South African Apartheid

Segregation led by white government

Which was not a cause of the Vietnam War?

North Vietnam, unprovoked, attacked the U.S.

What were the SALT agreements?

agreements between the US and USSR on regulating nukes

The UN divided the Mandate of Palestine into

separate Arab and Jewish states

What happened during Kristallnacht?

Jewish shops and synagogues were attacked

What were the four olds of China?

old ideas, old customs, old culture, and old habits of mind.

What were the effects of the “Great Leap Forward”?

~20 million people died from famine caused by crop failures

A war started by a state which does not itself become involved.

What are the negatives of globalization?

Fast food chains: the bane of people's health, Melding -- Loss of tradition and culture, Epidemic of disease and invasive species impaction, Outsourcing of jobs -- takes away opportunities

What was the goal of the Secret War in Laos?

To stop the spread of communism from Vietnam

What happened at Tiananmen Square?

Chinese troops & tanks violently broke up a student-led protest

What were the Rowlatt Acts?

Allowed the government to jail protestors without a trial

Leader of The Soviet Union in the 1980s

What was the Sykes-Picot Agreement?

An agreement between the British and French to carve up the Middle East.

What was the Arms Race during the Cold War?

A competition between the U.S. and USSR to build up nuclear weapons

What was not an effect of the Vietnam War?

Support for the US government domestically went up

What ended the Cold War?

Collapse of communist governments in Eastern Europe and USSR

Gandhi believed in all of the following except

A Partitioned Pakistan and India

What did Nikita Khruschev NOT do to move away from Stalinism?

Exiled former Stalin supporters

What was the Great Leap Forward?

China's economic policy to jump ahead of the Soviet Union

What was NOT an impact of WWII?

Switzerland becoming a city-state of Russia

relaxation on what people can read and say in USSR(openness)

What were the Nuremberg Laws?

Removal of citizenship and no marriage between Jews + Aryans

What happened at the Nuremburg Trials?

Many Nazi leaders were sentenced to death for war crimes.

What was the impact of the fall of the Berlin Wall?

Democracy and free-market economies spread to Eastern Europe

What was the Cultural Revolution?

A campaign by Mao to purge the Communist Party of those who opposed him.

What caused the Berlin Air lift?

The USSR blocked the road to Berlin

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1
The Algerian FLN fought for Algerian independence against which European country?
Belgium
Spain
England
France
2
South African Apartheid
Movement for independence
Development of large plantations
Segregation led by white government
Rebellion agains Europe
3
Which was not a cause of the Vietnam War?
North Vietnam, unprovoked, attacked the U.S.
The U.S. wanted to contain communism in North Vietnam
The U.S. claimed a ship was attacked by North Vietnam
The leadership of South Vietnam wanted the U.S.'s help
4
What was not a Result of the Korean War?
South remains a democracy
Korea was unified
38th parallel splits North & South
North remains Communist
5
What were the SALT agreements?
agreements between the U.S and Vietnam over prisoners of war
negotiations between the US and Vietnam about ending the war
agreements between the US and USSR on regulating nukes
6
The UN divided the Mandate of Palestine into
separate Jewish states
separate Eastern and Western Germany
separate Arab and Jewish states
separate Arab states
7
What happened during Kristallnacht?
Communists were forced out of their homes
Jewish shops and synagogues were attacked
Synagogues were forced to close
Jewish shops were boycotted
8
What were the four olds of China?
new ideas, new customs, new culture, and new habits of mind.
old ideas, old customs, old culture, and old habits of mind.
a chapter from the little red book.
old people, old religion, old architecture.
9
what was NOT a Cold War issue?
space race
arms race
commerce/trade dominance
political differences
10
Aliens are REAL
Yes
Nope
11
What were the effects of the “Great Leap Forward”?
China collapsed
~20 million people died from famine caused by crop failures
China rapidly and effectively industrialized
Peasants were very happy
12
What was peristroika?
the Soviet policy forcing all citizens to enlist in their miltary
increased opennes in the government and ability to discuss policy
adopting a more open economy
The Soviet Policy of expanding their borders to include all of Europe
13
Who was the leader of the Communists in China after WWII?
Mao Zedong
Deng Xiaoping
Isoroku Yamamoto
Ho Chi Minh
14
What is a proxy war?
A war started by a state which does not itself become involved.
A war in which nuclear weapons are used.
A war caused by overseas territories being settled by a foreign state.
A war between citizens of the same state.
15
What are the negatives of globalization?
Fast food chains: the bane of people's health
Melding -- Loss of tradition and culture
Epidemic of disease and invasive species impaction
Outsourcing of jobs -- takes away opportunities
16
What was not a part of Apartheid?
Different educational systems
Different jobs for different race
Separate towns for different races
Learning several languages
17
What was the goal of the Secret War in Laos?
To put in place a monarchy
To open up trade between the U.S. and Laos
To stop the spread of communism from Vietnam
To get access to Laos' resources
18
What happened at Tiananmen Square?
Chinese gov't agreed to make political reforms after a student-led protest
North Korean planes dropped bombs on a gov't building in Seoul
University students stormed a gov't building in China
Chinese troops & tanks violently broke up a student-led protest
19
What were the Rowlatt Acts?
Allowed the government to force people to fight in World War 1
Allowed the government to enforce and legalize slavery
Allowed the government to jail protestors without a trial
Allowed the government to force Indians to become Christians
20
Which of the following is not an example of appeasement during WWII?
Germany marching into Rhineland
Germany marching into Austria
Germany marching into Poland
Germany marching troops into the Sudetenland
21
Who was Gorbachev?
Prime Minister of the U.K.
Russian astronaut
Chinese Dictator
Leader of The Soviet Union in the 1980s
22
What were the causes of the Cold War?
All of the above
Ideological differences between capitalism and communism
Disagreements over the division of Europe after World War II
Economic competition between the US and the USSR
23
What 1968 battle in Vietnam was a turning point in the war?
Tet Offensive
Gulf of Tonkin
Dien Bien Phu
Mai Lai Massacre
24
What was the Sykes-Picot Agreement?
An agreement between the US and Germany to share European territory.
A promise of a homeland for the Arabs.
An agreement between the British and French to carve up the Middle East.
A promise of a homeland for the Jews.
25
Who led black South African's struggle against apartheid?
Jomo Kenyatta
Haile Selassie
Nelson Mandela
F.W. de Klerk
26
What was the Arms Race during the Cold War?
A sporting event between American and Soviet athletes
A contest to see which country could have the largest army
A competition between the U.S. and USSR to build up nuclear weapons
A race to send the first human into space
27
What was not an effect of the Vietnam War?
Support for the US government domestically went up
Vietnam was under communist control
Over 2 million vietnamese soldiers and civilians killed
Over 40,000 Hmong killed
28
What ended the Cold War?
The Berlin Crisis
U.S. Withdrawal from Vietnam
Collapse of communist governments in Eastern Europe and USSR
The Cuban Missile Crisis
29
Gandhi believed in all of the following except
peaceful protests rather than violence
the use of Civil Disobedience
A Partitioned Pakistan and India
The British leaving India
30
What does the acronym MAD stand for?
Make America Deadly
Moms Against Death
Mutually Assured Destruction
Mutually Assured Dilapidation
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What did Nikita Khruschev NOT do to move away from Stalinism?
Allowed debates within the party
Exiled former Stalin supporters
Punishment for dissidence was no longer punishable by death
Exposed Stalin's true motives and crimes
32
What was the Great Leap Forward?
Part of Stalin's Five Year Plans
China's economic policy to jump ahead of the Soviet Union
China's social revolution
Soviet policy of openness
33
Boris Yeltsin did all of the following EXCEPT
Formed the Commonwealth of Independent States
Tore down the Berlin Wall
Privatized industries
Allowed foreign investment
34
What was NOT an impact of WWII?
Satelite States
Many European cities lay in ruin
Over 60 Million Dead
Switzerland becoming a city-state of Russia
35
What was glasnost?
the making of stained class in the Soviet Union
a term meaning economic freedom in China
relaxation on what people can read and say in USSR(openness)
increased political involvement in the USSR
36
Who was not in the WWII axis.
Germany
Japan
Switzerland
Italy
37
After WWII came to end, China once again returned to a civil war with the Communists vs.
Socialists
Confucianists
Taoists
Nationalists
38
What was the detente between the US and the USSR?
The only armed conflict of the Cold War
A period of decreasing tension
A period of increasing tension
The end of the Cold War
39
What were the Nuremberg Laws?
No marriage between Jews + Aryans and not allowed in schools
Removal of citizenship and not allowed in schools
Removal of citizenship and no marriage between Jews + Aryans
Jews have to wear a yellow star of David and go into ghettos
40
What country did Japan invade prior to WWII?
Australia
Russia
The United States
China
41
Hamas is considered by U.S. and Israel to be _____
Superior to the PLO
The official Palestinian government
A major peace negotiator
A terrorist cell
42
What happened at the Nuremburg Trials?
Hideki Tojo was put on trial and executed.
Many Nazi leaders were sentenced to death for war crimes.
Emperor Hirohito was forced to step down
Benito Mussolini and his mistress, Clara Petacci, were sentenced to death.
43
What was the impact of the fall of the Berlin Wall?
Democracy and free-market economies spread to Eastern Europe
It led to the formation of the European Union
It led to the Cold War
It led to a better relationship with the Soviet Union
44
Who was Yasser Arafat?
Founder of Hamas
Founder of PLO
Jordanian citizen
Leader of Egypt
45
What was the turning point of WWII in Europe?
Battle of Midway
Battle of Berlin
Battle of Italy
Battle of Stalingrad
46
In the Balfour Decleration, what did the British pledge to help the Jews do
Facilitate Jewish immigration
Build a canal connecting the Mediterreanean and the Red Seas
Wage war on Palestine
Search for the Dead Sea Scrolls
47
What was the Cultural Revolution?
A campaign by Mao to purge the Communist Party of those who opposed him.
State of hostility between 2 countries that doesn't result in open conflict
A series of massacres in response to revolutionary fervor and accusations.
Plan to aid European countries after WWII to stop the spread of communism.
48
What was on the rise in South East Asia prior to the start of WWII?
Militarinism
Socialism
Nationalism
Communism
49
After WWII, the communists win in China and the nationalists form a new country here
Taiwan
Thailand
Vietnam
Korea
50
Who controls Gaza?
Hamas
The PLO
Israel
The United Nations
51
What caused the Berlin Air lift?
The Korean War
None of the above
The formation of the Warsaw Pact
The USSR blocked the road to Berlin
52
How did the US react to the invasion of Afghanistan by the Soviets?
it didn't
sent US troops to Afghanistan
began supporting the Afghan rebels fighting the Soviets
boycott the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow
53
What is the Warsaw Pact?
Defense treaty between USSR and allies
Defense treaty between USA and allies
The agreement to split Korea (democracy/communism)
The agreement to split Germany (democracy/communism)
54
What were the Nuremburg Laws?
It was the name of one of the books Liesel stole
They stated that all Jews had to move to Nuremburg
They took almost all rights away from Jews
They stated only Germans could run for political office
55
What were some of the challenges that newly independent African nations faced? (check all that apply)
Colonial borders were drawn without considering different ethnic groups.
Many of the new African nations had too many experienced leaders.
Europeans in those countries were not willing to give up power.
Colonial powers would create ethnic tensions in their colonies.
56
Which statement BEST describes how apartheid was ended in South Africa?
Black South Africans led armed revolts against the gov't
Nelson Mandela and the ANC led voting drives
criticism/boycotts around da world govt negotiated w/ blacks
UN intervened due to poor treatment of black South Africans
57
What were the Four Modernizations?
Reforms in agriculture, industry, defense, and science and technology
The four principles of Confucianism
The four ancient Chinese inventions
The four dynasties
58
What was the turning point of WWII in Africa?
Cairo
Egypt
El Alamein
Sudan
59
What is decolonization?
People go back to their home country
Former colonies rejoin their home country
Former colonies gain independence from their home country
People go to another country
60
After the 6 day war Israel controls
Gaza, Golan Heights, Sinai Peninsula & Jordan
Gaza, Sinai Peninsula, Suez Canal & West Bank
Gaza, Golan Heights, Sinai Peninsula & East Bank
Gaza, Golan Heights, Sinai Peninsula & West Bank
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What region did Japan invade prior to WWII?
Pearl Harbor
Alaska
Manchuria
Taiwan
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What does the PLO stand for?
Palestinian Liberation Organization
People Liberation Organizations
Preferred Little Opinion
Peoples Libel Organization
63
What is NATO?
Controls trade
Controls oil prices
alliance to protect nations against Soviet Union attack
Organization created to keep peace
64
What was decided at Yalta?
Free elections were to happen in Eastern European countries.
All of these are correct
There was to be a United Nations to replace the League.
Germany was to be split into 4
65
What happened during Kristallnacht?
Synagogues were forced to close
Jewish shops were boycotted
Jewish shops and synagogues were attacked
Communists were forced out of their homes
66
What was NOT an effect of the Indian Partition
A cooperating governmnet between Hindus and Muslims
1,000,000 dead
Growing tension between Hindus and Muslims
14,000,000 refugees
67
What happened at Amritsar?
Gandhi led a protest march
The Sikh temple was shut down by the British
Indians who were meeting non-violently were gunned down
Indians led a violent protest against the British
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What is the “two-state solution”?
Creating two separate countries for Israelis and Palestinians
Splitting Jerusalem into two capitals
Combining Israel and Palestine into one country
Allowing the United Nations to control the land
69
Who was Deng Xiaoping?
Leader who modernized China’s economy
Founder of the People's Republic of China
Emperor of China
Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party
70
What is globalization?
the economic interdependency of nations
all answers are correct
the cultural exchange of regions and nations
the political cooperation of nations
71
What event began the "space race" during the Cold War?
the building of the international space station
the US moon landing (Apollo 11 mission)
the Soviet's launching of Sputnik 1
the Soviet's first human space flight
72
Which was NOT a cause of the Korean War?
South bombed the North after outcome of elections
Two different leaders in the North & South
North Korea invaded South Korea
US influencing the South & USSR/China influencing the North
73
What are the positives of globalization?
All of the above.
Resource sharing.
Sharing of information and ideas.
People can help others in need. (Humanitarian acts)
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What did not happen due to decolonization in Africa
Ethnic conflicts as a result of border disputes
dictatorships were established in some nations
Many African nations economies became international powerhouses
Some nations experienced civil wars
75
What was the Government of India Act of 1935?
Great Britain's plan to slowly give India back to its people
Gave Indian a more active role in governing their country
Indian women are permitted to vote
Gave Great Britain complete control over India
76
Who did the Nazis target during the Holocaust?
Members of the LGBTQ Community
People with Disabilities
All of the above
Jewish People
77
what was Mao's top priority in his first 5 year plan
imperialism
innovation
industrialization
creation of communes
78
What was the effect of the Salt March?
It pushed Britain to crack down on protests
It pushed Britain to release Gandhi from prison
It pushed Britain to arrest the police
It pushed the British toward granting independence
79
Why was the Berlin Wall built
Prevent the smuggling of arms to anti-Soviet forces
Prevent East Germans from defecting to West Germany
Stop the flow of supplies from West Germany to West Berlin
Prevent food from entering Poland
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What was the turning point of WWII in The Pacific?
Okinawa
Hong Kong
Midway
Hiroshima

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