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Which best explains how the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) maintained power in Mexico for many years?

A
It offered the working class many benefits and kept dissension to a minimum.
B
It defeated opposition parties by controlling congress and using election fraud.
C
It ruled so well that people prospered and opposing parties did not succeed.
D
It acted like a dictatorship and jailed those who opposed the way they ruled.
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What did the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo do in response to the actions of the military government in Argentina?

A
They held protests and demanded welfare.
B
They held protests and demanded answers.
C
They started riots and demanded answers.
D
They started riots and demanded justice.
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Which list states events from the rise of nationalism in the Middle East in the correct order?

A
i. Turkey became an independent nation. ii. Protestors sparked the Arab Spring. iii. The Arabian peninsula began to unite. iv. The Iranian Revolution brought reform.
B
i. Protestors sparked the Arab Spring. ii. The Iranian Revolution brought reform. iii. The Arabian peninsula began to unite. iv. Turkey became an independent nation.
C
i. The Arabian peninsula began to unite. ii. Turkey became an independent nation. iii. The Iranian Revolution brought reform. iv. Protestors sparked the Arab Spring.
D
i. The Iranian Revolution brought reform. ii. Turkey became an independent nation. iii. The Arabian peninsula began to unite. iv. Protestors sparked the Arab Spring.
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How would al-Qaeda have been affected if the Taliban had not supported it?

A
It would not have had Osama bin Laden as its leader.
B
It would not have developed a strong base in Afghanistan.
C
It would not have had the funding to commit terrorist attacks.
D
It would not have been motivated to attack the United States.
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What best describes South Africa’s homelands of the 1950s?

A
Homelands were urban communities where thousands of Black South Africans were forced to relocate.
B
Homelands were urban communities where European settlers lived during the colonial era.
C
Homelands were rural communities where European settlers lived during the colonial era.
D
Homelands were rural communities where thousands of Black South Africans were forced to relocate.
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How did Osama bin Laden form Al-Qaeda?

A
He united Islamic fighters he met in Afghanistan.
B
He chose soldiers who had fought for the Taliban.
C
He joined together several smaller terrorist groups.
D
He recruited allies from Saudi Arabia and Yemen.
7

Following its independence, Brazil first became a

A
republic.
B
monarchy.
C
theocracy.
D
democracy.
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Which statement best describes Frederik W. de Klerk?

A
He was the first Black Anglican archbishop of Cape Town and a Nobel Peace Prize honoree.
B
He was a leader in the African National Congress and became the first Black president of South Africa.
C
He was sent to prison on various charges for protesting South Africa’s policies of apartheid.
D
He was the president of South Africa in 1990 and pushed reforms that ended apartheid.
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Which best summarizes the result of major conflicts between Israel and Arab states?

A
Arab states expanded their borders, while Israel lost land.
B
Arab states expanded their borders, while Israel launched an intifada.
C
Israel expanded its borders, while Arab states launched an intifada.
D
Israel expanded its borders, while Arab states lost land.
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In chronological order, Mexico’s leaders after its independence in 1821 and before its revolution in 1910 were

A
Santa Anna, Benito Juarez, and Lázaro Cárdenas.
B
Benito Juarez, Porfirio Diaz, and Lázaro Cárdenas.
C
Santa Anna, Benito Juarez, and Porfirio Diaz.
D
Porfirio Diaz, Benito Juarez, and Santa Anna.
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European nations benefited from African colonies’

A
labor and resources.
B
well-trained military.
C
established trade routes.
D
industries and artisans.
13

During the mid-twentieth century, a sense of nationalism grew in the Middle East and became known as

A
Arab unification.
B
pan-Arabism.
C
sectarianism.
D
fundamentalism.
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The economies of most African colonies were dependent on

A
one or two crops.
B
industrial development.
C
diverse farmlands.
D
a strong middle class.

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