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2017 Spring Final Exam Review Part II
2017 Spring Final Exam Review Part II
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Between the wars, WWII, Cold War, Globalization
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Who was Indira Gandhi?
1st Prime Minister of Spain
1st female Prime Minister of India
1st Prime Minister of China
1st female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
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Who was South Africa's first black president?
Idris Elba
Nelson Mandela
FW deKlerk
Martin Luther King
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Who was Margaret Thatcher?
1st Prime Minister of Spain
1st Prime Minister of China
1st female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1st female Prime Minister of India
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What was the Holocaust?
Genocide against European Jews, other minority groups
Not the correct answer
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What is environmentalism?
Fight against air pollution, deforestation, climate change
Wanting the destruction of the environment
Fight for the consumption of fossil fuels, smog, & acid rain
Concern for the protection of the environment
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What is al-Qaeda?
Terrorist organization in the Middle East
Capitalist organization in Russia
Democratic organization in West Germany
Communist organization in China
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First satellite in space
American Explorer
Soviet Sputnik
American Sputnik
Soviet Explorer
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Who was Sun Yat Sen?
Brought communism to Korea
Brought democracy to Korea
Brought communism to China
Brought democracy to China
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What was the Truman Doctrine?
A popular movie starting Jim Carrey
Providing guns to countries who fight capitalism
Give money to countries who fight the spread of communism
Doctor's office of Harry Truman M.D.
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What is globalization?
Use of multinational corporations
Increased in cultural diffusion
Increased international cooperation between countries
Trying to destroy the globe
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Define perestroika
Introduced by Gorbachev
Added capitalism into Soviet economy
Openness
Restructuring
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How was the Korean War and Vietnam War similar?
Fight to stop the spread of communism
Fought in the jungles
ZERO nuclear weapons were used
The US supported the "South" countries
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What was the SALT Treaty designed to do?
Increase the number of nuclear weapons
Reduce the number of nuclear weapons
Partitioned India into two countries
Created the United Nations
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What is a totalitarian government?
Govt controls ALL PARTS of a country
Govt controls ONLY the economy of a country
Govt controls ONLY the politics of a country
Govt controls NO PART of a country
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What was important about Pearl Harbor?
Forced the US into Vietnam War
Forced the US into World War I
Forced the US into Korean War
Forced the US into World War II
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What is OPEC?
Organization of Potassium Eating Countries
Official Party of the Environmental Club
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Old People Eating Candy
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Why was India partitioned in 1948?
To create a Christian majority nation
To remove all Chinese communists from India
To separate the Indians from the Russians
Due to increased violence between religious/ethnic groups
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Which of the following were superpowers after World War II?
China
Soviet Union
United States
Great Britain
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Fascist Leader?
Franco, Spain
Stalin, Soviet Union
Hitler, Germany
Mussolini, Italy
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Who painted Guernica which depicted the horrible bombing during the Spanish Civil War?
Joseph Stalin
Albert Einstein
Pablo Picasso
Franklin Roosevelt
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What was the Marshall Plan?
A secret plan to smuggle communist into Cuba
The organization of police officers
Aid to rebuild Western Europe
A document outline the ideas of South Korea
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What was the significance of Gandhi's Salt March?
Act of violent rebellion against British control in India
An agreement between Gandhi and Nehru for a salt monopoly
Act of civil disobedience against British control in India
A need to collect British salt from the Atlantic Ocean
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Define glasnost
Openness
Freedom of speech
Introduced by Gorbachev
Restructuring
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Who was Golda Meir?
1st Prime Minister of China
1st female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1st Prime Minister of Spain
1st female Prime Minister of Israel
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What major decisions were made at the Yalta Conference?
War crimes are to be tried
Germany would be divided into 4 zones
Italy would be allowed to keep Mussolini in power
Free elections would be held in Eastern Europe
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What was important about the invasion of Poland?
Started World War I
Started the Korean War
Started the Cold War
Started World War II
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What caused the breakup of the USSR?
Poor economic conditions
Had more nuclear weapons than the US
Policies of Gorbachev
Lost to USA Hockey in the 1980 Winter Olympic semifinal
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What was created after World War II that increased problems between Jews and Arabs?
The Ottoman Empire
The nation of Jordan
The nation of Israel
The nation Lebanon
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Who invented the theory of relativity and helped develop the atomic bomb?
Joseph Stalin
Albert Einstein
Franklin Roosevelt
Pablo Picasso
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What is appeasement?
Making a "date" very happy
Asking forgiveness rather than permission
Giving stuff to stop someone from continuing their plan
Creating a feeling of euphoria
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What world economic problems occurred in the 1920s and 1930s?
Great Depression
High levels of inflation
Marshall Plan
High unemployment
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What was important about Hiroshima?
Site of the SECOND atomic bomb drop
Site of the THIRD atomic bomb drop
Japan's capital city
Site of the FIRST atomic bomb drop
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What is fascism?
Govt with communism
Govt with increased nationalism and militarism
Govt with democratic leaders
Govt with a monarchy
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What major decisions were made at the Potsdam Conference?
African countries granted independence
NO FREE ELECTIONS in Eastern Europe
Set up rules to run Germany in the 4 zones
Unconditional surrender of Japan
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What is the purpose of the United Nations?
Fighting wars to ensure world domination
Maintain worldwide peace and security
Developing relationships between countries
Take food from the needy
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Why did appeasement not work with Hitler?
He only wanted to control France
He was bent on global domination, not satisfied
He wanted to meet Churchill
Appeasement actually did work
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What was the Rape of Nanking?
Japanese mass murder and rape of German civilians
Russian mass murder and rape of Japanese civilians
Japanese mass murder and rape of Chinese civilians
Chinese mass murder and rape of Japanese civilians
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Why did the Berlin Wall fall?
End the separation of Germany
President Kennedy destroyed it
End of the Cold War
Mikhail Gorbachev destroyed it
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What were the students protesting in Tienanmen Square for?
More dictatorships in the government
More democracy in the country
More communism in the government
More royal monarchs in the country
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Which of Hitler's acts pre-World War II event occurred last?
Occupation of the Sudetenland
Anschluss with Austria
Invasion of Poland
Invasion of Czechoslovakia
