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OPEC oil embargo and stagflation
1950s
1920s
1930s
1970s
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Who launched Sputnik in 1957?
The USA
The Soviet Union
China
Iran
3
what is a banana republic
a republic made of bannanas
a banana company
an off shore afair
poor countries selling cash crops & ruled by corrupt dictators
4
The Perestroika economic reform movement
Began under Stalin's regime
Failed and contributed to the fall of the USSR
Was adopted during the 1800s and continued in the 1980s
Called for the mass socialization of agriculture & industry
5
Communist leader Nicolae Ceausescu, was overthrown in a bloody revolution & executed.
North Korea 1990
Romania 1989
Vietnam 1989
China 1989
6
In Chile, the U.S. replaced Salvador Allende with which brutal strongman:
Adolf Hitler
Augusto Pinochet
Pol Pot
Benito Mussolini
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What was the aim of Mikhail Gorbachev's perestroika?
to move the Soviet Union closer to communism
to move the Soviet Union closer to capitalism
to move the Soviet Union closer to socialism
to move the Soviet Union closer to republicanism
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How did the U.S respond to the launch of Sputnik?
Building bomb shelters
Increased social studies education
Increased science education and created NASA
Declared war
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When did the Berlin Wall fall?
1967
1906
2001
1989
10
Mohammad Mosaddegh had made all of the following changes EXCEPT:
Landlords had to pay for pest control
Companies had to give paid sick time
Peasants had to remain in slavery until their debts were paid
Unemployment insurance
11
Left- wing government in Nicaragua was called the
Sandinistas
Contras
Frente Farabundo Martí
Tupamaros
12
Contras in Nicaragua were secretly funded by
Congress.
The Soviet Union.
President Reagan.
Canada
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What impact did the space race
have on the world?
Allowed cuts in spending by the superpowers
GPS, weather predictions, satellites, & many technologies
Placed nukes in better positions
Ended the Cold War
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In 1989, demonstrations began in Czechoslovakia leading to ___________ becoming president.
Vaclav Havel
Dimetri Mendelev
Vladimir Putin
Ronald Reagan
15
What is glasnost?
Discussion of countries success.
The belief that the glass is always half-full
Openness to discussion of countries problems.
Keeping quiet about problems.
16
Which country was the first to put a man into space in 1961?
North Korea
U.S.S.R.
England
U.S.A.
17
Who was overthrown by CIA tactics in Guatemala, Central America, in 1954?
Muhammad Mossadeq
Arbenz
Fulgencio
Fidel Castro
18
Who were the victims of the Guatemalan Genocide in the 1970s and 80s?
Canadians
Roma People
Native Mayans
Mexicans
19
When and why did the Soviet Union collapse?
1990, because the U.S. attacked the USSR.
1989, because Reagan told them to
1991, because of the struggling economy.
1925, because the Tsars came back.
20
The 1991 hard-line Communist coup of Gorbachev succeeded, restoring the USSR to greatness
True
False
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Which was
NOT
involved in campaign to remove Jacobo Arbenz from power in Guatemala?
The United Fruit Co.
The U.S. Marines
Disgruntled Guatemalan military forces under Armas
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
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What event meant that the US had "won" the space race?
John Glen's voyage
Creation of Nasa
Landing on the Moon in 1969
The launch of Sputnik
23
Home of the labor union, "Solidarity"
Latvia
Poland
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Romania
24
What was Reagan looking to eradicate in Nicaragua when he provided support to the Contras?
Militarism
Communism
Islamic Revolution
Democracy
25
Founder of Solidarity & Poland's 1st President
Nikita Khrushchev
Richard Nixon
David Eisenhower
Lech Walesa
26
In Guatemala, Armas did all of the following while in control
EXCEPT:
Tortured opponents
Cracked down on unions
Held free and fair elections
Took land from peasants
27
What action lead to Britain & the US overthrowing Mohammad Mosaddegh in 1953?
Hired Corrupt Officials
Nationalized Oil
Supported Terrorism
Developed Nuclear Weapons
28
This was the Iranian Prime Minister toppled by the CIA in 1953.
Mohammad Mossadegh
Menachem Begin
Sherif Husayn
Reza Palavi
29
What year did the Soviet Union invade Afghanistan?
1979
2012
1963
1899
30
What U.S. company was upset with President Arbenz of Guatemala?
General Motors
Getty Oil
Standard Oil
United Fruit Company
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What did the fall of the Berlin wall symbolize?
The beginning of a war
End of communism in Europe
The loss in The US
The death of millions
32
The Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in order to
fight communists.
support democrats.
support communists.
fight democrats.
33
Who gave weapons to the Mujahideen in Afghanistan in the 1980s?
China
Afghan Marxists
Soviet Union
USA
34
Treaty signed by President Carter which returned control of the Canal Zone to Panama
Mississippi Canal Treaty
Versailles Treaty
US-Mexico Treaty
Panama Canal Treaty
35
The Oil embargo of 1973 was enacted by OPEC against nations that supported what country?
Saudi Arabia
Jordan
Israel
Syria
36
Based on your knowledge of dictators, what do you think Pinochet did
NOT
do after the coup?
Held free and fair elections
Kidnapped opponents
Censored Chilean media
Killed and tortured socialists
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When the CIA helped to overthrow Mosaddeq, who did the USA support in Iran?
Ayatollah Khomeni
Saddam Hussein
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Amir Baraki
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This was the final leader of the Soviet Union (1985)
Stalin
Brezhnev
Gorbachev
Khrushchev
