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Which of the following is an accurate comparison of the Chinese and the Mexican revolutions during the twentieth century?
Both promoted imperialism.
Both promoted religious education.
Both were supported by an elite group of landlords.
Both generated land-redistribution policies.

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Both generated land-redistribution policies.

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Which of the following contributed significantly to the decline of both the Qing and the Ottoman Empires? A) Widespread revolts by factory workers and labor unions, B) Collapse of domestic stock and bond markets, C) Internal conflict with ethnic and religious minorities, D) Attempts by the Soviet Union to spread world communism

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Internal conflict with ethnic and religious minorities

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Which of the following most directly led to the start of the First World War?
European powers meeting in Berlin in 1884 and 1885 to divide Africa into colonies,
Nationalist competition among industrialized powers for resources,
Japanese imperialist expansion into Korea and China,
Political tensions between communist and capitalist states

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Nationalist competition among industrialized powers for resources

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The memorandum is best explained in the context of which of the following developments in the early twentieth century? The decline of the Western-dominated global order, The emergence of new nation-states based on the principle of ethnic self-determination, The emergence of external and internal challenges that threatened the stability of imperial states, The use of government propaganda to mobilize national populations for conflict with rival states

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The emergence of external and internal challenges that threatened the stability of imperial states

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Durnovo’s argument in the second paragraph regarding the effect of war between Germany and Russia on the two countries would prove to be

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accurate in its prediction that a war with Germany would create the circumstances for a revolution in Russia

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Which development during the first decade of the twentieth century can best be explained in the context of the “weakening of the conservative principle” mentioned in the first paragraph of the passage? Options: The collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, as socialists in the Balkans led revolutions that greatly weakened the Habsburg monarchy; The Mexican Revolution, as middle classes and peasants united to oust longtime dictator Porfirio Díaz and establish a more equitable society; The Boer War, in which Dutch-speaking white settlers inflicted several military defeats on British colonial armies in southern Africa; The formation of the Triple Entente alliance, in which Great Britain, France, and Russia pledged to work together to check the rise of Germany.

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The Mexican Revolution, as middle classes and peasants united to oust longtime dictator Porfirio Díaz and establish a more equitable society

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Moltke’s prediction in Source 1 about the consequences of a potential war between Germany and France is most directly explained by the fact that previous conflicts had stirred intense nationalism in France and Germany.

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previous conflicts had stirred intense nationalism in France and Germany

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Giolitti’s concerns in Source 2 about the potential consequences of conflict in the Balkans are most directly explained by which of the following developments in Europe in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries? Options: Ethnic and religious diversity in European states ensured that ethnic tensions in one region would quickly spread across Europe and spark civil wars., European states entered into military alliances with each other that forced them to come to their allies’ aid in the event of conflict with a nonallied state., Military experts feared that future wars between European states would likely be far deadlier than past wars, because of the recent development of more advanced weapons., Conflict between European rivals had already led to the dissolution of imperial states such as the Habsburg Austro-Hungarian Empire.

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European states entered into military alliances with each other that forced them to come to their allies’ aid in the event of conflict with a nonallied state.

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In addition to the potential destabilization of the Ottoman Empire, Giolitti’s argument in Source 2 regarding Italy’s ambitions in Libya is likely explained by the concern that any attempt by a European state to acquire colonies in Africa could

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dangerously intensify rivalries between European states seeking to acquire territories and resources

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Which of the following factors contributed most significantly to the contraction of the Ottoman Empire in the nineteenth century? Adoption of gunpowder weaponry, The Opium Wars, The Berlin Conference of 1884 and 1885, Independence movements inspired by ethnic nationalism

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Independence movements inspired by ethnic nationalism