Practice Test

Question 1

Which best describes why China introduced the one-child policy?

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to slow population growth

Question 2

How did Mikhail Gorbachev differ from previous Soviet leaders?

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He recognized that the Soviet Union needed to adapt.

Question 3

What happened in Poland in 1989?

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Workers finally were given the right to form unions.

Question 4

Which best characterizes Europe in the period between the signing of the Schuman Plan and the formation of the European Union?

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Nations took sizable steps toward cooperation.

Question 5

Détente means

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a relaxing of tensions.

Question 6

Which best describes how Deng’s move to work with international experts on matters of science and technology was a major departure from previous government policy in China?

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China had had a policy of self-reliance.

Question 7

A goal of the Great Leap Forward involved helping China

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compete in the steel industry.

Question 8

During the Cold War, the United States supported anti-communist dictators who committed human rights abuses and opposed democratic freedoms. What does this indicate about the actual goal of the United States?

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The actual U.S. goal was to undermine Soviet influence.

Question 9

Which best describes the two sides that faced each other during the Cold War?

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Communists and non-Communists

Question 10

The most important goal of the Schuman Plan was to

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attain stability and peace in Europe.

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