Unit 6 Rev

Question 1

An Indian leader of nonviolent protest of British rule in India. Inspired other activists like MLK Jr. and Nelson Mandela.

Answer 1

Mohandas Gandhi

Question 2

A conflict between two ideologies in struggle for dominance.

Answer 2

Cold War

Question 3

Association of Southeast Asian Nations created out of fear of the spreading communism after the Vietnam War.

Answer 3

ASEAN

Question 4

Established by the UN to punish war crimes.

Answer 4

The International Criminal Court

Question 5

A disease that reduces bodily function and occurs in aging populations.

Answer 5

Alzheimer’s disease

Question 6

A mother country to a colony. These include France, Britain, and the Netherlands.

Answer 6

Metropoles (include examples)

Question 7

Student led protests against political institutions and policies all around the world. Started at a soccer tournament in Mexico where students clashed with police.

Answer 7

Global Uprisings of 1968

Question 8

An attempt by China to collectivise all business and industrialize the economy. It failed because of overestimation of crop output.

Answer 8

Great Leap Forward

Question 9

An organization created to stimulate free trade and bolster the global economy.

Answer 9

NAFTA (North Atlantic Free Trade Organization)

Question 10

A coalition of research, military, and private defense in the US instituted by Dwight Eisenhower meant to fight Communism.

Answer 10

Military industrial complex (give example)

Question 11

A US law that overcame barriars blacks had encountered in voting.

Answer 11

US Civil Rights Act of 1965

Question 12

A international policy that reflected equality and freedom among the human race.

Answer 12

UN Declaration of Human Rights

Question 13

The division of India into Pakistan that caused immense violence between Muslim and Hindu communities.

Answer 13

Partition of India

Question 14

An African literary movement under the French language.

Answer 14

Negritude Movement

Question 15

Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata sought to overthrow the dictator Porfirio Diaz.

Answer 15

Mexican Revolution

Question 16

Economic collapse of North American and European states due to the effects of WW1. The triangle of debt (US, France, Germany) was cut at the United States in a stock market crash.

Answer 16

Great Depression

Question 17

The ideology that all african nations should be united.

Answer 17

Pan-Africanism

Question 18

Elite institution within India of educated indians who seek to gain greater inclusion in the British government as well as to further Indian interests.

Answer 18

Indian National Congress

Question 19

Ethnic and political cleansing of populations around the world.

Answer 19

Genocide (include Holocaust, Armenian, Cambodian, and Rwandan)

Question 20

Chinese method of de privatization and leading China towards communis.

Answer 20

Five Year Plans

Question 21

A proxy war to prevent the spread of communism in Asia that was a complete failure.

Answer 21

Vietnam War

Question 22

A South African who fought apartheid.

Answer 22

Nelson Mandela

Question 23

The abolishment of the untouchable class in India. It attempted to reintegrate the untouchables into society.

Answer 23

Caste and Reservation in the Indian Constitution of 1950

Question 24

A modern cultural/sporting event where national teams compete against each other every 4 years.

Answer 24

World Cup Soccer

Question 25

Leader of the local Vietnamese communist movement. He was about to ally with the US, but was inspired by Soviet communism.

Answer 25

Ho Chi Minh

Question 26

Diseases that affect people living in poor living conditions and in close quarters.

Answer 26

Diseases of poverty (include malaria, tuberculosis, and cholera)

Question 27

The movement to unite arab countries across cultures and nationalities in the middle east.

Answer 27

Pan-Arabism

Question 28

An influential proponent of african american rights in the US.

Answer 28

Martin Luther King JR.

Question 29

Roosevelt's responce to the Great Depresion in the US.

Answer 29

The New Deal

Question 30

The flu that spread as a result of soldiers returning home after WWI

Answer 30

1918 Influenza Pandemic

Question 31

Alliances between capitalist countries and communist countries to achieve greater influence.

Answer 31

NATO and Warsaw Pact

Question 32

Major developments in medicine that lead to penicillin saving millions of lives.

Answer 32

Vaccines and antibiotics (include examples and cause/effect)

Question 33

An Indian cinema corporation created before the Partition of India. Became immensely popular after the split.

Answer 33

Bollywood

Question 34

An international organization meant to further capitalism.

Answer 34

The World Bank

Question 35

Terror group in Kenya who fought and protested the British which gained support causing a civil war leading to independence in Kenya.

Answer 35

Mau Mau Rebellion

Question 36

The first leader of independent Ghana. First proposed the African Union.

Answer 36

Kwame Nkrumah

Question 37

Independence of the French colony of Algeria led by National Liberation Front through Guerrilla Warfare. Independence was granted through a referendum by Charles De Gaulle by passing the French National Assembly.

Answer 37

Algeria's War for Independence

Question 38

A body representing 149 nations in charge of negotiating global commerce and promoting free trade.

Answer 38

The World Trade Organization

Question 39

Leader of China who instilled more capitalist reforms after Mao's death.

Answer 39

Deng Xiaoping

Question 40

What two sides fought for to stay ahead of each other in the cold war.

Answer 40

Nuclear power

Question 41

A democratic movement/protest that was brutally crushed in China.

Answer 41

Tiananmen Square Protest

Question 42

A militant terrorist organization in Ireland who used guerrilla tactics against the British to become an independent nation.

Answer 42

IRA

Question 43

Established as a successor to the League of Nations in order to solve international conflicts.

Answer 43

The United Nations

Question 44

A revolution in farming techniques that included new crop variations. The purpose was to feed possible communist countries to bring them to the allied side.

Answer 44

Green Revolution

Question 45

A response to the Great Depression to regulate the global economy.

Answer 45

International Monetary Fund

Question 46

The mobilization of an entire country for military conflict.

Answer 46

Total War

Question 47

Countries following Japan's lead in capitolism leading to millions of people comming out of poverty.

Answer 47

Asian Tigers

Question 48

Egyption socialist who nationalized certain industries and the Suez Canal.

Answer 48

Gamal Abdel Nasser

Question 49

A league of muslim nations that sought muslim unity in the middle east.

Answer 49

Muslim League

Question 50

A proxy war where a communist regime was established in the middle east.

Answer 50

Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan