Question 1

How is the Truman doctrine best described?

Accepted Answer

A) The United States would only aid the governments of western Europe against Communist insurgencies. 
B) The Soviet Union must abandon control of the governments of eastern Europe. 
C) The United States would support free peoples resisting Communist aggression. 
A) The United States would only aid the governments of western Europe against Communist insurgencies. 
B) The Soviet Union must abandon control of the governments of eastern Europe. 
C) The United States would support free peoples resisting Communist aggression.

Question 2

The United States' threat to use military force if necessary to safeguard Western access to the Middle East's oil reserves is known as which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) The Carter Doctrine 
B) The Kennedy Doctrine 
C) The Nixon Doctrine 
A) The Carter Doctrine 
B) The Kennedy Doctrine 
C) The Nixon Doctrine

Question 3

How was the CCP able to achieve victory in the Chinese Civil War?

Accepted Answer

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) was ab

Question 4

What was the Marshall Plan, what role did it play in the early Cold War, and how important was it to the reconstruction of Europe?

Accepted Answer

The Marshall Plan was a program initiate

Question 5

By the early 1960s, why were the Soviet Union and Communist China were becoming estranged?

Accepted Answer

A) The Soviet Union was urging Mao Zedong to attack Taiwan, but Mao was opposed. 
B) The policies of the Soviet Union were becoming more radical while those of Communist China were becoming more moderate. 
C) Mao wanted Soviet support for a Chinese Communist invasion of Taiwan, but the Soviet leadership was unwilling to provide it. 
A) The Soviet Union was urging Mao Zedong to attack Taiwan, but Mao was opposed. 
B) The policies of the Soviet Union were becoming more radical while those of Communist China were becoming more moderate. 
C) Mao wanted Soviet support for a Chinese Communist invasion of Taiwan, but the Soviet leadership was unwilling to provide it.

Question 6

How is the policy of "equivalence" best described?

Accepted Answer

A) It assumed a balance of power on both sides could prevent war. 
B) It was the diplomatic attempt to trade Soviet spies for Western spies after the construction of the Berlin Wall. 
C) It found that western Europe and eastern Europe were equal in their military capacity. 
A) It assumed a balance of power on both sides could prevent war. 
B) It was the diplomatic attempt to trade Soviet spies for Western spies after the construction of the Berlin Wall. 
C) It found that western Europe and eastern Europe were equal in their military capacity.

Question 7

When Nikita Khrushchev fell from power in 1964, he was replaced by whom?

Accepted Answer

A) Josip Broz Tito 
B) Leonid Brezhnev 
C) Mikhail Gorbachev 
A) Josip Broz Tito 
B) Leonid Brezhnev 
C) Mikhail Gorbachev

Question 8

By 1948, the fate of which of the following European nations had become a source of bitter contention between the Soviet Union and the West?

Accepted Answer

A) Yugoslavia 
B) Greece 
C) Germany 
A) Yugoslavia 
B) Greece 
C) Germany

Question 9

What was the purpose of NATO?

Accepted Answer

The purpose of NATO, which stands for th

Question 10

Why did the Vietminh form?

Accepted Answer

The Vietminh, short for the "Vi?t Nam ??

Question 11

What was the outcome of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

Accepted Answer

The Cuban Missile Crisis, which took pla

Question 12

The policy known as "containment" was authored by whom?

Accepted Answer

A) George Kennan 
B) George C. Marshall 
C) Joseph McCarthy 
A) George Kennan 
B) George C. Marshall 
C) Joseph McCarthy

Question 13

The unified three Western zones in Germany officially became which of the following states?

Accepted Answer

A) German Democratic Republic 
B) Federal Republic of Germany 
C) United German Federation 
A) German Democratic Republic 
B) Federal Republic of Germany 
C) United German Federation

Question 14

After being defeated by the Communists, Chiang Kai-shek and the nationalists fled to where?

Accepted Answer

A) Hong Kong 
B) Manchuria 
C) Taiwan 
A) Hong Kong 
B) Manchuria 
C) Taiwan

Question 15

Détente refers to which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) The destabilization of the relationship between the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China. 
B) The lessening of tensions after the Cuban missile crisis between the United States and the Soviet Union. 
C) The deactivation of the hot line between Moscow and Washington, D.C., after the Bay of Pigs fiasco. 
A) The destabilization of the relationship between the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China. 
B) The lessening of tensions after the Cuban missile crisis between the United States and the Soviet Union. 
C) The deactivation of the hot line between Moscow and Washington, D.C., after the Bay of Pigs fiasco.

Question 16

How did Khrushchev's regime respond to uprisings in Hungary in 1956?

Accepted Answer

Nikita Khrushchev's regime responded to

Question 17

What effect did the Tet Offensive have on the military operations of the Vietnam War? What effect did it have at home in the United States? Why is the Tet Offensive considered so important to the U.S. involvement in the war?

Accepted Answer

The Tet Offensive had a significant impa

Question 18

In 1945, the United States and the Soviet Union agreed to temporarily divide the Korean peninsula at which line?

Accepted Answer

A) 17th parallel 
B) 25th parallel 
C) 38th parallel 
A) 17th parallel 
B) 25th parallel 
C) 38th parallel

Question 19

In 1946 in Fulton, Missouri, Winston Churchill described the onset of the Cold War in what terms?

Accepted Answer

A) As an iron curtain that had descended across Europe 
B) As a corruption of socialism would lead to communism 
C) As a sign that Britain would soon have to withdraw support from Greece 
A) As an iron curtain that had descended across Europe 
B) As a corruption of socialism would lead to communism 
C) As a sign that Britain would soon have to withdraw support from Greece

Question 20

What was the Soviet response to the Marshall Plan?

Accepted Answer

A) To eagerly embrace its offer of economic assistance 
B) To reject it because it was an example of American economic and political imperialism 
C) Cautiously accept it but with the proviso that no aid should be given to Germany because of the latter's responsibility for causing World War II 
A) To eagerly embrace its offer of economic assistance 
B) To reject it because it was an example of American economic and political imperialism 
C) Cautiously accept it but with the proviso that no aid should be given to Germany because of the latter's responsibility for causing World War II

How is the Truman doctrine best described?

The United States' threat to use military force if necessary to safeguard Western access to the Middle East's oil reserves is known as which of the following?

How was the CCP able to achieve victory in the Chinese Civil War?

What was the Marshall Plan, what role did it play in the early Cold War, and how important was it to the reconstruction of Europe?

By the early 1960s, why were the Soviet Union and Communist China were becoming estranged?

How is the policy of "equivalence" best described?

When Nikita Khrushchev fell from power in 1964, he was replaced by whom?

By 1948, the fate of which of the following European nations had become a source of bitter contention between the Soviet Union and the West?

What was the purpose of NATO?

Why did the Vietminh form?

What was the outcome of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

The policy known as "containment" was authored by whom?

The unified three Western zones in Germany officially became which of the following states?

After being defeated by the Communists, Chiang Kai-shek and the nationalists fled to where?

Détente refers to which of the following?

How did Khrushchev's regime respond to uprisings in Hungary in 1956?

What effect did the Tet Offensive have on the military operations of the Vietnam War? What effect did it have at home in the United States? Why is the Tet Offensive considered so important to the U.S. involvement in the war?

In 1945, the United States and the Soviet Union agreed to temporarily divide the Korean peninsula at which line?

In 1946 in Fulton, Missouri, Winston Churchill described the onset of the Cold War in what terms?

What was the Soviet response to the Marshall Plan?

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Exam 7: East and West in the Grip of the Cold War

How is the Truman doctrine best described?

The United States' threat to use military force if necessary to safeguard Western access to the Middle East's oil reserves is known as which of the following?

How was the CCP able to achieve victory in the Chinese Civil War?

What was the Marshall Plan, what role did it play in the early Cold War, and how important was it to the reconstruction of Europe?

By the early 1960s, why were the Soviet Union and Communist China were becoming estranged?

How is the policy of "equivalence" best described?

When Nikita Khrushchev fell from power in 1964, he was replaced by whom?

By 1948, the fate of which of the following European nations had become a source of bitter contention between the Soviet Union and the West?

What was the purpose of NATO?

Why did the Vietminh form?

What was the outcome of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

The policy known as "containment" was authored by whom?

The unified three Western zones in Germany officially became which of the following states?

After being defeated by the Communists, Chiang Kai-shek and the nationalists fled to where?

Détente refers to which of the following?

How did Khrushchev's regime respond to uprisings in Hungary in 1956?

What effect did the Tet Offensive have on the military operations of the Vietnam War? What effect did it have at home in the United States? Why is the Tet Offensive considered so important to the U.S. involvement in the war?

In 1945, the United States and the Soviet Union agreed to temporarily divide the Korean peninsula at which line?

In 1946 in Fulton, Missouri, Winston Churchill described the onset of the Cold War in what terms?

What was the Soviet response to the Marshall Plan?

The Rise of Industrial Society in the West

The High Tide of Imperialism: Africa and Asia

Shadows Over the Pacific: East Asia Under Challenge

War and Revolution: World War I and Its Aftermath

Nationalism, Revolution, and Dictatorship: Asia

The Crisis Deepens: the Outbreak of World War II

The United States, Canada, and Latin America

Brave New World: the Rise and Fall of Communism

Postwar Europe: on the Path to Unity

Toward the Pacific Century

The East Is Red: China Under Communism

Nationalism Triumphant: The Emergence of Independence

Emerging Africa

Ferment in the Middle East

The Challenge of a New Millennium

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