Decolonization after 1900/AP Exam Practice

Topic 5 AP Exam Practice

Multiple-Choice Questions

Questions 1 to 3 refer to the passage below.

“For more than 80 years, the French imperialists, abusing the standard of Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity, have violated our Fatherland and oppressed our fellow-citizens. They have acted contrary to the ideals of humanity and justice. In the field of politics, they have deprived our people of every democratic liberty.

They have enforced inhuman laws; they have set up three distinct political regimes in the North, the Center, and the South of Vietnam in order to wreck our national unity and prevent our people from being united.

They have built more prisons than schools . . . To weaken our race they have forced us to use opium and alcohol.

In the fields of economics, they have fleeced us to the backbone, impoverished our people, and devastated our land.”

Ho Chi Minh, Vietnamese Declaration of Independence, 1945

1. Which words in the passage most directly reflect Marx’s fundamental criticism of capitalism?

(A) “They set up three distinct political regimes.”
(B) “They have built more prisons than schools.”
(C) “They have forced us to use opium and alcohol.”
(D) “They have fleeced us to the backbone, impoverished our people.”

2. Which movement would have most likely influenced Ho Chi Minh’s sentiments expressed in the passage?

(A) The Enlightenment
(B) Abolitionism
(C) Mercantilism
(D) Social Darwinism

3. Ho Chi Minh’s eventual declaration of Vietnam’s independence most directly resulted in

(A) his decision to abandon communism and form an alliance with the United States
(B) an election in France in which the majority of the people voted for Vietnam to be granted independence
(C) a war between South Vietnam and the United States, after which France granted independence to North Vietnam only
(D) a war for independence from France, followed by an armed conflict involving the United States

Short-Answer Questions

1. Use the table below to answer all parts of the question that follows.

(A)(A) Describe ONE historical development that explains the role of Islam in the countries listed in the table.

(B)(B) Explain ONE example of the global distribution of Muslims based on information in the table.

(C)(C) Explain ONE example that supports the argument that Islam is stronger outside the Middle East than it is in the Middle East.

2. Answer all parts of the question that follows.

(A)(A) Explain ONE way in which nationalist leaders in Asia sought independence differently from the ways nationalist leaders in Africa sought independence after 1900.

(B)(B) Explain ONE example of a colony that achieved independence through armed struggle after 1900.

(C)(C) Explain ONE example of a regional, religious, or ethnic movement that challenged colonial rule and imperial boundaries after 1900.

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