unit 7

The image can best be used to illustrate which of the following about communist states?

State control over the economy

The image is best understood in the context of which of the following twentieth-century developments

New modes of transportation and communication that increased contact between regions

The type of economic activity shown in the image would contribute most directly to which of the following developments in the late twentieth century?

Increased global dependence on fossil fuels

In addition to its main use as advertising material, the image was most likely also intended to

show the Soviet Union’s rise as a major technological power

Which of the following best explains why the Soviet Union was willing to undertake projects such as the one discussed in the passage?

Pressure resulting from the need to keep pace with Western economic development during the Cold War

Which of the following was the most direct result of the attitude toward the environment reflected in the passage?

Desertification and increased competition for natural resources

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

Soviet efforts to modernize their economy through government control

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

Both generated land-redistribution policies

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

Which of the following contributed significantly to the decline of both the Qing and the Ottoman Empires?

Internal conflict with ethnic and religious minorities

Which of the following most directly led to the start of the First World War?

Nationalist competition among industrialized powers for resources

The passage best exemplifies which of the following historical developments?

Khrushchev’s attempt to distance his rule from Stalinist atrocities

Which of the following global processes led most directly to the historical situation described in the passage?

Industrialized states acquired new territories as sources of raw materials and markets for goods

historian would most likely use the passage to research which of the following?

The use of nonviolent resistance methods against governments that demand cultural assimilation

Mazower’s interpretation in the passage is most clearly informed by which of the following?

Postcolonial critiques of imperialism

Which of the following post-1945 processes in Western Europe was most directly inspired by the “sea-change” in Europeans’ political and social attitudes described by Mazower in the last sentence of the first paragraph?

The initial steps toward European economic and political integration

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

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.

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

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.

The declaration is an example of which of the following post-Second World War developments?

The efforts of international organizations to promote human rights

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

Government control of the national economy

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.

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

Nationalism

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

Which of the following most likely explains the overall long-term trend in the number of participants in Olympic Games shown in the graph?

Increased economic development allowed more nations to participate

The trend in female participation in Olympic Games, as shown in the graph, is most similar to which of the following trends in the twentieth century?

Women holding elected political office

Which of the following best explains the change in female athletes’ participation in Olympic Games, as indicated in the graph?

Increased equality and access to higher education and employment

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.

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