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| Who was the leader of Solidarity, the Polish worker’s union? |
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| How has Korea acted as a bridge? |
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| Cultural bridge, absorbed Chinese customs and passed them on to Japan, Korean culture is a mix of Korean and Chinese |
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| What is the influence of Zen on Japanese art? |
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| What did the Tiananmen Massacre show |
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| Government wanted to stay in power, |
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| What Chinese art has been used in world trade? |
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| What was the basis of Mao’s philosophy? |
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| Dictatorship of the people |
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| What was the goal of the civil service? |
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| How did Japan adopt Chinese culture? |
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| Japan looked at China’s culture and used what could be adapted to their needs. |
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| Commodore Perry’s visit to Japan led to what? |
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| Bring about modernization? |
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| Many island nations are being born why? |
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| Who were the original settlers of Australia and New Zealand? |
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| The aborigines were the original settlers of Australia; the Maoris settled New Zealand. |
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| The first European settlers where what? |
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| They were British convicts. |
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| What artist lived in Tahiti? |
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| Japan’s “economic miracle” refers to what? |
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| The Japanese economic miracle refers to their rapid shift towards becoming a world power. |
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| Perestroika and glasnost mean what? |
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| Restructuring and openness, respectively |
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| What was the order of Russia’s rulers? |
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| Peter the Great, Alex II, Lenin, Stalin, Gorby, Yeltstin (those be the ones on the test) |
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| Saint Petersburg has two nicknames. What are they, and where did they come from? |
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| Window on the West from Peter the Great, and Hero City from WWII |
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| Who kept the ethnic groups in Yugoslavia under control? |
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| Alexander II freed the serfs when he realized what? |
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| He realized that serfdom was slowing industrialization. |
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| Russia’s most beloved poet was? |
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| Realist painters in Russia used their talents to portray what? |
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| They portrayed the injustices of society. |
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| Brazil, Argentina, and Mexico all experienced what in the 1980s? |
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| The debt crisis was due in part to what? |
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| Incredibly high inflation rates |
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| Increased modernization has led to what? |
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| Massive housing shortages |
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| Despite it’s many ethnic groups, Indonesia is united by what? |
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| Indonesia has a strong Muslim population. |
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| What was the goal of the Viet Cong? |
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| The Viet Cong wanted to overthrow the democratic government of South Vietnam. |
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| Chinese communists believed what about art? |
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| Modern (western) art is good for the people. |
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| How was the Gulf of Tonkin a turning point in the Vietnam War? |
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| It allowed for US troops to be sent to Vietnam. |
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| What is one big difference between New Zealand and Australia (climate-wise)? |
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| New Zealand gets a lot more rainfall. |
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| The diverse and unique animal and plant life in Australia is due in part to what? |
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| Early in its history, Australia was separated from the rest of the world. |
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| What is the small island south of Australia? |
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| What is the sea next to the Great Barrier Reef? |
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| New Zealand was the first nation to become what? |
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| Polynesia, Micronesia, and Melanesia are all what? |
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| Large groups of small islands distant from any landmass |
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| The economic imperialism in Latin America in the 1970s resulted in what? |
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| During the 1980s, what happened to Latin American governments? |
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| Many shifted away from military governments to civilian ones. |
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| What was the US’ goal in Latin America during the Cold War? |
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| The US wanted to support democratic governments and stop leftists movements. |
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| What was the US’ initial interest in Latin America? |
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| The US initially wanted to protect and expand its investments. |
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| Who would have been most likely to oppose changes to the American Colony System? |
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| Peninsulares and creoles are the two possibly correct answers. |
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| What was the goal of the Alliance for Progress, the Good Neighbor Policy, and the Organization of American States? |
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| All wanted to emphasize good relations among nations of the western hemisphere. |
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| The focus of Latin American literature has primarily been what? |
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| The need to rise up and lessen US’ influence |
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| What was the encomendia (sp?) system? |
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| It was essentially a system of forced labor. (Another choice is keeping the creoles in power. You might want to check that out.) |
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| Simon Bolivar and Jose de san Martin did what? |
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| They were responsible for the liberation of most South American nations. |
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| Revolts in South America led to what? |
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| Spain lost most of its influence in the Americas. |
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| Urbanization and modernization concerns Brazilians for what one big reason? |
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| With modernization come huge environmental problems. |
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| What is the Canadian Shield? |
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| The Canadian Shield is the northern part of Canada; it is sparsely populated. |
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| What generalization can be made about US / Canadian relations? |
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| Despite some tension, relations have been quite good. |
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| European interest in Southeast Asia was which of these? |
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| Military, political, charity, economic, religious |
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| Nicholas II’ policy of Russification / Russifaction / something like that included what? |
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| I honestly have no idea on this one. Expulsion of foreigners or forced adoption of the Russian language seem reasonable. |
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| Filipinos hated Ferdinand Marcos for which main reason? |
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| He spent government money on himself and his friends. (He failed to implement programs to help the poor is another choice. Don’t be fooled, Marcos did this, just not a lot of it.) |
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| What generalization can be said about South American terrain? |
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| The many mountains have led to intense regionalism. |
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| Literature under Soviet rule served what purpose? |
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| The sole purpose of literature was to glorify the state. This is known as Soviet realism. |
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| Russian schools served what purpose? |
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| Russian schools were designed to get Russian students up to the same level as American ones, as well as to indoctrinate them into the Soviet system. |
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| The treaty that ended Russian involvement in World War II was called what? |
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| The treaty of Brest-Litovsk |
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| How did Nicholas I react to the Decembrist Revolt? |
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| He exiled the leaders, increased censorship, and started nationalist campaigns. (There are two answers that meet part of this description. Use your own judgment.) |
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| What generalization can be made about Japanese lifestyles / entertainment? |
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| Traditional Japanese ideas have mixed with western ones to form a unique form of entertainment. (Baseball is a good example.) |
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| What was one of the causes of the March Revolution? |
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| The collapse of the Duma was one of the causes. (Again, there are other answers that make sense. Use your own judgment.) |
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| What was the Provisional Government’s ultimate failure? |
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| It failed to redistribute land immediately. |
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| To modernize Russia, what did Stalin emphasize? |
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| Stalin emphasized industry and collectivizing agriculture. |
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| The Cuban Missile Crisis was just one event that arose as a result of what? |
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| Cold War tensions between the superpowers |
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