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11.

An analysis of the Russo-Japanese War and the Boer War shows that one reason nations go to war is to

(a)assist oppressed people

(b)spread religious beliefs

(c)satisfy imperialist goals

(d)honour provisions of a treaty

Comment

Answer is: CNA

12.

A major cause of World War I was

(a)a decline in the policy of imperialism

(b)the existence of opposing alliances

(c)an increase in acts of aggression by England

(d)the spread of communism throughout Europe

Comment

Answer is: BNA

13.

From the perspective of the North Vietnamese, the war in Vietnam in the 1960s was a battle between

(a)fascism and liberalism

(b)nationalism and imperialism

(c)republicanism and totalitarianism

(d)theocracy and monarchy

Comment

Answer is: BNA

14.

Which situation resulted from the Russo-Japanese War of 1905?

(a)Japan lost its status as a world power

(b)The Japanese Emperor encouraged reforms in Russia

(c)Dissident groups challenged the power of the Russian zar

(d)Russia gained control of China and Japan

Comment

Answer is: CNA

15.

A major cause of the Russian Revolution of 1917 resulted in

(a)defeat of Germany in the Russian campaign

(b)marriage of zar Nicholas II to a German princess

(c)existence of sharp economic differences between social classes

(d)appeal of Marxism to the Russian nobility

Comment

Answer is: CNA

16.

With which nation are Pol Pot, the Khmer Rouge, and genocide associated?

(a)Korea

(b)Japan

(c)Myanmar (Burma)

(d)Cambodia (Kampuchea)

Comment

Answer is: DNA

17.

In France, a person drinks coffee imported from Brazil, works at a computer made in Japan, and uses gasoline from Saudi Arabia in a German automobile. This situation illustrates the concept of

(a)empathy

(b)scarcity

(c)interdependence

(d)world citizenship

Comment

Answer is: CNA

18.

The term 'Green Revolution' is used to describe the

(a)tensions between developing and developed nations

(b)heavy reliance on manual labour in agriculture

(c)protests against environmental destruction caused by industry

(d)development of new types of grains and new methods of growing them

Comment

Answer is: DNA

19.

The theory of scientific socialism is largely based on the teachings of

(a)Karl Marx

(b)Lenin

(c)Stalin

(d)Mao Tse-tung

Comment

Answer is: DNA

20.

With which one of the following is the Tennis Court Oath associated?

(a)English Revolution

(b)American Revolution

(c)French Revolution

(d)Russian Revolution

Comment

Answer is: CNA

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