The Cuban Missile Crisis
a. was the first major Mexican-Cuban crisis.
b. was a direct attempt by the United States to remove Fidel Castro from power.
c. was a direct attempt by the Soviet Union to launch a nuclear attack on America.
d. brought the world to the brink of nuclear war, but, eventually, produced a lessening of Cold War tension between the superpowers.
e. caused several military confrontations between the superpowers in world hot zones.
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The East African term for the people who have achieved a high level of financial success is
a. hokees.
b. dash.
c. wabenzi.
d. chai.
e. bonsella.
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Thatcherism
a. increased the benefits of the welfare state.
b. restricted union power.
c. increased the power of the labor unions.
d. resulted in high unemployment in southern England.
e. ended capitalism in Britain.
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The fighting in Indochina between 1946 and 1953
a. was between French troops and an alliance of Vietminh Front, Japanese, and Korean forces.
b. saw France agree to a negotiated peace after French public opinion tired of the dirty war.
c. was conducted as an anti-imperialist war by an alliance of nationalist groups led by Deng Xiaoping, leader of the Indochinese Liberation Party.
d. led to the permanent defeat of the communist military forces.
e. was ended with the use of atomic weapons by the French.
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The major exports produced by Latin America included
a. tea and ginseng from Venezuela.
b. bananas and cinchona from Brazil.
c. fish and oil from Chile.
d. beef and wheat from Argentina.
e. hemp and bananas from Bolivia.
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Among the major factors leading to the outbreak of war in mid-1914 was
a. badly implemented brinkmanship on the part of Europe's diplomats.
b. German leaders' determination to end Danish opposition to construction of a huge naval base at Kiel.
c. Japan's determination to seize either United States or German colonies in the Pacific, leading to the Japanese declaration of war against Germany in mid-August 1914.
d. Russia's unexpected attack on Serbia and Bulgaria in late June 1914.
e. the assassination of the heir to the Russian Empire.
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The most notable evidence of Chinese society changing at the end of the nineteenth century was in
a. the rise of a money economy in the countryside.
b. building of railroads.
c. the movement of landlords to the cities allowed for development of commercial agriculture
d. cultural influences of European and North American presence in coastal cities.
e. the growth of female education.
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Government under the Qing Dynasty
a. abandoned all of its Manchu roots.
b. gave Europeans preference over Chinese for civil service positions.
c. was actually no different than it had been under the Ming.
d. saw compromises made in the civil service examination system as positions were increasingly assigned to candidates who purchased their degrees.
e. although a dyarchy, in reality favored the Chinese over the Manchus.
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The intellectuals of the Enlightenment advocated the
a. creation of a new religion of sciences.
b. use of the scientific method to foster progress toward a better society.
c. application of religious precepts to all knowledge.
d. inversion of human development.
e. abandonment of reason for the purpose of developing human knowledge.
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In many traditional farming societies, young boys commonly begin to make a substantial contribution to the household around age:
a. 7
b. 12
c. 15
d. 18
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