chapter 19 test/final

Question 1

true or false
japan’s economy did not recover from World War II until the 1990s 

Answer 1

false

Question 2

true or false
The Viet Chong forced the north Vietnamese forces to retreat to the 38th parallel

Answer 2

False

Question 3

true or false
UN forces invaded Korea at inchon

Answer 3

True

Question 4

true or false
The United States and the Soviet union recognized Israel as a nation in 1948

Answer 4

True

Question 5

true or false
The French welfare system has resulted in high taxes and high unemployment

Answer 5

True

Question 6

true or false
Pakistan was originally part of India

Answer 6

True

Question 7

true or false
Italy’s recovery became known as the economic miracle of Europe

Answer 7

False

Question 8

true or false
tiananmen was the scene of a violent Polish uprising against the Soviet Union

Answer 8

False

Question 9

true or false
The cultural revolution tried to purge anti-communist elements from China

Answer 9

True

Question 10

true or false
prior to the fall of the Soviet union missionaries from the west could easily obtain visas

Answer 10

False

Question 11

Who was the first American president who helped spread democracy?

Answer 11

Reagan

Question 12

Who was the first communist dictator of China?

Answer 12

Mao Zedong

Question 13

Who was the conservative British Prime Minister?

Answer 13

Thatcher

Question 14

Who established a free market in West Germany

Answer 14

adenauer

Question 15

Who established the fifth Republic in France in 1958

Answer 15

de gaulle

Question 16

Who was the first Soviet president and allowed private ownership?

Answer 16

gorbachev

Question 17

Who was the unpopular Soviet leader who was voted out of office?

Answer 17

khrushchev

Question 18

Who established communism in Vietnam

Answer 18

ho chi minh

Question 19

Who led an anti-communist movement in Poland

Answer 19

walesa

Question 20

Who helped India achieve its independence through passive resistance

Answer 20

Gandhi

Question 21

what program did President Reagan propose that convinced the Soviet union that it can no longer compete with the United States?

Answer 21

SDI

Question 22

What declaration became the first official recognition by a world power that the Jews needed a land to call their own?

Answer 22

Balfour declaration

Question 23

which country became the first to harnessed the power of the atom

Answer 23

The United States

Question 24

give the name for the economic plan that was intended to double China, steel and agricultural production

Answer 24

The great leap forward

Question 25

what European country underwent a Civil War over communism before joining NATO

Answer 25

Greece

Question 26

give the term for the regions that remained neutral in the Cold War and did not ally themselves with either the free world or the communist powers

Answer 26

Third world

Question 27

what action by the Soviets resulted in an around the clock airlift by the United States in Britain

Answer 27

The Berlin blockade

Question 28

what US economic plan helped to stabilize western Europe

Answer 28

Marshall plan

Question 29

what former French colony defeated French forces at the battle of dien bien phu

Answer 29

Vietnam

Question 30

what is the name for the clash of ideas between western and communist nations that began after World War II

Answer 30

Cold War

Question 31

Give the name for the first man-made satellite

Answer 31

Sputnik

Question 32

NATO offered its member nations protection from what communist union

Answer 32

Soviet union

Question 33

during what war did the Jew sees areas that enhance their security?

Answer 33

Six day war

Question 34

in what country did the United States discover that the Soviet Union had placed nuclear missiles in in 1962?

Answer 34

Cuba 

Question 35

what are three reasons for the collapse of the Soviet union 

Answer 35

overthrowing rulers Voting out leaders Allowing private ownership of business

Question 36

what nation govern Palestine after World War I until 1948

Answer 36

Britain

Question 37

which African country became the first to achieve independence

Answer 37

Ghana

Question 38

Russia invaded this country in 1979 but left in 1889 after experiencing growing losses with no prospect victory

Answer 38

Afghanistan

Question 39

what island did Chiang kai shek found the Republic of China?

Answer 39

Taiwan

Question 40

Contrast the western democracy of the United States with the communist regiment of the Soviet

Answer 40

- economically the US promoted a capitalistic approach while the Soviet union imposed a central plan - Politically the US a democratic government all the Soviets were controlled by the communist party, giving them no say their government - religiously Americans believed they were a Christian nation while the Soviet believed capitalism was immortal and should be overthrown

Question 41

look at maps

Answer 41

agrh ag

Question 42

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