Quiz 5 Flashcards
To what does Stalin’s Folly refer?
Stalin’s steadfast refusal to acknowledge the looming Nazi invasion in 1941.
It was difficult for development to occur in Africa between 1980 and 2000 for ALL EXCEPT
ethnic unity
The containment doctrine argued that
the Soviet Union aimed to dominate the globe and so communism must be contained by the US in order to prevent its spread to non-communist countries.
During the Iran-Contra Affair all of the following happened EXCEPT:
the US stopped all sales of weapons to foreign countries. (*the deal was negotiated through Israel, the US sold weapons to Iran, the US supported the Contras in Nicaragua against the elected government.)
What is a banana republic according to the Etext?
a country whose economy depends on one crop and whose politics are dominated by an outside nation.
The Sykes-Picot Agreement
divided the Middle East into spheres of influence
How did the Iron Curtain form?
Russia created a buffer of countries in which it had influence in Europe
Why did dictatorships proliferate in Africa, even after the first generation of independent rulers died?
corruption made the role of ruler valuable and African had resources to exploit
Why is Yeltsin’s reputation mixed?
he transitioned the government into the independent Russia, but also created economic chaos.
How did the Good Neighbor Policy change the relationship between the US and Latin America?
It shifted US interests in Latin America away from direct military intervention and towards political and economic development.
Gorbechev’s reforms, perestroika and glasnost
were ultimately failures, but were aimed at reinvigorating the Soviet State
How did Africa’s geostrategic importance after the Cold War change?
Africa was ignored
Khruschev established de-Stalinization through doing all EXCEPT
the reinvigoration of the Gulags as pro-Stalinists were sent there (*ending the secret police’s powers, releasing political prisoners from the Gulags, a halt to forced collectivization)
What does the baby-boom generation mean?
it describes the generation that had more disposable income than any preceding generation.
The Soviet Union was on the brink of collapse in the 1980s because of all EXCEPT
a well-organized government and distribution of services (*low productivity, poor quality of consumer goods, corruption)
