Test What You Learned

Part A: Quiz

      1. Questions 1–2 refer to the map below.

      2. THE VOYAGES OF HMS ORVIETO 1915-1918

        A map shows ocean routes that travel all throughout the Atlantic ocean, primarily from the northeast of the U S and the south east of Canada, as well as southern Brazil, to the United Kingdom, but also all around the waters surrounding the United Kingdom.

      3. The travels of the H.M.S. Orvieto best illustrate

        1. the success of the German U-boat campaign
        2. the role of Atlantic trade in the Allied victory during World War I
        3. the vast reach of British imperial territory
        4. the superiority of newly invented ironclad ships

      4. A major impact of World War I in Latin America was

        1. a population explosion as Americans migrated to Latin America to avoid the draft
        2. a population decline as many people volunteered to fight in the conflict, prompted by ideological sympathy
        3. a temporary economic boom because of demand for wartime products such as Chilean nitrate
        4. a temporary economic decline because of low international demand for luxury goods during World War I

      6. Questions 3–4 refer to the image below.

      7. A diagram titled contraction of world trade, 19 29 to 19 33. The figure shows a circle shrinking to a smaller and smaller size. The circles, from largest to smallest, are labeled as follows: 19 29: 2,998,000,000 dollars. 19 30: 2,739,000,000 dollars. 19 31: 1,839,000,000 dollars. 19 32: 1,206,000,000 dollars. 19 33: 992,000,000 dollars.
        SOURCE: Charles P. Kindleberger, The world in Depression 1929–1933

      8. Which of the following was a major impact of the Great Depression on colonial territories?

        1. Many territories were granted independence because the governments of industrialized capitalist countries could no longer support them.
        2. Demand for raw materials continued during the Great Depression while demand for finished goods dropped.
        3. Local economies were devastated because many colonies relied on exports like rubber and cocoa, which were vulnerable to fluctuations in the world market.
        4. Economic and social tensions caused many colonies to revolt and establish independent communist governments.

      9. All of the following are true regarding the global economy during the Great Depression except

        1. economic hardship led to social instability and political extremism
        2. countries responded by lowering tariffs and encouraging imports
        3. global unemployment rose to double digits
        4. U.S. bank failures led to a collapse of world financial centers 

    2. Questions 5–6 refer to the passage below.

    3. “Study the Soviet Union's merits and support all the Soviet Union's correct positions. There are two good things about the reactionaries’ anti-Chinese [activities]: one is that they have revealed the reactionaries, reducing their prestige among the people; the second is that they have stimulated the consciousness of the majority of the peoples in the world, who can then see that reactionary imperialism, nationalism, and revisionism are enemies, swindlers, and contraband, whereas the Chinese flag is bright red.

      The whole world is very bright.  The darker the clouds, the greater the light.

      Marxism and Leninism will get the greatest development in China. There is no doubt of this.

      Khrushchev and his group are very naïve. He does not understand Marxism-Leninism and is easily fooled by imperialism.

      He does not understand China, to an extreme extent. He doesn’t research [China] and believes a whole bunch of incorrect information. He gives irresponsible talks. If he doesn’t correct [his mistakes], in a few years he’ll be completely bankrupt (after 8 years).

      He panics over China. The panic has reached its extreme.

      He has two main fears: imperialism and Chinese Communism.

      He fears that Eastern European or other Communist parties will believe us and not them. His world view is pragmatism. This is an extreme kind of subjective idealism. He lacks a workable agenda and will follow gain wherever it goes.

      The Soviet people are good as is the [Soviet] party. There is something not good about the style of the party and people, a somewhat metaphysical style, a kind of capitalist-liberalism inherited from history. Lenin died early and didn’t have time to reform it.”

      Mao Zedong, “An Outline for a Speech on the International Situation”, 1959

    4. Which of the following was true of the Russian communist revolution, but was not true of China’s communist revolution?

      1. The government instituted a Five-Year Plan.
      2. The government struggled to apply Marxist ideals to a largely agricultural economy.
      3. The government derived support for communism mainly from the cities.
      4. The government used totalitarian methods to eliminate opposition.

    5. Which of the following best describes a cause for the Sino-Soviet split?

      1. Diverging ideology and national interests
      2. Competition over colonial territory
      3. Personality clashes between Soviet and Chinese leadership
      4. Détente between the United States and the Soviet Union

      1. Questions 7–8 refer to the passage below.

      2. “Are these the beginnings of profound changes in the Soviet state? Or are they token gestures, intended to raise false hopes in the West, or to strengthen the Soviet system without changing it? We welcome change and openness; for we believe that freedom and security go together, that the advance of human liberty can only strengthen the cause of world peace. There is one sign the Soviets can make that would be unmistakable, that would advance dramatically the cause of freedom and peace.

        General Secretary Gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, if you seek liberalization: Come here to this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!”

        Ronald Reagan, “Tear Down This Wall,” 1987

      3. Which of the following regimes is most associated with policies of “openness” and “restructuring?”

        1. The People’s Republic of China under Mao Zedong
        2. The Soviet Union under Gorbachev
        3. The Soviet Union under Stalin
        4. Cuba under Fidel Castro

      4. Which of the following did not lead to the collapse of the Soviet Union?

        1. The reunification of Germany
        2. The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
        3. The Polish Solidarity movement
        4. The implementation of glasnost and perestroika

        1. Questions 9–10 refer to the passage below.

        2. “One of the last countries to return to democracy was Chile, where the Pinochet dictatorship had been more successful than most... After first imposing harsh readjustments and committing its share of mistakes, it had launched the country on a steady course...that made it a much-admired model in Latin America and continued even after the dictator finally turned over the presidency (though not control of the armed forces) to an elected Christian Democrat in 1990.”

          “History of Latin America,” Encyclopaedia Britannica

        3. Since the 1980s, many countries in Latin America have moved politically toward

          1. communism
          2. representative democracy
          3. nationalistic fundamentalism
          4. totalitarianism

        4. Pinochet's dictatorship persisted in Chile longer than many Latin American countries because

          1. the people were satisfied with the economic situation
          2. the communist regime punished dissension severely
          3. the Sandinista party remained very popular
          4. the government had financial backing from the Soviet Union

        5. Part B: Key Topics

          This key topics list is the same as the list in the Test What You Already Know section earlier in this chapter. Based on what you have now learned, ask yourself the following questions:

          1. Can I describe this key topic?
          2. Can I discuss this key topic in the context of other events?
          3. Could I correctly answer a multiple-choice question about this key topic?
          4. Could I correctly answer a free-response question about this key topic?

          Check off the key topics if you can answer "yes" to at least three of these questions.

          World War I

          1. World War I
          2. Total war
          3. League of Nations
          4. Mohandas Gandhi

          Global Depression

          1. World War II
          2. Great Depression

          Rise of Fascist and Totalitarian States

          1. Benito Mussolini
          2. Adolf Hitler
          3. Fascism
          4. Joseph Stalin

          World War II

          1. Firebombing
          2. Nuclear bomb
          3. United Nations
          4. Cold War

          The Cold War

          1. Proxy wars
          2. Vietnam
          3. Warsaw Pact
          4. Non-Aligned Movement
          5. European Union

          Revolutions

          1. Vladimir Lenin
          2. Mao Zedong
          3. Great Leap Forward
          4. Fidel Castro

          Independence and Nationalist Movements

          1. Indian National Congress
          2. Muhammad Ali Jinnah
          3. Indian/Pakistan Partition
          4. Algeria
          5. Ho Chi Minh

          Political Reform and Economic Changes

          1. Deng Xiaoping
          2. Tiananmen Square
          3. NATO

          Technology, Populations, and the Environment

          1. Green Revolution
          2. Cholera
          3. HIV/AIDS

          Social and Cultural Changes

          1. Pan-Africanism
          2. Liberation theology in Latin America

          Part B: Count the number of Key Topics you checked off.

                out of 36 Key Topics

          Next Step: Compare your Test What You Already Know results to these Test What You Learned results to see how exam-ready you are for AP World History Period 6: 1900 to the Present.