1. Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) initially arose on what continent?
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1.
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) initially arose on what continent?
A
Europe
B
North America
C
Africa
D
Asia
2.
Future German leader Adolf Hitler first gained attention in Germany for what political event?
A
The Beer Hall Putsch in Munich
B
The murder of Spartacists Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht
C
The Night of the Long Knives
D
His meeting with Benito Mussolini in Venice
3.
During the 1990s and early 2000s, growing but unsuccessful demands for autonomy from larger nation-states were made by various ethnic groups, including which of the following?
A
Czechs and Slovaks
B
Basque nationalists in Spain
C
Croats and Serbs wishing to secede from the Yugoslav state
D
Estonians, Latvians, and Lithuanians
4.
Which of the following was one of the most famous postwar practitioners of pop art?
A
Wassily Kandinsky
B
Jackson Pollock
C
Frank Lloyd Wright
D
Andy Warhol
5.
Why did Soviet-bloc nations often have great difficulty applying their achievements in science to commercial applications?
A
The Soviets continued to be suspicious of their satellite states' intentions and insisted on burdensome monitoring of their research and development efforts
B
The process of gaining bureaucratic approval for innovations was inefficient, and findings often became obsolete before they could be applied to technology
C
The slow but steady brain drain to the West continued with the flight of hundreds of researchers and scientists
D
The Soviet bloc's emphasis on heavy industry offered ambitious scientists few incentives to produce for domestic consumption
6.
In Black Skin, White Masks (1952) and The Wretched of the Earth (1961), Frantz Fanon, a black psychiatrist from the French colony of Martinique, proposed that
A
Western nations should focus on education and health care in newly decolonized nations, not on economic development
B
Islam was the only force capable of creating unified states south of the Sahara
C
Liberation movements used violence to attain their ends because their members had been traumatized by the violence used to colonize their countries
D
The International Monetary Fund was incapable of dealing with poverty in Africa
7.
Which South African leader began the process of dismantling apartheid and released Nelson Mandela from prison after almost three decades of incarceration?
A
Paul Kruger
B
P. W. Botha
C
F. W. de Klerk
D
J. M. Coetzee
8.
How did parliamentary leader Alva Myrdal address the problem of the population decline in Sweden?
A
She worked to pass legislation that discouraged women from working outside the home and made it legal for businesses to discriminate based on gender
B
She campaigned for the criminalization of abortion and of the use of birth control
C
She worked with leading eugenicists to identify the healthiest couples to promote strong breeding practices, while also promoting sterilization for those who were deemed “unfit”
D
She promoted “voluntary parenthood” by introducing government-sponsored prenatal care, free childbirth in a hospital, a food relief program, and subsidized housing for large families
9.
In 1994, by the terms of the Maastricht Treaty, the European Community
A
Became the European Union
B
Created a common currency, the European Currency Unit (ECU or euro)
C
Established formal trade ties with the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
D
Accepted Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic as member states
10.
How did Lenin's New Economic Policy (NEP) break with his war communism policy?
A
It reversed the policy of absolute nationalization and allowed some free-market activity
B
It gave soldiers and sailors their first raise in pay in over four years
C
It set up essential trade with Germany
D
It brought all economic activity under a centralized planning commission
11.
Beginning in the 1960s, how did the French government attempt to slow the tide of an English-speaking international culture?
A
It required that French schools stopped teaching English as a foreign language
B
It banned the use of non-French words such as computer in official documents
C
It introduced French-culture classes in primary and secondary schools
D
It lobbied the United Nations to make French the official language of international diplomacy
12.
In his last will and testament, Lenin asked his comrades to find a way to remove which Communist Party leader from power?
A
Leon Trotsky
B
Joseph Stalin
C
Aleksandra Kollontai
D
Aleksandr Kerensky
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) initially arose on what continent?
A
Europe
B
North America
C
Africa
D
Asia
Explanation / Answer
I know only 7 answers
1. C (West Africa)
2. A ( Beer hall Putch in 1923)
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4. D . Andy Warol
5. B
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11.B ( Banning non-french words in computer )
12. B ( stalin)
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