final test

Question 1

what event is the root of the conflict in the midwest today

Answer 1

world war 1

Question 2

list 3 midwest countries

Answer 2

iraq
jordan
israel
syria
turkey

Question 3

what 3 factors were not considered when creating boundaries

Answer 3

ethnic
religious
tribal differences

Question 4

where do the palistinians want to create their own nation, also known as the 2 state solution

Answer 4

west bank

gaza strip

Question 5

according to the palastines, what must happen before they can create their own state

Answer 5

jews have to leave the west bank and gaza strip

Question 6

settlers

Answer 6

jews trying to build permanent settlements in west bank and gaza strip

Question 7

4 options isreal has

Answer 7

1 ethnic cleaning - genocide

2 allowing the Palestinians to vote- palestinians will vote the isrealies out

3 apartheid- minority (jews) rules out the majority (palestinians)

4 two state solution- create 2 countries, palestine and isreal

Question 8

what happened when the israel government tried to remove 9 families from the west bank

Answer 8

jews were fighting jews

Question 9

what is the first thing that just happened for the 2 state solution to work

Answer 9

Israeli/jews must move out of west bank and gaza strip

Question 10

who is the israeli, who is the palestinians

Answer 10

israeli- jews
palestinians- arabs/muslims

Question 11

what does the israeli/palestinian crisis go back to? explain?

Answer 11

biblical times

abraham had 2 sons, ishmael and isaac

ishmael is born out of wedlock. isaac is son of abraham and sarah.

oldest son is promised to inherit everything

who is the oldest?

ishmael- arabs
isaac- jews

god promised both the holy land

Question 12

what is the holy land

Answer 12

present day israel / palestine

Question 13

what empire is palestine part of

Answer 13

ottoman empire

Question 14

what is zionism

Answer 14

jews wanting to create their own homeland

Question 15

in 1947 what did the UN do to palestine

Answer 15

break it up into 2 equal parts.

arabs do not agree w this.

Question 16

what did jews do in 1948

Answer 16

create their own country (israel)

US quickly recognizes it as a country

Question 17

what happened in the 6 day war on 1967

Answer 17

israel now controlled sinai peninsula, gaza strip, west bank, golan heights, all of jerusalem

Question 18

what did america celebrate in 1976

Answer 18

200th bday

Question 19

why were some americans pessimistic in late 70s

Answer 19

vietnam
watergate
economy is in trouble

Question 20

what do young people realize they cannot do in the 70s

Answer 20

solve all the worlds problems

Question 21

new type of music in the 70s

Answer 21

disco

Question 22

what percentage of marriages ended in divorce

Answer 22

50 %

Question 23

new president who represented small town values

Answer 23

jimmy carter

Question 24

2 countries challenging america in the output of steel and electronics

Answer 24

japan
west germany

Question 25

name of toxic waste dump in niagara falls? result ?

Answer 25

love canal earth day

Question 26

problems with the 70s automobile industry

Answer 26

high gas prices pollution bad ugly cars gas guzzling cars

Question 27

descríbale Vietnam conditions

Answer 27

jungle very hot

Question 28

where is vietnam

Answer 28

south east asia

Question 29

#1 reason we fight the vietnam war

Answer 29

contain communism

Question 30

what did the vietnamese want

Answer 30

to be left alone by foreign nations and to be an independent country

Question 31

domino theory

Answer 31

if one country falls to communism , they all fall

Question 32

what half does the US support

Answer 32

south

Question 33

tonkin golf resolution

Answer 33

america is now at war with north vietnam

Question 34

from 1954-1964 the war was a ____ after 1964 the war was ____

Answer 34

civil war americanized

Question 35

reason for 2 end dates 73(75)

Answer 35

73-shots end 75-falls to communism

Question 36

what group helped us, what do we do in return

Answer 36

hmong bring them to america

Question 37

average draft age and tour of duty

Answer 37

19 1 year

Question 38

what did many men come home w

Answer 38

ptsd

Question 39

purpose of body count

Answer 39

no front lines winner has more kills

Question 40

what 2 groups do we fight

Answer 40

NVA: uniforms north Vietnamese army vietcong: civilian clothing communist guerilla fighters in s.viet friend by day, enemy by night

Question 41

4 examples of the enemies elusiveness

Answer 41

tunnel systems hit and run booby traps cant tell friend from enemy

Question 42

what doesn’t matter anymore because of no front lines

Answer 42

territory

Question 43

affect of napalm and agent orange on rural population

Answer 43

napalm- jelly like bomb, burned forests agent orange- herbicide, kills the jungle, causes cancer

Question 44

what caused morale of soldiers to drop as war continued

Answer 44

we aren’t winning poor jungle conditions cannot tell friend from enemy

Question 45

what impact did television coverage have on american home front

Answer 45

gov says there is light at the end of the tunnel TV shows the war is not almost over

Question 46

why is draft seen as unfair? ways to legally and illegally avoid?

Answer 46

rich could afford college, poor and blacks could not go to college hold essential job be homosexual get married health conditions go to cananda or mexica

Question 47

what has government been saying abt the vietnam war progress

Answer 47

light at the end of the tunnel

Question 48

what is tet? when is tet?

Answer 48

vietnamese new year jan 31st

Question 49

what does USA and NVA do during tet

Answer 49

cease fire

Question 50

how many towns and air bases did the VC attack simultaneasly

Answer 50

120

Question 51

was the tet offensive militarily a military defeat for vietcong and NVA

Answer 51

yes

Question 52

how does tet offensive change public opinion against vietnam war

Answer 52

prove their is no light at the end of the tunnel we aren’t going to win the war anytime soon. if ever.

Question 53

hawk vs dove

Answer 53

hawk- pro war dove- anti war

Question 54

march 1968 what does president johnson decide not to do

Answer 54

run for re election

Question 55

who was assasinated april 4? result?

Answer 55

mlk riots

Question 56

who was assasinated june 5th

Answer 56

RFK

Question 57

who gets elected november 1968

Answer 57

nixon

Question 58

in 1969 what did president nixon start to do

Answer 58

starts to end the war

Question 59

vietnamization

Answer 59

slowly pull out american troops. south vietnamese will fight their own war

Question 60

peace w honor meaning

Answer 60

not going to win, not going to lose, us can still hold our heads up high

Question 61

who is the silent majority

Answer 61

traditional america - us/we

Question 62

My Lai massacre

Answer 62

500 vietnamese villagers r massacred

Question 63

what happens at Kent St

Answer 63

4 college kids are shot by national guards

Question 64

what do the pentagon papers say

Answer 64

we were going to go war with Vietnam no matter what and we had no exit strategy

Question 65

what year does vietnam end

Answer 65

1973

Question 66

what happens to vietnam in 1975

Answer 66

falls to communism

Question 67

how many americans die in vietnam war

Answer 67

58000

Question 68

what is a POW

Answer 68

Prisoner of war

Question 69

what monumental event happened july 1969

Answer 69

2 american astronauts land on the moon

Question 70

how many americas were there when nixon took office? explain

Answer 70

2 us/we: traditional america-patriotic them: anti war protestors- college kids

Question 71

VP spiro agnew was the rock start for what part of america

Answer 71

middle america preaches law and order very traditional

Question 72

what country did nixon invade

Answer 72

Cambodia

Question 73

how many celebrations were there in times square to celebrate the end of the war

Answer 73

none

Question 74

what is watergate

Answer 74

hotel

Question 75

what does the Dnc stand for

Answer 75

democratic national committee

Question 76

Where is the DNC headquarters? what is their job?

Answer 76

watergate plan strategy for the election

Question 77

what did nixon hope to learn from watergate break in? explain what they did?

Answer 77

5 guys break into dnc at watergate and wire tap the phones. election strategy of dnc.

Question 78

did nixon play a role in the break in? what crime did he commit?

Answer 78

no the cover up

Question 79

was nixon ever impeached? how does he leave office

Answer 79

no resigned

Question 80

would the US senate have removed nixon from office?

Answer 80

yes

Question 81

who becomes president after nixon? role?

Answer 81

ford speaker of the house

Question 82

how many presidents have been impeached?

Answer 82

3 trump

Question 83

impeachment

Answer 83

officially charged with a crime ^ house of reps senate decides if you are guilty or not