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WorksheetsIGH Reading quiz 11
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 9mins
What colloquial term refers to the dividing line between North and South Vietnam?
Mekong Border
Tonkin Line
Seventeenth Parallel
Versailles Demarcation Line
Who are the Viet Cong?
Democratic opponents of the Viet Minh
Communist guerrilla fighters
US-supported rebels
Imported Cambodian warriors
Which leader of the Congolese National Movement Party was murdered because he wanted to break the power of multi-national corporations?
Jean-Pierre Bemba
Moïse Tshombe
Joseph Mobutu
Patrice Lumumba
What was the main reason for Angola’s difficulties with decolonization?
Rivalries among independence groups vying for control
Imported weapons from Portugal seized by rebels
Continued Portuguese claims on its governance
The institution of military dictators
Which country had colonized Java and Sumatra but accepted their independence in 1949?
Portugal
UK
Belgium
The Netherlands
According to this map, which country—that had initially voted to remain affiliated with France—was the last to become independent?
Comoros
Algeria
Djibouti
Madagascar
The opposition of the Western powers to what ideology played a great role in the wars linked with decolonization?
(a)
Which French colony was the most important, both economically and politically?
(a)
Because of their adoption of this currency, what occurred with African independence efforts?
France gave African states the ability to create their own exchange rates with the Euro
France released African states from neo-colonial control
African states were able to fully divorce from France
African states remained economically dependent on France
How did England go about orchestrating India’s independence?
Slow but steady inclusion of Indians in government positions to promote self‑rule
Formal condemnations of Indian efforts at independence
Military intervention to prevent self-rule in India
A cut-and-run policy, destroying infrastructure and records
In order to obtain India's independence, Gandhi advocated:
Nonviolent actions
The separation of the territory along religious lines
The use of the Indian navy and army to control communal violence
The distribution of salt
According to this map, which country was the last to become independent from the United Kingdom?
Bechuanaland
Nigeria
Kenya
Swaziland
Which European country decolonized Africa the fastest after 1945?
Portugal
Britain
France
Belgium
Which political theory most inspired decolonization, and was adopted by many newly liberated nations?
Socialism
Communism
Liberalism
Capitalism
What was the main advantage of creating federations of previously colonized regions?
Local ability to choose the type of government
A unification of ideologies
Lower administrative costs
More peace between different ethnic groups
