1. Which of the following best explains why the native population of Central and South America declined after contact with the Spanish?
A. War with other tribes.
B. Spaniards taking the natives back to Europe as slaves.
C. Natives migrating north to get away from the Spaniards.
D. Diseases that the Spaniards carried to which natives had no immunity.

2. The Industrial Revolution started in which country?
A. The United States
B. France
C. England
D. China

3. One of the effects of the French Revolution was:
A. Women receiving the right to vote in the republic.
B. The rise of Napoleon as dictator to France.
C. The creation of a Utopian society under Robespierre.
D. The British defeat of the French.

4. The British tried to change Indian society by:
A. Eliminating some of the social abuses committed against women.
B. Requiring the Indian population to speak English.
C. Colonizing India with British citizens.
D. Placing low-class Indian citizens in power.

5. Prior to WWI many European nations began to:
A. Reduce the number of weapons they produced.
B. Give up their colonies.
C. Create alliances with each other.
D. Look for ways to conquer the United States.

6. The Great Depression of the 1930s caused the democratic Japanese government to:
A. Create welfare programs to help the poor.
B. Collapse under the economic problems of the country.
C. Create a stronger military to expand geographically and bring their government out of a depression.
D. Declare war on the United States of America.

7. Japan began its aggression with China in 1931 because of the:
A. Manchurian Incident.
B. Rise to power of Chiang Kai-shek.
C. Chinese attack on Japan.
D. United States involvement in China.

8. After WWII the allied forces dealt with Germany by:
A. Leaving it unified but placing restrictions on its military.
B. Disarming the country and placing it under control of the Soviet Union.
C. Removing Hitler from power but leaving the Nazis in control of the government.
D. Disarming the country and dividing it up between Britain, France, the United States, and the Soviet Union.

9. Which of the following best explains how India received its independence?
A. The British government gave India its independence.
B. India received their independence through a war with Britain.
C. Through negotiations with France.
D. By dividing the country into Pakistan and India.

10. The Algerian independence movement was highlighted by:
A. Peaceful negotiations between the French government and the Algerian National Liberation Front.
B. The creation of two nations one containing only French colonists and the other containing Native Algerians.
C. A long and bloody war between the French army and the Algerian National Liberation Front.
D. A few minor confrontations between the French army and the Algerian National Liberation Front but mostly a peaceful movement.

11. Slavery had existed in Africa for many years but the European slave trade caused:
A. Slave hunting and long chains of men and women marching to the coast to be sold as slaves.
B. The expansion of the slave trade into the central part of Africa.
C. The African slave trade to extend into Asia.
D. Europeans to leave the continent because of the bloodiness of the slave trade.

12. As Latin American nations gained their independence, political and economic power was held by:
A. The poor class.
B. The military.
C. The elites.
D. An emerging middle class.

13. Vladimir Lenin and the Bolsheviks set up a communist form of government which?
A. Divided the large estates amongst the peasants.
B. Placed the elites in pivotal spots in government.
C. Pushed U.S.S.R. into a depression, which eventually forced a revolution during WWI.
D. Promoted a capitalist economic system in the cities.

14. The Treaty of Versailles signed after WWI called for:
A. Berlin to be divided between the allied powers.
B. The strengthening of Germany's army to prevent it from being invaded by other nations.
C. A league of nations that would help guarantee international peace and security.
D. Germany to loose some of its territory that it held before the start of the war.

KEY:1: D, 2: C, 3: B, 4: A, 5: C, 6: B, 7: B, 8: D, 9: A, 10: C, 11: A, 12: C, 13: A, 14: C

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