AP World History 1900-2015 Cold War - Present

Question 1

Which of the following DOES NOT belong to NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)?

Accepted Answer

Switzerland

Question 2

Which of the following was NOT a location of genocide during the late 20th Century?

Accepted Answer

Armenian Christians in Ottoman Empire

Question 3

This man led the Iranian Revolution in 1979, installing a Islamic fundamentalist government

Accepted Answer

Ayatollah Khomeini

Question 4

OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) includes all of the following EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

United States

Question 5

This event led most directly to the development of the internet

Accepted Answer

Launch of Sputnik

Question 6

The Vietnam War will end with which of the following results?

Accepted Answer

North Vietnam winning and uniting both into communism

Question 7

The United States will intervene in the Persian Gulf War following Iraq's invasion of

Accepted Answer

Kuwait

Question 8

The Geneva Conference in 1954 will lead to the split of this country

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Vietnam

Question 9

These nations are example of the Asian Tigers, the rapidly developing economic countries EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

North Korea

Question 10

Which of the following is NOT a result of the Green Revolution?

Accepted Answer

Elimination of world hunger

Question 11

Which of the following was not a contributing factor to the fall of the Soviet Union?

Accepted Answer

Fall of communist governments in Western Europe

Question 12

Nations that were under sphere of influence of the Soviet Union in eastern Europe are called?

Accepted Answer

satellite states

Question 13

Apartheid in South Africa was best analogous to which of the following?

Accepted Answer

Segregation in the US South

Question 14

Which of the following is an accurate definition of feminism?

Accepted Answer

Men and women are equal

Question 15

The United States will intervene here when communists from the North invade the south in 1950

Accepted Answer

Korea

Question 16

Britain will divide its India mandate into two countries...

Accepted Answer

Pakistan for Muslims and India for Hindus

Question 17

Jomo Kenyatta would be a leading independence figure and first prime minister for this country

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Kenya

Question 18

The picture below is of what city?

Accepted Answer

Berlin

Question 19

Which of the following WILL NOT become a communist country following World War II?

Accepted Answer

West Germany

Question 20

This man led the Soviet Union, installing changes and reforms, until its fall in 1991

Accepted Answer

Mikhail Gorbachev

Question 21

The European Union does all of the following EXCEPT

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integrate European governments into one body

Question 22

The Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan gave aid from the United States to countries so that they

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not be enticed by communism

Question 23

A nuclear missile site was placed in this country by the USSR, nearly leading to nuclear war

Accepted Answer

Cuba

Question 24

Perestroika allowed people in the Soviet Union to do what?

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Openly criticize the Communist Party

Question 25

Leader of the African National Congress,was jailed & eventually becomes Pres. of South Africa

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Nelson Mandela

Question 26

Symbolic name of the divide in Europe between capitalist and democratic countries was called?

Accepted Answer

Iron Curtain

Question 27

NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) includes all of the following countries EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

Honduras

Question 28

The Soviet Union's alliance with fellow communist states in Eastern Europe was called

Accepted Answer

The Warsaw Pact

Question 29

Following World War II, colonial powers...

Accepted Answer

Let many of their colonies become independent

Question 30

Which of the following is characteristic of detente with the United States and Soviet Union?

Accepted Answer

SALT I and II

Question 31

Which of the following was a leading non-aligned country?

Accepted Answer

India

Question 32

Which of the following was not created as a new state out of British/French colonies post-WWII?

Accepted Answer

Palestine

Question 33

The Intifada was an uprising by whom against whom?

Accepted Answer

Palestine - Israel

Question 34

Rivalry between Iraq and Iran is due to all of the following EXCEPT

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Relationship with the United States

Question 35

This event symbolized the end of the Cold War

Accepted Answer

Fall of the Berlin Wall

Question 36

Fundamentalist countries, such as Saudi Arabia and Iran, have laws based upon

Accepted Answer

The Qu'ran

Question 37

Following Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping did NOT DO which of the following?

Accepted Answer

distanced himself from Western powers in trade

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