Global Studies Final Exam

During the Cold War, Soviet exploitation of satellite states caused

Which event ended the war in the Pacific?

The United States sent troops to Vietnam to

West Berlin was

Hitler’s political theories were based on

What conference did Hitler demand Germany be given the Sudetenland ofCzechoslovakia?

Khrushchev’s program of de-Stalinization, reversed some of the

Payments for war damages that Germany was forced to pay were called

Who did Mao believe would drive the Chinese revolution?

Although China's gov't failed to make progress on democraticreform after Tiananmen Square, they

The government established in Germany after the end ofWorld War I was called

President Ronald Reagan

The peace treaty that came at the end of World War I was the

Under Slobodan Milošević, Serbia adopted a policy in Bosnia of

By 1980 the Soviet Union was experiencing

The Russian Pres. who vowed to return Chechnya to Russian and help grow the economy was

Churchill compared postwar Soviet policy in Eastern Europe to

The Marshall Plan happened b/c the U.S. believed thatcommunism only works in countries that

What organization was created as a result of World War II?

 At the end of World War II, which country refused to end its colonialrule in Vietnam?

In Turkey, Atatürk created a state in which

Parliamentary systems failed in most Eastern European states, in part,because

In 1923, the Nationalists and the Communists formed an alliance in orderto

What prompted Deng Xiaoping’s reaction to the protests in TiananmenSquare?

Who led the communists to victory in 1949 in the Chinese civil war?

U.S. involvement in the Korean and Vietnam Wars were direct results ofthe

An authoritarian socialism where governments make all the economicdecisions for society is

An economic system in which individuals, and corporations, control thefactors of production is 

Atatürk tried to modernize Turkey by

After World War I, which of the following led to thecreation of Turkey, Iran, and Saudi Arabia?

In 1943, the Allies agreed to fight until the Axis powers

The way to World War II was paved by  

What was the Kristallnacht, which happened on November 9, 1938?

Which was the 1st area of conflict between Soviet andU.S. political ideals after World War II?

When the Great Depression weakened demand for their exports, LatinAmerican nations responded by

As a result of World War II, most of Europe was

The United States entered the war as a direct result of  

The Balfour Declaration expressed support for

The United States carried on an “island-hopping campaign” in order to

The tactic used to overcome the Soviet blockade of Germanywas called the 

The United States and Great Britain believed that the liberated nationsof Eastern Europe should

Which ethnic group was a victim of genocide by the OttomanTurks?

A major cause of tension between North Korea and South Korea is

The Soviet blockade of West Berlin was intended to

Reforms in the Soviet Union began in 1989 under theRussian leader

In the Cuban missile crisis, Khrushchev agreed to remove themissiles if the United States would

One effect of the demonstrations by Chinese studentprotestors in Tiananmen Square was

The Russian word perestroika, used to describe a movement led byMikhail Gorbachev, means

Gandhi encouraged his followers to protest British law by

The U.S. government believed that if they lost South Vietnam tocommunism,

A policy that sought peace and stability by satisfying  demands of dissatisfied powers is

Which best describes Japan’s policy?

Mein Kampf is