Global History & Geography II - Complete Regents Multiple Choice - Exam 2

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Directions: Please select the correct response for each question, and then Submit. These are stimulus-based questions in which a text, cartoon, chart, graph, photo or image, will be presented for the question set. Please note, all of the responses may or may not be contained within the stimulus. Some of the questions are inferences based upon the stimulus.

Base your answer to question 1 on the map below and on your knowledge of social studies.


1 What was a contributing factor to the historical development shown on this map?

(1) the abolition of the slave trade
(2) the growing strength of Asian states
(3) the lack of seafaring technology
(4) the desire for markets and raw materials

Base your answers to questions 2 and 3 on the illustration below and on your knowledge of social studies.


2 Which claim is best supported by information from this illustration?

(1) The clergy and the nobles have the least amount of power.
(2) The Third Estate supported the First and Second Estates.
(3) The First Estate supported the Third Estate.
(4) The three Estates shared power equally.

3 What was one effect of the historical development shown in this illustration?

(1) The king was overthrown and communism was introduced.
(2) The king became an Enlightened despot and a totalitarian government was created.
(3) A republic was established and the king was beheaded.
(4) A directory was formed and the king maintained his power.

Base your answers to questions 4 and 5 on the passages below and on your knowledge of social studies.


4 Based on these passages, what is a primary similarity between the Mughal and Ottoman Empires?

(1) Social confl ict did not exist in either empire.
(2) Each empire experienced a period of success.
(3) Each empire lasted less than a century.
(4) Hinduism had little influence in the development of either empire.

5 Which statement best explains a reason the Mughal Empire declined and a reason the Ottoman Empire declined?

(1) Mughal leaders were ineffective; Ottoman society was too interconnected.
(2) Mughal society was too secular; policies of Ottoman sultans were inconsistent.
(3) Religious diversity in the Mughal Empire was lacking; the Ottoman Empire never worked efficiently.
(4) Mughal society paid little attention to the government; Ottoman social groups were too isolated.

Base your answer to question 6 on the passage below and on your knowledge of social studies.


6 Which historical development was influenced by Wollstonecraft’s writing?

(1) the rise of British nationalism
(2) the Glorious Revolution
(3) the woman’s suffrage movement
(4) the Irish Home Rule movement

Base your answers to questions 7 and 8 on the document below and on your knowledge of social studies.


7 According to this document, what was a contributing factor to the famine in Ireland?

(1) The British government exported much of the food produced in Ireland.
(2) The British army drafted the young farmers of Ireland to fight overseas.
(3) British shipments of corn and potatoes were delayed due to poor weather.
(4) Landlords evicted English families out of their houses.

8 What was a result of the situation described in this document?

(1) The Irish nationalist movement grew.
(2) The Irish farmers destroyed their crops.
(3) The Irish cut off diplomatic ties with the British government.
(4) The Irish were forced to work in British colonies by the millions.

Base your answers to questions 9 and 10 on the document below and on your knowledge of social studies.


9 Based on the aims presented in the Charter Oath, it can best be inferred that the

(1) emperor was no longer a symbol of power
(2) samurai directly controlled public discussions
(3) Japanese government encouraged western learning
(4) lowest classes of Japanese society were excluded from government

10 Which event most directly led to the issuing of the 1868 Charter Oath?

(1) Britain’s victory in the Opium War
(2) Russia’s defeat in the Russo-Japanese War
(3) the establishment of a separate port for Dutch traders
(4) the collapse of the Tokugawa Shogunate

Base your answer to question 11 on the cartoon below and on your knowledge of social studies.


11 Which statement best represents the cartoonist’s point of view?

(1) Working together will bring peace back to Europe.
(2) Germany is best positioned to revive peace in Europe.
(3) The nation of Italy was not guilty of any crimes in Europe.
(4) There is plenty of blame to go around for the death of peace in Europe.

Base your answer to question 12 on the map below and on your knowledge of social studies.


12 What was a major result of Germany’s decision to use the Schlieffen Plan in 1914?

(1) French and Germans engaged in ongoing fighting across trenches.
(2) British submarines came to the aid of Germans to defeat France.
(3) Serbia and Austria-Hungary attacked Germany and France.
(4) Russia applied diplomatic pressure to achieve a peace settlement between Germany and France.

Base your answers to questions 13 and 14 on the passage below and on your knowledge of social studies.


13 Based on this passage, what was the purpose of the May 7th protest in Tianjin?

(1) to condemn international wars
(2) to demonstrate national pride
(3) to support economic interdependence
(4) to criticize progressive revolutionaries

14 Which claim is best supported by this passage?

(1) Industrial modernization has been delayed by gender inequality in the workplace.
(2) Women should hold positions of leadership in business and government.
(3) Government and society must return to a reliance on Confucian values.
(4) Consumers should choose to purchase domestically manufactured goods.

Base your answers to questions 15 and 16 on the account below and on your knowledge of social studies.


15 Based on Denys’ account, which situation developed during the partition of India?

(1) British troops seized control of trains.
(2) India became a mandate of Great Britain.
(3) Religious and ethnic conflict increased along the borders.
(4) Pakistan installed a communist regime.

16 Which statement best supports the conclusion that Denys is a reliable source of evidence regarding the partition of India?

(1) He provides examples of the hostility individual Indians showed toward British soldiers.
(2) He includes details that support the British government’s position regarding the division of British India.
(3) He reports that India requested the continued help of the British military.
(4) He gives an eyewitness account describing what he saw on Independence Day.

Base your answers to questions 17 and 18 on the map below and on your knowledge of social studies.


17 Which policy is most closely associated with the event featured on this map?

(1) détente
(2) perestroika
(3) containment
(4) nonalignment

18 The situation illustrated by this map was resolved when

(1) Joseph Stalin ordered the end of the blockade
(2) Winston Churchill delivered the “Iron Curtain” speech
(3) the United Nations negotiated on behalf of East Germany
(4) the North Atlantic Treaty Organization -(NATO) threatened to use atomic weapons

Base your answers to questions 19 and 20 on the passage below and on your knowledge of social studies.


19 Based on this passage, what conclusion can be made regarding the tensions between tradition and modernity in Iran?

(1) Before the revolution, the Pahlavi's encouraged people to stay within traditional Islamic norms.
(2) The new theocratic government encouraged modernity and the expansion of rights.
(3) Ayatollah Khomeini’s revolutionaries favored a more traditional patriarchal society.
(4) After the revolution, movement toward modernity was hindered by limitations placed on males in Iranian society.

20 Based on this passage, how did the 1979 Iranian Revolution affect the lives of women?

(1) The legal age for marriage was raised to the age of 18.
(2) Women were first granted the right to run for parliament and help create laws.
(3) The Family Protection Law allowed women to petition for divorce.
(4) Women’s legal rights became more limited with the dismantling of Family Courts.

Base your answers to questions 21 and 22 on the passages below and on your knowledge of social studies.


21 According to Passages A and B, both men are striving to do what?

(1) lead mass protests in South Africa
(2) compete for political power in South Africa
(3) maintain discrimination in South Africa
(4) end racial conflict in South Africa

22 Which long-standing policy influenced the actions and words expressed in these passages by Nelson Mandela and F. W. de Klerk?

(1) tribal decision-making
(2) international cooperation
(3) apartheid
(4) non-aggression

Base your answers to questions 23 and 24 on the passage below and on your knowledge of social studies.


23 Which issue are the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo addressing?

(1) oppressive rule by a military dictatorship
(2) lack of job opportunities
(3) a policy of ethnic cleansing
(4) the need for education reform

24 What is the primary method used by the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo to achieve their objectives?

(1) making terrorist attacks against civilians
(2) staging non-violent protests
(3) organizing a coup d’etat against the government
(4) boycotting international corporations

Base your answers to questions 25 and 26 on the passage below and on your knowledge of social studies.


25 Which topic best supports the information presented in this passage?

(1) effectiveness of the United Nations in solving armed conflict
(2) roles of women in solving socio-economic issues
(3) areas of the world that are most affected by food security issues
(4) negative impacts of urbanization on the environment

26 Based on this passage, UNICEF would most likely support which course of action in the developing world?

(1) providing education programs for women
(2) establishing alternative forms of energy to combat global warming
(3) encouraging communities to promote traditional values and beliefs
(4) decreasing the role of non-governmental organizations in providing economic assistance to countries in need

Base your answers to questions 27 and 28 on the speech excerpt below and on your knowledge of social studies.


27 Which policy did Mikhail Gorbachev initiate during his presidency that contributed to the situation described in this excerpt?

(1) Russification
(2) collectivization
(3) glasnost
(4) nuclear rearmament

28 Whats the significance of Mikhail Gorbachev’s speech?

(1) It led to a new nuclear arms race.
(2) It signaled the end of the Cold War.
(3) It predicted the eventual worldwide spread of communism.
(4) It caused new countries to become part of the Soviet Union.


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