Chapter 12 Multiple Choice Self-Quiz

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. An uprising in the ______ Ghetto enraged the Nazis, who destroyed the entire zone in the spring of 1943, killing over 7000 and deporting and massacring over 55,000 others.

Amsterdam correct incorrect

Venice correct incorrect

Riga correct incorrect

Warsaw correct incorrect

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. In January 1975, leaders of three armed factions signed an agreement with the _________ government to work together towards a peaceful transition to independence for Angola.

Portuguese correct incorrect

United States correct incorrect

French correct incorrect

British correct incorrect

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. The Bretton Woods Accords of 1944:

created NATO. correct incorrect

laid the foundation of the post-World War II international financial system. correct incorrect

placed the blame for World War II on Germany. correct incorrect

repudiated liberalism. correct incorrect

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. Between 1943 and 1945, the Allies met at all of the following cities for talks about the post-War transition, EXCEPT:

Potsdam correct incorrect

Tehran correct incorrect

Moscow correct incorrect

Yalta correct incorrect

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. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was formed primarily to:

create a counterweight to the United Nations (UN). correct incorrect

expand the non-aligned movement to additional countries. correct incorrect

rebuild the German economy. correct incorrect

check Soviet expansion. correct incorrect

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. The United States and the Soviet Union maintained a monopoly on nuclear weapons capability into the 1980s.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect

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. The Warsaw Pact was formed primarily:

to create a counterweight to NATO. correct incorrect

to expand the non-aligned movement to additional countries. correct incorrect

to rebuild the German economy. correct incorrect

to check Soviet expansion. correct incorrect

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. The East German government erected the Berlin Wall, a militarized boundary nearly 100 miles long separating the Communist from the non-Communist sectors of Berlin in:

1961 correct incorrect

1948 correct incorrect

1956 correct incorrect

1985 correct incorrect

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. The Big Five" World War II allies received permanent seats in the United Nations' Security Council

could only vote on UN business in the case of a tie. correct incorrect

had veto power over key UN initiatives. correct incorrect

could not contribute military forces for UN peace-keeping missions. correct incorrect

agreed to restrict their nuclear weapons stockpiles. correct incorrect

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. Parts of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights:

provided a cost estimate for universal childhood education. correct incorrect

rejected the worldview of John Locke. correct incorrect

condemned the goals of the League of Nations. correct incorrect

harkened back to Enlightenment philosophy. correct incorrect

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China's communist government entered the conflict in _______ in 1950, seeing the U.N. army as a tool of the United States, which had provided the largest number of troops.

Vietnam correct incorrect

Iran correct incorrect

Taiwan correct incorrect

Korea correct incorrect

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. Soon after Japan surrendered, Ho Chi Minh issued a declaration of independence for:

Thailand correct incorrect

Vietnam correct incorrect

Burma correct incorrect

India correct incorrect

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. The non-aligned movement:

was led by countries formed after World War II. correct incorrect

was another name for fascism. correct incorrect

emerged on the Korean peninsula. correct incorrect

boycotted the formation of the UN. correct incorrect

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. More than 10 million people moved during the partition of __________, and between 500,000 and one million people died.

West Germany and East Germany correct incorrect

India and Pakistan correct incorrect

Iran and Iraq correct incorrect

North Korea and South Korea correct incorrect

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. In 1952, a movement called _________ mobilized people from the Kikuyu region of northwest Kenya into armed resistance against the British colonial government.

Maji Maji correct incorrect

Mombasso correct incorrect

Mau Mau correct incorrect

My Lai correct incorrect

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. Recent scholarship has offered evidence of systematic use of torture by the British in the suppression of the independence movement in:

Algeria. correct incorrect

Vietnam. correct incorrect

Kenya. correct incorrect

Angola. correct incorrect

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. After World War II, most countries focused their economic development strategies on:

pay equity. correct incorrect

industrialization. correct incorrect

reducing their carbon footprints. correct incorrect

building precious metal reserves. correct incorrect

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. In 1956, the British and French supported an invasion of Egypt because of:

a coup against the prime minister. correct incorrect

outbreak of war on the Korean peninsula. correct incorrect

the nationalization of the Suez Canal. correct incorrect

Soviet aggression against Saudi Arabia. correct incorrect

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A military coup in ___________ supported by the US government convinced Ernesto Che Guevara to foment violent uprisings against US imperialism.

Cuba correct incorrect

Chile correct incorrect

Mexico correct incorrect

Guatemala correct incorrect

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. Soviet forces brutally suppressed dissent in _______ in 1956 and Czechoslovakia in 1968.

Yugoslavia correct incorrect

Hungary correct incorrect

Austria correct incorrect

Romania correct incorrect

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. The value of international trade grew at an average of almost ________ per year between 1948 and 1973.

35 percent correct incorrect

5 percent correct incorrect

1 percent correct incorrect

10 percent correct incorrect