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If Joseph Stalin had set lower production quotas for his first Five-Year Plan, he would have

A
won more public support for his command economy.
B
achieved better results and conserved resources.
C
achieved less impressive results, but at less cost to workers.
D
met his goals, but workers would have worked longer hours.
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What was the main reason Joseph Stalin created collective farms?

A
Soviet farms were old-fashioned and inefficient.
B
Farmland could be turned into industrial land.
C
Wasteful crop surpluses would be eliminated.
D
Collective farms would create many new jobs.
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What best describes the difference between the Great Leap Forward in China and industrialization in Europe?

A
The Great Leap Forward featured factories, while European industrialization included communes without machines.
B
Workers in the Great Leap Forward were given steel, while European workers made steel during industrialization.
C
The Great Leap featured communes without machines, while European industrialization included factories.
D
Workers in the Great Leap made steel, while European workers were given steel during industrialization.
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Sun Yat-sen promoted nationalism in China because he

A
wanted the Chinese people to feel pride in their country.
B
hoped it would strengthen the country’s imperial dynasty.
C
hoped it would instill a Communist belief system in citizens.
D
wanted China to develop better relations with other nations.
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Why was the end to communism in Czechoslovakia termed the “Velvet Revolution”?

A
The transition was remarkably smooth.
B
The communist rulers were as soft and weak as velvet.
C
The revolution was named for the group that led it.
D
Velvet was a symbol of Czechoslovakia.
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Which statement best describes the United States and the Soviet Union during World War II?

A
They were on opposite sides.
B
They were both members of the Axis.
C
They had nothing to do with each other.
D
They were both members of the Allies.
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Which event preceded the revolutions of 1989?

A
Communist rule ended in Czechoslovakia.
B
Hungary implemented a free market economy.
C
Solidarity candidates were elected in Poland.
D
Gorbachev made reforms in the Soviet Union.
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The United Nations was created in 1945 with the purpose of

A
creating a world government.
B
maintaining world peace.
C
ending World War II.
D
stopping the spread of communism.
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The main goal of China’s first Five-Year Plan under Mao Zedong was to

A
seize land and businesses.
B
start a cultural revolution.
C
launch collectivization.
D
spur economic growth.
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What is a collective farm?

A
a communist farm
B
a community farm
C
a subsistence farm
D
an independent farm
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What was Joseph Stalin’s goal in creating a command economy?

A
to shift resources toward necessities
B
to gradually move to a market economy
C
to conserve limited resources
D
to outproduce capitalist nations
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What best describes the “Three Principles of the People”?

A
the declaration that helped overthrow the emperor
B
the agreement signed after the Revolution of 1911
C
Sun Yat-sen’s ideas for governing China
D
the foundations of the Communist Party
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The arms race meant that once the United States built hydrogen bombs,

A
world peace had been assured.
B
the Soviet Union built them too.
C
a new world war was about to start.
D
no other country wanted to build them.
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What was the effect on China of the Boxer Rebellion?

A
It made China a Communist country.
B
It gave Europe a bigger role in China.
C
It made China a major world power.
D
It led China to the verge of collapse.
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What happened when the Czechs tried to implement liberal reforms in 1968?

A
Czechoslovakian residents gained new civil liberties.
B
The communist government was forced to step down.
C
Slovakia protested and blocked the proposed changes.
D
The USSR and other Warsaw pact nations invaded.
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The Cold War was a period of history during which

A
atomic bombs were dropped for the first time.
B
the Allied powers defeated Hitler.
C
the United States and the Soviet Union mistrusted each other.
D
the United States and the Soviet Union fought each other.
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Intercontinental ballistic missiles made it possible for a country possessing them to

A
shoot down enemy airplanes.
B
strike targets far away.
C
launch satellites into space.
D
detect enemy troops at night.

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