unit 10

Question 1

The Conservative Party leader who was elected Prime Minister and made the United Kingdom into an economic world power was _____.

Answer 1

Thatcher

Question 2

Which philosophical school of thought supports the claim that there is no such thing as absolute truth?

Answer 2

Existentialism

Question 3

Fidel Castro tried to spread _____ in Latin America.

Answer 3

Communism

Question 4

This German leader brought increased relations between East and West Germany.

Answer 4

Will Brandt

Question 5

Who led the fight to end apartheid?

Answer 5

Mandela

Question 6

This person led the Solidarity party in Poland.

Answer 6

Lech Walesa

Question 7

What led to the establishment of the state of Israel?

Answer 7

Balfour Declaration

Question 8

This colony nearly caused a civil war to break out in France because of their desire for independence.

Answer 8

Algeria

Question 9

_____ fostered economic growth, unity, political stability, and human rights.

Answer 9

The African Union

Question 10

Japan was occupied by _____ forces following WWII.

Answer 10

Allied

Question 11

The US and what other country participated in the Cold War Space Race?

Answer 11

USSR

Question 12

Since the threat of military dictatorships was eliminated during the later part of the twentieth century in _____ the economics have stabilized.

Answer 12

Latin America

Question 13

Perestroika was a program in the USSR that was introduced by _____.

Answer 13

Gorbachev

Question 14

A _____ economy is one in which a state’s economy is controlled by the government.

Answer 14

Centralized

Question 15

The state of Israel has been threatened with destruction by what ethnic group in the Middle East?

Answer 15

Arabs

Question 16

The dominant political system of Latin America is _____.

Answer 16

Democracy

Question 17

_____ helped bring about the collapse of the USSR by its openness.

Answer 17

Glasnost

Question 18

Which invention of the twentieth century revolutionized the use of computers?

Answer 18

Microchip

Question 19

Where does the U.S. get the majority of its oil from?

Answer 19

Middle East

Question 20

During the later part of the twentieth century, _____ economics stabilized under civilian-run democracies.

Answer 20

Latin America

Question 21

At the Tiananmen Square Massacre in China, what were government officials hoping to silence?

Answer 21

The Democratic movement

Question 22

The Great Leap Forward transformed the country from an agrarian to industrial society resulting in _____.

Answer 22

The deaths of millions of Chinese

Question 23

Which two countries made an agreement that kept them from using their nuclear arsenal?

Answer 23

United States and Soviet Union

Question 24

What provoked the Arabs to attack Israel again?

Answer 24

Gains made by the Six Day War

Question 25

What led to the formation of the European Union?

Answer 25

Economic, political and legal relations

Question 26

What did Brezhnev Doctrine prevent?

Answer 26

Soviet satellites from declaring independence from the USSR

Question 27

What was apartheid?

Answer 27

Separation of whites and non-whites

Question 28

This financial recovery plan gave 13 billion dollars in materials to European countries to stabilize their economies after WWII.

Answer 28

Marshall plan

Question 29

The Commonwealth of Independent States replaced _____.

Answer 29

The USSR

Question 30

What posed one of the greatest problems to new African nations following decolonization?

Answer 30

Tribal rivalry

Question 31

Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait to _____.

Answer 31

Takeover the country’s oil fields