2011 FIDM/ Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising

World Political History

Final Exam Study Guide

SECTION I Multiple Choice: If you can identify the following leaders and
concepts, then the multiple choice section of the test will be very easy for you.

A. Who are these leaders and what are they known for:
Chiang Kai Shek
Deng Xaoping
Mao Zedong
King Leopold I
of Belgium
Kwame
Nkrumah
Jomo Kenyatta
Laurent Kabila
Nelson Mandela
Gamal Abdel
Nasser
Anwar Sadat
Hosni Mubarak
Menachim Begin
Yasser Arafat
Mohammed
Mossadeq
The Shah of Iran
Ayatollah
Khomeini
Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad
Jawaharlal
Nehru
Mohandas
Gandhi
Indira Gandhi
Rajiv Gandhi
Pervez
Musharraf
Bhennazir
Bhutto
Ho Chi Minh
Ferdinand Marco
Corazon Aquino
Sukarno
Suharto
Kim il Sung
Kim Jong Il
Muammar Gaddafi

B. Concepts:
Jared Diamonds thesis
Scramble for Africa
Mau Mau Revolt
Apartheid
AIDS in Africa
Foreign Debt
Pan Africanism
Suez Crisis
Pan Arabism
Yom Kippur War
Camp David Peace Accords
PLO
Palistinian Authority
Whahabbism
Iran-Iraq War
1953 Coup in Iran
1979 Iranian Hostage Crisis
Authoritarianism
Totalitarianism
Democracy
Non-Aligned Movement
Caste System
Division of India and Pakistan
Division of Pakistan and
Bangladesh
Geneva Accords
Vietnam War
Vietnamization
Cleptocracy
Cronyism
economic miracle in Asia
Keiretsu
Demilitarized Zone
Korean War
Chinese Communist Revolution

SECTION II MAP QUESTIONS The Map sections will be just like the midterm.
It is possible that I will not require all of the countries listed, and I will not include
any country not listed below.

AFRI CA AND THE MIDDLE EAST
1. Israel
2. Egypt
3. Saudi Arabia
4. Iran
5. Iraq
6. Syria
7. Lebanon
8. Algeria
9. Kenya
10. Ghana
11. Democratic Republic of Congo
12. South Africa
13. Nigeria
14. Zimbabwe
15. Tanzania
16. Libya
17. Yemen
18. Tunisia
19. Afghanistan
20. Jordan

Map of ASI A
1. China
2. Japan
3. S. Korea
4. N. Korea
5. Taiwan
6. Philippines
7. Indonesia
8. Singapore
9. India
10. Pakistan
11. Burma
12. Bangladesh
13. Vietnam
14. Cambodia
15. Hong Kong

Part III Essay
Because the essay section is timed, and it should be based on what you remember and
have learned in this class, I cant give you the actual essays ahead of time. However, the
instructions will be to write two essays, each approximately 1 to 1 pages on each of the
following two questions. Your essay should be well written and include all citations. Be
sure that each essay has a strong thesis statement (argument). (35 points each)

In general, without giving you the actual essay question, you should be able to write one
essay that looks at countries that have had difficulty transitioning to a democratic model
that values human rights.

You should also be able to look at the effect of the Cold War on other countries besides
the U.S. and the Soviet Union.
There will also be 4-5 short answer questions that you should be able to write a few
sentences explaining. For example you should be able to discuss briefly the Korean War,
the Suez Crisis, the 1953 coup in Iran, Key leaders (i.e., Mao, Deng) in China.