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A very familiar cartoon depicts leaders of European countries standing on a map of Europe, pointing at one another. In the background is a corpse entitled "The Peace of Europe." The title of the cartoon is "The Crime of the AgesWho Did It?"

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World War 1

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A. Formation of secret alliances B. Conflict over colonies in Africa

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Causes of World War 1

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The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand was the immediate cause of

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World War 1

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"Bombardment, barrage, curtainfire, mines, gas, tanks, machineguns, handgrenades words, words, but they hold the horror of the world."

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Technological developments used during World War 1

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Which hypothesis can best be supported by this passage?

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Conditions contributed to low troop morale

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The success of the women's suffrage movement in 20th century Europe resulted in part from women

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Working in factories during World War 1

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During World War I, which group of people were victims of genocide?

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Armenians in the Ottoman Empire

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The Armenian massacre, the Holocaust, and the Rape of Nanking are examples of

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Human rights violations

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This statement held appeal for nationalists in areas under colonial control because it suggested

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National self-determination

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Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points influenced many colonial peoples in Asia and Africa to

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Seek self-determination

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The Treaty of Versailles punished Germany for its role in World War I by

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Forcing Germany to accept blame for the war and to pay reparations

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What was a direct result of World War I?

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Germany lost its colonies in Africa and Asia

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In the 1920s and 1930s, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk changed the Turkish government by

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Introducing democratic reforms

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One way in which Atatürk of Turkey and Ho Chi Minh of Vietnam are similar is that they both

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Led nationalists movements in their countries

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Which statement about Turkish leader Atatürk is an opinion rather than a fact?

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His major accomplishment was the separation of church and state

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The movement started by Theodor Herzl to promote an independent Jewish state in Palestine is referred to as

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Zionism

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Which document is most closely associated with the ArabIsraeli conflict?

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Balfour Declaration

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Lenin's promise of "Peace, Land, Bread" during the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 was made in an effort to

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Gain popular support to overthrow the government

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This quotation is associated with the principles of

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Communism

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Under Joseph Stalin, peasants in the Soviet Union were forced to

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Join collective farms

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One way in which Joseph Stalin's fiveyear plans and Mao Zedong's Great Leap Forward are similar is that both plans were

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Attempts to increase agricultural and industrial production

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Joseph Stalin's policies in Ukraine during the 1930s directly resulted in

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Widespread starvation

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In Europe during the 1920s and 1930s, severe inflation, high unemployment, and fear of communism all contributed to the

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Rise of fascist governments in Italy, Germany, and Spain

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Fascist leaders in Italy and Germany came to power in the 1920s and 1930s because they

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Exploited economic hardships to gain popular support

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Which statement about both the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia and the rise of fascism in Germany and Italy is accurate?

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Economic conditions led to political change

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One similarity between Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini is that both

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Led fascist states

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Which leader is most closely associated with the rise of fascism in Italy prior to World War II?

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Benito Mussolini

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One similarity between Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini is that both

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Led racist states

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Which leader is most closely associated with the rise of fascism in Italy prior to World War II?

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Benito Mussolini

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The main reason Japan invaded Southeast Asia during World War II was to

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Acquire supplies of oil and rubber

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One reason that Britain and France agreed to appease Hitler at the Munich Conference was to

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Prevent the start of another world war

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The policy that France, Britain, and Italy chose to follow at this meeting is known as

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Appeasement

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The term appeasement is best defined as

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An attempt to avoid conflict by meeting the demands of an aggressor

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One reason for the outbreak of World War II was the

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Ineffectiveness of the League of Nations

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These headlines might be used to illustrate the weakness of the

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League of Nations

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One reason the League of Nations failed as a world organization was that it

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Lacked a military force to settle conflicts

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Japan's invasion of China in 1937 and Germany's attack on Poland in 1939 led directly to

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The beginning of World War 2 in Asia and Europe

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Which event occurred immediately after this series of developments?

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Pearl Harbor was attacked

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Which action taken by both Hitler and Napoleon is considered by historians to be a strategic military error?

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Invading Russia with limited supply lines

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Which sequence shows the correct chronological order of these World War II events, from earliest to latest?

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C...D...B...A

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