World History - Chapter 27 -

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

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

5) Why were some Third World countries attracted to socialism?

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

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

It imposed a trade embargo on Cuba.

7) How did the United States deal with Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán?

It organized and funded a rebel army of Guatemalan exiles to overthrow him.

20) The first black president of South Africa was...

Nelson Mandela.

13) What was Khmer Rouge?

The communist movement in Cambodia

14) Which of the following BEST describes the rebuilding efforts of nations in Indochina after war?

The nations were largely destroyed but slowly made progress and reforms.

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

apartheid.

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

embargo.

10) When Salvador Allende was elected president of Chile, he promised to...

follow a "democratic road to socialism."

15) 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.

17) After independence, South Africa was under the control of...

its white minority.

6) One key change that took place under Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán was...

land reform.

1) For the people of Panama and the rest of Latin America in the 1950s and 1960s, rioting was an expression of...

nationalism.

3) Independent Third World countries that tried to remain neutral during the Cold War were called...

nonaligned nations.

19) The United Nations responded to apartheid by...

placing an arms embargo on South Africa.

2) The economic term "developing country" refers to a/an...

poor country with little or no industrialization.

8) Nations guarded and controlled by a stronger nation were called...

protectorates.

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

socialist or capitalist economic policies.

11) President Nixon ordered covert operations to bring down Allende's government because...

the United States feared that Chile was heading towards communism.

16) 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.