Question 1

In reviewing the origins of the Cold War,the text

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A)  remarked on the unusual nature of intense competition between two societies so heavily influenced by Western civilization. 
B)  supports the view of many revisionist historians that United States policies drove Stalin to adopt a hostile view of the West. 
C)  states that both nations were working within a framework conditioned by the past, from their different historical perspectives and their irreconcilable political ambitions. 
D)  proposes the Cold War actually originated in East Asia. 
E)  blames the British Labour government for manipulating America into an anti-Soviet policy. 
A)  remarked on the unusual nature of intense competition between two societies so heavily influenced by Western civilization. 
B)  supports the view of many revisionist historians that United States policies drove Stalin to adopt a hostile view of the West. 
C)  states that both nations were working within a framework conditioned by the past, from their different historical perspectives and their irreconcilable political ambitions. 
D)  proposes the Cold War actually originated in East Asia. 
E)  blames the British Labour government for manipulating America into an anti-Soviet policy.

Question 2

The eastern European nation that defied Stalin's attempt to occupy it after the war was

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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 3

Identify the following terms.
-Nicarauga,the Sandinistas,and the Contras

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Nicaragua is a country in Central Americ

Question 4

Identify the following terms.
-George Kennan and "containment"

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George Kennan was an American diplomat a

Question 5

Identify the following terms.
-détente

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Détente refers to a period of improved r

Question 6

To what degree was the escalating U.S.-Soviet tension in Europe the result of excessively defensive fears in the minds of Truman and Stalin? Why? What other factors were also involved in the moves of the "superpowers" and their allies and clients?

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The escalating U.S.-Soviet tension in Eu

Question 7

The European Recovery Program was better known as the

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A)  Five Point Program. 
B)  Stillman Plan. 
C)  Acheson Plan. 
D)  European Community. 
E)  Marshall Plan. 
A)  Five Point Program. 
B)  Stillman Plan. 
C)  Acheson Plan. 
D)  European Community. 
E)  Marshall Plan.

Question 8

Factors weakening Chiang Kai-shek during the Civil War included

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A)  middle class indifference toward his regime because of its refusal to provide them with lucrative government jobs. 
B)  peasant enthusiasm to Mao's 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 Mao's 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 9

Was Churchill's phrase "the Iron Curtain" an accurate reflection of the actual state of relations between East and West in 1946? Why or why not? Did Churchill's words contribute to the polarization of East and West?

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Churchill's phrase "the Iron Curtain" wa

Question 10

The expression "new world order" refers to the optimistic hopes and expectations that resulted from the end of

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A)  World War II. 
B)  the Korean War. 
C)  the Second Vietnam War. 
D)  the Cold War. 
E)  Star Wars. 
A)  World War II. 
B)  the Korean War. 
C)  the Second Vietnam War. 
D)  the Cold War. 
E)  Star Wars.

Question 11

Identify the following terms.
-North Atlantic Treaty Organization/NATO

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The answer of Identify the following terms.
-North Atlantic Treaty Organization/NATO...

Question 12

Identify the following terms.
-Berlin Blockade and the Berlin Airlift

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The Berlin Blockade and the Berlin Airli

Question 13

Identify the following terms.
-"soft on communism"

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The term "soft on communism" refers to a

Question 14

The Korean War

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A)  was fought by a United Nations force composed mainly of South Korean and United States troops against North Korean forces and, after late 1950, Chinese "volunteers." 
B)  began only five months after the Soviet and American governments had established a new, unified government there and withdrawn their armies of occupation. 
C)  was caused by domestic disagreements between Korean factions in the south. 
D)  involved large numbers of Chinese troops after United Nations air forces bombed Manchuria. 
E)  was finally won when 250,000 American troops captured the North Korean capital after a four-month siege. 
A)  was fought by a United Nations force composed mainly of South Korean and United States troops against North Korean forces and, after late 1950, Chinese "volunteers." 
B)  began only five months after the Soviet and American governments had established a new, unified government there and withdrawn their armies of occupation. 
C)  was caused by domestic disagreements between Korean factions in the south. 
D)  involved large numbers of Chinese troops after United Nations air forces bombed Manchuria. 
E)  was finally won when 250,000 American troops captured the North Korean capital after a four-month siege.

Question 15

Identify the following terms.
-"Vietnam syndrome"

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"Vietnam syndrome" refers to the relucta

Question 16

Identify the following terms.
-ABM Treaty/SALT I

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The ABM Treaty (Anti-Ballistic Missile T

Question 17

Soviet reactions to the Marshall Plan included

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A)  military occupation of Finland and Denmark. 
B)  direct participation in its aid benefits. 
C)  the creation of a program of competitive financial aid to East Asia. 
D)  the view that the plan was an effort by the United States at imperialist domination of Europe. 
E)  a new policy of international cooperation. 
A)  military occupation of Finland and Denmark. 
B)  direct participation in its aid benefits. 
C)  the creation of a program of competitive financial aid to East Asia. 
D)  the view that the plan was an effort by the United States at imperialist domination of Europe. 
E)  a new policy of international cooperation.

Question 18

How did the relationship between China and the Soviet Union evolve after 1948? What disagreements brought about an end to the Sino-Soviet alliance in 1961? Which factors appear to have been most important? How did a renewed U.S.-Sino relationship shape history after the mid-1970s?

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The relationship between China and the S

Question 19

What were the factors which led to the success of the Marshall Plan? Could such massive economic aid work equally well in other places and other times? Why or why not?

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The success of the Marshall Plan can be

Question 20

Identify the following terms.
-Lyndon Johnson and the Vietnam War

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Lyndon Baines Johnson, often referred to

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

In reviewing the origins of the Cold War,the text

The eastern European nation that defied Stalin's attempt to occupy it after the war was

Identify the following terms. -Nicarauga,the Sandinistas,and the Contras

Identify the following terms. -George Kennan and "containment"

Identify the following terms. -détente

To what degree was the escalating U.S.-Soviet tension in Europe the result of excessively defensive fears in the minds of Truman and Stalin? Why? What other factors were also involved in the moves of the "superpowers" and their allies and clients?

The European Recovery Program was better known as the

Factors weakening Chiang Kai-shek during the Civil War included

Was Churchill's phrase "the Iron Curtain" an accurate reflection of the actual state of relations between East and West in 1946? Why or why not? Did Churchill's words contribute to the polarization of East and West?

The expression "new world order" refers to the optimistic hopes and expectations that resulted from the end of

Identify the following terms. -North Atlantic Treaty Organization/NATO

Identify the following terms. -Berlin Blockade and the Berlin Airlift

Identify the following terms. -"soft on communism"

The Korean War

Identify the following terms. -"Vietnam syndrome"

Identify the following terms. -ABM Treaty/SALT I

Soviet reactions to the Marshall Plan included

How did the relationship between China and the Soviet Union evolve after 1948? What disagreements brought about an end to the Sino-Soviet alliance in 1961? Which factors appear to have been most important? How did a renewed U.S.-Sino relationship shape history after the mid-1970s?

What were the factors which led to the success of the Marshall Plan? Could such massive economic aid work equally well in other places and other times? Why or why not?

Identify the following terms. -Lyndon Johnson and the Vietnam War

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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