HISTORY 1020 FINAL COMPLETE EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS TO HELP YOU PASS
What was the front for national liberation? - ANSWER Mass protests in Africa's
Gold Coast in the 1930s by producers of cocoa who refused to sell their bean to
British corporations and instead sold them directly to European and
American producers of chocolate.
How does one define apartheid? The Afrikaner government in South Africa
promoted a system of racial segregation and discrimination.
The African National Congress: what is it? ANSWER: Nelson Mandela's
principal black nationalist group in South Africa.
"Japan, Inc": what is it? - ANSWER A term from the 1970s and 1980s that was
used to characterize what some saw as the unjust connection between the
government and corporate community in Japan.
Detente: What is it? ANSWER The gradual easing of Cold War hostilities
between the US and the USSR in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Describe perestroika. - ANSWER Mikhail Gorbachev's economic reform and
restructuring allowed the government to loosen price controls on certain items,
more
independence for state-owned businesses and the creation of private
cooperatives with an eye toward profit.
Glasnost: What was it? ANSWER Mikhail Gorbachev's well-liked push for
more open media and government transparency.
What did solidarity mean? ANSWER In 1980, Lech Walesa led an independent
Polish labor union that promoted political reform and worker rights.
, What was the European Union? ANSWER In 1993, twelve European countries
formed an economic and political alliance that has subsequently expanded to
include twenty-eight European countries.
Which two major branches of Islam are there? ANSWER Shi'ites and Sunnis
What happened in the Middle East that significantly contributed to the rise of
nationalists? ANSWER Oil
The "father of Turkey" is who? The response is Mustafa Kemal.
The process of westernizing Turkey, known as ______, was executed by
____________. ANSWER Mustafa Kemal, Kemalism
What actions does Kemal take to make Turkey more secular? ANSWER: The
caliph is abolished
-prohibits polygamy and Islamic law
Women were granted the power to vote.
-adopted the system of measurements.
It promotes western attire.
-supported education
-did away with Arabic script
-converted Turkey to the Roman alphabet
Who wished to modernize Iran by following Kemal's lead? How are their
methods different? ANSWER Shah Reza Pahlavi; Pahlavi's strategy was
different from Kemal's since it depended on outside funding and assistance.
What impact did World War II have on American oil access? ANSWER Iran's
alliance with Germany caused it to be cut off.
What was the purpose of Shah Reza Pahlavi's government, and who will take
his place? ANSWER Muhammad Reza Pahlavi was an authoritarian leader with
a parliamentary system of government. He goes on to discuss the foreign
investors' presence. He would be more lenient against foreigners than Iranians.
What was it that the clergy did not approve of that Muhammad Reza Pahlavi
wanted to do to Iran? ANSWER He sought to secularize Iran and replace
Islamic law with civil law in order to develop the country.
The White Revolution entails.... What caused this to fail? ANSWER The shah
(M. Reza Pahlavi) distributed land reform to the peasant farmers by obtaining it
ANSWERS TO HELP YOU PASS
What was the front for national liberation? - ANSWER Mass protests in Africa's
Gold Coast in the 1930s by producers of cocoa who refused to sell their bean to
British corporations and instead sold them directly to European and
American producers of chocolate.
How does one define apartheid? The Afrikaner government in South Africa
promoted a system of racial segregation and discrimination.
The African National Congress: what is it? ANSWER: Nelson Mandela's
principal black nationalist group in South Africa.
"Japan, Inc": what is it? - ANSWER A term from the 1970s and 1980s that was
used to characterize what some saw as the unjust connection between the
government and corporate community in Japan.
Detente: What is it? ANSWER The gradual easing of Cold War hostilities
between the US and the USSR in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Describe perestroika. - ANSWER Mikhail Gorbachev's economic reform and
restructuring allowed the government to loosen price controls on certain items,
more
independence for state-owned businesses and the creation of private
cooperatives with an eye toward profit.
Glasnost: What was it? ANSWER Mikhail Gorbachev's well-liked push for
more open media and government transparency.
What did solidarity mean? ANSWER In 1980, Lech Walesa led an independent
Polish labor union that promoted political reform and worker rights.
, What was the European Union? ANSWER In 1993, twelve European countries
formed an economic and political alliance that has subsequently expanded to
include twenty-eight European countries.
Which two major branches of Islam are there? ANSWER Shi'ites and Sunnis
What happened in the Middle East that significantly contributed to the rise of
nationalists? ANSWER Oil
The "father of Turkey" is who? The response is Mustafa Kemal.
The process of westernizing Turkey, known as ______, was executed by
____________. ANSWER Mustafa Kemal, Kemalism
What actions does Kemal take to make Turkey more secular? ANSWER: The
caliph is abolished
-prohibits polygamy and Islamic law
Women were granted the power to vote.
-adopted the system of measurements.
It promotes western attire.
-supported education
-did away with Arabic script
-converted Turkey to the Roman alphabet
Who wished to modernize Iran by following Kemal's lead? How are their
methods different? ANSWER Shah Reza Pahlavi; Pahlavi's strategy was
different from Kemal's since it depended on outside funding and assistance.
What impact did World War II have on American oil access? ANSWER Iran's
alliance with Germany caused it to be cut off.
What was the purpose of Shah Reza Pahlavi's government, and who will take
his place? ANSWER Muhammad Reza Pahlavi was an authoritarian leader with
a parliamentary system of government. He goes on to discuss the foreign
investors' presence. He would be more lenient against foreigners than Iranians.
What was it that the clergy did not approve of that Muhammad Reza Pahlavi
wanted to do to Iran? ANSWER He sought to secularize Iran and replace
Islamic law with civil law in order to develop the country.
The White Revolution entails.... What caused this to fail? ANSWER The shah
(M. Reza Pahlavi) distributed land reform to the peasant farmers by obtaining it
