Can you check my answers for me?? (Topic: World History)?

1.The first Prime Minister of independent India was _____.

A)Indira Gandhi B)Mohandas Gandhi

(x)Jawaharlal Nehru D)Mohammed Ali Jinnah

2. By 1970, British India had become the independent countries of _____.

A)India, Tibet, and Bangladesh B)India, Pakistan, Tibet, and Cambodia

C) India, Pakistan, Cambodia, and Vietnam

(x)India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Burma, and Sri Lanka

3. Which of the following areas has caused over 50 years of tension and conflict between India and Pakistan?

A)Hyderabad (x)Kashmir

C)Bangladesh D)Afghanistan

4. In 1947, the princes of provinces in British India had to choose to join their province to either _____ or _____.

A)India; Bangladesh (x)India; Pakistan

C)Pakistan; Bangladesh D)India; Sri Lanka

5. When Mao's Communists won the Chinese Civil War in 1949, their first policy was _____.

A)to make all businesses and farms government property

B)to industrialize quickly in the Great Leap Forward

(x)to take land from weathy landholders and distribute it to peasants

D)to get rid of traditional ways of thinking with the Cultural Revolution

6.Which of the following statements about Communist China and the Soviet Union is correct?

(x)After Stalin's death, Communist China and the Soviet Union grew apart, even fighting a minor border war.

B)The Soviet Union invaded China and replaced Mao with Deng Xiaoping.

C)Communist China and the Soviet Union always had good relations since they shared capitalist U.S. as an enemy. Communism in China was exactly the same as Lenin and Stalin's Communism in the Soviet Union.

7. After World War II, Japan was run by the Supreme Allied Commander for the Pacific, _____.

A)General Dwight Eisenhower (x)Emperor Hirohito

C)Lee Kuan Yew D)General Douglas MacArthur

8. The first big boost for Japan's economy after World War II was _____.

(x)building industry in the Great Leap Forward B)supplying U.S. and UN troops fighting the war in Korea

C)building computer circuits and consumer electronics D)developing a high-tech weapons industry for its new navy, army, and air force

9. In 1958, The Great Leap Forward was introduced in by _____.

A)Emperor Hirohito (x)Mao Zedong

C)Douglas MacArthur D)Joseph Stalin

10. Which of the following is NOT true of the Great Leap Forward?

A)Existing rural collecties were combined into larger "people's communes."

B)It made families unimportant.

C)It was intended to get rid of profit incentives.

(x)It was a time of great prosperity in China.

11. The Cultural Revolution in China _____.

A)was a revolt against Mao Zedong and Communism

B)put families and religion at the center of Chinese life

(x)solidified Mao Zedong's own power and pushed radical social and cultural reforms.

D)resulted in a Chinese capitalist economy

12. Japan first began its economic rise to greatness _____.

(x)in the aftermath of World War II and before the Korean War

B)before World War II when the government helped develop businesses, industry, infrastructure, banks, ports, and a powerful navy and army

C)Japan's economy has never risen to greatness, but has been plagued with problems for decades.

D)during World War II, when it grew rapidly

13. Mega-corporations in Asia which own companies in several major industries and often have tremendous influence on their governments are known as _____.

A)Mitsubishi B)Nagasaki

(x)Zaibatsu D)Kokutai

14. The countries of Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, and South Korea are called the _____ because despite their small sizes they have large, important economies.

A)Chinese Tigers B)Asian Lions

C)West Asian Tigers (x)East Asian Tigers

15. Which of the following is NOT true of the genocide in Cambodia?

A)The Khmer Rouge, Cambodia's Communist guerrillas, executed an estimated million and a half people over four years.

B)Mao Zedong declared war on Cambodia and began intense bombing in urban areas.

(x)Forces from both Communist North Vietnam and the United States invaded Cambodia.

D)Pol Pot sealed off the country from the rest of the world and forced everyone to become farmers.

16. Under the government of Pol Pot in the 1970s, _____ in Cambodia.

A)peace was restored

B)public education and the economy improved

(x)books and religion were forbidden

D)the Great Leap Forward succeeded

17. In Tiananmen Square in 1989, students protested for _____ and the government responded with _____.

A)economic reforms; indifference

B)an end to Communist rule; a violent crackdown

(x)more individual rights and freedoms; tanks and a military assault

D)reunification with Taiwan and Hong Kong; a meeting and a joint statement of agreement

18. Which of the following was NOT a response to the events of Tiananmen Square?

A)The Communist Party sent in tanks and crushed demonstrators.

B)The Communist Party remained unmoved by the strikers and protestors.

(x)The United States stepped in and fought the Communist Part