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1
Collapse of USSR happened:
December 25th,1991
Oct. 30th,1990
Nov. 9th,1989
May 14th,1948
2
Which of the following has experienced genocide in Africa during the 1990s and 2000s?
Angola & Algeria
Ethiopia & Kenya
Kenya & Libya
Rwanda & Darfur
3
Which of the following
is significant
about the
Suez Crisis?
Saw the US exposed for spying on the USSR and lying about it
One of 1st open rebellions in E. Europe against the USSR
Started a war that eventually saw the US & USSR join sides
One of the largest public demonstrations against China
4
Extreme conservative Islamic group that adheres to a very strict form of Sharia:
Hamas
Viet Cong
Taliban
Mujahideen
5
Reunification of Germany happened:
Oct. 30th,1990
December 25th,1991
Nov. 9th,1989
May 14th,1948
6
Which of the following
is significant
about the
Tiananmen Square Massacre?
Started a war that eventually saw the US & USSR join sides
Saw the US exposed for spying on the USSR and lying about it
One of 1st open rebellions in E. Europe against the USSR
One of the largest public demonstrations against China
7
Which of the following
is significant
about the
Hungarian Uprising?
One of 1st open rebellions in E. Europe against the USSR
One of the largest public demonstrations against China
Saw the US exposed for spying on the USSR and lying about it
Started a war that eventually saw the US & USSR join sides
8
Militant terrorist group that won majority control of Palestinian Authority in 2006 elections
Hamas
Viet Cong
Taliban
Mujahideen
9
Which of the following
is significant
about the
U-2 Spy Plane Incident?
Saw the US exposed for spying on the USSR and lying about it
One of 1st open rebellions in E. Europe against the USSR
Started a war that eventually saw the US & USSR join sides
One of the largest public demonstrations against China
10
Polish labor union that fought communism for greater rights & sparked a democratic movement
Glasnost
Perestorika
Solidarity
Socialism
11
When did most African countries gain their independence?
1920s – 1930s
1950s – 1960s
1940s – 1950s
1930s – 1940s
12
Israel granted Palestinians self-rule in Gaza & West Bank; Palestinians agreed to end violence
Geneva Convention of War
Oslo Accords
Salt I Treaty
Camp David Accords
13
Group that pushed for an Arab state to include all of the land of Israel
Palestinian Liberation Organization
Taliban
Hamas
Mujahideen
14
Term for "restructuring" USSR's economy from socialism to a more Western-style approach:
Glasnost
Perestorika
Socialism
Solidarity
15
One of the 1st successful peace treaties between Israel & an Arab nation; Pres. Carter helped
Oslo Accords
Geneva Convention of War
Salt I Treaty
Camp David Accords
16
Which of the following happened when Israel declared itself a nation?
Israel's Arab neighbors attacked
US first nation to grant them recognition
Israel's status as a state was secured through war
All of these
17
Which of the following
is significant
about
Sputnik
?
Caused fear that USSR might use it as a weapon
All of these
Shows USSR is aheadof US in space technology
Inspired JFK's "man on the moon" speech
18
Which of these is the newest nation to be created?
Ethiopia
Angola
S Sudan
Kenya
19
Helped limit thebuild up of nuclear missiles during the Cold War; 1st treaty of its kind
Salt I Treaty
Geneva Convention of War
Camp David Accords
Oslo Accords
20
South Vietnamese Communists:
Viet Cong
Taliban
Mujahideen
Hamas
21
Where are most Third World Countries found?
Latin America
Asia
All of these
Africa
22
“Holy Warriors;” fought against the USSR for control of their country
Palestinian Liberation Organization
Taliban
Mujahideen
Hamas
23
When did India and most SE Asian countries gain their independence?
1930s – 1940s
1950s – 1960s
1940s – 1950s
1920s – 1930s
24
Fall of the Berlin Wall happened:
December 25th,1991
Nov. 9th,1989
Oct. 30th,1990
May 14th,1948
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Israel becomes a state:
May 14th,1948
Oct. 30th,1990
December 25th,1991
Nov. 9th,1989