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Praxis II World and US History Exam Prep - Question List

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41. What commodity did Western powers most seek from China during the late 1700s and 1800s?
  1. Tea
  2. Rice
  3. Soy sauce
  4. Wine
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42. Through Western leadership and luck, which Southeast Asian nation managed to keep free of domination by foreign powers?
  1. Burma
  2. Laos
  3. Thailand
  4. Vietnam
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43. Why did Great Britain grant Canada dominion status?
  1. Great Britain wanted to prevent Russia from expanding east out of Alaska.
  2. They feared armed uprisings and that angry Canadians might join the United States.
  3. They had already granted dominion status to Australia.
  4. They wanted to help prepare for invading the United States.
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44. Why did President Truman believe that he could send U.S. armed forces to help South Korea, even though Congress had not officially declared war on North Korea?
  1. A special treaty with South Korea
  2. The power belonging to the President, as granted by the Constitution
  3. The NATO agreement
  4. The power that the United Nations Charter gave to United States presidents
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45. In 1945, President Franklin D. Roosevelt attended the Yalta Conference. When it came to negotiations, whose views was Roosevelt most concerned by?
  1. Kim Il Sung on Korea
  2. Charles de Gaulle on Western Europe
  3. Joseph Stalin on Eastern Europe
  4. Mao Zedong on Japan
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