World History- Chapter 27

Which of these BEST describes the result of the Vietnam War?

After U.S. troops left, Vietnam was united under a communist government.

Why were some Third World countries attracted to socialism?

It claimed to be anti-imperialist and dedicated to economic equality.

How did the United States retaliate after Fidel Castro nationalized American companies?

It imposed a trade embargo on Cuba.

The first black president of South Africa was

Nelson Mandela

What was Khmer Rouge?

The communist movement in Cambodia

The system of racial separation in South Africa, designed to create a fully segregated society is called

apartheid.

A government order that restricts or prohibits trade with another nation is called a/an

embargo.

Colonial legacy made it hard for independent African nations to advance for all of the following reasons EXCEPT

it had created nations based on ethnic and cultural groups.

After independence, South Africa was under the control of

its white minority.

The United Nations responded to apartheid by

placing an arms embargo on South Africa.

During the Cold War, superpowers put pressure on developing countries to choose between

socialist or capitalist economic policies.