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WorksheetsHeimler, Unit 8 Review
Total questions: 80
Worksheet time: 40mins
The Big 3 for WWII:
Kevin, Randall, and Kate
Stalin, Hitler, and Mussolini
Roosevelt, Truman, and Eisenhower
Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin
FDR was replaced with _ when he died on April 12, 1945, before Hitler died and Germany surrendered.
Truman
Eisenhower
Hoover
MacArthur
The Soviet Union was a superpower after WWII because __.
little damage was done to the infrastructure during the war
the population was so large
the military was built up before WWI
the industrial capacity was built up before the WWII
Stalin was angry at FDR because _.
Rooselvelt had not told Stalin about the atomic bombs
The U.S. had not helped on D-Day
The Cold War was made up of _.
40 years of open warfare
tension
propaganda
an arms race
World wide colonization peaked _.
right before WWI
right after WWII
during the Columbian exchange
before the Atlantic Trade Triangle
Decolonization happened mostly because:
Europe could see it was wrong
Wilson spoke against it in his 14 Points
Europe didn't have the money to keep control of its colonies
Stalin said nations should have the right of self-determination
The US was hit at its naval bases at _, the Philippines, Guam and Wake Island at the same time.
the Marshall Islands
Pearl Harbor
Batan
Luzon
The Cold War:
was not an actual war
was fought with nuclear weapons
was between the Soviets Union and the US
The Americans wanted _ after WWII.
free elections in Eastern Europe
The Axis Powers to pay for the war damages
a buffer to protect the Soviet Union
Stalin to occupy more Eastern countries
The United States offered _ in aid to Europe.
12 billion
6 billion
5 million
500,000
The Cold War took place _.
After WWII, 1945-1991
before WWII, 1935-1945
Overlappping WWII, 1930-1970
The Cold War was _.
Capitalism vs. Communism
Religion freedom vs. Orthodox Christianity
fought over colonies
Industrialization vs. Agricultural Economies
Communism was set up to _.
distribute goods to the people evently
create a two party system
liquidate millions of peasants
allow for private ownership of the means of production
The soviet Union set up the Soviet Bloc with nations from _ Europe.
Eastern
Western
Northern
Southern
The US set up the _ to offer nations in Europe money to rebuild if they agreend to be democracies.
Marshall Plan
Policy of Containment
Domino Theory
Policy of Prohibition
George Kennan's plan for _ said it was easier to block the spread of communism, than uproot it later.
Containment
militarism
the Iron Curtain
Berlin
Truman's Policy kept from falling to communism.
Greece
Turkey
Bulgaria
Poland
The Soviet Union had an atomic bomb by _.
1943
1945
146
1947
No nuclear bombs have been used in war since WWII because _.
the World Bank threatened economic sanctions
the United Nations threatened sanctions
it was clear it would cause mutual assured destruction
the program was too expensive to maintain
Sukarno _.
helped to organize the Bandung Conference
was the first president of Ghana
started the Non-aligned Movement
was the first president of Indonesia
Organized the Organization of African Unity
Kennedy poured money into a space program declaring the US would _ by the end of the decade.
land a man on the moon
launch a man into space
start a colony on Mars
build the world's first space station
NATO stands for _.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
North African Trade Organization
Nations After Truce Organization
Nerds Angry Towards Oaks
The Soviet Union responded to NATO in 1955 with the _.
Warsaw Pact
Soviet Bloc
Communist Bloc
Non-Proliferation Alliance
An accurate explanation of proxy wars would be _.
when countries fight each other indirectly
war games
civil wars
nations hiring soldiers from other countries to fight
Examples of proxy wars include:
Korea
Angola
Nationalists vs. the Communists in China
American Civil War
The Korean war ended with _.
a communist victory
a stand off at the 38th parallel
a democratic victory
a republic backed by the U.S.
The Anglola War in 1975 pitted _.
North Angolians vs. South Africans
several sub-Saharan African rivals against each other
several groups in Angola against Portugal
the Zulus vs. the British
The Contra War in Nicaragua _.
could have been completely avoided, and ended with the socialists out of power.
pitted the Sandinistas vs. the Nationalists
involved the US and Soviet Union
pitted the Sandinistas vs. the Contras
The Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 _.
meant 13 days of fear for the whole world
ended in the Bay of Pigs Invasion in April
ended in the Cubans becoming a democracy
ended when the US backed down on April 13th
The Nuclear Non- Proliferation Treaty was signed in _.
1954
1963
1965
1968
The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty called on _.
all nuclear powers to decrease their arsenal of nuclear weapons
Russia and the United States to reduce their nuclear armaments
all countries to agree not to use nuclear weapons
nations who didn't yet have nuclear weapons to give up inventing them
In 1949 _ announced the founding of the People's Republic of China in Tiananmen Square.
Chairman Mao Zedong
Leader Chiang Kai-Shek
General Sun Yat-sen
President Sukarno
The Great Leap Forward _.
was a major reform program in China
collectivized private land
led to brutal re-education camps for dissenters
caused 20 million deaths through starvation
_ set up new governments in Iran twice to insure the Shah would be sympathetic to their policies.
Britain
France
Russia
United States
Vietnam _.
was colonized by the French before WWII
occupied by the Japanese during WWII
gained its independence after WWII
allowed large land owners to keep their lands
The Muslims were granted the independent nation of _, in _.
Pakistan, 1947
Pakistan, 1905
Afghanistan, 1906
Afghanistan, 1920
The French were able to hold onto power since the 1800's in Senegal, the Ivory Coast, and Niger _.
with the cooperation of local governments and chiefs
by providing a fair government and jobs
by large numbers of soldiers
by negotiating with the people
The Gold Coast became the country of Ghana, gaining independence through _, in _.
negotiations, 1957
force, 1957
a combination of force and negotiations, 1957
Algeria gained independence in _ by _.
1958, negotiations
1958, violent uprisings
1959, peaceful negotiations
1959, a combination of peaceful protests and negotiations
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.
Vietnam, communist
Korea, communist
China, capitalist
Taiwan, capitalist
_ was technically independent since 1953, but the British still controlled the _.
Egypt, Suez Canal
Egypt, Red Sea
Jordan, Suez Canal
Jordan, natural gas market
The _ brokered a deal that made the Suez Canal and international waterway.
U.S.
Soviet Union
United Nations
United Kingdom
secede means to _.
to withdraw from a political union and become a separte nation
juxtapose with a nearby country
unite nearby nations
attack a country to gain new territory and raw materials
The Palestinians already living in Palestine felt threatened by the immigration of _.
Jewish people
Muslim Arabs
Jordanians
Hindu Arabs
Sympathy for the Jewish people after WWII , due to the Holocaust, led to the increased immigration to _.
Israel
Lebanon
Syria
Syria
Since the United Nations brokered a deal for a partition in Israel _.
there has been peace in Israel
the two peoples have had continued conflict
a war broke out, after which peace has prevailed
the United Nations split the country into Israel and Palestine
_ overthrew Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge who established a communist government in Cambodia.
The U.S.
The Vietnamese
France
Britain
Pol Pot was the communist leader of Cambodia that caused the death of over 2 million people by widespread _ and famine.
disease
execution
pollution
marches
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.
India
Saudi Arabia
Bangladesh
Israel
Jinnah was the first leader in Pakistan, and he was _.
democratic
authoritarian
a republican
their first monarch
People immigrating to metropoles meant many _.
Algerians moving to France
Filipinos moved to U.S.
Indians moved to England
Vietnamese moving to Belgium
Indira Gandhi was _ of Mohandas Gandhi.
the niece
the sister
a daughter
no relation to
Economic policies can include :
land redistribution
restrictions of trade
less reliance on foreign aid
nationalizing industries
Indira Gandhi had a(n) _ point plan to strengthen the economy of India.
5
8
10
20
Non-violent resistance leaders included:
Gandhi
Martin Luther King Jr.
Fidel Castro
Idi Amin
Francisco Franco
Violent resistance leaders included:
Osama Bin Laden
Abimael Guzman
Jesus
Idi Amin
Francisco Franco
The Homespun Movement _.
was a boycott on foreign all made cloth
meant Indians only buying British cloth
meant Indians refusing to weave cloth
was led by Gandhi
was a non-violent protest in India
The _ was a protest where Indians harvested their own salt, many were arrested including Gandhi.
Salt March
Harvest Festival
Salt Movement
Salt War
Francisco Franco was _.
communist
anti-communist
the leader of Italy
the leader of Spain
Francisco Franco sent dissenters _ or executed them.
to labor camps
to prison
into exile
_ was known as the "Butcher of Uganda".
Idi Amin
Francisco Franco
Osama Bin Laden
Bashar al-Asaad
The Rise of the Military Industrial Complex in the US _.
is a self-feeding cycle
was caused by fear and economic pressures
was said to undermine our democratic principles by Eisenhower
has killed thousands of jobs
Abimael Guzman led the Shining Path in _ during the _.
Peru, 1960's
Peru, 1980's
Peru, 1970's
Chile, 1960's
The Shining Path was responsible for the death of around _. people.
37,000
27,000
15,000
9,000
Osama Bin Laden was the leader of the terrorist group _ who were responsible for the terrorism attacks on 9/11 in the U.S.
al Quada
Isis
Taliban
Boko Haram
Apatheid in South Africa ended in _.
1994
1768
1868
2014
Martin Luther King Jr. fought for civil rights during _.
1950's and 1960's
1940's
right after WWI
after WWII
The Cold War ended because:
the U.S. banned the WARSAW Pact
The Soviet Union's failed invasion of Afghanistan
Public discontent in the Soviet Bloc
The Soviet Union won the war
__ was the nickname for the Strategic Defense Initiative announced by Ronald Reagan
Star Wars
Space Wars
Space Force
Security Shield
The Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) (Star Wars) program wasn't actually possible because:
the technology didn't yet exist
it was too expensive
U.S. public discontent uncomfortable with plan
public ridicule of plan in the Soviet Union
By the early 1980's _ had 12,000 nuclear missiles.
the U.S.
the Soviet Union
the U.S. and the Soviet Union combined
China
The Soviet Union invaded _ in order to replace the leader with a communist ruler.
Afghanistan
Pakistan
Turkemistan
Kazakhstan
The Soviet Union was unable to take control from Amin because _.
the war became too expensive due to guerilla tactics used against them in the wilderness and economic sanctions
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
United
The Soviet Union sufferered economically from _.
extremely limited foreign trade
government control of industry
an inability of farmers to choose their crops and sell at prices they chose
rebellions in Czechoslovakia
droughts and harsh weather in the mid 80's
The Prague Spring in Czechoslovakia _.
was crushed by the Soviets
resulted in independence for the Czechs
lasted a decade, and ended in a stand-off
discouraged further rebellions
Mikhail Gorbachev _.
was a liberal president in the Soviet Union
was a conservative dictator in the U.S.S.R.
was a moderate president of Russia
Perestroika _ in the Soviet Bloc.
allowed some free enterprise
closed free trade
encouraged freedom of religion
discouraged peaceful protests
Glasnost _.
allowed the opening of the political process and more freedoms
discouraged free enterprise and capitalist policies
was a city in the Soviet Union that challenged communist control
was a city in Poland that challenged Soviet control
In 1985 the Soviet Union made it clear that the Soviet Union _.
would crush any attempts at independence
would no longer come to the aid of communist regimes
would not allow aid to countries in the Eastern Bloc
would not leave East Germany
