Question 1
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The United States and the Soviet Union became rivals after World War II because
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The Soviet Union began developing nuclear weapons.
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The Marshall Plan failed to rebuild war-torn Europe.
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Communists and Western capitalists distrusted each other.
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The United States threatened to invade Soviet satellite states
Question 2
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The Truman Doctrine promised to
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Restore control of satellite states to the Soviet Union.
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End the civil war in Greece and rid the country of communism.
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Give economic aid to countries threatened by communism.
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Use military force to fight Communist expansion in Asia.
Question 3
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The Marshall Plan was based on the idea that
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North and South Korea should be unified.
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Military force was the best way to contain communism.
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Nations should maintain large arsenals of nuclear weapons.
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Communism succeeded only in countries with economic problems.
Question 4
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The Berlin Wall was erected in order to
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Protect Soviet military supplies.
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Retaliate against U.S. aggression.
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Prevent the spread of communism.
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Stop the flow of refugees from East Germany.
Question 5
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The Warsaw Pact was a
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development of trade agreements amongst the Western European states.
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A military agreement between the United States, France, and Great Britain.
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U.S. policy to rebuild war torn Europe.
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military alliance of the Soviet Union and the Eastern European states.
Question 6
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NATO was formed to provide
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Mutual help to the Soviet Union and its allies around the Atlantic ocean.
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Economic relief to East Germany.
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Military support for Brazil.
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Mutual help to the United States and its allies around the Atlantic ocean.
Question 7
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Which war sparked an expansion of United States' military alliances around the world?
Question 8
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The United States policy of containment was designed to
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Keep communism within its existing boundaries and prevent Soviet aggression.
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Limit political discussion in the United States.
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Limit the loss of American troops around the world.
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Stop biological warfare from damaging the United States.
Question 9
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What was the arms race between the Soviet Union and the United States?
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The United States nationalized their economy to better beat the Soviets.
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Both countries built up their armies and increased their weapons arsenals.
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A reduction of traditional armed forces in favor of nuclear weapons.
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The Soviets started a free market economy to better beat the United States.
Question 10
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What was the policy of deterrence?
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The United States needed to become allies with every country in the world to prevent Soviet aggression
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A policy that led to a reduction of nuclear weapons.
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The Soviets believed they could stop U.S. aggression by expanding their industrial capacity.
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The policy held that huge arsenals of nuclear weapons on both sides prevented war.
Question 11
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After Mao's forces claimed victory in the civil war...
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The Chinese people voted overwhelmingly to follow Chiang Kai-Shek
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The communists overturned Mao and took away his leadership.
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Mao gave up the presidency and invited the south to join his forces.
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Chiang Kai-Shek and his 2 million followers fled to Taiwan.
Question 12
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The purpose of Mao's Great Leap Forward program was to
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Allow more people to work in industry.
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Encourage workers to start new businesses.
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Increase the governments aid to individuals.
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Force more people to farm private plots of land.
Question 13
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The Red Guards consisted of people who were
Question 14
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Why did the people of China ultimately reject the Cultural Revolution?
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The Red Guards' actions horrified them.
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Its ideas were rooted in old culture.
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It stood for change.
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Mao did not believe in it.
Question 15
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Why did the United States fear the spread of communism to China?
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The United States worried that communists would dominate the world.
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The United States believed China was poised to launch a military attack on the U.S.
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The United States feared China's growing industrial power.
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It interrupted United States' plans to invade China.
Question 16
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The primary purpose of the Red Guards was to
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Encourage western thought and tradition in China.
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Protect members of the intellectual class in China.
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Force the Chinese people to obey the new ideas and eliminate the old ones.
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Preserve Chinese tradition.
Question 17
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Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party when they won the civil war following World War II
Question 18
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Why did the huge communes in China fail?
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The peasants were unwilling to work on farms.
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Russia invaded China interrupting the switch to communes.
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Bad weather and the peasants hatred of the new system.
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The huge communes in China did not fail, they were successful.
Question 19
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What was Mao's idea of a permanent revolution?
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An ongoing violent conflict between the government and its people.
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An atmosphere of constant revolutionary fervor enabling China to achieve the final stage of communism.
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A state of freedom in which every member of society was able to vote on every decision the government made.
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A cultural shift from devotion to the government to devotion to the family and tradition.
Question 20
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What was the Little Red Book?
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A pamphlet instructing Communist Party members in urban combat.
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A journal recording Western thoughts on the Chinese Civil War.
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A collection of Mao's thoughts and an important source for Chinese communists.
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A collection of famous Chinese artworks for preservation.
Question 21
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The United States sent troops to Vietnam to
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Drive the French out of Vietnam.
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Stop the North from controlling the South.
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Gain the support of the American public.
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Stop the South from controlling the North.
Question 22
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During the Cuban Missile Crisis, Khrushchev agreed to remove the missiles from Cuba if the United States would
Question 23
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The United States considered Cuba a threat because
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Cuba, which is 90 miles from Florida, had ties with the Soviets.
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The Cuban government had been overthrown and was unstable.
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Cuban exiles had informed the United States about missiles in Cuba.
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Castro and Kennedy did not trust each other.
Question 24
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The United States government believed that if they lost South Vietnam to communism.
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United States citizens would turn against the war
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North Vietnam would become communist too.
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Other Asian countries would come to the aid of South Vietnam.
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Other Asian countries would also fall to communism.
Question 25
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Which government allied with North Korea in its attempt to take over South Korea?
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United States
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France
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Vietnam
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Soviet Union
Question 26
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At the end of World War II, which country refused to end its colonial rule of Vietnam?
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Japan
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Britain
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China
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France
Question 27
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What military action began the Korean War?
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China attempted to conquer the Korean peninsula.
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With the approval of Stalin, North Korean troops invaded South Korea.
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Japan deployed gunships to rebuild their imperial empire.
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Vietnam started sending troops to other communist countries in Asia.
Question 28
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What political theory was used to justify United States military involvement in Vietnam.
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The policy of deterrence, a belief that possessing huge arsenals of nuclear weapons?
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Mutually Assured Destruction, a military doctrine that guaranteed absolute destruction to all sides if nuclear weapons were used.
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The cultural revolution, the idea that only through radically transforming a country's culture could communism be stopped.
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The domino theory, an idea that if one country fails to communism neighboring countries will also fall.
Question 29
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The Bay of Pigs Invasion was the result of a CIA plan
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To liberate North Korea from communist rule.
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To win the Vietnam War.
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The use exiled Cuban fighters to invade Cuba.
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To launch a surprise attack on the Soviet Union.
Question 30
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When the United States and the Soviet Union used substitutes to fight each other, they became involved in
Question 31
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British India was divided along religious lines into which two countries in 1947?
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Punjab and Bangladesh
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Bangladesh and Pakistan
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India and Punjab
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India and Pakistan
Question 32
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Mohandas Gandhi was assassinated as a consequence of
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Violence following the creation of Bangladesh.
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The Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union.
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Violence following the independence of Pakistan from India.
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Conflict surrounding Punjab independence.
Question 33
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Jawaharlal Nehru modeled the new Congress Party in charge of the independent Indian government after
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The socialists ideals of the British Labor Party.
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The communist ideas of the Chinese Communist Party.
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Traditional Indian monarchies
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The Russian oligarchies.
Question 34
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How did Indira Gandhi's government react to militant Sikhs demand for independence of the Punjab region?
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The government cut off all financial aid to the region.
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The government used military force to crush the rebellion, killing more than 450 Sikhs.
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The government granted independence to the Punjab region.
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There was an increase in the number of Sikh representatives in the national government of India.
Question 35
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What is the significance of Kashmir in India's history?
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Its independence brought about peace between India and Pakistan
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For decades, India and Britain fought over who would control it.
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The United States and the Soviet Union used it as a political pawn in the Cold War.
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Religious differences contributed to India and Pakistan fighting for its control.
Question 36
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How did the principle of nonalignment influence India's foreign policy?
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India overthrew the governments of Bangladesh and Pakistan.
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India refused to take sides in the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union.
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The United States placed an embargo on Indian goods.
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Nonalignment led to a war with the Soviet Union.
Question 37
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Why did the United States pressure the Netherlands to grant independence to Indonesia?
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The Netherlands wanted to colonize all of Southeast Asia.
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The United States supported Achmed Sukarno's non-Communist National Party.
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The Indonesian Communist Party was close to collapse.
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The United States wanted to trade with the Netherlands.
Question 38
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After the Vietnam War the country of Vietnam was unified under what syle of government?
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Khmer Rouge
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Communism
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Democracy
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Monarchy
Question 39
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Which European country refused to grant independence to it colonial possessions in Southeast Asia?
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Spain
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France
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Great Britiain
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The United States
Question 40
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Who has controlled Myanmar since the 1960s?
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Aung San Suu Kyi
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Ferdinand Marcos
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Pol Pot
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The military
Question 41
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Colonel Gamal Abdel Nasser promoted Pan-Arabism, the idea that
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Arabic culture needed to be preserved in museums.
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Syria should be the leaders of the Arabic people
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Arab countries needed to develop independently from each other.
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Arabic people around the world should unify
Question 42
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Which of the following was one result of the 1947 UN resolution that sought to divide the Palestine Mandate?
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The issue of a Palestinian homeland was finally settled.
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Many Palestinians fled to refugee camps in neighboring Arab countries.
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All Israeli's came under Palestinian rule.
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All Palestinians came under Israel rule.
Question 43
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The basic religious difference between Iran and Iraq is
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Iraqis are mostly Hindu and Iranians are mostly Sunni Muslim.
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Iranians are mostly Shia Muslims, while Iraqi leaders under Saddam Hussein were mostly Sunni Muslims
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Iranians are mostly Sunni Muslims, while Iraqi leaders under Saddam Hussein were mostly Shia Muslims
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Iraqis are mostly Hindu and Iranians are mostly Shia Muslim.
Question 44
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One result of the Six Day War that caused the Arab-Israeli conflict to continue for years to come was
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A million Israelis now lived in Arab-occupied territory.
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Arabs now occupied the Sinai Peninsula.
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A million Palestinians now lived in areas under Israeli control
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Arab states doubled the size of territory under their control.
Question 45
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During the 1980s, some militant Palestinian Arabs
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Signed a cease-fire agreement with Egypt.
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Created an organization called the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).
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Overthrew the shah in Iran.
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Led an intifada, or "üprising," in the territories occupied by Israel.
Question 46
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How did Israel respond to Arab armies assembling in Syria, Jordan, and Egypt?
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Israel surrendered territory to Egypt and Jordan.
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Israel asked the United Nations for help.
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Israel launched air strikes against Egypt and Jordan.
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Israel attacked Saudi Arabia.
Question 47
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The meeting at Camp David hosted by President Carter between Prime Minister Begin and President Sadat resulted in an Israeli Egyptian peace treaty and
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Renewed bombing of Jordan by Israel.
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A new alliance between Egypt and the United States.
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A complete withdrawal of Israel from the Sinai peninsula.
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Additional attacks Israel by the Egyptian Air Force.
Question 48
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The Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in 1979. Which groups fought back against the Soviets?
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The Taliban supported by the European Union.
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The PLO supported by Israel.
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The Khmer Rouge supported by the France and Spain.
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The Mujahideen supported by the United States and Pakistan.
Question 49
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Why did many Iranians under the leadership of Ayatollah Khomeini oppose the Shah of Iran?
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They wanted to become allies with Iraq.
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They believed the new Iranian culture was influenced by the United States and was based on greed and materialism.
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They believed that a new communist government would provide more opportunity for the people to access the oil wealth of Iran.
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The Iranians believed that they needed to expand their military and become closer allies with the United States.
Question 50
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What event began the Persian Gulf War?
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Israel bombed the Egyptian air force.
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The United States invaded Afghanistan
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Saddam Hussein sent troops into Kuwait to seize oil fields.
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Iran invaded Saudi Arabia