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What was the letter called from a British Foreign Secretary, declaring the British government's sympathy with the Zionist movement and its support of the establishment of a Jewish nation in Palestine?
India was considered the "jewel in the crown" of what European power's empire?
Which of the following WAS NOT a method of peaceful protest that Gandhi used to unite the people and resist foreign imperial control over colonial India?
What was the Chinese communist state that was established by Mao Zedong after the victory in the Chinese Civil War?
In reaction to the growing imperial presence in China, what was the Chinese nationalist movement that emerged from 1898 to 1901?
What was the conflict between America and Mexico from 1846 to 1848 over the ownership of Texas?
Which of the following IS NOT a problem that Russia faced under the Provisional Government?
What was the declaration issued by the British government in 1917 promising India dominion status - a promise which was not fulfilled?
What foreign country supported the Chinese communists during the Chinese Civil War?
Who was the Russian revolutionary and leader of the Bolshevik party who overthrew the Provisional Government and ruled Russia from 1917- 1924?
Who was the nationalist leader of China from 1943 to 1948 when he was overthrown by communists in the Chinese Civil War?
Who was the military leader and noble in Japanese society who held most of the real power in the nation?
Why was Japan able to resist foreign influence unlike China?
What country, aside of Britain, imperialized Iran in the late 1800 and early 1900s?
What was the socialist group that came to power in Russia following the Russian Revolution of 1917 and later would become the Communist Party of the Soviet Union?
What was the name of local workers' council, many of which sprang up during the Russian Revolution of 1917, in order to maintain stability until the Provisional Government?
The First Sino-Japanese War demonstrated the growth and power of what formerly imperialized nation?
A MAIN reason the Soviet Union decided in the 1980s to pursue arms control was that the arms race had
Who led the months of democratic reform in 1968 that became known as the Prague Spring?
In the late 1950s, in China, a main part of the Great Leap Forward program was