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Unit 8 study guide

Total questions: 29

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was special about the cold war?

a)

There was no direct fighting

b)

It was fought mostly in cold areas

c)

The soviet union won the war

d)

The threat of nuclear arms

2.

The Warsaw Pact was for what side of the war

a)

Soviet Union

b)

United States

c)

Germany

d)

Poland

3.

What was the ultimate goal of the Marshall plan?

a)

To contain the spread of communism

b)

To contain the spread of capitalism

c)

To contain the spread of Imperialism

d)

To contain the spread of Diseases

4.

Which of the following were at war during the cold war

a)

Capatalism

b)

Communism

c)

Facism

d)

Liberalism

5.

Space race was the following

a)

A competition

b)

An arms race

c)

A conference

d)

A propaganda attack

6.

How did the USA and Soviet union "fight"

a)

Proxy wars

b)

Arms race

c)

Propaganda

d)

Direct conflict

7.

Who controlled Cuba during the cuban missle crisis

a)

Fidel Castro

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Fulgencio Batista

d)

Carlos Prío Socarrás

8.

Who won the Chinese Civil war

a)

Japanese

b)

Chinese Nationalist

c)

Chinese Communist

9.

Mao was chairman of

a)

Communist China

b)

Capitalist China

c)

Nationalist China

d)

Tang China

10.

The great leap forward is comparable to the

a)

5 year plan

b)

Marshall Plan

c)

League of Nations

11.

Which of the following countries gained independence peacefully

a)

India

b)

French West Africa

c)

Gold Coast (Ghana)

d)

Algeria

e)

Vietnam

12.

Which of the following countries gained independence peacefully

a)

India

b)

French West Africa

c)

Egypt

d)

Algeria

e)

Vietnam

13.

Which of the following people helped lead non violent resistances

a)

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

b)

Mohandas Gandhi

c)

Nelson Mandela

d)

Peru Governemt

14.

What "killed" the soviet union

a)

Soviet Afghan war

b)

WWII

c)

WWI

d)

Lenin

15.

In a last ditch attempt Gorbachev did what

a)

Gave countries under USSR control more freedoms

b)

Gave countries under USSR control less freedoms

c)

Did nothing for countries under USSR control

d)

Flee to a country under USSR control

16.

What project by Reagan scared the soviets

a)

SDI

b)

Surface to air Missile

c)

Death star

d)

Marshall plan

17.

Who was Al-Qaeda

a)

Terrorist organization

b)

Revolutionaries

c)

A single man

d)

Anti terrorist organization

18.

what was scary about pakistan vs isreal

a)

they both had nuclear weapons

b)

both were very close

c)

both had ties to USA

d)

both had ties to the soviet union

19.

What is a proxy war?

a)

When countries fund different sides

b)

When countries fight with tech

c)

When countries fund nuclear weapons

20.

Out of the following who had the highest death toll?

a)

Stalin

b)

Hitler

c)

Mao

d)

Castro

21.

What group caused 9/11?

a)

al-qaeda

b)

Provisional Irish Republican Army

c)

White lotus society

d)

The Taliban

22.

What was the atom bomb from Russia named

a)

Tsar bomba

b)

Fatman

c)

Little boy

d)

София

23.

How does the USSR tie into the Russian Ukrainian invasion today?

a)

Ukraine was apart of the USSR

b)

Ukraine was against the USSR

c)

Ukraine was not tied to it

24.

What time does AP world take place

a)

SONG CHINA

b)

FUEDAL EUROPE

c)

OTTOMAN EMPIRE

d)

PRESENT DAY

25.

What did the Truman doctrine do?

a)

aid countries hit by WWII

b)

stop communism with violence

26.

What is this unit called

a)

Cold War & Decolonization

b)

Global Conflict

c)

Globalization

d)

Land based empires

27.

How can you get exempt from the AP world history exam

a)

Taking the AP exam

b)

Not showing up

c)

Senior excemptions

d)

Taking the SOL (there is none for this class)

28.

Who is Nelson Mandela

a)

elected president in south Africa after protest

b)

Indian protester who drove away the British with civil disobedience

c)

Civil rights activist who gave his famous I have a dream speech after a march

29.

Out of all the units which one was the most beneficial to current history.

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