Question 1

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Indochina conflict(s)

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Indochina conflict(s)...

Question 2

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Lyndon Johnson and the Vietnam War

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Lyndon Johnson...

Question 3

The Marshall Plan was a military alliance directed against Soviet aggression.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

The Soviet leader who made the first moves toward easing the Cold War and improving relations with the West was

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A)  Nikita Khrushchev. 
B)  Leonid Brezhnev. 
C)  Georgy Malenkov. 
D)  Josef Stalin. 
E)  Mikhail Gorbachev. 
A)  Nikita Khrushchev. 
B)  Leonid Brezhnev. 
C)  Georgy Malenkov. 
D)  Josef Stalin. 
E)  Mikhail Gorbachev.

Question 5

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 perspective 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 perspective 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 6

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 7

Wladyslaw Gomulka was successful in curbing Russian dominance and instituting domestic reforms during the 1950s in which East European country?

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A)  Poland 
B)  Hungary 
C)  East Germany 
D)  Romania 
E)  Bulgaria 
A)  Poland 
B)  Hungary 
C)  East Germany 
D)  Romania 
E)  Bulgaria

Question 8

Was the Cuban Missile Crisis a turning point in the Cold War? Why or why not?

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Yes, the Cuban Missile Crisis was a turn

Question 9

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Winston Churchill's "Iron Curtain"

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The term "Iron Curtain" refers to the po

Question 10

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Khrushchev and "different roads to socialism"

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Khrushchev and...

Question 11

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
the Brezhnev Doctrine

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the Brezhnev...

Question 12

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Korean War

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Korean War...

Question 13

At the outset of the Chinese civil war, what was Josef Stalin's reaction?

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A)  He trusted and admired the independent-minded communist leader Mao Zedong. 
B)  He did not expect a communist victory. 
C)  He sent troops to aid the communist faction. 
D)  He supported Chiang Kai-shek. 
E)  He agreed to bomb Chinese border towns. 
A)  He trusted and admired the independent-minded communist leader Mao Zedong. 
B)  He did not expect a communist victory. 
C)  He sent troops to aid the communist faction. 
D)  He supported Chiang Kai-shek. 
E)  He agreed to bomb Chinese border towns.

Question 14

During the Cuban Missile Crisis, President Kennedy approved a plan to assassinate Fidel Castro.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

In October 1956, student-led riots began in ____ to protest the brutality of a leader known as "little Stalin."

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A)  Munich 
B)  Berlin 
C)  Warsaw 
D)  Prague 
E)  Budapest 
A)  Munich 
B)  Berlin 
C)  Warsaw 
D)  Prague 
E)  Budapest

Question 16

At the Yalta Conference in February 1945,

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A)  the peace treaty ending World War II was signed. 
B)  the Soviet Union reminded the world of its commitment to communism. 
C)  the United Nations was created. 
D)  Truman issued his Truman Doctrine. 
E)  leaders of the U.S., Soviet Union, and Britain affirmed their desire to maintain the cooperative relationship they began during World War II. 
A)  the peace treaty ending World War II was signed. 
B)  the Soviet Union reminded the world of its commitment to communism. 
C)  the United Nations was created. 
D)  Truman issued his Truman Doctrine. 
E)  leaders of the U.S., Soviet Union, and Britain affirmed their desire to maintain the cooperative relationship they began during World War II.

Question 17

Ho Chi Minh

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A)  was Mao Zedong's only major rival for leadership of the Chinese Communist Party. 
B)  had concluded an agreement for Vietnamese independence in 1946 with the French, but then became engaged in a civil war against militant Buddhists. 
C)  led a multiparty coalition in an anti-colonialist struggle against the French in the 1940s and early 1950s. 
D)  sought exile in China after his defeat in Vietnam in 1954. 
E)  became a democratic politician in North Viet Nam. 
A)  was Mao Zedong's only major rival for leadership of the Chinese Communist Party. 
B)  had concluded an agreement for Vietnamese independence in 1946 with the French, but then became engaged in a civil war against militant Buddhists. 
C)  led a multiparty coalition in an anti-colonialist struggle against the French in the 1940s and early 1950s. 
D)  sought exile in China after his defeat in Vietnam in 1954. 
E)  became a democratic politician in North Viet Nam.

Question 18

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Warsaw Pact

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Question 19

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

What role did the personalities, philosophies, and ambitions of individual political leaders play in the Cold War? Give specific examples.

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The personalities, philosophies, and amb

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Indochina conflict(s)

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Lyndon Johnson and the Vietnam War

The Marshall Plan was a military alliance directed against Soviet aggression.

The Soviet leader who made the first moves toward easing the Cold War and improving relations with the West was

In reviewing the origins of the Cold War, the text

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

Wladyslaw Gomulka was successful in curbing Russian dominance and instituting domestic reforms during the 1950s in which East European country?

Was the Cuban Missile Crisis a turning point in the Cold War? Why or why not?

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Winston Churchill's "Iron Curtain"

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Khrushchev and "different roads to socialism"

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). the Brezhnev Doctrine

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Korean War

At the outset of the Chinese civil war, what was Josef Stalin's reaction?

During the Cuban Missile Crisis, President Kennedy approved a plan to assassinate Fidel Castro.

In October 1956, student-led riots began in ____ to protest the brutality of a leader known as "little Stalin."

At the Yalta Conference in February 1945,

Ho Chi Minh

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Warsaw Pact

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

What role did the personalities, philosophies, and ambitions of individual political leaders play in the Cold War? Give specific examples.

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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

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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

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Indochina conflict(s)

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Lyndon Johnson and the Vietnam War

The Marshall Plan was a military alliance directed against Soviet aggression.

The Soviet leader who made the first moves toward easing the Cold War and improving relations with the West was

In reviewing the origins of the Cold War, the text

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

Wladyslaw Gomulka was successful in curbing Russian dominance and instituting domestic reforms during the 1950s in which East European country?

Was the Cuban Missile Crisis a turning point in the Cold War? Why or why not?

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Winston Churchill's "Iron Curtain"

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Khrushchev and "different roads to socialism"

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). the Brezhnev Doctrine

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Korean War

At the outset of the Chinese civil war, what was Josef Stalin's reaction?

During the Cuban Missile Crisis, President Kennedy approved a plan to assassinate Fidel Castro.

In October 1956, student-led riots began in ____ to protest the brutality of a leader known as "little Stalin."

At the Yalta Conference in February 1945,

Ho Chi Minh

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Warsaw Pact

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

What role did the personalities, philosophies, and ambitions of individual political leaders play in the Cold War? Give specific examples.

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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