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101. What was the main reason for the high drop in population in both China and Egypt during the mid-1300s?
  1. Famine
  2. Disease
  3. Foreign invasion
  4. Religious war
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102. How was the French Revolution similar to the American Revolution?
  1. Both featured lower working class people attaining political power.
  2. Both changed the fundamental religious structure of their respective countries.
  3. Both began due to anger over taxation.
  4. Both involved violent acts of aggression toward people from the upper class.
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103. Where did the technology for the jet engine originate?
  1. China
  2. Russia, from the Cold War space race
  3. 20 years after the first manned airplane flight
  4. Nazi Germany
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104. Most likely, what was the main reason for the Jewish migration out of Hungary, Germany, and Crimea?
  1. Russia and Poland had much more tolerant policies towards minorities and immigrants.
  2. Ghettos and pogroms were established in places where Jews were forced to live.
  3. Access to Eastern Europe became easier with the expansion of the railroads.
  4. The crusades had a distinct impact upon Jewish settlements in Eastern Europe.
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105. Of the following classical societies, which was located in South Asia?
  1. Greek
  2. Roman
  3. Han
  4. Mauryan
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