AP World History Final Exam 2 ( Latest - (ACTUAL EXAM ) With 100% Verified Answers
- Berlin Conference (1884-1885)
Answer: The meeting of European imperialist powers to divide Africa among
themselves
- Opium War
Answer: War between Britain and the Qing Empire that was, in the British view,
occasioned by the Qing government's refusal to permit the importation of opium into its territories; the victorious British imposed the one-sided Treaty of Nanking on China.
- India (colony)
Answer: Considered the "brightest jewel in the crown" of the British Empire; significant source of cotton, tea, and silk - most valuable of all Britain's colonies
- United Nations (UN)
Answer: an organization of the world's countries that promotes peace and security around the globe, headquarters are in New York City
- Israel
Answer: A Jewish state on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean, both in antiquity and again founded in 1948 after centuries of Jewish diaspora.
- Iron Curtain
Answer: Winston Churchill's term for the Cold War division between the Soviet-
dominated East and the U.S.-dominated West.
- Truman Doctrine
Answer: President Truman's policy of providing economic and military aid to any
country threatened by communism or totalitarian ideology
- Marshall Plan
Answer: A United States program of economic aid for the reconstruction of
democratic Europe (1948-1952)
- NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
Answer: Military alliance created in 1949 made up of 12 non-Communist countries
including the United States that support each other if attacked.
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- Mao Zedong
Answer: (1893-1976) Leader of the Communist Party in China that over- threw
Jiang Jieshi and the Nationalists. Established China as the People's Republic of China and ruled from 1949 until 1976.
- Space Race
Answer: A competition of space exploration between the United States and Soviet
Union.
- Sputnik
Answer: First artificial Earth satellite, it was launched by Moscow in 1957 and
sparked U.S. fears of Soviet dominance in technology and outer space. It led to the creation of NASA and the space race.
- John F. Kennedy
Answer: President during part of the Cold War and especially during the superpower rivalry and the Cuban Missile Crisis. Other events during his term of office were the building of the Berlin Wall, the Space Race, and early events of the Vietnamese war.
- Nikita Khrushchev
Answer: A Soviet leader during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Also famous for
denouncing Stalin and allowed criticism of Stalin within Russia.
- Fidel Castro
Answer: Communist dictator of Cuba who came into power in 1959.
- Ho Chi Minh
Answer: 1950s and 60s; communist leader of North Vietnam; used guerrilla warfare to fight anti-communist South Vietnam and US
- Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT)
Answer: Negotiations between the United States and the Soviet Union that reduced the two nations' supply of long-range nuclear weapons, used during President Richard M. Nixon terms of office
- Adolf Hitler
Answer: The dictator of Germany during world war 2
- Benito Mussolini
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Answer: The Dictator of Italy during world war 2