Post-World War 2

Question 1

What were the Nuremberg Trials?

Answer 1

Held for the purpose of bringing Nazi war criminals to justice

Question 2

What was the Cold War?

Answer 2

The restricted war that happened between the U.S and the Soviet Union

Question 3

What was the iron curtain that Winston Churchill referred to?

Answer 3

It was a national barrier seperating the soviet union from everyone else.

Question 4

What is the policy of containment?

Answer 4

A policy that the US would provide military aid to countries under the threat of communist influence.

Question 5

What is an arms race?

Answer 5

A compatition between two nations to gain superiority. Mostly nuclear weapons.

Question 6

What caused the Korean War?

Answer 6

The invasion of south korea by the north korean army.

Question 7

What was the result of the Korean War?

Answer 7

An armistice was signed and the 38th parallel still existed

Question 8

What were the Vietminh fighting for?

Answer 8

Independence from French rule.

Question 9

Who was Ho Chi Minh?

Answer 9

The leader of vietnam.

Question 10

What was the domino theory?

Answer 10

The spread of communism from one country to another.

Question 11

Who were the Vietcong?

Answer 11

The military branch of Vietnam

Question 12

What was the result of the Vietnam War?

Answer 12

Communist forces seized south vietnam

Question 13

Who became the leader of China in 1949?

Answer 13

Mao Zedong

Question 14

What was the Great Leap Forward?

Answer 14

Mao Zedong wanted the country to become more modern.

Question 15

What was the Cultural Revolution?

Answer 15

A revolt against the Quing dynasty

Question 16

Who were the Red Guards?

Answer 16

A group of people who killed anyone against Mao and his ideas.

Question 17

What was the Tiananmen Square Massacre?

Answer 17

Protests that led to a masacare in china

Question 18

Although Japan lost WWII, what did they become in just a few short years?

Answer 18

An economic and world power.

Question 19

Who occupied Japan following WWII? Who was in charge of rebuilding the nation?

Answer 19

The united states and douglas McAurther

Question 20

What caused Mohandas Gandhi to start the “Quit India” campaign?

Answer 20

In hopes to drive the Brithis from India.

Question 21

What caused Britain to realize that maintaining control of India would be too costly?

Answer 21

The increase of Indian nationalism

Question 22

What were the two main religious groups in India?

Answer 22

Hindus and Muslims

Question 23

What did the Muslims in India fear if India was to gain independence? What did they want instead?

Answer 23

India would be dominated by Hindus. A separate nation.

Question 24

What is a partition?

Answer 24

The creation of separate Muslim and Hindu countries.

Question 25

What nations were created following Great Britain leaving India?

Answer 25

Muslim East, West Pakistan, and Hindu India

Question 26

What caused violence, and over a million people to die, following partition?

Answer 26

The division of India/religious groups

Question 27

What did India become following independence?

Answer 27

They loosened up, became the largest democracy

Question 28

How was the Rwandan Genocide carried out? How many were killed? Who carried out the killings? How long did it last?

Answer 28

Many U.S. citizens saw what was happening and they felt bad but many didn’t do anything to help out. about 800,000 Tutsi. Lasted 100 days.

Question 29

What role did the media play in the genocide?

Answer 29

The media would tell the Hutus when to kill the Tutsi through the radio. The media was also helpful when they had shown what was going on to people around the world.

Question 30

How did the international community respond? The U.S. specifically? Why?

Answer 30

The U.S. would say things going on were bad but wouldn’t do anything and didn’t want to claim it as a genocide or else they would have had to got involved. From the Rwanada Genocide the U.S. said they wouldn’t get involved with Africa anymore. Other countries would go and help them by being peacekeepers but they could hardly do anything about what was happening. Other people went over to help the children and others.

Question 31

How did the genocide end?

Answer 31

When the Tutsi led Rwanda patriotic front stepped up it’s assualt agaisnt the goverment and so the genocide came to an end.