Glencoe World History: Modern Times, California Edition

Chapter 10: Nationalism Around the World

Self-Check Quiz

1
By the end of the nineteenth century, the Ottoman Empire had lost control of all of the following EXCEPT __________
A)its North African provinces.
B)Greece.
C)much of its European territory.
D)Arabia.
2
President Kemal Atatürk of Turkey introduced reforms which did NOT include __________
A)popular education.
B)the modernization of Turkey’s economy.
C)an elected opposition.
D)the transformation of Turkey into a secular state.
3
While in most former Ottoman Empire territories the people had no strong identification with their designated country, Ibn Saud of __________ won broad support among Arab peoples.
A)Iraq
B)Jordan
C)Saudi Arabia
D)Syria
4
The Balfour Declaration __________
A)established British mandates in Iraq and Jordan.
B)provided encouragement to Arab nationalists.
C)condemned Iranian ties to Nazi Germany.
D)declared Palestine a national Jewish homeland.
5
A new generation of young African leaders, many of whom had been educated in Europe and the United States, included everyone EXCEPT __________
A)Jomo Kenyatta.
B)Marcus Garvey.
C)Léopold Senghor.
D)Nnamdi Azikiwe.
6
Which of the following did NOT contribute to the emergence of an aggressive military state in Japan?
A)resentment of Western influence
B)anger at the government’s pacifist policies in the 1920s
C)anger at cuts in military spending
D)shortages of agricultural products
7
A Vietnamese revolutionary, __________ gained valuable training from the Soviets.
A)Ho Chi Minh
B)Mao Zedong
C)Chiang Kai-shek
D)Sun Yat-sen
8
The Shanghai Massacre spelled the end of __________ in China.
A)the Long March
B)the “New Life Movement”
C)the Communist-Nationalist alliance
D)land reform
9
Mao Zedong believed China’s rural peasants would lead the struggle for __________
A)land reform.
B)a constitutional democracy.
C)a communist revolution.
D)all of the above.
10
Chiang Kai-shek planned to use which of the following to modernize Chinese industry?
A)traditional Confucian values
B)democratic means
C)the redistribution of wealth
D)dictatorial power
11
When the United States became the foremost investors in Latin America beginning in the 1920s, U.S. investors __________
A)controlled Latin American industries directly.
B)bought stocks that spurred investment in Latin America.
C)took complete control over the governments of Latin America.
D)preferred indirect control of companies.
12
Which was a positive effect of the Great Depression on Latin America?
A)Governments encouraged the development of new industries to produce goods that were formerly imported.
B)Demand for raw materials decreased.
C)Exports dropped dramatically.
D)Countries depending on the export of only one product were especially damaged.
13
During the Great Depression, a military coup installed __________ as the leader in Brazil.
A)Lázaro Cárdenas
B)Getúlio Vargas
C)Juan Vicente Gómez
D)Hipólito Irigoyen
14
In Mexico, president Lázaro Cárdenas became popular among peasants when he __________
A)redistributed 44 million acres of land to landless peasants.
B)closed down the official PRI party of the Mexican revolution.
C)seized control over foreign-owned oil companies.
D)became a party boss.
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