Practice Test 4A French intellectuals coined the term a First World to describe the United States and its Western European allies b Second World to describe the USSR and its East European allies c Third World to describe the newly independent mostly agrarian nation states in Africa Latin America especially the nation states of Central and South America was considered part of the and Asia d All of the Above e None of the Above a First World b Second World c Third World d All of the Above e None of the Above Indochina and Algeria a b Malaysia and Kenya c Goa and Angola d All of the Above e None of the Above Indochina and Algeria a b Malaysia and Kenya c Goa and Angola d All of the Above e None of the Above Many of the newly independent states engaged in a search for anti colonial forms of modernity but found themselves mired in the authoritarian rule of the big man or the military a b neo colonial economic dependence c insurgent and or genocidal violence d All the Above e None of the Above France found itself faced with conflict in The United Kingdom found itself faced with conflict in Conflict in sub Saharan Africa developed because of the presence of a b c large white settler communities in Kenya Rhodesia and South Africa and the continued presence of imperial forces in Angola the Congo and Mozambique large Indian settler communities in Kenya Rhodesia and South Africa and the continued presence of imperial forces in Angola the Congo and Mozambique large Chinese settler communities in Kenya Rhodesia and South Africa and the continued presence of imperial forces in Angola the Congo and Mozambique d All of the Above e None of the Above African leaders dreamed of a new Africa one in which a b continental unity transcended national boundaries and tribal identity an African personality of dignity and purpose based on a new moral and intellectual purpose dominated a new form of socialism based on traditional African communal practices existed c d All of the Above e None of the Above The film The Battle of Algiers details the struggle of the FLN against the French military it shows how both sides resorted to intimidation to torture to murder and to out right terrorism to compromise to exile and to truth and reconciliation to concentration camps to emergency measures and to outright right apartheid a b c d All of the Above e None of the Above When Belgium granted independence to Congo Zaire the new leaders of the nation were a Theoden Rohan and Denethor Gondor b Nelson Mandela and Jomo Kenyatta c d All of the Above e None of the Above Joseph Kasavubu and Patrice Lumumba Apartheid or apartness was legal segregation stripping people of color of their political and social rights in the United States a b South Africa c Algeria d All of the Above e None of the Above a Afghanistan came into being b Bangladesh came into being c Myanmar came into being d All of the Above e None of the Above submarines a machineguns b c nuclear weapons d All of the Above e None of the Above Pakistan and Indian had several wars in the 20th century as a result of one of the wars the nation of Tension between Pakistan and India matters to all nations because they have One long term area of conflict between Pakistan and India is the beautiful region known as a Shangri la b Kashmir c Chomolungma d All of the Above e None of the Above Both the Soviet Union and the United States intervened indirectly in North Africa and Southwest Asia supporting a variety of governments but the core conflict that developed in the region was the conflict between Israel and the Arab states the conflict between India and Pakistan the conflict between China and India a b c d All of the Above e None of the Above Israel and the Arab nations in the region have fought several wars including a The Suez Crisis b The Six Days War c The Yom Kippur War d All of the Above e None of the Above Israel France and Great Britain Israel the United States and Iran Israel Jordan and Syria a b c d All of the Above e None of the Above When Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal in 1956 it provoked war with A second catastrophe occurred in 1967 a war fought between Israel and Egypt Jordan and Syria resulted in the loss of territory the Golan Heights the Syrian Desert and the Old City of Antioch to Israel the Golan Heights Gaza and the Old City of Jerusalem and the West Bank to Israel the Mark of Rohan the Pelennor and Osgiliath to Israel a b c d All of the Above e None of the Above When the Palestine Liberation Organization established itself in 1964 it demanded that a separate state Palestine be established on the West Bank of the Jordan and in Gaza the West Bank of the Nile and in Gaza the West Bank of the Bosphorus and in Gaza a b c d All of the Above e None of the Above In 1973 the Arab nations restricted the access of the United States to a oil b gold c diamonds d All of the Above e None of the Above Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini architect of the Iranian Revolution preached the governance of the shah to has followers governance of Wahhab to his followers governance of the jurist to his followers a b c d All of the Above e None of the Above Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini maintained that the a b c jurists scholars of the Qu ran had the right to seize power and govern in the absence of the iman scholars of the Torah had the right to seize power and govern in the absence of the iman scholars of the New Testament had the right to seize power and govern in the absence of the iman According to Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini the Great Satan was d All of the Above e None of the Above Iraq the United States the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics a b c d All of the Above e None of the Above As a result of the antipathy felt toward the United States radical Iranian students took 52 Americans hostage at the embassy in Tehran and held them for 444 days executed 52 Americans and exhibited their bodies on the steps of the embassy in Tehran lauded 52 Americans and released them from captivity at the hands of the Shah Saddam Hussein invaded Iran precipitating a costly war between the two nations in Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait precipitating a war between himself and the United States in a b c d All of the Above e None of the Above a 1990 b 1980 c 2003 d All of the Above e None of the Above a 1990 b 1980 c 2003 d All of the Above e None of the Above The United States and its …
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