Multiple
Choice
Identify the choice
that best completes the statement or answers the question.
|
|
|
1.
|
Before 1918, democracy in
Canada, Britain and the United States was flawed because:
A. | there was no secret
ballot. | B. | legislatures had little power. | C. | only property owners could
vote. | D. | women did not have the right to
vote. |
|
|
|
2.
|
A significant consequence of
the women’s movement of the 1960s and the 1970s was the
A. | achievement of pay equity for
women. | B. | equal membership of women in most Western
governments. | C. | increased employment of women in fields previously dominated by
men. | D. | granting of the vote to women in the western
world. |
|
|
|
3.
|
The nations given permanent
membership in the United Nations Security Council were the U.S.A., the U.S.S.R.
and
A. | Britain, France and
China. | B. | China, Germany and Italy. | C. | Britain, Japan and
Germany. | D. | Britain, Germany and France. |
|
|
|
4.
|
The U.S.A. became involved in
the 1991 Gulf War primarily
to
A. | protect the Suez Canal.
| B. | test its new military
technology. | C. | protect the independence of Israel. | D. | ensure the continued supply of
oil. |
|
|
|
5.
|
The Korean War was different
from other Cold War confrontations in that
A. | the U.S.A. threatened to use atomic
weapons to end the conflict. | B. | the United Nations took aggressive military action in the
conflict. | C. | there was a direct confrontation between the U.S.A. and the
U.S.S.R. | D. | China supported another communist country in a war with the
U.S.A. |
|
|
|
6.
|
The Organization for European
Economic Cooperation (OEEC) was set up to
A. | put the Marshall Plan into effect.
| B. | collect German reparations
payments. | C. | establish free trade throughout Europe. | D. | improve economic ties with the
U.S.S.R. |
|
|
|
7.
|
In 1957 the countries shaded in
brown below formed an organization based upon the concept of:
A. | detente.
| B. | collective
security. | C. | a balance of power. | D. | economic
integration. |
|
|
|
8.
|
In 1980, both West Germany and
East Germany were members of the
A. | United Nations
(UN). | B. | European Economic Community (EEC). | C. | North Atlantic Treaty Organization
(NATO). | D. | Council for Mutual Economic Assistance
(COMECON). |
|
|
|
9.
|
Women were given the vote in
recognition of their contribution to the
A. | Paris Peace Conference.
| B. | growth of the trade union
movement. | C. | Allied victory in the First World War. | D. | establishment of the League of
Nations. |
|
|
|
10.
|
In 1945, the Soviet Union and
the United States cooperated in the
A. | Marshall
Plan. | B. | reconstruction of Europe. | C. | control of nuclear
armaments. | D. | establishment of the United
Nations. |
|