Chapter 3 Self-test questions

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. When did Mountbatten arrive in India charged with overseeing Indian independence?

December 1946 correct incorrect

February 1947 correct incorrect

March 1947 correct incorrect

July 1947 correct incorrect

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. What were the implications of the French Union for the Vietnamese anti-colonial movement's success in 1945?

The creation of American opposition to colonialism correct incorrect

It could not be reconciled with the independent Vietnamese government established by Ho Chi Minh in August 1945 correct incorrect

The incorporation of part of Vietnam into the Union produced Soviet opposition in Asia correct incorrect

The end of European colonialism correct incorrect

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. What was to undermine the commitment to development in the British and French dependent territories of West Africa in the 1940s?

The establishment of connections between African politicians and European communist parties correct incorrect

The demands of European economic recovery for greater African exports correct incorrect

The devaluation of sterling correct incorrect

The riots in the Gold Coast correct incorrect

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. What was the name of the constitutional commission established after the enquiry into the Accra riots of 1948?

The Watson Report correct incorrect

The Danquah Commission correct incorrect

The Report on Nkrumah's Role in the Accra Riots correct incorrect

The Coussey Commission correct incorrect

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. Who assassinated the UN mediator of the Arab-Israeli war in 1948?

The terrorists of the Israeli Stern Gang correct incorrect

The terrorists of the Israeli Irgun correct incorrect

The Palestinian military correct incorrect

The Communists of the Arab League correct incorrect

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. Who of the following was most favoured by the CIA as desirable allies of the West in 1952?

Nuri Said correct incorrect

Anwar Sadat correct incorrect

Mohammed Mussadiq correct incorrect

Gamal Abdul Nasser correct incorrect