Quiz 21a - Current Events

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1 The Communist Revolution in China differed from the 19th-century Marxist ideals because this revolution was primarily supported by the

	warlords
	peasants
	factory owners
	gentry

2 The political ideas of Ho Chi Minh, Fidel Castro, and Pol Pot were strongly influenced by the writings of

	Confucius
	Mohandas Gandhi
	Desmond Tutu
	Karl Marx

3 During the 1970s and 1980s India and China attempted to improve the quality of life for their people and to increase economic growth by

	changing the political structure
	adopting policies to limit population growth
	encouraging farmers to move to the cities
	seeking overseas colonies

4 In the Chinese Civil War (1945 - 1949), support for Mao Zedong's Communist forces came primarily from the

	peasants
	landowners
	industrialists
	Confucian scholars

5 One way in which the Hitler Youth of Germany and the Red Guard of China are similar is that both organizations

	required unquestioning loyalty to the leader
	helped increase religious tolerance
	hindered imperialistic goals
	led pro-democracy movements

6 One similarity between Stalin’s five-year plans and Mao Zedong’s Great Leap Forward was that both programs attempted to

	increase industrial production
	privatize the ownership of land
	correct environmental pollution
	strengthen international trade

7 The Four Modernizations of Deng Xiaoping in the 1970s and 1980s resulted in

	an emphasis on the Five Relationships
	a return to Maoist revolutionary principles
	a move toward increased capitalism
	the end of the communist system of government

8 During the 1980s, a major goal of China was to

	accelerate economic growth
	encourage the growth of traditional religions
	establish a federal system of government
	protect individual liberties

9 Which statement is accurate about the Hungarian Revolution in 1956 and the Tiananmen Square demonstrations in 1989?

	These events led to democratic reforms.
	Repressive action was taken to end both protests.
	Strong action was taken by the United Nations.
	Both events brought communist governments to power.

10 A similarity between the Polish group Solidarity in 1980 and the Chinese protesters in Tiananmen Square in 1989 is that both groups

	supported movements for democracy
	succeeded in ending communism
	encouraged military occupation by the Soviet Union
	favored increases in military spending

11 The Tiananmen Square massacre in China was a reaction to

	Deng Xiaoping's plan to revive the Cultural Revolution
	student demands for greater individual rights and freedom of expression
	China's decision to seek Western investors
	Great Britain's decision to return Hong Kong to China

12 Which document is most closely associated with the Arab-Israeli conflict?

	Balfour Declaration
	Kyoto Protocol
	Communist Manifesto
	Treaty of Nanjing

13 Since 1948, a major reason for the conflict between Arabs and Israelis is that each side

	wants the huge oil reserves that lie under the disputed land
	believes that the United States favors the other side in the conflict
	claims sovereignty over the same land
	seeks to control trade on the eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea

14 ". . .The Nazi Holocaust, which engulfed millions of Jews in Europe, proved anew the urgency of the reestablishment of the Jewish state, which would solve the problem of Jewish homelessness by opening the gates to all Jews and lifting the Jewish people to equality in the family of nations. . .."

This statement is referring to the establishment of which nation?

	Jordan
	Poland
	Israel
	Ethiopia

15 Since the 1980s, the major source of the conflict between Israel and Palestinian Arabs has been

	the presence of Israeli ships in the Suez Canal
	the interference of Libya in Middle Eastern affairs
	the demand of Palestinian Arabs for their own homeland
	Soviet support for radical Arab groups in occupied territories