Quiz 4

Question 1

Interconnectivity and outsources are hallmarks of

Answer 1

the globalization movement after the fall of the USSR

Question 2

With the Aswan Dam Gamal Abd al-Nasser hoped to do ALL EXCEPT

Answer 2

institute Soviet-style communism in Egypt

*prove Egypt was a modern country, control the Nile River’s flooding, provide electricity to his people

Question 3

The conditions for WWI emerged from

Answer 3

European mistrust and defensive alliances

Question 4

The Russian Civil War was fought between

Answer 4

the Bolshevik and anti-Bolshevik groups

Question 5

The Armenian Expulsion/Genocide was a result of

Answer 5

Ottoman feelings of insecurity

Question 6

Why did the Provisional Government fail?

Answer 6

the leaders of the Provisional Government could not balance the desires of the workers’ councils with the desires of other political parties and the needs of the war

Question 7

What did WWI do to Russia?

Answer 7

It highlighted the military inferiority while also exacerbating domestic problems.

Question 8

The example of Uganda’s and Tanzania’s independence movement demonstrates ALL EXCEPT

Answer 8

the importance of the US in propping up African dictators (*the difficulties of ruling a multi-ethnic state, the difficulties independent states faced when creating new government, the messy results of colonialism)

Question 9

Why did Turkey experience two different post-war agreements?

Answer 9

The invasion of Greece demonstrated Turkey’s ability to maintain its boundaries against invaders

Question 10

Stalin’s crash industrialization

Answer 10

resulted in a strong economy and more literate population.

Question 11

Imperial economic reforms and development schemes failed in Africa because of ALL EXCEPT

Answer 11

there was too much participation from Africans in the creation of the schemes (*they ignored the environmental conditions of many, it was difficult to predict markets for cash crops, they did not take African farming techniques into account)

Question 12

Operation TPAJAX is an example of

Answer 12

one way the US and Britain secured their interest in the Middle East

Question 13

After independence, Cambodia

Answer 13

experienced a violent genocide.

Question 14

Many independent states in Africa suffered from

Answer 14

a disunified electorate

Question 15

During the early weeks of WWI, Germany’s frustrations in Belgium led to ALL EXCEPT

Answer 15

an increasing commitment to diplomacy and peace (*rising violence against civilians, The elevation of the war from simply a war for territory into a war for civilization, rising anti-German feeling among the Entente countries)

Question 16

Why was Russia at the beginning of the 20th century dysfunctional?

Answer 16

there were too many groups interested in running the government rather than cooperating to govern.

Question 17

Germany’s victory turned to defeat in Russia because

Answer 17

The German army did not account for Russian resistance

Question 18

US President Dwight D. Eisenhower argued that the loss of SE Asia to the communists was not only a political issue, but also an economic problem because

Answer 18

of the volume of resources and raw materials in SE Asia (*domino theory)

Question 19

How is the Cold War a factor in the reigns of Fernando Marcos and Achmed Sukarno?

Answer 19

both men are supported despite their dictatorial tendencies because they were anti-communist

Question 20

he Cold War affected the Middle East by doing ALL EXCEPT

Answer 20

by resulting in all countries ignoring the Russians in favor of being in the US camp (*inspiring building campaigns, stimulating interest in oil, stimulating intervention in domestic politics of Middle Eastern countries)