Why did the CIA help to overthrow Mohammed Mossadegh?
A. He ended Iran's nonaligned status by allying with the Soviet Union.
B. He attempted to nationalize foreign oil interests in Iran.
C. He vowed to build a military coalition to destroy the state of Israel.
D. He attempted to create an organization through which the oil-producing nations of the Middle East could control the price of oil.
Answer: B
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A. was actually from Sri Lanka and arrived in the Dutch East Indies only in 1941. B. was a boring speaker, but was supported because of fear of his konfrontasi gangs. C. used economic aid from China and the Soviet Union to counter Western influence, and used domestic Indonesian Communists to counter domestic Muslim opponents. D. was pro-Western in both his domestic and foreign policies. E. was radically pro-Muslim.
Filibustering in Cuba and Nicaragua was supported in the South as part of its "manifest destiny" to extend slavery into Mexico and Central America, the Caribbean, and South America.
a. true b. false
Inca civilization included all of the following elements except that they
A) continually demanded more taxes from their subjects. B) lagged in irrigation and bridge-building. C) built thousands of miles of roads. D) were efficient soldiers and administrators. E) were more tolerant of local traditions and cultures.
Which of the following fueled militarism in the decades before the outbreak of World War I?
A) the creation of an international court of arbitration B) the exclusion of the aristocracy from government C) the influence of social Darwinism D) the decline of mystical nationalism