Topic 17 The World Between the Wars

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By the 1930s, South Africa was

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an independent nation with a strict policy of racial separation.

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Why was the protest march shown here an example of civil disobedience?

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Marchers deliberately defied laws passed by the colonial government.

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Which statement best describes Sun Yixian’s role in the development of modern China?

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He set goals for a modern democratic nation that were never fully achieved.

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What was the main significance of flappers in the 1920s?

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Flappers symbolized a postwar rejection of traditional values.

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What was the main goal of Stalin’s Five-Year Plan?

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to expand industry and transportation

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In the long term, who benefited the most from the journey shown by the red arrows in this map? Options: the Lions eternal quest for the Super Bowl, the Communists under Mao Zedong, the Japanese forces that invaded China, the warlords who ruled the Chinese provinces

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the Communists under Mao Zedong

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What did the United States agree to under the Good Neighbor Policy?

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to stop getting involved in Latin American disputes

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Which conclusion is best supported by this pie graph? Options: none of the presidents did anything for land reform., Lázaro Cárdenas nationalized Mexican agriculture and other industries., Lázaro Cárdenas distributed free land to nearly two-thirds of Mexican peasants., Lázaro Cárdenas gave twice as much land to peasants as the six presidents before him.

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Lázaro Cárdenas gave twice as much land to peasants as the six presidents before him.

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Which statement best describes Western countries’ attempts to end the Great Depression? Options: They decreased the size of the government to save the taxpayers money. They developed programs that lessened suffering but did not solve all the problems. They increased the size of the government to save taxpayers money. They used higher tariffs, which led to an increase in production.

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They developed programs that lessened suffering but did not solve all the problems.

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What was Atatürk’s goal for Turkey?

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to Westernize and modernize Turkey