to landless peasants. |
| Which of the following was a major long-term effect of the global economic depression of the 1930s? | Governments began to take a more active role in their economies. |
| The memorandum is best explained in the context of which of the following developments in the early twentieth century? | The emergence of external and internal challenges that threatened the stability of imperial states. |
| Durnovo's argument in the second paragraph regarding the effect of war between Germany and Russia on the two countries would prove to be: | Accurate in its prediction that a war with Germany would create the circumstances for a revolution in Russia |
| Which of the following is an accurate comparison of the Chinese and the MExican revolutions during the Twentieth century? | Both generated land-redistribution policies. |
| Which of the following is an accurate description of the relations between European states and the Ottoman Empire in the period 1815 to 1914? | Russian English and French expansion came at the expense of the Ottomans. |
| Which of the following best explains the changes depicted in Map 2? | European imperialism and increasing ethnic nationalism |
| The passage above best exemplifies which of the following processes shortly after the outbreak of the First World War? | The strengthening of nationalist sentiment throughout Europe |
| Moltke's prediction in Source 1 about the consequences of a potential war between Germany and France is most directly explained by the fact that: | previous conflicts had stirred intense nationalism in France and Germany |
| Giolitti's concerns in Source 2 about the potential consequences of conflict in the Balkans are most directly explained by which of the following developments in Europe in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries? | European states entered into military alliances with each other that forced them to come to their allies' aid in the event of conflict with a nonallied state. |
| In addition to the potential destabilization of the Ottoman Empire, Giolitti's arugment in Source 2 regarding Italy's ambitions in Libya is likely explained by the concern that any attempt by a European state to acquire colonies in Africa could: | Dangerously intensify rivalries between European states seeking to acquire territories and resources |
| Which of the following factors contributed most significantly to the contraction of the Ottoman Empire in the nineteenth century? | Independence movements inspired by ethnic nationalism |
| Which of the following best supports the contention that the 1st World War was the first TOTAL war? | Governments mobilized large segments of their populations and economics and targeted their opponents' military and economic capabilities. |
| Which of the following best describes the 1936 lithograph by German artist George Grosz? | A post-First world war print expressing antiwar sentiment |
| Which of the following contributed significantly to the decline of both the Qing and the Ottoman Empires? | Internal conflict with ethnic and religious minorities |
| Shigenobu's point of view regarding Western attitudes toward Japan as expressed in the passage is significant in that similar ideas were used by members of the Japanese government during the period between the First and the Second World Wars to justify: | Militarizing the Japanese state and expanding its territories in Asia |
| Shigenobu's criticism of European race-based discrimination against Japanese people is significant mostly because it shows that advocates of Japanese imperialism: | adopted the European attitudes about a "civilizing mission" and used those attitudes to justify Japan's own imperial policies |
| Asian reactions to Western claims of racial and cultural superiority, such as the reaction by Shigenobu in the passage, were also instrumental in the period 1918-1945 in the: | intensification of anti-imperial resistance activities and independence movements. |
| The global economic downturn of the 1930s had which of the following effects on nations in Europe and North America? | Governments took a more active role in directing and regulating their economies to simulate growth. |
| The photograph above of German East African troops best illustrates which of the following historical processes during the first World War? | The increasing inclusion of non-Europeans in European conflicts |
| Which of the following best explains the historical significance of views such as those expressed in the passage? | They show that, in response to the disruptions of the Great Depression, many political leaders saw it as their duty to take an active role in guiding economic life. |
| The primary rationale for Japan's territorial acquisitions in Southeast Asia during the period 1933-1943, as reflected in Map 2, was most similar to the primary rationale for which of the following? | The British East India Company's takeover of other European states' colonial possessions in India |
| Which of the following best describes the likely intent of the poster? | To build support for centrally directed economic modernization programs in the Soviet Union |
| Which of the following most directly led to the start of the First World War? | Nationalist competition among industrialized powers for resources. |