Poverty and Disease — Cumulative exam Answers

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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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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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Which was the most likely reason the bodies of victims at Auschwitz were cremated?

A
to stop the spread of disease
B
to reduce burial expenses
C
to hide the evidence of the executions
D
to observe religious practices
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Read the excerpt from a novel by a Palestinian writer.We were exiled but we left our souls, our hopes and our childhood in Palestine. We left our joys and sorrows. We left them in every corner, and on every grain of sand in Palestine. We left them with each lemon fruit, with each olive. We left them in the roses and flowers. We left them in the flowering tree that stands with pride at the entrance of our house in al-Ramla. We left them in the remains of our fathers and ancestors. We left them as witnesses and history. We left them, hoping to return.–The Lemon Tree,Sandy Tolan

A
People in Palestine have, for the most part, welcomed their exile.
B
People in Palestine kept large orchards and flower gardens.
C
Palestinian refugees have a deep yearning to return to their homes.
D
Palestinian refugees should be given a new homeland.
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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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What was an effect of the rise in anti-Semitism in Europe during the 1880s?

A
a wave of Jewish immigration to Palestine
B
the expulsion of all Jews from Europe
C
a feeling of peace and contentment among European Jews
D
a major war among the leading powers in Europe
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Which is most challenging for developing countries?

A
large aging populations
B
creating multinational corporations
C
social and environmental issues
D
outsourcing of jobs to nearby areas
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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 did Israel agree to during the Oslo Peace Accords?

A
to return Egyptian territory in the Sinai Peninsula
B
to have a ceasefire and end military action against Egypt
C
to grant Palestine full independence
D
to withdraw from the Gaza Strip and parts of the West Bank

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