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1
Satyagraha was
A)Gandhi's philosophy of passive resistance.
B)the Islamic leader who called for the creation of Pakistan for India's Muslims.
C)Mao Zedong's adapted philosophy of Chinese Communism.
D)the original name of the Pan-African movement.
E)the Chinese political party headed by Jiang Jieshi.
2
Gandhi embraced a moral philosophy of tolerance and nonviolence (ahimsa) during the twenty-five years he spent in
A)South Africa.
B)China.
C)Morocco.
D)Great Britain.
E)Argentina.
3
Gandhi
A)fought hard to improve the status of the casteless Untouchables.
B)launched the Non-Cooperation Movement.
C)began the Civil Disobedience Movement.
D)worked to secure approval of the Government of India Act.
E)all of the above
4
The Government of India Act
A)resulted in complete Indian independence in 1931.
B)was bitterly opposed by Gandhi.
C)proved unworkable.
D)failed to win the approval of India voters.
E)all of the above
5
Muhammad Ali Jinnah called for the creation of
A)Pakistan.
B)Iraq.
C)Palestine.
D)Saudi Arabia.
E)Afghanistan.
6
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
A)led the Civil Disobedience Movement.
B)was an adherent of values and virtues discussed in the Bhagavad Gita.
C)was Gandhi's main challenger for political leadership of Hindus.
D)headed the Muslim League.
E)was the founder of the Indian National Congress.
7
China was declared a republic in 1912 by
A)Mohandas Gandhi.
B)Jiang Jieshi.
C)Puyi.
D)Sun Yatsen.
E)Mao Zedong.
8
Mao Zedong's main rival after 1925 was
A)Puyi.
B)Sun Yatsen.
C)Jiang Jieshi.
D)Mohandas Gandhi.
E)Muhammad Ali Jinnah.
9
The May Fourth Movement
A)was a significant turning point in the evolution of Marcus Garvey's political efforts.
B)was a sign of growing Japanese nationalism.
C)became the pretext for Japan to invade Manchuria.
D)was a movement organized by intellectuals and students aimed at limiting foreign—especially Japanese—influence in China.
E)was typical of Gandhi's nonviolent movement.
10
The Long March
A)destroyed Mao Zedong's credibility with the Chinese.
B)left Jiang Jieshi in complete control of the Chinese Communist Party.
C)saved the Chinese Communist Party from destruction.
D)was the final victory for the Guomindang.
E)forced Mao Zedong to flee China and hide in the Soviet Union.
11
Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points and V.I. Lenin's appeal for a united struggle by proletarians and colonized people encouraged Indian nationalists.
A)True
B)False
12
Chinese warlords were a group of militant democrats who warred with the communists.
A)True
B)False
13
The Northern Expedition was a military and political offensive launched by Jiang Jieshi that sought to unify China under Guomindang rule.
A)True
B)False
14
Mao Zedong was a doctrinaire Marxist who argued that the urban proletarians would be the vanguard of revolution in China.
A)True
B)False
15
In the "Mukden incident" Japanese troops destroyed a few feet of a Japanese-controlled railway in Manchuria as a pretext for seizing Manchuria.
A)True
B)False
16
Who among the following emerged as the leader and principal theoretician of the Chinese Communist movement?
A)Mao Zedong
B)Jiang Jieshi
C)Sun Yatsen
D)Shanfei
E)None of the above
17
In the decades following the Great War, the economies of most African colonies were dominated by
A)the exchange of raw materials or cash crops for manufactured goods from abroad.
B)light manufacturing.
C)the production of steel.
D)cattle ranching.
E)furniture manufacture.
18
Which of the following is not true regarding Africa during the decades after the Great War?
A)Colonial taxation policies were designed to drive Africans into the labor market.
B)Using African labor and tax monies, Europeans built economic infrastructure.
C)Europeans promoted rapid, intensive industrialization among their colonial possessions.
D)The Great Depression exposed the vulnerability of dependent colonial economies.
E)all of the above were true.
19
Who among the following was an artist who blended artistic vision and radical political ideas in large murals that he created for the appreciation of working people?
A)Carmen Miranda
B)Lázaro Cárdenas
C)Victor Raul Haya de la Torre
D)Diego Rivera
E)Anastacio Somoza Garcia
20
Who among the following was noted for his "good neighbor policy"?
A)Woodrow Wilson
B)Theodore Roosevelt
C)Howard Taft
D)Franklin Delano Roosevelt
E)Herbert Hoover
21
Marcus Garvey
A)was a member of the "new elite" of African colonies who became president of Kenya.
B)was a Jamaican, Pan-Africanist leader.
C)was a leader of the Mumbo cult.
D)mobilized Africans to revolt against British rule during the Great War.
E)none of the above
22
During the Great Depression, Latin American nations experienced all of the following except
A)rapidly rising investment in the region by U.S. bankers.
B)rapidly increasing unemployment rates.
C)a sharp decline in the price of the region's exports.
D)the drying-up of foreign capital investments.
E)rising tariffs and restrictions on foreign trade.
23
Carmen Miranda
A)created a famous painting called Imperialism.
B)wore colorful headdresses adorned with fruits, such as bananas, grown in Latin America.
C)was the popular wife of an Argentine dictator.
D)served as the model for an ad created by the United Fruit Company.
E)b and d.
24
After Mexico angered American oil companies by nationalizing its oil industry in 1938, the Roosevelt administration
A)called for a negotiated resolution.
B)declared war.
C)intervened in Mexico with military forces.
D)called for economic sanctions against Mexico.
E)did nothing.
25
Brazil responded to the Great Depression by
A)adopting Soviet communism.
B)adopting fascism.
C)embarking on a program of industrialization.
D)declaring war on Peru.
E)none of the above
26
European designed infrastructure such as ports, roads, and railways were constructed to benefit indigenous Africans.
A)True
B)False
27
The "new elite" of African men such as Jomo Kenyatta derived its status from its violent resistance to white rule.
A)True
B)False
28
Neocolonialism refers to the new system of administration effected by the British and the French in Africa after World War I.
A)True
B)False
29
Latin American universities proved to be bastions of conservatism.
A)True
B)False
30
Mexican migrants filled the migration void created by U.S. laws enacted in the 1920s to limit the influx of European immigrants.
A)True
B)False





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