What changes did Gorbachev's policy of perestroika bring?

reforming the Soviet economy to more of a market economy

What was the reason for Mao's Great Leap Forward in China?

a government demand for rapid industrialization

Which best describes the Marshall Plan?

plan to help Europe resist communism by rebuilding after WW2

The defensive military alliance created in 1949 that included the US, Canada and western Europe

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Why did Indians decide to engage in the swadeshi movement?

to make it less profitable for Britain to exploit India

What was the purpose of the Truman Doctrine?

to support Greece and Turkey's resistance to communism

Why were perestroika and glasnost turning points in Soviet history?

set the stage in USSR for democratic reforms & open markets

Why were the communists successful in the Chinese civil war?

communists had support from a majority of the peasants

How did the fall of the Soviet Union affect the global economy?

creating new participants in the world market

Describe what happened at Tiananmen Square.

military attack on a student-led peaceful demonstration

How did Mahatma Gandhi help India achieve its independence from Great Britain?

by promoting the use of passive resistance

What was the purpose of the Partition of India in 1947?

to create separate Muslim and Hindu nations

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1
What changes did Gorbachev's policy of perestroika bring?
secession of the Soviet nationalist republics
reforming the Soviet economy to more of a market economy
increase of Soviet military spending in satellite countries
termination of the Soviet space program after Sputnik failed
2
What idea was the major justification for US foreign policy during the Cold War era?
Khmer Rouge
nonaligned nations
Vietnamization
domino theory
3
Gorbachev promoted the flow of ideas and information to improve Soviet society in his policy of
perestroika
glasnost
collectivization
detente
4
What was the reason for Mao's Great Leap Forward in China?
an increase in aid from foreign allies
a student movement for political reform
a surplus revenue from increased taxes
a government demand for rapid industrialization
5
Which factor most hindered democratic reform in South Africa until the 1990s?
control by an outside colonial power
leaders' focus on religious institutions
discrimination against women
enforcing the apartheid laws
6
Which best describes the Marshall Plan?
plan to help Europe resist communism by rebuilding after WW2
a treaty that blamed Germany for all war damages
a counter to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
a strategy to establish communism in Greece and Turkey
7
The defensive military alliance created in 1949 that included the US, Canada and western Europe
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Warsaw Pact
North American Free Trade Agency
Organization of American States
8
Why did Indians decide to engage in the swadeshi movement?
to limit British control of India's domestic politics
to make it less profitable for Britain to exploit India
to prepare for the British to strengthen India as a colony
to prevent the British from creating a monopoly in cotton
9
What was the purpose of the Truman Doctrine?
to raise funds for Communist activities in Europe
to support Greece and Turkey's resistance to communism
to create a Communist party in the United States
to judge political parties that favored communism
10
Why were perestroika and glasnost turning points in Soviet history?
led to ethnic conflict in the Balkan states
led to war between Argentina and Great Britain
led to European intervention in Afghanistan
set the stage in USSR for democratic reforms & open markets
11
Why were the communists successful in the Chinese civil war?
communists were better supplied and armed
nationalists had been weakened by foreign invasion
communists had support from a majority of the peasants
nationalists suffered from a lack of western support
12
How did the Soviet Union work to achieve military equality with the US in 1949?
breaking ties with China
invading South Korea
annexing unconquered territory
testing the atomic bomb
13
How did the fall of the Soviet Union affect the global economy?
limiting the expansion of foreign manufacturing
creating new participants in the world market
restricting access to finished products
increasing prices for natural resources
14
Describe what happened at Tiananmen Square.
peasant rebellion against policies in Taiwan
military attack on a student-led peaceful demonstration
refusal of soldiers to follow orders to assault civilians
an armed rebellion against military occupation by civilians
15
How did Mahatma Gandhi help India achieve its independence from Great Britain?
by promoting the use of passive resistance
by becoming a member of the British parliament
by leading a revolutionary war
by introducing a resolution to the United Nations
16
What was the purpose of the Partition of India in 1947?
to maintain the British Empire's domination of India
to create separate Muslim and Hindu nations
to unify the major ethic groups of the region
to create separate democratic and communist states
17
Which Soviet leader is credited with beginning reforms that led to the end of the Cold War?
Mikhail Gorbachev
Nikita Khrushchev
Josef Stalin
Leonid Brezhnev
18
The oil embargo by OPEC was a response to the US's support of which Middle Eastern nation?
Iran
Turkey
Israel
Egypt

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