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WorksheetsCCA WH U12 Test Review: New National Borders
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 27mins
Drawing national borders wrong can have long-lasting and deadly impacts on the people living in an area. Which of these factors have historically been used to decide whose nation goes where?
Natural boundaries such as bodies of water or mountains.
The religion of the peoples living there.
The language and culture of the peoples living there.
Natural resource supply such as salt, gold, diamonds, etc.
All of the above
Which event led by Mohandas Gandhi was an act of peaceful Civil Disobedience against the British?
refusing to pay taxes
Which country was responsible for the colonization of India, and was responsible for overseeing the partition of india into two different countries?
United States
France
Great Britain
Denmark
When did India's resistance finally result in being granted independence?
Pakistan was created to protect people of what major religion from being persecuted?
Muslims
Sikhs
Hindus
Christians
Which religion dominates India?
Islam
Buddhism
Hinduism
Christianity
One of the major problems with the Partition of Pakistan was...
China was granted control of Northern India
Gandhi would be designated ruler of both India and Pakistan
Forced migration of people with different religions which caused bitter feelings, anger, and violence
None of the above
The State of Israel was created after the 1947 United Nations General Assembly called for the partition of Palestine into a Jewish state and an Arab Muslim state. This major change to the world map was a result of --
the outcome of the Spanish American War
the outcome of WWI, especially trench warfare
the outcome of WWII, especially the Holocaust
the outcome of the Vietnam War
What is the central issue in Israel/Palestine today?
Lack of Arab-Jewish co-operation in the Israeli government
Palestinian belief that the territory allotted to the Jewish nation is too much/unfair
Opposition of the Arabs to Jewish settlement in Tel Aviv
Opposition to the British Mandate
What is the main advantage of partition?
It has the potential to give each nation a fair amount of land for their people
It removes the basis for persistent pressure from both parties
It allows for full and effective political co-operation among Arabs and Jews
It qualifies both peoples to take their places as independent nations
We analyzed the causes of WWI by using the MAIN acronym - Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism. It can be used to analyze most modern conflicts. Match the MAIN elements in relation to the Israel/Palestine conflict.
Militarism
Israeli youth required to join the IDF
Alliances
Palestine's Arab allies defend them
Imperialism
Israel is supported by superpowers (US)
Nationalism
Israel and Palestine fight over borders
This map shows the history of the partition between Israel (the Jewish nation) and Palestine (an Arab-Muslim nation). Circle the map you think would be the most fair and peaceful division of land. A two-state solution like this is supported by some, while others believe that only one nation should rule "from the (Jordan) River to the (Mediterranean) Sea."
True or False: African leaders were invited and provided consent (or allowed) the Europeans to draw the borders of Africa that still exist today.
True
False
Why did Europeans colonize Africa?
They were bored
They wanted more slaves to take to the Americas
They needed to find new trade routes
They wanted control of natural resouces
Enlightenment idea: the right of people to choose their own form of government. Popular in France and Britain throughout the 1800s, the ideas spread world-wide when soldiers from colonial nations fought alongside European soldiers in WWII.
self-determination
imperialism
militarism
Pan-Africanism
Which statement best expresses a major idea of Pan-Africanism?
African doctors should be trained in
Western schools.
European nations should reestablish
economic relationships with their former
African colonies.
African nations should send
peacekeeping forces to settle disputes in
other areas of the world.
African nations world-wide should work together to
solve their problems, first of all decolonization and self-determination.
According to the map, most of the African nations gained independence
around 1900
immediately after WWI
around 1960
within the past 20 years
Policy of racial segregation in South Africa...
decolonization
integration
apartheid
caste system
Black South African leader who protested the policy of Apartheid and spent over thirty years in prison before becoming the first Black president of South Africa.
Nelson Mandela
Kwame Nkrumah
Jomo Kenyatta
Thomas Sankara
In the early days of independence, a major problem for many African nations was a
shortage of skilled leaders since they had been excluded from colonizers' government
scarcity of natural resources
lack of water for hydroelectric power
reluctance to accept economic aid from
the United Nations
Which factor made an African colony more likely to experience violence in its independence movement?
a large European population living in the colony
How was South Africa different from most independent African states in the decades following World War II?
South Africa’s government was controlled by people of European descent.
Which factor finally helped end apartheid as a legal system in 1994? (CHOOSE TWO)
Domestic protests by South African people
Violent revolution
What two countries supported opposing sides in proxy wars during the Cold War? This allowed them to compete with each other without directly going to war, which could escalate into WWIII.
Italy and Switzerland
France and Great Britain
Germany and Austria-Hungary
United States and Soviet Union
____________ started the Korean War by invading ______________ because they wanted Korea to be united under Communism with the help of Stalin (USSR).
South Korea was supported by their aliance with ________________, which has a _________________ government. The policy was to contain Communism and prevent a domino effect.
Soviet Union/communist
Soviet Union/democratic
U.S.A./communist
U.S.A./democratic
What happened when Communist China decided to join the Korean War?
They managed to conquer Korea.
They helped North Korea push the USA and South Korean forces back to the 38th parallel, and that's where the war ended.
They could not defeat the USA and South Korea, so North Korean forces remained in China.
They were attacked by the USA with nuclear weapons.
Which statement summarizes conditions in Korea after the Korean War?
Korea was divided into North and South, with the North ruled by a family dynasty and the South growing rapidly beginning in the 1960s.
Peace settlement after First Indochina War with France that separated Vietnam into Communist North and Democratic Capitalist South (led to Second Indochina War/Vietnam War)
Why didn't the Vietnamese people believe the emperor when he declared independence?
They saw the French rulers replaced by Japanese ones
One reason the USA was involved in the Vietnam War was to
prevent the spread of communism in Indochina
reduce French influence in Vietnam
stop china from seizing Vietnam
support the government of North Vietnam
Which cause united many college students, Black civil rights activists, and labor union members (American socialists) during the 1960s?
Opposing U.S. participation in the Vietnam War
Expanding presidential use of executive privilege
Protecting the world against climate change
Using détente as a foreign policy with China
Leading Vietnamese nationalist and communist figure, who would have won the election had the united Vietnam been allowed to vote.
Ngo Dinh Diem
Ho Chi Minh
Viet Cong
Kent State University
Match the following
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Supply route for Communist forces
Vietnam War
Conflict between Communist & Capitalist
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Escalation of U.S. involvement in Vietnam
Geneva Accords
Peace agreement ending the Vietnam War
Viet Cong
Communist guerrillas in S. Vietnam
What Enlightenment ideal did Middle Eastern territories strive for as they gained independence in the 20th century?
communism
self-determination to choose their own governments
membership to NATO
an alliance with the Chinese
Which political leader introduced programs that moved the USSR away from totalitarianism, and increased economic freedom and political rights?
Mikhail Gorbechev
Joseph Stalin
Boris Yeltsin
Vladimir Putin
Which new Soviet policy granted the people of the USSR more decision making power and greater access to private ownership of businesses?
perestroika
glasnost
democratization
shock therapy
As the economies of Eastern European countries declined, citizens in the former Eastern Bloc demanded a change away from which type of government to democratic capitalist?
theocracy
communism
democracy
socialism
What did NOT lead to the collapse of the USSR?
the growth of resistance movements
economic issues because of the Space and Arms Race
decrease levels of production, income, and standard of living
the creation of the Strategic Defense Initiative
