Study for Quiz I

At the close of World War II, the United States occupied _____ Korea, and the Soviet Union occupied _____ Korea.

1.) South 2.) North

What were the goals of the Allied occupation of Japan?

1.) To disarm the nation 2.) To teach the population about democracy

What are the main purposes of the United Nations according to the Charter Preamble?

1.) To provide a meeting place to solve international problems 2.) To develop friendly relations among nations 3.) To promote human rights and freedom

The Korean War began on June 25 of what year?

1950

The Cold War ended in:

1989

Satellite

A country that claims to be independent but is actually under control of another

China's capital

Beijing

The ______ created a framework for peace between Egypt and Israel.

Camp David Accords

Why did the United States sever diplomatic relations with Cuba in 1961?

Cubans seized American-owned businesses. Cuba became a Communist country. Cuba was receiving aid from the Soviet Union.

The time when tensions eased in the 1970's was called:

Detente

____ Germany was known as the German Democratic Republic until 1990.

East

Anwar Sadat

Egyptian president

Emperor Hirohito was allowed to continue to claim that he was divine.

False

The Marshall Plan was designed to punish war criminals.

False

The United States and the Soviet Union remained good friends and allies after the war.

False

The United States supported the League of Nations and the United Nations.

False

The permanent headquarters of the United Nations is located in San Francisco.

False

In 1959, the control of Cuba was seized by:

Fidel Castro

The supreme commander of the forces fighting against North Korea was:

General MacArthur

The Soviet ruler whose policies led to the fall of the Soviet Empire and the end of the Cold War was _______.

Gorbachev

What was a result of the Six-Day War?

Israel gained territory.

Menachem Begin

Israeli prime minister

_______ was founded as a homeland for freed African slaves from the United States.

Liberia

Holocaust

Mass destruction of European Jews by Nazis during World War II

PLO

Palestine Liberation Organization

Refugees

Persons who flee for safety in time of war

Korea's three powerful neighbors are:

Russia China Japan

The system of apartheid in ______ segregated the races and gave privileges to the white people.

South Africa

Cuba originally belonged to:

Spain

Guerrilla

Spanish word meaning little war; warfare of harassment by ambushes and sudden attacks

Why did mass decolonization occur in Africa following World War II?

The Imperial nations could no longer afford to support their colonial nations so they freed them. Some had to free them because they were promised freedom if they fought in WWII. Some had to fight for their independence, such as Israel, but they did get their independence.

Why was there good reason to fear a war between the United States and the Soviet Union?

There was good reason to fear a war between the United States and the Soviet Union, because a war between them would likely mean nuclear war that would ravage most of the world.

How did the Allies respond to the Berlin blockade?

They airlifted food and supplies into West Berlin.

Before World War II, the Nationalists and the Communists struggled for control of China.

True

Christianity is one of the three major religions in modern Japan.

True

Even though the United Nations building is in an American city, it is considered international territory.

True

Fear and distrust were among the weapons of the Cold War

True

Germany was divided into two separate countries.

True

Many of today's new nations have been brought into existence by peaceful means.

True

Nations of the free world formed an alliance for common self-defense.

True

The Iron Curtain refers to the division between the free world and the Communist world.

True

The Soviet Union aided the Communists in taking control of China.

True

The Truman Doctrine sought to contain the spread of Communism.

True

The United Nations helped hundreds of thousands of World War II orphans.

True

The United Nations voted to partition Palestine into Jewish and Arab states.

True

The United States extended diplomatic recognition to the People's Republic of China in 1979.

True

The name "United Nations" was first used by the countries fighting against the Axis Powers.

True

____ Germany was known as the Federal Republic of Germany, while

West

The 1961 attempt to invade Cuba at the Bay of Pigs was

a failure

Zionist

a supporter of the idea of a Jewish national homeland

Coalition

a temporary alliance for some special purpose

The United Nations called the North Koreans:

aggressors

What caused problems in the newly independent African nations?

fighting among tribes unstable governments issues resulting from the Cold War

Chinese Nationalists

led by Chiang Kai-shek

Chinese Communists

led by Mao Tse-tung

Tiananmen Square

location of government protest in 1989

The United States set up a(n) __________ government to administer affairs in Cuba until Cuba wrote a constitution.

militaristic

Containment

the confinement of a hostile force within existing geographical boundaries

What were the purposes of the military occupation of Korea?

to disarm the Japanese to help Korea become free and independent