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GHIST 102 Final Exam Questions with 100% Correct Answers Which of the following does not describe prerevolutionary Cuba? a. It had a large and growing middle merchant class. b. Its capital was known as a playground for tourists and big money. c. The American mafia controlled the casinos. ...

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Which of the following does not describe prerevolutionary Cuba?

a. It had a large and growing middle merchant class.
b. Its capital was known as a playground for tourists and big money.
c. The American mafia controlled the casinos.
d. Batista ruled as an absolute tyrannical leader.
e. Most of the island's people lived in abject poverty. - Answer-a (It had a large and
growing middle merchant class)

____ was the Soviet leader involved in the Cuban Missile Crisis
a. Stalin
b. Khrushchev
c. Putin
d. Brezhnev
e. Gorbachev - Answer-B (Krushchev)

Which of the following describes the decolonization process immediately following
World War II?

a. Former European colonial powers lost complete control of their former colonies.
b. New African and Asian nations were successful in isolating themselves from the
global bipolarity of the superpowers.
c. Some nations became involved in the competition between superpowers and were
pulled apart in the process.
d. New states, being weaker and in desperate need of loans and funds, found no help
from the superpowers.
e. A federation of African states was successful in keeping both the Soviet Union and
the United States out of African affairs. - Answer-c (Some nations became involved in
the competition between superpowers and were pulled apart in the process)

The Hungarian Uprising in 1956

a. was settled by the United Nations.
b. was successful because European intervention and possible war forced the Soviets

,to back off.
c. ended in mass arrests and executions after the Soviets moved in with tanks.
d. was a success and encouraged the same actions in Poland and East Berlin.
e. forced the resignation of premier Khrushchev. - Answer-c (ended in mass arrests and
executions after the Soviets moved in with tanks)

During the Cold War era, the United States was, like the Soviet Union, a model of
contradictions as shown by all the following except

a. its actions in Iran.
b. the use of covert CIA actions that destroyed the democratic government of
Guatemala in favor of a more amenable government.
c. expecting all nations to be against Marxism-Leninism.
d. supporting decolonization and liberation in Africa without interference and
involvement.
e. None of these - Answer-d (supporting decolonization and liberation in Africa without
interference and involvement)

____ had to fight a long and costly war with France to achieve its independence in
1962.

a. Kenya
b. East Africa
c. Algeria
d. The Ivory Coast
e. Guinea - Answer-c (Algeria)

The United States and Britain supported Rhodesia and South Africa because the
governments

a. promised to provide for human rights.
b. allowed military and nuclear facilities on their land.
c. were anti-Soviet and anticommunist.
d. were governments of compromise between whites and Africans.
e. refused to nationalize foreign investments and properties. - Answer-c (were anti-
Soviet and anticommunist)

Which of the following does not describe the Congolese situation in the 1960s?

a. The nation had been severely repressed by Belgium, which wished to establish a
neocolonialist relationship.
b. Lumumba, as first president, faced internal division and dissent from the start.
c. The United Nations was successful in achieving compromise between Katanga and
the Congo.
d. With the complicity of the CIA, Lumumba became a target of assassination because
he had sought Soviet aid.

,e. By 1966, the American-backed Mobutu was firmly in control. - Answer-c (The United
Nations was successful in achieving compromise between Katanga and the Congo)

Although popular in the beginning of his rule, why was Sukarno eventually turned out of
office in Indonesia?

a. He had difficulty defeating the Dutch military, still present in Indonesia.
b. He could not win the popular vote of the people.
c. He turned to the Soviet Union for aid and expertise.
d. He suspended the constitution.
e. With the backing of the United States, his government was overturned by General
Suharto who instituted a purge of communists that left hundreds of thousands dead. -
Answer-e (With the backing of the United States, his government was overturned by
General Suharto who instituted a purge of communists that left hundreds of thousands
dead)

The success of India, emerging as the largest democracy in the 1950s, was the result of
all the following contributors except
a. the leadership of Jawaharlal Nehru.
b. control of tensions with Pakistan.
c. a successful war against England.
d. building Indian defense industries.
e. nonalignment with either superpower. - Answer-c (a successful war against England)

The United States entered into a military agreement with Pakistan because the United
States

a. Because of Pakistan's strategic location and because the U.S. saw India as an ally
of the Soviet Union.
b. because the U.S. thought Pakistani Muslims supported the Soviet Union.
c. because the U.S. feared a communist-backed invasion from India.
d. because the U.S. wished to stabilize the new government of Pakistan and establish
democracy.
e. because the U.S. planned an invasion of communist Nepal. - Answer-a (Because of
Pakistan's strategic location and because the U.S. saw India as an ally of the Soviet
Union)

The French decided to end their colonial relationship with Vietnam because

a. Ho Chi Minh had made a successful appeal to the United Nations.
b. the Chinese militarily supported Vietnam.
c. the United States and Britain agreed to take up the fight for the French.
d. France considered its nationalist insurgency in Algeria a higher priority than Vietnam.
e. a national vote had elected Ho president of the new Vietnam. - Answer-d (France
considered its nationalist insurgency in Algeria a higher priority than Vietnam)

, *The complex, violent, and turbulent 1960s resulted in all the following except

a. global, massive youth movements.
b. campaigns in support of civil and gender rights, environmental issues, and the end
of the Vietnam War.
c. opposition to traditional authority.
d. a more intense Cold War climate.
e. a decrease in Cold War tensions. - Answer-e. a decrease in Cold War tensions.

In the 1960s youth protests became major occurrences in

a. France.
b. Mexico.
c. Czechoslovakia.
d. the United States.
e. All of these - Answer-e (All of these)

*The Tlatelolco Massacre crushed an uprising to protest

a. the Summer Olympic Games being held in Mexico City.
b. the Vietnam War.
c. the closing of the National University.
d. American alliance with the government of Mexico.
e. NAFTA. - Answer-c (the closing of the National University)

Between 1967 and 1975, dictatorships were a rising political force in Latin America,
justifying repression in the name of

a. the threat of United States domination.
b. anticolonialism.
c. anticommunism.
d. social reform.
e. anti-neocolonialism. - Answer-c (anticommunism)

Che Guevara was captured and executed in

a. Bolivia.
b. central Congo.
c. Cuba.
d. Mexico.
e. South Africa. - Answer-a (Bolivia)

American-backed governments were placed forcibly in

a. Argentina.
b. Chile.

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