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- Which of the following is true concerning
imperialism in the period 1750 to 1914?
(A) Europeans set up a number of settler colo-
nies in Southeast Asia.
(B) Imperialism prevented the integration of
local economies into global trade networks.
(C) Western Europe, the United States, and
Japan were all imperialist powers.
(D) Colonies became ready markets for
Western manufactured goods. - All of the following are true of the Balkans in
the nineteenth century EXCEPT
(A) Russia wanted to extend the Pan-Slavic
movement to the Balkans
(B) Balkan states were controlled by Austria-
Hungary and the Ottomans
(C) it was the focus of Europe’s imperialist
powers
(D) it was a region of potentially volatile
nationalist sentiment - Which of the following is NOT true of indus-
trialization in the nineteenth century?
(A) The Second Industrial Revolution was
based on mechanization in the textile
industry.
(B) After the 1850s, industrial machines were
often run by electricity.
(C) Railroads were a key element of
industrialization.
(D) Belgium became the fi rst industrialized
state of continental Europe. - Which of the following was a problem encoun-
tered by both the United States and Latin Amer-
ica in the period 1750 to 1914?
(A) Dependence on primary levels of
production
(B) Confl icts with indigenous peoples
(C) Well-defi ned social classes
(D) Assertion of power by military leaders
65. In which order did the following events occur?
(A) Suez crisis, creation of Israel, Iranian revo-
lution, Iran–Iraq War
(B) Iranian revolution, Suez crisis, creation of
Israel, Iran–Iraq War
(C) Creation of Israel, Suez crisis, Iranian revo-
lution, Iran–Iraq War
(D) Creation of Israel, Iranian revolution, Iran–
Iraq War, Suez crisis - The country with the largest Muslim popula-
tion is located in
(A) the Middle East
(B) Southeast Asia
(C) East Asia
(D) North Africa - In the twentieth century, external migration
patterns were usually
(A) from rural to urban areas
(B) from urban to rural areas
(C) from developed to developing nations
(D) from developing to developed nations - The world region below that has experienced
the most rapid recent industrial growth is
(A) North America
(B) Latin America
(C) North Africa
(D) Western Europe - All of the following were true of the Iranian
Revolution EXCEPT that
(A) it led to more restrictive policies for Iranian
women
(B) it resulted in a war with Iraq
(C) it involved traditional Islamic sectarian
divisions
(D) it refl ected pro-foreign sentiment - Which of the following is NOT true concern-
ing globalization?
(A) Regional trade organizations have risen in
response to the World Trade Organization.
(B) Guest workers have been frequent victims
of violence.
(C) The AIDS crisis is especially prevalent in
Southeast Asia.
(D) Woman suffrage is almost universal.
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