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Artworks of the type shown in the image were used for all of the following EXCEPT to

showcase Soviet support for the Warsaw Pact during the Cold War

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Which of the following was most clearly NOT a consequence of the Second World War?

The independence of Brazil

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Which of the following was a principal cause of the Cold War?

Conflicting capitalist and communist ideologies

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All of the following resulted from the French and Russian Revolutions EXCEPT

a socialist economic system

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Which of the following is an accurate comparison of the Chinese and the Mexican revolutions during the twentieth century?

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?

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?

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 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

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?

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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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?

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

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?

Independence movements inspired by ethnic nationalism

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Which of the following best explains the changes depicted in Map 2 ?

European imperialism and increasing ethnic nationalism

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The opinion expressed in the passage above is most consistent with which of the following?

Redistributing one-third of the land controlled by large landholders to landless peasants

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Which of the following is an accurate description of relations between European states and the Ottoman Empire in the period 1815 to 1914 ?

Russian, English, and French expansion came at the expense of the Ottomans.

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Which of the following was a major similarity between the goals of leaders of the Chinese Communist Revolution, such as Mao Zedong, and the goals of leaders of the Mexican Revolution, such as Emiliano Zapata, in the early twentieth century?

Support for redistribution of land to poor peasants

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Which of the following statements best represents a nationalistic interpretation of the collapse of the Ottoman and Russian empires during and immediately after the First World War?

The growing demands of various ethnic groups within these multiethnic empires were the primary reasons for the collapse.

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Which of the following best describes the lithograph above by German artist George Grosz?

A post-First World War print expressing antiwar sentiment

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Which of the following best describes the 1936 lithograph (entitled The Hero) by German artist George Grosz?

A post-First World War print expressing antiwar sentiment

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Which of the following best describes the cause of the developments described in the passage?

Soviet efforts to modernize their economy through government control

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As described by Keshavarz in the first paragraph, which of the following would best explain why European countrieswere implementing policies to increase the size of their populations?

They wanted to address the effects of the First World War and mobilize for future conflicts.

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The passage above best exemplifies which of the following processes shortly after the outbreak of the First World War?

The strengthening of nationalist sentiment throughout Europe

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Which of the following best explains the historical significance of views such as those expressed in the passage?

They show that, in response to the disruptions of the Great Depression, many political leaders saw it as their duty to take an active role in guiding economic life.

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The Brazilian government’s pride in listing the extensive workers’ rights guaranteed under the 1937 constitution is significant because it shows that

governments across the political spectrum were influenced by socialist economic and social policies

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Which of the following best explains a potentially significant limitation of using the document for understanding the reforms described in the passage in Brazil?

The document likely ignores some economic problems that might have occurred because of the reforms.

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China’s strategy for modernization and economic development in the 1950s most closely resembled the developmental strategy of

the Soviet Union

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Which of the following best supports the contention that the First World War was the first total war?

Governments mobilized large segments of their populations and economies and targeted their opponents’ military and economic capabilities.

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The table best supports which of the following conclusions?

European powers maintained colonies despite global war and economic depression.

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The global economic downturn of the 1930s had which of the following effects on nations in Europe and North America?

Governments took a more active role in directing and regulating their economies to stimulate growth.

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In the mid-twentieth century, which of the following was a similarity between the approaches of China and the Soviet Union in managing their respective economies?

Direct intervention in their economies to speed the process of industrialization

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The passage best exemplifies which of the following historical developments?

Khrushchev’s attempt to distance his rule from Stalinist atrocities

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Which of the following was a major long-term effect of the global economic depression of the 1930s?

Governments began to take a more active role in their economies.

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The photograph above of German East African troops best illustrates which of the following historical processes during the First World War?

The increasing inclusion of non-Europeans in European conflicts

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Which of the following was the major long-term political effect of the Great Depression?

Governments began to take a more active role in economic life.

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Poster from the Seventeenth Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, 1934.

Poster text: “Raise the Flag of Lenin, It Gives Us Victory!”

Banners at bottom read: “Long live the invincible party of Lenin!” “Long live the great guide of the international proletarian revolution, Comrade Stalin!”

To build support for centrally directed economic modernization programs in the Soviet Union

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The economic development Stalin describes above was achieved primarily through which of the following?

Government control of the national economy

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Watson, in the first paragraph of Source 1, uses the newspaper quote to support the claim that

German propaganda portrayed the conflict with Russia as a defensive war

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Which of the following types of evidence does Watson (Source 1) cite to support his claim that early German support for the war was not limited to the young?

Muster rolls and letters

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Goldfarb, in Source 2, most directly supports her claim that the British press during the First World War routinely suppressed important war news by citing

the case of the sinking of a battleship and the Battle of Jutland

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A historian researching the motives of the perpetrators of the Holocaust would find which of the following sources most useful?

Letters and publications written by Nazi leaders before the Second World War

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The differences in the passages above are most likely a result of which of the following?

Demilitarization imposed by the United States after the Second World War

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Poster from the Seventeenth Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, 1934.

Poster text: “Raise the Flag of Lenin, It Gives Us Victory!”

Banners at bottom read: “Long live the invincible party of Lenin!” “Long live the great guide of the international proletarian revolution, Comrade Stalin!”

encourage Soviet citizens to embrace Western popular culture

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Which of the following directly enabled the establishment of the government that produced the poster?

The collapse of the Russian Empire under the stress of the First World War

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Which of the following best explains why the British government felt the need to distribute the pamphlet?

British authorities were concerned that going to war against a Muslim country could fuel anti-imperialist protests among India’s large Muslim population.

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The Ottoman Empire likely entered into the conflict referred to in the passage because

it had lost significant territory to other European states in the nineteenth century.

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The treaties that settled the conflict referred to in the passage most directly changed the geopolitical structure of the Middle East in which of the following ways?

Allied powers received territorial mandates from the League of Nations.

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Which of the following developments during the Second World War would Franck most likely have cited as evidence to support his arguments in the passage?

Allied firebombing in Germany and Japan had caused massive devastation and civilian casualties, and atomic weapons were vastly more powerful than those used in firebombing.

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Which of the following arguments would a supporter of using nuclear weapons against Japan have most likely cited to explain the limitations of Franck’s arguments in the first and second paragraphs?

Japanese government propaganda instilled fierce, suicidal nationalism in the Japanese population, making Japan unlikely to surrender unconditionally without experiencing the effects of nuclear weapons.

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Contemporaries who agreed with Franck’s argument in the second and third paragraphs regarding the need for an international agreement would most likely have made which of the following arguments to support their position?

The end of the war would probably lead to a new rivalry between the victorious states.

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The FLN was a political movement that advocated for the overthrow of French rule in Algeria. The poster shows an outline of French president Charles de Gaulle in the middle of the French national flag. The photo underneath de Gaulle shows two former FLN guerrilla leaders who switched sides and joined the French forces.

Governments used propaganda to mobilize populations against their enemies.

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Which of the following countries experienced the greatest number of war-related deaths during the Second World War?

The Soviet Union

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In the excerpt above, Mustafa Kemal is most clearly supporting which of the following?

Nationalism

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The situation shown in the image is best understood in the context of which of the following aspects of twentieth-century warfare?

States made full use of their populations and material resources to fight total wars.

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In Poem 2, the reference to Indian victories on battlefields is best understood in the context of which of the following?

The mobilization of Indian troops to fight in Great Britain’s wars

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Slogans of the Khmer Rouge, the governing communist party of Cambodia from 1975 to 1979. The party ordered the forcible relocation of all urban populations onto agricultural communes and was responsible for 2.2 million deaths.

Totalitarian states using violence and genocide against civilians to maintain power

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Which of the following was a common characteristic of the major revolutions that occurred in Russia, China, and Mexico in the early twentieth century?

Nationalism and socialism helped shape all three revolutions.

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The implementation of the policies of extermination shown in the image is most directly explained by which of the following aspects of Nazi ideology?

The idea that minority populations within Germany were somehow responsible for its defeat during the First World War

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The image can best help explain which of the following differences between the Nazi program of genocide and other acts of genocide in the early twentieth century?

The Nazis industrialized the killing process, allowing them to commit murder on a massive scale.

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Which of the following most directly explains the Nazis' ability to carry out the policies of extermination shown in the image?

Local populations collaborated with the regime either out of racial prejudice, fear, or hopes for material gain.

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Which of the following best describes a similarity between the Russian Revolutions of 1917 and the Chinese Revolution of 1911 ?

Both were able to gain support because of the ineffectiveness and corruption of the existing monarchies.

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Some historians consider the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century to have been crucial decades in the development of Western thought. Which of the following best supports that contention?

Discoveries in physics introduced the concepts of uncertainty and relativity, which challenged mechanistic models of the universe.

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Which of the following best describes an important difference between the theories of revolution of Mao Zedong and those of Lenin?

Mao placed emphasis on the revolutionary potential of peasants.

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The declaration’s mention of a “heavy toll” in the third paragraph was most likely a reference to which of the following?

The deaths that occurred during the Holocaust

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Which of the following was the most important factor behind Europeans’ readiness to embrace authoritarian political systems in the 1930s?

The economic crisis caused by the Great Depression

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Based on the passage, it can be inferred that Mazower might also support which of the following assertions?

The Nazis’ rigidly ideological approach to empire building prevented them from consolidating their control of continental Europe.

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The mention of “President Wilson’s principles” is most directly significant to understanding the editorial’s point of view about the Treaty of Versailles because of the United States president’s commitment to

broker a peace agreement on liberal principles that would not be motivated by revenge

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Which of the following accurately explains the historical significance of the harsh conditions imposed on Germany that the editorial describes?

They encouraged the rise of political extremism in Germany.

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Which of the following true statements about the Netherlands best explains how the newspaper’s national origin likely influenced the view of Germany expressed in the editorial?

The Netherlands, by remaining neutral during the war, profited significantly from helping Germany evade the Entente’s naval blockade.

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The table best supports which of the following conclusions?

European powers maintained colonies despite global war and economic depression.

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The expenditures shown in the table most strongly illustrate which of the following?

Despite some medical advances, the environment in Africa continued to present unique challenges to European imperialism.

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Ideas similar to those expressed in the passage would contribute most directly to which of the following?

Japanese imperialist policies in East and Southeast Asia in the first half of the twentieth century

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As shown in the image, the deployment of soldiers by European powers most directly relates to which of the following causes of conflict during the early twentieth century?

Imperialist expansion and competition for resources

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Japanese Expansion and British East India Company 2 maps

The British East India Company’s takeover of other European states’ colonial possessions in India

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Taken together, the two sources best support which of the following conclusions regarding the situation in British India in 1940?

Indian opposition to British rule involved groups pursuing very different political goals.

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Shigenobu’s point of view regarding Western attitudes toward Japan as expressed in the passage is significant in that similar ideas were used by members of the Japanese government during the period between the First and the Second World Wars to justify

militarizing the Japanese state and expanding its territories in Asia

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Shigenobu’s criticism of European race-based discrimination against Japanese people is significant mostly because it shows that advocates of Japanese imperialism

adopted the European attitudes about a “civilizing mission” and used those attitudes to justify Japan’s own imperial policies

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Asian reactions to Western claims of racial and cultural superiority, such as the reaction by Shigenobu in the passage, were also instrumental in the period 1918–1945 in the

intensification of anti-imperial resistance activities and independence movements

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Southeast Asia Decolonization Maps

Japanese occupation of Southeast Asia during the Second World War