How did Mahatma Gandhi help India achieve its independence from Britain?

promoting the use of passive resistance

Which factor led to the partition of India and Pakistan in 1947?

differences associated with religious beliefs

What hindered democratic reform in South Africa until the 1990s?

laws enforcing deep racial divisions

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1
Which statement BEST describes the goal of the Soviet policy of glasnost?
promoted democratic reforms
undermined the Polish independence movement
increased tensions with China
limited the development of nuclear technology
2
Which two countries emerged as military superpowers after WWII?
France and Austria
US and USSR
Britain and Germany
China and Japan
3
How did Mahatma Gandhi help India achieve its independence from Britain?
leading a revolutionary war
becoming a member of the British Parliament
promoting the use of passive resistance
introducing a resolution to the US
4
What happened after the 1967 Six Day War in Israel?
Egypt's military took over the Sinai Peninsula
Israel's military gained land
Syria's military defended the Golan Heights
Jordan's military overthrew the monarchy
5
Which communist leader took over China?
Chiang Kai-Shek
Mao Zedong
Deng Xiaoping
Sun Yat-sen
6
Which factor led to the partition of India and Pakistan in 1947?
differences associated with religious beliefs
conflicts regarding voting requirements
loyalties to colonial governments
issues over economic markets
7
What hindered democratic reform in South Africa until the 1990s?
policies of discrimination against females
strict control by an outside colonial power
laws enforcing deep racial divisions
leaders representing religious institutions
8
After WWII, the British Empire lost many colonies due to what?
environmental conservation
independence movements
tech improvements
rapid urbanization
9
Which policy did Mikhail Gorbachev adopt to restructure the Soviet economy?
detente
perestroika
appeasement
blitzkrieg
10
Which Soviet Leader is credited with beginning reforms that led to the end of the Cold War?
Nikita Khrushchev
Josef Stalin
Mikhail Gorbachev
Leonid Brehnev
11
Which leader was a Zionist leader in Israel, and was a Prime Minister?
Margaret Thatcher
Golda Meir
Indira Gandhi
Lucretia Mott
12
Which country had Hutus committing genocide against Tutsi people?
Kosovo
Armenia
Cambodia
Rwanda

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Cold War & 1990s

12 termsStudBud Administration186 plays

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Questions 12

Answers

1
Which statement BEST describes the goal of the Soviet policy of glasnost?
promoted democratic reforms
undermined the Polish independence movement
increased tensions with China
limited the development of nuclear technology
2
Which two countries emerged as military superpowers after WWII?
France and Austria
US and USSR
Britain and Germany
China and Japan
3
How did Mahatma Gandhi help India achieve its independence from Britain?
leading a revolutionary war
becoming a member of the British Parliament
promoting the use of passive resistance
introducing a resolution to the US
4
What happened after the 1967 Six Day War in Israel?
Egypt's military took over the Sinai Peninsula
Israel's military gained land
Syria's military defended the Golan Heights
Jordan's military overthrew the monarchy
5
Which communist leader took over China?
Chiang Kai-Shek
Mao Zedong
Deng Xiaoping
Sun Yat-sen
6
Which factor led to the partition of India and Pakistan in 1947?
differences associated with religious beliefs
conflicts regarding voting requirements
loyalties to colonial governments
issues over economic markets
7
What hindered democratic reform in South Africa until the 1990s?
policies of discrimination against females
strict control by an outside colonial power
laws enforcing deep racial divisions
leaders representing religious institutions
8
After WWII, the British Empire lost many colonies due to what?
environmental conservation
independence movements
tech improvements
rapid urbanization
9
Which policy did Mikhail Gorbachev adopt to restructure the Soviet economy?
detente
perestroika
appeasement
blitzkrieg
10
Which Soviet Leader is credited with beginning reforms that led to the end of the Cold War?
Nikita Khrushchev
Josef Stalin
Mikhail Gorbachev
Leonid Brehnev
11
Which leader was a Zionist leader in Israel, and was a Prime Minister?
Margaret Thatcher
Golda Meir
Indira Gandhi
Lucretia Mott
12
Which country had Hutus committing genocide against Tutsi people?
Kosovo
Armenia
Cambodia
Rwanda