Day 10 Quiz: Sem B

What was the purpose of land reform in Brazil?

• To break up large estates in order to give land to the landless.

• To increase the size of large estates for wealthy landowners.

• To promote industrialization by selling land to foreign companies.

• To encourage urbanization by moving people off the land.

Who was the leader of the African National Congress who was imprisoned?

• Nelson Mandela

• Jomo Kenyatta

• Kwame Nkrumah

• Haile Selassie

What is apartheid?

• Strict separation of blacks and whites

• A type of government

• A religious ceremony

• A style of music

Who was the leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991?

• Mikhail Gorbachev

• Leonid Brezhnev

• Boris Yeltsin

• Joseph Stalin

Who became president of Russia after the fall of the Soviet Union?

• Boris Yeltsin

• Mikhail Gorbachev

• Vladimir Putin

• Dmitry Medvedev

Who was the leader of Solidarity in Poland?

• Lech Walesa

• Vaclav Havel

• Mikhail Gorbachev

• Nicolae Ceausescu

Who was the Chinese leader who worked with President Nixon to improve U.S.–Chinese relations?

• Zhou Enlai

• Deng Xiaoping

• Mao Zedong

• Chiang Kai-shek

What happened at Tiananmen Square in Beijing?

• A student demonstration and massacre

• A major earthquake occurred

• A famous sports event was held

• A royal wedding took place

On June 28, 1919, five years to the day that Franz Ferdinand was assassinated, the Central Powers and the Allies reached a peace agreement known as the _________

• Treaty of Versailles

• Treaty of Tordesillas

• Treaty of Paris

• Treaty of Ghent

Match the following leaders to their countries:

• United States

• Italy

• France

• United States

• Britain

• Britain

• Italy

• France