WorksheetsUnit 13 Review
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
The Cold War began immediately after...
World War I
World War II
The Vietnam War
The Korean War
The Cold War was between the United States and...
Great Britain
Germany
The Soviet Union
The United States - Democracy
The Soviet Union - ????
Monarchy
Communism
Theocracy
The United States' policy of keeping Communism in the countries is had already spread to was called...
containment
brinkmanship
M.A.D.
The defensive alliance between the United States and Western Europe during the Cold War was called...
the Warsaw Pact
NATO
the EU
Did the United States and the Soviet Union ever directly fight each other during the Cold War?
Yes
No
At the end of the Korean War the country...
remained split - North and South
was unified by the Communist North
was unified by the Democratic South
At the end of the Vietnam War the country...
remained split - North and South
was unified by the Communist North
was unified by the Democratic South
Why did the Soviet Union fall?
Their military rebelled against them
They could not keep up economically with the US
Because they lost the Space Race
Which of the following was an independence leader in Africa?
Mahatma Gandhi
Kwame Nkrumah
Salvador Allende
Nelson Mandela led the fight against Apartheid in which African country?
South Africa
Zimbabwe
Ghana
Ethiopia
True or False: The borders of the new African nations were based on colonial borders, not African ethnic groups
True
False
What was a major reason the colony of India was split into India and Pakistan
It would have been too powerful
Religious differences between Hindus and Muslims
The British wished to maintain control of both countries
What style of protest did Mahatma Gandhi use to gain Indian independence?
violent
non-violent
Who was the leader of China after the Communist takeover in 1949?
Xi Jinping
Deng Xiaoping
Mao Zedong
Why were the Communists able to take control of China?
they had the support of the peasants
they received donations from the United States
they established a free-market economy
What was one of the first things the Communists did when they took control of China?
eliminate wealthy landowners
destroy all factories
become a democracy
Who is the current leader of China?
Mao Zedong
Xi Jinping
Ho Chi Minh
Which country was created in Palestine after World War II as a homeland for the Jews?
Israel
Syria
Jordan
What happened immediately after Israel declared itself a country in 1948?
Neighboring Arab States declared war
Palestinians retook control of the country
Israel returned land to the Palestinians
The economic organization in Europe of 27 countries that use the Euro as its currency is...
the EU
NATO
the UAE
Who is the current leader of Russia?
Mao Zedong
Vladimir Putin
Boris Yeltsin
The War on Terror began after...
the September 11th attacks
The War in Iraq
Osama bin Laden was killed in 2011
Immediately after the September 11th attacks the United States...
invaded Afghanistan
invaded Iraq
invaded Vietnam
True or False: Globalization has led many products to be made in other countries and then shipped to where they will be bought
True
False
