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Unit 8 Test Review
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1
What was the importance of the Oslo Agreement of 1993?
Construction of the Hoover Dam.
Attempting to create peace between Iran and Thailand
Development of Nuclear Energy
Attempting to create peace between Palestine and Israel.
2
The image below at Tiananmen Square shows resistance against which government?
Chinese Communist Government
Spanish Inquisition
Chinese Democratic Government
The Great Qing Empire
3
Which of the following describes a way that world population has increased?
Development of the iPhone
More papaya plants
End of the Crimean War
New Vaccines and antibiotics
4
How did the Cold War differ from WW2?
The two superpowers never directly fought each other
The two wars were the same almost
Nuclear bombs were used
The two countries fought each other directly
5
Which satelite did the USSR launch that would be the first manmade satelite in space?
Great Rover
Sputnik
Yellow Dog Space Craft
Astroblade
6
Which of the following doctrines was aimed to contain communism
Holy Doctrine
Truman Doctrine
Reginald Sanders Doctrine
Ying Doctrine
7
In which country did Taliban take hold and implement radically restrictive policies on its citizens?
India
Afghanistan
Saudi Arabia
Iran
8
Why did Islamic terrorism see a rise in the 1990s and 2000s?
Rise of radical Islamic opposition to the west and Israel
Opposition to Chinese Communism in Islamic countries.
Emergence of new cellphone technology.
The collapse of the Iranian government.
9
In which country was Gandhi an activist?
Iran
India
Russia
Canada
10
After WW2, American attitude turned from friendship toward a desire to:
Contain the spread of Communism
Establish a world empire with Russia
Support the Warsaw Pact
Create a super computer
11
Which leader introduced reforms that made demonstrations calling for the end of the Berlin Wall to be possible?
Mikhail Gorbachev
Joseph Stalin
John D. Rockefeller
Dwight D. Eisenhower
12
How did the US distribute goods to Soviet Blockaced Berlin?
Berlin tractor run
Berlin jump
Berlin Airlift
Berlin dash
13
The development of new technologies such as jet airliners has had what impact in the modern world?
Decreasing pollution
Decreasing travel times
Saving endangered species
Reducing world vocabulary
14
Attempts to reform the economy of the USSR failed because:
Russian soldiers failed to gauge the situation correctly
Command economies were outcompeted by free market ones
Command economies were already perfect under Stalin; required no reform
The eruption of major volcanoes in Siberia
15
Which of the following countries were Soviet satelites in the Cold War?
Saudi Arabia
Poland
France
Belgium
16
Which event nearly brought about nuclear bomb exchange in the Cold War?
Vietnam missile crisis
Cuban missile crisis
Nicaragua missile crisis
Sudanese missile crisis
17
Which wall did President Reagan demand Mikhail Gorbachev tear down?
Berlin Wall
Trump's Mexican Border Wall
Great Wall of China
Shiraz Wall
18
Which of the following explains a reason behind the rise of the Chinese Communist Party in China
American support for the Communist leader Mao Zedong
Religious persecution of Buddhism in the Republic of China
Popular free market ideas of Communists
Poverty caused by Japanese invasion
19
How was Germany divided at the end of World War 2?
Communist East - Capitalist West
Communist West - Capitalist East
20
How has closer economic ties between countries created changes in the world between other countries?
Ending world hunger
Reduction of trade options
Increasing global interdependence
Increasing global isolation
21
How did the resut of WW2 cause the development of the Cold War?
At the end of the war, the US and USSR were left with conflicting systems.
Division of Germany in two
Dispute over the colonies in Africa
The world entered an ice age due to the nulcear winter
22
The Iron Curtain symbolized:
Rivalry with the Soviet Union and the US
British defeat in WW2
Nothing, it possessed no meaning
Russian nationalism
23
Which of the following is a reason for the failure of command economies to compete with free market ones (like the US)
Overworking of workers in communist settings
Lack of incentives for workers
Failure of command economies to build strong armies
Success of free markets in developing a collectivsit mindset
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Why did fears of the USSR increase in the US?
The mutually assured destruction that would occur with nuclear bombs
Soviet spread of the smallpox virus as a biological weapon
Fears of Vietnamese-Soviet alliances
Russian restoration of the Tsar
