NYS Global Regents #3

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What was an important contribution of the sankin kōtai (alternate attendance) system to the modernization of Japan?

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Japan’s people developed a stronger sense of national cultural unity.

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The purpose of the Tokugawa’s sankin kōtai (alternate attendance) system is similar to the purpose of: British suffragettes who demanded Parliament grant women the right to vote, King Louis XIV of France who required nobles to stay at Versailles, Simón Bolívar who expected the indigenous people to rise up against the Spanish, European countries that divided up the African continent.

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King Louis XIV of France who required nobles to stay at Versailles

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Which claim related to the economic situation in 18th-century France is most directly supported by this passage? A surplus of grain hurt French farmers. Subsidized bread prices led to improved living conditions in French cities. Economic competition with England led to agricultural innovation in France. Efforts to stimulate industry in France through trade agreements caused unemployment.

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Efforts to stimulate industry in France through trade agreements caused unemployment.

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Which event was caused in part by the conditions described in the passage? Options: collapse of the British Empire, French withdrawal from Mughal India, German wars of unification, French Revolution

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French Revolution

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10.2

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What was Lin Zexu’s purpose for writing this letter to Queen Victoria?

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to attempt to stop the flow of opium into China

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What is a long-term consequence of the historical development discussed in this 1839 letter?

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establishment of British spheres of influence in China

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Marx and Engels are reacting to changes resulting from: imperialism, nationalism, industrialization, democratization

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industrialization

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Which action did Marx and Engels predict would change the conditions described in this passage? Options: implementation of government reforms, adoption of laissez-faire policies, use of passive resistance, revolts by the working class

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revolts by the working class

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10.3

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The division of the mandates into these states caused future conflicts because

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the boundaries failed to fully recognize competing religious and ethnic interests.

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The situation shown on this map played a direct role in the: building of the Suez Canal, invasion of Afghanistan, series of Arab-Israeli wars, admission of Turkey to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

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series of Arab-Israeli wars