Question 1

The Chinese Civil War

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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 2

Identify the following terms.
-Truman Doctrine

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The Truman Doctrine was a pivotal policy

Question 3

The Cuban Missile Crisis

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A)  was the first major Mexican-Cuban crisis. 
B)  was a direct attempt by the United States to remove Fidel Castro from power. 
C)  was a direct attempt by the Soviet Union to launch a nuclear attack on America. 
D)  brought the world to the brink of nuclear war, but eventually produced a lessening of Cold War tension between the superpowers. 
E)  caused several military confrontations between the superpowers in world "hot zones." 
A)  was the first major Mexican-Cuban crisis. 
B)  was a direct attempt by the United States to remove Fidel Castro from power. 
C)  was a direct attempt by the Soviet Union to launch a nuclear attack on America. 
D)  brought the world to the brink of nuclear war, but eventually produced a lessening of Cold War tension between the superpowers. 
E)  caused several military confrontations between the superpowers in world "hot zones."

Question 4

The first threat of a United States-Soviet Union confrontation after World War II took place in the Middle East over a possible Soviet threat to take over Iran's northern territories.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Identify the following terms.
-Afghanistan,the "Soviet Vietnam"

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Afghanistan, often referred to as the "S

Question 6

In the 1950s and 1960s,the relationship between the Soviet Union and Mao Zedong's China

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A)  remained unchanged. 
B)  was altered by the Soviet Union's increased interest in increasing world tensions, especially with the militarily dangerous United Nations. 
C)  was weakened by Mao Zedong's belief that, after Stalin's death, Mao's status as the most experienced Marxist ruler should make him the leading socialist. 
D)  was destroyed by Mao's threat to occupy southeastern Siberia if the Soviet government continued to make, test, and store nuclear weapons there. 
E)  improved because of a joint fear of the United States' ambitions in South Asia. 
A)  remained unchanged. 
B)  was altered by the Soviet Union's increased interest in increasing world tensions, especially with the militarily dangerous United Nations. 
C)  was weakened by Mao Zedong's belief that, after Stalin's death, Mao's status as the most experienced Marxist ruler should make him the leading socialist. 
D)  was destroyed by Mao's threat to occupy southeastern Siberia if the Soviet government continued to make, test, and store nuclear weapons there. 
E)  improved because of a joint fear of the United States' ambitions in South Asia.

Question 7

Why were the United States and the Soviet Union suspicious of each other after World War II,and what events between 1945 and 1949 heightened the tensions between the two nations? What events led to the era of coexistence in the 1960s,and to what degree did each side contribute to the reduction in international tensions?

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After World War II, the United States an

Question 8

Identify the following terms.
-Richard Nixon's visit to China

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Richard Nixon's visit to China refers to

Question 9

What role did Germany in general,and Berlin in particular,play in the evolution of the Cold War? Include in the discussion historical,ideological,and geographical factors.

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Germany, and Berlin in particular, playe

Question 10

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Between the mid-1930s and the end of World War II,

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A)  Chiang Kai-shek finally obtained a firm grip on all but northwest China, and implemented a "crash program" of modernization, which won peasant support. 
B)  the Chinese Communists steadily increased their power in the north until, by 1945, between twenty and thirty million people were under their control. 
C)  Japan made peace with Chiang in 1940, joining him in a war against Mao's Communists. 
D)  Mao Zedong married Chiang's daughter, which reunited China until the late 1950s. 
E)  the Chinese Communist party changed its focus from organizing peasants to winning over the middle-class city dwellers and the large bankers in Shanghai. 
A)  Chiang Kai-shek finally obtained a firm grip on all but northwest China, and implemented a "crash program" of modernization, which won peasant support. 
B)  the Chinese Communists steadily increased their power in the north until, by 1945, between twenty and thirty million people were under their control. 
C)  Japan made peace with Chiang in 1940, joining him in a war against Mao's Communists. 
D)  Mao Zedong married Chiang's daughter, which reunited China until the late 1950s. 
E)  the Chinese Communist party changed its focus from organizing peasants to winning over the middle-class city dwellers and the large bankers in Shanghai.

Question 12

Soviet actions to balance Western initiatives,and unite,protect and develop its zone of influence in Europe included

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A)  the secret treaty with France, made in 1949 and publicized only in 1959, to share military alliance information in times of international stress caused by America. 
B)  the creation of the Warsaw Pact, which created a trade zone in eastern Europe. 
C)  the creation of the German Federal Republic in 1949. 
D)  the development of the Warsaw Pact as a military balance to NATO. 
E)  a treaty with Turkey and Greece guaranteeing their boundaries against attacks by Yugoslavia. 
A)  the secret treaty with France, made in 1949 and publicized only in 1959, to share military alliance information in times of international stress caused by America. 
B)  the creation of the Warsaw Pact, which created a trade zone in eastern Europe. 
C)  the creation of the German Federal Republic in 1949. 
D)  the development of the Warsaw Pact as a military balance to NATO. 
E)  a treaty with Turkey and Greece guaranteeing their boundaries against attacks by Yugoslavia.

Question 13

How did the wars in Korea and Vietnam relate to the Cold War and affect its course? In what way was the Cuban Missile Crisis a turning point in the Cold War?

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The wars in Korea and Vietnam were both

Question 14

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

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

Question 15

Tibet

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A)  had been controlled by Russia from the mid-1800s until 1953, when it was given its independence. 
B)  was occupied by China in 1950. 
C)  was feared by Britain because of its militantly aggressive actions in Kashmir and the Punjab in the 1940s. 
D)  was the only Sunni Muslim society in the region. 
E)  staged an unsuccessful, Comintern-inspired revolution in 1953. 
A)  had been controlled by Russia from the mid-1800s until 1953, when it was given its independence. 
B)  was occupied by China in 1950. 
C)  was feared by Britain because of its militantly aggressive actions in Kashmir and the Punjab in the 1940s. 
D)  was the only Sunni Muslim society in the region. 
E)  staged an unsuccessful, Comintern-inspired revolution in 1953.

Question 16

In assessing the end of the Cold War,who contributed the most to the fall of the Soviet Union,Ronald Reagan or Mikhail Gorbachev,and how?

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In assessing the end of the Cold War, bo

Question 17

Identify the following terms.
-Non-aligned Movement

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The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) is an int

Question 18

The "Kitchen Debate"

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A)  occurred in New Delhi in 1961. 
B)  was between Richard Nixon and Nikita Khrushchev and in the Soviet Union 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)  was between Richard Nixon and Nikita Khrushchev and in the Soviet Union 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 19

According to the text,the outbreak of the Cold War was virtually inevitable,given the ambitions of the two superpowers and their ideological differences.Do you agree? How do you think the Cold War might have been avoided? Why did the Cold War briefly flare up again in the 1980s,and why did it come to a definitive end at the end of the decade?

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I agree that the outbreak of the Cold Wa

Question 20

Identify the following terms.
-Geneva Conference,1954

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The Geneva Conference of 1954 was a sign

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

The Chinese Civil War

Identify the following terms. -Truman Doctrine

The Cuban Missile Crisis

The first threat of a United States-Soviet Union confrontation after World War II took place in the Middle East over a possible Soviet threat to take over Iran's northern territories.

Identify the following terms. -Afghanistan,the "Soviet Vietnam"

In the 1950s and 1960s,the relationship between the Soviet Union and Mao Zedong's China

Identify the following terms. -Richard Nixon's visit to China

What role did Germany in general,and Berlin in particular,play in the evolution of the Cold War? Include in the discussion historical,ideological,and geographical factors.

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

Between the mid-1930s and the end of World War II,

Soviet actions to balance Western initiatives,and unite,protect and develop its zone of influence in Europe included

How did the wars in Korea and Vietnam relate to the Cold War and affect its course? In what way was the Cuban Missile Crisis a turning point in the Cold War?

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

Tibet

In assessing the end of the Cold War,who contributed the most to the fall of the Soviet Union,Ronald Reagan or Mikhail Gorbachev,and how?

Identify the following terms. -Non-aligned Movement

The "Kitchen Debate"

Identify the following terms. -Geneva Conference,1954

Early Humans and the First Civilizations

Ancient India

China in Antiquity

The Civilization of the Greeks

The First World Civilizations: Rome, China, and the Emergence of the Silk Road

The Americas

Ferment in the Middle East: The Rise of Islam

Early Civilizations in Africa

The Expansion of Civilization in South and Southeast Asia

The Flowering of Traditional China

The East Asian Rimlands: Early Japan, Korea, and Vietnam

The Making of Europe

The Byzantine Empire and Crisis and Recovery in the West

New Encounters: The Creation of a World Market

Europe Transformed: Reform and State Building

The Muslim Empires

The East Asian World

The West on the Eve of a New World Order

The Beginnings of Modernization: Industrialization and Nationalism in the Nineteenth Century

The Americas and Society and Culture in the West

The High Tide of Imperialism

Shadows over the Pacific: East Asia under Challenge

The Beginning of the Twentieth-Century Crisis: War and Revolution

Nationalism Revolution and Dictatorship: Asia the Middle East and Latin America from 1919 to 1939

The Crisis Deepens: World War II

Brave New World: Communism on Trial

Europe and the Western Hemisphere since 1945

Challenges of Nation Building in Africa and the Middle East

Toward the Pacific Century

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