Global Studies Final Exam
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- Why did Britain and France declare war on Germany?
- Germany invaded Poland.
- What is another term for the "lightning war?"
- The blitzkrieg.
- What did the Lend-Lease Act do?
- It allowed the president to lend or lease arms to the Allies.
- Which islands were selected for "island hopping," and who thought of it?
- Islands that were not well-defended but were closer to Japan; General MacArthur.
- Why was Germany defeated in the Battle of Stalingrad?
- The harsh Russian froze their tanks and weapons, and the Russian military had cut off their supply lines.
- What were the Nuremberg Trials for?
- To put Nazi war criminals on trial for the Holocaust.
- What was the significance of the Battle of the Bulge?
- It was the last German offensive.
- Why did the USSR fight Germany?
- Hitler invaded the USSR, violating the Non-Agression Pact.
- What was the purpose of the Atlantic Charter?
- To uphold free trade among nations and the right of people to choose their own government.
- Where was the Battle of Britain fought?
- In the air.
- What was the significance of the Battle of Midway?
- It was the turning point in the war in the Pacific.
- Which nation was not under Axis control when the US entered WWII?
- The Soviet Union.
- What was Hitler's "Final Solution?"
- It was a program of genocide to protect racial impurity from "inferior people."
- What were some major extermination camps?
- Auschwitz, Majdanek, Birkaneau, Treblinka, Sobibar
- Where were the two atomic bombs dropped?
- Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
- What did the term "phony war" mean?
- It was the period of time after Britain and France had declared war on Germany where no one did anything.
- Why did the Japanese emporer lose power after WWI?
- The Allies wanted to reduce his power.
- What was behind the "Iron Curtain?"
- Communist Eastern Europe and the USSR
- What was the goal of the Truman doctrine?
- To support countries in Europe that rejected Communism.
- What was containment?
- A policy aimed at preventing the expansion of communism.
- Who was in the East European alliance, and what was it called?
- USSR, Poland, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, and Albania; the Warsaw Pact.
- Who was the 1st leader of the People's Republic of China?
- Mao Zedong
- Who were the Vietcong?
- Pro-Communist South Vietnamese guerrillas
- What was the Bay of Pigs?
- The failed invasion of Cuba by the CIA to remove Castro
- Where were US hostages held, and for how long were they held for?
- Iran; 444 days
- Who were the leaders during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
- Nikita Khrushchev, John F. Kennedy, Fidel Castro
- What was "Star Wars" and who was the president that propsed it?
- It was a weapons system that would protect America from enemy missiles. The SDI (Strategic Defense Initiative) was never put into effect but scared the Soviets.
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Put these Cold War events in order:
Afghanistan, Gulf of Tonkin, Korean War, U-2 incident - Korean War, U-2 incident, Gulf of Tonkin, Afghanistan
- Where were the Soviet "satellites" loacted?
- Along the USSR's western border
- What was the purpose of the Berlin Blockade?
- To make Britain, France, and the US give up the idea of reunifying Germany
- When and why was a US spending program for education and technology created?
- After the Soviets launched Sputnik, to keep up with them.
- Who were the heroes of the Cultural Revolution?
- peasants
- Why and when did Chinese troops enter Korea?
- China felt threatened by the American fleet off their coast; October 1950.
- What was the goal of "Vietnamization?"
- To gradually pull out US troops while training South Vietnamese troops to take their place.
- Who has the title of Ayatollah? (define Ayatollah)
- conservative Muslim leader
- In 1979, who did the USSR invade and why?
- Afghanistan; the communist government was failing.
- What are examples of detente?
- Nixon's visit to China; SALT I and II treaties
- What does the 38th parallel divide?
- North and South Korea
- Why did Nikita Khrushchev lose power?
- The Cuban Missile Crisis
- When was the USSR manned satellite launched?
- Sputnik I was launched October 4, 1957.
- Who sent US troops to Vietnam?
- President Lyndon B. Johnson
- When, who, and what outcome came from the Camp David Accords?
- 1978, Jimmy Carter, Anwar Sadat, and Menachem Begin; Israel was recognized as a legitimate state, both (Egypt and Israeli) leader were assassinated.
- What was the Balfour Declaration and why was it made?
- It was a statement that the British government of a Jewish homeland in Plaestine, and was the basis of creating Israel.
- The partition of India was to seperate who?
- Hindus and Muslims
- Who fought for Algerian independence?
- the FLN
- Who organized the August 1991 Coup?
- The hard-liners (radical communists)
- Yugoslavia is made up of what countries now?
- Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia, Macedonia
- What waws the 1990s economic reform adopted by Russia, Poland, and Czechoslovakia?
- Shock therapry - a quick shift to a free-market economy from a command economy.
- When was the US/USSR 1st cooperative space project?
- July 17, 1975 when an Apollo spacecraft docked with the Soyuz 19.
- What made it possible for the computer size to be reduced?
- the silicon chip
- Why was the internet originally set up?
- to link scientists around the globe so they could exchange information about research
- Free trade removes what obstacles?
- tarriffs, inmort taxes, embargoes
- Who are the Four Tigers of Asia and why are they named so?
- South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore; all had impressive economic growth.
- What is related to genetic engineering?
- cloning, isolation of single genes
- Iraq invaded this country sto begin the Gulf War.
- Kuwait
- In what country are the Kurdish people forbidden to speak their own language?
- Turkey
- Why is the ozone layer important?
- It protects against the suns dangerous ultraviolet waves
- Define materialism.
- placing a high value on possessions
- What was the purpose of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty?
- to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons to other nations
- What do supporters of free trade oppose?
- protective tarriffs