1960's to Present

What two countries emerged as superpowers following World War 2?

• USA and Japan

• Great Britain and Russia

• USSR and USA

• USSR and Great Britain

How did Great Britain lose the majority of its colonies after WW2?

• Violent Revolutions

• Invaders from Mars

• Increased Urbanization

• Independence Movements

What was a result of the six day war of 1967?

• Jordan’s military overthrew the ruling proletariat.

• Syria’s military successfully rocked the casbah.

• Egypt’s military gained control over the Sinai Peninsula.

• Israel’s military gained territories and historic religious places.

What political leader took power in China in 1949?

• Chiang Kai-Shek

• Deng Xiaoping

• Mao Zedong

• Sun Yat-sen

Which factor MOST hindered democratic reform in South Africa until the 1990s?

• laws enforcing deep racial divisions

• policies of discrimination against female citizens

• leaders representing religious institutions

• strict control by the British

Which major factor led to the partition of India and Pakistan in 1947?

• An argument over who made the best butter chicken.

• Heated arguments over Soviet influences.

• Differences over religious beliefs.

• loyalties to colonial governments

How did Mahatma Gandhi help India achieve its independence from Great Britain?

• Throwing off the yoke of the oppressors through revolution.

• by introducing a resolution to the United Nations

• the use of passive resistance

• taking a page from the USA and making his own New Delhi tea party.

Which Soviet Leader is credited with beginning reforms that led to the end of the Cold War?

• Josef Stalin III

• Mikhail Gorbachev

• Nikita Khrushchev

• Leonid Brezhnev

What Israeli leader led Israel during Yom Kippur War?

• Lucretia Mott

• Golda Meir

• Indira Gandhi

• Thatcher the milk snatcher

Where did Hutus commit acts of genocide against the Tutsi people?

• Hotel California

• Cambodia

• Bosnia

• Rwanda