Question

1.In terms of migration, which of the following is an example of a pull factor?

A.an economic down-turn in your home country
B.news of great prosperity in another country
C.a bloody civil war in your home country
D.news of a bloody civil war in another country


2.What was the result of the English Civil War?

A.King Charles I beheaded hundreds of Englishmen and suspended the Constitution.

B.King Charles I was beheaded and Olivier Cromwell was made lord protector of
England.

C.King Charles was killed and his son James II immediately came to power.

D.Olivier Cromwell was beheaded and King James II was restored to the thrown.


3.All of the following European nations were leaders in exploration and colonization EXCEPT

A.the Netherlands.
B.Germany.
C.Portugal.
D.Spain.

4.Who fought against each other in the English Civil War?

A.the royalists and the parliamentarians
B.the Catholics and the Protestants
C.the northerners and the southerners
D.the gentry and the common people.

5.

By the beginning of World War I, about how much of the world's population lived in a colony?
A.one-sixteenth
B.one-eighth
C.one-third
D.one-half

Answer 1

1.- The correct answer is B. news of great prosperity in another country. In geaography a pull factor is a term used to explain factors that attract people to one country.

2.- The correct answer is B. King Charles I was beheaded and Oliver Cromwell was made lord protector of England. Charles was tried, convicted and executed for high treason in 1649.

3.-The correct answer is B.

4.- The correct answer is Germany. However, Germans had some intervention in countries like for example Venezuela.

5.- The correct answer is C. one-third. Besides all Africa was colonized.