How did Europe, with its unprecedented prosperity and power, descend into the First World War?
What will be an ideal response?
Ans: Students should show an appreciation for the complexity of apparently simple questions. How, for instance, could the world war come after the democratization of most of the Great Powers?
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Sun Yat-sen is often claimed to be the father of modern China. Is this designation accurate? Why and/or why not?
What will be an ideal response?
The depression-era homeless poured into shantytowns called, in an ironic tribute to a former president, "_______."
A. hoovervilles B. hobotowns C. gypsy camps D. spikes
What caused the economy to crash again in the spring of 1930 following a brief resurgence?
A. the closing of several major manufacturing firms B. Germany defaulting on its war debts C. the beginning of the Dust Bowl D. a high number of bank failures
The center of the North Sea/Baltic trade route in northern Europe in the 1100s and 1200s, and an important center of woolen cloth production, was
A) Stockholm. B) Novgorod. C) Edinburgh. D) Hamburg. E) Flanders.