Question 1

Identify the following terms.
-Berlin Wall

Accepted Answer

The Berlin Wall was a fortified barrier

Question 2

Identify the following terms.
-People's Liberation Army (PLA)and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)

Accepted Answer

The People's Liberation Army (PLA) and t

Question 3

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 4

The term "Evil Empire" referred to the

Accepted Answer

A)  the Soviet Union. 
B)  Chinese government. 
C)  United States in the rhetoric of Iran's revolutionary Islamic regime. 
D)  Sandinista regime in Nicaragua. 
E)  French government, as unofficially characterized by President Jimmy Carter. 
A)  the Soviet Union. 
B)  Chinese government. 
C)  United States in the rhetoric of Iran's revolutionary Islamic regime. 
D)  Sandinista regime in Nicaragua. 
E)  French government, as unofficially characterized by President Jimmy Carter.

Question 5

All of the following are true about the Berlin Airlift except

Accepted Answer

A)  it was accompanied by a publicly stated American threat to use atomic weapons on Moscow if Soviet planes attacked allied aircraft. 
B)  it was a result of Stalin's effort to prevent the creation of a separate West German state. 
C)  it resulted in an increase of tension between the superpowers. 
D)  it provided Berlin with daily supplies. 
E)  it did not block the separation of Germany into two states in 1949. 
A)  it was accompanied by a publicly stated American threat to use atomic weapons on Moscow if Soviet planes attacked allied aircraft. 
B)  it was a result of Stalin's effort to prevent the creation of a separate West German state. 
C)  it resulted in an increase of tension between the superpowers. 
D)  it provided Berlin with daily supplies. 
E)  it did not block the separation of Germany into two states in 1949.

Question 6

Identify the following terms.
-Fidel Castro and the "Bay of Pigs"

Accepted Answer

Fidel Castro was a Cuban revolutionary a

Question 7

The 1975 accord that recognized all central and eastern European borders that had been established since the end of World War II,and committed the signers to the human rights of its citizens,was the

Accepted Answer

A)  Stuttgart Memorandum. 
B)  Geneva Agreement. 
C)  Helsinki Accords. 
D)  Vienna Agreement. 
E)  Tashkent Agreement. 
A)  Stuttgart Memorandum. 
B)  Geneva Agreement. 
C)  Helsinki Accords. 
D)  Vienna Agreement. 
E)  Tashkent Agreement.

Question 8

Identify the following terms.
-Ronald Reagan and the "evil empire"

Accepted Answer

Ronald Reagan was the 40th President of

Question 9

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 10

Communist China sent Chinese troops to assist Ho Chi Minh and the Viet Cong in the Second Indochina War.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Identify the following terms.
-the Brezhnev Doctrine

Accepted Answer

The Brezhnev Doctrine was a policy procl

Question 12

All except which of the following developments occurred at the Yalta Conference held in 1945?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Allies agreed to a process of free elections in the liberated nations of Europe. 
B)  Roosevelt reassured Stalin that the Soviet Union's legitimate territorial and security concerns would be met. 
C)  The establishment of the United Nations was agreed to by the Allies. 
D)  The leaders of the three Allied nations were deeply divided over the future of Japan. 
E)  The three Allied leaders were seemingly in broad agreement about the immediate future. 
A)  The Allies agreed to a process of free elections in the liberated nations of Europe. 
B)  Roosevelt reassured Stalin that the Soviet Union's legitimate territorial and security concerns would be met. 
C)  The establishment of the United Nations was agreed to by the Allies. 
D)  The leaders of the three Allied nations were deeply divided over the future of Japan. 
E)  The three Allied leaders were seemingly in broad agreement about the immediate future.

Question 13

Identify the following terms.
-Korean War

Accepted Answer

The Korean War, which lasted from 1950 t

Question 14

The civil war in Poland between Communists and democrats led to the Truman Doctrine in 1947.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Identify the following terms.
-Mao Zedong

Accepted Answer

Mao Zedong was a Chinese communist revol

Question 16

The Truman Doctrine

Accepted Answer

A)  involved direct Soviet economic aid to Greece and Turkey. 
B)  stated that the United States would provide aid for any nation that was being threatened by Communist subversion. 
C)  was the basis for substantial United States aid to India and Iran. 
D)  tolerated a limited expansion of Communist control over areas of the Middle East. 
E)  was to be a non-political attempt to advance free governments in North Africa. 
A)  involved direct Soviet economic aid to Greece and Turkey. 
B)  stated that the United States would provide aid for any nation that was being threatened by Communist subversion. 
C)  was the basis for substantial United States aid to India and Iran. 
D)  tolerated a limited expansion of Communist control over areas of the Middle East. 
E)  was to be a non-political attempt to advance free governments in North Africa.

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

Identify the following terms. -Berlin Wall

Identify the following terms. -People's Liberation Army (PLA)and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)

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

The term "Evil Empire" referred to the

All of the following are true about the Berlin Airlift except

Identify the following terms. -Fidel Castro and the "Bay of Pigs"

The 1975 accord that recognized all central and eastern European borders that had been established since the end of World War II,and committed the signers to the human rights of its citizens,was the

Identify the following terms. -Ronald Reagan and the "evil empire"

Churchill's March 1946 speech stated that

Communist China sent Chinese troops to assist Ho Chi Minh and the Viet Cong in the Second Indochina War.

Identify the following terms. -the Brezhnev Doctrine

All except which of the following developments occurred at the Yalta Conference held in 1945?

Identify the following terms. -Korean War

The civil war in Poland between Communists and democrats led to the Truman Doctrine in 1947.

Identify the following terms. -Mao Zedong

The Truman Doctrine

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