World History 108 self test
Israel
Although Syria claims the Golan Heights, ______________ has occupied it since 1981.
Contras
Anti-Communists in Nicaragua formed a group of freedom fighters called the _____________ to oppose the Communists Sandinista government.
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At its peak the Soviet Union consisted of _____________ republics and controlled ______________ satellite nations.
Czech, Slovakia
Czechoslovakia peacefully split into the ________________ Republic and ________________________.
European Unions
EU, or ______________________________________, nations are trying to unite their resources in a single economy.
Bosnie/Herzegovina
Fighting in those nations was most severe in _________________________.
Biblical education
God is using ______________________ to carry His Word to many nations of the world.
European
Most African nations were ___________ colonies before obtaining independence.
North American Free Trade Agreement and Mexico, the United States, Canada
NAFTA, or the ________________________________________, removed all restrictions on trade among ______________, ________________, ___________________.
Enduring Freedom
Operation ___________________________ forced the Taliban from power in Afghanistan.
Quebec
The Canadian province of _______________, which has a predominantly French culture, voted on and defeated a referendum for separation in October 1995.
Rwanda, Burundi
The Tutsi and Hutu tribes created tensions and fighting in __________________ and _________________.
Berlin Wall
The ________________________ was erected because so many people were escaping from East Germany through West Berlin.
Persian Gulf War
The _____________________________ followed Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in 1990.
God
The belief that man can rule himself without the help of ___________ is basic to Communism.
1948
The modern nation of Israel has existed only since ____________.
1989
The year ___________ was the year of revolution in Communist nations.
15, Commonwealth of Independent States
Today 12 of the _____________ independent nations formed from the Soviet Union are members of the CIS, or __________________________________________________________.
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Yugoslavia split into __________ nations, but its breakup was not peaceful.
United States
_______ Barack Obama
Canada
_______ Stephen Harper
PLO
_______ Yasir Arafat
1997
_______ Year Hong Kong was returned to China
1999
_______ Year Panama took control of the canal
Germany
_______ reunited after the fall of Communism
Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia
_______ split after the fall of Communism
Nov. 2008
________ Barack Obama elected President of United States
Nov. 1989
________ Berlin Wall falls
Israel
________ Binyamin Netanyahu
Oct. 1990
________ Germany is unified
Great Britain
________ Gordon Brown
Egypt
________ Hosni Mubarak
Aug. 2005
________ Hurricane Katrina
Sept. 1995
________ Israel agrees to return part of West Bank to PLO
Dec. 1981
________ Israel annexes Golan Heights
South Africa
________ Jacob Zuma
Poland
________ Lech Kaczynski
Libya
________ Muammar al-Qaddafi
Jan. 1991
________ Persian Gulf War begins
Dec. 1991
________ Soviet Union ceases to exist
Russia
________ Vladimir Putin
March 2000
________ Vladimir Putin elected president of Russia
Sept. 2001
________ World Trade Center destroyed
Dec. 1991
________ creation of the EU
Apr. 1989
________ demonstrations Tiananmen Square
Dec. 2004
________ earthquake near Sumatra, Indonesia
Myanmar
________ formerly known as Burma
China
________ largest nation with a Communist government
Eritrea
________ last African nation to achieve independence
Belize
________ last Central American nation to achieve independence
apartheid
________ wrong because all people are created in God's image
May 1993
_________ Eritrea becomes independent
Oct. 2001
_________ Operation Enduring Freedom
Apr. 1994
_________ South Africa's first nonracial elections