In what way did the post–World War I peace conference negatively impact the Middle East?

The borders of new nations were artificially drawn.

Why did people around the world come to support a Jewish home in the Palestine mandate?

Nazi genocide had convinced them of the need for a safe haven for Jews.

Why did many new nations in Africa have difficulty building democratic governments?

Ethnic divisions created by old colonial boundaries often caused distrust.

What types of local conflicts became Cold War conflicts?

where the United States and the Soviet Union had competing interests

How was the conflict in Darfur similar to the conflict in Rwanda?

In both, the government targeted a minorities in an effort to eradicate it.

The U.S. economy is different from the former Soviet Union's economy because in the United States,

there is more economic freedom.

What is one way in which oil wealth has affected the nations of the Middle East?

The oil-rich monarchies on the Persian Gulf have become extremely wealthy.

What was the main reason for the partition of South Asia?

Different colonial powers controlled the territories.

What is the main reason Mao Zedong was able to make China communist?

The business owners supported him because he wanted to industrialize China.

NATO and the Warsaw Pact were important in maintaining the “balance of power” in Cold War Europe because

fear of the others military capability kept each superpower from attacking.

Which of the following is an example of the policy of containment?

the United States supporting Greeks fighting communism.

The United Nations intervened in North Korea because the

North Koreans invaded South Korea.

How did World War II affect African independence efforts?

The war helped independence efforts by weakening European countries.

Which of the following accurately compares the paths to independence of Ghana and Algeria?

Algeria achieved independence through armed struggle.

Why did Islamists, or Islamic fundamentalists, emerge in the 1970s?

They wanted to move toward greater democracy.

What did the “Arab Spring” and the Islamic Revolution in Iran have in common?

They were both popular uprisings against repressive governments.

Why did Korea remain divided after the Korean War?

North and South Korea negotiated a ceasefire but not a peace treaty

Most of the communist governments of Eastern Europe fell because

They staged large protests, and the Soviets did not intervene militarily.

Why did Mao's reform fail?

His bad policies along with poor weather led to famine and people died.

When Eastern Europeans revolted in the 1950s and 1960s,

the Soviets responded by sending political advisors.

U.S. leaders withdrew troops from Vietnam because

they realized that they could not win the war.

North Korea's economy

is a command economy that governments make important economic decisions.

Both the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution

were movements to encourage youth.

The Eastern bloc became dominated by the Soviets

when the red army supported their communist governments.

Why did the Vietnamese fight the French in Indochina?

The Viet Minh wanted independence.

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1
In what way did the post–World War I peace conference negatively impact the Middle East?
The borders of new nations were artificially drawn.
Members of this nation were not present at the conference and had no say.
The nations of the Middle East were given self-rule.
Middle Eastern nations were given independence but were not ready for it.
2
Why did people around the world come to support a Jewish home in the Palestine mandate?
Jews had lost their homeland in Russia and needed a new place to settle.
Nazi genocide had convinced them of the need for a safe haven for Jews.
People felt Jews would be able to revive industries in the Middle East.
Many Jews were homeless following World War I.
3
Why did many new nations in Africa have difficulty building democratic governments?
Nations preferred to remain colonies rather than independent democracies.
Ethnic divisions created by old colonial boundaries often caused distrust.
Former colonial rulers tried to regain power, leading to instability.
Most independence leaders did not believe in democracy.
4
What types of local conflicts became Cold War conflicts?
only conflicts where there was a shared border with a U.S. ally
only conflicts where NATO members were participants
only conflicts where a U.S. ally was a participant
where the United States and the Soviet Union had competing interests
5
How was the conflict in Darfur similar to the conflict in Rwanda?
In both conflicts, violence erupted between Hutu and Tutsi groups.
In both conflicts were largely the result of Cold War rivalries.
In both, the government targeted a minorities in an effort to eradicate it.
In both, the primary target was oil reserves by specific populations.
6
What was the initial effect of the transition from command to market economies in Eastern Europe?
Unemployment and prices rose.
People could afford more goods than they could before.
People stopped purchasing goods.
There were fewer consumer goods available for purchase.
7
The U.S. economy is different from the former Soviet Union's economy because in the United States,
the state makes all the decisions.
there is less economic freedom.
there is more economic freedom.
there are fewer goods available.
8
What is one way in which oil wealth has affected the nations of the Middle East?
All nations in the Middle East benefit the wealth from oil-rich countries.
Middle Eastern nations have improved relations with Western nations.
The oil-rich monarchies on the Persian Gulf have become extremely wealthy.
Radical Islamic fundamentalism has been eliminated in the Middle East.
9
What was the main reason for the partition of South Asia?
The Muslim minority feared discrimination by Hindus.
Different colonial powers controlled the territories.
Natural borders caused natural separations.
Hindu leaders did not want Muslims in their nation.
10
What did most of the people in East and West Pakistan have in common when they broke
religion
political beliefs
ethnicity
language
11
What is the main reason Mao Zedong was able to make China communist?
The business owners supported him because he wanted to industrialize China.
The landlords supported him because he demanded obedience.
The peasants supported him because he promised them land.
The warlords supported him because he promised them taxes revenues.
12
NATO and the Warsaw Pact were important in maintaining the “balance of power” in Cold War Europe because
there were no longer any neutral countries in continental Europe.
fear of the others military capability kept each superpower from attacking.
each superpower had the same number of countries in its military alliance
the member countries could attack each other at will.
13
Which of the following is an example of the policy of containment?
the United States supporting Greeks fighting communism.
the Soviet Union intervening in Czechoslovakia
the United States insisting on free election in West Germany
the Soviet Union imprisoning its critics.
14
In the 1980s, the Soviet economy was strained by
a lack of natural resources.
increased spending on satellite nations' populations.
increased spending on social programs.
economic stagnation and increased military spending.
15
The United Nations intervened in North Korea because the
North Koreans invaded South Korea.
Chinese invaded the Korean Peninsula.
Soviets backed the South Korean government.
South Koreans invaded North Korea.
16
How did World War II affect African independence efforts?
By making Europe more determined to keep its colonies.
It had little effect because very little of the war was fought in Africa.
The war helped independence efforts by weakening European countries.
The war caused African countries to slow their efforts for independence.
17
Which of the following accurately compares the paths to independence of Ghana and Algeria?
Ghana achieved independence through armed struggle.
Algeria achieved independence through armed struggle.
Both nations achieved independence through armed struggle.
Both nations achieved independence peacefully.
18
Why did Islamists, or Islamic fundamentalists, emerge in the 1970s?
They wanted to move toward greater democracy.
They wanted all Arab states to unify.
They wanted an increased role for women.
They wanted to fight the influence of the West on the Middle East.
19
What did the “Arab Spring” and the Islamic Revolution in Iran have in common?
They were both supported by the United States.
They were both popular uprisings against repressive governments.
They both led to increased westernization.
They both resulted in greater democracy and freedom.
20
Why did Korea remain divided after the Korean War?
South Korea remained communist.
China and the United States insisted on it.
North and South Korea negotiated a ceasefire but not a peace treaty
The Soviet Union's influence decreased.
21
Most of the communist governments of Eastern Europe fell because
Their citizens staged armed rebellions.
The military support promised by the Soviets did not arrive in time.
Soviets allowed them to change their command economies to capitalist ones.
They staged large protests, and the Soviets did not intervene militarily.
22
Why did Mao's reform fail?
His bad policies along with poor weather led to famine and people died.
The Korean War consumed too many resources.
Officials in the Communist Party tinkered with his reforms.
The Soviets withdrew their support.
23
When Eastern Europeans revolted in the 1950s and 1960s,
they were able to break away and form their own governments.
the Americans built a wall in Berlin.
the Soviets responded with military force.
the Soviets responded by sending political advisors.
24
U.S. leaders withdrew troops from Vietnam because
they realized that they could not win the war.
the Soviet Union began bombing the south.
they believed the South Vietnamese could win it on their own.
the Viet Cong built supply trails in Cambodia.
25
North Korea's economy
grew extensively after the Korean War and continues to grow today.
is a command economy that governments make important economic decisions.
compares with South Korea’s which is an inefficient command economy.
has gradually evolved from a command economy into a market economy.
26
Both the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution
forced people to move to communes.
challenged peasants to work in industry.
were movements to encourage youth.
led China to periods of chaos.
27
The Eastern bloc became dominated by the Soviets
when the red army supported their communist governments.
when their governments chose to participate in the Marshall Plan.
as a result of democratic elections administered by the Soviets.
because the United States cut the lines of supplies to them.
28
Why did the Vietnamese fight the French in Indochina?
The Viet Minh wanted to be ruled by the Soviet Union.
Ngo Dinh Diem had American support.
Ho Chi Minh's forces were backed by China.
The Viet Minh wanted independence.

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