Deck 9: The Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1949-2014; Africa: Decolonization and Independence, 1945-2014

Question 1

Since 2000, Israeli-Palestinian conflicts have been marked by:

A) Inability to tie military strategy to political goals
B) Military interventions by neighbouring Arab states
C) Clearer delineation between military targets and protected civilian areas
D) Israeli-Palestinian dyanmic being overshadowed by Israeli-Arab state dynamic

Answer 1

Inability to tie military strategy to political goals

Question 2

Hizb'allah sought conflict in 2006:

A) To divert Israeli pressure on Gaza by opening a second front
B) To resist domestic calls for disarmament
C) Because of need to show solidarity with Palestinians
D) All of the above

Answer 2

All of the above

Question 3

Which of the following was not a major reason for the Palestinian population shifting support away from Fatah?

A) Abbas was seen as too moderate
B) Fatah's strategy seemed unable to bring real results
C) An Islamic state under Hamas was increasingly preferred
D) Younger generation was more radical

Answer 3

An Islamic state under Hamas was increasingly preferred

Question 4

The 1987 intifada differed from prior Israeli conflicts because of:

A) Increasing perception of Palestinians as aggressors
B) Focus on campaigns of civil disobedience rather than terrorism
C) Decreased diplomatic role of PLO
D) Syrian intervention without Egyptian support

Question 5

US opposed the 1956 Suez-Sinai campaigns because:

A) Conflict undermined improving relations with Soviet Union
B) Election pledges to maintain peace and prosperity
C) Anger that France and Britain acted after US refused permission
D) Anglo-French forces would be tied down when US sought military confrontation over Hungary

Question 6

African development since 1989 has been hampered by:

A) AIDS crisis
B) Corruption
C) Western trade restrictions
D) Western refusal to renegotiate debt

Question 7

Newly independent African states faced challenges of:

A) Over-reliance on cash crops
B) Lack of professional class
C) Lack of market for resources
D) Poor climate

Question 8

Which of the following statements does not characterize diplomacy in Africa in the 1950s?

A) US Marshall Plan aid propped up New African strongmen
B) US saw stability in the region as being the responsibility of the colonial powers
C) African states avoided excessive commitments to the superpowers
D) Soviets lacked resources to invest in the region

Question 9

Apartheid ended because:

A) White coalition no longer confident of stability
B) Business interests feared chaos
C) US interest in the region declined when commodity prices fell
D) Cold War interest of the superpowers waned

Question 10

Why didn't Pan-Africanism unite African States?

A) Monrovia Group leaders saw little interest in surrendering power
B) Nkrumah antagonized other governments
C) Russian intervention in Congo Crisis showed risks of socialism
D) Congo crisis radicalized anti-Western regimes, causing greater divisions