Politics

CHAPTER 36 TEST QUESTIONS MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. In the decades following World War I, nationalism was most powerful in Asia in the regions of a. Korea. b. China c. India d. Japan e. both b. and c. * (p. 1006) 2. The most influential organization dedicated to the end of British rule in India was a. the Muslim League. b. the Pan-Indian Association. c. the Indian National Congress. * d. League of the Fourteen Points. e. Indian Communist Party. (p. 1007) 3. Satyagraha was a. Gandhi?s philosophy of passive resistance. * b. the Islamic leader who called for the creation of Pakistan for India?s Muslims. c. the Nazi attack on Jewish shops known as the ?night of broken glass.?

CHAPTER 34 TEST QUESTIONS MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. The spark for World War I was provided when Gavrilo Princip assassinated a. Francis Joseph. b. Nicholas II. c. Alexander Kerensky. d. Francis Ferdinand. * e. Otto von Bismarck. (p. 946) 2. The first total war in world history was a. the Crimean War. b. the American Civil War. c. World War II. d. the Franco-Prussian War. e. World War I. * (p. 946) 3. Approximately how many combatants died in World War I? a. one million b. three million c. four million d. nine million e. fifteen million * (p. 946) 4. The term for the idea that people with the same ethnic origins, language, and political ideals had the right to form sovereign states was a. Utopian socialism. b. positive nationalism.

CHAPTER 40 TEST QUESTIONS MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) started with 23 noncommunist nations in 1947, and by 1994 was up to how many nations? a. 30 b. 42 c. 55 d. 71 e. 123 * (p. 1133) 2. Which of these organizations has developed into a forum for settling international trade disputes? a. North American Treaty Organization b. Warsaw Pact c. United Nations d. World Trade Organization * e. Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (p. 1133) 3. Which of the following was not one of the ?little tigers?? a. Thailand * b. Hong Kong c. Singapore d. South Korea e. Taiwan (p. 1135) 4. The Asian economic crisis began in 1997 in what country? a. China b. Thailand * c. Hong Kong d. Japan