Final Exam

Question 1

What type of war was the Cold War?

Answer 1

An Ideological War

Question 2

This type of war was a struggle for the hearts and minds of people. And stems from the ideological differences between democracy and communism.

Answer 2

Ideological War

Question 3

A conflict that was between the United States and the Soviet Union after WW II. The nations never directly confronted each other on the battlefield, but deadly threats went on for years from 1945 until 1989. What was the name of this war?

Answer 3

The Cold War

Question 4

He became president of the United States when Franklin D. Roosevelt died and he gave the order to drop the atomic bomb.

Answer 4

Harry S. Truman

Question 5

President Truman wanted to end the war before the Soviet Union came to the Pacific. What did he do that surprised the Soviet Union?

Answer 5

Dropped the atomic bomb.

Question 6

What was the name of the city and country President Truman dropped the atomic bomb on?

Answer 6

Hiroshima Japan

Question 7

Where was the Yalta conference held?

Answer 7

Ukraine

Question 8

This meeting was held from February 4th, 1945 until Feb. 11th, to discuss how the Nazi’s should be punished and what to do with the Nazi’s territory.

Answer 8

The Yalta Conference

Question 9

This man created a “buffer zone” of friendly states around Russia to make sure Russia was never invaded again. He did this by participating in the Yalta Conference and this is also one of the ORIGINS of the Cold War.

Answer 9

Josef Stalin

Question 10

This meeting was held from July 17th, 1945 until August 2nd, 1945 and took place in Occupine Germany. The purpose of this meeting was to mark the end of the alliance system and discuss what to do with Germany.

Answer 10

The Potsdam Conference

Question 11

Who attended the Potsdam Conference?

Answer 11

Stalin, Churchill, and Truman.

Question 12

After Churchill was voted out at the Potsdam Conference, who took his place?

Answer 12

Clement Attlee

Question 13

This plan was proposed by Henry Morganthau Jr. (the U.S secretary of treasury) and it involved destroying Germany’s key industries that helped with their military strength.

Answer 13

The Morgenthau Plan

Question 14

This is the term that is used to describe the boundary line or “mythical curtain” that separates Eastern Europe from Western Europe. It was both a physical and ideological division that represented the way Europe was viewed after WW II.

Answer 14

Iron Curtain

Question 15

In 1964, this speech was given by Winston Churchill in Fulton Missouri where he said, “An iron curtain has descended across Europe”. The curtain referring to communism.

Answer 15

The Iron Curtain Speech

Question 16

Who gave the Iron Curtain Speech?

Answer 16

Winston Churchill

Question 17

This term describes the American Policy that was designed to keep the Soviet Union from expanding its power.

Answer 17

Containment

Question 18

This “idea” was introduced in March of 1947 by Harry Truman the U.S President, and it was a policy that stated that the U.S would give aid to any country that was threatened by communism.

Answer 18

The Truman Doctrine

Question 19

In 1946, Greek Communist with Soviet support and Greek NON-Communist with British support fought for control over Greece. After the British had to withdraw, President Truman provided financial aid to the NON-communist, preventing the communist from taking over. What was the name of this war?

Answer 19

The Greek Civil War

Question 20

This was a U.S plan proposed by the Secretary of State, George Marshall and it was put into effect from 1948 until 1951 to aid in the economic recovery of Europe after WW II by offering certain European countries a large amount of money.

Answer 20

The Marshall Plan

Question 21

This U.S plan offered all European countries, including the Soviet Union (Russia) generous funding to rebuild their economies as long as the money was spent on goods made in the U.S. Those who supported it, hoped to promote democracy in Europe and oppose the spread of communism.

Answer 21

The Marshall Plan

Question 22

The U.S wanted to rebuild Germany to prevent another ______ ________ from happening.

Answer 22

Great Depression

Question 23

What country or countries occupied the EASTERN part of Germany after WW II?

Answer 23

The Soviet Union (Russia)

Question 24

What country or countries occupied the WESTERN part of Germany after WW II?

Answer 24

The U.S, Great Britian, and France (The Allied Nations)

Question 25

What is the name of the capital of Germany that was dicided into four sections?

Answer 25

Berlin

Question 26

The U.S wanted to show the Western part of Germany why they should NOT accept ________, as another attempt to rebuild Germany.

Answer 26

Communism

Question 27

The Marshall plan was designed to "highlight" Eastern or Western Europe?

Answer 27

Eastern Europe

Question 28

This was a 327 day operation in which the U.S and British had planes that flew food and supplies into West Berlin after the Soviets (Russia) blockaded the city.

Answer 28

Berlin Airlift

Question 29

What does NATO stand for?

Answer 29

North Atlantic Trade Organization

Question 30

When NATO was created, this was the first time for this country to officially join an alliance. Which country was it?

Answer 30

The U.S

Question 31

This organization was formed in 1949 and was a military and defense alliance formed by 12 countries in Western Europe and North America. The ORIGINAL purpose of this organization was to protect its members from a possible attack from the Soviet Union (Russia). What is the name of this organization?

Answer 31

NATO (North Atlantic Trade Organization)

Question 32

This was created in 1955 by the Soviet Union (Stalin) and Eastern European countries in response to NATO.

Answer 32

The Warsaw Pact

Question 33

This was an economical agreement formed by countries in a common geographical area to promote duty free trade and free movement of labor and money among its members.

Answer 33

Common Market

Question 34

In February 1948, the Soviet's pressured and pushed 12 non-communist members of the Czech government to resign and put a Communist led party in power. Truman called this incident a "coup" and used it to push the Marshall Plan through congress. What was the name of this incident?

Answer 34

Czech Coup

Question 35

In 1953, the leader of the Soviets die. What was his name?

Answer 35

Stalin

Question 36

When Stalin dies, who is his successor?

Answer 36

Nikita Khrushchev

Question 37

This man made a speech and clarifies all of Stalin's crimes. What was his name?

Answer 37

Nikita Khrushchev

Question 38

This man was Khrushchev's successor and forced the Czech's to come back after they tried to break away.

Answer 38

Leonid Brezhnev

Question 39

This was a four-month period of freedom in Czech. What was this called?

Answer 39

The Prague Spring

Question 40

This was a barrier constructed by the German Democratic Republic and East Germany in August 1961, that completely cut off West Berlin from surrounding East Germany and from East Berlin. It is a symbol of the cold war.

Answer 40

The Berlin Wall

Question 41

This means the political or cultural condition of a former colony.

Answer 41

Postcolonialism

Question 42

This was a period of hope in Latin America from 1825 until 1850, it was an unstable time. And political factionism emerged.

Answer 42

Post-Colonial Blues

Question 43

A strong political leader who demands the personal loyalty of many followers. They fought each other and got caught in many wars for independence.

Answer 43

Caudillo

Question 44

Latin American social ethic that honored male strength, courage, aggressiveness, assertiveness, and cunning. A masculine cult of personality.

Answer 44

Machismo

Question 45

He was the first leader of Venezuela and was part black.

Answer 45

Jose Antonio Paez

Question 46

Who was the first king of Mexico?

Answer 46

Augustine Deiturbide

Question 47

The Latin American _______ was destroyed during their war for independence.

Answer 47

Economy

Question 48

Latin America was trying to make their countries like _____ and _____ 's counties.

Answer 48

England and France

Question 49

This period in Latin American was from 1850 until 1880, it was a period of progress and they were trying to become a modern continent. They were rich in gold, silver, oil, and copper. It was a domino effect in Latin America.

Answer 49

Liberal Period

Question 50

He was the founder of 19th century Liberalism in Argentina, he was a minister. And believed Argentina should be urban and white and modernization.

Answer 50

Domingo Sarimento

Question 51

Eastern _______ ideas migrated to Latin America.

Answer 51

European

Question 52

He was the president of Mexico, he was a mexican national hero and brought liberal reforms to Mexico.

Answer 52

Benito Juarez

Question 53

Economic colonialization causes the ____ _____ period.

Answer 53

Neo-Colonial

Question 54

This period lasted from 1825 until 1990, it was the 2nd half of the liberal period. It consisted of rapid economic growth,The beneficiaries were large landowners and urban merchants, the land values soared with railroads, merchants and workers with secondary functions in import/ export economy, and the middle class grew rapidly. However, the majority of Latin Americans saw no benefits.

Answer 54

Neo- Colonial Period

Question 55

Horse soliders that kept opposition to foreign investments out.

Answer 55

Rurales

Question 56

He was a mexican general and politican who served seven terms as Mexico's president during the Neo-Colonial period.

Answer 56

Porfirio Diaz

Question 57

A small nation, especially in Central America, dependent on one crop or the influx of foreign capital

Answer 57

Banana Republic

Question 58

This period was from 1910 until 1945, involving an economic, politcal, and social revolution, and the Mexcio economy was poor. It was similar to the French revolution.

Answer 58

Nationalism Period

Question 59

Who overthrew Diaz as Mexican president?

Answer 59

Fransico Madero

Question 60

He was one of the leaders that Mexico's middle class and industrial workers wanted because they were angry about the inequities of Mexican society and foreign intervention. He became president and he and his closest associates made all of the important decisions. He wanted multinational influence out.

Answer 60

Alvaro Obregnon

Question 61

This was the first welfare state in the Western Hemisphere,

Answer 61

Uruguay

Question 62

This was an essay published in 1925 by Jose Vasconcelos. The essay aimed to destroy the idea that Europeans were superior and to make Latin Americans more prideful in their heritage. Vasconcelos believed that Latin America was made to fuse 4 races to create the 5th race, the race of the future. "The Best of All Worlds"

Answer 62

The Cosmic Race

Question 63

Who wrote the Cosmic Race?

Answer 63

Jose Vasconcelos

Question 64

A Fresco painter in Mexico who focused on the ethnicity of Mexicans in his paintings. And showed communist ideas.

Answer 64

Diego Rivera

Question 65

A mexican born painter, who wanted the peasants in Mexico to unite.

Answer 65

David Siqueiros

Question 66

A Brazillian dancer who was actually from Portugal.

Answer 66

Carmen Miranda

Question 67

What does La Chica Moderna mean?

Answer 67

Modern Girls

Question 68

The wife of Diego Rivera, who was also an artist and painted the modern girl.

Answer 68

Frida Kahlo

Question 69

This had no real ideology, and meant giving people what they want. and it evolves with what people want. It gains a hold in Latin America, and is based in fantasy.

Answer 69

Populism

Question 70

Was one of the most famous Latin America populist, he was a military general who ran for office and wanted to give the people paid vacations and labor safety laws.

Answer 70

Juan Peron

Question 71

Was Juan Peron's wife, who began in radio and was a celebrity, and she was also a populist.

Answer 71

Eva Peron

Question 72

Latin America very strongly supported the ____ in WWII, and supplied natural resources to them and their soldiers would also help them fight.

Answer 72

Allies

Question 73

Before WWII, how was Latin America treated by other countries?

Answer 73

Poorly

Question 74

The foreign policy of the administration of United States President Franklin Roosevelt toward the countries of Latin America. The United States wished to have good relations with its neighbors, especially at a time when conflicts were beginning to rise once again, and this policy was more or less intended to garner Latin American support.

Answer 74

The Good Neighbor Policy

Question 75

This revolution was communist based in Latin America and was the beginning of more revolutions. And it scared the U.S.

Answer 75

Cuban Revolution

Question 76

The leader of the Cuban Revolution, and overthrew the Cuban government.

Answer 76

Fidel Castro

Question 77

This was a communist group in Nicaragua that overthrew the government.

Answer 77

Sandinistas

Question 78

A war initiated by a major power but the country itself doesn't become involved.

Answer 78

Proxy War

Question 79

An anti-communist organization dominated by the U.S.

Answer 79

Organization of American States

Question 80

In 1954 this emerges because of Richard Nixon almost getting killed in Caracas by protestors, and this document states that the U.S would intervene in any Latin America country that has a communist revolution.

Answer 80

Declaration of Caracas

Question 81

This person was a communist leader and was one of the first overthrown because of teh Declaration of Caracas.

Answer 81

Jacobo Arbenz

Question 82

This person was the head of the United Fruit Company.

Answer 82

Allan Dulles

Question 83

Allan Dulles brother who was also the U.S's secretary of state.

Answer 83

John Foster Dulles

Question 84

A program in which the United States tried to help Latin American countries overcome poverty and other problems. It was basically a Marshall plan for Latin Americans.

Answer 84

Alliance for Progress

Question 85

A CIA operation to overthrow Fidel Castro in Cuba in 1961.

Answer 85

Bay of Pigs

Question 86

This happened in fear that the U.S. would attempt another invasion, Castro quickly complied with a Soviet request to be allowed to construct nuclear missile sites in Cuba in 1962.

Answer 86

Cuban Missile Crisis

Question 87

These type of wars are under the radar.

Answer 87

Dirty Wars

Question 88

A Chile military dictator who orchestrated a mass execution.

Answer 88

Augusto Pinochet

Question 89

This was a protest involving the mothers of Latin American children was when the mothers would stand in the streets holding signs up of their missing children demanding the government give them back.

Answer 89

Madres de Plaza de Mayo

Question 90

A factory where they made items for other countries.

Answer 90

Maquiladora

Question 91

What does NAFTA stand for?

Answer 91

North American Free Trade Agreement

Question 92

What does CAFTA stand for?

Answer 92

Central American Free Trade Agreement

Question 93

This means the opposite of conservatism and was pro free trade and was a period in Latin America.

Answer 93

Neo-Liberalism

Question 94

He was president of Venezuela was pro-communism, and was anti-U.S. He died of cancer.

Answer 94

Hugo Chavez

Question 95

He was the president of Bolivia, he supported Indians, and said "We don't want foreign companies mining on our land without fair compensation"

Answer 95

Evo Morales

Question 96

He was the leader of a China communist revolution, and comes to power in China and was pro-communism.

Answer 96

Mao Zedong

Question 97

This is where people flee to get away from Mao Zedong, it is also known as Taiwan and China wants this community back.

Answer 97

Formosa

Question 98

The communist revolution was different in ____ than any other revolution.

Answer 98

China

Question 99

This was a policy made by Mao Zedong, and this is when the government would take private farms away from their owners and would kill them.

Answer 99

Collectivization

Question 100

This was Mao's second five-year plan from 1958-1962. He wanted to industrialize China and modernize the economy in the shortest amount of time.

Answer 100

The Great Leap Forward

Question 101

This revolution happened from 1965-1968, and it involved trying to get young college people to be pro-communism. There was a lot of murder and a lot of people arrested.

Answer 101

Cultural Revolution

Question 102

This man comes to power in China after Mao Zedong, He is open to reforms in China and gives people hope.

Answer 102

Deng Xiaoping

Question 103

People gathered here to demand democracy (protest) and the Chinese government brought in Tanks.

Answer 103

Tianamen Square

Question 104

Who took over North Korea?

Answer 104

Soviets

Question 105

Who did the Soviet's put in power to rule over North Korea?

Answer 105

Kim il Sung

Question 106

Who took over South Korea?

Answer 106

The U.S

Question 107

Who did the U.S put in power to rule over South Korea?

Answer 107

Gynman Rhee

Question 108

This man was the secretary of state for the U.S under Truman, and said that Korea was not a priority.

Answer 108

Dean Acheson

Question 109

This man ignores Truman and the Chinese and North Korea push the U.S and South Korea back down to Korea and out of China.

Answer 109

Douglas MacArther

Question 110

The ______ warn the U.S not to come into their territory with their war involving North and South Korea.

Answer 110

Chinese

Question 111

This was the line that seperated North and South Korea.

Answer 111

38th Parallel

Question 112

This was the first Vietnam war, and involved Vietnam Nationalist against the French and they were fighting over French Indochina.

Answer 112

The Vietnam War

Question 113

Who led the Vietnam Nationialist?

Answer 113

Ho Chi Men

Question 114

Another word for Vietnam Nationalist.

Answer 114

Viet Minh

Question 115

The U.S put this man in power after Gynman, he was a Catholic, corrupt leader and was killed.

Answer 115

Ngo Dinh Diem

Question 116

Pro communist people living in South Vietnam they killed Diem.

Answer 116

Viet Cong

Question 117

This was the president of the U.S he wanted to "Americanize" the war with Vietnam. He created the "Domino Effect"

Answer 117

Lyndon B Johnson

Question 118

This was said by Lyndon B Johnson, and he said if Vietnam falls to communism, everyone else will.

Answer 118

The Domino Effect

Question 119

This happened in 1964 in South East Asia, when 2 Vietnam torpedo boats we're on the radar and Lyndon Johnson said they we're going to "attack" but they didn't.

Answer 119

Gulf of Tonkin

Question 120

This was the first war the U.S was considered losing.

Answer 120

Vietnam War

Question 121

In 1968, this was a turning point in the Vietnam War, it was named after a Vietnam holiday, and the Vietnam attacked the U.S.

Answer 121

Tet Offensive

Question 122

This was a picture on the powerpoint, it was of a girl running down the street naked in Vietnam she now speaks about human rights. What is her name?

Answer 122

Kim Phuc Phan Thi

Question 123

Who escalates the war secretly?

Answer 123

Nixon

Question 124

This was a University in Ohio where there was a protest for the War and one student was killed.

Answer 124

Kent State University

Question 125

Which song Haveman played was pro war?

Answer 125

The Ballad of the Green Berret

Question 126

Which song Haveman played was against the war?

Answer 126

Eve of Destruction

Question 127

What were the only 2 superpowers left after WW II?

Answer 127

The U.S and The Soviet Union

Question 128

This Congress was devoted to placing Indians in British colonial government.

Answer 128

Indian National Congress

Question 129

His nickname was "Mahatma" and he led a movement of peaceful civil disobediance like hunger strikes. He would also spin cotton in the street.

Answer 129

Mohandas Gandhi

Question 130

These people petitioned the government to carve India into two pieces.

Answer 130

Muslim Leauge

Question 131

This was a disputed region and India and Pakistan are fighting over it.

Answer 131

Kashmir

Question 132

Which was the first colony in Africa to decolonize?

Answer 132

Ghana

Question 133

This man led a boycott in Ghana of British goods.

Answer 133

Kwame Nkruman

Question 134

This man led the nationalist movement in the Congo.

Answer 134

Patrice Lumumba

Question 135

This was created so that native Africans of South Africa couldn't own land.

Answer 135

Land Act

Question 136

This is when black Africans have to have a pass port to go to another part of Africa.

Answer 136

Pass System

Question 137

This party in Africa created an apartheid.

Answer 137

Nationalist Party

Question 138

This is when the black and whites have seperate everything in South Africa. (Jim Crowe Laws)

Answer 138

Apartheid

Question 139

This was based on the Indian National Congress and they were very violent.

Answer 139

African National Congress

Question 140

This is where people were protesting apartheid, there were many killed, it was a turning point.

Answer 140

Sharpville Massacre

Question 141

This rebellion occured when the South African government forced students to learn English.

Answer 141

Soweto Uprising

Question 142

This was an illegal political party, involving the Polish independence movement.

Answer 142

Solidarity

Question 143

This means you are able to critize the government without getting in trouble. It means openness.

Answer 143

Glasnost

Question 144

This was where a nuclear power plant was being tested and the safety features did not work so it blew up.

Answer 144

Chernobyl

Question 145

He was the father of the soviet nuclear bomb.

Answer 145

Andrey Sakharov

Question 146

He was a pro-soviet dictator in Romania, and a student protest overthrew him.

Answer 146

Nicolae Ceausescu

Question 147

He was a Soviet Politician, he wanted to reform and steps in for Gorbachev

Answer 147

Boris Yeltsin