Unit 8 – Modern Era Test

1) The Cold War an ideological contest between what two economic systems?

2) What event put Cuban leader Fidel Castro in fear of the US intervening in Cuba, and allowing the Soviets to place nuclear weapons on the island?

3) The policies of Glasnost and Perestroika were engineered by what Soviet leader in the 1980s

4) A symbol of communist oppression created in 1961 to prevent East Germans from escaping to the West and its tear down 28 years later representing the collapse of communism was the …

5) The OPEC oil embargo was used to punish the United States support of Israel during what 1973 Middle East conflict?

6) What was the US stance on communism and its spread at the end of the 2nd world war?

7) What political party was Gorbachev’s attempting to reconstruction during Perestroika?

8) The Marshal Plan under President Truman, using massive financial capital (money) to rebuild Western Europe to prevent communism from spreading is a part of the greater post war US strategy of …

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9. Eisenhower’s policy of using the threat of nuclear war as a foreign policy tool to confront the Soviet Union was the policy of…

10. When the Soviet Union cut off access to West Berlin what strategy did the Western Allies embark on to supply West Berlin in spite of the blockade?

11. What method do countries like India and South Africa use to gain independence?

12. Why is Asia so different in gaining independence as compared to Africa or India?

13. Who was the leader of the Independence movement in Vietnam?

14. What was the Salt March?

15. Who is the leader of the Independence movement in South Africa?

16. There are five main causes of the Russian Revolution. What were three causes?

17. Why was the Czar forced to Abdicate (give up) his throne?

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18. What type of system did Russia become after the Revolution?

19. What were the three points in Lenin’s New Economic Plan (NEP)?

20. On 12 March 1917 Rodzianko, the President of the Duma, telegraphed the Tsar: “The situation is getting worse. Something has to be done immediately. Tomorrow is too late. The last hour has struck. The future of the country and the royal family is being decided.”     

The Tsar read it and said: “Again, that fat-bellied Rodzianko has written me a load of nonsense, which I won’t even bother to answer.”

Looking at the two quotes, what was an effect of the Tsar’s reply?

This is a picture of the Berlin Wall in 1963, which divided Communist East Berlin from democratic West Berlin.

21. What does this image suggest about the way some Communist leaders treated citizens?

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22. What was the Cuban Missile Crisis?

23. According the political cartoon, what is happening to Russia?

24. What was the global affect of the Marshall Plan?

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25. NAFTA was signed by United States, Canada, and Mexico in 1994. What was the economic purpose of this plan?

26. How is global warfare a reflection of imperialism?

Using the political cartoon, explain how global wars are a result of imperialism?

27. How is globalization changing the world?

28. What event triggered the outbreak of World War I?

29. The Great Depression helped lead to

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MAYDAY!

—Dick Adair/Honolulu Advertiser/Rothco Cartoons

30. The cartoon titled “MAYDAY!” suggests that the primary cause of the collapse of the Soviet Union was

31. Study the political cartoon titled “MAYDAY!” Describes the subject of the cartoon?

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32. Study the graph titled “Economic Growth in Asia, 1986–2004.” According to this graph, the economies of South Korea, Taiwan, and Singapore

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33. According to the graph titled “GDP Per Capita in Latin America,” which country saw the fewest benefits from market reform in the decade between 1994 and 2004?

34. Based off of the graph above describe and explain “GDP Per Capita in Latin America”?

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35. Study the graph titled “Motor Vehicle Production, 1950–2000.” Accurately describes motor vehicle production between 1950 and 2000?

36. Study the graph titled “Motor Vehicle Production, 1950–2000.” In the year 2000, the United States, Japan, and Western Europe combined produced about what percent of the world’s motor vehicles?

37. In which area of the world is desertification most likely to take place?

38. Desertification and deforestation are both caused by

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39. Deforestation is a problem because

40. Study the map titled “Worldwide Terrorism Incidents.” What area of the world suffered the most casualties from terrorist attacks between 1995 and 2005?