Final History Exam!
Demonstrations occurred on university campuses during the 1960s for all of the following reasons except
To protest grade inflation
Which of the following has occurred in China since the 1949 revolution?
Today, many Chinese people, especially the young, are trying to Westernize their dress and appearance.
The East African term for the people who have achieved a high level of financial success is
Wabenzi
Economic development in Africa has been difficult for all of the following reasons except
a declining population.
Terrorism is often motivated by all of the following except
a desire to create political, social, and religious pluralism.
The problems that developed within South Korea in the 1980s were the result of
a lack of democratic freedom
The Cuban Revo
achieved notable success in programs related to health and education.
In the aftermath of independence, India's greatest economic weakness was in
agriculture.
Characteristic of Stalin's domestic policies after World War II was
an emphasis on the growth of heavy industry.
All of the following about the rule of the Shah of Iran before 1979 are correct except it
attempted to establish a purely Islamic society.
Due to Cold War fears, the United States
backed away from its policy of breaking up the zaibatsu.
Popular culture
became, in the area of sports, highly commercialized during the second half of the twentieth century.
All of the following are correct regarding the presidency of Bill Clinton except
because of his misconduct with a White House intern, he was not reelected in 1996
"On the left" in the Soviet Union referred to
buying scarce goods on the black market.
In Kenya
capitalism is the dominant economic system.
All of the following are problems faced by the capitalist government of Kenya except
chronically poor soil.
The civil rights movement in the United States during the 1950s and 1960s
created a "white backlash" which aided a national trend toward greater political conservatism.
The Great Leap Foward
created huge rural communes, but which failed economically
Glasnost allowed
criticism of the government and Soviet society generally.
In 1993, President de Klerk agreed with Nelson Mandela to implement
democratic national elections
Anwar Sadat
differed from Nassar, proving to be far more pragmatic.
The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution
enabled Mao to regain control of the party after the disastrous Great Leap Forward.
In his Arusha Declaration of 1967, Julius Nyerere attempted to
establish a system of socialism and self-reliance.
The founding of the European Economic Community (EEC)
established a customs union for its six member states.
The new prime minister of Great Britain immediately after World War II, Clement Atlee,
established the welfare state in Britain.
In the twentieth century, Western women
experienced a dramatic change in status.
The policies of Francois Mitterand
had disappointing economic results that led to the coming to office of a more conservative premier.
Women in South and Southeast Asian societies
have, in a few instances, held high political office, as indicated by the careers of Indira Gandhi, Corazón Aquino, and Benazir Bhutto.
Jimmy Carter was defeated for reelection in 1980 because
he failed to obtain the release of American hostages held by radical Muslims in Iran.
The policy known as Ostpolitik
increased cultural, personal, and economic relations between West and East Germany.
The keiretsu are
large companies that maintain relationships in a more informal manner than the zaibatsu.
Early in 1990, Gorbachev struck out Article 6 of the Soviet constitution, thereby
legalizing the formation of political parties other than the Communist Party.
Under the new program of the "four modernizations" that began after Deng Xiaoping's political rehabilitation,
limited private capitalism was permitted to return to China.
During the 1990s,
many African writers criticized the national governments and the local populace and not just their earlier colonial rulers.
All of the following are true about events in Poland from 1980 to 1991 except
mass public demonstrations caused significant changes in government policy.
All of the following are correct about early African nationalist activities except
most of the anti-colonial nationalists were committed to violence.
Which of the following is not correct about the economies of the Middle East?
most of the most fertile agriculture land is owned by peasant farmers
Japanese rap music is
not as associated with sex, violence, or drugs.
Australia
now draws more than one-half of its immigrants from East Asia.
Yukio Mishima
opposed the "coca-colonization" of Japan and the world.
The "economics of oil"
played a role in Gamal Abdul Nasser's espousal of pan-Arabist ideas, as he wanted all groups in the region to share in the oil wealth.
Pierre Trudeau
pushed for greater industrialization, but his policies were frustrated by inflation and opposition to his attempts to increase the power of the central government.
Kenzaburo Oe
received the Nobel Peace Prize for literature
Thatcherism
restricted union power.
The formal establishment of the new state of Israel in May 1948
resulted in Arab denial of Israel's recognition.
The policies advanced by Deng Xiaoping
roughly doubled China's per capita income during the 1980s.
Mao Zedong's Little Red Book
superseded all other learning sources during the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution.
In terms of the chronology of decolonization, it is accurate to say that
the African National Congress became increasingly radical as its modest initial goals were rejected by white South African governments.
All of the following are correct about China in the early twenty-first century except
the Chinese Communist Party has begun to share power with non-communist groups.
Since Chiang Kai-shek's death
the Republic of China has moved toward a more representative form of government.
Which of the following was not a problem faced by the government of Helmut Kohl?
the armed hostility of France
Which of the following is a correct statement about postwar Canadian political development?
the liberal party created canadas welfare state
All of the following are correct about Kashmir except
the majority of the population is Hindu
The existentialists believed that
the world was absurd and without meaning.
Under the regime of Lee Kuan Yew
thrift, hard work, and an obedience to authority were the tenets of state policy.
In the 1950s, India
took a neutral position in the Cold War.
Immediately after World War II, General MacArthur's responsibilities included the demilitarization of Japanese society and
trying Japanese for war crimes and laying the foundations of postwar Japanese society.
The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)
was established, originally under Egyptian auspices, to represent Palestinian interests.
During the first decades of the twentieth century, women in the Middle East
were aided by the "modernist" movement's efforts to change female statuses and roles by interpreting Islamic views in a manner closer to those prevailing in the West.
After assuming control of the Soviet Union, Nikita Khrushchev's policies
were characterized by a program of de-Stalinization and broader intellectual tolerance.
The term "ethnic cleansing" is associated with the tragedy in which occurred in
Bosnia, during the breakup of Yugoslavia.
In 2007, the European Union added which two nations to its membership?
Bulgaria and Romania
The countries which attained their independence from Britain in 1948 and from the Netherlands in 1950, respectively, were
Burma and Indonesia
In 2010, this person became the first woman to be elected president of Brazil.
Dilma Rousseff
Who was the first prime minister of India?
Jawaharlal Nehru
For a brief period between 1958 and 1961, Egypt merged with what nation to form the United Arab Republic?
Jordan
Since 1979, Iraq has invaded both
Kuwait and Iran.
The two Muslim states in the Middle East that gave greater rights to women before 1980 were
Turkey and Iran.
All of the following were results of European colonialism in Africa except
the spread of Islam
African culture has adapted to serve the tourist industry and the export market in the areas of
wood carving, painting, and sculpture.
The number of Soviet citizens who lost their lives in World War II is estimated at
20 Million
Of the AIDS cases reported around the world, ____ percent are found on the continent of Africa.
65
Which of the following was not characteristic of Soviet society during the Brezhnev years?
A disregard for law and order.
the regional organization initially formed by Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, and the Philippines is known as
ASEAN SEATO
The reasons for the relatively late development of African nationalism included
Africa's late colonization meant that it would take longer for dissatisfaction to develop and become institutionalized.
In the mid-1970s, these two African nations adopted a Soviet-style Marxist government:
Angolia and Ethiopia
Which of the following statements is not true of the Brezhnev years in the Soviet Union?
As a result of détente, there was a freer and more relaxed domestic atmosphere.
During the 1980s and 1990s, there was a great deal of talk that the achievements of Japan and the "little tigers" indicated that the world was about to enter a new historical phase of the
Asian Miracle.
In 1971, East Pakistan became the independent nation of
Bangladesh
A leading Soviet writer of the 1950s and winner of the Nobel Prize was
Boris Pasternick
Which Korean term is equivalent to the Japanese term zaibatsu?
Chaebol
In 2000, fighting in which breakaway Russian state reduced the republic's capital of Grozny to ruins?
Chechyna
In 2010, the thirteen-year rule of Britain's Labour Party came to an end as which conservative became Prime Minister?
David Cameron
The leader of the successful revolution in Cuba in December 1958 was
Fidel Castro
Which of the following statements is not correct?
Foreign control of commerce in India was strongly encouraged after independence.
Which of the following is part of China's new educational policies?
Foreign models and knowledge gained abroad are now practiced.
Which of the following statements is not a true depiction of Mexican development in recent decades?
In 1996, Mexican peasants received net incomes equal to those of wealthy American farmers.
Which statement about permissiveness in Western society is accurate?
Increased drug consumption became a part of modern permissiveness for many.
The hopes for a lasting Middle East peace after the Camp David Accords were never realized, in part because of
Israeli's policy of establishing Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank territories
The first leaders of the People's Republic of Korea and the Republic of Korea, respectively, were
Kim Il Sung and Syngman Rhee.
The customary "government party" in Japan between the 1950s and 1993 was the
Liberal Democratic Party
Following his election to the presidency of Iran in 2005, this radical issued a statement publicly calling for the destruction of the state of Israel.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
"Black cat, white cat, what does it matter so long as it catches the mice?" was said by
Mao Zedong.
A stabilizing factor in this African nation is an unwritten agreement that allows Christians and Muslims to alternate terms in holding the presidency.
Nigeria
Which of the following statements is not correct about the role of women in India today?
Rural Indian women often have greater advantages than urban women.
The controversial Indian writer who uses the technique of magical realism and who has angered Muslims is
Salman Rushdie.
In regard to the relationship between Islam and women's rights, which of the following is the most valid statement?
Saudi Arabia has been the most conservative country in the Middle East in this matter.
The women's movement writer of The Second Sex was
Simone de Beauvoir
The "little tiger" that was once a British crown colony, but is now an independent state, is
Singapore
Which of the following is not true about the events that occurred in the Soviet Union in December 1991?
The Congress of People's Deputies denied Yeltsin the temporary power to rule by decree.
