AP World History Chapter 21 Terms Flashcards

9469580624	Which nation had the largest defense expenditure in 1987?	USA	0
9469580625	Nikita Khruschev:	publicly denounced Stalin	1
9469580626	Dwight Eisenhower felt that the military-industrial complex was America's best guarantee of freedom.	False	2
9469580627	The Korean War provided an economic boost for Japan.	True	3
9469580628	Between 1945 and 1948, the Soviet-controlled communist governments were established in all but which one of the following?	West Germany	4
9469580629	Which country did China describe as a "paper tiger"?	the United States	5
9469580630	The Korean War drove a wedge between the United States and many of its European allies because:	the American drive into North Korea was costly, belligerent, and provoked the Chinese	6
9469580631	Which country witnessed the greatest decrease in their expenditures from 1987 to 1997?	USSR	7
9481528336	Upon gaining independence, Congo/Zaire had a large and well-educated elite ready to guide the new nation.	False	8
9481528337	Soon after the United States left Vietnam, the communists were defeated.	False	9
9481528338	The Algerian Revolution:	nearly caused a civil war in France	10
9481528339	Gamal Abdel Nasser:	nationalized the Suez Canal	11
9481528340	This event brought the USSR and the United States the closest to nuclear war:	the placement of Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba	12
9481528341	The United States threatened to cut off Marshall Plan aid to which of the following to force them to withdraw from Indonesia?	The Dutch	13
9481528342	Initially, the United States got involved in Vietnam to support:	the South Vietnamese	14
9481528343	Decolonization was in part a consequence of the world wars and the global depression.	True	15
9481528344	Which of the following actions was NOT taken by Fidel Castro after he took power?	redistributed land to individual peasant families	16
9481528345	Colonel Jacobo Arbenz of Guatemala:	wanted to force United Fruit Company to sell land to the government for the declared value on tax statements	17
9481528346	Of the following, which was NOT one of the third-world leaders to organize the Bandung Conference?	Zhou Enlai	18
9481528347	Rigoberta Menchu:	won the nobel peace prize	19
9481528348	In Central America, the US and the USSR supported opposing parties in guerrilla wars in all of the following countries, except:	Colombia	20
9481528349	Portugal's African colonies were given their independence primarily because:	The Portuguese dictator had been overthrownby democratic forces	21
9481528350	Which of the following African countries had the highest per-capita gross national product in 1994?	South Africa	22
9481528351	Nonaligned nations generally shared all of these goals EXCEPT:	Devaluation of traditonal civilizations	23
9481528352	Chile's Salvador Allende:	Was killed in a coup	24
9481528353	Of the following countries, which won independence first?	Togo	25
9493131645	Human population:	Is currently over 6 billion	26
9493131646	To the best of medical experts' knowledge, this disease has been totally eradicated:	Smallpox	27
9493131647	DDT:	Is toxic to animals	28
9493131648	Which of the following United Nations agencies oversees international trade?	WTO	29
9493131649	Japan's postwar constitution:	outlawed nuclear weapons on Japanese soil	30
9493131650	By 1980, Japan's per-capita income:	was approaching that of the US	31
9493131651	In 1991, the USSR:	dissolved, and was replaced by the Commonwealth of Independent States	32
9493131652	UN peacekeeping missions:	maintained peace between willing antagonists	33
9493131653	Mikhail Gorbachev	was more successful at glasnost then at perestroika	34