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Tamil Nadu Board 10th Standard Social Science - History Unit 4: Book Back Answers and Solutions

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• 1 Mark Questions: Choose the correct answer, Fill in the blanks, Identify the correct statement, Match the following 
• 2 Mark Questions: Answer briefly 
• 3, 4, and 5 Mark Questions: Answer in detail

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Unit 4: The World After World War II

 

I. Choose the correct answer.

1. Which American President followed the policy of Containment of Communism?
a) Woodrow Wilson 
b) Truman
c) Theodore Roosevelt 
d) Franklin Roosevelt
Answer Key: 
b) Truman

2. When was People’s Political Consultative Conference held in China? 
a) September 1959 
b) September 1948 
c) September 1954 
d) September 1949
Answer Key: 
d) September 1949

3. The United States and European allies formed _____ to resist any Soviet aggression in Europe.
a) SEATO 
b) NATO 
c) SENTO 
d) Warsaw Pact 
Answer Key: 
b) NATO 

4. Who became the Chairman of the PLO’s Executive Committee in 1969? 
a) Hafez al-Assad 
b) Yasser Arafat 
c) Nasser 
d) Saddam Hussein 
Answer Key: 
b) Yasser Arafat 

5. When were North and South Vietnam united? 
a) 1975 
b) 1976 
c) 1973 
d) 1974 
Answer Key: 
b) 1976 

6. When was the Warsaw Pact dissolved? 
a) 1979 
b) 1989 
c) 1990 
d) 1991 
Answer Key: 
d) 1991 

II. Fill in the blanks.

1. _____ was known as the “Father of modern China”. 
2. In 1918, the society for the study of Marxism was formed in _____ University. 
3. After the death of Dr. Sun - Yat Sen, the leader of the Kuomintang party was _____. 
4. _____ treaty is open to any Arab nation desiring peace and security in the region. 
5. The treaty of _____ provided for mandates in Turkish -Arab Empire. 
6. Germany joined the NATO in _____. 
7. _____ was the Headquarters of the Council of Europe. 
8. _____ treaty signed on February 7, 1992 created the European Union. 
Answer Key: 
1. Dr. Sun Yat - Sen 
2. Peking 
3. Chiang Kai - shek 
4. CENTO (The Central Treaty Organisation) 
5. Versailles 
6. 1955 
7. Strasbourg 
8. The Maastricht (Netherlands) 

III. Choose the correct statement.

1. i) In 1948, the Soviets had established socialist governments in the countries of Eastern Europe that had been liberated from the Nazis by the Soviet Army. 
ii) The chief objective of NATO was to preserve peace and security in the North Atlantic region. 
iii) The member countries of SEATO were committed to prevent democracy from gaining ground in the region. 
a) (ii) and (iii) are correct. 
b) (i) and (ii) are correct. 
c) (i) and (iii) are correct. 
d) (i), (ii) and (iii) are correct. 
Answer Key: 
b) (i) and (ii) are correct. 

2. Assertion (A) : America’s Marshall Plan was for reconstruction of the war-ravaged Europe. 
Reason (R) : The US conceived the Marshal Plan to bring the countries in the Western Europe under its influence. 
a) Both (A) and (R) are correct, but R is not the correct explanation of A. 
b) Both (A) and (R) are wrong. 
c) Both (A) and (R) are correct and R is the correct explanation of A. 
d) (A) is wrong and (R) is correct. 
Answer Key: 
c) Both (A) and (R) are correct and R is the correct explanation of A.

IV. Match the following.   

1	Dr. Sun Yat-Sen	South Vietnam
2	Syngman Rhee	Koumintung
3	Anwar Sadat	South Korea
4	Ho-Chi Minh	Egypt
5	Ngo Dinh Diem	North Vietnam

Answer Key:

1	Dr. Sun Tat-Sen	Koumintung
2	Syngman Rhee	South Korea
3	Anwar Sadat	Egypt
4	Ho-Chi Minh	North Vietnam
5	Ngo Dinh Diem	South Vietnam

 

V. Answer briefly.

1. Write any three causes for the Chinese Revolution of 1911.
Answer key:
1. With the death of Dowagar - Empress in 1908, the disintegration of the Government of Manchu dynasty began.
2. The new emperor was just two years old, and the provincial Governors began to assert their independence.
3. In October 1911, the local army mutinied and the revolt spread.
4. Provincial governors removed the Manchu garrisons and proclaimed their independence.

2. Write a note on Mao’s Long March.
Answer Key:
1. Mao had gained full control of the Chinese Communist Party by 1933. The legendary communist army of 100,000 men set out on the Long March 1934.
2. As Kuomintang forces harassed the marchers, only 20,000 finally arrived in Northern Sheni late in 1935.
3. The marchers had walked 6000 miles. They were soon joined by other communist armies.
4. By 1937 Mao became the leader of over 10 million people.

3. What do you know of Baghdad Pact?
Answer Key:
1. Turkey, Iraq, Great Britain, Pakistan and Iran signed a pact in 1955 called as “Baghdad Pact”.
2. In 1958, the US joined the organization. Hence, it came to be known as “The Central Treaty Organization (CENTO).
3. This treaty was open to any Arab Nation desiring peace and security in the region. CENTO was dissovled in 1979.

4. What was Marshall Plan? (or) What is meant by Marshall Plan?
Answer Key:
1. The US conceived the Marshall plan to bring the countries in the Western Europe under its influence by helping them with us finance.
2. Marshall plan invested American dollars in European countries to facilitate their early recovery from the destruction caused by the World War II.

5. Write a note on Third World Countries.
Answer Key:
1. The First World - The Capitalist countries led by the US.
2. The Second World - The Communist countries led by the Soviet Union.
3. The Third World - The countries outside these First World and Second World.

6. How was the Cuban missile crisis defused?
Answer Key:
1. In April 1961, an army of cuban exiles landed on the island of Bay of Pigs.
2. The US bombed cuban air fields to overthrow Fidel Castro’s regime. 

3. The US warships surrounded Cuba.
4. The Kennedy Government received intelligence that the USSR was secretly installing nuclear missiles in Cuba.
5. Finally, the Soviet President Khrushchev agreed to withdraw the missiles. 

6. Thus the cuba’s missile crisis was defused.

VI. Answer in detail.   

1. Estimate the role of Mao Tse Tung in making China a Communist Country.
Answer Key:
 

1. After the death of Sunyat Sen the Leader of Kuomintang was Chiang Kai - Shek.
2. The Communist Party of China evolved under Mao Tse - Tung and Chou En Lai.
 

Mao as Organiser of Peasants:
1. Mao realized that the grip of Kuomintang under Chiang Kai - Shek was very strong in the urban areas of China.
2. So, he made up his mind to organize the peasantry.
3. When the relationship between Kuomintang and the Communist party got strained, Mao retreated into wild mountains along with his loyal followers.
4. There they stayed for about 7 years.
5. As Chiang Kai - Shek had to deal with constant threat from Japan and from lords, he could focus on his compaign against the communists.
 

Long March (1934):
1. Chiang Kai - Shek surrounded around the communists.
2. Mao wanted to get away from Hunan.
3. A strong team of 100,000 communists set out on a long March in 1934.
4. In March 1935, Mao reached, northern Sheni after travelling 6000 miles.
5. By 1937, Mao had become a leader of over 10 million people of China.
6. With the surrender of the Japanese, both the Kuomintang and the Communists tried to capture power.
7. In this race, Kuomintang was successful.
8. With the support of the US, the entire admistration fell into the hands of Kuomintang.
 

Mao’s role:
1. So, Mao decided to win the support of the middle class.
2. He declared that the Communists wanted the rule of people and not the dictatorship of the proletariat.
3. He wanted the end of exploitation, not absolute equality.
 

National People’s Congress:
1. Six hundred and fifty delegates from the Communist Party met and elected Mao as chairman of the central governing council in September 1949.
2. Thus, the People’s Republic of China was established under the leadership of Mao Tse -Tung.

2. Narrate the history of transformation of Council of Europe into an European Union.
Answer Key:
 

Council of Europe:
After the end of World War II Europeans took a momentous decision to integrate them States of Western Europe. In doing so, the Europeans wanted
1. To prevent further wars between the European states by ending rivalry between France and Germany.
2. To create a United Europe to resist any threat from the Soviet Russia.
3. To form a third force to counter balance the strength of the US and USSR in the world.
4. To make full use of the Economic and Military resources of Europe by organizing them on a continental scale.
 

Establishing Council of Europe in May 1949:
1. Ten countries met in London and signed to form a Council of Europe with its head quarters at Strasbourg.
 

Establishing European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) :
1. The European Defence Community (EDC) and the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) were established.
 

Establishing European Economic Community (EEC):
1. EEC or European common market was established as per Treaty of Rome signed by six countries.
2. EEC had its Head Quarters in Brussels.
3. It eliminated the barriers to the movement of goods services and capital.
4. A common agricultual policy and a common external trade policy were evolved.
 

Single European Act (SEA):
1. The Single European Act came into force on July 1, 1987.
2. Each member was given multiple votes depending on the population.
 

Birth of European Union (EU):
1. The Maastricht (Netherlands) Treaty was signed on Feb 7, 1992. It created the European Union.
2. The monetary policy and a common currency (Euro) were implemented to replace national currencies.
3. There are 28 members States of EU now. Its headquarters is at Brussels (Belgium).

VII. Activity.   

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