Question 1

The ____ stated that the United States would provide aid for any nation that was being threatened by communist subversion.

Accepted Answer

A)  Yalta system 
B)  Truman Doctrine 
C)  Marshall Plan 
D)  Nonalignment Movement 
E)  Helsinki Accords 
A)  Yalta system 
B)  Truman Doctrine 
C)  Marshall Plan 
D)  Nonalignment Movement 
E)  Helsinki Accords

Question 2

The Brezhnev Doctrine

Accepted Answer

A)  promised Soviet support for the "Prague Spring" reformers. 
B)  demanded that the Berlin Wall be dismantled. 
C)  threatened the People's Republic of China with nuclear war. 
D)  was a warning to other communist states to follow the path of Marxist-Leninist orthodoxy. 
E)  promised to respect human rights in exchange for the recognition of the Soviet sphere of influence in Eastern Europe. 
A)  promised Soviet support for the "Prague Spring" reformers. 
B)  demanded that the Berlin Wall be dismantled. 
C)  threatened the People's Republic of China with nuclear war. 
D)  was a warning to other communist states to follow the path of Marxist-Leninist orthodoxy. 
E)  promised to respect human rights in exchange for the recognition of the Soviet sphere of influence in Eastern Europe.

Question 3

Factors weakening Chiang Kai-shek during the Civil War included

Accepted Answer

A)  middle class indifference toward his regime because of its refusal to provide them with lucrative government jobs. 
B)  peasant enthusiasm to communist promises to give land to the peasants. 
C)  the refusal of the United States to give even limited military support to the Nationalist armies. 
D)  the fact that 85,000 former Japanese occupation troops were fighting in his army and elite Japanese units formed his bodyguard. 
E)  Chiang's alliance with Japan during World War II. 
A)  middle class indifference toward his regime because of its refusal to provide them with lucrative government jobs. 
B)  peasant enthusiasm to communist promises to give land to the peasants. 
C)  the refusal of the United States to give even limited military support to the Nationalist armies. 
D)  the fact that 85,000 former Japanese occupation troops were fighting in his army and elite Japanese units formed his bodyguard. 
E)  Chiang's alliance with Japan during World War II.

Question 4

Tito's argument about Yugoslavia being part of the buffer zone between East and West was

Accepted Answer

A)  that he retained Yugoslavian nationalism at all costs. 
B)  he rejected Communism entirely and moved towards democracy. 
C)  the Communist Party in Yugoslavia rejected Stalinism, not Communism. 
D)  "Socialism in one Nation" was a working mantra. 
E)  Yugoslavia was dependent on western political ideas as part of their inclusion in NATO. 
A)  that he retained Yugoslavian nationalism at all costs. 
B)  he rejected Communism entirely and moved towards democracy. 
C)  the Communist Party in Yugoslavia rejected Stalinism, not Communism. 
D)  "Socialism in one Nation" was a working mantra. 
E)  Yugoslavia was dependent on western political ideas as part of their inclusion in NATO.

Question 5

Which eastern European nation defied Stalin's attempt to control it after the World War II?

Accepted Answer

A)  Vichy under Petain 
B)  Finland under Ulbricht 
C)  Poland under Yaruzelski 
D)  Yugoslavia under Tito 
E)  Germany under Petain 
A)  Vichy under Petain 
B)  Finland under Ulbricht 
C)  Poland under Yaruzelski 
D)  Yugoslavia under Tito 
E)  Germany under Petain

Question 6

In 1972, the United States and Soviet Union

Accepted Answer

A)  reached an agreement in the Helsinki Accords. 
B)  brought the world to the brink of nuclear war in Cuba. 
C)  struggled to be victorious in Vietnam 
D)  faced off in Afghanistan. 
E)  signed the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. 
A)  reached an agreement in the Helsinki Accords. 
B)  brought the world to the brink of nuclear war in Cuba. 
C)  struggled to be victorious in Vietnam 
D)  faced off in Afghanistan. 
E)  signed the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.

Question 7

"Peaceful coexistence"

Accepted Answer

A)  was a term first coined by Joseph Stalin in the 1940s. 
B)  was first used by Sun Yat-sen in 1921. 
C)  was treated with suspicion by United States leaders, especially after the Soviet crushing of the unrest in Hungary in 1956. 
D)  delayed the development of cultural exchanges of theatrical and other groups. 
E)  was eagerly embraced by President Truman as an alternative to nuclear war. 
A)  was a term first coined by Joseph Stalin in the 1940s. 
B)  was first used by Sun Yat-sen in 1921. 
C)  was treated with suspicion by United States leaders, especially after the Soviet crushing of the unrest in Hungary in 1956. 
D)  delayed the development of cultural exchanges of theatrical and other groups. 
E)  was eagerly embraced by President Truman as an alternative to nuclear war.

Question 8

Which of the following countries avoided the pattern of soviet dominance in Eastern Europe?

Accepted Answer

A)  East Germany 
B)  Bulgaria 
C)  Poland 
D)  Yugoslavia 
E)  Romania 
A)  East Germany 
B)  Bulgaria 
C)  Poland 
D)  Yugoslavia 
E)  Romania

Question 9

What led China to enter the war in Korea?

Accepted Answer

A)  Obligations under an earlier pact with Korea 
B)  Japan's entry into the war 
C)  Stalin's urging that China get involved to ensure Korea remain communist 
D)  Anger at the involvement of the United Nations in the war 
E)  Fears that the U.S. might place troops on its border and possibly attack China 
A)  Obligations under an earlier pact with Korea 
B)  Japan's entry into the war 
C)  Stalin's urging that China get involved to ensure Korea remain communist 
D)  Anger at the involvement of the United Nations in the war 
E)  Fears that the U.S. might place troops on its border and possibly attack China

Question 10

The early years of the __________ administration witnessed a return to the harsh rhetoric, if not all of the harsh practice of the Cold War.

Accepted Answer

A)  Kennedy 
B)  Johnson 
C)  Nixon 
D)  Ford 
E)  Reagan 
A)  Kennedy 
B)  Johnson 
C)  Nixon 
D)  Ford 
E)  Reagan

Question 11

Which island was increasingly seen by the United States as a crucial element in American defense strategy in the Pacific during the winter of 1949-1950?

Accepted Answer

A)  Oahu 
B)  Hong Kong 
C)  Taiwan 
D)  Sakhalin 
E)  Hainan. 
A)  Oahu 
B)  Hong Kong 
C)  Taiwan 
D)  Sakhalin 
E)  Hainan.

Question 12

The "Kitchen Debate"

Accepted Answer

A)  occurred in New Delhi in 1961. 
B)  saw Richard Nixon debating American kitchen technology with Nikita Khrushchev during a cultural exchange event. 
C)  was between Leonid Brezhnev and Dwight Eisenhower at Disneyland in 1957. 
D)  was the first "capitalist" show on Soviet television. 
E)  was the first "communist" show on Western television. 
A)  occurred in New Delhi in 1961. 
B)  saw Richard Nixon debating American kitchen technology with Nikita Khrushchev during a cultural exchange event. 
C)  was between Leonid Brezhnev and Dwight Eisenhower at Disneyland in 1957. 
D)  was the first "capitalist" show on Soviet television. 
E)  was the first "communist" show on Western television.

Question 13

What foreign policy strategy did George Kennan advocate in a 1947 Foreign Affairs article?

Accepted Answer

A)  Passive aggression 
B)  Synergetic harmonization 
C)  Containment 
D)  Empiricism 
E)  Isolationism 
A)  Passive aggression 
B)  Synergetic harmonization 
C)  Containment 
D)  Empiricism 
E)  Isolationism

Question 14

Who first used the term "peaceful coexistence"?

Accepted Answer

A)  Mao Zedong 
B)  John Kennedy 
C)  Nikita Khrushchev 
D)  Fidel Castro 
E)  Richard Nixon 
A)  Mao Zedong 
B)  John Kennedy 
C)  Nikita Khrushchev 
D)  Fidel Castro 
E)  Richard Nixon

Question 15

Josip Tito

Accepted Answer

A)  had attended Peking University with Mao Zedong. 
B)  devised a decentralized variety of Communism, different from "Stalinism." 
C)  was defeated in his attempt to become Prime Minister of Yugoslavia as the result of American campaigning against socialist or communist leaders. 
D)  was part of the government-in-exile during the war. 
E)  was an ally of Joseph Stalin in the latter's attempt to crush the Serbs. 
A)  had attended Peking University with Mao Zedong. 
B)  devised a decentralized variety of Communism, different from "Stalinism." 
C)  was defeated in his attempt to become Prime Minister of Yugoslavia as the result of American campaigning against socialist or communist leaders. 
D)  was part of the government-in-exile during the war. 
E)  was an ally of Joseph Stalin in the latter's attempt to crush the Serbs.

Question 16

The Chinese Civil War

Accepted Answer

A)  lasted for fourteen years, from its beginning with the capture of Bao Dai by the Guomindang in 1936 until the victory of the People's Liberation Army in 1950. 
B)  became a factor in United States domestic politics after Mao's victory over the Nationalists. 
C)  ended in a truce brokered by General Marshall, who created a coalition government in China. 
D)  was lost, according to the Truman administration, because of the incapacity of Sun Yat-sen's government and army. 
E)  ended with Mao's capture of Taiwan. 
A)  lasted for fourteen years, from its beginning with the capture of Bao Dai by the Guomindang in 1936 until the victory of the People's Liberation Army in 1950. 
B)  became a factor in United States domestic politics after Mao's victory over the Nationalists. 
C)  ended in a truce brokered by General Marshall, who created a coalition government in China. 
D)  was lost, according to the Truman administration, because of the incapacity of Sun Yat-sen's government and army. 
E)  ended with Mao's capture of Taiwan.

Question 17

Churchill's March 1946, speech stated that

Accepted Answer

A)  British troops had preemptively seized the Iranian oil fields. 
B)  Britain was on the verge of financial collapse. 
C)  an "iron curtain" had "descended across the Continent." 
D)  Mao Zedong could not be trusted to keep the peace. 
E)  war with the Soviet Union would take place shortly. 
A)  British troops had preemptively seized the Iranian oil fields. 
B)  Britain was on the verge of financial collapse. 
C)  an "iron curtain" had "descended across the Continent." 
D)  Mao Zedong could not be trusted to keep the peace. 
E)  war with the Soviet Union would take place shortly.

Question 18

The original objective of the Allied division of Korea in 1945 was to

Accepted Answer

A)  protect American and Japanese troops in Manchuria. 
B)  create two independent, separate nations on the peninsula. 
C)  create a Communist north and an anti-Communist south. 
D)  establish a reunified, independent nation on the peninsula after reestablishing order. 
E)  establish a permanent Soviet-American presence on the Korean peninsula. 
A)  protect American and Japanese troops in Manchuria. 
B)  create two independent, separate nations on the peninsula. 
C)  create a Communist north and an anti-Communist south. 
D)  establish a reunified, independent nation on the peninsula after reestablishing order. 
E)  establish a permanent Soviet-American presence on the Korean peninsula.

Question 19

The Geneva Conference of 1954 divided Vietnam at the 17th parallel but envisioned unification elections would be held by 1956.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

The program of perestroika was intended to allow more transparency into how the Soviet government worked.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 26: East and West in the Grip of the Cold War

The ____ stated that the United States would provide aid for any nation that was being threatened by communist subversion.

The Brezhnev Doctrine

Factors weakening Chiang Kai-shek during the Civil War included

Tito's argument about Yugoslavia being part of the buffer zone between East and West was

Which eastern European nation defied Stalin's attempt to control it after the World War II?

In 1972, the United States and Soviet Union

"Peaceful coexistence"

Which of the following countries avoided the pattern of soviet dominance in Eastern Europe?

What led China to enter the war in Korea?

The early years of the __________ administration witnessed a return to the harsh rhetoric, if not all of the harsh practice of the Cold War.

Which island was increasingly seen by the United States as a crucial element in American defense strategy in the Pacific during the winter of 1949-1950?

The "Kitchen Debate"

What foreign policy strategy did George Kennan advocate in a 1947 Foreign Affairs article?

Who first used the term "peaceful coexistence"?

Josip Tito

The Chinese Civil War

Churchill's March 1946, speech stated that

The original objective of the Allied division of Korea in 1945 was to

The Geneva Conference of 1954 divided Vietnam at the 17th parallel but envisioned unification elections would be held by 1956.

The program of perestroika was intended to allow more transparency into how the Soviet government worked.

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