1. In the aftermath of World War I, Western literature could be described by any of the following terms, except
A. alienation.
B. romanticism.
C. pessimism.
D. relativism
2. Which of these World War II battles established overall equality between the U.S. and Japanese naval powers?
A. Battle of the Coral Sea
B. Battle of Leyte Gulf
C. Battle of Guadalcanal
D. Battle of Midway
3. In the Soviet Union, which statement about the New Economic Policy (NEP) is true?
A. The NEP privatized heavy industry.
B. The NEP was popular, but it did not lead to economic growth.
C. It helped Lenin mollify the peasants.
D. It established collectivized agriculture
4. In 1938, British Prime Minister Chamberlain declared a final act of appeasement
A. when Hitler's claim on the Sudetenland was accepted.
B. immediately following the Nazi occupation of Austria.
C. after Hitler attacked Poland.
D. after Hitler's forces occupied the Rhineland
5. In 1916, France and Britain secretly agreed on a partition of six Middle Eastern states. The agreement became known as the
A. Treaty of Lausanne.
B. Damascus agreement.
C. Balfour Declaration.
D. Sykes-Picot agreement
6. Regarding Mexico's Porfirio Díaz, which statement is true?
A.He enacted laws that favored wealthy elites.
B. He freed many peasant farmers from debt peonage.
C. He overthrew the Mexican Revolution of 1910.
D. He reformed the hacienda system
7. The civil war in Russia came to an end when forces led by Leon Trotsky captured
A. Petrograd.
B. Leningrad.
C. Vladivostok.
D. Kiev.
8. Who advocated a "counter-cyclical policy" after World War II that became a well-established weapon against depression?
A. Franklin Delano Roosevelt
B. Herbert Hoover
C. Leon Trotsky
D. John Maynard Keynes
9. As of 1904, U.S. neocolonialism in Latin America was most strongly represented in
A. Mexico.
B. Argentina.
C. Brazil.
D. Panama
10. While imprisoned, Hitler wrote Mein Kampf. In this work, he laid out his views on all the following, except
A. Germany's need for increased "living space."
B. Aryan (Germanic) racial superiority.
C. an alliance with Italy.
D. anti-Semitism
11. During World War I, the people of China and Japan
A. supported the Triple Entente.
B. strongly opposed the war on moral grounds.
C. supported the Central Powers.
D. didn't care who won the war
12. In India, the Great Revolt was initiated by
A. Hindu fundamentalists.
B. Indian peasant farmers.
C. a textile workers' strike.
D. a group of well-armed sepoys
13. Regarding the Ottoman territories during the period immediately following World War I, which of the following statements is false?
A. In 1921, Greek forces advanced almost to Ankara.
B. In 1919, Mustafa Kemal began organizing Turkish resistance.
C. Defying Allied pressure, the Turkish sultan supported Kemal.
D. The British and French occupied the Ottoman capital at Constantinople
14. In 1867, _______ overthrew the Tokugawa Shogunate to initiate the Meiji restoration.
A. peasants
B. barbarians
C. samurai
D. Zen priests
15. In 1822, after Brazil achieved independence from Portugal, _______ dominated Brazilian society.
A. local warlords
B. Creole elites
C. Pedro II
16. Following the 1911 revolution in China, Yuan Shagari
A. moved the capital city to Beijing for the first time.
B. brought democracy to China.
C. divided the country among his warlord supporters.
D. established a dictatorship.
17. What provision of Roosevelt's New Deal led to substantially reduced unemployment?
A. Abandonment of the gold standard and devaluation of the dollar
B. The National Labor Relations Act
C. The Works Progress Administration
D. The Social Security Act
18. In 1868, General W. T. Sherman brokered the Treaty of Fort Laramie, declaring that the Dakotas would remain the ancestral territory of the
A. Delaware, Shawnee, and Wyandot.
B. Sioux and Cheyenne.
C. Cherokee.
D. Creek and Cherokee