WH CH.6 REVIEW

IT employees specialize in software creation, programming, database, web design, and hardware maintenance. IT stands for - Informal teachers - Information technology - Important tools - Important technicians

Information technology

What was the purpose of the U.S. policy of "containment"? - To stop communism from spreading throughout Western Europe and Asia. - To increase tension in the Middle East. - To encourage the spread of communism around the world. - To encourage citizens to build nuclear fall-out shelters to "contain" people during the Cold War.

To stop communism from spreading throughout Western Europe and Asia.

The Great Depression began in - 1925 - 1940 - 1932 - 1929

1929

Who were the Tuskegee Airmen? - Native Americans who served in the military - German Americans who served in the military - African Americans who served in the military - Japanese Americans who served in the military

African Americans who served in the military

The Treaty of Versailles required ____________ to admit that they had started the war and to pay back the Allies the amount of 32 billion dollars. - Germany - Russia - The U.S. - Georgia

Germany

The __________________ was the longest period of unemployment and low economic activity in the 1900's. - Dust Bowl - New Deal - Great Depression - Civil War

Great Depression

How does the greenhouse effect work? - Greenhouse gases absorb the sun's energy, slowing or preventing heat from escaping into space. - Oceans absorb greenhouse gases, which cause the Earth's temperature to rise. - Greenhouse gases reflect the sun's energy, causing it to warm the Earth. - Greenhouse gases directly warm oceans and cause dramatic weather.

Greenhouse gases absorb the sun's energy, slowing or preventing heat from escaping into space.

Who was president at the time of the Stock Market Crash of 1929? - Theodore Roosevelt - Herbert Hoover - Abraham Lincoln - Franklin D. Roosevelt

Herbert Hoover

Eastern European countries that became communist after WWII were under the influence of the USSR. They also served as a buffer zone from democratic, capitalist nations. What were these countries called? - Puppet States - Satellite States - Controlled States - Imperial States

Imperial States

What was the code name for the development of the Atomic Bomb? - Captain Connery - Fat Boy - Eye in the Sky - Manhattan Project

Manhattan Project

What was the biggest reason for the U.S. not declaring war on Germany, after they invaded Poland? - The U.S. feared Hitler's retaliation - The Great Depression prevented the U.S. from doing so - Germany and the U.S. had a Non-Aggression Pact - Many Americans supported Isolationism

Many Americans supported Isolationism

What effect did the Dust Bowl storms have on the Great Depression? - Many homes long the Mississippi River were flooded. - Many farmers were forced to leave the Great Plains. - Hoover was re-elected as president. - Unemployment decreased gradually.

Many farmers were forced to leave the Great Plains.

Who was responsible for bringing communist rule to China in 1949? - Chiang Kai-Shek - Deng Xiaoping - Mao Zedong - Xi Jinping

Mao Zedong

Which of the following was a military alliance made up of communist nations? - NATO - Warsaw Pact - SEATO - CENTO

NATO

World War 1 was also known as the: - the Gulf War - The War between the states - The War to end all wars - The Revolution

The War between the states

What is the biggest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States? - Farming, logging, and manufacturing - Using transportation - Producing electricity - Heating and cooling buildings

Producing electricity

What is isolationism? - When countries agree to not fight in wars. - The answer is not present. - The choice to remain neutral on foreign affairs - When countries decide to defend each other.

The choice to remain neutral on foreign affairs

All of the following were members of the Axis powers EXCEPT: - Japan - Italy - Germany - Soviet Union

Soviet Union

What happened to Japanese Americans during World War II? - They were executed - They were forced to serve in the military - They were deported from the U.S. - They were placed in internment camps

They were placed in internment camps

Why was the United Nations created after WW2? - To establish new rules in war. - To end colonial rule in Africa. - To compete with the League of Nations. - To create a global peacekeeping organization.

To create a global peacekeeping organization.

What is urbanization? - Urbanization is the migration of people from poor countries to rich countries. - Urbanization is the migration of people from rural areas to cities that results in the expansion of urban areas. - Urbanization is the migration of people from urban to rural areas that result in the reduction of urban areas.

Urbanization is the migration of people from rural areas to cities that results in the expansion of urban areas.

The U.S. sent thousands of troops to France in 1918 and this was a major cause for the Allied Powers to win the war. The Germans surrendered and signed a treaty at - London - Appamattox Court House - Versailles - Gettsyburg

Versailles

What were the 2 types of economic systems that were competing during the Cold War? - capitalism and mercantilism - socialism and mercantilism - mercantilism and feudalism - capitalism and socialism

capitalism and socialism

a country with a lot of industrial activity and where people generally have high incomes - developed country - developing country

developed country

an agricultural country that is seeking to become more advanced economically and socially - developing country - developed country

developing country

The "e" in "email" stands for what? - eager - easy - express - electronic

electronic

Slum housing, unreliable power systems, congested roads, and poor public transport, inefficient ports, and inadequate schools. - rapid urbanization benefits - rapid urbanization challenges

rapid urbanization challenges

How does technology affect the way people communicate? - it makes people less motivated to communicate with others - it allows people to communicate with others quickly and at a low cost - it makes it difficult to maintain privacy when communicating with others - it does not affect the ways people communicate

it allows people to communicate with others quickly and at a low cost

In WW1, most of the fighting in Europe took place in - deserts - muddy trenches - the air - the lunchroom

muddy trenches

Having pride in your country is known as - militarism -nationalism - imperalism - alliances

nationalism

The amount of oil that may become available for use is called oil ________. - reservoirs - resources - reserves - traps

reserves

There are hundreds of _____________________________ orbiting the Earth. They carry our voices from one place to another when we call on the telephone. - space stations - signals - telephone wires - satellites

satellites

Roosevelt's collection of laws and programs to help the nation deal with the Depression was known as - the New Deal - the Square Deal - Public Works - the Hundred Days

the New Deal