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How did Leonid Brezhnev demonstrate his use of the Brezhnev Doctrine?

A
by signing the SALT treaties
B
by abandoning the space race
C
by curbing military spending
D
by sending Soviet troops to Afghanistan
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What were negative aspects of Joseph Stalin’s first Five-Year Plan? Choose three answers.

A
decline of infrastructure
B
shortage of consumer goods
C
waste and inefficiency
D
setbacks to modernization
E
use of enslaved laborers
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How did the Doolittle Raid of April and May 1942 boost US confidence during World War II?

A
The US capture of the Philippines increased US determination.
B
The US bombings of Tokyo forced Japan to surrender.
C
The US bombings of Tokyo proved that Japan was vulnerable to attack.
D
The US capture of the Dutch East Indies increased US morale.
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What was one negative effect of the end of communism in Czechoslovakia?

A
The Czech Republic fractured.
B
Slovakians began to revolt.
C
Slovakia suffered economically.
D
Czechs lost the right to vote.
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Which of these is a demographic shift that has resulted from China’s one-child policy?

A
declining average age
B
shrinking population
C
gender imbalance
D
greater emigration
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Why were party leaders shocked by Krushchev’s rejection of Stalin?

A
Stalin had kept everyone safe for a long time.
B
Stalin had expanded Soviet rule over many countries.
C
The party had grown accustomed to Stalin’s decisions.
D
The party believed that Stalin was a noble leader.
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What event in 1968 prompted anti-war protests to increase throughout the United States?

A
Vietnamization
B
the Democratic National Convention
C
the Tet Offensive
D
Richard Nixon’s election
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When the Allies began bombing the Japanese mainland, casualties were high because the bombings

A
used atomic weaponry.
B
targeted large military bases.
C
were in highly populated areas.
D
occurred throughout the nation.
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Read the excerpt from a novel by a Palestinian writer.We were exiled but we left our souls, our hopes and our childhood in Palestine. We left our joys and sorrows. We left them in every corner, and on every grain of sand in Palestine. We left them with each lemon fruit, with each olive. We left them in the roses and flowers. We left them in the flowering tree that stands with pride at the entrance of our house in al-Ramla. We left them in the remains of our fathers and ancestors. We left them as witnesses and history. We left them, hoping to return.–The Lemon Tree,Sandy Tolan

A
People in Palestine have, for the most part, welcomed their exile.
B
People in Palestine kept large orchards and flower gardens.
C
Palestinian refugees have a deep yearning to return to their homes.
D
Palestinian refugees should be given a new homeland.
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The official ideology of a totalitarian government is based on

A
the expectation that some of its citizens will participate.
B
the discouragement of citizen dissent but acceptance of other ideas.
C
particular ideas and beliefs that shape the government.
D
many leaders enforcing the government’s ideology.
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Why did the Allies want to seize New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and the surrounding islands?

A
to get closer to the Philippines
B
to overcome these Japanese strongholds
C
to take Guadalcanal
D
to have a base near Australia
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The image shows a world map.Which measurement of population does this map illustrate?

Question illustration
A
population in relation to resources
B
population changes
C
population density
D
population in relation to ethnicity
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Which leadership crisis would most likely result in a totalitarian government taking control?

A
A leader loses the support of one’s political party.
B
A leader is sick and cannot continue to govern.
C
A leader fails to solve the country’s problems.
D
A leader goes against the will of the people.
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At “show” trials during the Great Purge, suspects often

A
confessed to crimes they could not have possibly committed.
B
admitted to crimes the secret police saw them commit.
C
received no punishment because the trials were not real.
D
faced torture if they lied while a judge questioned them.
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How do international organizations work together to end poverty and its effects around the world? Select three answers.

A
They lend money.
B
They build infrastructure.
C
They establish economic programs.
D
They send military aid.
E
They send food aid.
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Which events increased tensions between the Japan and the United States in the late 1930s? Select three options.

A
Japan attacked the US at Pearl Harbor.
B
Japan continued its expansion into China.
C
Japan joined the Allied countries.
D
Japan joined the Axis countries.
E
Japan barred trade with the US.
F
Japan invaded French Indochina.

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