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Which statements describe how the United Nations promotes peace and solves international disputes? Select four options.

A
It provides peacekeeping forces to areas of conflict.
B
It invades nations who act aggressively toward others.
C
It settles legal disagreements between conflicting nations.
D
It helps with humanitarian relief in areas hit by natural disasters.
E
It prosecutes war criminals through international military tribunals.
F
It calls for sanctions against countries that violate human rights
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The Allies responded to the genocide in the Ottoman Empire by

A
imposing sanctions on Turkey.
B
bringing the Young Turks to trial.
C
trying to resolve the internal conflict.
D
declaring a truce between the groups.
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Which statements best explains what happened to Chinese workers during the Great Leap Forward? Select three options.

A
Workers experienced pay raises as agricultural and industrial production rose.
B
Workers were organized into large communes in cities and countrysides.
C
Workers were forced to comply with rules through torture and abuse.
D
Workers flourished because they could choose what they did for a living.
E
Workers lived in dormitories and ate in dining rooms away from family.
F
Workers bought homes and property because they were financially stable.
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Most of those Russians drafted to fight in World War I were peasants. This resulted in a(n)

A
scarcity of food, so people died of starvation.
B
untrained and unprepared military force.
C
appeal to women to do peasants’ jobs.
D
reason for the tsar to shut down peasant factories.
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Which best explains why India is suffering from widespread poverty, even though it has a rapidly growing economy?

A
Its population is also growing rapidly.
B
It has no way to distribute available food.
C
It has a shortage of healthy and able workers.
D
Its government has no ability to treat sick people.
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In the 1930s, Germany first began to expand aggressively by

A
invading Russia.
B
rebuilding the German military.
C
joining German forces with Italy.
D
making a pact with China.
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How did satellites impact scientific understanding of space during the late 20th century?

A
Satellites allowed astronauts to successfully navigate around the moon.
B
Satellites allowed for more accurate predictions of solar flares.
C
Satellites provided images from surrounding solar systems that confirmed the existence of other planets with water.
D
Satellites provided high resolution photos that helped scientists research the origins of the universe.
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If there are large numbers of people under 15 and over 65, what is the main challenge it creates for a country?

A
Economically, it’s costly to provide resources to them since very little is contributed by them economically.
B
Economically, it’s costly to provide jobs to them since very little is contributed economically.
C
Socially, the groups challenge a country to provide enough schools and social programs for them.
D
Socially, the groups challenge the people that fall between the two age groups to provide recreational programs.
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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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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 event prompted the United States to increase its military involvement in Vietnam?

A
the signing of the Geneva Accords
B
Vietnam’s independence from France
C
Vietnamese unification under the communists
D
the attack on the USS Maddox
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Which best describes the changes Deng Xiaoping sought to make in China?

A
He wanted to remove capitalist influences.
B
He wanted to modernize the country.
C
He wanted to remove socialist influences.
D
He wanted to privatize all industry.
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What areas were the focus of disagreement between the United States and the Soviet Union? Select three options.

A
culture
B
economics
C
ideology
D
language
E
politics
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What happened to China’s economy during the Great Leap Forward?

A
The economy went backward.
B
The economy moved ahead.
C
The economy was modernized.
D
The economy stayed the same.
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Under Nikita Khrushchev’s leadership the Soviet Union began to de-Stalinize, meaning that it

A
signed an arms reduction treaty with the United States.
B
became more open to domestic reforms.
C
stopped interfering in the affairs of other countries.
D
shipped missiles to the island of Cuba.
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The table shows human development indicators from 2013.

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A
Colombia has a very high standard of living.
B
Greece has a low standard of living.
C
Mali has a low standard of living.
D
Norway has a mid-range standard of living.
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In the mid-1950s, Polish workers rebelled because they wanted

A
political reforms.
B
better pay.
C
more personal freedom.
D
national independence.
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How did anti-Semitism affect Jewish people in Nazi Germany?

A
they were persecuted because of their age
B
they were discriminated against because of their ethnicity
C
they were hated because they came from other countries.
D
they were rejected because of their professions

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