World History Quiz

Why do many EU member nations want to close or restrict their border access?

• To increase tourism

• To control immigration

• To promote trade

• To improve international relations

Which of the following best describes the “final solution?”

• A peace treaty

• A military strategy

• A plan for genocide

• An economic policy

Who was the MAIN leader of Indian independence that used the ideas of Ahimsa and Satyagraha to achieve independence?

• Jawaharlal Nehru

• Subhas Chandra Bose

• Mahatma Gandhi

• Bhagat Singh

_______ was the first sitting head of state to be indicted by the U.N. for war crimes committed during the Bosnian War and Genocide.

• Slobodan Milošević

• Radovan Karadžić

• Ratko Mladić

• Franjo Tuđman

What type of government did Augusto Pinochet set up in Chile?

• Democracy

• Monarchy

• Military dictatorship

• Theocracy

Which terrorist group was able to gain a lot of land in Syria due to the civil war?

• Al-Qaeda

• ISIS

• Hezbollah

• Taliban

The first country in Asia to become communist in 1949 was

• Japan

• Vietnam

• China

• North Korea

During the Cuban Missile Crisis, what did JFK do when he heard that the Soviet Union was constructing a missile site in Cuba?

• He declared war on the Soviet Union

• He ordered a naval blockade of Cuba

• He ignored the information

• He sent troops to Cuba

The policy of Perestroika in the USSR was

• Economic restructuring

• Military expansion

• Cultural revolution

• Political repression

What was Gorbachev's 1980s policy of glasnost in the USSR?

• Military expansion

• Economic restructuring

• Political openness

• Cultural revolution