Bentley Ch. 37 Test
- 1.Mohandas Gandhi was assassinated by a
- A.
Muslim extremist
- B.
Hindu extremist
- C.
British nationalist
- D.
Disgruntled follower
- 2.Gandhi and Nehru opposed the partition of India because
- A.
It would leave Hindu India surrounded by Muslim states.
- B.
it would deprive India of some of its most valuable land.
- C.
They mistrusted Muhammad Ali and the Muslim League.
- D.
They believed that India could be a successful multicultural state.
- 3.Gandhi predicted that "rivers of blood" would flow in the wake of the creation of
- A.
Bangladesh
- B.
Bengal
- C.
Pakistan
- D.
The Punjab
- 4.The nonalignment movement remained weak because
- A.
Of a lack of vision or leadership among member states
- B.
Too few states attended the Bandung Conference to achieve consensus.
- C.
Many nonaligned states needed and accepted aid from either the United States or Soviet Union.
- D.
Many new states were afraid to alienate the United States.
- 5.The Balfour Declaration of 1917 promised that Palestine would
- A.
Become a homeland for immigrant Jews.
- B.
Remain a British protectorate indefinitely.
- C.
Be partitioned into distinct Arab and Jewish zones.
- D.
Continue as a homeland to the resident Arab Muslims.
- 6.Britain withdrew from Palestine in 1947 because
- A.
They could not resolve the conflict between Palestinians and Jews.
- B.
Their mandate had ended
- C.
The Arab states demanded that they leave
- D.
All of these statements are correct
- 7.Who seized power after a bloodless coup ended the monarchy of King Farouk?
- A.
Sadat
- B.
Nasser
- C.
Jinnah
- D.
Nkrumah
- 8.Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser gained great international prestige when he
- A.
Negotiated a peace settlement with Israel.
- B.
Succeeded in retaking the Suez Canal from the British.
- C.
Aligned Egypt with the United States.
- D.
Reclaimed the Sinai peninsula from Israel.
- 9.The French fought to retain Algeria because
- A.
They refused to be intimidated by terrorists
- B.
Algeria provided valuable mineral resources
- C.
There were two million French settlers in Algeria
- D.
President Charles de Gaulle had dreams of a restored French empire.
- 10.In The Wretched of the Earth, Frantz Fanon
- A.
Detailed the horrible conditions in Indian cities
- B.
Stated that France was meant to rule over Africa because of the civilizing role of the Europeans.
- C.
Passionately defended the United States as the only country powerful enough to end world hunger.
- D.
Urged the use of violence against colonial oppressors.
- 11.Conflicts between native Kikuyu and British settlers intensified in Kenya after World War II because
- A.
White settlers had seized the best farmlands for years
- B.
The Kikuyu had been crowded onto tribal reserves
- C.
The Kikuyu had been reduced to the status of wage laborers
- D.
White settlers had seized the best farmlands for years, and the Kikuyu had been crowded onto tribal reserves and reduced to the status of wage laborers.
- 12.As a result of the Cultural Revolution in China,
- A.
The educated elite were persecuted, and China was deprived of their talent.
- B.
Peasant farmers killed so many sparrows that the ecological balance was thrown off.
- C.
Student demonstrators in Tiananmen Square were crushed by government troops
- D.
The Red Guard was discredited
- 13.Deng Xiaoping
- A.
Brought free market reforms to China.
- B.
Fled to Taiwan after the Chinese civil war
- C.
Was the leader of Taiwan who helped bring about tremendous economic expansion
- D.
Masterminded the Great Leap Forward
- 14.Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated because she
- A.
Permitted an attack on Sikh extremists at the sacred Golden Temple
- B.
Refused to consider the partition of Kashmir.
- C.
Insisted that Untouchables be fully integrated into Indian society.
- D.
Suspended the constitution for two years and ruled without being elected.
- 15.Which of the following is NOT a reason Arab nationalism failed to materialize?
- A.
Some Arabs are Shia and some Sunni Muslims
- B.
They shared a common language and culture.
- C.
They did not all agree on the status of Israel
- D.
Some Arab states aligned with the United States and some with the Soviet Union
- 16.The regime of the Iranian Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi was overthrown because
- A.
He alienated conservative Shia Muslims with his secular reforms.
- B.
His repressive policies alienated leftist politicians.
- C.
He allowed U.S. corporations to heavily influence the economy
- D.
He allowed heavy U.S. military and economic involvement
- E.
All of these statements are correct
- 17.Argentina in the late 1970s and early 1980s
- A.
Moved steadily toward a multiparty system.
- B.
Was ruled by military dictators who caused the "disappearance" of thousands.
- C.
Experimented briefly with a communist system.
- D.
Was invaded and briefly ruled by a Chilean puppet dictator.
- 18.In both Guatemala and Nicaragua in the 1950s and 1960s,
- A.
The United States supported military dictatorships that were anticommunist
- B.
The United States supported liberal revolutions against military dictatorships.
- C.
American aid resulted in widespread popular support for the United States.
- D.
The United States insisted on human rights as a precondition for aid.
- 19.Apartheid ended in South Africa because
- A.
The Sharpeville massacre instituted a new era of radical activism against it
- B.
The international community imposed economic sanctions against South Africa
- C.
President de Klerk convinced his party to dismantle the system and hold free elections
- D.
The African National Congress provided a vehicle for resistance
- E.
All of these statements are correct
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