HIST410 final exam (3 sets)

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Week 8 : Final Exam - Final Exam

 

 

Question 1.1. (TCO 6) The Versailles Treaty officially ended World War I. What did it do specifically? (Points : 4)

       Made France admit responsibility for starting the war

       Required Austria-Hungary to pay reparations

       Forced Germany to surrender territory

       All of the above

 

 

Question 2.2. (TCO 6) The main fronts in World War I were in (Points : 4)

       France and Russia .

       Germany and Austria.

       Italy and Greece.

       Africa and Asia.

 

 

Question 3.3. (TCO 5) All of the following were major factors that helped the Reds to win the Russian Civil War except (Points : 4)

       peasants and minority nationalities feared a White victory more than a Red one.

       Whites wanted to continue World War I.

       Bolsheviks controlled the heartland of Russia.

       Whites were not unified as well as Bolsheviks.

 

 

Question 4.4. (TCO 5) Hitler justified Germany's aggression by stating that (Points : 4)

       Germans had the right to conquer inferior peoples.

       he wanted to preserve order in Czechoslovakia.

       he wanted to spread communism in Austria and other countries.

       he felt that other European leaders approved of his policies.

 

 

Question 5.5. (TCO 9) What city was divided during the Cold War and became a hotspot for espionage and intrigue? (Points : 4)

       Paris

       London

       Berlin

       Rome

 

 

Question 6.6. (TCO 9) How did the Korean War start? (Points : 4)

       Communist troops from South Korea attacked North Korea.

       Communist troops from North Korea attacked South Korea.

       China attacked United Nations troops.

       North and South Korea were divided after a bitter civil war.

 

 

Question 7.7. (TCO 8) What was the intention of the Marshall Plan? (Points : 4)

       To rebuild the military power of western Europe

       To help the Japanese economy recover from the war

       To rebuild the economies of war-shattered Europe

       To prevent the spread of Communism into Africa and Asia

 

 

Question 8.8. (TCO 6) One of the most important non-Indian voices supporting partition in 1947 was (Points : 4)

       Mohandas Gandhi.

       Jawaharlal Nehru.

       Osama bin Laden.

       Mohammed Ali Jinnah.

 

 

Question 9.9. (TCO 2) The Iraqi invasion of Kuwait led to (Points : 4)

       the 1991 Gulf War.

       closer Iraqi and U.S. relations.

       the collapse of the Saddam Hussein regime in Iraq.

       the downfall of the Saudi Arabian monarchy.

 

 

Question 10.10. (TCO 2) Following the Arab-Israeli 1967 war, (Points : 4)

       the Israelis and Palestinians agreed to negotiate.

       the Israelis demanded direct negotiations, and the Arabs demanded Israel’s withdrawal from the occupied territories prior to negotiations.

       the Arabs demanded Israeli withdrawal from the occupied territories and face-to-face negotiations.

       the United States and U.S.S.R. negotiated a settlement to the conflict.

 

 

Question 11.11. (TCO 4) Which of the following was not a program initiated by Gorbachev after 1985? (Points : 4)

       Capitalist investment in Russia

       Glasnost

       Land ownership for the peasants

       Perestroika

 

 

Question 12.12. (TCO 4) The only Eastern European country that had widespread bloodshed in 1989 was (Points : 4)

       Romania

       Czechoslovakia

       Bulgaria

       Poland

 

 

Question 13.13. (TCO 7) Al-Qaeda was organized to (Points : 4)

       destroy the World Trade Center.

       expel U.S. businesses and military power from Saudi Arabia.

       support the Taliban government.

       spread Islamic fundamentalism to Europe and the United States.

 

 

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Question 1.1. (TCO 10) Match the terms in Column I with the descriptions in Column II.

(Points : 18)

Potential Matches:

1 : black civil rights leader during the 1960s

2 : onetime leader of Israel

3 : onetime leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization

4 : last leader of the Soviet Union

5 : populist president of Argentina during the 1940s and 1950s

6 : former dictator of Cuba

    Answer

   

 : Yasser Arafat

   

 : Golda Meir

   

 : Fidel Castro

   

 : Mikhail Gorbachev

   

 : Juan Peron

   

 : Martin Luther King, Jr.

 

 

Question 2.2. (TCO 3) Match the terms in Column I with the descriptions in Column II.

(Points : 18)

Potential Matches:

1 : policy of Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev authorizing Soviet intervention in socialist states to maintain communist rule

2 : Cold War collective security treaty linking the United States and Western Europe

3 : a global economic organization designed to encourage the influence of market forces on world trade and production.

4 : the precursor to the European Union, a postwar system of economic integration among western European states

5 : an ongoing process by which regional economies, societies, and cultures have become integrated

    Answer

   

 : Globalization

   

 : NATO

   

 : European Economic Community

   

 : Brezhnev Doctrine

   

 : World Trade Organization

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Question 1. 1.

(TCO 1, 2) In essay form, provide two examples of how total war was practiced during World War 1; one on the battlefield and one on the home front.  Nationalism also played a role in the cause of the war; provide an example.  Finally, give two specific examples of how the end of WW1 changed either the political or the geographic landscape of Europe.

 

 (Points : 25)

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Question 2. 2. (TCO 5, 11) Identify and describe two events which led to the Second World War.

Then analyze significant ways in which World War II changed the world. Make sure you use enough historical details to support your answer.

 

 (Points : 25)

      Spellchecker

     

 

Question 3. 3. (TCOs 9, 10) Despite the dangers of Cold War life, there were moments when the superpowers put aside ideological differences.  The word to describe those moments is Détente.  Define Détente, and evaluating the Kennedy, Nixon and Reagan presidencies,  identify three events in which US and the Soviet Union engaged in détente-like activities.

 

 

 

 

 

(Points : 41)

      Spellchecker

     

 

Question 4. 4.

(TCOs 4, 8)  Identify and explain the internal and external challenges facing Mikhail Gorbachev and the Soviet Union in the last years of the Cold War.  Then explain how Perestroika and Glasnost were intended to address those challenges. Use specific details to support your answer.

 

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Question 1. 1. (TCO 6) The Versailles Treaty officially ended World War I. What did it do specifically? (Points : 4)

       Made France admit responsibility for starting the war

       Required Austria-Hungary to pay reparations

       Forced Germany to surrender territory

       All of the above

 

Question 2. 2. (TCO 6) The United States entered World War I because it (Points : 4)

       had to honor alliance commitments.

       desired to acquire territory, especially colonies.

       was hostile to German submarine warfare and German militarism.

       was interested in building up its military establishment.

 

Question 3. 3. (TCO 5) All of the following were major factors that helped the Reds to win the Russian Civil War except (Points : 4)

       peasants and minority nationalities feared a White victory more than a Red one.

       Whites wanted to continue World War I.

       Bolsheviks controlled the heartland of Russia.

       Whites were not unified as well as Bolsheviks.

 

Question 4. 4. (TCO 5) The Big Three of World War II were (Points : 4)

       Stalin, Eisenhower, and Churchill.

       Stalin, Hitler, and Mussolini.

       Roosevelt, Eisenhower, and Stalin.

       Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill.

 

Question 5. 5. (TCO 9) In the period after World War II, which two sides faced off? (Points : 4)

       The Allies and the Axis

       Eastern and Western Europe

       NATO and the Warsaw Pact

       East and West Berlin

 

Question 6. 6. (TCO 9) During the Cuban Missile Crisis, the United States and the Soviet Union were led by (Points : 4)

       Reagan and Gorbachev.

       Reagan and Khrushchev.

       Kennedy and Castro.

       Kennedy and Khrushchev.

 

Question 7. 7. (TCO 8) What was the intention of the Marshall Plan? (Points : 4)

       To rebuild the military power of western Europe

       To help the Japanese economy recover from the war

       To rebuild the economies of war-shattered Europe

       To prevent the spread of Communism into Africa and Asia

 

Question 8. 8. (TCO 6) Why did India become two countries after independence in 1947? (Points : 4)

       Mohandas Gandhi insisted on two nations.

       The British government did not want a country dominated by Islam.

       Hindu leaders feared discrimination in a Muslim-majority India.

       Muslim leaders feared discrimination in a Hindu-majority India.

 

Question 9. 9. (TCO 2) Which Middle Eastern country is the site of the Kabbah, Islam's holiest site, and the world's largest oil producer? (Points : 4)

       Egypt

       Saudi Arabia

       Iran

       Kuwait

 

Question 10. 10. (TCO 2) Arab-Israeli wars occurred in (Points : 4)

       1946, 1948, 1955, 1967, and 1975.

       1948, 1958, 1968, 1970, and 1973.

       1948, 1958, 1967, 1973, and 1990.

       1948, 1956, 1967, 1973, and 1982.

 

Question 11. 11. (TCO 4) One problem that arose in East Germany after reunification was (Points : 4)

       the presence of U.S. troops.

       lack of support for the EU.

       a lack of national pride.

       high unemployment.

 

Question 12. 12. (TCO 4) In which of the following periods of Soviet history did the Soviet Union achieve superpower status? (Points : 4)

       1985–1992

       1917–1928

       1928–1939

       1945–1989

 

Question 13. 13. (TCO 7) One reason that the United States invaded Iraq in 2003 was (Points : 4)

       Iraq was thought to have WMDs (weapons of mass destruction).

       Iraq had invaded Israel.

       Iraq was home to al-Qaeda.

       Iraq invaded Kuwait.

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Question 1. 1. (TCO 10) Match the terms in Column I with the descriptions in Column II.

(Points : 18)

Potential Matches:

1 : former dictator of Cuba

2 : onetime leader of Israel

3 : populist president of Argentina during the 1940s and 1950s

4 : onetime leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization

5 : black civil rights leader during the 1960s

 

 

    Answer

      : Martin Luther King

 

      : Yasser Arafat

 

      : Golda Meir

 

      : Fidel Castro

 

      : Juan Peron

 

 

 

Question 2. 2. (TCO 3) Match the terms in Column I with the descriptions in Column II.

(Points : 18)

Potential Matches:

1 : policy of Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev authorizing Soviet intervention in socialist states to maintain communist rule

2 : Cold War collective security treaty linking the United States and Western Europe

3 : a global economic organization designed to encourage the influence of market forces on world trade and production.

4 : the precursor to the European Union, a postwar system of economic integration among western European states

5 : an ongoing process by which regional economies, societies, and cultures have become integrated

    Answer

      : Globalization

 

      : NATO

 

      : European Economic Community

 

      : Brezhnev Doctrine

 

      : World Trade Organization

 

 

 

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Question 1. 1. (TCO 1, 2) Identify and analyze two causes of World War I.  Use historical examples to support your answer.

Of the various causes of World War I, which do you think was the most important and why? (Points : 20)

     

 

Question 2. 2. (TCO 5, 11) Compare and contrast the empires of Germany and Japan before the outbreak of World War II.

Identify and describe the leadership qualities of their respective leaders. Make sure you use enough historical details to support your answer. (Points : 20)

     

 

Question 3. 3. (TCOs 9, 10) Identify and analyze at least two events from the Cold War. Then assess how these events affected the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union. Make sure you use enough details to support your answer. (Points : 36)

     

Question 4. 4. (TCOs 4, 8) Analyze how the Solidarity (Solidarnosc) movement in Poland led to the collapse of communism in Poland. Point out what events led to the growth of the Solidarity movement, and then identify and analyze the events that followed Gorbachev's policy of political pluralism in Poland.  Use specific details to support your answer. Then evaluate the relative success of democracy and capitalism in Poland, after the end of the Cold War. (Points : 36)