Chapter 34 AP World History Questions and Answers

not a problem for the new nations created in the wake of the

reconquest by Europeans

What happened in 1947 during the decolonization of India that established a precedent throughout the Third World?

the partition of the subcontinent as a result of ethnic and religious strife

impact of colonizers on new nations is most accurate?

Europeans hastily colonized Africa and established boundaries without reference to ethnic groups or cultural homogeneity.

Which of the following statements is not true?

Factors making for sustained population increases only began to take effect in the late-nineteenth century.

regions currently has the highest rate of population growth?

africa

One of the chief by-products of population growth in the Third World nations has been

mass migration to cities.

Third World urbanization

Third World cities lacked the rapidly expanding industrial sectors that make absorption of migrants possible.

women was not a head of state of an independent Third World nation?

Imelda Marcos

continued relegation of the Third World to economic dependency after decolonization is sometimes referred to as the

neocolonialism.

ruler associated with the establishment of charismatic populism in Ghana was

Kwame Nkrumah.

nations experienced a military takeover of its government?

uganda

military in Third World nations

were more resistant to division by religious and ethnic rivalries.

movement did Hasan al-Banna found in 1928 in Egypt?

Muslim Brotherhood

Gamal Abdul Nasser

participated in the Free Officer movement that toppled the Khedive Farouk in 1952.

Nasser's greatest foreign policy coup was the

expulsion of the British from the Suez Canal Zone in 1956.

India similar to Egypt following decolonization?

emphasis on socialism and state intervention in the economy

typical of post-independence India?

one-party control of the national government

Iranian revolution of 1979 not like the nineteenth century Mahdist revolt in the Sudan?

Both revolutions were Sunnite movements.

From 1948 South African politics were dominated by

Nationalist Party.

One of the most common elements of African and Asian governments since decolonization is

military takeovers.

One of the signs of slightly diminished racial tensions in South Africa in 1990 was the freeing of

Mandela

NOT used by the South African government to suppress dissent among the black populations?

Use of state programs to improve the conditions of the black townships

From 1948, South African politics were dominated by

Nationalist Party.

Iran, unlike other areas of the Third World,

Had not been formally colonized by European powers, but had been reduced to an informal sphere of influence.

cornerstone of Egyptian development after 1952 was

Aswan dam project

NOT experienced a military takeover of its government?

South Africa

Kwame Nkrumah's political and economic programs

Led to failed development schemes and his eventual ouster from power in 1966

One of the most common elements of African and Asian governments since decolonization is

Military takeovers

Neocolonialism" refers to

continued relegation of the Third World to economic dependency after decolonization.

On what have third world countries traditionally depended to finance industrialization?

Sale of cash crops and minerals

European colonizers contributed to African population growth by all of the following means EXCEPT

By encouraging immigration of large numbers of whites.

attitudes of African leaders with respect to altering unnatural boundaries created in the colonial era?

African leaders seek to maintain boundaries for fear that adjustment could provide precedents for dissident minorities in their own states.

NOT a problem for the new nations created in the wake of the withdrawal of the European imperialists?

Reconquest by Europeans

Kwame Nkrumah's response to the failure of his programs of social reform and economic uplift?

He forcibly crushed all opposition parties and assumed dictatorial powers.

Muslim Brotherhood embraced all of the following EXCEPT

non-violence.

NOT a factor in explaining the frequency of military takeover in third world nations?

Military forces in third world nations often received support from the Soviet bloc.

urban poor in third world cities is most accurate?

Development specialists have concluded that slums provide the only urban housing the poor are likely to find.

In what export commodity have some third world nations been able to improve the terms under which they participate in the global economy, at least for periods of time?

oil

military government of Egypt after 1952 attempted all of the following reforms EXCEPT

government employment programs

third world cities lack that had made possible the absorption of a similar migrant influx in the West?

Expanding industrial sectors

of the chief by-products of population growth in third world nations has been

mass migrations to cities.

NOT a factor in the high birth rate of third world nations?

The ability to import food to feed the increased population

Development schemes in Iran in the 1980s were forestalled because of

a lengthy and exhausting border war with neighboring Iraq.

homelands established by the government of South Africa?

areas for main ethno-;inguistic groups of indigenous people within South Africa

the khedive furouk was toppled from power in 1952 by a coup led by

free officer movement

NOT used by the South African government to suppress dissent among the black populations?

Use of state programs to improve the conditions of the black townships

Why have ethnic rivalries and communal violence been endemic in decolonized african states

europeans colonized africa and established boundaries without reference to ethnic groups