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3)Historians find additional evidence supporting a common understanding of nationalism as a primary
cause of World War I - answer ✔✔-Passage 1
Historical revisionism is the reinterpretation of historical events based on new perspective and
knowledge, changing the accepted understanding of historical ideas. The proposed new historical idea
may be a better idea with more evidence or a legitimate alternate theory, but historical revisionism is
sometimes used to try to reinterpret history to promote a political or ideological agenda, such as
denying the Jewish holocaust of World War II.
The passage describes the term "historical revisionism."
Which of the following NOT an example of historical revisionism?
1)While past historians looked at Christopher Columbus as a pioneer in discovering new worlds, present
historians often look at the European conquest of the Americas from the point of view of native peoples.
2)Instead of the traditional view that African slaves were absorbed into U.S. culture, historians begin to
look at how African culture influ
4)a growing concern for environmental and social issues - answer ✔✔-Passage 1
Socially responsible investment funds, or SRIs, look at environmental and social factors before investing
in a company's stock, such as the company's carbon emissions or treatment of labor. According to a
2007 article in the Vancouver Sun, socially responsible investment funds in Canada rose from $102
million in 1989, to $3.8 billion by the end of 1999. In 2004, $65.5 billion were invested in SRI, and in
2006, $500 billion were invested in SRI.
The passage describes the rise of socially responsible investment funds (SRIs) in Canada for selected
years from 1989 to 2006.
The change in investments in SRIs shows which of the following?
, 1)an increase in the work force in third world countries
2)an increase in the number of companies with high carbon emissions
3)a global increase in all investments
4)a growing concern for environmental and social issues
1)Violence and democracy are opposing concepts. - answer ✔✔-Passage 1
"I read Carlyle's French Revolution while I was in prison, and Pandit Jawaharlal has told me something
about the Russian revolution. But it is my conviction that inasmuch as these struggles were fought with
the weapon of violence they failed to realize the democratic ideal. In the democracy which I have
envisaged, a democracy established by non-violence, there will be equal freedom for all. Everybody will
be his own master."
The passage is a quote from the famed leader and freedom fighter for Indian independence, Mahatma
Gandhi.
What conviction does Gandhi state in this quote?
1)Violence and democracy are opposing concepts.
2)Freedom depends on your ability to defend it.
3)A democratic society has no violence whatsoever.
4)Being in prison prepared him to lead a revolution.
1)Modern countries should learn from the events of the past. - answer ✔✔-Passage 1
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said: "The Allies knew of the annihilation of the Jews. They knew and
did nothing... They simply did not want to deal with it. ... The State of Israel has learned this lesson, and
since its establishment it has done its utmost to defend itself and its citizens, and provide a safe haven
for any Jew, wherever he may be. We know that we can trust no one but ourselves."
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3)Historians find additional evidence supporting a common understanding of nationalism as a primary
cause of World War I - answer ✔✔-Passage 1
Historical revisionism is the reinterpretation of historical events based on new perspective and
knowledge, changing the accepted understanding of historical ideas. The proposed new historical idea
may be a better idea with more evidence or a legitimate alternate theory, but historical revisionism is
sometimes used to try to reinterpret history to promote a political or ideological agenda, such as
denying the Jewish holocaust of World War II.
The passage describes the term "historical revisionism."
Which of the following NOT an example of historical revisionism?
1)While past historians looked at Christopher Columbus as a pioneer in discovering new worlds, present
historians often look at the European conquest of the Americas from the point of view of native peoples.
2)Instead of the traditional view that African slaves were absorbed into U.S. culture, historians begin to
look at how African culture influ
4)a growing concern for environmental and social issues - answer ✔✔-Passage 1
Socially responsible investment funds, or SRIs, look at environmental and social factors before investing
in a company's stock, such as the company's carbon emissions or treatment of labor. According to a
2007 article in the Vancouver Sun, socially responsible investment funds in Canada rose from $102
million in 1989, to $3.8 billion by the end of 1999. In 2004, $65.5 billion were invested in SRI, and in
2006, $500 billion were invested in SRI.
The passage describes the rise of socially responsible investment funds (SRIs) in Canada for selected
years from 1989 to 2006.
The change in investments in SRIs shows which of the following?
, 1)an increase in the work force in third world countries
2)an increase in the number of companies with high carbon emissions
3)a global increase in all investments
4)a growing concern for environmental and social issues
1)Violence and democracy are opposing concepts. - answer ✔✔-Passage 1
"I read Carlyle's French Revolution while I was in prison, and Pandit Jawaharlal has told me something
about the Russian revolution. But it is my conviction that inasmuch as these struggles were fought with
the weapon of violence they failed to realize the democratic ideal. In the democracy which I have
envisaged, a democracy established by non-violence, there will be equal freedom for all. Everybody will
be his own master."
The passage is a quote from the famed leader and freedom fighter for Indian independence, Mahatma
Gandhi.
What conviction does Gandhi state in this quote?
1)Violence and democracy are opposing concepts.
2)Freedom depends on your ability to defend it.
3)A democratic society has no violence whatsoever.
4)Being in prison prepared him to lead a revolution.
1)Modern countries should learn from the events of the past. - answer ✔✔-Passage 1
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said: "The Allies knew of the annihilation of the Jews. They knew and
did nothing... They simply did not want to deal with it. ... The State of Israel has learned this lesson, and
since its establishment it has done its utmost to defend itself and its citizens, and provide a safe haven
for any Jew, wherever he may be. We know that we can trust no one but ourselves."
