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WorksheetsMWH 2019 Sem 2 Review
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
The idea that people who share a culture, ethnicity, and/or religion should have a common homeland
Nationalism
Militarism
Alliances
Imperialism
The salt march was undertaken by
Gandhi
Mandela
Bismarck
de Gaulle
The Treaty of Versailles, after WWI, was harshest toward...
France
USA
UK
Germany
Why did Britain decide to partition India?
Separating Hindus from Christian
Make trading easier
Create independent Hindu and Muslim states
Create separate nation for Hindus in Pakistan
What role did Karl Marx play in terms of communism?
Leader of USSR during Russian revolution
Came up with its basic ideas
Leader of USSR during 1950s
Anticommunist leader in Germany
In China, Chiang Kai-Shek was ________, while Mao Zedong was _________.
Communist, nationalist
Communist, fascist
Fascist, commnist
Nationalist, communist
Why was the Munich conference significant?
Britain declared war on Germany
France was invaded by Germany before this
British prime minister appeased Germany
US declared war on Japan
Why was D-Day so important?
Largest military operation by sea - ever
Huge loss for the Allies late in the war
Largest air battle in WWII history
Enabled Allies to capture Hitler
When did the Japanese invade Manchuria (in China)?
Right before WWI
Between WWI and WWII
Cold War
The Cultural Revolution involved harassment of anyone seen as elite or Western, usually professors and the wealthy. It occurred in _________.
1930s Germany
1950s China
1980s USSR
1980s East Germany
What happened in the Prague Spring?
US secretly installed a new leader who was anticommunist
Czechoslovakia protested for more freedom, but the USSR invaded
The USSR hid missiles in Czechoslovakia
Ronald Reagan made his "tear down this wall" speech
The Great Leap Forward went ______ because of ______.
very well; excellent planning
poorly; planning and famine
very well; continuing earlier success
What is the main reason the Japanese surrendered to the Allies in Aug-Sept 1945?
Invasion of Manchuria spread them too thin
Growing communist resistance
Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
US sent ground troops to Japan in August
Who was part of the "master race" in Nazi Germany?
Tall, thin
Blonde hair, blue eyes
Brown hair, green eyes
Which of these countries was NOT a USSR satellite nation?
East Germany
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Austria
What initially motivated countries to join the Warsaw Pact or NATO?
Economic reasons, like trade
To restrain nuclear weapons
Mutual defense of other nations
Which of these was NOT a proxy war?
War in Vietnam (1950s-1970s)
Israeli war of independence (1948)
War in Afghanistan (1979-1989)
Why do some criticize the US's brief involvement in the Afghanistan war? Because...
the US was involved for over ten years in it
the US sold weapons to people who would later become Al Qaeda
the US was too busy elsewhere to make an impact here
the US bought nuclear weapons from the Afghan guerrillas
Why was Afghanistan a strategic location for the US and USSR to involve themselves in?
near Mediterranean Sea
near the Suez canal
very close to the USSR
very close to Vietnam
Which of these is true about the hostage crisis in Iran?
It happened after the Cold War
Hostages were held there for over 400 days
This was before the ayatollah came to power
President Nixon traveled there to open relations
Which of these is NOT true about Apartheid?
It lasted until the 1990s
Mandela became prime minister in the 1970s
Native Africans had to carry "pass books"
There was widespread segregation
What is the larger yellow-colored country?
Israel
Afghanistan
Pakistan
Iran
What is the large maroon country here?
Argentina
Brazil
Chile
Peru
Which of these is NOT a characteristic of fascism?
Strict discipline
Censorship/gov. control of news
Strong military
State control of economy
Mussolini, as the leader of Italy, was a...
communist
democratic leader
fascist
socialist
Which ideology was most directly responsible for the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand before WWI?
imperialism
nationalism
fascism
socialism
Which is an example of genocide?
Killing Jews and other groups as part of the Final Solution
Hitler clamping down on dissent by censoring the media
Stalin "purging" old Bolshevik leaders
US invasion of Vietnam in 1960s
What is a key aspect of communism, seen in the 20th Century?
government ownership of businesses
allowing trade unions to strike
complicated trade system
The UN was initially established in order to...
prosecute leaders accused of war crimes
end communism and socialism
promote peace after WWII
send economic assistance to Europe
Mao saw teachers and professors as ___________.
allies
threatening
confusing
positive influences
