History Review
History Review Quiz
Test your knowledge of significant events and leaders that shaped modern history with this engaging quiz. From the emergence of independence movements to pivotal political changes across the globe, challenge yourself and expand your understanding!
- 27 challenging questions
- Various topics related to history
- Multiple choice format
This person was the leader of the Muslim League.
Muhammad Ali Jinnah.
Sukarno
Ang Suu Kii
Ferdinand Marcos
Which of the following WAS NOT a policy of Gorbachev?
Perestroika
Glasnost
Democratization
Breaking apart the Soviet Union.
Which leader made China more capitalistic?
Mao Ze Dong
Sun Yatsen
Deng Xiao Ping
Jiang Ze Ming
Which president wanted to modernize his country but only brought it deeper into debt?
Sukarno
Deng Xiao Ping
Mobuto Seko
Kwame Nkrumah
Which of the following IS NOT a reason why Africa struggled after independence?
Communist Revolutions
European borders mixed ethnic groups.
Policies which did not educate Africans.
Civil Wars in numerous territories
This person was the first prime Minister of India and created non-align nations which supported neither side during the Cold War.
Indira Gandhi
Mohandas Gandhi
Benazir Bhutto
Jawaharlal Nehru
Which was a reason why the Indian Independence was so hard to achieve?
Indians loved England.
Muslims did not want an alliance with Hindus.
The Muslims in India were not united.
The Hindus in India were not united.
Which of the following was a condition of the Partition of India?
Two countries were created: Pakistan and India
India would be under control of the Hindus
Hindus and Muslims joined in an equal union
Gandhi would be the first president.
What was an effect of the Partition of India?
10,000,000 people lost their homes and 1,000,000 were killed
10,000,000 starved to death as a result of the Indian economy.
India entered into a period of religious unity.
India and Pakistan continued friendly trading relations.
Why was Indira Gandhi assassinated?
She signed a favorable peace with Pakistan.
She was India's first female prime minister.
She was accused of being loyal to England.
She raided the Sikh's Golden Temple.
Which incident was a Pakistani struggle after independence?
Assassination of Mohandas Gandhi
The cyclone in Bangladesh
Assassination of Indira Gandhi
Civil War of Seko
What region is still a place of contention for India and Pakistan?
Kashmir
Nepal
Sri Lanka
Bangladesh
How did the United States continue to control the Philippines after they gained independence?
They made the Bell Act
They made the Lend Lease Act
They created the Four Modernizations
They created Negritude.
How come Burma's democracy did not work?
The people wanted military rule.
The winner of the election was placed under house arrest
They had a war with Malaysia
Burma had religious conflicts.
Which movement celebrated African culture?
Glasnost
Four Modernizations
Negritude Movement
Apartheid
Which was a problem Kenya had after it became free?
A region called Biafra breaking away.
A military dictator renaming the country Zaire for a little bit.
Mau Mau the attack of British farmers on high lands.
Civil War in which the communists clashed with anti-communists.
Which was a characteristic shared by BOTH Indonesia and many African nations?
The existence of numerous ethnic groups.
Clashes between different religious groups
Alliances with the United States.
Being former British colonies.
Which was a reason why Nigeria DID NOT struggle after independence?
Numerous coups
Slaughter of a minority group
Racial divisions
A section becoming independent short term.
What was a condition of Apartheid?
Black and whites could both own businesses.
Africans could only enter white areas as laborers
Igbos could not hold positions.
Only Christians could hold positions of power.
Which was a reason why protests against apartheid worked?
Countries refused trade with South AFrica and banned them from the Olympics.
Countries both communist and democracies did not give aid.
African nations attacked South Africa.
South Africa was denied UN membership.
This activist was an ANC member
Nelson Mandela
Full Nelson
Mao Ze Dong
Jomo Kenyatta
The effect of Shock Therapy on Russia was?
The end of Communism
High unemployment
War with Chechnya
The opening of Churches.
What was the the cause of Tiananmen Square in 1989?
Students wanted more democratic freedom
People demanded more economic benefits
People wanted religious freedom
People demanded more communism.
What was an effect of the Tiananmen Square demonstration?
China allowed a new age of democracy.
China literally crushed the students with tanks.
China allowed more votes for local officials.
China granted more economic openness.
Which dictator in Asia refused to acknowledge election results?
Ferdinand Marcos
Ahmed bella
Mobuto Seko
Charles Taylor.
What was a result of the Four Modernizations?
Democracy
Increased Agricultural production.
Religious openness
Tightening control.
Which territory experienced as loss of freedoms after a handover?
Macau
Hong Kong
Sri Lanka
Kashmir
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