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| 2410236147 | In what way did China and Vietnam differ from the other nations of the Third World? | The traditional patterns of civilization in China and Vietnam collapsed, whereas most colonized peoples managed to retain much of their pre-colonial cultures. | 0 | |
| 2410236148 | Who headed the American occupation government of Japan? | General Douglas MacArthur | 1 | |
| 2410236149 | Americans introduced the following reforms BUT | Outlawing labor unions; Giving women the vote | 2 | |
| 2410236150 | What party monopolized Japanese government into 1990s? | Liberal Democratic Party | 3 | |
| 2410236151 | In what year did the American occupation of Japan come to an end? | 1952 | 4 | |
| 2410236152 | In what way was the restoration of an independent Korea complicated? | Korea was divided into zones controlled by the U.S. and the Soviet Union. | 5 | |
| 2410236153 | Who was the political leader of Soviet-dominated People's Democratic Republic of Korea? | Kim Il-Sung | 6 | |
| 2410236154 | The first leader of the US-dominated Republic of Korea was? | Syngman Rhee | 7 | |
| 2410236155 | In what year did the conflict between North and South Korea come to temporary conclusion with the signing of an armistice? | 1953 | 8 | |
| 2410236156 | Who commanded the United Nations troops who participated in the Korean conflict on behalf of the Republic of Korea? | General Douglas MacArthur | 9 | |
| 2410236157 | Describe the situation in Korea following the Korean War. | Korea remained divided with relatively authoritarian governments in both halves of the divided nation. | 10 | |
| 2410236158 | What Chinese leader established an autocratic government on Taiwan in 1948? | Chiang Kai Shek | 11 | |
| 2410236159 | Which of the following economic powers of the Pacific Rim remained a European colony long after World War II? | Hong Kong | 12 | |
| 2410236160 | Which nation retained a large British naval base until 1971? | Singapore | 13 | |
| 2410236161 | Describe the Japanese political system after 1955? | It was led by the Liberal Democratic Party with no experience with shifts in party administration and emphasis laid in conservative stability. | 14 | |
| 2413837289 | What was the only weakness of the leadership of the Liberal Democratic Party in Japan in the 1980s? | Liberal Democrats were bonded with corruption. | 15 | |
| 2413842480 | What Western label was applied to the close coordination of Japanese government and business for promotion of economic growth and export expansion? | Japan, Incorporated. | 16 | |
| 2413845190 | Which of the following was NOT a feature of government involvement in Japanese industry? | Granting huge military contracts | 17 | |
| 2413852235 | Describe the development of Japanese culture in the postwar era. | Aside from interior decoration and film, Japanese contributions to world culture were negligible. | 18 | |
| 2413861118 | Which of the following was NOT a factor in the amazing economic growth of Japan following the 1950s? | A rapidly growing military-industrial complex | 19 | |
| 2413869286 | What did Japan's distinctive economic culture after the 1950s NOT include? | The Zaibatsu system | 20 | |
| 2413881362 | Which of the following represents a significant difference between Japanese and Western women in the later 20th century? | The Japanese feminist movement was confined to a small number of intellectuals. | 21 | |
| 2413890315 | In the 1980s the Japanese government invested considerable money in teaching | Eating with chopsticks | 22 | |
| 2413897432 | What nation other than Japan in the Pacific Rim was the most obvious example of the spread of new economic dynamism? | South Korea | 23 | |
| 2413902412 | What leadership was typical of South Korea between 1960 and the late 1980s? | Liberal Democratic; Military | 24 | |
| 2413904558 | Which of the following statements most accurately describes Korean economic growth after 1950? | Korea was able by the 1970s to compete successfully in the areas of steel, automobiles, and cheap consumer goods. | 25 | |
| 2413909849 | Which of the following companies exemplifies the economic growth and political influence of Korean corporations? | Hyundai; Daewoo | 26 | |
| 2413912933 | In 1978, how did the United States government change its relationship with China? | Severed its diplomatic ties with Taiwan and recognized the legitimacy of the communist government of mainland China. | 27 | |
| 2413924744 | Who is Taiwan's greatest trade partner? | Japan | 28 | |
| 2413927665 | In what way was the Chinese Communist takeover of China different than that of the Bolshevik Revolution? | The Chinese Communists claimed a unified country and did not experience years of civil war and foreign intervention | 29 | |
| 2413944842 | Which of the following statements concerning Chinese foreign policy during the 1950s and 1960s is NOT accurate? | China was able to achieve a close alliance with the emerging Third World government in India as a means of uniting the major powers of Asia. | 30 | |
| 2413951200 | Which of the following statements concerning Chinese domestic policies during the 1950s and 1960s is most accurate? | With the introduction of the first five-year plan in 1953, the Communist leadership turned away from the peasantry | 31 | |
| 2413955805 | Mao's 1958 program of pushing industrialization through small-scale projects integrated into the peasant communes was called | the Great Leap Forward | 32 | |
| 2413966472 | China responded to to its population problem in the mid 1960s by | limiting urban couples to two children and rural couples to one. | 33 | |
| 2413969526 | By 1960, why did Mao lose his position as State Chairman? | It was because of the general and catastrophic failure of the Great Leap Forward. | 34 | |
| 2413979041 | Which of the following "pragmatists" came to power following Mao's fall in 1960? | Zhou Enlai | 35 | |
| 2413982082 | Which of the following principles was NOT part of the Chinese Communist party attitudes towards women? | Women proved themselves during World War II. | 36 | |
| 2413990360 | Mao's last campaign, launched in 1965, was | the Cultural Revolution | 37 | |
| 2413993342 | The "Gang of Four" were | Jiang Qing and three allies who contested for power with the "pragmatists" on behalf of the aging Mao. | 38 | |
| 2414011420 | During the 1980s, all of the following were typical of Chinese government EXCEPT | democratic reform | 39 | |
| 2414013894 | The French intervened in the eighteenth century Vietnamese rebellion and supported | Nguyen Anh | 40 | |
| 2414019408 | The outcome of the 18th century Vietnamese Rebellion was | the unification of the country under a single emperor at Hue. | 41 | |
| 2414022314 | By what decade did the French manage to achieve control of all of Vietnam? | 1890s | 42 | |
| 2414026967 | In what way was the early nationalist organization in Vietnam similar to other Third World nations? | It was composed of a Western-educated middle class. | 43 | |
| 2414030528 | The Communist-dominated nationalist movement in Vietnam during World War II was | the Viet Minh | 44 | |
| 2414031861 | The Vietnamese nationalists in 1954 decisively defeated the French at what battle? | The Battle of Dien Bien Phu | 45 | |
| 2414035456 | How many states admitted into the UN between the 1960s and 1980s? | Over a hundred new states | 46 | |
| 2414044479 | What role did working class and rural men and women play in the global network? | Rural poor drawn into sweat shop labor and thus into the global economy | 47 | |
| 2414049578 | Length of cold war (until context shifted after 1985)? | 30 years | 48 | |
| 2414050720 | What factor did NOT play a role in the demise of communism? | Reassertion of eastern European initiative | 49 | |
| 2414053256 | What was the name of the strategic arms treaty negotiated between the superpowers in 1979? | SALT II | 50 | |
| 2414054600 | What was NOT a change in Chinese policy in the late 1970s? | The decision to relax political controls | 51 | |
| 2414058033 | How did the US protest against the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979? | boycotted the 1980s Moscow Winter | 52 | |
| 2414060420 | Who was the Russian leader who significantly altered policies after 1985? | Mikhail Gorbachev | 53 | |
| 2414067716 | What is perestroika? | economic restructuring and more leeway for private ownership. | 54 | |
| 2414071181 | In what country did violence lead to the overthrow of communist leader? | Romania | 55 | |
| 2414072597 | What was NOT a factor leading to the stagnation of industrial production in the Soviet Union? | Shortage of raw resources and materials | 56 | |
| 2414075958 | What was NOT a reform of Mikhail Gorbachev? | the dividing of the Soviet Union into its original states. | 57 | |
| 2414082382 | What was the name of the new parliament encouraged by Gorbachev in 1988? | the Congress of People's Deputies | 58 | |
| 2414083893 | In which country did the Communist Party rename itself Socialist? | Hungary | 59 | |
| 2414085540 | Which country pushed for economic liberation -- held back by the Soviet Union? | Bulgaria | 60 | |
| 2414087914 | What was the country that installed a non-communist government in 1988? | Hungary | 61 | |
| 2414089231 | The German reunification occurred in what year? | 1988 | 62 | |
| 2414090441 | Name the minority nationality regions in the former Yugoslavia. | Muria | 63 | |
| 2414091594 | Name the Baltic states. | Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia | 64 | |
| 2414100795 | Boris Yeltsin emerged as head of what major Soviet Republic in 1991? | Russia | 65 | |
| 2414101208 | What did the former Soviet Union become? | Common wealth of independent states | 66 | |
| 2414102638 | What was NOT a concern of the former Soviet Union? | Invasion by the West | 67 | |
| 2414109863 | Who took over after Yeltsin as leader of Russia? | Putin | 68 | |
| 2414112691 | What was the trend in the world following the end of the Cold War? | The spread of multiparty democracy | 69 | |
| 2414119353 | Which country did NOT experience democratic restructuring in the mid 1970s? | Germany | 70 | |
| 2414120252 | Which Latin American countries did NOT adapt to democracy in the 1990s? | Cuba | 71 | |
| 2414122429 | What is the heaviest populated country of Africa? | Nigeria | 72 | |
| 2414123722 | What country remained a superpower after the end of the Cold War? | the United States | 73 | |
| 2414124944 | What country was excluded from the UN Human Rights Commission in 2001? | the United States | 74 | |
| 2414127630 | What countries were identified by the United States as a potential nuclear threat? | North Korea, Iran, Iraq | 75 | |
| 2414131235 | The Persian Gulf War of 1991 was a response to what? | Kuwait | 76 | |
| 2414131724 | What is the common currency of the EU? | Euro | 77 | |
| 2414132858 | IN what year did the terrorist attacks on New York's World Trade Center occur? | September 11, 2001 | 78 | |
| 2414134999 | What countries did NAFTA join? | Canada, the United States, and Mexico | 79 | |
| 2414137289 | The Second Persian Gulf War in 2003 led to the invasion of what country? | Iraq | 80 | |
| 2414138178 | Czechoslovakia is now split into what two nations? | Czech Republic and Slovakia | 81 | |
| 2414139107 | Where has the Russian military put down revolts in the 1990s? | Chechnya | 82 | |
| 2414140342 | What is globalization? | The increased interconnectedness of all parts of the world | 83 | |
| 2414142338 | Generalizations regarding the globalization of the Earth? | Human homogeneity: very similar fashion, lifestyle ideas, foods, technology, etc etc | 84 | |
| 2414143010 | what was the most important technological innovation regarding global communications? | The cellular phone. | 85 | |
| 2414144695 | Where is VW "Bug" produced? | Germany | 86 | |
| 2414146840 | IN 2000, what percentage of American households did not have English as the primary language? | 25% | 87 | |
| 2414148143 | What company was the most striking international cultural influence since 1970s? | McDonald's | 88 | |
| 2414148612 | What was the role of All Saint's Day in Northern Mexico? | It was displaced by Halloween. | 89 |
