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The Bolsheviks won the Russia Civil War for all of the following reasons EXCEPT
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Trotsky's creation of an effective army.
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German support of the Bolsheviks against Allied intervention.
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The weakness and disunity of their White opponents.
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The use of terror to crush opponents.
Question 2
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Mao Tse-tung drew most of his initial support from which of the following groups?
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The peasantry.
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The warlords.
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The urban workers.
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Wealthy business men.
Question 3
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The most impressive accomplishment of Stalin's first five-year plan occurred in
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agriculture.
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heavy industry.
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consumer projects.
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foreign trade.
Question 4
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The map above shows the
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Question 6
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Which of the following is the best description of satyagraha?
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A mixture of Marxist ideology and Hindu theology directed against British rule.
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The policy of nonviolent resistance preached by Gandhi.
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The policy of nonviolent resistance based on Muslim principles.
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Gandhi's ethical justification for the use of violence in resisting British rule.
Question 7
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The founder of the Kuomintang was
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Chiang Kai-shek.
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Sun Yat-sen.
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Mao Tse-tung.
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Mohandas Gandhi.
Question 8
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The Amritsar Massacre brought about
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Indian independence.
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an end to civil disobedience.
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an increase in anti-British feeling.
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the formation of the Muslim league.
Question 9
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Which of the following best describe the New Economic Policy?
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Rapid industrialization at the expense of the peasantry.
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Small family farms and privately owned shops and businesses.
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Economic centralization and considerable confiscation of property.
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War Communism.
Question 10
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"A revolution is not a dinner party, or writing an essay, or painting a picture, or doing embroidery; it cannot be so refined, so leisurely and gentle, so temperate, kind, courteous, restrained and magnanimous. A revolution is an insurrection, an act of violence by which one class overthrows another." This passage was written by
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Sun Tat Sen.
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Muhammad Ali Jinnah.
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Mao Tse-tung.
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Mohandas Ghandi.
Question 11
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One of the leading figures of the Muslim League was
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Muhammad Ali Jinnah.
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Mohandas Gandhi.
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Chiang Kai-shek.
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Lenin.
Question 12
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During or between the Revolutions of 1917 all of the following occurred EXCEPT
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Tsar Nicholas II abdicated the throne.
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The Bolsheviks seized power.
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Russia withdrew from World War I.
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Lenin called for all power to be given to the Soviets.
Question 13
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The May Fourth Movement
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was a direct result of the Amritsar Massacre.
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ultimately resulted in the Bolsheviks seizing power.
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guaranteed that women could hold positions in the Indian National Congress.
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was an intellectual revolution that ushered in a new period of activism in China.
Question 14
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The term collectivization refers to the process of
Question 15
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The primary goal of the Indian National Congress was to
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reform Hinduism.
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partition India between Muslims and Hindus.
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implement British policies on a local level.
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gain independence from Great Britain.
Question 16
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The Government of India Act of 1935
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granted India complete independence from British.
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exiled all Muslims from the country.
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decreased the role Indians played in the government.
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gave Indians a greater voice and role in government.
Question 17
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Which of the following best describes China after the Qing Dynasty came to an end?
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It was ruled by another dynasty for the next thirty years.
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It began a period where no one group was able to unify the county for an extended period of time.
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A brutal civil war between the Nationalists and Communists immediately broke.
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The Japanese invaded, took over the entire country and established a puppet government.
Question 18
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Lenin demanded that the Bolsheviks
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be a small, well-disciplined party of dedicated revolutionaries.
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be a large, broad-based organization that allowed workers to lead.
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be allies of the Germans in order to overthrow the Tsar and his regime.
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honor all democratic elections.
Question 19
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The Great Purges of the 1930s were used by Stalin to
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improve the health of individual Soviet citizens.
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make the Soviet Union's Five Year Plans more successful.
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train the Red Army.
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remove potential political opponents from power.
Question 20
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All of the following were Gandhi's goals EXCEPT
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The separation of religious groups.
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Gaining independence from Great Britain.
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Socially reforming Indian society.
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Returning to simple traditions.