Peasantry was
a.a global phenomenon avoided by only a few fortunate countries. It was not brought to the
Developing World by Europeans.
b. a European invention that imperial powers spread around the world as part of
their colonial system.
c. opposed by European colonial states, and eliminated wherever possible.
d. only a product of leftist propagandists. Developing World peasants were never in
as bad a situation as leftist propagandists maintained.
As a rule, European colonial states
a. took the idea of the White Man's Burden seriously and provided for education,
housing, and other benefits in their colonies.
b. exploited their colonies economically, and paid little heed to local populations except as a labor
force.
c. restricted colonization to sub-Saharan Africa and India.
d. transferred more wealth to their colonial holdings than they took out.
The Developing World is
a. a unified group of states whose political systems, economic structures, and policy preferences are quite similar.
b. closely aligned with anti-Americanism on almost all major international issues.
c. a diverse group of states whose political systems, economic structures, and policy preferences varywidely.
d. a term that refers to socialist states such as China that have developed their own independent paths toward communism.
How did ideology affect the balance of power in the Peloponnesian War?
a. Democratic city-states were more likely to align with Sparta, and oligarchies with Athens.
b. Democratic city-states were more likely to align with Athens, and oligarchies with Sparta.
c. Seafaring states were more likely to align with Sparta.
d. Militaristic states were more likely to align with Athens.
e. Athens' democratic principles gave it a stronger claim to empire than Sparta and gained it more allies as a result.
The main reason we must be concerned with the perceptions of different countries is
a. that the world is a hostile place, and each country must be prepared for the worst.
b. that some countries have the wrong perception of events, and it is important to
know that before something dangerous happens.
c. that perception is inherently related to policy choice.
d. in fact, it is not all that critical that we understand different perceptions because
countries usually choose similar policies anyway.
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