According to the agreement between Great Britain and the People's Republic of China
a. the British were to leave in 1997, regardless of the welfare of the Hong Kong population.
b. the Chinese agreed to permit a half-century of largely self-governing capitalism in Hong Kong, after British rule ended.
c. the true nature of Hong Kong autonomy after the British left was not discussed.
d. the People's Republican Government ended Hong Kong's capitalist system.
e. Hong Kong was recognized as an independent nation by the People's Republic of China.
b
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What caused President Reagan's change of policy toward the Soviet Union in his second term?
a. The Soviet Union was becoming a major economic power that the United States could not afford to isolate any longer. b. The Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan and escalated the arms race. c. New Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev was interested in making peace with the United States. d. New Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev was committed to blocking American interests abroad. e. The Soviet Union lacked a recognized leader and had fallen into chaos and civil war.
The Confederate strategy for winning the war in 1864 included
a. a full-scale invasion of the North in order to take control of the border states. b. besieging Washington, DC and capturing Abraham Lincoln and his cabinet. c. the assassination of Lincoln and the leading Union Generals Grant and Sherman. d. continuing the war long enough to wear down the North's will to fight. e. mobilizing their European allies to fight.
As a result of its military defeat, Russia was forced to give up
a. the Shandong peninsula. b. Formosa. c. Taiwan. d. southern Sakhalin and the Kurile Islands. e. Outer Mongolia.
What best describes Hitler's invasion and occupation of Poland in 1939?
a. He did it despite interference by the Soviet Union. b. He invaded and occupied Poland after a long protracted struggle that cost Germany dearly. c. He occupied Poland after the country requested a restructured government. d. He used Blitzkrieg or "lightning war" tactics and had the active support of Joseph Stalin. e. He carried it out peacefully, with the reluctant acquiescence of Britain and France.