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Example Question #871 : Ap World History
What was the Arab proposal to Israel at the Arab League Summit in 2002?
Logistical support against Hamas
Economic package
Two-state solution with Palestine
Oil revenue sharing
Military alliance
Two-state solution with Palestine
The Arab League Summit had all 22 members agree on the Arab proposal of a two-state solution for Israel and Palestine. In a second extension of diplomacy, the Arab League also extended a peace offering between the Arab community and Israel.
A multitude of complications prevented Israel and Palestine from reaching the two-state solution at that time, and the issue continues in the region.
Example Question #872 : Ap World History
What two groups signed the Cairo Agreement in 1969 with Egyptian President Nasser present as witness?
U.S. diplomats and Iranian revolutionaries
Afghani warlords and KGB from the Soviet Union
Mao Zedong of China and Indian President V. V. Giri
The Jordanian King and the Israeli Prime Minister
Lebanese officials and Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) members
Lebanese officials and Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) members
A series of conflicts with Israel and internal turmoil caused Lebanon to give up a part of its territory to the PLO (Palestinian Liberation Organization) to conduct military operations, which created divisions along religious and political lines throughout the region.
Within six years, Lebanon had collapsed into total civil war that lasted for fifteen years. Hezbollah is in power in the area that was once occupied by the PLO decades ago.
Example Question #873 : Ap World History
In Iran, the executive branch is comprised of the ___________ and the ___________.
Supreme Leader . . . President
Guardian Council . . . Cabinet
Prime Minister . . . Cabinet
President . . . Guardian Council
Prime Minister . . . Supreme Leader
Supreme Leader . . . President
There are two components to the executive branch, which makes Iran's system semi-presidential. The executive branch includes the Supreme Leader and President.
Islam is deeply important to Iran's society, government, and laws. The Supreme Leader is a religious and political leader, and is an expert in religion. His political power reigns above all branches in government. At any time, he can oust the president from office.
Example Question #874 : Ap World History
Which political party took power in Iraq in 1968 and was nearly wiped out completely when the Saddam Hussein regime was toppled?
New Wafd Party
National People's Congress
Likud Party
Arabian Peninsula People's Union
Ba'athist Party
Ba'athist Party
The Ba'athist Party became the ruling regime for Iraq in 1968, and Saddam Hussein took the presidency in 1979. The underlying Ba'athist belief is Arab unity, also called Pan-Arabism. The Ba'athist regime continued to dominate Iraq until Saddam was deposed by the American-led coalition.
Example Question #875 : Ap World History
What form of government does Jordan have?
Dictatorship
Theocracy
Semi Presidential system
Parliamentary system
Hereditary monarchy
Hereditary monarchy
Jordan has a hereditary monarchy, with the kingship passing through the family since the formation of Jordan in the early 1920s (then Transjordan). The Hashemites are the ruling family of Jordan, and King Hussein (ruling from 1953–1999) ruled over several decades of modernization and regional warring. Abdullah II, the current King of Jordan, is King Hussein's son.
Example Question #876 : Ap World History
Which of these is NOT an aspect of Kuwait's identity?
The emir as head of state
Reliance on investments for external revenue
Bedouin culture
Reliance on oil for internal revenue
A powerful military force
A powerful military force
When the questions and answers are complicated, it's important to use your knowledge to eliminate wrong answers and pinpoint the correct one.
Iraq invaded Kuwait in the 1990s, and NATO (the North American Treaty Alliance) intervened on behalf of Kuwait. This intervention, coupled with Iraq's invasion, proves that Kuwait does not have a powerful military, at least historically.
Kuwait's leader is called the emir, and the discovery of oil fields created a massive amount of Kuwaiti business. Realizing that oil is not forever, Kuwait has established considerable investment opportunities abroad to bolster the economy while looking towards the future.
Bedouins are nomadic peoples who have a history across the Middle East. In Kuwait, Bedouins began to move into major cities, especially Kuwait City. The booming oil industry offered jobs and stability.
Example Question #877 : Ap World History
The rise of all of the following contributed to the outbreak of World War One except ___________.
Nationalism
Militarism
Industrialization
Communism
Imperialism
Communism
All of the following contributed to the outbreak of World War One except communism. Communism, although influential in European society in the early years of the twentieth century, did not take root in any country until Russia became the first communist country with the Russian Revolution of 1917. Competing nationalist and imperialist goals, however, were massive contributing factors to the outbreak of World War One. As were the forces of rapid militarization and industrialization that were so prevalent in Europe at the time.
Example Question #878 : Ap World History
The American occupation of Japan lasted from the end of World War Two until __________.
1962
1952
1992
1972
1982
1952
The Allied Occupation of Japan, spearheaded by Douglas MacArthur, lasted from the end of the war in 1945 until the withdrawal of American forces in 1952. The occupation was successful in rebuilding and reforming Japanese society and contributed to the emergence of Japan as a modern, liberal, economically powerful nation in the second-half of the twentieth century.
Example Question #879 : Ap World History
After World War II, Germany was divided into two parts: ____________________.
a North aligned with NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), and a South aligned with the Soviet Union.
the city of Berlin aligned with the United States, and the rest of the country aligned with the Soviet Union
Bavaria, aligned with the United States, and Prussia, aligned with the Soviet Union
an East aligned with the Soviet Union, and a West aligned with the United States.
Austria, aligned with the Soviet Union, and Sudetenland, aligned with the United States
an East aligned with the Soviet Union, and a West aligned with the United States.
After WWII, Germany was divided between a West Germany aligned with the United States, and an East Germany aligned with the Soviet Union.
The United States and the Soviet Union divided Germany longitudinally; east-west rather than north-south.
Although the city of Berlin is in the east of Germany, and was therefore in East Germany geographically, the city itself was divided between east and west.
Bavaria and Prussia were historically independent regions that German leader Bismarck was able to unify in the 19th century.
Although Austrians are German speaking, Austria has never been part of Germany.
Example Question #880 : Ap World History
In what decade did the Qing Dynasty abdicate power in China?
The 1910s
The 1940s
The 1950s
The 1930s
The 1890s
The 1910s
The Qing Dynasty had been declining in power for almost a century by the time they finally succumbed in the 1910s. The Qing Dynasty had been heavily weakened by humiliating losses to European powers and were overthrown first in 1912, and then permanently in 1917, and replaced by the Republic of China.