Global History Ii

Front 1

The conflict between the USA and the USSR from 1946 until 1990 was called?

Back 1

The Cold War

Front 2

Name three hot spots of the Cold War.

Back 2

Berlin Blockade; Building of the Berlin Wall; The Cuban Missile Crisis

Front 3

Name the international organization, mostly Arab, that holds and sells the world's major oil supplies.

Back 3

OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries)

Front 4

What Russian event saw Czar Nicholas II out and, eventually, Lenin into power?

Back 4

The Russian Revolution

Front 5

Name for those who practice Islam the way it was when Muhammad founded it.

Back 5

Islamic Fundamentalists or Islamists

Front 6

Name the country that has had an Islamic fundamentalist government in it since 1979.

Back 6

Iran

Front 7

Describe Japan's foreign policy in the first half and the last half of the 1900s.

Back 7

First half: militaristic
Last half: diplomatic

Front 8

The term for countries taking colonies around the world to build their empires.

Back 8

Imperialism

Front 9

Name the key reasons for imperialism.

Back 9

Economic (Markets and Resources), Social, Political

Front 10

Name the policy used in South Africa that required a separateness of the races.

Back 10

Apartheid

Front 11

Name key people in the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa.

Back 11

Nelson Mandela; Steve Biko; Desmond Tutu

Front 12

What do the Sepoy Rebellion (India 1850) and the Boxer Rebellion (China 1900) have in common?

Back 12

They were both unsuccessful nationalistic movements.

Front 13

Give the term for the dismantling of China by European countries and Japan in the later half of the 1800s and the early part of the 1900s.

Back 13

Spheres of Influence

Front 14

Name the two key things the Chinese Cultural Revolution was about and give a result.

Back 14

Power and Ideas; Mao's authority was confirmed and education was hurt

Front 15

What was the main difference between Deng Xiao Ping and Mao Ze Dong?

Back 15

Deng wanted some free market or free enterprise reforms in the economy.

Front 16

Name the brutal crackdown on democratic protesters in China in 1989.

Back 16

The Tiananmen Square Massacre

Front 17

Give the general time frame for when most African nations gained independence.

Back 17

After World War II

Front 18

State the major purposes of the European Union.

Back 18

eliminate trade barriers; create a huge economic trad block in Europe

Front 19

What is the major international organization whose goal is to talk about peace rather than go to war?

Back 19

The United Nations

Front 20

What were the MAIN causes of World War I?

Back 20

Militarism
Alliances
Imperialism
Nationalism

Front 21

Name the era in human history when things get produced by machine and not by man.

Back 21

The Industrial Revolution

Front 22

Name two groups of workers that were exploited during the Industrial Revolution.

Back 22

Women and Children

Front 23

Name the British commission that investigated and decided to do something about child labor.

Back 23

Sadler Commission

Front 24

Name two economic systems that arose as a result of the unequal distribution of wealth that was caused by the Industrial Revolution.

Back 24

Communism and Socialism

Front 25

What major world event was caused by territorial aggression and the failure of the League of Nations?

Back 25

World War II

Front 26

What was the name given to the large scale killing of Jews during World War II?

Back 26

The Holocaust

Front 27

Name the individual most responsible for Holocaust education over the last five decades.

Back 27

Elie Wiesel

Front 28

What remains a major problem between Hindu India and Muslim Pakistan?

Back 28

the disputed territory of Kashmir

Front 29

Name the individual most responsible for India's independence.

Back 29

Mohandas K. Gandhi

Front 30

Identify three of Gandhi's methods to bring about change.

Back 30

non-violence, civil disobedience, and non-cooperation

Front 31

Name the use of science and technology to produce more food per acre in a world where the population is rising so rapidly.

Back 31

The Green Revolution

Front 32

Name for rule by a wealthy few.

Back 32

Oligarchy

Front 33

How long has real democracy been flourishing in Latin America?

Back 33

over the last 10-20 years

Front 34

Give the two reasons for the disputes taking place between the Palestinians and the Israeli Jews.

Back 34

Land and Religion

Front 35

What was the purpose of the Congress of Vienna in 1815?

Back 35

restored the borders of Europe to their pre-Napoleonic boundaries