Question 1

Josip Tito

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A)  had attended Peking University with Mao Zedong. 
B)  devised a decentralized variety of Communism, different from "Stalinism." 
C)  was defeated in his attempt to become Prime Minister of Yugoslavia as the result of American campaigning against socialist or communist leaders. 
D)  was part of the government-in-exile during the war. 
E)  was an ally of Joseph Stalin in the latter's attempt to crush the Serbs. 
A)  had attended Peking University with Mao Zedong. 
B)  devised a decentralized variety of Communism, different from "Stalinism." 
C)  was defeated in his attempt to become Prime Minister of Yugoslavia as the result of American campaigning against socialist or communist leaders. 
D)  was part of the government-in-exile during the war. 
E)  was an ally of Joseph Stalin in the latter's attempt to crush the Serbs. B

Question 2

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

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A)  Passive aggression 
B)  Synergetic harmonization 
C)  Containment 
D)  Empiricism 
E)  Isolationism 
A)  Passive aggression 
B)  Synergetic harmonization 
C)  Containment 
D)  Empiricism 
E)  Isolationism C

Question 3

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

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A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 4

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
détente

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The answer of Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
détente...

Question 5

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Richard Nixon's visit to China

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The answer of Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Richard Nixon's...

Question 6

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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The answer of What role did Germany in general and...

Question 7

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
denazification

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Denazification refers to the process und

Question 8

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Geneva Conference, 1954

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The answer of Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Geneva Conference,...

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 and/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

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) and German Democratic Republic (GDR)

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The Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) an

Question 11

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
1968 Tet offensive

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The answer of Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
1968 Tet...

Question 12

When the Soviet Union implemented a blockade of West Berlin, preventing all traffic from entering the city's western areas,

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A)  U.S. planes flew in food and other needed supplies. 
B)  the Western powers planned direct military action. 
C)  Western tanks rolled into the city in an attempt to drive the Soviets out. 
D)  the United States issued an ultimatum to the Soviet Union. 
E)  thousands of West Berliners faced starvation and many of them died. 
A)  U.S. planes flew in food and other needed supplies. 
B)  the Western powers planned direct military action. 
C)  Western tanks rolled into the city in an attempt to drive the Soviets out. 
D)  the United States issued an ultimatum to the Soviet Union. 
E)  thousands of West Berliners faced starvation and many of them died.

Question 13

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Chinese Civil War

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The answer of Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Chinese Civil...

Question 14

The ____ stated that the United States would provide aid for any nation that was being threatened by communist subversion.

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A)  Yalta system 
B)  Truman Doctrine 
C)  Marshall Plan 
D)  Nonalignment Movement 
E)  Helsinki Accords 
A)  Yalta system 
B)  Truman Doctrine 
C)  Marshall Plan 
D)  Nonalignment Movement 
E)  Helsinki Accords

Question 15

United States foreign policy during the Korean War period

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A)  was unable to get formal United Nations support for South Korea when invaded in June 1950. 
B)  reluctantly supported the modified and limited return of 30,000 Japanese troops to the Korean peninsula to help rebuff North Korean forces. 
C)  became more determined to block Western contact with the Chinese government. 
D)  provided support for the invasion of the Chinese mainland by Nationalist forces from Taiwan. 
E)  saw the creation of an alliance with Soviet Russia to restrain Mao Zedong's ambitions. 
A)  was unable to get formal United Nations support for South Korea when invaded in June 1950. 
B)  reluctantly supported the modified and limited return of 30,000 Japanese troops to the Korean peninsula to help rebuff North Korean forces. 
C)  became more determined to block Western contact with the Chinese government. 
D)  provided support for the invasion of the Chinese mainland by Nationalist forces from Taiwan. 
E)  saw the creation of an alliance with Soviet Russia to restrain Mao Zedong's ambitions.

Question 16

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
John Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis

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The Cuban Missile Crisis refers to a maj

Question 17

The Sino-Soviet dispute

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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 18

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Fidel Castro and the "Bay of Pigs"

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The answer of Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Fidel Castro...

Question 19

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
1956 uprisings in Poland and Hungary

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The answer of Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
1956 uprisings...

Question 20

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
North Atlantic Treaty Organization/NATO

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The answer of Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
North Atlantic...

Josip Tito

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

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

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). détente

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 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.

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). denazification

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Geneva Conference, 1954

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

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) and German Democratic Republic (GDR)

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 1968 Tet offensive

When the Soviet Union implemented a blockade of West Berlin, preventing all traffic from entering the city's western areas,

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Chinese Civil War

The ____ stated that the United States would provide aid for any nation that was being threatened by communist subversion.

United States foreign policy during the Korean War period

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). John Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis

The Sino-Soviet dispute

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Fidel Castro and the "Bay of Pigs"

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 1956 uprisings in Poland and Hungary

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). North Atlantic Treaty Organization/NATO

New Encounters: the Creation of a World Market

Europe Transformed: Reform and State Building

The Muslim Empires

Toward the Pacific Century

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

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

Josip Tito

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

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

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). détente

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 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.

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). denazification

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Geneva Conference, 1954

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

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) and German Democratic Republic (GDR)

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 1968 Tet offensive

When the Soviet Union implemented a blockade of West Berlin, preventing all traffic from entering the city's western areas,

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Chinese Civil War

The ____ stated that the United States would provide aid for any nation that was being threatened by communist subversion.

United States foreign policy during the Korean War period

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). John Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis

The Sino-Soviet dispute

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Fidel Castro and the "Bay of Pigs"

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 1956 uprisings in Poland and Hungary

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). North Atlantic Treaty Organization/NATO

New Encounters: the Creation of a World Market

Europe Transformed: Reform and State Building

The Muslim Empires

Toward the Pacific Century

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

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