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Name:
1.

Date:

Which situation followed both the Cuban

Revolution (1959) and the Nicaraguan Revolution
(1979)?
A.

The role of religion was reemphasized.

B.

Individual rights were guaranteed under

constitutional democracies.

C.

A Marxist government assumed power and

promised to improve the living standards of
the people.

3.

4.

Base your answer to the following question on the

quotation and on your knowledge of social studies.
From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste
in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has
descended across the Continent.
Behind that line lie all the capitals
of the ancient states of central and
eastern Europe, Warsaw, Berlin, Prague,
Vienna, Budapest, Belgrade, Bucharest
and So a, all these famous cities and
the populations around them lie in what
I might call the Soviet sphere and all
are subject, in one form or another, not
only to Soviet in uence, but to very
high, and in some cases increasing
measure of control from Moscow.

5.

What is the main idea of this quotation?

The Soviet Union has expanded its in uence
throughout eastern Europe.

B.

The Soviet Union has helped the nations

of eastern Europe improve their standard of
living.

C.

The democratic nations of western Europe

have stopped the expansion of Soviet in uence
in the world.

become industrial nations and complete in the

world market

B.

preserve their customs and traditions

C.

import mineral resources from Europe

Which statement best expresses the Western

perspective regarding Rudyard Kipling's white
man's burden?
A.

Europeans should preserve traditional cultures

in Africa and Asia.

B.

Europeans must protect existing African and

Asian economies.

C.

Europeans su ered great hardships in

exploring new trade routes to Asia.

D. Europeans had a duty to introduce the bene ts

of their civilization to non-European peoples.

Winston Churchill

A.

A.

D. purchase manufactured good from the colonial

power

D. Relations with the United States improved

immediately.
2.

In the late 19th century, most European nations

required their colonial territories to

During the 19th century, the African continent was

a ected most by
A.

the Commercial Revolution

B.

the introduction of socialism

C.

the Crusades

D. European imperialism

D. The Soviet Union will support communist

revolutions in Southeast Asia.

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. . . A place more destitute of all interesting

objects than Manchester, it is not easy to
conceive. In size and population it is the
second city in the kingdom, containing above
fourscore thousand [80,000] inhabitants.
Imagine this multitude crowded together
in narrow streets, the houses all built of
brick and blackened with smoke; frequent
buildings among them as large as convents,
without their antiquity, without their beauty,
without their holiness; where you hear from
within, as you pass along, the everlasting din
of machinery; and where when the bell rings
it is to call wretches to their work instead of
their prayers, . . .

6.

9.

The author of this statement is most concerned

that

The conditions described in this passage occurred

during the
Age of Discovery

B.

Renaissance

C.

Industrial Revolution

10.

D. Green Revolution
7.

8.

One way in which the Scienti c Revolution and

the Enlightenment were similar is that they
A.

encouraged the spread of new ideas

B.

strengthened traditional institutions

C.

led to the Protestant Reformation

A.

United States trade with Latin America will

stop

B.

Latin American countries will gradually be

taken over by communist movements

C.

the United States economy will su er because

of competition from Latin America

D. emigration from Latin America will be cut o

Robert J. Southey, Letters from England, 1807

A.

If communist revolutions are not stopped in one

Latin American country, there will be a domino
e ect throughout neighboring countries.

Which was the most signi cant e ect of the

European Enlightenment period?
A.

It provided the intellectual spark for the

American and French Revolutions.

B.

It marked an end to the humanism that had

developed during the Renaissance.

C.

It forced the individual to recognize that God

is supremely powerful.

D. It led to a revival of the practices of

feudalism.
11.

Opium War (18391842)

Taiping Rebellion (18501864)
Boxer Rebellion (18981901)

D. rejected Renaissance individualism

This series of events is most closely associated

with the

Base your answer(s) to the following question(s)

on the speakers' statements below and on your
knowledge of social studies.

A.

spread of communism to China and Korea

B.

growing concerns about the in uence of the

West in China

C.

alliance formed between Vietnam and China

Speaker A:

Speaker B:
Speaker C:

Speaker D:

Good government stresses the importance of the nation and accepts the
rights of the individual only if the interests of the individual are the
same as those of the nation.
The person of the king is sacred and to attack him in any way is to
attack religion itself. The respect given to a king is religious in nature.

D. increasing expansion of civil and political

rights in China

All human beings are born free and equal with a right to life and
liberty. It is the duty of government to protect these natural rights of
its citizens.
Our goal will not be achieved by democracy or liberal reforms, but by
blood and iron. Only then will we be successful. No nation achieves
greatness or unity without the traumatic experience of war.

Which speaker's statement best re ects the ideas

of the Enlightenment?
A.

B.

C.

D. D
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12.

Which best explains why many of the leading

industrial nations began a policy of imperialistic
expansion during the second half of the 19th
century?

16.

A.

the establishment of colonial empires by

strong European nations

A.

Most colonies from earlier periods of

exploration had gained their independence.

B.

B.

There was a desire to gain control of locations

of strategic importance in preparation for
World War I.

political reforms that ended the absolute

monarchy in France

C.

the beginnings of the Spanish Inquisition

C.

Colonies would provide dependable sources

of new capital for continued industrialization.

D. British legislation that improved working

conditions in factories
17.

D. There was a desire to obtain markets for trade

and supplies of raw materials.
13.

Man is born free and everywhere he is in

chains.
Everyone has the natural right to life, liberty,
and property.
Slavery, torture, and religious persecution are
wrong.

A.

Pax Romana

B.

C.

Enlightenment

D. Age of Imperialism

In Two Treatises of Government, John Locke wrote

that the purpose of government was to
A.

keep kings in power

B.

regulate the economy

C.

expand territory

D. protect natural rights

During which period in European history would

the ideas in these statements have been expressed?

14.

Many of the ideas of Locke, Montesquieu, and

Rousseau were associated with

18.

Age of Exploration

The main reason Japan followed a policy

of imperialism in the late 19th and early
20th centuries was that Japan
A.

needed cheap raw materials to expand its

industrial power

In Africa, a major result of World War II was

B.

wanted to free the rest of Asia from European

colonial rule

A.

an increase in feelings of nationalism

C.

B.

a general decline in the standard of living

intended to increase its export of automobiles

and trucks

C.

an increase in colonization by European

nations

D. sought to spread Shinto throughout Asia

D. a rapid decline in population

15.

One of the most important motives for the

European Scramble for Africa in the late 1800s
was that Africa provided a source of
A.

raw materials used in industry

B.

religious inspiration

C.

free labor for the Americas

D. technologically innovative practices

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19.

Base your answer(s) to the following question(s)

on the statements below and on your knowledge of
social studies.
Speaker A:

Speaker B:

Speaker C:

Speaker D:

20.

Increased contact among nations and peoples is characteristic of our

times. A single decision by OPEC, or a multinational corporation, can
send ripples of change throughout our global society.

If the last 500,000 years were divided into lifetimes of years, there
would be 800 such lifetimes. Humans spent the rst 650 of these in
caves, and the most important changes occurred only during the nal
lifetime.
If we are to survive, all passengers on our Spaceship Earth must
participate in e orts to solve the issues that threaten mankindpoverty,
resource depletion, pollution, violence, and war.
We must understand that no single culture's view of the world is
universally shared. Other people have di erent value systems and ways
of thinking and acting. They will not see the world as we do.

Humans have always had to deal with many

changes during their lifetime.

B.

The rate of the change has increased rapidly

during the 20th century.

C.

Throughout history there has always been

great resistance to change.

A.

the Chinese Army was the most highly

disciplined army in the world

B.

China was no longer strong enough to resist

Western demands for trading rights

C.

the Chinese people were successful in

eliminating foreign in uence

D. the Chinese Government preferred to continue

the opium trade

Which statement best summarizes the main idea

expressed by Speaker B?
A.

The outcome of the Opium War showed that in

the 19th century,

D. Conditions in the modern world are better

than in any prior era.

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