Questions 40-43 refer to the passage below. “We are motivate…
Questions 40-43 refer to the passage below. “We are motivated by the ideas of the 1917 October Revolution, the ideas of Lenin, the interests of the Soviet people. Moving from suspicion and hostility to confidence, from a “balance of fear” to a balance of reason and goodwill, from narrow nationalist egoism to cooperation—this is what we are urging. And if the Russian word “perestroika” has easily entered the international lexicon, this is due to more than just interest in what is going on in the Soviet Union… We want freedom to reign supreme in the coming century everywhere in the world.” Mikhail Gorbachev, Perestroika, 1987 42. Gorbachev’s new policies outlined in the passage were most likely inspired by
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Questions 20 – 22 refer to the image below. Photo of a unit of the Mocidade Portuguesa Feminina (Portuguese Women’s Youth Organization) in front of a monument to Henry the Navigator, Lisbon, late 1930s. 22. The organization in the image is best understood as a continuation of which of the following?
Read DetailsQuestions 23-27 refer to the following speech to Nazi office…
Questions 23-27 refer to the following speech to Nazi officers. “I ask of you that that which I say to you in this circle be really only heard and not ever discussed. We were faced with the question: what about the women and children? – I decided to find a clear solution to this problem too. I did not consider myself justified to exterminate the men – in other words, to kill them or have them killed and allow the avengers of our sons and grandsons in the form of their children to grow up. The difficult decision had to be made to have this people disappear from the earth. For the organisation which had to execute this task, it was the most difficult which we had ever had. I felt obliged to you, as the most superior dignitary, as the most superior dignitary of the party, this political order, this political instrument of the Führer, to also speak about this question quite openly and to say how it has been. The Jewish question in the countries that we occupy will be solved by the end of this year. Only remainders of odd Jews that managed to find hiding places will be left over.” Heinrich Himmler, Reichsführer (Leader) of the SS, October 1943 25. Compared with a Social Darwinist view of the world, Himmler’s view in the passage is
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