Global Studies Final Exam

The United States carried on an “island-hopping campaign” in order to

The Russian word perestroika, used to describe a movement led byMikhail Gorbachev, means

The tactic used to overcome the Soviet blockade of Germanywas called the 

Churchill compared postwar Soviet policy in Eastern Europe to

The United States entered the war as a direct result of  

Which event ended the war in the Pacific?

Gandhi encouraged his followers to protest British law by

The way to World War II was paved by  

The Balfour Declaration expressed support for

Payments for war damages that Germany was forced to pay were called

One effect of the demonstrations by Chinese studentprotestors in Tiananmen Square was

An authoritarian socialism where governments make all the economicdecisions for society is

The peace treaty that came at the end of World War I was the

U.S. involvement in the Korean and Vietnam Wars were direct results ofthe

What conference did Hitler demand Germany be given the Sudetenland ofCzechoslovakia?

Hitler’s political theories were based on

The Marshall Plan happened b/c the U.S. believed thatcommunism only works in countries that

What prompted Deng Xiaoping’s reaction to the protests in TiananmenSquare?

Parliamentary systems failed in most Eastern European states, in part,because

An economic system in which individuals, and corporations, control thefactors of production is 

Khrushchev’s program of de-Stalinization, reversed some of the

Atatürk tried to modernize Turkey by

The United States sent troops to Vietnam to

Who led the communists to victory in 1949 in the Chinese civil war?

What organization was created as a result of World War II?

Reforms in the Soviet Union began in 1989 under theRussian leader

In Turkey, Atatürk created a state in which

Which best describes Japan’s policy?

The United States and Great Britain believed that the liberated nationsof Eastern Europe should

The U.S. government believed that if they lost South Vietnam tocommunism,

In 1923, the Nationalists and the Communists formed an alliance in orderto

A policy that sought peace and stability by satisfying  demands of dissatisfied powers is

What was the Kristallnacht, which happened on November 9, 1938?

After World War I, which of the following led to thecreation of Turkey, Iran, and Saudi Arabia?

Under Slobodan Milošević, Serbia adopted a policy in Bosnia of

The Soviet blockade of West Berlin was intended to

 At the end of World War II, which country refused to end its colonialrule in Vietnam?

By 1980 the Soviet Union was experiencing

West Berlin was

In the Cuban missile crisis, Khrushchev agreed to remove themissiles if the United States would

As a result of World War II, most of Europe was

Which was the 1st area of conflict between Soviet andU.S. political ideals after World War II?

Although China's gov't failed to make progress on democraticreform after Tiananmen Square, they

The government established in Germany after the end ofWorld War I was called

Which ethnic group was a victim of genocide by the OttomanTurks?

Who did Mao believe would drive the Chinese revolution?

Mein Kampf is

A major cause of tension between North Korea and South Korea is

During the Cold War, Soviet exploitation of satellite states caused

President Ronald Reagan

The Russian Pres. who vowed to return Chechnya to Russian and help grow the economy was

In 1943, the Allies agreed to fight until the Axis powers

When the Great Depression weakened demand for their exports, LatinAmerican nations responded by