Chapters 24-32 Flashcards
Canada was a product of
Slow evolution
Cinco de Mayo is important to Mexican history because
A small Mexican force defeated a larger French force
Which U.S. president was in office when the Indian Removal Act was passed?
Andrew Jackson
What was the period of economic prosperity in the last two decades of the nineteenth century called?
The Gilded Age
Which Mexican statesman led La Reforma?
Benito Juarez
What provided the means and motives for the U.S. to spread west?
The Industrial Revolution
What became the symbol of new mobility and new freedom for middle class women in the U.S. and Canada in the mid-1800s?
Bicycles
The loss of guaranteed British markets led to
A boom in Canadian trade
Japan and Qing China came into conflict in
Korea
The British considered the problem in China not to be of opium but of
Free Trade
The Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists was also known as the
Boxers
Where did the most notorious abuse take place in the drive to meet the demand for rubber?
Congo Free State
What advance in medical technology helped make the domination of inland Africa possible?
Quinine
The lack of _________ among African peoples facilitated the process of European imperialization.
Alliances
W.E.B Du Bois believed that New Imperialism led to
White domination
Why did the Egyptian king support the construction of the Suez Canal?
He thought it would generate revenue for Egypt and protect its independence
What was the main purpose of the Berlin Conference?
To divide Africa between the major European states
David Livingstone believed that Africans were
Fully capable
What affect did famines have on British imperialist goals in Africa?
Famines enabled easy British victories over weakened African people
Who founded the Republic of China after the revolution of 1911?
Sun Yat-sen
Which of the following was the first use of chemical weapons in history?
Mustard gas
What was Joseph Stalin’s slogan?
Socialism in One Country
What was the most important strategic Ottoman position on the southern front?
The Dardanelles
Carranza saw Zapata’s desire to redistribute the large plantations as
An intrusion on the rights of property owners
Archduke _______ was assassinated by a Serbian nationalist.
Ferdinand
Before and during the war, all of the following societies had a major revolution except for
Britain
What did the French do in lieu of German payment?
Occupied the Ruhr Valley
What event led Hitler to arrest Communist members of the Reichstag?
Fire in the Reichstag
New Deal programs included all of the following except for
Workers Compensation
Which of the following were both Mussolini and Hitler contemptuous of?
Representative government
During the Spanish Civil War the Soviet Union supported the ________ and the Nazis supported ________ .
Republicans, Franco
From which empire did the country of Turkey emerge?
Ottoman Empire
Which event led the Congress Party to launch its first mass public protest to gain Indian self-rule?
Amritsar Massacre
What is collectivization?
Stalin’s replacement of peasant villages with large, state-run farms
Hitler promised all the following traditional values after the communists and Jews were taken care of except
Innovation
Which American president chose to drop atomic bombs on Japan?
Harry S. Truman
How did Stalin defend Russia from potential future invasions after WWII?
Acquired border countries to form a geographic barrier
What is the purpose of the United Nations?
To guarantee international peace through diplomacy
Which of the following groups did the Nazis attempt to exterminate?
Jews, Gypsies, Jehovah’s Witnesses, homosexuals, and disabled people
The Bretton Woods Conference formed a plan to prevent a repeat of
Economic difficulties following WWI
What is the blitzkrieg?
All of the above
How much money did the Marshall Plan make available for European reconstruction?
$12 billion
Where did the first decisive military victory for the Allies occur?
North Africa
Which side did India’s prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, take in the Cold War?
He did not take a side
With regards to the Soviet sphere influence the U.S. policy was one of
Containment
The Non-Aligned Movement included
A group African and Asian leaders
What did the outcomes of war in Vietnam, Indonesia, and the Congo have in common?
None were democratic by the mid-1970s
Under Fulgencio Batista most Cubans lived without all of the following except
Housing
The Great Leap Forward directed the “masses” to pour their energy into
Communal production
The U.S. and the Soviet Union both presented themselves as
Champions of freedom
Relations deteriorated between the U.S. and Cuba after Cuba’s
Agrarian Reform Law
Which country experienced the “Velvet Revolution”?
Czechoslovakia
What were the guerilla fighters who opposed Brezhnev’s regime in Afghanistan called?
Mujahaddin
The Soweto Uprising was a protest by
Black students
The Rwandan Genocide took place between which two tribal groups?
Tutsi and Hutu
Stagflation is a term that means
A combination of slow growth and inflation
What is kleptocracy?
Government by theft
The policies of Deng Xiaoping favored
Market incentives
What event symbolized the end of the Cold War?
Destruction of the Berlin Wall
Data from India, China, Brazil, and the United States show a strong corrolation between
Global economic growth and rising inequality
What did Muhammad Yusuf pioneer and eventually win the Nobel Peace Prize for?
Microfinance
Was Iraq complicit in the 9/11 terrorist attacks?
No
What does the Bharatiya Janata Party attempt to use as a unifying principle?
Hinduism
What is the stated purpose of the World Trade Organization?
Establish rules for international trade
What does the term BRIC stand for?
Brazil, Russia, India, China
What did the One Child Policy lead to in China?
Significant gender imbalance
Is the dowry system in India legal?
No
