Chapters 18 & 19 Flashcards
The dividing of India into 2 nations was referred to as…
the partition
Pakistan began as a divided nation. Its east and west regions were separated by…
1,000 miles of Indian territory
Which of the following is true of Burma’s Aung San Suu Kyi?
She was active in the National League of Democracy
The Mau Mau was…
a secret society that wanted to liberate Kenya from British rule
The long time dictator of the Congo was…
Mobutu Sese Seko
Which 2 countries each had a civil war after Independence?
Pakistan and Angola
How were the governments of Ferdinand Marcos and Mobutu Sese Seko similar?
Both imposed strict authoritarian regimes
Which of the following colonies became an independent city-state with a standard of living far higher than any of its Southeast Asia neighbors?
Singapore
Which former colony of France was torn apart in the 1990’s by a deadly civil war between the government and Islamic militants?
Algeria
What resulted in the creation of an Israeli “buffer-zone”?
Six day war
What influenced the independent movements of colonial countries?
The spread of democratic ideas, the occasional defeat of Europeans by the Japanese during WWII, and the expanse of maintaining the governing distant colonies
Which of the following was caused by a religious conflict?
a civil war in Sri Lanka
Which has contributed to Singapore’s high standard of living?
Singapore has one of the busiest ports in the world
Which nations are part of the Central Asian Republics?
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan
How were the assassinations of Yitzhak Rabin and Anwar Sadat similar?
each assassin came from extremist of their own religions
What prompted Brazilian government to open up Brazil’s political system?
the economy fell into a recession
What happened after the Nigerian military promised to bring back civilian rule in 1993?
A popular leader was elected president, but then the military threw him in jail
What program did Gorbachev use attempt to use to modify the USSR economic structure?
Perestroika
Who became the Russian Republic’s first elected president?
Boris Yeltsin
What did the 4 modernizations call for?
Progress in Agriculture, Industry, Defense, and Science/Technology
What prompted the generals of Argentina to step down and follow free elections?
the military suffered a humiliating defeat over the Falkland Islands
Which of the following events did not lead to the fall of the Berlin Wall?
The governments of East and West Germany began to discuss reunification
Which of the following factors led to war among Nigerians?
ethic divides
What action did Poland accomplish successfully before any other nation?
remove a communist regime from office peacefully
What was significant about the outcome of the August Coup in the Soviet Union?
The Soviet people lost their fear and defended freedom
What was the result of the student protest in Tiananmen Square?
The military arrested, killed, and wounded hundreds of protestors
What were some of the effects of the partition of India?
resulted in looting, murders, riots, and the fleeing of refugees to foreign lands
After gaining their independence, India and Pakistan fought a war over…
Kashmir
After WWII, the greatest source of US-Filipino conflict was…
on US Military bases in the Philippines
French speaking Africans and West Indians formed a movement to celebrate African culture, heritage, and values called…
Negritude
The 1956 Suez Crisis began when…
Egypt seized control of the Suez Canal
In 1978, the Camp David Accords were signed by…
Anwar Sadat and Menachem Begin
Which of the following has caused much of the violence in Sri Lanka?
A militant minority trying to achieve independence
The extremist Islamic group that seized control of Afghanistan during the 1990’s was known as…
The Taliban
Which of the following was influenced by communism?
The Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola
Which of the following was NOT true of the intifada in the West Bank and Gaza Strip?
Caused Israel to declare war on Palestine
Why did the UN fail in its plan to create a Palestinian State in the late 1940’s?
The Palestinians objected to receiving only part of the Mandate of Palestine, rejecting the validity of a Jewish State
Which of the following might have relocated after the partition of India?
A Muslim in India
What hindered the development of the Philippines after it gained independence?
Economic and political dependence on the US
During the late 1990’s, how were the Philippines, Myanmar, and Algeria similar?
They all had rulers who refused to accept the results of an election
Israel never gave back the territory that they won in all of the Arab-Israeli wars of the mind 20th-century
false
How did the Declaration of Principles affect Palestinians living in the Gaza in 1993?
They were able to elect their own political representatives
Which is not a basic practice needed for democracy to work?
a president
What is an apartheid?
South African policy separating races
What caused the 2 Germany’s to reunify?
the fall of communism in East Germany?
What was is called when the Bosnian Serbs used violence to rid Bosnia of its Muslim population?
Ethnic cleansing
What led Chinese students to demand democratic reform?
Economic reforms that allowed Western Ideas into China
Which of the following were obstacles to Latin American nations establishing democratic governments?
powerful militaries, sharp class divisions, single-crop economies
Aside from trade restrictions, what was another way that foreign nations opposed South Africa’s policy of apartheid?
Exclusion from Olympic games
What effect did the end of Communism rule have on Yugoslavia?
Without communism as a unifier, ethnic hatred tore the county apart
What did China promise to do when it regained rule of Hong Kong?
respect the economic system and political liberties
In your opinion does Israel have rightful claim to their historic homeland? Why or why not?
Yes, they were there first
