{{#professor:Mixed Quiz #8 - Review Quizzes #12 & 13}}
1 Base your answer to following question on the excerpt below and on your knowledge of social studies. This excerpt is taken from a poem written about World War I.
"If I should die, think only this of me: That there's some corner of a foreign field. That is for ever England. There shall be In that rich earth a richer dust concealed; A dust whom England bore, shaped, made aware, Gave, once, her flowers to love, her ways to roam, A body of England's, breathing English air, Washed by the rivers, blest by suns of home. . . ." — Rupert Brooke, "The Soldier"
Which idea is expressed in this excerpt from Brooke's poem?
2 The early 20th-century Zionist movement calling for the establishment of a Jewish homeland was an example of
3 Growing nationalism and militarism in Europe and the creation of secret alliances were
4 Which 19th century ideology led to the unification of Germany and of Italy and to the eventual breakup of Austria-Hungary and of the Ottoman Empire?
5 Base your answer to the following question on on the statements below and on your knowledge of social studies.
Speaker A: “What was actually happening on the battlefield was all secret then, but I thought that the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere would be of crucial importance to backward races.”
Speaker B: “We Nazis must hold to our aim in foreign policy, namely to secure for the German people the land and soil to which they are entitled. . . .”
Speaker C: “The Munich Pact saved Czechoslovakia from destruction and Europe from Armageddon.”
Speaker D: “We shall defend our island, whatever the cost shall be. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets. . . . We shall never surrender.”
The common theme in the statements of Speakers B and D is
6 Base your answer to the following question on the quotation below and on your knowledge of social studies.
"Kenyatta explained the flag. 'Black is . . . for black people. Red shows . . . [that] the blood of an African is the same colour as the blood of a European, and green shows . . . [that] when we were given this country by God it was green, fertile, and good.' What he . . . must mean . . . [is] that our lands could only be regained by the blood (red) of the African (black)." - Kwari Njama
Which idea is reflected in this passage?
7 A factor that contributed to the success of both Ho Chi Minh in Vietnam and Mao Zedong in China was their ability to combine
8 World War II is often considered to be a turning point in history because
9 Brazil's establishment of an equal partnership with foreign investors and Venezuela's control of its highly profitable oil industry are examples of
10 Which idea did Napoleon Bonaparte, Sun Yat-sen, and Simón Bolívar have in common?
11 The best example of the success of nationalism in Europe is the
12 Strong feelings of nationalism usually begin with the existence of
13 "It has impoverished the dumb millions by a system of progressive exploitation. . . . It has reduced us politically to serfdom. It has sapped the foundation of our culture . . . and degraded us spiritually." — Mohandas Gandhi, 1930
In the statement, the "It" referred to by Gandhi is
14 Throughout the 1800s, an increased need for both raw materials and new markets for manufactured goods led various European nations to pursue policies of
15 Base your answer to the following question on the poem below and on your knowledge of social studies.
. . . you, African, suffered like a beast Your ashes strewn to the wind that roams the desert, Your tyrants built the lustrous, magic temples To preserve your soul, preserve your suffering. Barbaric right of fist and the white right to whip, You had the right to die, you could also weep. –Patrice Lumumba, "Dawn in the Heart of Africa"
This African poem is discussing the evils of
16 Which policy is most directly associated with the terms spheres of influence, extraterritoriality, and protectorate?
17 After World War II, the boundaries of newly independent African countries were most often based on
18 One similarity between the Sepoy Mutiny and the Boxer Rebellion is that they
19 “Take up the White Man’s Burden – Send forth the best ye breed – Go, bind your sons to exile To serve your captives’ need. . . .” — Rudyard Kipling, The Five Nations (1903)
The words of this poem have been used to support the practice of
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What do these statements describe?
21 The Portuguese control of Macao and the British control of Hong Kong in China are examples of
22 The Sepoy Mutiny in India and the Boxer Rebellion in China were responses to
23 Base your answer on the excerpt below.
The White Man’s Burden
Take up the White Man’s burden– Send forth the best ye breed– Go bind your sons to exile To serve your captives’ need; To wait, in heavy harness On fluttered folk and wild– Your new-caught, sullen peoples, Half-devil and half-child. — Rudyard Kipling, 1899
The message of this poem was used by many Europeans to justify