AP World History Unit 8 Quiz

AP World History Unit 8 Quiz 1. What are proxy wars? A. A war where the United States nukes Vietnam and China. B. A war where the United States gets invaded by Vietnam and Russia. C. Wars where one side is communist and the other is more pro-democracy and capitalist D. None of the above. 2. Which of the following answer choices below this question accurately describes who Winston Churchill is? A. A dictator from Germany B. The 39th President C. Winston was a British Prime Minister during the event of World War II. D. None of the above. 3. Who is the leader of the Kenyan African Union? A. Martin Luther King Jr. B. Abraham Lincoln C. Jomo Kenyatta D. Barack Obama 4. Which of the following answer choices below this question accurately describes the Korean War? A. A war between Korea and Israel B. A treaty between the United States and Japan. C. A treaty D. A war between North Korea and South Korea. E. None of the above. 5. Which two nations signed the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty? A. United States and Japan B. United States and Soviet Union C. Soviet Union and Vietnam D. Vietnam and China 6. Which of the following individuals gave the order to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki? A. Harry S. Truman B. Barack Obama C. Joe Biden D. Donald Trump 7.Which of the following answer choices below this question accurately describes Domino Theory? A. A theory that every country should be communist. B. A theory that if one nation becomes communist, then other countries surrounding that nation will also become communist. C. A president D. A programming language 8.What year was NATO formed? A. 1949 B. 1899 C. 1999 D. 2021 9. Which of the following nations were part of the beginning of NATO? A. United States of America B. South America C. North America D. Vietnam E. China 10. Who took over as president of the United States after Franklin Delano Roosevelt died? A. Barack Obama B. Hillary Clinton C. Joe Biden D. Harry S. Truman 11. Which of the following answer choices below this question is NOT true about Kwame Nkrumah? A. The first president of Ghana B. Founder of Ghana’s Independence Movement C. The First President of the United States D. None of the above 12. What side did the United States support during the Vietnam War? A. China B. North Vietnam C. South Korea D. North Korea E. South Vietnam 13. Which side won the Vietnam War? A. North Vietnam B. South Vietnam C. South Korea D. North Korea 14. What year did the Vietnam War end? A. 1973 B. 1975 C. 1999 D. 2000 15. Who was the first man on the moon? A. Neil Armstrong B. Donald Trump C. Joe Biden D. Barack Obama 16. Which of the following answer choices below this question accurately describes the Space Race? A. George Washington being the first president. B. The United States and the Soviet Union are competing against each other in terms of space exploration. C. Abraham Lincoln being the 18th president of the United States D. None of the above 17. Which of the following is NOT true about Martin Luther King Jr.? A. He was a civil rights leader. B. He delivered the “I have a Dream” speech C. He was a U.S. Baptist minister D. Martin Luther King Jr. was the 44th and 45th president of the United States. 18. Which of the following nations lost World War II? A. Germany B. Japan C. Italy D. A, B, and C 19.Who was the first president of South Africa? A. Nelson Mandela B. Barack Obama C. George Washington D. Abraham Lincoln 20. What terrorist organization did Osama bin Laden form? A. Al-Qaeda B. ISIS C. Both A and B D. None of the above. Explanations 1. The correct answer is C. Proxy wars are wars where one side is communist and the other is more pro-democracy and capitalist 2. The correct answer is C. Winston Churchill was a British Prime Minister during the event of World War II. 3. The correct answer is C. The leader of the Kenyan African Union is Jomo Kenyatta. He was also the first president of Kenya in 1962. 4. The correct answer is D. The Korean War is a war between two nations called North Korea and South Korea. 5. The correct answer is actually B. The United States of America and the Soviet Union both signed the SALT treaty in an attempt to slow down the nuclear arms race. 6. The correct answer is actually A. Harry S. Truman ordered for the atomic bomb to be dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. 7. The correct answer is B. The Domino Theory is actually a theory that if one nation becomes communist, then other countries surrounding that nation will also become communist. 8. The correct answer is A. The year NATO formed was 1949. 9. The correct answer is A. The United States of America was part of the beginning of NATO. 10. The correct answer is D. Harry S. Truman took over after Franklin D. Roosevelt met his demise. 11. The correct answer is C. Kwame Nkrumah is not the first president of the United States of America. 12. The correct answer is E. The United States of America supported South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. 13. The correct answer is A. North Vietnam won the Vietnam War. 14. The correct answer is B. The Vietnam War ended in 1975. 15. The correct answer is A. The first man on the moon is a person named Neil Armstrong. 16. The correct answer is B. The Space Race is the United States and the Soviet Union competing against each other in terms of space exploration. 17. The correct answer is D. Martin Luther King Jr. is not the 44th president of the United States of America. 18. The correct answer is D. Germany, Japan, and Italy all lost World War II. 19. The right answer is A. The first president of South Africa is a person called Nelson Mandela. 20. The correct answer is A. Osama bin Laden formed Al-Qaeda.