After the Soviet Union fell in 1991, who led the Russian Federation as its first president?
a. Mikhail Gorbachev
b. Vladimir Putin
c. Boris Yeltsin
d. Dmitri Medvedev
Which of Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points was enshrined in the Treaty of Versailles?
a. The desire to saddle Germany with massive war reparations
b. The notion that former empires would be broken up to allow for national selfdetermination
c. To replace the autocratic rule in former empires with direct rule by victorious Great Powers
d. The desire to free, unhindered navigation on the high seas
In Woodrow Wilson's view, an international organization to maintain peace could work only if
a. the Austro-Hungarian empire was maintained.
b. its members were democracies.
c. the international order was based on balance of power.
d. Germany and Austria paid large reparations to France and Britain.
Interestingly, while Woodrow Wilson was a founder of the League of Nations, the United States Senate
a. was the last member to ratify the league.
b. refused to ratify the charter.
c. ratified the league based on certain membership conditions.
d. ratified the league, but then broke from it a few years later.
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization has grown from 16 member states to
a. 26 members.
b. 46 members.
c. 36 members.
d. 17 members.
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