Simon Bolivar, "the Liberator" of Latin America was:
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Indigenous
Born in Spain
of Spanish descent born in America
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The architect of German unification was:
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Prussia
Napoleon
Austria
All of the above
None of the above
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Nationalist movements:
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arose in Multinational empires
arose in European colonies
resulted in the unification of smaller political entities
all of the above
none of the above
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The "sun never sets" was the boast of which "empire"
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Japan
British
French
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A philosophic movement that had a great impact on ideologies and events of eighteenth and nineteenth centuries:
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Nationalism
the Enlightenment
Absolutism
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The Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore:
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was opposed to nationalism
favoured nationalism
saw nationalism as having positives and negatives
none of the above
Question 7
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Mary Two-Axe Earley made history when she:
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successfully stopped a gold course from being built on Indigenous lands
succeeded in getting recognition for Indigenous languages
succeeded in having the law that discriminated against Indigenous women struck off
Question 8
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The group that gained the most from successful nationalist movements of the nineteenth century:
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monarchs
bourgeoisie
urban dwellers
Question 9
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Groups of Christian communists of the seventeenth century:
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Levellers
Ciompi
Both of the above
Question 10
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A leader of the English peasant revolt of 1381 was John Ball
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True
False
Question 11
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A leader of the German peasant revolt of 1525 was Martin Luther
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True
False
Question 12
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Keynesian economics supports a mixed economy of:
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public and private sectors
private ownership and government ownership
both of the above
none of the above
Question 13
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Limited abortion under certain circumstances was first legally permitted in Canada in:
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1959
1969
1979
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In 1988, the Supreme Court of Canada struck down Canada's abortion law as unconstitutional as it violated the Charter of Rights and Freedoms with respect to a woman's right to life, liberty, and security of person:
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True
False
Question 15
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Zero-hour contracts are associated with:
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Laissez-faire economics
Protectionist economics
Neoliberal economics
Socialist economics
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This fifteenth century invention has been called the :single most important capitalist invention"
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double-entry book keeping
joint stock company
the corporation
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GDP/GNP can provide information on the wealth gap in a country
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True
False
Question 18
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A reproductive justice framework is fundamentally a human rights framework: