AP World History 1900-20XX (Part II) Cold War - Present

Question 1

Which of the following is NOT a result of the Green Revolution?

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Elimination of world hunger

Question 2

Perestroika allowed people in the Soviet Union to do what?

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Openly criticize the Communist Party

Question 3

The Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan gave aid from the United States to countries so that they

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not be enticed by communism

Question 4

Symbolic name of the divide in Europe between capitalist and democratic countries was called?

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Iron Curtain

Question 5

NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) includes all of the following countries EXCEPT

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Honduras

Question 6

A nuclear missile site was placed in this country by the USSR, nearly leading to nuclear war

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Cuba

Question 7

Leader of the African National Congress,was jailed & eventually becomes Pres. of South Africa

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Nelson Mandela

Question 8

This man led the Soviet Union, installing changes and reforms, until its fall in 1991

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Mikhail Gorbachev

Question 9

The Soviet Union's alliance with fellow communist states in Eastern Europe was called

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The Warsaw Pact

Question 10

This event symbolized the end of the Cold War

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Fall of the Berlin Wall

Question 11

The United States will intervene here when communists from the North invade the south in 1950

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Korea

Question 12

Which of the following was not a contributing factor to the fall of the Soviet Union?

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Fall of communist governments in Western Europe

Question 13

Apartheid in South Africa was best analogous to which of the following?

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Segregation in the US South

Question 14

Which of the following was a leading non-aligned country?

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India

Question 15

Britain will divide its India mandate into two countries...

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Pakistan for Muslims and India for Hindus

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