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Post-Cold War

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

___________was a system of racial legislation that upheld segregationist policies against non-white citizens of South Africa.

a)

Pan-Africanism

b)

Apartheid

c)

Integration

d)

Genocide

2.

What does the political cartoon indicate about the world's response to genocides over the past century?

a)

Nations funnel money and supplies readily

b)

The United Nations always responds swiftly to genocide around the world

c)

Failure of countries and world organizations to address genocide

d)

Genocides only occur in democratic nations

3.

What was the motivation for the mass killings of Tutsis by the Hutus in Rwanda?

a)

To encourage Pan-Africanism and national unity

b)

To force religious assimilation

c)

The political struggle for control after imperialism

d)

The end of apartheid

4.

Who were mainly targeted in the Rwanda genocide?

a)

Government officials

b)

Foreign nationals

c)

The Hutu ethnic group

d)

The Tutsi ethnic group

5.
The primary function of the United Nations when it was conceived was ____.
a)
nuclear disarmament
b)
fellowshipping
c)
peacekeeping
d)
special elections
6.

Emblem of WHO

a)
b)
c)
7.

Nelson Mandela's intention was to bring white and black South Africans together toward the common goal of:

a)

maintaining colonial control

b)

building national unity

c)

preserving traditional religions

d)

sustaining nonalignment

8.
Apartheid is an Afrikaans word meaning? 
a)
A state of being apart
b)
Separate but equal
c)
Equality for all
d)
Racism
9.

Who is Nelson Mandela?

a)

A civil rights leader in South Africa

b)

A racer

c)

Movie director

d)

Bad man!!!

10.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was written in response to

a)

atrocities committed during World War II

b)

the burning of Hutu homes in Rwanda

c)

demands for better treatment of Latin American peasants in Guatemala

d)

the forced migrations of city people under the rule of the Khmer Rouge

11.

What is the key idea of this cartoon?

a)

Genocide in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia, and Darfur has been stopped.

b)

Human rights issues are best dealt with by the United Nations.

c)

The United Nations has not been effective in ending genocide.

d)

Fear of war crimes trials has brought peace to troubled regions.

12.

What was the main area of competition between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War?

a)

Space exploration

b)

Economic systems

c)

Cultural influence

d)

Nuclear arms race

13.

In 1987, Ronald Reagan delivered his famous “Tear down this wall!” speech in Berlin, Germany. What was the effect when the Berlin Wall did finally come down?

a)

Germans were mad that the wall had been torn down.

b)

East and West Berlin were united.

c)

They were surprised to learn that the Berlin Wall really existed.

14.

who is this?

a)

Olaf

b)

Anna

c)

Elsa

d)

Kristoff

15.
a)

Diego

b)

Tico

c)

Benny

d)

Blues

16.
a)

Dora

b)

Diego

c)

Boots

d)

Map

17.
a)

Foxy

b)

Snatcher

c)

Swiper

d)

No Swipe

18.
a)

Dora The Explorer

b)

Dora

19.
a)

Deago

b)

Deego

c)

Diego

20.

What's the film?

a)

Avatar

b)

Terminator

c)

Titanic