Homework Lance
Choose the letter of the best answer.
1.
What is one way in which World War I affected Asia?
A)
German colonies were given self-rule in return for their support during the war.
B)
Hundreds of thousands of Asians were drafted into military service by the Allies.
C)
Great Britain promised Arab nationalists it would expel Jews from Palestine.
D)
China and Japan were intently interested in the outcome.
2.
In addition to using natives as soldiers in World War I, how else might the war have impacted the colonies?
A)
Colonial administrators were away fighting, leaving natives in charge.
B)
Stories about the war were popular with natives.
C)
Disillusioned soldiers from the war settled in the colonies.
D)
Colonial administrators increased taxes to pay for the war, which resulted in inflation.
3.
For Asians, what was the most important aspect of President Wilson’s Fourteen Points?
A)
Educated Asians were particularly interested in Wilson’s idea of national self-determination.
B)
Most Asians were very excited about the prospect of the League of Nations.
C)
West Asians, in particular, were very supportive of the mandate system.
D)
The most important aspect to Asians was the promise of open diplomacy.
4.
How could Western imperialism be regarded in 1918?
A)
It was much stronger than it had been in 1914.
B)
It was essentially over in Asia but continuing in Africa.
C)
It was weakened, but still very much alive.
D)
It was essentially over in Africa but continuing in Asia.
5.
What was the stated intention of the mandates system?
A)
To allow Western nations to trade mandates with each other
B)
To fully absorb the mandates into European countries
C)
To completely free mandates of any European presence
D)
To prepare the mandates to be self-governing
6.
Which of the following was true of the mandates system in the League of Nations?
A)
It demonstrated that the West was committed to the modernization of its colonies.
B)
It showed that the Europeans were committed to maintaining the imperial system.
C)
It was generally well received in Asia.
D)
It was included at the request of Indian nationalists.
7.
What did Lenin declare about the Asian inhabitants of the new Soviet Union in 1917?
A)
He said Asians were incapable of becoming real Communists.
B)
He said they were the single greatest threat to Soviet security.
C)
He said that they were complete equals of the Russians.
D)
He said they could remain only if they were segregated from the rest of the population.
8.
What was one of the goals of the Young Turks?
A)
They were determined to destroy the Ottoman Empire.
B)
They wanted to defeat Serbia, Greece, and Bulgaria.
C)
They wanted to form an alliance with France to defend against Russian aggression.
D)
They wanted to modernize, but still maintain, the Ottoman Empire.
9.
Who was responsible for the wholesale slaughter of Armenians during World War I?
A)
Allied soldiers
B)
The Turkish government
C)
Serbian nationalists
D)
Russian Bolsheviks
10.
Why did Arab nationalists fight for the British in World War I?
A)
They were promised a salary during the war and a pension after.
B)
They were promised a home within the British Empire.
C)
They were promised an independent Arab homeland.
D)
They were promised passage to Australia.
11.
The Sykes-Picot Agreement between England and France called for which of the following?
A)
The establishment of a Jewish state in Palestine
B)
The division of the Ottoman Empire between the two Western powers
C)
The establishment of the mandates system
D)
The peaceful decolonization of western Asia
12.
What document called for the establishment of the Jewish state in Palestine?
A)
Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points
B)
The Versailles peace settlement
C)
The Balfour Declaration
D)
The Lucknow Agreement
13.
What did some British Cabinet members hope would occur if they created a Jewish homeland in Palestine?
A)
They hoped that someday the Jews would help them protect the Suez Canal.
B)
They hoped that Jews would allow the British to establish military bases in their country.
C)
They thought they could use the Jews to negotiate lower oil prices.
D)
They hoped that someday the Jews might want to settle in India.
14.
Which of the following appeared to be an immediate consequence of Arab cooperation with the British in World War I?
A)
Arabs displaced Turks as the dominant group in the Ottoman Empire.
B)
A large, independent Arab state was established.
C)
Several independent Arab states were established.
D)
Western imperialism took the place of Turkish rule in the Middle East.
15.
What treaty formally recognized Turkish independence?
A)
The Treaty of Versailles
B)
The Treaty of Lausanne
C)
The Balfour Declaration
D)
The Sykes-Picot Agreement
16.
Mustafa Kemal believed the restoration of Turkey should be based on which of the following?
A)
Marxism-Leninism
B)
Islamic fundamentalism
C)
A constitutional monarchy
D)
Modernization and secularization
17.
Mustafa Kemal’s political party system in Turkey was modeled on the example of what group?
A)
The Nazis
B)
Italian Fascists
C)
The Bolsheviks
D)
The Iraqi Baath party
18.
Kemal declared that Turkish law was going to be based on which of the following?
A)
European secular law
B)
Sacred shari’a law
C)
The new Soviet law code
D)
Traditional Turkish customs
19.
Mustafa Kemal took the surname Atatürk, which meant
A)
“defender of the people.”
B)
“fighter of infidels.”
C)
“father of the Turks.”
D)
“leader.”
20.
What was Persia renamed in 1935?
A)
Iran
B)
Afghanistan
C)
Turkmenistan
D)
Azerbaijan
21.
Reza Shah Pahlavi proclaimed himself shah following which event?
A)
The Kemal reforms in Turkey
B)
The discovery of oil in Persia
C)
His conversion to Christianity
D)
A British attempt to take over Persia
22.
Why were the reforms of Reza Shah Pahlavi less successful than those of Kemal?
A)
Persia lacked sufficient resources to finance Pahlavi’s reform efforts.
B)
There were too few European-educated elites in Persia to carry out secular changes.
C)
Persia’s religious leadership rejected his Marxist approach.
D)
The German militarily interfered with Pahlavi’s rule.
23.
Afghanistan became an independent state under the rule of what leader?
A)
Emir Amanullah
B)
Mustafa Kemal
C)
Mahatma Gandhi
D)
Abdulla ibn-Ali
24.
According to the terms of Faisal bin Hussein’s negotiations with the British, he became the ruler of Iraq and the British received what in return?
A)
All tax revenues from the kingdom
B)
More soldiers for their army
C)
Control of the Iraqi oil fields
D)
Protection for the Suez Canal
25.
After 1936, the British in Egypt agreed to keep their troops in what location?
A)
Near the Nile
B)
A base in Cairo
C)
A base in the Sinai
D)
The Suez Canal Zone
26.
What were Theodor Herzl’s beliefs with regard to Judaism?
A)
That Zionism was a grave threat to European Judaism
B)
That the security of Jews could be obtained only if they moved to the United States
C)
That all of Palestine should be given to the Jews
D)
That only a Jewish state could guarantee Jews their dignity and security
27.
Why did Palestine become the destination of most Jewish immigrants after 1921?
A)
The educated Arab population living there welcomed Jewish intellectuals.
B)
The United States placed severe limits on immigration from eastern Europe.
C)
Anti-Semitism among Arabs was in decline and businesses were cheap.
D)
The Balfour Declaration was revoked by the League of Nations.
28.
In 1938 Arabs and Jews in Palestine
A)
agreed to a British plan to limit Jewish population.
B)
agreed that British rule had to be terminated.
C)
were both receiving military aid from the Soviet Union.
D)
were engaged in a civil war.
29.
What is a kibbutz?
A)
A kind of garment
B)
A collective farm
C)
A military official
D)
A type of alliance
30.
In 1916 leaders of the Congress Party and India’s Muslim League signed what agreement?
A)
The Bombay Agreement
B)
The Rowlatt Acts
C)
The Lucknow Pact
D)
The Hyderabad Treaty
31.
How did the Rowlatt Acts allow the British to rule India?
A)
Through “emergency measures”
B)
Along the lines of Hindu morality
C)
By strictly capitalist interest
D)
According to new liberal ideals
32.
The British commander who ordered what became known as the Amritsar Massacre acted because Indians had gathered
A)
on the day all public meetings had been banned.
B)
to hear Mohandas “Mahatma” Gandhi speak.
C)
to protest British repression.
D)
in open defiance of the Rowlatt Acts.
33.
How were Indians in South Africa treated at the turn of the twentieth century?
A)
They were considered “whites” and enjoyed privileges.
B)
They were respected as wealthy merchants and were treated well.
C)
They were subject to discriminatory laws and prejudice.
D)
They could not live as free people.
34.
As a result of discriminatory laws passed by British settlers, poor Indians in South Africa had to either return to India or do which of the following?
A)
Enroll in an English-language school
B)
Work on a plantation
C)
Tend to cattle
D)
Work as laborers in the diamond mines
35.
Which of the following is a loose translation of satyagraha?
A)
“Soul force”
B)
“Great soul”
C)
“Self-rule”
D)
“Free will”
36.
While in South Africa, Gandhi was
A)
a leader in a movement to gain more rights for both Indians and blacks.
B)
imprisoned for two years for calling for better working conditions for Indians.
C)
the undisputed leader of the Indians.
D)
a little-known lawyer.
37.
How did South African leaders respond to Indians’ demands for greater rights in 1914?
A)
They began arresting and imprisoning scores of prominent Indians.
B)
They executed more than four hundred Indians.
C)
They responded by drafting thousands of Indians into the military.
D)
After a long resistance, they agreed to many of the Indians’ demands.
38.
What did the nationalist movement fundamentally mean to Gandhi?
A)
It was the only important political goal.
B)
It meant Hindu nationalism.
C)
It was unworthy of the truly pious individual.
D)
It was intimately connected to moral and social betterment.
39.
In 1931 Gandhi and tens of thousands of Indians were beaten and jailed for what reason?
A)
They had refused to take jobs working for the British.
B)
They had refused to buy English cloth.
C)
They were involved in a massive resistance campaign against the tax on salt.
D)
They were protesting the liquor tax.
40.
Who was Yuan Shigai?
A)
The founder of Chinese communism
B)
The leader of the Boxer Rebellion
C)
Jiang Jieshi’s best general
D)
A former Manchu general who led the first Chinese republic
41.
Who was the May Fourth Movement directed against?
A)
Foreign missionaries
B)
Chinese Communists
C)
Warlords and imperialists
D)
The Manchu Dynasty
42.
Where was Jiang Jieshi, the successor to Sun Yatsen, educated?
A)
Britain
B)
Japan
C)
Tibet
D)
Korea
43.
What was the philosophical focus of China’s New Culture Movement?
A)
It advocated new, anti-Confucian virtues such as individualism.
B)
It rejected Marxism-Leninism.
C)
It sought a return to Confucian ethical government and society.
D)
It promoted an ideological reconciliation between China and Japan.
44.
Above all else, what did the Japanese ultranationalists support?
A)
Foreign expansion
B)
A complete rejection of Chinese Buddhism
C)
Strict isolationism
D)
The restoration of the emperor to power
45.
In the 1920s and 1930s, Japanese ultranationalists could be characterized by the fact that they
A)
embraced large corporations.
B)
sought to coexist with Marxists.
C)
attempted to break from old cultural traditions and practices.
D)
were violently anti-Western.
46.
What event allowed the ultranationalists to assume a dominant position in Japan?
A)
The signing of the Treaty of Versailles
B)
The U.S. acquisition of the Philippines
C)
The Japanese attack on Manchuria
D)
The Great Depression
47.
Japan resigned from the League of Nations after the League objected to Japanese aggression in what country?
A)
Korea
B)
Vietnam
C)
Manchuria
D)
The Philippines
48.
In China, what was the Long March?
A)
The Communist offensive that ended with their taking of Beijing
B)
The effort of 50,000 troops to defend the main Communist army at Kunlun Pass
C)
Mao Zedong’s symbolic description of the Communists’ rise to power
D)
A tactical Communist retreat during which tens of thousands lost their lives
49.
In the late nineteenth century, 80 percent of the Filipino population practiced what faith?
A)
Catholicism
B)
Buddhism
C)
Islam
D)
Hinduism
50.
The U.S. Congress made the Philippines a self-governing commonwealth in
A)
1899.
B)
1919.
C)
1934.
D)
1939.
Answer Key
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B
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D
3.
A
4.
C
5.
D
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B
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C
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D
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B
10.
C
11.
B
12.
C
13.
A
14.
D
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B
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D
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C
18.
A
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C
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A
21.
D
22.
B
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A
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C
25.
D
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D
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B
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D
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B
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C
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A
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A
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C
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B
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A
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C
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D
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D
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C
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D
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C
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B
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A
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A
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D
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D
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C
48.
D
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A
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C
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