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Honors ModernHistory
WW2 to present day history of the world
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Capital of Iraq | Baghdad |
| major religion of iraq | muslim |
| what is the economy of iraq dominated by | oil |
| in august of 1990 what country did iraq seize | kuwait |
| what war did iraq start in 1990 | gulf war |
| capital of Iran | tehran |
| old name of iran | persia |
| major ethnic group of iran | persians (which are aryan) |
| language of iran | farsi |
| major religion of iran | muslim |
| the economy of iran is based on what | oil |
| what is a mosque | moslem house of worship |
| what is a minaret | moslem prayer tower |
| what unusual system did iran have very recently | theocracy |
| what ethnic group in iran want their own country | kurds |
| The middle east was most transformed by what product | oil |
| what is OPEC? | organization of petroleum exporting countries |
| what is the main function of OPEC? | discuss oil production and price |
| what religion is most of the middle east? | Muslim |
| name the two major divisions of islam | shiite, suni |
| identify the holy city of islam | mecca |
| who was the leader of the iranian theocracy? | ayatolla kolmini |
| what laws were enforced during the iranian theocracy | quaran |
| name two middle east countries that are muslim but not arab | turkey and iran |
| why was the united states concerned when iraq invaded kuwait? | oil |
| when did the US go to war with iraq | 1991 |
| name a few major allies in the gulf war | germany, france, canada, italy, GB |
| how long did the gulf war last | 4 days |
| why didnt the US bomb the office of saddem huessin | a worse dictator may take over |
| Kurds from what 3 countries want a homeland | turkey, iran, iraq |
| why was lebanon created when britain and france left syria | to satisfy christians |
| what empire dominated the middle east prior to WW1 | ottoman |
| in 1952 king farouk was overthrown in what country? | egypt |
| what document gave jews a homeland | balfour declaration |
| what percent of palestine was occupied by arabs | 70 |
| on may 14, 1948 what drastically changed palestine | creation of israel |
| middle east conflict in 1956 | suez crisis, UN intervenes gives canal to egypt |
| middle east conflict in 1967 | six day war, Isreal doubles in size |
| middle east conflict in 1973 | yom kippur war, surprise israel suffers |
| middle east conflict in 1991 | gulf war |
| middle east conflict in 1980 | iraqi war |
| what is an ayatollah? | conservative muslim leader |
| what men from what countries signed the peace accord at camp david in 1978 | bagen, israel; sadat, egypt; jimmy carter, US |
| encouraged zionism in 1800's | theodor herzl |
| british PM who promised jews a homeland | balfour |
| first PM of Israel | Ben-Gurion |
| current PM of israel | netanyahu |
| president of egypt in 2011 | mubarak |
| in what year did Gorbachev take office in russia | 1985 |
| compared to other russian leader what age was gorbachev | young |
| policy of openness in russia | glasnost |
| policy of economic restructuring in russia | perestroika |
| two features of demokratizatsiya in russia | choose who to vote for, may criticize politicians |
| what did gorbachev do in afghanistan | withdrew |
| what did gorbachev encourage eastern bloc countries to do | try new methods to stimulate their economies |
| first nation to test gorbachev | poland |
| how did poland test gorbachev | union ( solidarity ) |
| what eastern bloc country had huge ecomonic changes and abolished communism | hungary |
| what happened on november 9, 1989 | berlin wall was opened |
| Milos Jakes held a hard line on communism in what country | czechoslovakia |
| what playwright led his people to freedom | vaclav havel |
| what cruel dictator was hanged on christmas 1989 | nicolae Ceausescu |
| how many republics were in the USSR | 15 |
| why was yugoslavia formed | give slavs a homeland |
| which ethnic group dominated yugoslavia | serbs |
| evil serb leader | milosevic |
| first nations to break away from yugoslavia | slovenia |
| what kept yugoslavia together until 1980 | tito |
| why did the allies help germany after WW2 | so they didnt turn to communism |
| what group did the christain democratic union align itself with | democratic party |
| first chancellor of west germany | conrad adenaur |
| second chancellor of west germany | willie brandt |
| west germany policy approach | ostpolitik |
| who led french resistance in ww2 | charles degaulle |
| french politics in 1946 | communism bc the commies fought nazis |
| why was the fourth republic of france a laughingstock | gvnmnt rose and fell every 6 months |
| PM of fifth republic in france | charles degaulle |
| what national crisis brought degaulle into a leadership role | algerian crisis |
| 7 reasons for imperialism in 1800's | financial investment, missionary zeal, travel, scientific and geological exploration, luxury goods, new markets, everyone getting colonies |
| first to use term iron curtain, where? | churchill, fulton, missouri |
| containment was recommended by who | george kennan |
| truman doctrine does what | contains communism |
| economic plan for europe after ww2 | marshall plan. 13b over 4 years |
| "father of europe" restructured france | jean monet |
| president of mexico | felipe calderon |
| president of brazil | dilma rousseff |
| pres of argentina | christina kirchner |
| pres of venezuela | hugo chavez |
| pres of cuba | fidel castro |
| pres of columbia | santos |
| pres of chile | pinera |
| leader of zimbabwe | robert mugabe |
| south africa segragation | apartheid |
| african peace prize winner with mandela | f w deklerk |
| terrible capital of lebanon | beirut |
| ruler of jordan | king abdullah 2 |
| temple of jerusalem destroted in 70 bc | diaspora |
| PM of israel 69-74 | golda meir |
| ethnic group in china | han |
| pres of china | xi jinping |
| problems in china | air pollution, water shortages, deforestation, trade in endangered species, trade in ilegal drugs from golden triangle |
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