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History of Contemporary Issues: Final Multiple Choice Practice

Question 1 of 18

1

Simon Bolivar, "the Liberator" of Latin America was:

Select one of the following:

  • Indigenous

  • Born in Spain

  • of Spanish descent born in America

Explanation

Question 2 of 18

1

The architect of German unification was:

Select one of the following:

  • Prussia

  • Napoleon

  • Austria

  • All of the above

  • None of the above

Explanation

Question 3 of 18

1

Nationalist movements:

Select one of the following:

  • arose in Multinational empires

  • arose in European colonies

  • resulted in the unification of smaller political entities

  • all of the above

  • none of the above

Explanation

Question 4 of 18

1

The "sun never sets" was the boast of which "empire"

Select one of the following:

  • Japan

  • British

  • French

Explanation

Question 5 of 18

1

A philosophic movement that had a great impact on ideologies and events of eighteenth and nineteenth centuries:

Select one of the following:

  • Nationalism

  • the Enlightenment

  • Absolutism

Explanation

Question 6 of 18

1

The Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore:

Select one of the following:

  • was opposed to nationalism

  • favoured nationalism

  • saw nationalism as having positives and negatives

  • none of the above

Explanation

Question 7 of 18

1

Mary Two-Axe Earley made history when she:

Select one of the following:

  • successfully stopped a gold course from being built on Indigenous lands

  • succeeded in getting recognition for Indigenous languages

  • succeeded in having the law that discriminated against Indigenous women struck off

Explanation

Question 8 of 18

1

The group that gained the most from successful nationalist movements of the nineteenth century:

Select one of the following:

  • monarchs

  • bourgeoisie

  • urban dwellers

Explanation

Question 9 of 18

1

Groups of Christian communists of the seventeenth century:

Select one of the following:

  • Levellers

  • Ciompi

  • Both of the above

Explanation

Question 10 of 18

1

A leader of the English peasant revolt of 1381 was John Ball

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 11 of 18

1

A leader of the German peasant revolt of 1525 was Martin Luther

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 12 of 18

1

Keynesian economics supports a mixed economy of:

Select one of the following:

  • public and private sectors

  • private ownership and government ownership

  • both of the above

  • none of the above

Explanation

Question 13 of 18

1

Limited abortion under certain circumstances was first legally permitted in Canada in:

Select one of the following:

  • 1959

  • 1969

  • 1979

Explanation

Question 14 of 18

1

In 1988, the Supreme Court of Canada struck down Canada's abortion law as unconstitutional as it violated the Charter of Rights and Freedoms with respect to a woman's right to life, liberty, and security of person:

Select one of the following:

  • True

  • False

Explanation

Question 15 of 18

1

Zero-hour contracts are associated with:

Select one of the following:

  • Laissez-faire economics

  • Protectionist economics

  • Neoliberal economics

  • Socialist economics

Explanation

Question 16 of 18

1

This fifteenth century invention has been called the :single most important capitalist invention"

Select one of the following:

  • double-entry book keeping

  • joint stock company

  • the corporation

Explanation

Question 17 of 18

1

GDP/GNP can provide information on the wealth gap in a country

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 18 of 18

1

A reproductive justice framework is fundamentally a human rights framework:

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

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