7th Grade History                                  Name: _________________________________________  Score:
Teacher: Mr. Cap   Quiz over  Chapter 24 2nd 1/2              

1. What are third world countries?________________________________________________________________

2. Why did the U.S. and U.S.S.R. want to win these nations to their side? __________________________________

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3. What did Gandhi advocate in India?_____________________________________________________________

4. India was divided into what two, and for whom, separate countries? _____________________________________

5. What did East Pakistan become known as? ___________________________________

6. ______________________________ was the first black African nation to achieve its independence.

7.   After WW II European colonialism was breaking up, European colonies in _____________ and Asia became independent nations.

8.   Where was the U.S. navy allegedly attacked in 1964? ____________________

9.  Which President sent thousands of troops to Vietnam? _________________

10.  Who were the Hawks? _______________________________________________

11.  Who were the Doves? ________________________________________________

12.  Whose support was needed for the U.S. to achieve victory in Vietnam?____________

13.  Which groups hindered the cause? _______________________________________

14.  After the Vietnam War, America entered a period of ______________ with the Russians. 

15.  How did the U.S. and U.S.S.R. try to work out their differences?______________________________________

16.  What did the U.S. concentrate on during detente? _________________________________________________

17. After the Korean War, the _________________. and ______________________________ competed for space.

18.  Why did Sputnik I frighten Americans?_________________________________________________________

19.  What did Neal Armstrong say as he stepped on the moon?___________________________________________

20.   How did individual voters play a role in putting a man on the moon?____________________________________

21.  How was the Apollo program a milestone for human freedom? _______________________________________

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