Question 1
Under the Arabic Pledge, Germany promised to __________.
A) support Austria-Hungary if they declared war on Serbia
B) not violate Belgian neutrality when invading France
C) not sink passenger ships without warning
D) not sink merchant ships without warning
Question 2
What was the major reason for the high death rate among soldiers on both sides during the Civil War?
A) technological advances in weaponry
B) poor planning by generals during huge battles
C) disease
D) hand-to-hand combat
Question 3
What did Associated Press photographer Eddie Adams mean when he commented on his snapshot Saigon Execution by stating that pictures do not always tell the full story, and this is one case where this is true?
A) The photograph intended to draw on American sympathies for the execution of an innocent
civilian, but it actually revealed that this person was an armed Communist guerrilla.
B) This photograph was meant to show that Saigon was under law and order, but it instead
portrayed a city in the midst of chaos.
C) This photograph tried to show support for South Vietnamese General Nguyen Ngoc Loan's
action for executing an armed Vietcong terrorist, but it was actually condemned by Americans as
a cold-blooded execution.
D) The photograph was meant to condemn General Loan's vicious regime in Saigon, but
Americans instead saw him as a hero fighting against communism.
Question 4
What impression of the conflict between Britain and the American colonies is represented in the British cartoon The Political Cartoon for the Year 1775?
A) the idea that Americans should remain loyal to King George III
B) the strong regard that King George III had for the Magna Carta and the British Constitution
C) resignation about the inevitability of war between Britain and the American colonies
D) the fact that the colonists could no longer expect the British political and legal systems to
protect their liberty
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