2ND EXAM NEW QUESTIONS 2025
After a coup d'etat in Spain overthrew the government, Augustin de Iturbide proclaimed
- ANS-(Mexico's independence and made himself emperor.)
Haiti's independence and made himself emperor.
Argentina's independence and made himself emperor.
Brazil's independence and made himself emperor.
Read the quote by Raphael Lemkin.
[Genocide is the] criminal intent to destroy or to cripple permanently a human group.
The acts are directed against groups as such, and individuals are selected for
destruction only because they belong to these groups.
—Raphael Lemkin
What is most significant about this quote by Raphael Lemkin? - ANS-Raphael Lemkin's
definition was the accepted version.
(Raphael Lemkin was the first person to use the word "genocide.")
Raphael Lemkin spoke these words on his death bed.
Raphael Lemkin spoke these words to the United Nations in 1945.
Notes:
-Raphael Lemkin coined the word "genocide" before the world knew the horrors of
Auschwitz, Buchenwald, Bergen-Belsen and Dachau.
-Lemkin identified Hitler's abominable intention, and labelled it "genocide", a hybrid word
consisting of the Greek prefix genos, meaning race, and the Latin suffix cide, meaning
killing.
Which statement most accurately answers why the Europeans in the Caribbean felt the
need to bring in enslaved Africans as laborers? - ANS-(Europeans grew crops like
coffee and sugar that could yield a high profit, but required many laborers.)
The Europeans' labor-intensive crops required laborers that already understood how to
work with coffee and sugar.
Disease had decimated the American Indian population, and the Caribbean plantations
required more workers to perform hard labor.
Disease had physically weakened the American Indian workers, and the Caribbean
plantations required stronger laborers.
In the 1930s, Germany first began to expand aggressively by - ANS-invading Russia.
(rebuilding the German military.)
joining German forces with Italy.
making a pact with China.
, Read the passage from a speech by Winston Churchill.
"An iron curtain has descended across the continent. Behind that line lie all the capitals
of the ancient states of Central and Eastern Europe . . . all these famous cities and the
populations around them lie in what I must call the Soviet sphere, and all are subject in
one form or another, not only to Soviet influence but to a very high and, in many cases,
increasing measure of control from Moscow [the Soviet capital]."
-Winston Churchill,
March 5, 1946
Which of the following most accurately restates what Churchill was saying? - ANS-The
world needs to maintain peaceful relations with the nations of Central and Eastern
Europe.
(The Soviet Union has taken control of the countries of Central and Eastern Europe.)
People who live in cities in Central and Eastern Europe have begun to use iron curtains.
The United States should invade Central and Eastern Europe to stop the spread of
communism
What is the definition of globalization? - ANS-X a unification of developed countries with
a central goal
(a connection between countries to improve business and trading)
X a dependence of one country on another for economic reasons
a development of markets for goods and services in different countries
Which statement describes Ayatollah Khomeini? - ANS-He served as the last shah of
Iran.
He became the first president of Turkey.
He helped found the Muslim Brotherhood.
(He declared Iran to be an Islamic republic.)
In the postwar period, disillusionment influenced the work of many artists and writers,
prompting them to question and examine - ANS-the purpose of art.
human progress.
(the meaning of life.)
war's inevitability.
During the Cultural Revolution, why were people sent to "re-education" camps? - ANS-
to be punished for committing a crime.
to learn how to follow the rules of society.
to be punished for believing in communism.
(to learn to become good Communists.)
One of Galileo's contributions to science was - ANS-creating the coordinate plane
system.
After a coup d'etat in Spain overthrew the government, Augustin de Iturbide proclaimed
- ANS-(Mexico's independence and made himself emperor.)
Haiti's independence and made himself emperor.
Argentina's independence and made himself emperor.
Brazil's independence and made himself emperor.
Read the quote by Raphael Lemkin.
[Genocide is the] criminal intent to destroy or to cripple permanently a human group.
The acts are directed against groups as such, and individuals are selected for
destruction only because they belong to these groups.
—Raphael Lemkin
What is most significant about this quote by Raphael Lemkin? - ANS-Raphael Lemkin's
definition was the accepted version.
(Raphael Lemkin was the first person to use the word "genocide.")
Raphael Lemkin spoke these words on his death bed.
Raphael Lemkin spoke these words to the United Nations in 1945.
Notes:
-Raphael Lemkin coined the word "genocide" before the world knew the horrors of
Auschwitz, Buchenwald, Bergen-Belsen and Dachau.
-Lemkin identified Hitler's abominable intention, and labelled it "genocide", a hybrid word
consisting of the Greek prefix genos, meaning race, and the Latin suffix cide, meaning
killing.
Which statement most accurately answers why the Europeans in the Caribbean felt the
need to bring in enslaved Africans as laborers? - ANS-(Europeans grew crops like
coffee and sugar that could yield a high profit, but required many laborers.)
The Europeans' labor-intensive crops required laborers that already understood how to
work with coffee and sugar.
Disease had decimated the American Indian population, and the Caribbean plantations
required more workers to perform hard labor.
Disease had physically weakened the American Indian workers, and the Caribbean
plantations required stronger laborers.
In the 1930s, Germany first began to expand aggressively by - ANS-invading Russia.
(rebuilding the German military.)
joining German forces with Italy.
making a pact with China.
, Read the passage from a speech by Winston Churchill.
"An iron curtain has descended across the continent. Behind that line lie all the capitals
of the ancient states of Central and Eastern Europe . . . all these famous cities and the
populations around them lie in what I must call the Soviet sphere, and all are subject in
one form or another, not only to Soviet influence but to a very high and, in many cases,
increasing measure of control from Moscow [the Soviet capital]."
-Winston Churchill,
March 5, 1946
Which of the following most accurately restates what Churchill was saying? - ANS-The
world needs to maintain peaceful relations with the nations of Central and Eastern
Europe.
(The Soviet Union has taken control of the countries of Central and Eastern Europe.)
People who live in cities in Central and Eastern Europe have begun to use iron curtains.
The United States should invade Central and Eastern Europe to stop the spread of
communism
What is the definition of globalization? - ANS-X a unification of developed countries with
a central goal
(a connection between countries to improve business and trading)
X a dependence of one country on another for economic reasons
a development of markets for goods and services in different countries
Which statement describes Ayatollah Khomeini? - ANS-He served as the last shah of
Iran.
He became the first president of Turkey.
He helped found the Muslim Brotherhood.
(He declared Iran to be an Islamic republic.)
In the postwar period, disillusionment influenced the work of many artists and writers,
prompting them to question and examine - ANS-the purpose of art.
human progress.
(the meaning of life.)
war's inevitability.
During the Cultural Revolution, why were people sent to "re-education" camps? - ANS-
to be punished for committing a crime.
to learn how to follow the rules of society.
to be punished for believing in communism.
(to learn to become good Communists.)
One of Galileo's contributions to science was - ANS-creating the coordinate plane
system.
