Exam 5: The Origins and End of the Cold War

SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. Which of the following strategies did U.S. President Ronald Reagan use to build American power after fears of American decline in the 1970s? (Choose all that apply.)

Which of the following arguments presents a realist explanation for the start of the Cold War?

Rollback refers to a theory held by the superpowers that if one country in a developing region went over to the other side, other countries in the region would follow.

______ weapon is used to destroy industries and cities.

The Organisation for European Economic Co-operation became the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in 1961 when the United States and Canada joined.

In The Long Telegram, how did George F. Kennan analyze Soviet motives and strategy, and how did he recommend the United States deal with the Soviet Union?

The ______ perspective would most likely argue that NATO's purpose was to back up political and economic integration in Western Europe.

Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev's policies (including Glasnost, Perestroika, and the foreign policy revolution) were influenced by what set of ideas?

According to the identity perspective, how did Mikhail Gorbachev's New Thinking lead to the end of the Cold War?

European integration began with the creation of the European Coal and Steel Community, an economic institution that integrated the coal and steel industries of France and Germany.

According to an argument from the realist perspective, how did the Soviet Union interpret the proposed expansion of the Marshall Plan to include Eastern European states?

SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. The revisionist interpretation of the Cold War-that American aggression caused Soviet insecurity-is most likely argued by which of the following perspectives?

Winston Churchill referred to post-World War II Europe as being divided between East and West by ______.

SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. The revisionist interpretation of the Cold War-that American aggression caused Soviet insecurity-is most likely argued by which of the following perspectives?

According to the liberal perspective, what role did the Helsinki Accords play in the policy of détente?

SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. Which two massive military alliances resulted from the use of the logic of force by the United States and the Soviet Union to checkmate and contain one another?

Arguing that an emerging global consciousness led to a decrease in military confrontation and an increase in global interdependence is an example of an argument from the ______ perspective.

Which of the following is not an acronym for a disarmament agreement between the United States and the Soviet Union?

According to the realist perspective, one major cause of the Cold War was that Stalin feared democratic systems in Eastern Europe would undermine the communist system in the Soviet Union.

SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. What developments led some analysts to conclude that America was in decline in the 1970s and 1980s?