WorksheetsStandard 7-6 Modern World Test Review
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
After the Communist party lost power in the Soviet republics, what organization did they band together to form?
a)
The European Union
b)
NATO
c)
NAFTA
d)
Commonwealth of Independent States
2.
What was the name Boris Yeltsin gave to his plan to switch Russia from a socialist to a capitalistic economy?
a)
Shock Therapy
b)
Free Trade
c)
The Economy of Yeltsin
d)
Operation Capitalism
3.
What was one of the first steps toward creating cooperation among the European Union member nations?
a)
Adopt a single language for all of Europe
b)
Adopt a single currency system (Euro) for all of Europe
c)
Get rid of all nuclear weapons in Europe
d)
Raise taxes on European goods
4.
What was the purpose of the European Union (EU)?
a)
Reestablish Triangular Trade among Europe, Africa, and the Americas
b)
Raise taxes on goods traded within the EU
c)
Remove trade barriers among EU member nations
d)
A military alliance of Western European nations
5.
What is the purpose of NAFTA?
a)
Adopt a single language in North America
b)
Form a military alliance among Canada, Mexico, and the U.S.
c)
Lift trade barriers among Canada, Mexico, and the U.S.
d)
Adopt a single currency in North America
6.
What former satellite state of the Soviet Union transitioned so peacefully from communism to democracy that is was coined the "Velvet Revolution"?
a)
Yugoslavia
b)
Poland
c)
Chechnya
d)
Czechoslovakia
7.
What method did Gandhi use to to achieve India's independence from Great Britain?
a)
civil disobedience
b)
violent protests
c)
immigrating to another country
d)
overthrowing the government
8.
Conflicts between which two religious groups caused problems during India's independence movement?
a)
Buddhists and Muslims
b)
Hindus and Christians
c)
Muslims and Christians
d)
Hindus and Muslims
9.
Due to two different religions in India, it was separated into two parts. The ___________ lived in present day India, and the ______________ lived in present day Pakistan.
a)
Christians; Muslims
b)
Buddhists; Hindus
c)
Hindus; Muslims
d)
Muslims; Hindus
10.
What African country was the first to gain its independence in 1957?
a)
Ghana
b)
Angola
c)
South Africa
d)
Kenya
11.
Which leader used the methods of Gandhi to achieve independence peacefully in the country of Ghana?
a)
Nelson Mandela
b)
Jomo Kenyatta
c)
Idi Amin
d)
Kwame Nkrumah
12.
A system of strict racial separation and discrimination in South Africa is called __________.
a)
nationalism
b)
apartheid
c)
separation movement
d)
Zionism
13.
What prompted a coalition of troops to attack Iraq in the Persian Gulf War of 1991?
a)
Iraq invaded Iran
b)
Saddam used WMD's on the Kurdish people
c)
Iraq invaded Kuwait
d)
Al Qaeda was training in Iraq
14.
What organization was responsible for the attacks on 9/11?
a)
ISIS
b)
the Taliban
c)
Al Qaeda
d)
the Communists
15.
What is one of the key roles of improved technologies like computers, satellites, and televisions?
a)
Create more free time
b)
Provide a key source of information on pop culture
c)
Spread information faster to help stay up to date with global events
d)
Make radio and telephones obsolete
16.
What was the name given to the new types of grains and new methods of growing them developed in the 1960s used to increase food production globally?
a)
Kyoto Accords
b)
Green Revolution
c)
Information Age
d)
GMOs
17.
In 1997, the leaders of many nations met together and agreed to reduce their nations' emission of harmful gasses. This meeting was known as __________.
a)
Berlin Conference
b)
Treaty of Versailles
c)
Kyoto Accords
d)
Yalta Conference
18.
Who was the first democratically elected president of South Africa?
a)
Nelson Mandela
b)
Boris Yeltsin
c)
Kwame Nkrumah
d)
Mohandas Gandhi
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