Abeka Grade 7 History of the World Test 11

Margaret Thatcher

Who was Britain's first woman prime minister?

Yalta

In 1945, where did Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin meet to discuss World War II?

George H. W. Bush

What U.S. President called for a New World Order?

Germany

What European country was split by the free world and the U.S.S.R.?

satellites

What are the nations supposedly independent but technically under the dominance of another?

Third World nations

What term was used for neutral nations that were not yet aligned with either freedom or Communism during the Cold War?

World Trade Organization

What organization established in 1995 influenced a global economy?

detente

What is a lessening of tension or hostility between nations?

Ronald Reagan

What U.S. President encouraged the development of the Strategic Defense Initiative program?

China

What country crushed the freedom demonstration at Tiananmen Square?

International Space Station

What is the largest and most intricate global project to date?

Corrie Ten Boom

What author recounts her experiences during the Holocaust?

European Union

What is the name of the organization that has integrated several countries of Europe?

Argentina

Whom did Great Britain defeat in the Falklands War?

Russia

With what country that the Allies feel it necessary to cooperate during World War II to defeat Germany?

1948

When did Israel became a nation?

NATO

What organization was formed in 1949 to combat the threat of Communism in the free world?

Soviet Union

What country launched the world's first man-made satellite?

1950 - 1953

When was the Korean War was fought?

1975

What year did the U.S. ended all involvement in Vietnam?

openness

What does glasnost mean?

1989

In what year did the Berlin Wall come down?

1999

In what year did the U.S. Senate ratify the treaty to give complete control of the Panama Canal to the Panamanians?

Jimmy Carter

What U.S. President promised the Panama Canal to the Panamanians?

38th

At what parallel where North and South Korea were divided?

Sergei Rachmaninoff

What musician is known for the Second Piano Concerto, the most popular concerto in 20th-century piano music?

Lake Victoria

On a map be able to locate the largest lake in Africa.

Congo River

On a map be able to locate a river in Central Africa that flows into the Atlantic Ocean

Mozambique Channel

On a map be able to locate the body of water that separates Madagascar from continental Africa.

Libya

On a map be able to locate a country in North Africa on the Mediterranean Sea.

Sudan

On a map be able to locate a country in East Africa on the Red Sea.

Nigeria

On a map be able to locate a country in West Africa on the Atlantic Ocean.

Somalia

On a map be able to locate a country on the horn of Africa next to Ethiopia.

Nile River

On a map be able to locate the longest river in the world.

Liberia

On a map be able to locate a small West African country on the Atlantic Ocean founded by freed American slaves.

Mt. Kilimanjaro

On a map be able to locate the highest mountain in Africa.

New York

The United Nations headquarters is located in _____.

true

Chiang Kai-shek was the leader of the Nationalist government of China.

John F.Kennedy

The Bay of Pigs incident occurred during the U.S. Presidency of ________.

Iraq

Saddam Hussein, leader of ______, invaded Kuwait.

Nixon

U.S. President ________ signed a cease-fire ending the Vietnam Conflict.

Pakistan

________ was created for the Muslims of India.

Mexico

NAFTA was a free-trade agreement signed by the Unites States, Canada and _________.

Persian Gulf

General Norman Schwarzkopf led U.S. forces during the ________ war.

Japan

After World War II, Douglas MacArthur served as the military governor of occupied ________.

true

The field of biotechnology has opened new branches of biological research and medical treatment.

regionalism

This artistic approach of _______ focused primarily on the common working man.

Gandhi

Before World War I, _________ worked for India's independence from Great Britain.

Norman Rockwell

Who was the most influential illustrator of the 20th century and produced illustrations for the Saturday Evening Post?

Nicolae Ceausescu

He was a cruel dictator of Romania.

Lech Walesa

He led the Polish Solidarity movement.

Vicente Fox

He was a Mexican president.

David Ben-Gurion

He was a leader of Israel.

Fulgencio Batista

He was the Cuban dictator overthrown by Fidel Castro.

Nikita Khrushchev

He replaced Joseph Stalin.

Konrad Adenauer

He was a conservative leader of West Germany.

Francois Mitterrand

He was a socialist president of France.

Ayatollah Khomeini

He led Iranian rebels in capturing the U.S. embassy in Tehran.

Manuel Noriega

He was a dictator of Panama.

This policy did not destroy Communism and , in some cases, allowed it to spread.

How did the Truman Doctrine affect the spread of Communism?

The Soviet Union successfully assisted an overthrow of government and set up a base for Communist activities.

Describe the Communist takeover in the Americas.

Military leaders were allowed to directly lead the Persian Gulf War unlike the Vietnam Conflict.

This best explains why the U.S. lost the Vietnam Conflict but won the Persian Gulf War.

Gorbachev proclaimed that a one-world community would bring peace; Solzhenitsyn warned that biblical righteousness was the only hope for peace.

What best summarizes the conflicting views of Mikhail Gorbachev and Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn?

The Cold War was a war fought with words and diplomacy, not weapons. It was fought to gain friends on one of two sides - freedom or Communism. The breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991 marked the end of the Cold War. The Reagan Doctrine affected the Cold War by stopping Communism before it enslaved a country. Countries helped by Reagan were Grenada, Nicaragua, Afghanistan, and Libya.

Explain what the Cold War was and how it ended. Explain how the Reagan Doctrine affected the Cold War and include at least two countries that were helped by Reagan.