Chapter 11 Multiple Choice Self-Quiz

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. Huda Sha'rawi resigned her position in Egypt's Wafd (Delegation) Party when:

the British launched a crackdown on Egyptian independence movements. correct incorrect

the new Egyptian constitution did not grant women suffrage. correct incorrect

the Germans occupied Egypt during the Second World War. correct incorrect

Coptic Christians were denied citizen rights in the new Egypt. correct incorrect

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. In an effort to gain benefits promised them, Ghanaian veterans of the Second World War approached the colonial Governor's offices in the city of ________.

Dakar correct incorrect

Monrovia correct incorrect

Lagos correct incorrect

Accra correct incorrect

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The League of Nations determined that __________ would facilitate a national home for the Jewish people "in Palestine while simultaneously protecting the rights of the territory's Arab population."

Great Britain correct incorrect

The United States correct incorrect

Israel correct incorrect

Turkey correct incorrect

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. In establishing the Republic of Turkey, Kemal Ataturk introduced all of the following measures EXCEPT:

establishing a secularized educational system, ending classroom instruction in Arabic. correct incorrect

installing himself as the Caliph for the territory covered by the new state. correct incorrect

requiring government officials to wear Western suits rather than Islamic religious robes. correct incorrect

creating a new alphabet, based on Latin letters, for the Turkish language. correct incorrect

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. During the Amritsar Massacre, soldiers opened fire on a crowd that was protesting:

the rise of fascism in Italy. correct incorrect

the Soviet invasion of Poland. correct incorrect

the German annexation of Austria. correct incorrect

British colonialism in India. correct incorrect

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. In his opposition to British rule in India, Mohandas K. Gandhi insisted on:

non-violence correct incorrect

separation of Muslims and Hindus correct incorrect

the importance of industrialization correct incorrect

Marxist orthodoxy correct incorrect

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. After a massacre of most of the members of the Chinese Communist Party in Shanghai in the spring of 1927, the surviving members coalesced around _____________, who articulated a revision of communist revolutionary doctrine.

Mao Zedong correct incorrect

Chiang Kai-shek correct incorrect

Chou En-lai correct incorrect

Deng Xiaoping correct incorrect

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. Stalin's policies contributed to the deaths by starvation of five to eight million people in Russia and __________ in 1932-1933.

Finland correct incorrect

Poland correct incorrect

Ukraine correct incorrect

Czechoslovakia correct incorrect

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. By the end of the First World War, the United States was:

the world's largest national economy. correct incorrect

the world's largest debtor nation. correct incorrect

the first member state of the League of Nations. correct incorrect

the only western hemisphere state that had not approved women's suffrage. correct incorrect

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. One hidden weakness of the global economy in the 1920s was a shortage of credit.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect

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. Unemployment in Germany rose to about _________ of the labor force in the early 1930s.

10 percent correct incorrect

30 percent correct incorrect

50 percent correct incorrect

70 percent correct incorrect

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. Between 1929 and 1933, many countries:

returned to the gold standard for their currencies. correct incorrect

abandoned the gold standard for their currencies. correct incorrect

established universal currency convertability. correct incorrect

banned the use of copper coins. correct incorrect

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. Many of the measures implemented at part of the New Deal in the United States were based on the idea that:

financial markets are self-correcting. correct incorrect

fascism was the wave of the future. correct incorrect

modern states can positively influence economic relationships. correct incorrect

only wage controls are effective against inflation. correct incorrect

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. In a number of Latin American states, the collapse of the global economy was followed by:

military coups. correct incorrect

appeals for a return to Spanish colonialism. correct incorrect

communist revolutions. correct incorrect

the abolution of slavery. correct incorrect

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. Adolf Hitler published a manifesto entitled Mein Kampf (My Struggle) shortly after his release from prison for:

praising Kaier Wilhelm. correct incorrect

defying Weimar restrictions on free speech. correct incorrect

murdering the military commander Ernst Röhm. correct incorrect

leading a failed coup attempt in Munich. correct incorrect

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. Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie appealed to the League of Nations in 1935 when his country was invaded by __________.

Germany correct incorrect

Italy correct incorrect

Turkey correct incorrect

Egypt correct incorrect

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. In the Spanish Civil War, the raid against Guernica is notable for:

the use of aerial bombing on a civilian population. correct incorrect

its influcence on the outcome of the Russian Revolution. correct incorrect

the first successful deployment of battlefield transmission by radio. correct incorrect

the successful field surgery techniques of the Red Cross. correct incorrect

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. Which of the following countries maintained an alliance during World War II?

Germany, China, U.S. correct incorrect

England, Japan, Germany correct incorrect

USSR, US, England correct incorrect

At one point during the war, all of these alliances existed. correct incorrect

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. The Final Solution refers to:

the clandestine US atomic bomb project. correct incorrect

Mussolini's blueprint for fascist rule in Italy. correct incorrect

the League of Nations decolonization plan. correct incorrect

the Nazi regime's systematic attempt at genocide of Europe's Jewish population. correct incorrect

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. During World War II, the Burmese leader Aung San:

lived in exile in Moscow. correct incorrect

fought against both the British and the Japanese at different times. correct incorrect

joined the US Navy. correct incorrect

joined Gandhi is promoting non-violence. correct incorrect