1. (TCO 1) Historical research involves four main tasks. Discover...

1. (TCO 1) Historical research involves four main tasks. Discover refers to the task of: (Points: 4)

locating primary sources to learn the facts

asking questions like "Who created the source and why?"

analyzing all the available primary sources and judging which is the most accurate

distributing the new findings to the world

2. (TCO 6) The United States entered World War I because it: (Points: 4)

had to honor alliance commitments

desired to acquire territory, especially colonies

was hostile to German submarine warfare and German militarism

was interested in building up its military establishment

3. (TCO 5) Nicholas II of Russia abdicated the throne following: (Points: 4)

the Bolshevik takeover

the return of Lenin to Russia

both of the above

the failure of his troops to put down demonstrations in Petrograd

4. (TCO 5) What event marked the beginning of World War II? (Points: 4)

the Nazi-Soviet Pact

the German invasion of Poland

the Anschluss

Germany's annexation of the Sudetenland

5. (TCO 9) The Cold War got hot, or flared up into actual fighting, in: (Points: 4)

Korea

Hungary

China

Italy

6. (TCO 9) During the Cuban Missile Crisis, the U.S. and the Soviet Union were led by: (Points: 4)

Reagan and Gorbachev

Reagan and Khrushchev

Kennedy and Castro

Kennedy and Khrushchev

7. (TCO 8) Why did some European nations decide to limit welfare state benefits in the 1980s and 1990s? (Points: 4)

They were worried about rapidly rising GDPs.

They feared the loss of pensions and other benefits.

The increase in regional cooperation caused a recession and high inflation.

Social welfare programs brought high taxes and more government regulation.

8. (TCO 6) Bangladesh is: (Points: 4)

home to thousands of Muslim radicals who fled Afghanistan

the site of a long conflict with the Soviet Union and mujahedin rebels

the former eastern part of Pakistan, and one of the world's poorest nations

a mountainous region with a small population

9. (TCO 2) Which Middle Eastern country is the site of the Kabbah, Islam's holiest site, and the world's largest oil producer? (Points: 4)

Egypt

Saudi Arabia

Iran

Kuwait

10. (TCO 2) Following the Arab-Israeli 1967 war: (Points: 4)

the Israelis and Palestinians agreed to negotiate

the Israelis demanded direct negotiations, and the Arabs demanded Israeli withdrawal from the occupied territories prior to negotiations

the Arabs demanded Israeli withdrawal from the occupied territories and face-to-face negotiations

the United States and U.S.S.R. negotiated a settlement to the conflict

11. (TCO 4) One problem that arose in East Germany after reunification was: (Points: 4)

the presence of U.S. troops

lack of support for the EU

a lack of national pride

high unemployment

12. (TCO 4) In addition to Leonid Brezhnev, who died in 1982, who of the following served during the 1980s as general secretary of the Soviet Communist party and as president? (Points: 4)

Yuri Andropov

Konstantin Chernenko

Mikhail Gorbachev

all of the above

13. (TCO 7) Al-Qaeda was organized to: (Points: 4)

destroy the World Trade Center

expel U.S. businesses and military power from Saudi Arabia

support the Taliban government

spread Islamic fundamentalism to Europe and the United States