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World History: Abeka 7th Grade > Study Guide; Chapters 24-25 > Flashcards

Study Guide; Chapters 24-25 Flashcards

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1
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The UN (United Nations) was organized when?

A

1945

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2
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Where was the UN (United Nations) Organized?

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New York City

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What is a lessening of tension or hostility between nations try to work out differences through talks, treaties, etc.?

A

Détente

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4
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Which dictator did President George H. W. Bush order American Troops into Panama to liberate and protect the US?

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Manuel Noriega

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5
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Who was Stalin replaced with?

A

Nikita Khrushchev

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6
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Who was the first man to walk on the moon?

A

Neil Armstrong

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7
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Who was the longest ruling leader of Britain in the 20th century?

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Margaret Thatcher

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8
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What happened in 1950-1953?

A

Korean War

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9
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What happened in 1989?

A

The Berlin Wall opened

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10
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What happened in 1948?

A

Israel becomes a Nation

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11
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When Israel became a nation, who was the leader at this time?

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David Ben-Gurion

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12
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What are neutral nations not yet aligned with either freedom or Communism?

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Third World

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13
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Who advocated “passive resistance” or “civil disobedience” as a peaceful but forceful method for India to get what it wanted from Britain?

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Mahatma Gandhi

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14
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Who served as the military governor of occupied Japan?

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General Douglas MacArthur

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15
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Who was the most influential illustrator of the 20th century?

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Norman Rockwell

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16
Q

What was the first skyscraper?

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Home Insurance Company building

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17
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Who was the most celebrated American artist of the 20th century?

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Andrew Wyeth

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18
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What focused primarily on the common working man?

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Regionalism

19
Q

What is Chicago’s nickname?

A

The Birthplace of Modern Architecture

20
Q

Who invented the World Wide Web?

A

Tim Berners-Lee

21
Q

What field deals specifically with the manipulation of atoms and molecules?

A

Nanotechnology

22
Q

What is the largest and most intricate global project today?

A

International Space Station (ISS)

23
Q

What month and year did try to join the US and Russia trying to send a man into space?

A

October, 2003

24
Q

What does GPS stand for?

A

Global positioning system

25
Q

What does RFID stand for?

A

Radio frequency identification

26
Q

When did the first assembly of the ISS take place?

A

1998

27
Q

Who wrote the hiding Place?

A

Corrie Ten Boom

28
Q

Which country did Saddam Hussein dictate?

A

Iraq

29
Q

Who followed Mikhail Gorbachev, as the president of the newly organize commonwealth of independent states?

A

Boris Yeltsin

30
Q

What was introduce as a single currency of EU members that someday would rival the American dollar?

A

Euro

31
Q

What was NAFTA’s main goal?

A

Eliminate trade restrictions

32
Q

What is the global push to United Nations of the world?

A

The New World order (NWO)

33
Q

In what year did every Eastern European nation consider it self independent from the Soviet union?

A

1991

34
Q

Who led the solidarity movement?

A

Lech Walesa

35
Q

What system of weaponry was designed to destroy enemy this a warhead in fight it was alarming to the Soviets?

A

SDI (Strategic Defense Initiative)

36
Q

Which Cuban dictator did Fidel Castro overthrow?

A

Batista

37
Q

What country crossed the 38th parallel invaded South Korea?

A

North Korea

38
Q

Who led the nationalist government?

A

Chiang Kai-Shek

39
Q

Who moved to Germany toward a vigorous free market economy?

A

Konrad Adenauer

40
Q

Where did Josip Tito lead an anti-Soviet rebellion?

A

Yugoslavia

41
Q

What are nations supposedly independent but technically under the dominance of another?

A

Satellites

42
Q

The Truman doctrine tried to keep what from spreading to the new areas of the world?

A

Communism

43
Q

Can you take Lexi to Starbucks?

A

The correct answer will be yes :>

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