World History II - Final Exam Review

Question 1

The Hutu's in Rwanda killed nearly 1 million ____________ in a massive genocide.

Accepted Answer

Tutsis

Question 2

" a Day that would live in infamy.." was a quote by _________ after the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Accepted Answer

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Question 3

Trade agreement between the U.S, Mexico, and Canada.

Accepted Answer

NAFTA - North American Free Trade Agreement

Question 4

Vietnam was previously a ____________ colony.

Accepted Answer

French

Question 5

Last president of the Soviet Union prior to the collapse of the Cold War.

Accepted Answer

Mikhail Gorbachev

Question 6

What year did the Soviet Union officially collapse?

Accepted Answer

1991

Question 7

He reformed Communist China’s economy to a marketeconomy leading to rapid economic growth.

Accepted Answer

Deng Xiaping

Question 8

Pakistan was created as a homeland for -

Accepted Answer

Muslims from India

Question 9

Provided a code of conduct for the treatment ofpeople under the protection of their government.

Accepted Answer

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Question 10

The use of violence and threats to intimidate andcoerce for political and religious reasons.

Accepted Answer

Terrorism

Question 11

True or False: Germany, Italy, and Japan all invaded other countries in the 1940s.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 12

The Allied strategy to defeat Germany during WWII involved

Accepted Answer

defeating Hitler first.

Question 13

World War 2 officially began when Germany invaded -

Accepted Answer

Poland

Question 14

He desperately wanted to end the war after Roosevelt's death - he ordered the atomic bomb drop.

Accepted Answer

Harry S. Truman

Question 15

Dwight D. Eisenhower was the allied commander in Europe during the

Accepted Answer

D-Day

Question 16

What was the name of the alliance made by NON-communist countries in 1950?

Accepted Answer

NATO

Question 17

First female prime minister of Great Britain, known as the "Iron Lady".

Accepted Answer

Margaret Thatcher

Question 18

Social challenges of developing countries include all of the following EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

Pollution

Question 19

Fought against apartheid and became thefirst black president of the Republic of South Africa.

Accepted Answer

Mandela

Question 20

Chiang Kai-shek and his nationalists lost to Mao Zedong and they escaped to

Accepted Answer

Taiwan

Question 21

How did the Korean War change the way Korea was divided?

Accepted Answer

It didn't change the border

Question 22

This was the program Roosevelt authorized to try and build an Atomic bomb before Germany did.

Accepted Answer

Manahattan Project

Question 23

Germany signed a Non-Aggression Pact with ___________ which it did not honor.

Accepted Answer

Russia

Question 24

Which event occurred because of Soviet missiles placed within firing range of Florida?

Accepted Answer

The Cuban Missile Crisis

Question 25

Examples of international terrorism include all of the following EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

cell phone hacker

Question 26

What is the scientist holding out for the baby to play with?

Accepted Answer

An Atomic Bomb

Question 27

What was the name given to the new Jewish nation-state established in Palestine in 1947?

Accepted Answer

Israel

Question 28

President of Egypt when he helped the country regain control of the Suez Canal.

Accepted Answer

GamalAbdul Nasser

Question 29

Japan's military leader during World War II.

Accepted Answer

Tojo

Question 30

First female prime minister of India who developed a close relationship with Soviet Union.

Accepted Answer

Indira Gandhi

Question 31

What was the name of the event where Anti-Castro Cubans tried to invade Cuba?

Accepted Answer

Bay of Pigs

Question 32

Algerians fought for their independence from

Accepted Answer

France

Question 33

Political Cartoon Primary Source: Who did the Germans blame for World War II?

Accepted Answer

The Jews

Question 34

What was America's Foreign Policy before Japan bombed Pearl Harbor?

Accepted Answer

Isolationism

Question 35

Great Britainand France agreed to divide up the Ottoman Empire between themselves.

Accepted Answer

The Mandate System

Question 36

What event is being depicted in this Political Cartoon?

Accepted Answer

Cuban Missile Crisis

Question 37

Whose flag is it?

Accepted Answer

Israel

Question 38

Lenin made up his mind to embrace communism after reading

Accepted Answer

The Communist Manifesto

Question 39

What organization sought to create a nation-state for the Jews?

Accepted Answer

UN

Question 40

In 1905, Russia was at war with ___________ and suffered an embarrassing defeat.

Accepted Answer

Japan

Question 41

What event is depicted in this picture?

Accepted Answer

The Yalta Conference

Question 42

The fear that if one country fell to communism other countries would also is called:

Accepted Answer

Domino Theory

Question 43

All are environmental factors of developing countries EXCEPT -

Accepted Answer

poor health and lack of access to healthcare

Question 44

The extermination camps, gas chambers, Nuremberg Laws, and Final Solution was all part of

Accepted Answer

Hitler's plan to get rid of the Jews

Question 45

What was the Iron Curtain?

Accepted Answer

a symbol of the separating between Capitalism from Communism

Question 46

France and Great Britain allowed for the rise of Germany through __________.

Accepted Answer

Appeasement

Question 47

Another name for the Russian Revolution was the

Accepted Answer

Bolshevik Revolution

Question 48

Whose flag is it?

Accepted Answer

Soviet Union

Question 49

Why did the United States fight in Vietnam?

Accepted Answer

To stop the spread of Communism

Question 50

Which two cities did America drop the Atomic Bomb on at the end of WWII?

Accepted Answer

Nagasaki and Hiroshima

Question 51

Controls the flow of water on the Nile River, built in Egypt.

Accepted Answer

AswanHigh Dam

Question 52

Per the UN, African countries have a right to seek their independence through

Accepted Answer

self-determination

Question 53

Artists, formergovernment officials, monks, minorities, and educated individuals fell victim to

Accepted Answer

Pol Pot in Cambodia

Question 54

Which side won the Chinese Civil War?

Accepted Answer

The Communists

Question 55

Part of Palestine was given to the Jews after World War 2 and renamed -

Accepted Answer

Israel

Question 56

This country invaded Manchuria, Korea, and parts of China prior to the onset of World War 2.

Accepted Answer

Japan

Question 57

This was the name Mao Zedong gave his plan to gain China's economic independence and stability.

Accepted Answer

The Great Leap Forward

Question 58

The United States officially dropped it's isolationist policy regarding World War 2 when

Accepted Answer

Japan attacked Pearl Harbor

Question 59

The ___________ failed because it did not have power toenforce its decisions.

Accepted Answer

League of Nations

Question 60

Why was the 40-year war between America and the Soviet Union called the Cold War?

Accepted Answer

They never used weapons to physically fight each other.

Question 61

Germany: required to pay reparations, limited military, war guilt clause...these were the -

Accepted Answer

Failures of the Treaty of Versailles

Question 62

People who are invited and temporarily migrate to another country to obtain jobs.

Accepted Answer

Guest Workers

Question 63

What happened in Vietnam after the US military withdrew?

Accepted Answer

The South fell to Communism.

Question 64

Practiced civil disobedience and passive resistance to obtain India's independence from Britain

Accepted Answer

Mohandas Gandhi

World History II - Final Exam Review

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World History II - Final Exam Review

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