Chapter 30 Test A Africa And The Middle East, 1945-present
Chapter 30 test A Africa and the Middle East, 1945-Present
- 1.Nation in which the African National Congress (A N C) was formed in 1912
- A.
Rwanda
- B.
South Africa
- C.
Biafra
- D.
Nigeria
- 2.Israeli prime minister involved in the Camp David Accords treaty
- A.
Idi Amin
- B.
Naguib Mahfouz
- C.
Saddam Hussein
- D.
Menachem Begin
- 3.President of Tanzania who advocated an " African form of socialism"
- A.
Jomo Kenyatta
- B.
Menachem Begin
- C.
Julius Nyerere
- D.
Abdel Nasser
- 4.Ruled by terror and repression in Uganda in 1970s
- A.
Idi Amin
- B.
Abdel Nasser
- C.
Saddam Hussein
- D.
Nelson Mandela
- 5.Location of brutal war between the Hutu and Tutsi tribes
- A.
Rwanda
- B.
Biafra
- C.
Britain
- D.
Tanzania
- 6.Leader of Ghana when it became the first African nation to gain independence from Britain
- A.
Kwame Mafusa
- B.
Nelson Mandela
- C.
Egypt
- D.
Kwame Nkrumah
- 7.Leader of Iraq who invaded Kuwait
- A.
Abdel Nasser
- B.
Saddam Hussein
- C.
Ghana
- D.
Idi Amin
- 8.Region declared an independent state by the Ibo people during a civil war in Nigeria
- A.
Uganda
- B.
Ghana
- C.
Kuwait
- D.
Biafra
- 9.Egyptian author of the Arabic work Cairo Trilogy
- A.
Saddam Hussein
- B.
Hutu and Tutsi
- C.
Naguib Mahfouz
- D.
Julius Nyerere
- 10.President of Egypt during the Suez War
- A.
Menachem Begin
- B.
Saddam Hussein
- C.
Kwame Nkrumah
- D.
Gamal Abdel Nasser
- 11.The ANC called for armed resistance against the white South Africangovernment after the arrest of their leader, ———, in 1962.
- A.
Julius Nyerere
- B.
Nelson Mandela
- C.
Jomo Kenyatta
- D.
Kwame Mafusa ,;
- 12.Most leaders of the newly independent African nations came from
- A.
The church.
- B.
The industrial working class.
- C.
The peasant farming class.
- D.
The urban middle class
- 13.Pan-Africanism promotes the view that all
- A.
African nations should share a common currency.
- B.
Black Africans share a common identity.
- C.
. African nations should enter a common treaty alliance.
- D.
Africa should be one nation.
- 14.The African Union (A U) aims to
- A.
Promote the construction of fast-food restaurants.
- B.
Create a forum for arms-reduction talks.
- C.
Provide educational opportunities for African students
- D.
Promote democracy and economic growth in Africa.
- 15.The economies of many African nations have suffered because those nations are forced to import ___ and manufactured goods from the West.
- A.
Candy
- B.
technology
- C.
Raw materials
- D.
Oil
- 16.South African bishop ____________won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984.
- A.
Desmond Tutu
- B.
Nelson Mandela
- C.
F.W. deKlerk
- D.
Odumegu Ojukwu
- 17.A UN resolution declared that Palestine should be divided into a Jewish state and an Arab state in
- A.
1939.
- B.
1945.
- C.
1947.
- D.
1967.
- 18.The United Arab Republic was formed by a union between which two nations?
- A.
Egypt and Syria
- B.
Egypt and Israel
- C.
Egypt and Iran
- D.
Iran and Iraq
- 19.The Camp David Accords led to a peace treaty between Israel and which of the following nations?
- A.
Jordan
- B.
Syria
- C.
The United States
- D.
Egypt
- 20.Muslim leaders such as the Ayatollah Khomeini opposed the shah of Iran because they
- A.
Disapproved of his open posture toward Israel.
- B.
Were members of a different ethnic group than the shah.
- C.
Believed Islamic law should be eliminated.
- D.
Felt the shah promoted a culture of materialism.
- 21.Which north African country gained independence between 1961 and 1965?
- A.
Zambia
- B.
Algeria
- C.
Sudan
- D.
Kenya
- 22.Which African country was most recently liberated?
- A.
South Africa
- B.
Angola
- C.
Namibia
- D.
Eritrea
- 23.U.S. Energy, Consumption and Imports 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 Consumption 43.77 66.46 75.65 81.60 95.57 Coal 9.84 12.27 15.42 19.17 22.58 Natural Gas 12.39 21.80 20.39 19.73 23.92 Petroleum 19.92 29.52 34.20 33.55 38.40 Nuclear 0.01 0.24 2.74 6.10 7.86 Hydroelectric 1.61 2.63 2.90 3.05 2.81 Imports 4.16 8.32 15.66 18.67 28.40 Natural Gas 0.16 0.85 1.01 1.55 3.87 Crude Oil 2.20 2.81 11.19 12.77 19.78 Petroleum In which year on the chart was U.S. energy consumption the highest? 1.80 4.66 3.46 4.35 4.75
- A.
1960
- B.
1970
- C.
1980
- D.
2000
- 24.U.S. Energy, Consumption and Imports 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 Consumption 43.77 66.46 75.65 81.60 95.57 Coal 9.84 12.27 15.42 19.17 22.58 Natural Gas 12.39 21.80 20.39 19.73 23.92 Petroleum 19.92 29.52 34.20 33.55 38.40 Nuclear 0.01 0.24 2.74 6.10 7.86 Hydroelectric 1.61 2.63 2.90 3.05 2.81 Imports 4.16 8.32 15.66 18.67 28.40 Natural Gas 0.16 0.85 1.01 1.55 3.87 Crude Oil 2.20 2.81 11.19 12.77 19.78 Petroleum Which of the following best describes U.S. imports of energy when comparing 1960 and 2000? 1.80 4.66 3.46 4.35 4.75
- A.
The percentage of imports has increased from 1960 to 2000.
- B.
The percentage of imports had decreased from 1960 to 2000.
- C.
The percentage of imports has stayed the same.
- D.
The actual imports have increased, but only by a small amount.
- 25."We went into Sharpeville the back way, around lunch time last Monday, driving along behind a big grey police car and three armoured cars. As we went through the fringes of the township many people were shouting the Pan-Africanist slogan 'Our Land.' They were grinning and cheerful. . . . Then the shooting started. We heard the chatter of a machine gun, then another, then another.... One woman was hit about ten yards from our car. . . . Hundreds of kids were running, too. Some of the children, hardly as tall as the grass, were leaping like rabbits. Some of them were shot, too."—Jon E. Lewis, The Mammoth Book of the Eyewitness History 2000, 2000What type of event is the writer describing?
- A.
parade
- B.
Massacre
- C.
Declared war
- D.
Bombing raid
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