Deck 2: Historical Events and Leaders: The Middle East, China, and Beyond

Question 1

........................ originally known as the Baghdad Pact or the Middle East Treaty Organization(METO) was formed in 1955 by Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Turkey, and the United Kingdom.

A)CENTO
B)SEATO
C)MEDO
D)WARSAW PACT

Answer 1

CENTO

Question 2

The Central Treaty Organization (CENTO)was dissolved in 1979. 28. .......................was the leader of the Soviet Union from 1929 to 1953.

A)Joseph Stalin
B)Harry Truman
C)Khrushchev
D)Nixon

Answer 2

Joseph Stalin

Question 3

..................... founded Cominform in the year 1947 with the purpose of bringing together the European communist parties

A)Joseph Stalin
B)Lenin
C)Khrushchev
D)Nixon

Answer 3

Joseph Stalin

Question 4

The Berlin Wall, built in August of 1961, was s physical symbol of the political and emotional divisions of.......................

A)Germany
B)Britain
C)France
D)America

Question 5

General ...................led the UN forces on an attack at the Battle of Inchon.

A)George MacArthur
B)Lyndon Johnson
C)Richard Nixon
D)Chung II-kwon

Question 6

On 14 May 1948 the Israeli Prime Minister, ...................., announced the creation of the state of Israel.

A)David Ben Gurion
B)Lyndon Johnson
C)Richard Nixon
D)Chung II-kwon

Question 7

The Suez Canal was built by ...................developer Ferdinand de Lesseps.

A)French
B)British
C)American
D)Egypt

Question 8

In 1954 .............................took control of Egypt.

A)Gamal Abdel Nasser
B)Lyndon Johnson
C)Richard Nixon
D)David Ben Gurion

Question 9

The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)was formed in......................

A)1924
B)1934
C)1954
D)1964.

Question 10

In 1969 ......................... took control of the PLO.

A)Yasser Arafat
B)Lyndon Johnson
C)Richard Nixon
D)Gamal Abdel Nasser

Question 11

Fatah had been closely identified with the leadership of its founder .................., until his death in 2004.

A)Yasser Arafat
B)Lyndon Johnson
C)Richard Nixon
D)Gamal Abdel Nasser

Question 12

.......................... is an organization of Palestinian Arabs which name means "Islamic Resistance Movement."

A)Hamas
B)SEATO
C)MEDO
D)WARSAW PACT

Question 13

To get control of Kuwait's oil, President .................... of Iraq sent in troops on August 2, 1990. Kuwait fell quickly to the Iraqis.

A)Saddam Hussein
B)George W. Bush
C)Yasser Arafat
D)Lyndon Johnson

Question 14

On September 11, ............................, terrorists attacked World Trade Centre in the Unites States.

A)1945
B)1956
C)1998
D)2001

Question 15

On May 1, 2011, U.S. troops killed Bin Laden where he was hiding in..............................

A)Pakistan
B)United States
C)Canada
D)France.

Question 16

On 2 May 2011, United States Navy SEALs killed ........................ in Abbot bad, Pakistan.

A)Osama bin Laden
B)Lyndon Johnson
C)Richard Nixon
D)Gamal Abdel Nasser

Question 17

On 28 December 2014, NATO formally ended combat operations in .............................................

A)Afghanistan
B)Pakistan
C)Canada
D)France.

Question 18

Following the Chinese Civil War and the victory of Mao Zedong's Communist forces over the Kuomintang forces of Chiang Kai-shek, who fled to......................

A)Canada
B)Pakistan
C)Taiwan
D)France.

Question 19

............................. declared the founding of the People's Republic of China on October 1, 1949.

A)Mao
B)Lenin
C)Yasser Arafat
D)Lyndon Johnson

Question 20

On October 1, 1949, Chinese Communist leader ....................declared the creation of the People's Republic of China (PRC).

A)Chiang Kai-shek
B)Lenin
C)Yasser Arafat
D)Mao Zedong

Question 21

The creation of the PRC completed the long process of governmental upheaval in China begun by the Chinese Revolution of .............................

A)1901
B)1905
C)1908
D)1911 .

Question 22

The "fall" of mainland China to communism in .........................led the United States to suspend diplomatic ties with the PRC for decades.

A)1929
B)1939
C)1945
D)1949

Question 23

In October of 1949, after a string of military victories, ......................proclaimed the establishment of the PRC;

A)Mao Zedong
B)Lenin
C)Yasser Arafat
D)Chiang Kai-shek