Unit 11 Contemporary History Test
By Amy C Gilstrap
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6 Questions
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Summerville High School Modern World History
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In 1994 South Africans elected Nelson Mandela president, after he and the previous president helped pass laws to end apartheid. This election was the first of its kind in South African history and resembled US elections which are guided by the Constitution and include which of the following?
In 1994 South Africans elected Nelson Mandela president, after he and the previous president helped pass laws to end apartheid. This election was the first of its kind in South African history and resembled US elections which are guided by the Constitution and include which of the following?
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Which of the following was the purpose of the founding of the European Union (EU) in 1993?
Which of the following was the purpose of the founding of the European Union (EU) in 1993?
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What was Ronald Regan’s economic plan in the 1980s with regards to taxes and military spending?
What was Ronald Regan’s economic plan in the 1980s with regards to taxes and military spending?
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Why did African states face so many problems following their successful independence movements?
Why did African states face so many problems following their successful independence movements?
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The country of Ukraine has experienced a declining Gross Domestic Product (GDP) over the previous two years. At the same time, inflation has caused prices to be 200 times what they were two years ago. Based on this information, what can you conclude about Ukraine’s economy?
The country of Ukraine has experienced a declining Gross Domestic Product (GDP) over the previous two years. At the same time, inflation has caused prices to be 200 times what they were two years ago. Based on this information, what can you conclude about Ukraine’s economy?
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Using the prompt below, which statement is not true regarding the United States intervention in Kosovo in 1999?
“My fellow Americans, today our Armed Forces joined our NATO allies in airstrikes against Serbian forces responsible for the brutality in Kosovo. We have acted with resolve for several reasons...First, let me explain what it is we are responding to. Kosovo is a province of Serbia, in the middle of southeastern Europe, about 160 miles east of Italy. Its people are mostly ethnic Albanian and mostly Muslim. In 1989 Serbia’s leader, Slobodan Milosevic, the same leader who started the wars in Bosnia and Croatia and moved against Slovenia in the last decade, stripped Kosovo of the constitutional autonomy its people enjoyed, thus denying them their right to speak their language, run their schools, shape their daily lives. For years, Kosovars struggled peacefully to get their rights back. When President Milosevic sent his troops and police to crush them, the struggle grew violent.”--excerpt from Statement on Kosovo (March 24, 1999), President Bill Clinton
Using the prompt below, which statement is not true regarding the United States intervention in Kosovo in 1999?
“My fellow Americans, today our Armed Forces joined our NATO allies in airstrikes against Serbian forces responsible for the brutality in Kosovo. We have acted with resolve for several reasons...
First, let me explain what it is we are responding to. Kosovo is a province of Serbia, in the middle of southeastern Europe, about 160 miles east of Italy. Its people are mostly ethnic Albanian and mostly Muslim. In 1989 Serbia’s leader, Slobodan Milosevic, the same leader who started the wars in Bosnia and Croatia and moved against Slovenia in the last decade, stripped Kosovo of the constitutional autonomy its people enjoyed, thus denying them their right to speak their language, run their schools, shape their daily lives. For years, Kosovars struggled peacefully to get their rights back. When President Milosevic sent his troops and police to crush them, the struggle grew violent.”
--excerpt from Statement on Kosovo (March 24, 1999), President Bill Clinton