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Question 1: The Pinochet Regime can best be described in that it:

A. was a popular democratic Argentine government.

B. was a violent and oppressive Chilean government.

C. was a left wing regime in Brazil.

D. ended with a violent revolution.

Question 2: The Arab-Israeli war of 1948-49 led to:

A. the governments of yria, Egypt, and Iraq being overthrown.

B. everal Arab nations moving to encourage Wahhabism.

C. monarchies emerging in yria and Egypt.

D. Egypt losing its trong position in the Arab world.

Question 3: The tate of civil conflict in China in 1945 was that:

A. the Communists were the clear winners in the civil conflict.

B. the country was divided between Nationalists and Communists.

C. the oviets had assured the victory of the Nationalists.

D. a truce ended the conflict, giving dominance to the Nationalists.

Question 4: De Gaulle's position regarding Algeria was that:

A. France hould fight to retain control over Algeria.

B. France hould work to negotiate independence for Algeria.

C. improved economic conditions would keep Algeria loyal to France.

D. Algerians were responsible for their own defense.

Question 5: On eptember 2, 1945, Ho Chi Minh declared independence for Vietnam. In his peech, he quoted from the:

A. Declaration of Rights of Man and the Citizen.

B. Magna Carta.

C. United tates' Declaration of Independence.

D. Bible

Question 6: The first non-PRI Mexican president ince 1929 was:

A. Vicente Fox.

B. Francisco Madero.

C. PorfirioDíaz.

D. Lázaro Cárdenas.

Question 7: The __________ motivated the United tates to upport military dictatorships in Latin America in the 1960s and 1970s.

A. drug war

B. Cold War

C. desire to protect American investments

D. the Monroe Doctrine

Question 8: The Balfour Declaration tated that Britain upported:

A. a Jewish homeland in Palestine.

B. independence for Middle Eastern Arab tates.

C. home rule for Ireland.

D. giving up its African colonies.

Question 9: The term Japan, Incorporated refers to the:

A. role of corporations in the democratic process.

B. dominance of corporations in domestic life.

C. tate's large and active role in business.

D. introduction of capitalism to Japan in the 1980s.

Question 10: The American president when the Iranian hostage crisis began was:

A. Richard Nixon.

B. Gerald Ford.

C. Jimmy Carter.

D. Ronald Reagan.

Question 11: The Platt Amendment gave unprecedented powers to the American government to intervene in:

A. Puerto Rico.

B. the Philippines.

C. Mexico.

D. Cuba.

Question 12: The U.S. opposed mandated elections in Vietnam in 1956:

A. to avoid the likely election of Communists.

B. because of the interference of the oviet Union.

C. to protest a history of election fraud.

D. to keep Vietnam under a UN mandate.

Question 13: __________ proclaimed an Islamic Republic in Iran.

A. The hah of Iran

B. The Ayatollah Khomeini

C. King Abdullah

D. King Hussein

Question 14: The Good Neighbor Policy represented a:

A. policy of economic anctions.

B. move away from interference in Latin American internal affairs.

C. hift to gunboat diplomacy.

D. move towards deeper involvement in Latin American politics.

Question 15: The Cuban Missile Crisis led to all of these EXCEPT that:

A. Kennedy promised to withdraw missiles from Turkey.

B. the United tates promised not to invade Cuba.

C. the oviet Union dismantled launch pads in Cuba.

D. Fidel Castro's regime ended.

Question 16: The Cuban Missile Crisis led to all of these EXCEPT that:

A. Kennedy promised to withdraw missiles from Turkey.

B. the United tates promised not to invade Cuba.

C. the oviet Union dismantled launch pads in Cuba.

D. Fidel Castro's regime ended.

Question 17: In the Korean War, the United Nations __________ for the first time.

A. imposed anctions

B. used military force

C. ided with a Communist country

D. opted not to act

Question 18: __________ controlled most of West Africa in 1945.

A. France

B. Germany

C. Britain

D. Portugal

Question 19: The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine claimed for the United tates:

A. military bases in Latin America.

B. a protectorate over Cuba.

C. the right to intervene for a wide variety of reasons.

D. control over the U.S.-Mexico border.

Question 20: China's economy was affected by the Great Leap Forward in that it was:

A. decentralized.

B. centralized.

C. urbanized.

D. greatly improved.

Question 21: The greatest challenge to Patrice Lumumba's rule in the Congo was:

A. British opposition.

B. tribal divisions.

C. the region's poverty.

D. divisions among the region's Muslims.