1. What was the most important issue in the post-war American society?

2. What was the full form of NAACP?

3. Which President first appointed a committee to investigate Civil Rights and in which year?
4. Why the laws were not carried out?
5. Which American President sent Federal troops to escort the black children into the high schools?
6. Who was Martin Luther King?
7. Who is famous for the speech "I have a dream"?
8. In which year Martin Luther King was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace?
9. Which American President appointed first a black ambassador?
10. Who presented the Civil Rights Bill in the American Congress?
11. Which American President introduced Voting Right Act of 1965 and the Civil Rights Act of 19682
12. What was Pass Law in South Africa?
13. What is the meaning of apartheid?
14. Who introduced apartheid in South Africa?
15. Mention one feature of apartheid.
16. What is the full form of ANC?
17. Where was declared the Freedom Charter?
18. Why did the black people boycott bus services in 1957?
19. Who is the author of the book 'Let My People Go'?
20. In which year South Africa was forced to leave the Commonwealth?
21. From which Olympic South Africa was suspended?
22. Which Prime Minister decided to drop some aspects of apartheid?
23. In which year American Congress voted to stop further loans to South Africa?
24. Who decided to stop apartheid completely from South Africa?
25. Who remained in South African jail for 25 years?
26. Who became the first black President of South Africa?
27. How many waves we can see in the Feminist Movement in America, Canada and other West
European states?
28. Who was Virginia Woolf?
29. Who was the author of 'A Room of One's Own'?
30. Which presidential candidate made women's suffrage an important issue in his campaign?
31. Which lady first demanded Voting Rights for the women in America?
32. Which American President decided to abolish gender discrimination in jobs?
33. Which act was signed by President Johnson?
34. What is the full form of NOW?
35. When and where was it founded?
36. Who was the first President of NOW?
37.Which American President established Commission on the Status of Women in 1961?
38. States of which areas refused to ratify Civil Rights Act of 1964?
39. In which year was introduced in the US Congress the Equal Rights Amendment?
40. How many states ratified the Act?
41. How many states refused to ratify the Act?
1. What is the meaning of Perestroika?
2. What is the meaning of Glasnost?
3. Who introduced these reforms?
4. Mention one impact of this in the cultural affairs.
5. Mention one reason why did Gorbachev allow small scale private enterprise.
6. Why did Gorbachev become liberal towards the Eastern European countries?
7. Which Baltic Republic wanted to be independent of Soviet Russia's control?
8. Who was Boris Yeltsin?
9. Whom the conservative section of the party wanted to overthrow by the Coup of August?
10. Who was the man behind this coup of August?
11. Which was the second largest Republic of the Soviet Russia?
12. When was the CIS formed?
13.What is the full form of CIS?
14. Why did Gorbachev agree to the proposal of German re-unification?
15. On which date Germany was formally reunited?
16. What was the Solidarity?
17. Why did agitation start against communist government in Poland?
18. What was the result of talks between Polish government and the oppositions including the
Solidarity?
19. Who was Lech Walesa?
20. Why did Czechoslovakia face financial problem in 1980s?
21 Who first time spoke before a huge rally?
22. When did the communist regime come to an end in Czechoslovakia?

1. What is meant by the 'Great Exodus?

2. Who were Pashas?
3. Why were Palestine and Arabia important to the European powers?
4. Who was the symbol of unity to the Arabian tribes?
5. Who was known as the Lawrence of Arabia?
6 Who was the Supreme British Commander in the Middle East?
7 What was the original language of the Jew people?
8. Who was Jehovah?
9. Who were known as Rabies?
10 Who started the World Zionist Movement?
11. What was the Belfour Declaration of 1917?
12. Why did the Jews start migrating to Palestine during the Second World War?
13. Why were the King Crain Commission of 1919 and the Hay-Craft Commission of 1929 appointed by
Britain?
14. Which Royal Commission recommended for the partition of Palestine?
15. Name the World Jewish Organization and when was it formed?
16. Name the international organization established by the Jews in 1897. What were its objectives?
17. Why did the leaders of the Zionist Movement shift their headquarters from London to New York?
18. Name the organization formed by Yasser Arafat.
19. How was the state of Israel founded? What were the causes of the Arab-Israel conflict?
20. What was the 'Crush Israel' movement?
21. On which date was fought the Yom Kipper War?
22 Which American President initiated the Camp David Accord?
23. Which Arabian states supported Anwar Sadat for Camp David Accord?
24. When did Anwar Sadat assassinate?
25. Who succeeded Anwar Sadat?
26. Who was Yitzhak Rabin?
27. When was signed the Israel-PLO accord?
28. On which date was born the new state of Israel?

1. Which three important leaders took part in the Yalta Conference?

2.What was the most important agreement reached between the Allies at the Yalta regarding the
future of Germany?
3. By which treaty was recognized Russia's special interest in the Far East?
4. Which English Prime Minister replaced Churchill in the Potsdam Conference?
5. During which Conference America dropped atom bomb on Japan?
6. Who delivered the Fulton Speech'?
7. Which two states of Eastern Europe remained outside the influence of Russia?
8. Mention one reason of the Cold War.
9. What is meant by the term Détente'?
10. What is Truman Doctrine?
11. What is the Truman Doctrine stand for?
12. What was the crisis in Europe which caused Truman to formulate the policy which bears his name?
13. Which two Countries were saved from Communist aggression by American military assistance?
14. What was Marshall Aid?
15. State any two aims of the Marshall Plan for US Economic aid to Europe
16. Why did the Soviet Russia reject the Marshall Aid?
17. In which country did the Communists seize power in 1948?
18. When did the Communists take over Czechoslovakia?
19. Which country was regarded as a bridge between East and West?
20. Why was the Berlin Wall erected in 1961?
21. State one outcome of the Berlin Blockade (1948-49).
22. Mention the event which led to the Cuban Crisis of 1962.
23. What is NATO?
24. Which countries were the members of NATO?
25. How did NATO provide for the collective security of its members?
26. What is the Warsaw Pact?
27. Which countries were the signatories of the Warsaw Pact?
28. Give one example to show that the US-Soviet relation remained tense even during the so-called
Thaw' period.
29. Give one reason for Stalin's attempt to set up pro-Communist governments in Eastern and Central
Europe.
30. When was the Iron Curtain completed?
31. Who was McCarthy?
32. Why was he discredited?
33. Why did Khrushchev decide to adopt a policy of peaceful existence with the West?
34. Which power crushed Hungarian Revolt of 1956?
35. After which incident Hot Line Telephone Link was introduced between America and Russia?
36. Who was the undisputed leader of Vietnam?
37. Why did America withdraw from Vietnam in 1975?
38. Which American President recognized Chinese People's Republic and in which year?