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116 Cards in this Set
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What region was referred to as the "powder keg" of Europe?
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Balkin Peninsula
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Who led Germany during the last decade of the 1800's and most of WWI?
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Kaiser Wilhelm II
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Which statement summarizes the Schlieffen Plan that Germany created to prepare for a two front war?
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Attack France first, then Russia
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Why were Germany and Austira-Hungary known as Central Powers?
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Location in the heart of Europe
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Which nation's actions caused the United States to fight in WWI?
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Germany
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What did the war become once the participating countries began devoting all of their resources?
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Total War
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What action on November 11, 1918 brought WWI to an end?
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Armistice was signed
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What were the Fourteen Points?
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A plan for the postwar world.
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Who was forced to assume sole responsibility for the war under the Treaty of Versailles?
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Germany
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Why did Bismark seek alliances that later became the Triple Alliance?
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To isolate France
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Why did Italy refuse to support it's ally Germany?
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It accused Germany of starting the war.
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What did the Central powers gain over Russia at the battle near Tannenberg?
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Germany drove the Russians into full retreat.
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Which of the following was a goal of the Allies' Gallipoli campaign?
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Establish a supply line to Russia
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What did the policy of unrestricted submarine warfare refer to?
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Germany's policy to sink any ship in British waters without warning.
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Which of the following events occurred after the Americans joined the war?
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Bulgarians and the Ottoman Turks surrendered.
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How did the Treaty of Versailles affect postwar Germany?
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It left a legacy of bitterness and hatred in the hearts of the Germany people.
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What was the American public's opinion about joining the League of Nations?
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It believed that the US should stay out of European affairs.
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What impact did the war have on the economy of Europe?
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It drained the treasuries of Europe.
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What event in Sarajevo ignited the Great War?
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Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie.
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What was trench warfare intended to accomplish?
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To protect soldiers from enemy gun fire on the front lines.
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What impact did the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk have on Germany?
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It allowed Germany to focus all their efforts on the Western Front.
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Who were the Bolsheviks?
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Radical Russian Marxist revolutionaries
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What is a totalitarian state?
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A state in which the government controls every aspect of public and private life.
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What was the purpose of the Soviet state's Five-Year Plans?
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Economic Development.
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Who led the famous protest known as the Salt March?
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Gandhi
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What led Great Britain finally to grant India limited self-rule?
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continuous campaigns of civil disobedience by Indians.
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Il Duce was the title of which of the following leaders?
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Benito Mussolini
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Which German political party sought to overturn the Treaty of Versailles and combat communism?
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Nazi
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What promises were made to the Indian people in exchange for their service under Britain in World War I?
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Reforms that would eventually lead to self-government.
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What term was used to identify the alliance of Germany, Italy and Japan
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Axis Powers
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What is a main idea of the philosophy known was existentialism?
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That one should find his or her own meaning in life.
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What caused Germans to start taking Adolf Hitler and his message seriously?
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The economic crisis brought on by the Depression.
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Which of the following does fascism stress?
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Nationalism
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What was the policy of appeasement?
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The British and French decision to give into aggression to keep peace.
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Why did Japan invade Manchuria?
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To gain its iron ore and coal deposits.
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What effect did the nonaggression pact between the Nazis and the Soviets have on the balance of power in Europe?
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It allowed the Axis Powers to continue unchecked.
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Why did millions of Germans turn against the leaders of the Weimar Republic?
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They had signed the Treaty of Versailles.
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What fear added to the appeal of fascism in Italy and Germany?
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A communist revolution
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The Munich Conference came to symboize the dangers of what?
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Appeasement
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What important role did Winston Churchill play during this period?
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He warned that the policy of appeasement was a disaster.
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What prompted Great Britain and France to declare war on Germany?
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German invasion of Poland
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The German blitzkrieg was a military strategy that depended on what advantage?
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surprise and overwhelming force
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What crucial lesson was learned in the Battle of Britain.
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Hitler's advances could be blocked.
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What event occurred on the day described as "a date which will live in infamy?"
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Pearl Harbor
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What was significant about the Battle of Midway?
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It turned the war in the Pacific against the Japanese.
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Which was the location of a Nazi extermination camp?
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Auschwitz
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Which of the following battles marked the final German offensive?
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Battle of the Bulge
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What caused the Japanese emperor to have reduced power after the war?
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Allies' insistence
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Where were atomic bombs dropped?
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Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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Which of the following was addressed by the Nuremberg Trials?
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The Holocaust.
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Which of the following factors led to the fall of France to the Nazis?
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Fall of Paris, Evacuation of British forces, fall of Dunkirk
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What was the significance of the Atlantic Charter both during and after the war?
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It upheld rights of free trade and choice of government, and it became the plan for postwar peace.
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What did the Allies' strategy of "Island hopping" in the Pacific involve?
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Attacks on islands that were not well-defended.
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Who did Kristallnacht demonstrate Nazi persecution of the Jews?
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Nazi troops attacked Jewish homes, businesses and synagogues.
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What was the goal of Hitler's Final Solution
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It was genocide of people the Nazis considered inferior.
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What combination led to the German defeat in the Battle of Stalingrad?
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Russian troops and the Russian winter.
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What does the use of kamikaze pilots show about japanese culture?
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The valued National honor more than individual life.
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How did the Lend-Lease Act benefit the United States?
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It enriched the US economy through selling arms to the Allies.
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How were the Holocaust and Hitler's Final Solution related?
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Holocaust is the term for the genocide that resulted from the plan called the "final solution."
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How did civilians join in the war effort?
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scrap metal drives, working in the war industries and rationing.
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What was the Allies plan for victory over the Nazis?
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Fight Germany on two fronts to weaken it.
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Why were thousands of US citizens put in internment camps during the war?
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They were of Japanese descent and falsely labeled as enemies.
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Why did President Truman agree to use the atomic bomb?
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To bring the war to the quickest possible end.
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In the 1940's and 1950's, what did the region described as being "behind the iron curtain" include?
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Soviet Union and its satellite nations.
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What was the purpose of the Truman Doctrine?
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To support countries that rejected communism.
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What was the name of the alliance established by European Communist nations in response to NATO?
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Warsaw Pact
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What idea was the major justification for US foreign policy during the Cold War era?
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Domino Theory
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Which European countries could receive aid through the Marshall Plan?
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Any European country that needed it.
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What led the Soviets to blockade West Berlin?
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reunification of the three western zones of Germany
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What event increased US spending on education and technology.
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Soviet launching of a space satellite.
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Who were most of the Vietcong?
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Pro-Communist South Vietnamese.
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What statement did Joseph Stalin make shortly after President Truman's succession?
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He said that communism and capitalism could not exist in the same world?
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What action did General MacArthur take during the Korean War that immediately led to his discharge?
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Suggested that nuclear arms be used against North Korea.
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The 1956 Suez Crisis began when...
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Egypt seized control of the Suez Canal.
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In the 1978, the Camp David Accords were signed by...
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Sadat and Begin
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Which of the following resulted in the creation of an Israeli "buffer zone" consisting of Jerusalem, the Sinai Peninsula, the Golan Heights and the West Bank?
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Six Day War
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How were the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin and Anwar Sakat similar?
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the assassins came from the leader's own religion.
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How did the Declaration of Principles affect Palestinians living in Gaza in 1993?
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They were able to elect their own political representatives.
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Osama bin Laden wanted a return to Sharia law. Sharia law is law from...
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The Qur'an
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Which of the following governments would Osama bin Laden want?
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theocracy
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Which of the following US responses to 9/11 was part of the largest government reorganization since WWII?
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Department of Homeland Security
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Bin Laden formed this organization in 1988?
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Al-Qaeda
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What year did Bin Laden declare war on the US?
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1996
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What was the cause of of the attacks on 9/11?
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US troops in Saudi Arabia
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Osama bin Laden used a war of attrition against the US. What is this type of war?
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wear the enemy down
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Osama bin Laden's attitude toward Israel was>
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Remove them from the Eart
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The dividing of India into two nations was referred to as...
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The Partition
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Pakistan began as a divided nation. It's east and west regions were separated by...
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1,000 miles of Indian territory
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The extremist Islamic group that seized control of Afghanistan during the 1990's was known as the...
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Taliban
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Wich of the following colonies became an independent city-state with a standard of living far higher than any of the Southeast Asia neighbors?
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Singapore
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Which of the following contributed to Singapore's high standard of living?
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Singapore was one of the busiest ports in the world.
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During the 1900's how were the PHilippines, Myanamare and Algeria similar?
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They all refused to accept the results of an election.
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What was apartheid?
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South Africa's policy of separating the races.
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Under which program did Gorbachev attempt to modify the economic structure of the Soviet economy by allowing some private enterprise?
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Perestroika
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What caused the two Germanys to reunify?
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Fall of communism in East Germany
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Who became the Russian Republic's first elected president?
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Boris Yeltsin
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What was it called when Bosnian Serbs used violence to rid Bosnia of its Muslims?
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Ethnic Cleansing
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What effect did the end of Communist rule have on Yugoslavia?
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Without communism as a unifier, ethnic hatred tore the country apart.
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How was the Soviet Union's foreign policy changed by Mikhail Gorbachev?
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Arms control became one of Gorbachev's top priorities.
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Which force triggered the events that led to the collapse of the Soviet Union?
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nationalism
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Before 1990, the most powerful policy making body in the Soviet Union was...
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Politburo
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The reforms that led to democratization of the Soviet Union were begun by...
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Mikhail Gorbachev
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The purpose of perestroika was to...
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revive the Soviet Economy
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Yeltsin's "shock therapy" plan required the Russian government to...
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dramatically reduce its involvment in the economy.
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After the Communist Part in his nation los power, Lech Walesa became the firs freely elected leader of...
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Poland
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The brutal policy of ethnic cleansing was most widely used against...
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Bosnian Muslims
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What was the main purpose of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty?
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To prevent the spread of nuclear weapons to other nations.
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Which document states that "All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights... Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person?"
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Universal Declation of Human Rights
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What was the immediate impact of the terrorist attack in the United States on Sept. 11, 2001?
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It left Americans feeling vulnerable and afraid.
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In the Gulf War, some 39 allied nation fought against the nation of....
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Iraq
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Which world region has suffered the most from the AIDS epidemic?
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Sub-Saharan Africa
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The major goal of radical religious and cultural terrorist groups is the destruction of...
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What they consider the forces of evil.
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Osama bin Laden used mountain hideouts in Afghanistan as a base of operations for his global network of terrorists known as...
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Al-Qaeda
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One criticism leveled at the USA Patriot Act is that it...
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allows the government to infringe on people's civil rights.
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English is referred to as the "premier international language" because...
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It is the most widespread of any language.
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The definition of materialism, as the work is used in the textbook, it the...
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mindset of placing a high value on acquiring material possessions.
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