WorksheetsChapter 8- Countries and Conflicts Part 1
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
How many recognized nations are there in the world today?
159
195
205
All but two of the world's nations belong to this peacekeeping organization that was founded after WWII:
NATO
Warsaw Pact
United Nations
The policy of gaining political control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it:
Decolonization
Sovereignty
Colonialism
Which of the following was NOT one of world history's largest colonizers?
UK
France
Spain
Rwanda
Which of the following countries has the largest land area?
China
Brazil
Russia
USA
Which of the following would make a clear boundary between two countries or states?
Field edge
River
Top of a hill
What is significant about the 38th parallel of latitude?
It is the line at which tropical weather starts.
It is the line that sets the eastern time zone.
It divides North and South Korea.
What is the only large land mass that is not a nation and does not contain any nations?
Asia
Africa
Antarctica
WWI and WWII featured systems of agreements between nations that they would support each other. These systems are called which of the following?
Leagues
Treaties
Military Alliances
Which of the following legacies of WWI was more about financial issues?
New, brutal, mechanized warfare
10 million deaths
Germany angry at the rest of the superpowers
$55 billion cost to be paid
WWII saw alliances between what type of rulers in the Axis powers?
Senators
Representatives
Presidents
Dictators
What was the role of Joseph Stalin in WWII?
After a non-aggression pact with Hitler was broken, Stalin entered a military alliance with the Allied powers.
He made sure that the Soviet Union remained neutral throughout the war.
After WWII, which countries were turned into democratic nations?
Germany, Italy, and Japan
Poland, Czechoslovakia
Soviet Union, Pakistan
Formed in 1949, what was the mission of NATO?
Form a strong counterbalance to Soviet aggression during the Cold War
Eliminate the threat of democracy around Europe
Create as many communist nations as possible worldwide
