World Civ Unit 7 test
The Allied leaders Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin were known as the
"Big Three"
What was the result of the Vietnam War?
After U.S. troops left, Vietnam was united under a communist government.
Cuba became allied with the Soviet Union after
Fidel Castro overthrew Cuba's U.S.-supported dictator.
Why were some Third World countries attracted to socialism?
It claimed to be anti-imperialist and dedicated to economic equality.
When the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, the Soviet Union was led by the reformer
Mikhail Gorbachev
For the people of Panama and the rest of Latin America in the 1950s and 1960s, rioting was an expression of
Nationalism
The first black president of South Africa was
Nelson Mandela
Independent third world countries that tried to remain neutral during the Cold War were called
Nonaligned nation
Why was Russia motivated to establish a "Soviet Sphere" where states would be "subject, in one form of influence" after World War II?
Russia wanted to create a buffer zone of friendly states to protect it from invasion.
This article was written in China during the era of
The Cultural Revolution
What might Churchill have meant when he said that the Soviets desired "the indefinite expansion of their power and doctrines"?
The Soviets wanted to promote regimes sympathetic to communism in other countries
What was the Khmer Rouge?
The communist movement in Cambodia
What action did the United States take in response to the Cuban Missile Crisis?
They blockaded the island and demanded the Soviets remove the missiles
The economics term "developing country" refers to a/an
a poor country with little or no industrialization
The system of racial separation in South Africa, designed to create a fully segregated society is called
apartheid
Why would Kennedy "regard any nuclear missile launched from Cuba against any nation in the Western Hemisphere as an attack by the Soviet Union"?
because the USSR had installed nuclear missiles in Cuba
A government order that restricts or prohibits trade with another nation is called a/an
embargo
When Salavador Allende was elected president of Chile, he promised to
follow a "democratic road to socialism"
How did Khrushchev feel about Stalin?
he was critical of Stalin's harsh rule
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
How did the United States retaliate after Fidel Castro nationalized American companies?
it imposed a trade embargo on Cuba
How did the United States deal with Jacob Arbenz Guzman?
it organized and funded a rebel army of Guatemalan exiles to overthrow him.
What was the Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev's attitude towards the Berlin Wall?
it was a necessary evil
After independence, South Africa was under the control of
its white minority
One key change that took place under Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán was
land reform
The main purpose of the Yalta Conference was to
make plans for postwar Europe
Who were the "monsters" Jiefangjun Bao refers to, in the context of the Cultural Revolution?
people who embraced "old" ideas
The United Nations responded to apartheid by
placing an arms embargo on South Africa.
In the years after the Cuban Missile Crisis, the United States accused Fidel Castro of
promoting revolution in the Americas
One way the United States worked to ensure the triumph of democratic capitalism over socialism was by
promoting the free flow of global trade
Nations guarded and controlled by a stronger nation were called
protectorates
During the Cold War, superpowers put pressure on developing countries to choose between
socialist or capitalist economic policies
Mao believed that "a great revolution that remolds the ideology of people" was necessary in China because the country had
strayed from its revolutionary ideals
The radical student group that caused violent chaos during the Cultural Revolution were known as
the Red Guards
The meeting of Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin at Yalta in 1945 was a sign that
the USSR and the West might cooperate in the postwar era
What international organization did the Soviets agree to join at the Yalta Conference?
the United Nations
President Nixon ordered covert operations to bring down Allende's government because
the United States feared that Chile was heading toward Communism
What did Churchill mean when he said "an iron curtain has descended across the continent."?
there was a growing ideological divide between East and West
Although prospects for Nigeria at first looked good, the nation encountered problems when
three different ethnic groups tried to gain advantage in government, fearing domination by the others
What was the purpose of the Berlin Wall?
to stop the flow of people fleeing East Germany
