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WorksheetsTerm 1 Review 2nd grade
Total questions: 41
Worksheet time: 22mins
What is a historical process?
It is a series of facts connected among each other to produce a change in society.
It is a series of facts connected among each other to tell us about the chronology of historical facts.
It is a series of facts connected among each other to help Historians understand History.
Which were the countries involved in the Cuban missile crisis?
The US, the USSR, and Cuba
The US, and the USSR
The USSR, and Cuba
Who was the president of the US during the Cuban missile crisis?
JF Kennedy
Theodore Roosevelt
Donald Trump
What was the Space Race?
A competition between the US. and the USSR to reach the moon
A competition between the US. and the USSR to research space.
A competition between the US. and the USSR to see who had the best scientists.
Who was the first man in space?
Valentina Tereshkova
Neil Armstrong
Yuri Gagarin
Which was the name of Neil Armstrong's mission?
Apollo 11
Apollo 7
Apollo 1
Which country sent the Sputnik to space?
The USSR.
The US.
France
What is Zionism?
It is also known as Jewish Nationalism which is the base of the creation of the State of Israel.
It is also known as Jewish Nationalism which is the base of the creation of the State of Palestine.
It is also known as Jewish Communism which is the base of the creation of the State of Israel.
What is the diaspora?
People with the same religion or ethnic background are forced to leave their homeland.
People migrate to other countries as part of globalization.
People returned to their homeland after many years.
Which organization allowed the creation of the State of Israel?
The OEA
The UN
The League of Nations
When was the State of Israel created?
In 1939
In 1945
In 1948
When did the conflict between Israel and Palestine end?
After the Yaser Arafat death.
After the second intifada.
It has never ended.
Which was the cause of Latin American Revolutions during the 20th century?
The influence of the USSR in their countries.
The inequality in their societies.
The influence of the US in their countries.
What is a banana republic?
It is a country that exports bananas as the main element in its economy.
It is a country which economy is controlled by foreign interests.
It is a country that just exports fruits to another country.
Which is the name of the leader of the Cuban Revolution?
Fidel Castro
Che Guevara
Fulgencio Batista
When did Cuba become a communist country?
After the attempt of invasion in the Bay of Pigs in 1961.
After the missile crisis in 1962.
It was always communist since the beginning.
Two groups fought in Nicaragua. The first was the "Contras" who the US supported, and the other was the
(a)
What is the meaning of FARC?
FUERZAS ARMADAS REVOLUCIONARIAS DE COLOMBIA
FUERZAS ARMADAS REVOLUCIONARIAS DE CUBA
FUERZAS ARMADAS REVOLUCIONARIAS DE CHILE
FUERZAS AÉREAS REVOLUCIONARIAS DE COLOMBIA
What was the US plan to help capitalist governments in Argentine and Chile?
Plan Gaviota
Plan Cóndor
Plan Alcón
Plan Pollito
What was the purpose of Argentine and Chile's dictatorships?
To stop socialism in these countries.
To encourage socialism in these countries.
To stop capitalism in these countries.
Which was the method that Argentine and Chile's dictatorships applied?
They respected human rights.
They killed, kidnapped and torture people opposed to them.
They sent people to jail following the law.
What is the purpose of the "Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo"?
To find the kids that were kidnapped during the dictatorship in Argentina.
To find the kids that were kidnapped in Chile.
To find the people who disappeared in Argentina.
What is the most evident example of the collapse of communism?
The Berlin Wall Fall
The Velvet Revolution
Solidarity Movement
What is the Iron Curtain?
The imaginary division between the capitalist and communist countries in Europe.
It was another name for the Berlin Wall.
It was a tall wall that divided Europe.
What was the purpose of the Warsaw Pact?
It was an agreement with the USSR to offer mutual protection and assistance between the countries of the pact.
It was the way the USSR controlled its satellite countries.
It was a pact similar to the NATO.
What are some countries behind de Iron Curtain?
Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Hungary.
Poland, Hungary, and West Germany.
Poland, Hungary, and France.
Which countries were part of the Yalta conference?
The UK, the US, and the USSR
The US and the USSR
The UK and the USSR
What did Mikhail Gorbachev declare in the UN conference that allowed the separation of the USSR satellite countries?
That every country needed to be free.
That every country must have freedom of choice.
That the USSR was going to collapse.
What was the Solidarity Movement in Poland?
It was a labor movement started by Lech Walesa in 1980.
It was a Christian movement started by Lech Walesa in 1980.
It was a labor movement started by John Paul II in 1979.
What was the Hungarian miracle?
Hungary declared its independence from the USSR.
Hungary opened its borders with Austria allowing a free pass through the Iron Curtain
Hungary allowed German people to have vacations in its territory.
Which were the problems of the USSR during the 80s?
A black market and lack of freedom
Inflation and corruption in the government
Inflation and a black market
What were the political and economic strategies that Gorbachev applied in the USSR?
Glasnost and Perestroika
Breshnev Policy and Glasnost
Perestroika and the Warsaw Pact
What was the purpose of Glasnost?
To open the USSR economy by the free market.
To restructure the economy by allowing private property
To open the USSR politics by allowing freedom of speech
What was the purpose of Perestroika?
To restructure the economy by allowing private property
To open the government making it transparent to the people
To restructure the economy by asking money to the US
When did the USSR end?
September 1991
December 1991
October 1989
Where did the Cold War formally end?
In the Yalta Conference in 1945
In the Malta Summit in 1989
In the UN Conference in 1991
How are similar, Korean War and Vietnam War?
Both, the US and USSR were involved.
Both countries are divided into two now.
The conflict is active up to now.
Both are communist countries now.
What was the "domino effect" the US feared in the Korean and Vietnam Wars?
If one country became communist, the others in the region would be communists too.
If one country became capitalist, the others would be capitalists too.
If one country became communist, the others wouldn't be communists either.
If one country became communist, the US needed to stop it.
Who was the leader of the Vietminh?
Ho Chi Minh
Kim Il Sung
MacArthur
JF Kennedy
What was the reaction of American society to the Vietnam War?
People felt betrayed and stop believing in the American government.
People felt betrayed but kept supporting their government.
People supported since the beginning of the Vietnam War
People were not concerned about the Vietnam War.
Why do many people believe that the real independence of Cuba happened in 1959?
Because the US controlled Cuba before the revolution.
Because Spain still had control of the island.
Because the independence of Cuba happened during the Spanish American War.
Because Fulgencio Batista was a dictator before the revolution.
