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A. Treaty of Lausanne.
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B. Damascus agreement.
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C. Balfour Declaration.
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D. Sykes-Picot agreement
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Regarding Mexico's Porfirio Díaz, which statement is true?
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A. He enacted laws that favored wealthy elites.
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B. He freed many peasant farmers from debt peonage.
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C. He overthrew the Mexican Revolution of 1910.
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D. He reformed the hacienda system
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The civil war in Russia came to an end when forces led by Leon Trotsky captured
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A. Petrograd.
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B. Leningrad.
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C. Vladivostok.
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D. Kiev.
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Who advocated a "counter-cyclical policy" after World War II that became a well-established weapon against depression?
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A. Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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B. Herbert Hoover
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C. Leon Trotsky
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D. John Maynard Keynes
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As of 1904, U.S. neocolonialism in Latin America was most strongly represented in
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A. Mexico.
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B. Argentina.
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C. Brazil.
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D. Panama
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While imprisoned, Hitler wrote Mein Kampf. In this work, he laid out his views on all the following, except
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A. Germany's need for increased "living space."
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B. Aryan (Germanic) racial superiority.
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C. an alliance with Italy.
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D. anti-Semitism
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During World War I, the people of China and Japan
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A. supported the Triple Entente.
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B. strongly opposed the war on moral grounds.
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C. supported the Central Powers.
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D. didn't care who won the war
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In India, the Great Revolt was initiated by
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A. Hindu fundamentalists.
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B. Indian peasant farmers.
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C. a textile workers' strike.
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D. a group of well-armed sepoys
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Regarding the Ottoman territories during the period immediately following World War I, which of the following statements is false?
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A. In 1921, Greek forces advanced almost to Ankara.
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B. In 1919, Mustafa Kemal began organizing Turkish resistance.
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C. Defying Allied pressure, the Turkish sultan supported Kemal.
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D. The British and French occupied the Ottoman capital at Constantinople
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. In 1867, _______ overthrew the Tokugawa Shogunate to initiate the Meiji restoration.
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A. peasants
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B. barbarians
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C. samurai
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D. Zen priests
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In 1822, after Brazil achieved independence from Portugal, _______ dominated Brazilian society.
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A. local warlords
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B. Creole elites
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C. Pedro II
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Following the 1911 revolution in China, Yuan Shagari
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A. moved the capital city to Beijing for the first time.
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B. brought democracy to China.
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C. divided the country among his warlord supporters.
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D. established a dictatorship.
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What provision of Roosevelt's New Deal led to substantially reduced unemployment?
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A. Abandonment of the gold standard and devaluation of the dollar
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B. The National Labor Relations Act
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C. The Works Progress Administration
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D. The Social Security Act
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In 1868, General W. T. Sherman brokered the Treaty of Fort Laramie, declaring that the Dakotas would remain the ancestral territory of the
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A. Delaware, Shawnee, and Wyandot.
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B. Sioux and Cheyenne.
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C. Cherokee.
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D. Creek and Cherokee
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