ap unit 8 quiz review

(—) and (—) gains experienced during world war ll by the victorious nations shifted the global balance of power.

technological and economic

who were the 2 word superpowers at the end of world war ll?

usa and ussr (soviet union)

what was the intentional geopolitical and ideological goal of each new superpower after world war ll?

USA= spread capitalism and democracy,

USSr= spread of communism and authoritarianism

what were the 2 new military alliances? what type of nations were in each alliance?

NATO- western democracies like Canada, Warsaw Pact- communist nations under the Soviet Union like Hungary

what is a proxy war? name at least 2 examples and the nations involved

a proxy war is when nations don’t fight directly but aid one side fighting their enemy. examples are the Vietnam and Korean wars where the US aided democratic south fighting against soviet/chinese aided north

who won the Chinese civil war and in what year

communists in 1949

what was the great leap forward and what effect did it have?

failed to attempt to modernize china and become a major power, millions died

name at least 2 significant nationalist leaders/parties post-WW2

indian national congress, ho ching minh in French indochina (vietnam), nasser in Egypt, Kwame Nkrumah in ghana

name at least 2 colonies that negotiated for their independence (name the newly independent country ad the former colonizer)

India from the British empire, Ghana/Gold Coast from British empire, French west africa from France

name at least 2 colonies that won independence through armed struggle

Vietnam from France, Algeria from France, Indonesia from the dutch, Angola from Portugal

the redrawing of political boundaries in some cases led to conflict as well as population displacement and/or resettlements. name the 3 examples of this

Israel-palestine conflict, India-pakistan conflict, civil war and genocide in Rwanda

in newly independent states after ww2, govs. often took a strong role in guiding economic life to promote development. name 2 examples (leader and country)

nasser in Egypt, indira ghandi in india

the migration of former colonial subjects to imperial metropoles (the former colonizing country), usually in the major cities, maintained cultural and economic ties between the colony and the metropole even after the dissolution of empires. name at least 2 of these common migration patterns

south asians to britain, allegiance to France, filipinos to the usa

groups and individuals challenged the world status and promoted the practice of nonviolence as a way to bring about political change. who were the 3 best examples of successful nonviolent movement leader? identify which nation and which goal each leader achieved

Mohandas ghandi, India, indian independence. Martin Luther King Jr., USA, ending segregation. Nelson Mandela, South Africa, ending Apartheid

militaries and militarized states often responded to the proliferation of conflicts in ways that further intensified conflict. name at least 2 political leaders who responded to protests and internal issues with violence

Francisco franco in spain. augsuto pinochet in chole, idi amin in uganda

the rise of extremist groups in power led to the attempted destruction of specific populations. name at least 3 examples of genocide in the 20th century. identify where the genocide occurred, who was killed and when it happened

nazi germant killings jews (and homosexuals, gypsies, communists) during ww2. the Ottoman Empire killing Armenians during ww1. Rwandan Hutus killings tutsi’s in 1994, pol pot and the khmer killing political enemies in Cambodia in the 1970s

some movements used violence against civilians in an effort to achieve political aims. identify 1 of these groups and explain it’s aim and actions

al-qaeda used terrorism on western nations like the 9/11 attacks on the USA

advances in the us (—) and (—) development, the Soviet Unions costly and ultimately failed invasion of (—), and public discontent and economic weakness in (—) countries led to the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the soviet union

military, technological, Afghanistan, communist

name at least 2 non-western leaders who were educated and inspired by western ideals and brought them to their home nations in the mid 20th century. name the leader and home nation

Kwame Nkrumah, Mohandas ghandi in india, ho chi minh in vietnam

boundaries drawn by imperial powers and colonial rule sometimes lead to conflict after nations got their independence, identify and explain one example of this

rwanda, belgian rule created the division and tension between Hutus and tutsis

Qing dynasty fell

1911

work war 1

1914-1918 (four year war)

russian revolution

1917 (end of world war 1)

treaty of versailles

1919 (after world war 1)

Ottoman Empire fell

1919 (after world war, made it in ww1 but fell apart right after they lost)

great depression

1929-1939 (post ww1 but before ww2)

world war ll

1939-1945

Cold War

1945-1990

communists won Chinese civil war

1949

korean war

1950-1953

vietnam war

1964-1975

the fall of the soviet unio

1991