World 2 Unit 8 Review (Cold War + Decolonization)

In which nation did Nelson Mandela lead a successful reform movement?

• Kenya

• South Africa

• The Congo

• Algeria

The United States threatened to use nuclear weapons during the —

• Iraqi invasion of Kuwait

• Chinese Civil War

• Soviet invasion of Afghanistan

• Cuban Missile Crisis

A 20th-century territorial conflict caused by religious differences was fought between —

• Taiwan and the People’s Republic of China

• North Koreans and South Koreans

• Arabs and Israelis

• Kuwait and Iraq

​This quotation refers to which nation’s rule over India?

• Soviet Union

• France

• Great Britain

• China

What did Mikhail Gorbachev and Deng Xiaoping have in common?

• Military expansion

• Industrial buildup

• New economic reform

• Tight governmental control

​The darker-shaded nation on this map achieved its independence through —

• democratic elections

• violent conflict

• foreign invasion

• peaceful negotiations

Which leader was most responsible for this event?

• Mao Tse-tung (Mao Zedong)

• Deng Xiaoping

• Ho Chi Minh

• Sun Yat-sen

In the 1950s, United States foreign policy decisions were the result of fears that communism would spread from China to —

• Japan

• Mongolia

• India

• Vietnam

​Which country on this map was a part of Pakistan before gaining its independence?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Who led Israel to victory in the Yom Kippur War?

• Abdel Nasser

• Golda Meir

• Nelson Mandela

• Gandhi