Cold War and Decolonization Practice

Ghandi is named the father of __________ struggles

• Non-violent

• Eternal

• Peaceful

• Internal

NATO was formed to...

• Promote Religious Freedom

• Defend the West from the Soviets

• Defend Russia from America

• Stop immigration

Which was a significant social change Mao Zedong (Communist) brought to China after 1949?

• Eliminated foot binding

• Mandating Confuscianism

• Redistributing land from the wealthy

• Requiring arranged marriages

What was one reason that British India was divided into two nations in 1947?

• Britain feared India becoming a military threat

• Hindus and Muslims could not peaceably live together

• India did not want to be part of the UN

• Russia wanted India to be Communist

No people without a government of their own can expect to be treated on the same level as peoples of independent sovereign states. It is far better to be free to govern yourself than to be governed by anybody else…”

This statement best describes...

• Gender Equality

• Apartheid

• Independent Rule

• Class warfare

Why did Communist economies fail?

• They didn't plan properly

• The misread the stock market

• Ethnic divisions kept people from working together

• They focused on consumer good (toys) instead of heavy industry

The Warsaw Pact was a response to...

• The United Nations

• The United States

• NATO

• The USSR

How did the end of WWII affect the Cold War

• USA and USSR come out as Super Powers

• Germans were mad about the division of Germany

• The US and USSR fought to annex parts of Europe

• The Germans convinced the Americans to fight the Russians

"The only way I could be certain of being left alone with my prayers was to bend my head over a volume of Mao Zedong’s books while I prayed to God from my tormented heart.”

Describes...

• The Chinese oppression of political prisoners

• The mistreatment of Chinese citizens by Japanese invaders

• The jailing of Russian students

• The torture of Jewish citizens during the Holocaust

The boundaries of newly independent African countries were often based on…

• Tribal lines

• Lines imposed by the European colonists

• UN Mandates

• Location of resources