1. How did the English Bill of Rights change government in England?

A. By protecting religious freedom.
B. By introducing the principle of habeas corpus.
C. By elevating Parliament above the monarchy.
D. By making all public offices elected by the people.

2. How did Mussolini and the Fascists rise to power?

A. By appealing to citizens’ anger at economic crisis and social unrest.
B. By calling for free elections and a representative government.
C. By aligning with Communist revolutionaries against the military.
D. By implementing popular social reforms like land redistribution.

3. Use the chart to answer the question.
-[Russia privatized state-run industries and farms]
-[ ]
-[A new wealthy upper class emerged as others struggled.]
Which answer best fills in the blank?

A. Food output and factory production rose.
B. Job scarcity and the cost of goods increased.
C. Wages for urban and rural workers evened out.
D. Foreign investment and trade declined.

4. Which justification did U.S. officials give for sending troops to aid an unpopular government in Vietnam?

A. Stopping ethnic cleansing in Cambodia.
B. Defending civilians against human rights violations.
C. Protecting American business interests.
D. Preventing the spread of communism.

5. Which leaders led nationalist revolutions that freed much of South America from Spanish rule? SELECT ALL THAT APPLY.

A. Father José Morelos.
B. José de San Martín.
C. Toussaint L’Ouverture.
D. Dom Pedro.
E. Simón Bolívar.
F. Father Miguel Hidalgo.

6. Use the chart to answer the question.
Obstacles to Arab-Israeli peace:
-[Ongoing violence by Hamas.]
-[Right of return for Palestinian refugees.]
-[Status of East Jerusalem.]
-[ ]
-[ ]
Which answers best fill in the blanks? Select all that apply.

A. Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
B. Ownership of the Sinai Peninsula.
C. Radical groups’ rejections of Israel’s right to exist.
D. Possession of disputed oil reserves.
E. Access to international trade ports.
F. Recognition for Israel by the UN.

7. Which events helped draw people to support Adolf Hitler’s Nazi Party? SELECT ALL THAT APPLY.

A. Collapse of the Soviet Union.
B. Harsh reparations from World War I.
C. Spread of the Great Depression.
D. Rise of the Bolsheviks in Russia.
E. Establishment of an Israeli nation.

8. Which of the following best describes the cause of the Armenian genocide?

A. Global competition for trade made the Crimean Peninsula important.
B. The expansion of Islam required the conversion of conquered peoples.
C. Ottoman leaders feared losing parts of the empire to ambitious neighbors.
D. The Young Turks required a unifying mission to elevate them to power.

9. Which technologies and conditions made World War I a new kind of war? SELECT ALL THAT APPLY.

A. Trench warfare.
B. Field hospitals and medics.
C. Rapid-fire machine guns.
D. Poison gas.
E. Heavy naval combat.
F. Gunpowder and cannons.

10. Which event enabled the formation of a democratic government in Argentina in 1983?

A. Juan Peron’s autocratic methods led to social unrest.
B. Defeat in the Falklands War weakened the military regime.
C. Disappearances of political activists motivated a political revolution.
D. Socialist reforms spurred a conservative backlash.

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C. By elevating Parliament above the monarchy.

The English Bill of Rights changes the government in England, by elevating Parliament above the monarchy. The bill of right is an Act of the Parliament of England concerned with constitutional matters and certain basic civil rights. It was established in 1689, and it represent the beginning of constitutional monarchy, which is different from absolute monarchy for the fact that parliament is above monarchy.

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A. By appealing to citizens’ anger at economic crisis and social unrest.

Mussolini and the Fascists rise to power by appealing to citizens’ anger at economic crisis and social unrest, leading up to the creation of a new government following the march on Rome, in which he with members of his party were acclaimed y the citizens.

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3.

-[Russia privatized state-run industries and farms]

-[ Foreign investment and trade declined. ]

-[A new wealthy upper class emerged as others struggled.]

In Russia, the privatization of industries and farms led to a decline in foreign investment and trade in general. This led to the struggle of the majority of the population, while a new wealthy class emerged, with all the privileges associated with such a status. 

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D. Preventing the spread of communism.

The principal justification that the U.S. officials give for sending troops to aid an unpopular government in Vietnam was that they were trying to prevent the spread of communism since it was the public opinion number one preoccupation in the epoch of cold war.

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A. Father José Morelos. B. José de San Martín. C. Toussaint L’Ouverture.

E. Simón Bolívar. F. Father Miguel Hidalgo.

Leaders which led nationalist revolutions that freed much of South America from Spanish rule were Father José Morelos, José de San Martín, Toussaint L’Ouverture, Simón Bolívar, Father Miguel Hidalgo. Each of them played an important part in the movement of liberation of South America.

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Obstacles to Arab-Israeli peace:

-[Ongoing violence by Hamas.]

-[Right of return for Palestinian refugees.]

-[Status of East Jerusalem.]

-[ Possession of disputed oil reserves.]

-[ Radical groups’ rejections of Israel’s right to exist. ]

When evaluating the obstacles to Arab-Israeli peace there are many factors to keep in mind: first of all, the ongoing violence by Hamas, the right of return for Palestinian refugees that Israel keeps denying, the status of East Jerusalem which is still unclear. Moreover, the possession of disputed oil reserves have also economic repercussion on the conflict, while surely one of the major obstacles is radical groups’ rejections of Israel’s right to exist.

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B. Harsh reparations from World War I. C. Spread of the Great Depression.

Some events that helped draw people to support Adolf Hitler’s Nazi Party were the harsh reparations from World War I, which in conjunction with the spread of Great Depression made the people from Germany particularly receptive to the nazis party propaganda.

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C. Ottoman leaders feared losing parts of the empire to ambitious neighbours.

One of the causes of the Armenian genocide was that  Ottoman leaders feared losing parts of the empire to ambitious neighbours. In fact, Armenian were trying to exploit connection to English and the French government in order to free themselves from the Ottoman Empire.

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A. Trench warfare. C. Rapid-fire machine guns. D. Poison gas. E. Heavy naval combat.

There were so many technologies and conditions that made World War I a new kind of war: trench warfare was one of the most important since it changes completely the way in which war was made, then rapid-fire machine guns allowed armies to take a lot of casualties in a quick way, while  poison gas was also introduced as a new potential dangerous weapon, able to destroy armies and civilians alike. Heavy naval combat was also a new way in which war was made.

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B. Defeat in the Falklands War weakened the military regime.

The event which enabled the formation of a democratic government in Argentina in 1983, was the defeat in the Falklands War, which weakened the military regime that was in power in 1983 in Argentina, following the Army revolution of 1976, led by Peron.

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