300 i STEP 5 Build Your Test-Taking Confidence
- In the nineteenth century, the Ottoman and
Russian empires were examples of
(A) nation-states
(B) socialist empires
(C) religious toleration
(D) religious diversity- By the middle of the eighteenth century, both
China and Great Britain
(A) had a network of banks and financial
institutions
(B) had accessible deposits of coal
(C) lacked accessible water transportation
(D) possessed colonies to supply raw materials- Which of the following was true of Latin
American society in the period 1750 to 1914?
(A) Society was egalitarian.
(B) Few migrants came to Latin America.
(C) Intellectuals produced works based on
Latin American values.
(D) The Argentine gaucho enjoyed a type of
admiration equal to that of the U.S. cowboy.- “I believe that it must be the policy of the United
States to support free peoples who are resisting
attempted subjugation by armed minorities or
by outside pressures.”
The quotation above is taken from
(A) the Monroe Doctrine
(B) the Roosevelt Corollary
(C) the Balfour Declaration
(D) the Truman Doctrine- The statement in the quotation from Question
65 illustrates the policy of
(A) nonalignment
(B) containment
(C) appeasement
(D) nationalism- Which of the following is true concerning
women in the twentieth century?
(A) Women were not allowed to bear arms in
World War II.
(B) Soviet women were expected to serve the
Communist state by staying home and
bearing children.
(C) Women in Africa and Asia fought in wars
for independence, often gaining legal rights.
(D) In contrast to those in industrial societies,
women in developing nations work mainly
in low-paying jobs.- By 2009, the global economy was characterized
by all of the following EXCEPT
(A) decreased energy consumption in India and
China
(B) conflict over Russia’s energy sources
(C) decreased outsourcing in India
(D) economic recession- Mao Zedong’s government
(A) was unpopular with peasants
(B) strengthened the Chinese economy through
the Great Leap Forward
(C) enacted policies that improved the status of
women
(D) created a Chinese Renaissance through the
Cultural Revolution- “West European publics and leaders already per-
ceive a reduced military threat from the Warsaw
Pact and will expect continued attempts by the
Soviet Union and its East European allies to focus
on political and economic relationships with the
West, reduce the size of their military forces, and
shift resources from defense to civil production.”
In what year was the above document
written?
(A) 1949
(B) 1962
(C) 1989
(D) 2004
End of Section I