CFPT World History and Affairs 4

Question 1

The 'Washington Consensus' refers to a set of economic policies promoted in the 1990s that emphasized:

Accepted Answer

Free market reforms, privatization, and fiscal austerity

Answer

The Washington Consensus, coined by economist John Williamson, described a package of free-market reforms including privatization, deregulation, and fiscal discipline promoted by the IMF, World Bank, and US Treasury.

Question 2

Which international agreement, signed in 2015, aimed to limit global temperature rise to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels?

Accepted Answer

Paris Agreement

Answer

The Paris Agreement, adopted at COP21 in December 2015, committed nearly all nations to nationally determined contributions to limit global warming.

Question 3

The Truman Doctrine (1947) was primarily a response to communist pressures on which two countries?

Accepted Answer

Greece and Turkey

Answer

President Truman's 1947 doctrine, requesting $400 million in aid, was specifically aimed at countering Soviet-backed communist insurgencies in Greece and Turkey.

Question 4

The fall of Saigon in April 1975 marked the end of the Vietnam War and the reunification of Vietnam under:

Accepted Answer

Communist North Vietnamese control

Answer

On April 30, 1975, North Vietnamese forces captured Saigon, ending the war and leading to the reunification of Vietnam as the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in 1976.

Question 5

The Bandung Conference of 1955 was significant because it:

Accepted Answer

Brought together newly independent Asian and African nations to promote anti-colonialism and solidarity

Answer

The Bandung Conference in Indonesia gathered 29 newly independent Asian and African nations to assert shared anti-colonial and anti-racist principles, laying groundwork for the NAM.

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CFPT World History and Affairs 4