Regents Review #5

Which group has been a major force in calling for the protection of human rights in Central America during the 1980's and 1990's?

• caudillos

• military generals

• landowners

• liberation theology clergy

One reason Mao Zedong, Ho Chi Minh, and Fidel Castro rose to power was that these leaders

• promoted capitalism and democracy

• gained the support of the peasants

• represented the interests of rich landowners

• wanted their countries to stress religious values

Which development in the history of Cuba occurred first?

• The United States imposed a naval quarantine against Cuba.

• The Soviet Union built missile sites in Cuba.

• Fidel Castro forcibly took power in Cuba

• The communist government in Cuba seized foreign properties.

One similarity in the results of the revolutions led by Fidel Castro in Cuba and by the Sandinistas in Nicaragua is that both

• restored a monarchy

• destroyed a theocracy

• followed Marxist principles

• protected freedom of the press

Which type of warfare did Mao Zedong, Fidel Castro, and Ho Chi Minh all engage in as leaders of revolutionary movements in their respective nations?

• guerilla

• trench

• unrestricted submarine

• biological

What is one way the conflict between India and Pakistan over Kashmir and the conflict between the Palestinians and Israelis in the Middle East are similar?

• Both conflicts concern territorial and religious issues.

• Hostilities within these regions were provoked by the United Nations.

• Both conflicts emerged as a result of the breakup of the Soviet Union.

• Tensions in these regions were caused by efforts to remain nonaligned.

Which situation is referred to in these headlines?

• Persian Gulf War

• Scramble for Africa

• conflict between Israelis and Palestinians

• collapse of the Ottoman Empire

A long-term effect of the Balfour Declaration on the Middle East was the

• oppression of the Kurds by the government

• conflict between the Palestinians and the Israelis

• strengthening of parliamentary rule in Turkey

• establishment of a two-party system in Lebanon

One way in which the Armenians in the Ottoman Empire (1915) and the Tutsis in Rwanda (1994) are similar is that both groups

• sought safe haven in the Soviet Union

• suffered human rights violations

• seceded to create an independent state

• fled to escape a severe flood

Which leader is most closely associated with Desmond Tutu and F. W. de Klerk?

• Jomo Kenyatta

• Kwame Nkruhmah

• Nelson Mandela

• Jawaharlal Nehru