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Adelphi University
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• Question 1
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While India became a stable democracy after independence from Britain, Pakistan (along with Nigeria) is best characterized as an unstable ________ state.
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• Question 2
3 out of 3 points
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Which was the first imperial power to lose colonies?
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• Question 3
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What name did French demographer Alfred Sauvy coin to denote Asia, Africa, and Latin America?
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• Question 4
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Which country is an exception to the notion that weak states typically have poor economic growth?
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• Question 5
3 out of 3 points
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The Igbos declared an independent country called ________ in the Niger Delta during the war of 1967-1969.
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• Question 6
3 out of 3 points
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Which of the following was not an original colonial power?
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• Question 7
3 out of 3 points
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Which of the following did colonies provide imperial powers with?
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• Question 8
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Which African country, like many Middle Eastern countries, is able to engage in clientelism due to petroleum reserves?
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• Question 9
3 out of 3 points
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Genocide in ________ can be attributed to colonial powers exaggerating ethnic differences between the Hutus and the Tutsis.
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• Question 10
3 out of 3 points
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In which country did the British force together coastal Christians and interior Muslims, creating tensions that still persist today?
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• Question 11
3 out of 3 points
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Which Arab-Israeli war was fought largely in pursuit of British and French national interests?
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• Question 12
3 out of 3 points
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The majority (four) of Arab-Israeli wars were triggered by ________.
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• Question 13
3 out of 3 points
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The ________ viewed favorably the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jews.
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• Question 14
3 out of 3 points
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Which Arab-Israeli war was an Israeli preemptive strike?
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• Question 15
3 out of 3 points
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The Arab-Israeli war of 1948 ended with ________.
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• Question 16
3 out of 3 points
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The ________ granted semicolonial power to Britain and France over former German and Turkish possessions.
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• Question 17
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________ was primarily responsible for the growth of Palestinian nationalism at a time when Palestinians felt unwanted with no national home of their own.
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• Question 18
3 out of 3 points
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What event made the 1978 Camp David talks-the first attempt at Arab-Israeli peace-possible?
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• Question 19
3 out of 3 points
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An Arab awakening in the mid-nineteenth century began with ________ in Lebanon, much of it led by Arab Christians.
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• Question 20
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The ________ claims to be the only Arab force to have ever beaten the Israelis in the Arab-Israeli wars.
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