Question 1

Why did Zionists want to create a homeland for Jews?

Accepted Answer

They hoped a Jewish state would allow Jews to be free from persecution

Question 2

How was Israel formed from Palestine?

Accepted Answer

The UN divided Palestine into Jewish and Arab sections in 1948, and the Jewish section declared itself to be Israel

Question 3

What was the Yom Kippur War?

Accepted Answer

A war where Israel repelled a surprise invasion by Egypt and Syria

Question 4

What was the Six-Day War?

Accepted Answer

A war between Israel, Jordan, Syria, and Egypt, where Israel fought all three fronts at once and won more territory

Question 5

What were the Camp David Accords?

Accepted Answer

Agreements between Israel and Egypt, leading to a peace treaty

(several other Arab states, including Palestine, rejected the peace treaty)

Question 6

What is the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO)?

Accepted Answer

An organization founded to return occupied lands and create an independent nation of Palestine

(founded 1964)

Question 7

What was the Fatah-Hamas Conflict?

Accepted Answer

A conflict between the two opposing faction of Palestine, the Fatah (West Bank) and the Hamas (Gaza)

(2006-2007)

Question 8

Why were many Palestinians hostile towards Israel and the US?

Accepted Answer

Israel expanded into a lot of land Palestine considered part of itself

The US helped Israel do so

Question 9

What was the Khmer Rouge?

Accepted Answer

A communist guerilla organization in Cambodia that overthrew Combodia's right-wing government

(led by Pol Pot; imposed ruthless communism after gaining power)

Question 10

What happened after Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge took power in Cambodia?

Accepted Answer

Imposed ruthless communism, based on China's Cultural Revolution

Killed more than two million people, with mass graves being discovered decades after

Question 11

How did Cambodia regain stability?

Accepted Answer

Vietnamese troops invaded to support the opponents of the Khmer Rouge in 1977

A 1991 peace agreement allowed free elections, resulting in a democratic government and aspects of a market economy

Question 12

What happened after India and Pakistan separated?

Accepted Answer

Violence broke out, and millions of people migrated to the nation that represented their religion

Conflict also broke out over Kashmir

Question 13

What was the Kashmir Conflict?

Accepted Answer

A border tension between India and Pakistan, where both struggled to control the Kashmir region

Question 14

Who was Sirimavo Bandaranaike?

Accepted Answer

World's first female prime minister, who came to power in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) after her husband's assassination

(continued socialist policies, but was voted out twice for a poor economy)

Question 15

Who was Indira Gandhi?

Accepted Answer

The first female prime minister of India and daughter of Nehru

Revered leader and initially strengthened India's economy before she was outvoted and assassinated

Question 16

Who was Benazir Bhutto?

Accepted Answer

Former Prime Minister of Pakistan, who was the first female to rule over a Muslim country

Struggled to improve economy, was accused of corruption, went into exile in 1999 and assassinated in 2007

Question 17

Who was Julius Nyerere?

Accepted Answer

First president of Tanzania after it gained independence from Britain, who instituted socialist ideas

Popular leader, but could not bring Tanzania out of poverty

Question 18

What is a metropole?

Accepted Answer

A large city of a former colonial ruler

8.6 - Newly Independent States, AP World History: Modern Flashcards