Unit 6: The Contemporary World – Flashcards

What was the role of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in helping Latin American countries?

Which was a major challenge in Mexico in the early twenty-first century?

Why didn't Latin American nations develop an industrial base during the nineteenth century?

How did many Latin American leaders attempt to make their countries more self-sufficient after World War II?

What is a developing nation?

How did poor people respond when Latin American governments encouraged industry?

Why did U.S. intervention in Latin America increase during the Cold War?

What effect did Salvador Allende's policies have on Chile's economy?

Which country remains the longest-lived communist dictatorship in Latin America?

Which leader instituted changes in Argentina to improve the lives of workers, including a minimum wage and an eight-hour workday?

Which leader stepped down after holding and losing a plebiscite asking the Chilean people whether they wanted him to continue in power?

What action did the United States take when Castro's government seized the property of U.S. companies?

Which Central American nation has the most successful and longest-lived democracy in Latin America?

Which international organization helped Latin American nations become more democratic by sending observers to member states to see that elections were conducted fairly?

Which Latin American country was part of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) with the United States and Canada?

Which remains one of the biggest problems facing Latin America?

In the 1960s and 1970s, some Catholic priests and nuns in Latin America practiced the belief that Christians should work on behalf of the poor and oppressed. What is this belief called

What was the goal of Mao's Great Leap Forward?

Which of the following statements is true about life in China today?

Which was an underlying cause for the partition of India by Great Britain in 1947?

Which accurately describes India's economic progress in the late twentieth century?

The United States began sending large numbers of military advisers to South Vietnam after which had occurred?

The development of which industry helped revive Indonesia's economy?

Which was an important event in the rise of the Communist Party in China?

What kept nearly an entire generation of Chinese students from receiving an education?

How is life in China today the same as it was when Mao Zedong died?

Which was a result of Britain's plan to decolonize India?

Which accurately describes India's economic progress in the late twentieth century?

Which was the outcome of the Vietnam War?

Which best describes Vietnam's economy today?

Which is a major cause of conflict in Indonesia today?

Which helped Japan rise to become an economic power after World War II?

Which is true of North Korea's economy?

In which way did North Korea and South Korea differ the most in the decades following the Korean War?

Both North Korea and Vietnam are communist states, yet Vietnam's economy is stronger than North Korea's. What best explains this?

What issue of concern is most often seen in countries with communist governments or military regimes?

What happened in both China and Vietnam when the government liberalized the economy by adopting free-market policies?

Which describes South Africa's policy of apartheid?

What took place in Rwanda that resulted in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people?

What marked the beginning of the Arab-Israeli conflict?

What is the Palestine Liberation Organization?

What happened after World War II that changed the economic and political makeup of the Middle East?

What was the outcome of the Iranian revolution in 1978?

Why did some African nations transition smoothly to independence while others experienced conflict?

Who was Nelson Mandela?

Which two groups were involved in the conflict in Darfur in Sudan?

Which was a key cause of the Arab-Israeli conflict?

Who was Yasser Arafat?

What is OPEC?

Which was one cause of the revolution in Iran in 1978?

Why did Islamists believe that many Middle Eastern nations were in decline?

What is one reason that the United States invaded Iraq after the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001?

Which was committed to the creation of a Jewish homeland in the Middle East?

Which Latin American nation was controlled by Fidel Castro?

Which was not a result of U.S. intervention in Latin America during the Cold War era?

Which actions were taken by many African nations following World War II?

Which best describes change in Japan since World War II?

Which issue presents a major obstacle to settling the Arab-Israeli conflict?

Which accurately describes reforms undertaken by China in an attempt to compete with other Asian nations in the early twenty-first century?

Which is not a recent consequence of ethnic rivalries in African nations?

Which economic problem did many Latin American nations face in the years following World War II?

Which group used terrorism in the late twentieth century?

Which was a response to the terrorist attack against the United States on September 11, 2001?

Which describes a cause of the war in Vietnam?

For which is Mohandas Gandhi best known?

Which was not a reason for U.S. intervention in Latin America during the Cold War era?

Which presents the most serious ongoing challenge to modern Bangladesh?

Which best describes the period of apartheid in South Africa?

Which best describes a challenge in the Middle East resulting from oil production?

Which best describes the rise to power of Mao Zedong?

Which best describes the role of Nelson Mandela in ending apartheid?

What role have religious differences played in ongoing challenges in the Middle East?

Which was an effect of industrialization in Latin American nations during the postwar years?

Which was not an outcome of the war in Vietnam?

Which does not describe China's Great Leap Forward?

Which best describes recent changes in South Korea?

Who was a key leader in India's independence movement?

Which describes the main purpose of the Organization of American States (OAS)?