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World Civilizations Final Part 2
Test Description: Cold War and Prior Knowledge
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Who was ExCom?
A
The communication between US and USSR.
B
Kennedy’s advisors during the Cuban Missile Crisis
C
The Swedish government’s committee that dealt with communication between Cuba and the United States,
D
Khrushchev's advisors during the Cuban Missile Crisis
2) Khrushchev saw having nuclear weapons in Cuba, as what?
A
An alliance between two Communist nations.
B
A fair and equal opportunity that the US already had.
C
Hoped to increase the nation’s nuclear strike capability.
D
Equal to the United States having has missiles in Turkey.
3) How did the American public respond to the Cuban missile crisis?
A
Support for JFK.
B
Protesting JFK’s decisions during the event.
C
Fear of nuclear warfare.
D
A reason to drop an atomic bomb on the Soviets before it happened to them.
4) Which part of Korea is still communist today, ran by dictator Kim Jong-Un?
A
North Korea
B
West Korea
C
South Korea
D
East Korea
5) Why did the United States become involved in the Vietnam War?
A
The US wanted to support their allies, and protect them against the spread of communism.
B
Viet-Cong assassinated sitting president, Eisenhower.
C
The alliances that the US were involved in forced them to get involved.
D
The US wanted to help spread communism and supported the communist revolution there.
6) When did the United States finally pull troops out of Vietnam?
A
1973
B
1956
C
1962
D
1975
7) Who was the leader of the communist revolution of Vietnam?
A
Srinh Cung
B
Ho Chi Minh
C
Fidel Castro
D
Ngyugen Singh
8) Who was J. Robert Oppenheimer?
A
Hitler’s forward commander in charge of overseeing the concentration camps
B
The inventor of nuclear energy and the hydrogen bomb
C
The German war strategist that came up with the Blitzkrieg
D
Considered the father of the atomic bomb who later lived his days in regret
9) Which two cities were the targets of the Atomic Bomb drops?
A
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
B
Tokyo and Hiroshima
C
Nagasaki and Tokyo
D
Nagasaki and Kyoto
10) The man mainly responsible for spearheading the Russian Revolution against the Tsar and becomes the first leader of the new communist Soviet Union is
A
Nicholas II
B
Leon Trotsky
C
Josef Stalin
D
Vladimir Lenin
11) What was the official treaty that ended WWI and made Germany accept blame for starting the war, which was also referred to as the Unequal Treaty by Germans?
A
Fourteen Points
B
Treaty of Paris
C
Twelve Points
D
Treaty of Versailles
12) The purpose of Jethro Tull’s invention was to drill a seed into the ground and then cover it with dirt. The name of this invention was:
A
Steam-Driven Locomotive
B
Seed Drill
C
Power Lume
D
Water Frame
13) The Industrial Revolution began in what country?
A
Germany
B
Spain
C
Great Britain
D
France
14) Eli Whitney invented which of the following:
A
The internet
B
Power Lume
C
Seed Drill
D
Cotton Gin
15) Which of the following is NOT a reason for Europeans being able to colonize Africa in the 19th century?
A
Technological superiority in weapons.
B
Improvements in medicines, like quinine, that combated diseases like malaria.
C
African leaders signing over areas to the Europeans at the Berlin Conference.
D
Disunity among African tribes.
16) The event where European nations met to divide Africa, where no African rulers were invited, was known as what?
A
Congress of Vienna
B
African Conference
C
Berlin Conference
D
Scramble for Africa
17) The cause of the Sepoy Mutiny was mainly due to
A
The rumor that the British had greased the ammunition with beef and pork fat
B
The Russians had defeated the British in the Crimean War
C
The British conquering India
D
The Great Game
18) Choose the term that best fits the following definition: The idea that those who were fittest for survival and success were superior to others in the World.
A
Inferiority Complex
B
Seinfeldian
C
Ethnocentrism
D
Social Darwinism
19) The process in which a minority group that adopts the customs of a prevailing culture is the definition of what vocabulary term?
A
Geopolitics
B
Assimilation
C
Paternalism
D
Imperialism
20) Who was the key player during the period of Imperialism who had conquered territories throughout the world, most notable in India and China?
A
Spain
B
France
C
America
D
Great Britain
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