AP Modern World History Unit 7: Global Conflict Practice Exam

1. The excerpt above most directly reflects which of the following?

2. The sentiments expressed in the excerpt contributed most directly to which of the following developments in the 1920s and 1930s?

3. The context that best explains the Allied governments' motivations for the terms described in the excerpt was the

4. The poster is best understood as an attempt to mobilize support for which of the following?

5. The policies promoted by the poster had which of the following consequences for the Soviet population?

6. A historian could best use this poster to demonstrate which of the following differences in the government's role in the economy in the 1930s?

7. The collapse of the Ottoman and Russian empires during and immediately after World War I was similar in that both

8. The alliance system in Europe prior to 1914 was a significant cause of World War I primarily because it

9. The use of new military technologies such as machine guns, poison gas, and submarines during World War I led to

10. "The world will note that the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, a military base. That was because we wished in this first attack to avoid, insofar as possible, the killing of civilians. But that attack is only a warning of things to come. If Japan does not surrender, bombs will have to be dropped on her war industries and, unfortunately, thousands of civilian lives will be lost. I urge the Japanese people to leave their industrial cities immediately and save themselves from destruction." A historian would most likely criticize Truman's claim that Hiroshima was targeted "to avoid... the killing of civilians" by pointing out that

11. The concept of "total war" as practiced in World War I and World War II is best defined as

12. The Holocaust is considered a unique event in modern history primarily because of its

13. The Great Depression contributed to the causes of World War II by

14. The establishment of the mandate system after World War I is best understood as

15. The data in the table most directly illustrates which of the following aspects of World War II?

16. The high number of civilian deaths in the Soviet Union and China was most directly a result of

17. The relatively low number of civilian deaths in the United States is best explained by

18. Which of the following best compares the collapse of the Qing dynasty in China with the collapse of the Russian Empire?

19. The policy of appeasement adopted by Britain and France in the 1930s in response to German aggression was based on the belief that

20. The Armenian genocide in the Ottoman Empire during World War I and the Holocaust during World War II were both examples of

21. The Mexican Revolution (1910-1920) was primarily a response to

22. A key difference in the experience of colonial peoples in World War I compared to World War II was that

23. "The Indian National Congress... is of opinion that the time has arrived for the Indian people to assert their rights to achieve Purna Swaraj (Complete Independence). India must sever the British connection and attain Purna Swaraj. We hold it to be a crime against man and God to submit any longer to a rule that has caused this fourfold disaster to our country. We recognize, however, that the most effective way of gaining our freedom is not through violence." The excerpt best supports the conclusion that after World War I,

24. Which of the following best describes the relationship between World War I and the Russian Revolution?

25. The intense nationalism that developed in Europe in the late 19th and early 20th centuries contributed to the outbreak of World War I by