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APWH Unit 8 Review

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What year did the Cold War begin?
a)
1941
b)
1945
c)
1950
d)
1963
2.
States that refused to participate in Cold War tensions and alliances were part of what organization?
a)
Non-Aligned Movement
b)
Warsaw Pact
c)
United Nations
d)
Freedom Alliance
3.
The boundary between Soviet occupied communist Europe and Liberal capitalist Western Europe was called
a)
iron curtain
b)
Warsaw Pact
c)
NATO
d)
Red Boundary
4.
Which new military alliance included the Soviet Union and its allies?
a)
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
b)
NATO
c)
Warsaw Pact
d)
Comintern
5.
In the Nicaraguan Proxy War, which side did the US back?
a)
Nicaraguans
b)
Sandinistas
c)
FNLA
d)
Contras
6.
The proxy war in Vietnam resulted in what outcome?
a)
Victory for the USA
b)
Victory for Warsaw Pact
c)
Victory Ho Chi Mihn N. Vietnam
d)
Victory for South Vietnam
7.
Angola's proxy war occurred after it gained freedom from _____.
a)
Portugal
b)
Great Britain
c)
France
d)
Soviet Union
8.
The USA supported which group in Afghanistan?
a)

Al-Qaeda

b)

Mujahideen

c)

Contras

d)

Iranians

9.
In the Afghanistan conflict, which side directly prevailed?
a)
USSR
b)
Afghani Mujihadeen
c)
USA
d)
Vietcong
10.
Nicaragua and Angola both had what similar outcome of their proxy wars?
a)
they both fell back into colonial control
b)
they both transitioned to democratic / capitalist governments
c)
In both, the leftist/ Marxist groups gained control through elections, but the country is not stable politically
d)
In both, the leftist/ Marxist groups gained control through warfare and established stable communist states
11.
The United States policy in which the USA would support free people threatened by communism was called ____.
a)
Truman Doctrine
b)
domino theory
c)
Marshall Plan
d)
iron curtain
12.
During the Cold War, which is the most accurate list of fully communist states?
a)
USSR, China, Cuba, Vietnam, S. Korea
b)
USSR, China, Angola, Korea
c)
USSR, China, Cuba, Vietnam, N. Korea
d)
Vietnam, USSR, China
13.
The first proxy war of the Cold War was ___.
a)
Angola
b)
Cuba
c)
China
d)
Korea
14.
A major shift in global power at the end of World War II was ___.
a)
the decline of Absolute
b)
the decline of Western European empires
c)
the rise of Western Europe
d)
the decline of Germany
15.
A reason for the increase in power of the USA and USSR resulted from which type of gains during WWII?
a)
social and political
b)
political and economic
c)
cultural and economic
d)
technological and economic
16.
If a political group that is labeled "leftist" or "Marxist", it means that ____.
a)
they have fully embraced communist theory and are 100% communist
b)
they have rejected capitalism but have adopted different degrees of socialism and/ or communist policies
c)
they. have rejected colonization and warfare and support independence
d)
they have embraced Western liberal governments and capitalism
17.
Leftist and Marxist policies were more likely to be adopted in which type of state post WW II?
a)
previously colonized states
b)
Western
c)
Latin America only
d)
democratic states with economic depressions
18.
Many of the proxy wars involved American and Soviet participation in internal _____.
a)
Enlightenment-based revolutions
b)
civil wars
c)
colonization
d)
elections
19.

India received independence through what pattern of decolonization?

a)

negotiated

b)

violent struggle

c)

separatism

20.

Which is NOT an example of a response to global power that intensified conflict and warfare?

a)

Military Industrial Complex

b)

Idi Amin, Uganda

c)

Pol Pot, Cambodia

d)

Nelson Mandela, S. Africa

21.

Jewish nationalism for a homeland was called ____.

a)

patriotism

b)

Kabala

c)

Zionism

d)

Zeitgeist

22.

New states as a result of decolonization included all BUT

a)

Ukraine

b)

Israel

c)

Pakistan

d)

India

23.

Most decolonization happened after:

a)

WW I

b)

American Revolution

c)

WW II

d)

Cold War

24.

The Cold War ended with what event?

a)

Creation of NATO

b)

Collapse of Berlin Wall

c)

Dissolution of USSR

d)

Iron Curtain Speech

25.

Both USSR and China did this to farmland:

a)

division

b)

Great Leap Forward

c)

urbanization

d)

collectivization

26.

Name the pragmatist or reformer in China's communist party:

a)

Deng Xiaoping

b)

Chang Kai-Shek

c)

Yuan Shikai

d)

Mao Zedong

27.

Many anti-colonial movements were based on ____ ideologies

a)

reformist

b)

nationalist

c)

liberal

d)

conservative

28.

The USA was involved in this proxy war in East Asia

a)

Vietnam

b)

Angola

c)

India

d)

Korea

29.

Put these events in chronological order

a)

Soviet occupation of E. Europe

b)

iron curtain speech

c)

People's Republic of China Created

d)

Korean War

e)

Vietnam War

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
30.

Put these events in China in chronological order

a)

Qing overthrown, Republic Created

b)

civil war between nationalists and communists begins

c)

Japanese invasion during WW II

d)

PRC created

e)

Great Leap Forward

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
31.

Israel was a new state created most directly linked to what historical development?

a)

the Cold War

b)

Decolonization

32.

Muhammad Ali Jinnah and the Muslim league pursued this method for the creation of Pakistan.:

a)

Negotiated independence

b)

separatist movement

c)

armed struggle

d)

Non-violent protest

33.

The Intifada was a Palestinian uprising against which state?

a)

Jordan

b)

Great Britain

c)

France

d)

Israel

34.

The Great leap Forward was an attempt to boost:

a)

industrial production among the peasants

b)

cultural continuity

c)

political stability

d)

communism

35.

This proxy war contributed heavily to the collapse of the USSR:

a)

Korea

b)

Vietnam

c)

Afghanistan

d)

Angola

36.

Land redistribution was an attempt to remove the power of

a)

knights

b)

nobles or landlords

c)

government leaders

d)

peasants

37.

Which reform under Gorbachev included limited economic privatization?

a)

Perestroika

b)

Glasnost

c)

Comintern

d)

KGB

38.

The military alliance of the Soviet Union and satellite states was called:

a)

NATO

b)

Warsaw Pact

c)

Non-Aligned Movement

39.

Match the following decolonization examples to the pattern used

a)

Ghana

1.

Negotiation

b)

Vietnam

2.

warfare

c)

Pakistan

3.

separatism

40.

Community theory was often adapted by leaders to create a narrative that fit their liberation struggle.

a)

true

b)

false

41.

Mao Zedong and Ho Chi Minh developed similar theory of communism - the proletariat was defined as:

a)

wealthy elites

b)

Western corporations

c)

peasants and common people

d)

educated intellectuals

42.

States emerging from colonization often had govts that intensified conflicts. Which is NOT an example of this challenge to global power?

a)

Ghana

b)

Pol Pot - Cambodia

c)

Pinochet in Chile

d)

Idi Amin in Uganda

43.

Women's rights in communism were

a)

on the decline

b)

respected by all members of society

c)

legally guaranteed but often not given in society

d)

limited by the lack of constitutional rights

44.

The Chinese model of a communist system was modeled after which state?

a)

East Germany

b)

USSR

c)

Vietnam

d)

Cuba

45.

Propaganda in communist states often promoted what aspect of communism?

a)

military strength

b)

equality and progress

c)

heavy industry