Question 1

Identify the following terms.
-Federal Republic of Germany and German Democratic Republic (GDR)

Accepted Answer

The Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), c

Question 2

Identify the following terms.
-Chiang Kai-shek

Accepted Answer

Chiang Kai-shek was a Chinese political

Question 3

"Star Wars" was John F.Kennedy's plan to send men to the moon by the end of the 1960s.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Before mid-1948,the United States had

Accepted Answer

A)  broken with its foreign policy traditions by pledging large amounts of economic aid to assist nations threatened by Fascism. 
B)  sent over 200,000 soldiers to Vietnam and Malaya to back French and British troops against Communist movements. 
C)  sent General Marshall to China to arrange a Guomindong-Communist coalition. 
D)  withdrawn completely from any involvement in Europe's affairs. 
E)  announced that it had destroyed all of its nuclear weapons. 
A)  broken with its foreign policy traditions by pledging large amounts of economic aid to assist nations threatened by Fascism. 
B)  sent over 200,000 soldiers to Vietnam and Malaya to back French and British troops against Communist movements. 
C)  sent General Marshall to China to arrange a Guomindong-Communist coalition. 
D)  withdrawn completely from any involvement in Europe's affairs. 
E)  announced that it had destroyed all of its nuclear weapons.

Question 5

Which events made Stalin uneasy about the United States' intentions between 1945 and 1950?

Accepted Answer

A)  The provision of American economic and military aid to the Ukraine. 
B)  The stationing of United States ground forces in Finland and Iraq. 
C)  Plans to merge the American, British and French occupation zones in Germany into a West German republic. 
D)  The ban on Soviet participation in the European Recovery Program. 
E)  The American threat to use atomic weapons the Middle East. 
A)  The provision of American economic and military aid to the Ukraine. 
B)  The stationing of United States ground forces in Finland and Iraq. 
C)  Plans to merge the American, British and French occupation zones in Germany into a West German republic. 
D)  The ban on Soviet participation in the European Recovery Program. 
E)  The American threat to use atomic weapons the Middle East.

Question 6

Identify the following terms.
-cultural exchange program

Accepted Answer

A cultural exchange program is an initia

Question 7

The "Vietnam syndrome" refers to the American public's fear of becoming involved in another Vietnam-type war.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

What were the factors which led to the Chinese Communist victory over the Nationalists? Was Mao Zedong's triumph over Chiang inevitable? Why or why not? What were the Cold War implications of the Communist triumph?

Accepted Answer

The Chinese Communist victory over the N

Question 9

Identify the following terms.
-Douglas MacArthur and the Yalu River and Chinese "volunteers"

Accepted Answer

Douglas MacArthur was a prominent United

Question 10

Identify the following terms.
-"equivalence"

Accepted Answer

Equivalence refers to the state of being

Question 11

Identify the following terms.
-Ho Chi Minh and the Vietminh Front

Accepted Answer

Ho Chi Minh was a Vietnamese revolutiona

Question 12

Was Afghanistan the Soviet Union's "Vietnam"? Why or why not?

Accepted Answer

Afghanistan has often been referred to a

Question 13

Identify the following terms.
-zones of occupation in Germany

Accepted Answer

The "zones of occupation in Germany" ref

Question 14

The Sino-Soviet dispute

Accepted Answer

A)  was rooted in a struggle between the Chinese and the Soviets for control of Tibet. 
B)  was aggravated by the lack of Soviet support for Chinese efforts to reclaim Taiwan. 
C)  bore no relationship to the level of Soviet economic assistance to China. 
D)  saw Mao describe China as the international leader of industrialized nations. 
E)  produced a Soviet invasion of China in 1965. 
A)  was rooted in a struggle between the Chinese and the Soviets for control of Tibet. 
B)  was aggravated by the lack of Soviet support for Chinese efforts to reclaim Taiwan. 
C)  bore no relationship to the level of Soviet economic assistance to China. 
D)  saw Mao describe China as the international leader of industrialized nations. 
E)  produced a Soviet invasion of China in 1965.

Question 15

Identify the following terms.
-the Strategic Defense Initiative/"Star Wars"

Accepted Answer

The Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI),

Question 16

Identify the following terms.
-Greek civil war

Accepted Answer

The Greek Civil War was a conflict that

Question 17

In 1953,the first expression of popular discontent against Stalin's "proletarian internationalism" occurred in

Accepted Answer

A)  Hungary. 
B)  Romania. 
C)  Poland. 
D)  East Berlin. 
E)  Czechoslovakia. 
A)  Hungary. 
B)  Romania. 
C)  Poland. 
D)  East Berlin. 
E)  Czechoslovakia.

Question 18

Identify the following terms.
-the Marshall Plan/European Recovery Program

Accepted Answer

The Marshall Plan, also known as the Eur

Question 19

The fighting in Indochina between 1946 and 1953

Accepted Answer

A)  was between French troops and an alliance of Vietminh Front, Japanese, and Korean forces. 
B)  saw France agree to a negotiated peace after French public opinion tired of the "dirty war." 
C)  was conducted as an anti-imperialist war by an alliance of nationalist groups led by Deng Xiaoping, leader of the Indochinese Liberation Party. 
D)  led to the permanent defeat of the Communist military forces. 
E)  was ended with the use of atomic weapons by the French. 
A)  was between French troops and an alliance of Vietminh Front, Japanese, and Korean forces. 
B)  saw France agree to a negotiated peace after French public opinion tired of the "dirty war." 
C)  was conducted as an anti-imperialist war by an alliance of nationalist groups led by Deng Xiaoping, leader of the Indochinese Liberation Party. 
D)  led to the permanent defeat of the Communist military forces. 
E)  was ended with the use of atomic weapons by the French.

Question 20

All of the following occurred during the 1960s and 1970s except

Accepted Answer

A)  a major war broke out in Afghanistan between India and Pakistan. 
B)  Sino-American relations ultimately improved sufficiently during the 1970s to enable the two countries to establish formal diplomatic relations in 1979. 
C)  in 1973 a peace treaty supposedly ended the Second Indochinese War. 
D)  after an uneven start, the Brezhnev-Kosygin regime seemed to offer at least limited possibilities for arms control. 
E)  the United States and the USSR signed the Antiballistic Missile Treaty in 1972. 
A)  a major war broke out in Afghanistan between India and Pakistan. 
B)  Sino-American relations ultimately improved sufficiently during the 1970s to enable the two countries to establish formal diplomatic relations in 1979. 
C)  in 1973 a peace treaty supposedly ended the Second Indochinese War. 
D)  after an uneven start, the Brezhnev-Kosygin regime seemed to offer at least limited possibilities for arms control. 
E)  the United States and the USSR signed the Antiballistic Missile Treaty in 1972.

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

Identify the following terms. -Federal Republic of Germany and German Democratic Republic (GDR)

Identify the following terms. -Chiang Kai-shek

"Star Wars" was John F.Kennedy's plan to send men to the moon by the end of the 1960s.

Before mid-1948,the United States had

Which events made Stalin uneasy about the United States' intentions between 1945 and 1950?

Identify the following terms. -cultural exchange program

The "Vietnam syndrome" refers to the American public's fear of becoming involved in another Vietnam-type war.

What were the factors which led to the Chinese Communist victory over the Nationalists? Was Mao Zedong's triumph over Chiang inevitable? Why or why not? What were the Cold War implications of the Communist triumph?

Identify the following terms. -Douglas MacArthur and the Yalu River and Chinese "volunteers"

Identify the following terms. -"equivalence"

Identify the following terms. -Ho Chi Minh and the Vietminh Front

Was Afghanistan the Soviet Union's "Vietnam"? Why or why not?

Identify the following terms. -zones of occupation in Germany

The Sino-Soviet dispute

Identify the following terms. -the Strategic Defense Initiative/"Star Wars"

Identify the following terms. -Greek civil war

In 1953,the first expression of popular discontent against Stalin's "proletarian internationalism" occurred in

Identify the following terms. -the Marshall Plan/European Recovery Program

The fighting in Indochina between 1946 and 1953

All of the following occurred during the 1960s and 1970s except

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