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Heimler, Unit 8 Review

Total questions: 80

Worksheet time: 40mins

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Class
Date
1.

The Big 3 for WWII:

a)

Kevin, Randall, and Kate

b)

Stalin, Hitler, and Mussolini

c)

Roosevelt, Truman, and Eisenhower

d)

Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin

2.

FDR was replaced with _ when he died on April 12, 1945, before Hitler died and Germany surrendered.

a)

Truman

b)

Eisenhower

c)

Hoover

d)

MacArthur

3.

The Soviet Union was a superpower after WWII because __.

a)

little damage was done to the infrastructure during the war

b)

the population was so large

c)

the military was built up before WWI

d)

the industrial capacity was built up before the WWII

4.

Stalin was angry at FDR because _.

a)

Rooselvelt had not told Stalin about the atomic bombs

b)

The U.S. had not helped on D-Day

5.

The Cold War was made up of _.

a)

40 years of open warfare

b)

tension

c)

propaganda

d)

an arms race

6.

World wide colonization peaked _.

a)

right before WWI

b)

right after WWII

c)

during the Columbian exchange

d)

before the Atlantic Trade Triangle

7.

Decolonization happened mostly because:

a)

Europe could see it was wrong

b)

Wilson spoke against it in his 14 Points

c)

Europe didn't have the money to keep control of its colonies

d)

Stalin said nations should have the right of self-determination

8.

The US was hit at its naval bases at _, the Philippines, Guam and Wake Island at the same time.

a)

the Marshall Islands

b)

Pearl Harbor

c)

Batan

d)

Luzon

9.

The Cold War:

a)

was not an actual war

b)

was fought with nuclear weapons

c)

was between the Soviets Union and the US

10.

The Americans wanted _ after WWII.

a)

free elections in Eastern Europe

b)

The Axis Powers to pay for the war damages

c)

a buffer to protect the Soviet Union

d)

Stalin to occupy more Eastern countries

11.

The United States offered _ in aid to Europe.

a)

12 billion

b)

6 billion

c)

5 million

d)

500,000

12.

The Cold War took place _.

a)

After WWII, 1945-1991

b)

before WWII, 1935-1945

c)

Overlappping WWII, 1930-1970

13.

The Cold War was _.

a)

Capitalism vs. Communism

b)

Religion freedom vs. Orthodox Christianity

c)

fought over colonies

d)

Industrialization vs. Agricultural Economies

14.

Communism was set up to _.

a)

distribute goods to the people evently

b)

create a two party system

c)

liquidate millions of peasants

d)

allow for private ownership of the means of production

15.

The soviet Union set up the Soviet Bloc with nations from _ Europe.

a)

Eastern

b)

Western

c)

Northern

d)

Southern

16.

The US set up the _ to offer nations in Europe money to rebuild if they agreend to be democracies.

a)

Marshall Plan

b)

Policy of Containment

c)

Domino Theory

d)

Policy of Prohibition

17.

George Kennan's plan for _ said it was easier to block the spread of communism, than uproot it later.

a)

Containment

b)

militarism

c)

the Iron Curtain

d)

Berlin

18.

Truman's Policy kept from falling to communism.

a)

Greece

b)

Turkey

c)

Bulgaria

d)

Poland

19.

The Soviet Union had an atomic bomb by _.

a)

1943

b)

1945

c)

146

d)

1947

20.

No nuclear bombs have been used in war since WWII because _.

a)

the World Bank threatened economic sanctions

b)

the United Nations threatened sanctions

c)

it was clear it would cause mutual assured destruction

d)

the program was too expensive to maintain

21.

Sukarno _.

a)

helped to organize the Bandung Conference

b)

was the first president of Ghana

c)

started the Non-aligned Movement

d)

was the first president of Indonesia

e)

Organized the Organization of African Unity

22.

Kennedy poured money into a space program declaring the US would _ by the end of the decade.

a)

land a man on the moon

b)

launch a man into space

c)

start a colony on Mars

d)

build the world's first space station

23.

NATO stands for _.

a)

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

b)

North African Trade Organization

c)

Nations After Truce Organization

d)

Nerds Angry Towards Oaks

24.

The Soviet Union responded to NATO in 1955 with the _.

a)

Warsaw Pact

b)

Soviet Bloc

c)

Communist Bloc

d)

Non-Proliferation Alliance

25.

An accurate explanation of proxy wars would be _.

a)

when countries fight each other indirectly

b)

war games

c)

civil wars

d)

nations hiring soldiers from other countries to fight

26.

Examples of proxy wars include:

a)

Korea

b)

Angola

c)

Nationalists vs. the Communists in China

d)

American Civil War

27.

The Korean war ended with _.

a)

a communist victory

b)

a stand off at the 38th parallel

c)

a democratic victory

d)

a republic backed by the U.S.

28.

The Anglola War in 1975 pitted _.

a)

North Angolians vs. South Africans

b)

several sub-Saharan African rivals against each other

c)

several groups in Angola against Portugal

d)

the Zulus vs. the British

29.

The Contra War in Nicaragua _.

a)

could have been completely avoided, and ended with the socialists out of power.

b)

pitted the Sandinistas vs. the Nationalists

c)

involved the US and Soviet Union

d)

pitted the Sandinistas vs. the Contras

30.

The Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 _.

a)

meant 13 days of fear for the whole world

b)

ended in the Bay of Pigs Invasion in April

c)

ended in the Cubans becoming a democracy

d)

ended when the US backed down on April 13th

31.

The Nuclear Non- Proliferation Treaty was signed in _.

a)

1954

b)

1963

c)

1965

d)

1968

32.

The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty called on _.

a)

all nuclear powers to decrease their arsenal of nuclear weapons

b)

Russia and the United States to reduce their nuclear armaments

c)

all countries to agree not to use nuclear weapons

d)

nations who didn't yet have nuclear weapons to give up inventing them

33.

In 1949 _ announced the founding of the People's Republic of China in Tiananmen Square.

a)

Chairman Mao Zedong

b)

Leader Chiang Kai-Shek

c)

General Sun Yat-sen

d)

President Sukarno

34.

The Great Leap Forward _.

a)

was a major reform program in China

b)

collectivized private land

c)

led to brutal re-education camps for dissenters

d)

caused 20 million deaths through starvation

35.

_ set up new governments in Iran twice to insure the Shah would be sympathetic to their policies.

a)

Britain

b)

France

c)

Russia

d)

United States

36.

Vietnam _.

a)

was colonized by the French before WWII

b)

occupied by the Japanese during WWII

c)

gained its independence after WWII

d)

allowed large land owners to keep their lands

37.

The Muslims were granted the independent nation of _, in _.

a)

Pakistan, 1947

b)

Pakistan, 1905

c)

Afghanistan, 1906

d)

Afghanistan, 1920

38.

The French were able to hold onto power since the 1800's in Senegal, the Ivory Coast, and Niger _.

a)

with the cooperation of local governments and chiefs

b)

by providing a fair government and jobs

c)

by large numbers of soldiers

d)

by negotiating with the people

39.

The Gold Coast became the country of Ghana, gaining independence through _, in _.

a)

negotiations, 1957

b)

force, 1957

c)

a combination of force and negotiations, 1957

40.

Algeria gained independence in _ by _.

a)

1958, negotiations

b)

1958, violent uprisings

c)

1959, peaceful negotiations

d)

1959, a combination of peaceful protests and negotiations

41.

Ho Chi Minh led _ into war with the French, to gain independence and create a _ nation in, which ended in the creation of two separate states, and eventually a proxy war.

a)

Vietnam, communist

b)

Korea, communist

c)

China, capitalist

d)

Taiwan, capitalist

42.

_ was technically independent since 1953, but the British still controlled the _.

a)

Egypt, Suez Canal

b)

Egypt, Red Sea

c)

Jordan, Suez Canal

d)

Jordan, natural gas market

43.

The _ brokered a deal that made the Suez Canal and international waterway.

a)

U.S.

b)

Soviet Union

c)

United Nations

d)

United Kingdom

44.

secede means to _.

a)

to withdraw from a political union and become a separte nation

b)

juxtapose with a nearby country

c)

unite nearby nations

d)

attack a country to gain new territory and raw materials

45.

The Palestinians already living in Palestine felt threatened by the immigration of _.

a)

Jewish people

b)

Muslim Arabs

c)

Jordanians

d)

Hindu Arabs

46.

Sympathy for the Jewish people after WWII , due to the Holocaust, led to the increased immigration to _.

a)

Israel

b)

Lebanon

c)

Syria

d)

Syria

47.

Since the United Nations brokered a deal for a partition in Israel _.

a)

there has been peace in Israel

b)

the two peoples have had continued conflict

c)

a war broke out, after which peace has prevailed

d)

the United Nations split the country into Israel and Palestine

48.

_ overthrew Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge who established a communist government in Cambodia.

a)

The U.S.

b)

The Vietnamese

c)

France

d)

Britain

49.

Pol Pot was the communist leader of Cambodia that caused the death of over 2 million people by widespread _ and famine.

a)

disease

b)

execution

c)

pollution

d)

marches

50.

Up to a million people died during the immigration of Hindus and Muslims when _ was partitioned for Muslims to have their own nation of Pakistan.

a)

India

b)

Saudi Arabia

c)

Bangladesh

d)

Israel

51.

Jinnah was the first leader in Pakistan, and he was _.

a)

democratic

b)

authoritarian

c)

a republican

d)

their first monarch

52.

People immigrating to metropoles meant many _.

a)

Algerians moving to France

b)

Filipinos moved to U.S.

c)

Indians moved to England

d)

Vietnamese moving to Belgium

53.

Indira Gandhi was _ of Mohandas Gandhi.

a)

the niece

b)

the sister

c)

a daughter

d)

no relation to

54.

Economic policies can include :

a)

land redistribution

b)

restrictions of trade

c)

less reliance on foreign aid

d)

nationalizing industries

55.

Indira Gandhi had a(n) _ point plan to strengthen the economy of India.

a)

5

b)

8

c)

10

d)

20

56.

Non-violent resistance leaders included:

a)

Gandhi

b)

Martin Luther King Jr.

c)

Fidel Castro

d)

Idi Amin

e)

Francisco Franco

57.

Violent resistance leaders included:

a)

Osama Bin Laden

b)

Abimael Guzman

c)

Jesus

d)

Idi Amin

e)

Francisco Franco

58.

The Homespun Movement _.

a)

was a boycott on foreign all made cloth

b)

meant Indians only buying British cloth

c)

meant Indians refusing to weave cloth

d)

was led by Gandhi

e)

was a non-violent protest in India

59.

The _ was a protest where Indians harvested their own salt, many were arrested including Gandhi.

a)

Salt March

b)

Harvest Festival

c)

Salt Movement

d)

Salt War

60.

Francisco Franco was _.

a)

communist

b)

anti-communist

c)

the leader of Italy

d)

the leader of Spain

61.

Francisco Franco sent dissenters _ or executed them.

a)

to labor camps

b)

to prison

c)

into exile

62.

_ was known as the "Butcher of Uganda".

a)

Idi Amin

b)

Francisco Franco

c)

Osama Bin Laden

d)

Bashar al-Asaad

63.

The Rise of the Military Industrial Complex in the US _.

a)

is a self-feeding cycle

b)

was caused by fear and economic pressures

c)

was said to undermine our democratic principles by Eisenhower

d)

has killed thousands of jobs

64.

Abimael Guzman led the Shining Path in _ during the _.

a)

Peru, 1960's

b)

Peru, 1980's

c)

Peru, 1970's

d)

Chile, 1960's

65.

The Shining Path was responsible for the death of around _. people.

a)

37,000

b)

27,000

c)

15,000

d)

9,000

66.

Osama Bin Laden was the leader of the terrorist group _ who were responsible for the terrorism attacks on 9/11 in the U.S.

a)

al Quada

b)

Isis

c)

Taliban

d)

Boko Haram

67.

Apatheid in South Africa ended in _.

a)

1994

b)

1768

c)

1868

d)

2014

68.

Martin Luther King Jr. fought for civil rights during _.

a)

1950's and 1960's

b)

1940's

c)

right after WWI

d)

after WWII

69.

The Cold War ended because:

a)

the U.S. banned the WARSAW Pact

b)

The Soviet Union's failed invasion of Afghanistan

c)

Public discontent in the Soviet Bloc

d)

The Soviet Union won the war

70.

__ was the nickname for the Strategic Defense Initiative announced by Ronald Reagan

a)

Star Wars

b)

Space Wars

c)

Space Force

d)

Security Shield

71.

The Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) (Star Wars) program wasn't actually possible because:

a)

the technology didn't yet exist

b)

it was too expensive

c)

U.S. public discontent uncomfortable with plan

d)

public ridicule of plan in the Soviet Union

72.

By the early 1980's _ had 12,000 nuclear missiles.

a)

the U.S.

b)

the Soviet Union

c)

the U.S. and the Soviet Union combined

d)

China

73.

The Soviet Union invaded _ in order to replace the leader with a communist ruler.

a)

Afghanistan

b)

Pakistan

c)

Turkemistan

d)

Kazakhstan

74.

The Soviet Union was unable to take control from Amin because _.

a)

the war became too expensive due to guerilla tactics used against them in the wilderness and economic sanctions

b)

the people in the Soviet Union wanted out of the expensive war after 3 years of fighting, and the United Nations pressure was too much

c)

United

75.

The Soviet Union sufferered economically from _.

a)

extremely limited foreign trade

b)

government control of industry

c)

an inability of farmers to choose their crops and sell at prices they chose

d)

rebellions in Czechoslovakia

e)

droughts and harsh weather in the mid 80's

76.

The Prague Spring in Czechoslovakia _.

a)

was crushed by the Soviets

b)

resulted in independence for the Czechs

c)

lasted a decade, and ended in a stand-off

d)

discouraged further rebellions

77.

Mikhail Gorbachev _.

a)

was a liberal president in the Soviet Union

b)

was a conservative dictator in the U.S.S.R.

c)

was a moderate president of Russia

78.

Perestroika _ in the Soviet Bloc.

a)

allowed some free enterprise

b)

closed free trade

c)

encouraged freedom of religion

d)

discouraged peaceful protests

79.

Glasnost _.

a)

allowed the opening of the political process and more freedoms

b)

discouraged free enterprise and capitalist policies

c)

was a city in the Soviet Union that challenged communist control

d)

was a city in Poland that challenged Soviet control

80.

In 1985 the Soviet Union made it clear that the Soviet Union _.

a)

would crush any attempts at independence

b)

would no longer come to the aid of communist regimes

c)

would not allow aid to countries in the Eastern Bloc

d)

would not leave East Germany