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World History Final Exam Review Set 12
Test Description: World History Final Exam Review set 12
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Why did the UN fail in its plan to create a Palestinian State in the late 1940s?
A
The Palestinians objected to receiving only part of the Mandate of Palestine.
B
The Palestinians could not agree on a government for the Palestinian State.
C
The new state of Israel immediately seized the territory for Palestine.
D
The Israelis did not agree on the borders for the Palestinian State.
2) In 1990, the two Germanys were merged in a process called
A
martial law.
B
reunification.
C
Velvet Divorce.
D
apartheid.
3) The former Solidarity union leader who became president of Poland in 1990 was
A
Karol Józef Wojtyła.
B
Nelson Mandela.
C
Lech Walesa.
D
Zhou Enlai.
4) All of the following occurred in response to glasnost EXCEPT
A
criticism of the government by the media.
B
decreased censorship.
C
the privatization of small businesses.
D
the release of imprisoned dissidents.
5) Before 1990, the most powerful policy-making body in the Soviet Union was
A
the Politburo.
B
the Supreme Soviet.
C
the Parliament.
D
the Duma.
6) Members of the Commonwealth of Independent States, or CIS, had all formerly been
A
part of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
B
Eastern European allies of the Soviet Union.
C
Russian colonies in Europe and Asia.
D
so-called satellites of the Soviet Union.
7) The end result of the August coup attempt in the USSR was to increase the power of
A
the State Committee.
B
Mikhail Gorbachev.
C
Boris Yeltsin.
D
the Soviet Union
8) The purpose of perestroika was to
A
open up the Soviet political system.
B
reduce criminal activity.
C
revive the Soviet economy.
D
allow a free exchange of ideas.
9) The reforms that led to democratization of the Soviet Union were begun by
A
Mikhail Gorbachev.
B
Leonid Brezhnev.
C
Josef Stalin.
D
Boris Yeltsin.
10) After the Communist Party in his nation lost power, Lech Walesa became the first freely elected leader of
A
Romania.
B
Hungary.
C
Poland.
D
Czechoslovakia.
11) Although the group known as Solidarity eventually obtained wide public support and political power, it began as simply an organization of
A
workers.
B
radical reformers.
C
political dissidents.
D
frustrated shoppers.
12) Some European nations were hesitant to support the reunification of Germany because of fears that it would
A
require significant foreign aid.
B
attempt to dominate Europe.
C
be politically unstable.
D
support communism.
13) Vaclav Havel was elected president of
A
Romania.
B
Czechoslovakia.
C
Poland.
D
Hungary.
14) Yugoslavia was led from 1945 to 1980 by
A
Josip Tito.
B
Nicolae Ceaucescu.
C
Lech Walesa.
D
Helmut Kohl.
15) NASA and the European space agency cooperated in the launch of the
A
first manned spacecraft.
B
first spacecraft with an international crew.
C
Hubble Space Telescope.
D
International Space Station.
16) The green revolution was an effort to
A
combine small farms into large businesses.
B
produce food more efficiently.
C
use only natural fertilizers and pesticides.
D
increase the number of people engaged in farming.
17) The Internet was originally developed for use in
A
international espionage.
B
scientific research.
C
missile control.
D
space exploration.
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