Question

16) In comparison to her father, Indira Gandhi

	A.	believed in free-market capitalism.
	B.	had no interest in agricultural reform.
	C.	was more the activist such as in the area of population control.
	D.	practiced ahimsa.
	E.	reoriented India's foreign policy away from neutralism to a pro-Western commitment.

17) Before the nineteenth century, Western imperialism could be summarized in the phrase

A.

"Go west, young man, go west."

B.

"Christians and spices."

C.

"Liberty, equality, fraternity."

D.

"all roads lead to Rome."

E.

"the world is round, not flat."

18) The Sepoy Mutiny was

	A.	led by Sikhs and Gurkhas.
	B.	a rebellion of India's Hindus against the Mughal dynasty.
	C.	the result of the introduction of Enfield rifles, whose cartridges contained animal fat.
	D.	successful in driving the British out of most of India.
	E.	quickly followed by democratic reforms throughout India.

19) Economic differences in the Middle East for both individuals and nations is the result of

	A.	differences between Islam and Judaism.
	B.	Sunni Muslims and Shi'ite Muslims.
	C.	the abundance of oil or the lack of it.
	D.	whether the state is democratic or authoritarian.
	E.	whether the state has access to sea shipping lanes or is land-locked.

20) In the 1980s, Iraq's Saddam Hussein fought a major war against the Republic of Turkey over which nation should control the Kurds.

	A.	True
	B.	False

21) The so-called "scramble" for Africa occurred

	A.	in the 1500s.
	B.	in the 1600s.
	C.	during the French Revolution.
	D.	between 1815 and 1850.
	E.	between the 1880s and 1900.

22) In India today

	A.	child marriage and female illiteracy have disappeared in rural India.
	B.	urban women often play a modern role in marketplace but a more traditional role at home.
	C.	women have achieved full social and economic equality with men.
	D.	as evidence by the success of Indira Gandhi, woman are in a superior position to most men, particularly in the realm of politics.
	E.	there is a higher ratio of women to men in today's Indian society, reflecting the improved status of women.

23) After World War I

	A.	colonialism disappeared in Africa.
	B.	imperialism was ended in Asia.
	C.	imperialism in Africa entered into a less formal stage.
	D.	colonialism in Africa entered into a more formal stage.
	E.	there was less racial consciousness on the part of the Europeans.

24) The 1990 victim of Saddam Hussein's ambition to build a "greater Iraq" was

	A.	Bahrain.
	B.	Iran.
	C.	Jordan.
	D.	Kuwait.
	E.	the United Arab Emirates.

25) The capital of the ROC is Taiwan.

  True

  False

Answer 1

Answer:

16. The correct answer is C. was more the activist such as in the area of population control.

She followed the means to control the population by forcing the men to go through birth control.

17. The correct answer is B. "Christians and spices."

18. The correct answer is C. the result of the introduction of Enfield rifles, whose cartridges contained animal fat.

19. The correct answer is C. the abundance of oil or the lack of it.

20. The correct answer is B. False.

21. The correct answer is E. between the 1880s and 1900.

22. The correct answer is B. urban women often play a modern role in the marketplace but a more traditional role at home.

23. The correct answer is E. there was less racial consciousness on the part of the Europeans.

24. The correct answer is D. Kuwait.

25. The correct answer is B. False.