Review Template #15: Chapter Ten WHAP/Princeton Review
Once More Recent Stuff: Around 1914 to the Present
Questions:
1-What is an NGO and why is it significant?
2-Why have most NGOs formed in the years since World War II?
3-What two ethnic groups live in Rwanda?
4-Which ethnic group governed the other ethnic group during German and Belgian colonial occupation? Why was this surprising?
5-What happened in Rwanda in 1962?
6-How did Juvenal Habyarimana change Rwanda?
7-Why did civil war break out in Rwanda in 1994?
8-Describe the Rwandan genocide.
9-Why does the genocide and displacement in Rwanda rank among the most devastating in recent history?
10-Compare and contrast independence in Africa and India.
11-Describe the newly formed Union of South Africa in 1910.
12-What was established in South Africa in 1923?
13-Which group in South Africa was banned from work in certain skilled occupations in 1926?
14-When South Africa won independence from Britain in 1931, did racial policies improve?
15-Define apartheid. In what year was it established in South Africa?
16-Discuss the creation of homelands in South Africa.
17-Who was Nelson Mandela and why was he significant?
18-Discuss the politics of the African National Congress.
19-What was the Sharpeville massacre?
20-How did the Sharpeville massacre change the African National Congress?
21-Discuss the pass laws of apartheid-era South Africa.
22-What happened to Nelson Mandela in 1964?
23-What happened to Mandela in 1990?
24-When was apartheid abolished? Who was elected president of South Africa in the first free and open election in the nation’s history?
25-What happened to Middle Eastern lands after the fall of the Ottoman Empire at the close of World War I?
26-What land in the Middle East was France put in charge of?
27-What land in the Middle East was Britain put in charge of?
28-What happened to Persia (Iran)?
29-What happened to Arabia?
30-Why did many Jews want to return to the “promised land”?
31-Define Zionism.
32-Discuss the Balfour Declaration.
33-Which nation gained control of Palestine in 1920?
34-Why was the Balfour Declaration problematic?
35-Why did many Jews flee Russia and begin to stream into Palestine?
36-Why did many Jews flee Germany in the 1930s and begin to move to Palestine?
37-What did the United Nations do regarding the land in 1948?
38-Who was David Ben-Gurion and why was he significant?
39-Discuss the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
40-Why were Palestinians without a home?
41-Discuss the Six Days’ War.
42-Why is the West Bank significant?
43-Why do Muslims resent Israel’s control of the Dome of the Rock?
44-Discuss the Camp David Accords.
45-What happened to Egyptian President Sadat? Why?
46-Cite two facts about the PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization)?
47-Discuss the intifada.
48-What did Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon approve construction of? Why?
49-Discuss the “Roadmap to Peace”.
50-Cite two facts about Yassir Arafat.
51-Who is Mahmoud Abbas and why is he significant?
52-Discuss the “disengagement plan”.
53-Why does peace in the region remain elusive?
54-Cite two facts about Hamas.
55-Cite two facts regarding the Fatah party.
56-What is Hezbollah and why is it significant?
57-What complicates political realities in Lebanon?
58-Who was Reza Shah Pahlavi and how did he transform Iran?
59-Why were Islamic fundamentalists infuriated by Reza Shah Pahlavi?
60-Why were advocates of democracy dissatisfied with Reza Shah Pahlavi?
61-How did Reza Shah Pahlavi deal with dissidents?
62-Discuss the 1979 Iranian Revolution.
63-How did Ayatollah Khomeini transform Iran?
64-Discuss several causes and effects of the Iran-Iraq war.
65-Discuss the power struggle in Iran since the death of Ayatollah Khomeini in 1989.
66-Why has Iran caused international concern?
67-Who is Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and why is he significant?
68-Compare and contrast the role of women after the Chinese Revolution and before the Iranian Revolution.
69-Why was the Industrial Revolution a huge bonanza for the Middle East?
70-Cite three facts about OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries).
71-Why has OPEC become a less powerful organization since the 1970s?
72-What organizations are charged with maintaining international security since WWII?
73-Why was the International Criminal Court in the Hague formed?
74-Why did Iraq under the leadership of Saddam Hussein invade Kuwait in August 1990?
75-What were the effects of the Persian Gulf War?
76-Why was Iraq invaded in April 2003?
77-Cite three facts about Iraq since the April 2003 invasion.
78-Discuss Iraq’s “proportional representation”.
79-Why did the Soviets send thousands of troops to Afghanistan in the early 1980s?
80-Who was Nur Muhammad Taraki?
81-Why did a civil war begin in Afghanistan?
82-Who did the Afghan resisters known as “holy warriors” receive aid from? Why?
83-Why did Gorbachev remove troops from Afghanistan?
84-Why did conflict continue in Afghanistan after the Soviet withdrawal?
85-Cite four significant facts about the Taliban.
86-Who was Osama bin Laden and why was he significant?
87-What is Al Qaeda?
88-What is Al Qaeda’s main issue with Saudi Arabia?
89-What are three reasons why “Al Qaeda despises the United States”?
90-What happened on September 11, 2001?
91-What was the response of the U.S. government to the events of September 11, 2001?
92-What is the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)?
93-What is the European Union (EU)?
94-What role has the English language played in globalization?
95-What is “McDonaldization” and why is it viewed negatively by some and positively by others?
96-Explain how “Socialism with Chinese Characteristics” or “To Be Rich Is Glorious” summed up Deng Xiaoping’s plans for China.
97-What were special economic zones in China under Deng Xiaoping?
98-How has China changed since Mao’s Communist Revolution in 1949?
99-Cite four facts about modern India.
100-How are present-day India and China similar?
101-Cite six facts about the International Monetary Fund or IMF and the World Bank.
102-What was the purpose of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)? What did GATT become?
103-Cite six facts about the G6, G8, and G20.
104-What is the “green revolution”?
105-Cite three effects of the green revolution.
106-List several global environmental concerns today.
107-What is global warming?
108-What was the Kyoto Protocol?
109-What must industrialized nations consider when making environmental policies?
110-Discuss changes in computer technology in the 1970s and 1980s.
111-How have the World Wide Web and the Internet benefitted people but how have the World Wide Web and the Internet also increased divisions among the world’s population?
112-What did women gain in many parts of the world by the first quarter of the twentieth century?
113-While many women have gained the right to vote, how do women still lag behind men?
114-Discuss the contradictions in communist countries regarding the role of women.
115-Discuss continuities and changes regarding women as well as changes and continuities in family structures.
116-Prove that nationalism continued to be a force in the twentieth century.
117-How did globalization transform the twentieth century?
118-How did the Great Depression demonstratehow most industrialized nations were heavily intertwined?
119-Is a convergence of cultures occurring today? Explain.
120-What were the biggest movements of the twentieth century rooted in?
121-Discuss self-determination.
122-What suggests the opposite of global convergence?
123-What do the authors of the Princeton Review encourage students to do?