Standard 7-6 Modern World Test Review

After the Communist party lost power in the Soviet republics, what organization did they band together to form?

• The European Union
• NATO
• NAFTA
• Commonwealth of Independent States

What was the name Boris Yeltsin gave to his plan to switch Russia from a socialist to a capitalistic economy?

• Shock Therapy
• Free Trade
• The Economy of Yeltsin
• Operation Capitalism

What was one of the first steps toward creating cooperation among the European Union member nations?

• Adopt a single language for all of Europe
• Adopt a single currency system (Euro) for all of Europe
• Get rid of all nuclear weapons in Europe
• Raise taxes on European goods

What was the purpose of the European Union (EU)?

• Reestablish Triangular Trade among Europe, Africa, and the Americas
• Raise taxes on goods traded within the EU
• Remove trade barriers among EU member nations
• A military alliance of Western European nations

What is the purpose of NAFTA?

• Adopt a single language in North America
• Form a military alliance among Canada, Mexico, and the U.S.
• Lift trade barriers among Canada, Mexico, and the U.S.
• Adopt a single currency in North America

What former satellite state of the Soviet Union transitioned so peacefully from communism to democracy that is was coined the "Velvet Revolution"?

• Yugoslavia
• Poland
• Chechnya
• Czechoslovakia

What method did Gandhi use to to achieve India's independence from Great Britain?

• civil disobedience
• violent protests
• immigrating to another country
• overthrowing the government

Conflicts between which two religious groups caused problems during India's independence movement?

• Buddhists and Muslims
• Hindus and Christians
• Muslims and Christians
• Hindus and Muslims

Due to two different religions in India, it was separated into two parts.  The ___________ lived in present day India, and the ______________ lived in present day Pakistan.

• Christians; Muslims
• Buddhists; Hindus
• Hindus; Muslims
• Muslims; Hindus

What African country was the first to gain its independence in 1957?

• Ghana
• Angola
• South Africa
• Kenya