IB History of the Americas Intro

What is considered a primary source?

• A historian's ideas of an event.

• Source of information that was created after the time of the study.

• A mathematics question.

• A source of information that was created at the time of study.

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a secondary source? 

• Interprets and analyzes primary sources
• One or more steps removed from the event 
• May have pictures, quotes, or graphics of primary sources in them
• Created during an experience or time period with inside view of a particular event

Why is it called the Cold War?

• Because Soviet Union used its deadly winters to its advantage

• Because it took place in the Soviet Union

• There was no direct fighting, instead it was a competition for power and influence

• Because the US froze Soviet Union's financial assessts

What is an Alliance?

• An agreement in which two countries pay one another money

• A union or association formed for mutual benefit between countries, organizations, or people.

• A term that refers to two or more countries that are enemies and in conflict with one another.

The world’s first atomic bombing occured in Nagasaki and _________ Japan.

Which of the following is a formal withdrawal of states or regions from a nation?

• Civil War

• Secession

• Emancipation

• Sherman's March

Answer explanation

"The secession of South Carolina was followed by the secession of six more states—Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas–and the threat of secession by four more—Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina. These eleven states eventually formed the Confederate States of America."

Source: Library of Congress

Court case that created "Separate-but-equal" doctrine.

• Sweatt v. Painter
• Brown v. Board of Education
• Plessy v. Ferguson
• Mendez v. Kirby ISD

Brown v. Board of Education was famous because the court ruled that it is illegal

• allow children to work.
• to pay black people less than white people.
• to return a slave.
• to segregate schools.

State policy, by practice, or advocacy of extending power and dominion, especially by direct territorial acquisition or by gaining political of other territories and people.

• Isolationism

• Military

• Imperialism

• Nationalism

How many countries are there in the Americas?

• 22

• 20

• 35

• 38

Answer explanation

America is shared by 35 countries (sovereign states) and several dependent territories.

Source: Nationsonline.og