Ch. 27 - The Cold War and the Third War

The first black president of South Africa was

Nelson Mandela.

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

apartheid.

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.

After independence, South Africa was under the control of

its white minority.

Nations guarded and controlled by a stronger nation were called

protectorates.

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

the United States feared that Chile was heading toward communism.

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.

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

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

Why were some Third World countries attracted to socialism?

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

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 Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán?

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

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.

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."

One key change that took place under Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán was

land reform.

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

nationalism.

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

nonaligned nations.

The United Nations responded to apartheid by

placing an arms embargo on South Africa.

The economics term "developing country" refers to a/an

poor country with little or no industrialization.

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

socialist or capitalist economic policies.

What was Khmer Rouge?

the communist movement in Cambodia