In the early part of the twentieth century, immigration from Mexico jumped for all of the following reasons EXCEPT
A. recruiting by the AFL in a campaign to increase its membership.
B. Mexicans fleeing the dislocations of revolution.
C. Mexicans fleeing poverty.
D. recruiting by American farmers in need of farm workers.
Answer: A
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The term decolonization refers to the
A) freeing of a country from colonial rule or domination. B) moving out of colonists from natives territories. C) removal of tariffs on trade with native territories. D) open door policy of no longer needing a passport to travel in native lands. E) abandoning of settlements in partitioned Africa.
After World War II, many educated Asians and Africans questioned which European concept of communal identity?
a. The nuclear family b. Global organization c. Village and tribal identity d. Dynastic rule e. The nation state
What caused the failure of absolutism in Spain?
A) provincial political divisions B) religious divisions C) defeat in the Thirty Years' War D) resistance from a powerful bourgeoisie E) the lack of imperial resources
Which of the following statements about slavery in ancient Rome is INCORRECT?
a. Regarded as animate tools, Roman slaves always viewed their masters with antagonism and resentment. b. Rome's wars in the first century B.C. produced millions of new slaves. c. By the middle of the first century, slaves were about one-third of Italy's population. d. Unless very poor, a Roman would be likely to own a slave. e. Most educated Romans believed that the division between masters and slaves was part of the natural world order.