World History Practice Test: Independence Movements and the World After 1945
- Independence Movements and the World After 1945
- 10 questions
- 12 minutes
These 10 questions cover how colonies won independence after World War II and how the world map changed in the decades that followed. Watch the dates: several of these events happened within a few years of each other.
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Question 1
Mohandas Gandhi's Salt March of 1930 is an example of which method of resisting British rule?
Correct answer: D
Gandhi led marchers to the sea to make salt, breaking a British law that taxed it and controlled its sale. He used peaceful lawbreaking to show the injustice of colonial rule.
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Question 2
When British rule ended in South Asia in 1947, the region was divided into which two countries?
Correct answer: B
The partition created a mostly Hindu India and a mostly Muslim Pakistan, and millions of people fled across the new borders. Bangladesh was the eastern part of Pakistan until 1971.
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Question 3
What happened in China in 1949?
Correct answer: C
Mao proclaimed the People's Republic of China in October 1949, while Chiang Kai-shek's government moved to Taiwan. The Qing dynasty had fallen in 1911-1912.
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Question 4
In May 1948, as the British Mandate for Palestine ended, David Ben-Gurion proclaimed the founding of which state?
Correct answer: A
Ben-Gurion declared the State of Israel on May 14, 1948, and neighboring Arab states attacked the next day. Jordan, Lebanon and Syria had already become independent.
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Question 5
In 1957 the British colony of the Gold Coast became independent as Ghana. Who led it to independence?
Correct answer: D
Nkrumah organized strikes and campaigns for self-rule and became Ghana's first leader. Kenyatta led Kenya, and Lumumba led the Congo after its independence from Belgium in 1960.
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Question 6
Which country won independence from France in 1962 after a war that had lasted about eight years?
Correct answer: B
The Algerian War began in 1954 and ended with independence in 1962. Morocco became independent peacefully in 1956, and Egypt had been under British, not French, influence.
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Question 7
What set off the Suez Crisis of 1956?
Correct answer: A
After Nasser took over the canal company, Britain, France and Israel attacked Egypt. Pressure from both the United States and the Soviet Union forced them to withdraw.
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Question 8
What happened in South Africa in 1994?
Correct answer: C
After years of negotiation that ended apartheid, South Africans of all races voted in April 1994, and Mandela became president. Apartheid laws had begun in 1948, and Mandela was imprisoned in the 1960s.
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Question 9
The Maastricht Treaty, signed in 1992, is best known for
Correct answer: D
Maastricht turned the European Community into the European Union and set the path to the euro, which began in 1999. NATO dates from 1949.
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Question 10
In June 1989, what happened in and around Tiananmen Square in Beijing?
Correct answer: A
After weeks of protests calling for reform, the government declared martial law and sent in the army, killing many people. The Communist Party stayed in power.
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