Environmental Issues — Cumulative exam Answers

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The South African student protest of 1976 was

A
held in response to a new housing law.
B
met with violence by the government.
C
an isolated incident that had little effect.
D
an example of a move to armed rebellion.
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Why did Japan aggressively expand in the 1930s?

A
to find more males to serve in its military
B
to secure natural resources such as oil
C
to take control of better farmland for food
D
to protect itself from invasions from East Asia
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Which event sparked the protest movement known as the Arab Spring?

A
Free speech was declared illegal in Iran.
B
Ayatollah Khomeini became the ruler of Iran.
C
A young man tragically killed himself in Tunisia.
D
The six states of the Arabian peninsula united.
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Terrorism can have global effects because it

A
generates fear in citizens.
B
negatively impacts trade and tourism.
C
affects the well-being of communities.
D
creates a demand for paramilitary forces.
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Which leadership crisis would most likely result in a totalitarian government taking control?

A
A leader loses the support of one’s political party.
B
A leader is sick and cannot continue to govern.
C
A leader fails to solve the country’s problems.
D
A leader goes against the will of the people.
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What were negative aspects of Joseph Stalin’s first Five-Year Plan? Choose three answers.

A
decline of infrastructure
B
shortage of consumer goods
C
waste and inefficiency
D
setbacks to modernization
E
use of enslaved laborers
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According to the Treaty of San Francisco, the Japanese could only use military force to

A
fight communism.
B
police its population.
C
support US troops.
D
defend itself.
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What was one reason why Russians were uncomfortable with the rapid changes occurring in their country in the 1980s?

A
They did not trust Gorbachev as much as they had trusted Lenin.
B
They wanted more time to adjust to democratic rule.
C
They were used to high levels of government control.
D
They were concerned that their wages would suffer.
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Why did the Allies want to seize New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and the surrounding islands?

A
to get closer to the Philippines
B
to overcome these Japanese strongholds
C
to take Guadalcanal
D
to have a base near Australia
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A common terrorist belief is that the terrorist group can

A
take over a country or region.
B
cause a revolution to take place.
C
use intimidation to achieve a political objective.
D
freely assassinate leaders with whom they disagree.
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Which best describes the Battle of the Bulge?

A
The Battle of the Bulge started the Allied invasion of western Europe.
B
The Battle of the Bulge was a German counterattack against Allied forces in western Europe.
C
The Battle of the Bulge determined the fate of German forces in the Soviet Union.
D
The Battle of the Bulge was an Allied counterattack against invading German forces in France.
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When the Allies began bombing the Japanese mainland, casualties were high because the bombings

A
used atomic weaponry.
B
targeted large military bases.
C
were in highly populated areas.
D
occurred throughout the nation.
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What was a result of European settlement in South Africa in the early 1900s?

A
a constitution that denied all European settlers the right to vote
B
a system of divisive segregation
C
a government with no representation for Black South Africans
D
a new democratic republic
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At “show” trials during the Great Purge, suspects often

A
confessed to crimes they could not have possibly committed.
B
admitted to crimes the secret police saw them commit.
C
received no punishment because the trials were not real.
D
faced torture if they lied while a judge questioned them.
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What was one negative effect of the end of communism in Czechoslovakia?

A
The Czech Republic fractured.
B
Slovakians began to revolt.
C
Slovakia suffered economically.
D
Czechs lost the right to vote.
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How did Japan's demilitarization policy affect its military personnel?

A
It required all military personnel to be tried for war crimes.
B
It banned military personnel from leadership roles.
C
It meant the police force had to act as the military.
D
It required Japan’s foreign territories to create their own militaries.
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What happened after the Communist party dissolved itself in Hungary?

A
Poland dissolved its Communist party too.
B
Hungary held its first free elections.
C
Citizens began to revolt in Hungary.
D
Hungarian workers walked off their jobs.
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After the Bolsheviks signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, why did Russians revolt against them?

A
The Bolsheviks purchased thousands of acres of worthless territory.
B
The Bolsheviks gave away territory home to sixty million Russians.
C
The Russians did not agree with signing a peace treaty with the Germans.
D
The Russians wanted to make Germany pay for all the land they took.
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Mexico experienced political instability after the revolution because leaders

A
broke up large estates.
B
were frequently assassinated.
C
assassinated their enemies.
D
imposed a new property tax.
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Why did the Allied leaders begin to hold conferences starting in 1943? Select four options.to decide on strategies to defeat the Axis powersto decide who would rule the world after Germany was defeatedto promote their personal ideas and agendasto make plans for the post-war worldto avoid relying on documents written in foreign languagesto decide what would happen to Axis territory after the warto avoid having to rely on untrustworthy diplomats

A
to decide on strategies to defeat the Axis powers
B
to decide who would rule the world after Germany was defeated
C
to promote their personal ideas and agendas
D
to make plans for the post-war world
E
to avoid relying on documents written in foreign languages
F
to decide what would happen to Axis territory after the war
G
to avoid having to rely on untrustworthy diplomats

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