(4) allowed the aggressive actions of Germany to

33 During World War II, which geographic features

contributed most to the Soviet Union’s defense

against the German invasion?

(1) deposits of many natural resources

(2) size and climate

(3) Atlantic ports and rivers

(4) mountainous territory and desert areas
Jan. 2002

38 Which term is often used to describe the actions

of Adolf Hitler in Germany and Pol Pot in

Cambodia?

(1) nonalignment (3) scorched-earth policy

(2) neocolonialism (4) genocide

Base your answers to questions 35 and 36 on the statements

below and on your knowledge of social studies.
Speaker A: “What was actually happening on the

battlefield was all secret then, but I

thought that the Greater East Asia Co-

Prosperity Sphere would be of crucial

importance to backward races.”
Speaker B: “We Nazis must hold to our aim in foreign

policy, namely to secure for the

German people the land and soil to

which they are entitled. . . .”

from destruction and Europe from

Armageddon.”
Speaker D: “We shall defend our island, whatever

the cost shall be. We shall fight on the

beaches, we shall fight on the landing

grounds, we shall fight in the fields and

in the streets. . . . We shall never surrender.”
35 The common theme in the statements of

Speakers B and D is

(1) colonialism (3) nationalism

(2) containment (4) reparations

is in the statement made by Speaker

(1) A (3) C

(2) B (4) D