Unit 6: Era 8- The Cold War and its Aftermath: The 20th Century Since 1945

Question 1

During the "Great Leap Forward," China

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collectivized agriculture

Question 2

What signified the beginning of the Cold War after the end of the Second World War?

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The Marshall Plan

Question 3

Religious city that is important to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

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Jerusalem

Question 4

Which of these former Indian nations were first formed by Muslims in 1947?

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Pakistan

Question 5

A story that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.

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Allegory

Question 6

Which of these is NOT one the basic principles of Satyagraha?

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Resistance

Question 7

Oral histories are a positive tool to learn history because they are:

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Primary Sources, Genuine, Egalitarian, Personal

Question 8

What did mass media create that changed the world during this time?

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Global Awareness

Question 9

How many countries in 1920 were Democratic?

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15

Question 10

At the end of the 20th century, how many nations were Democratic?

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2/3 of the world

Question 11

What is the Mutual Assured Destruction (M.A.D.) philosophy predicated on?

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Nuclear warfare is suicide and suicide is illogical

Question 12

How did the Viet Cong respond to American air attacks during the Vietnam War?

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Creating a series of tunnels

Question 13

The art or practice of pursuing a dangerous policy to the limits of stopping, is known as

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Brinkmanship

Question 14

"Satyagraha" translates into English as

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Truth-force

Question 15

Which country was first involved in Vietnam after the defeat of the Japanese in WWII?

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France

Question 16

How much did the Soviet Union spend on the Cold War?

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$ 3.5 Trillion

Question 17

Peace agreement between Israel and Egypt that was first Israeli-Arab peace agreement.

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Camp David Accords

Question 18

"Ahimsa" translates into

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Nonviolence

Question 19

What was decided at the Yalta Conference on what to do w/ former nations controlled by Nazis?

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Set up interim governments and free elections.

Question 20

What was NOT a cause of decolonization?

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These new nations became industrialized

Question 21

Kids, what should you do in the event of a nuclear attack?

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Duck and cover

Question 22

Why was Berlin a key focus of Cold War tensions?

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Berlin was split between democratic and communist sides

Question 23

What was the movement, led by Lech Walesa to get an independent labor union in Poland?

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Solidarity

Question 24

Israel went to war along with Britain & France when this country nationalized the Suez Canal

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Egypt

Question 25

When was the modern nation of Israel founded?

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May 14, 1948

Question 26

Collection of Communist nations, led by the USSR that stood during the Cold War was known as:

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the Warsaw Pact

Question 27

What was the belief is one nation turned communist, the whole region would as well?

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The Domino Theory

Question 28

What was the name of the poem that inspired Nelson Mandela during his 27 years in prison?

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Invictus

Question 29

With which nation are Pol Pot, the Khmer Rouge, and genocide associated?

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Cambodia

Question 30

How much did the USA spend on the Cold War?

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5.5 trillion dollars

Question 31

What is the general trend for humanity during the last 200 years?

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Richer and Healthier

Question 32

Who was the first leader of the Czech Republic and eased them through the split with Slovenia?

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Vaclav Havel

Question 33

The result of the Marshall Plan aid to the countries of Western Europe was that

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recipient nations underwent a remarkable economic recovery.

Question 34

How many methods of nonviolent protest have been used throughout history?

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198

Question 35

Which of these factors was NOT a commonality among decolonized nations in this era?

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Military power enough to start a new nation

Question 36

The phrase "iron curtain," used by Winston Churchill in his 1946 speech refers to

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Soviet domination of Eastern Europe

Question 37

When Mao Zedong set up "Red" China, what happened to nationalists after the Civil War?

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They fled to the island of Taiwan

Question 38

How did China's Cultural Revolution end?

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Mao Zedong had to use the army to restore order

Question 39

What was the system in South Africa that gave a white minority dominion over a black majority?

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Apartheid

Question 40

Which U.S. president from 1981-89 is credited by many as responsible for ending the Cold War?

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President Reagan

Question 41

Which American president negotiated an end to fighting between the U.S. and Vietnamese?

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Richard Nixon

Question 42

The U.S. and the Soviet Union signed ___________ as a way to reduce the threat of nuclear war.

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the START treaty

Question 43

What event gave healing and aided integration in South Africa in 1995

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1995 Rugby World Cup

Question 44

Ideologically, the two competing sides in the cold war were

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capitalism and communism

Question 45

Which of the following would NOT be an example of the U.S. policy of containment?

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the Warsaw Pact

Question 46

What was the primary cause of the stalemate in Korea?

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Chinese intervention in the conflict

Question 47

Gorbachev's economic restructuring, means "rebuilding".

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Perestroika

Question 48

The NATO agreement (1949) required that every member must

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consider an attack on one as an attack on all.

Question 49

How many years was Nelson Mandela imprisoned for his leadership in the A.N.C?

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27

Question 50

What event signified the end of the Cold War in 1989?

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The fall of the Berlin Wall

Question 51

Gorbachev's social reform, means "openness", and gave more freedom to the Soviet people.

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Glasnost

Question 52

President Truman's response to the Berlin blockade was to

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airlift all necessary supplies into Berlin for a year.

Question 53

Communism destroys what in people?

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Incentives to better oneself

Question 54

What role did the USSR and China play in the Vietnam War once the Americans became involved?

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They both sent aid to North Vietnam

Question 55

The Korean War resulted in a stalemate. A line along the _______was drawn to divide the nation.

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38th parallel

Unit 6: Era 8- The Cold War and its Aftermath: The 20th Century Since 1945

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