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What caused Britain to begin considering India’s desire for independence?

A
Gandhi’s death
B
the end of World War II
C
the Salt March
D
economic collapse
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The official ideology of a totalitarian government is based on

A
the expectation that some of its citizens will participate.
B
the discouragement of citizen dissent but acceptance of other ideas.
C
particular ideas and beliefs that shape the government.
D
many leaders enforcing the government’s ideology.
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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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What happened to the Nationalists after the Civil War in China?

A
They were driven out of mainland China.
B
They centralized their power in major cities.
C
They gradually lost all power in China.
D
They revolted against their party leader.
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The positive effect on the environment that the Kyoto Protocol intended to achieve

A
failed because developing countries were exempt.
B
failed because the US did not sign the agreement.
C
succeeded because overall emissions were reduced.
D
succeeded because all countries signed the agreement.
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The photograph shows Nazi troops committing crimes against a group of Jewish people.

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crimes against humanity.
B
crimes against Europe.
C
international crimes.
D
battle crimes.
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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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In order to invade the USSR, Hitler had to first

A
make sure US troops were occupied elsewhere.
B
defeat Great Britain’s forces in North Africa.
C
get Italy to commit troops for the invasion.
D
break the German-Soviet nonaggression pact.
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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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The image shows oil seeping out of an oil well.The most likely effect of this kind of pollution would be

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minor, because it can be cleaned up quickly and easily.
B
major, because it can affect people’s health.
C
limited, because oil is not a pollutant like pesticides or waste.
D
insignificant, because oil rarely affects the fertility of the soil.

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