ap world history ch 39

Mohandas Gandhi was assassinated by

a Hindu extremist.

Egyptian president Gamel Abdel Nasser gained great international prestige when

he succeeded in retaking the Suez Canal from the British.

The nonalignment movement remained weak because

many nonaligned states needed and accepted aid from either the United States or Soviet Union.

Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated because

she permitted an attack on Sikh extremists at the sacred Golden Temple.

In both Guatemala and Nicaragua in the 1950s and 1960s,

the United States supported military dictatorships that were anticommunist.

As a result of the Cultural Revolution in China,

the educated elite were persecuted, and China was deprived of their talent.

The French fought to retain Algeria because

there were two million French settlers in Algeria.

Gandhi and Nehru opposed the partition of India because

they believed that India could be a successful multicultural state.

Britain withdrew from Palestine in 1947 because

they could not resolve the conflict between Palestinians and Jews.

In The Wretched of the Earth, Franz Fanon

urged the use of violence against colonial oppressors.

Argentina in the late 1970s and early 1980s

was ruled by military dictators who caused the "disappearance" of thousands.

The Balfour Declaration of 1917 promised that Palestine would

become a homeland for immigrant Jews.

Den Xiaoping,

brought free market reforms to China

The regime of the Iranian Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlazi was overthrown because

D. A) he alienated conservative Shia Muslims with his secular reforms. B) his repressive policies alienated leftist politicians. C) he allowed U.S. corporations to heavily influence the economy. D) All of the answers are correct. E) a and b.

Conflicts between native Kikuyu and British settlers intensified in Kenya after World War II because

D. A) white settlers had seized the best farmlands for years. B) Kikuyu had been crowded onto tribal reserves. C) Kikuyu had been reduced to the status of wage laborers. D) All of the answers are correct. E) None of the answers are correct.

Israel has fought and defeated all of the following neighboring states except

E. A) Egypt. B) Iraq. C) Jordan. D) Syria. E) All of the answers are correct.

A Geneva peace conference regarding Vietnam in 1954

E. A) followed the defeat of France at Dien Bien Phu. B) determined that Vietnam would be temporarily divided at the 17th parallel. C) determined that Ho Chi Minh and the communists would have control of North Vietnam. D) determined that democratic elections would be held as soon as possible. E) All of the answers are correct.

Apartheid ended in South Africa because

E. A) the Sharpeville massacre instituted a new era of radical activism against it B) the international community imposed economic sanctions against South Africa. C) President de Klerk convinced his party to dismantle the system and hold free elections. D) the African National Congress provided a vehicle for resistance. E) All of the answers are correct.

In 1947, India and Pakistan went to war over

Kashmir.

Which of the following is not a reason that Arab nationalism failed to materialize?

They shared a common language and culture.