Week 35 World History: Struggles for Democracy 1945-2012

 

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This world history resource focuses on struggles for
democracy from 1945 to 2012 and includes quiz questions
and answers and video links to related topics.

I utilized World History: Patterns of Interaction (Holt McDougal) for our world history textbook. It has multiple options for different learning styles and covers a wide array of information.

This quiz accompanies Chapter 35: pages 1030-1067.

Directions for the quiz:

• Scroll down and click on the thumbnail to enlarge to full screen.
• Click on the graphic to advance to the next screen.
• Choose an answer for each question.
• Compare your answers with those provided.

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Below are free videos to accompany chapter 35:

• Apartheid
• Nelson Mandela
• Perestroika & Glasnost
• Soviet Union Collapse
• Rise & Fall of Berlin Wall
• Yugoslavia Collapse
• Man Stops Tanks in China
• South Africa Voting Line

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World History Week 35 Struggles for Democracy 1945-2012

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A nation where citizens elect representatives to make laws is called a ____.
Answer choices include: monarchy, democracy, theocracy, socialist nation

The correct answer is democracy.

Which of the following does NOT help a democracy to be successful?
Answer choices include:
Shared belief that nobody is above the law with fair/equal treatment for all,
Stable economy with a strong middle class & opportunities for advancement,
Education & literacy available for all citizens,
Leaders are allowed to abuse power without fear of punishment

The correct answer is:
Leaders are allowed to abuse power without fear of punishment.

What happened in 1981 that cut Mexico’s revenue in half?
Answer choices include:
cotton prices fell, tourism declines, oil prices fell, tobacco prices fell

The correct answer is: oil prices fell

In 2002, ___ defaulted on its $132 billion debt,
the largest debt default to that date in history.
Answer choices include: Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Bolivia

The correct answer is Argentina.

When Europeans established colonial boundaries in Africa,
they ignored existing ethnic or cultural divisions,
resulting in many conflicts.
Answer choices include: true, false

The correct answer is true.

___ was a Nigerian writer/activist who
spoke out against the oil industry
& was later sentenced to death in
November 1995 for a crime he did not commit.
Answer choices include:
Abdulsalami Abubakar, Juan Peron, Ernesto Zedillo, Ken Saro-Wiwa

The correct answer is Ken Saro-Wiwa.

In South Africa, a small white minority ruled
a large black majority in
the early 1900s, leading to the establishment of ___.
Answer choices include:
dissidents, martial law, integration, apartheid

The correct answer is apartheid.

F.W. de Klerk and ___ were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
for their efforts to bring democracy to South Africa.
Answer choices include:
Yar' Adua, Sani Abacha, Moshood Abiola, Nelson Mandela

The correct answer is Nelson Mandela.

The ___ epidemic was a condition caused by HIV
affecting numerous countries in Africa in 2009.
Answer choices include: COVID, Influenza, AIDS, Zika

The correct answer is AIDS.

In 1985, ___ promoted a policy called glasnost,
or openness, in the Soviet Union.
 Answer choices include:
Mikhail Gorbachev, Leonid Brezhnev, Joseph Stalin, Boris Yeltsin

The correct answer is Mikhail Gorbachev.

By December 1991, how many of the Soviet Union’s
15 republics had declared independence?
Answer choices include: none, 5, 10, 15

The correct answer is 15.

In 1980, Polish workers that were part of a
union called ___ demanded government recognition.
Lech Walesa, their leader, later became president of Poland.
Answer choices include:
Solidarity, Eurocop, Society, Disharmony

The correct answer is Solidarity.

In June 1987, U.S. president ___ said,
“Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!”
Answer choices include:
John F. Kennedy, Ronald Reagan, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton

The correct answer is Ronald Reagan.

Many eastern European countries experienced a sharp rise
in unemployment resulting from an economic program based on “___.”
Answer choices include:
one for all & all for one, wait and see what happens,
shock therapy, divide & conquer

The correct answer is shock therapy.

What is the origin of the Romanian language?
Answer choices include: Greek, Arabic, Latin, Sanskrit

The correct answer is Latin.

In 1996, how many president(s) did Bosnia have?
Answer choices include: 1, 2, 3, none

The correct answer is 3.

In 1971, China invited an American ___ team to tour China,
beginning a new era of Chinese-American relations.
Answer choices include: soccer, basketball, pickleball, table-tennis

The correct answer is table-tennis.

Which of the following was NOT one of Deng Xiaoping’s
Four Modernizations goals for progress?
Answer choices include:
science & technology, industry, peace relations, agriculture

The correct answer is peace relations.

A demonstration & later attack at Tiananmen Square sparked the start
of ___’s brutal governmental campaign to stop political protests.
Answer choices include:
Japan, China, Taiwan, India

The correct answer is China.

Which of the following has China experienced due to
its economic growth in the early 2000s?
Answer choices include:
pollution and severe environmental problems, social peace,
abrupt changes by immediately selling state industries, all of these

The correct answer is pollution and severe environmental problems.

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