Question 1

What US senator gave his name to a period of rabid anti-communism in the United States?

Accepted Answer

A)  William Knowland. 
B)  Joseph McCarthy. 
C)  Karl Mundt. 
D)  Pat McCarran. 
A)  William Knowland. 
B)  Joseph McCarthy. 
C)  Karl Mundt. 
D)  Pat McCarran.

Question 2

What was an important domestic consequence of the Korean War for the United States?

Accepted Answer

A)  Dwight Eisenhower's election as president. 
B)  Richard Nixon's election as president. 
C)  Ronald Reagan's election as president. 
D)  Harry Truman's re-election as president. 
A)  Dwight Eisenhower's election as president. 
B)  Richard Nixon's election as president. 
C)  Ronald Reagan's election as president. 
D)  Harry Truman's re-election as president.

Question 3

Who coined the term Iron Curtain?

Accepted Answer

A)  Winston Churchill. 
B)  Harry S. Truman. 
C)  Joseph Stalin. 
D)  Clement Attlee. 
A)  Winston Churchill. 
B)  Harry S. Truman. 
C)  Joseph Stalin. 
D)  Clement Attlee.

Question 4

What country had to surrender some of its territory in the east to the Soviet Union in return for which it received territory from Germany?

Accepted Answer

A)  Czechoslovakia. 
B)  Austria. 
C)  Romania. 
D)  Poland. 
A)  Czechoslovakia. 
B)  Austria. 
C)  Romania. 
D)  Poland.

Question 5

What was the thrust of NSC-68?

Accepted Answer

A)  The need for greater American military preparation. 
B)  The need for more intensive diplomatic negotiations with the Soviet Union. 
C)  The importance of uniting Germany under Western control. 
D)  The need to unify the Korean peninsula with American military power. 
A)  The need for greater American military preparation. 
B)  The need for more intensive diplomatic negotiations with the Soviet Union. 
C)  The importance of uniting Germany under Western control. 
D)  The need to unify the Korean peninsula with American military power.

Question 6

What American proposal implicitly recognized that poverty could lead people to accept communism?

Accepted Answer

A)  NSC-68. 
B)  The Marshall Plan. 
C)  Open Skies plan. 
D)  The Alliance for Progress. 
A)  NSC-68. 
B)  The Marshall Plan. 
C)  Open Skies plan. 
D)  The Alliance for Progress.

Question 7

What was one reflection of historical continuity in the Cold War?

Accepted Answer

A)  The possibility of conflict. 
B)  Nuclear weapons. 
C)  A world divided between two superpowers. 
D)  A confrontation between communism and capitalism. 
A)  The possibility of conflict. 
B)  Nuclear weapons. 
C)  A world divided between two superpowers. 
D)  A confrontation between communism and capitalism.

Question 8

What two national leaders were present at the Yalta Conference but not at the conclusion of the Potsdam Conference?

Accepted Answer

A)  Churchill and Roosevelt. 
B)  Truman and Churchill. 
C)  Stalin and Roosevelt. 
D)  Stalin and Churchill. 
A)  Churchill and Roosevelt. 
B)  Truman and Churchill. 
C)  Stalin and Roosevelt. 
D)  Stalin and Churchill.

Question 9

What was the central theme of George Kennan's "Long Telegram"?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Soviet Union had legitimate interests in Central and Eastern Europe. 
B)  The United States should rearm quickly. 
C)  After Stalin died, it would be possible to overcome US-Soviet differences. 
D)  Soviet and American policy positions were basically incompatible. 
A)  The Soviet Union had legitimate interests in Central and Eastern Europe. 
B)  The United States should rearm quickly. 
C)  After Stalin died, it would be possible to overcome US-Soviet differences. 
D)  Soviet and American policy positions were basically incompatible.

Question 10

Who was the leader of the Nationalist Party (Kuomintang) in China after World War Two?

Accepted Answer

A)  Mao Zedong. 
B)  Deng Xiaoping. 
C)  Chiang Kai-shek. 
D)  Hu Jintao. 
A)  Mao Zedong. 
B)  Deng Xiaoping. 
C)  Chiang Kai-shek. 
D)  Hu Jintao.

Question 11

What was the last country in Eastern Europe to fall under communist rule?

Accepted Answer

A)  Poland. 
B)  Czechoslovakia 
C)  Romania. 
D)  Bulgaria. 
A)  Poland. 
B)  Czechoslovakia 
C)  Romania. 
D)  Bulgaria.

Question 12

What symbol of the Cold War stood from 1961 to 1989?

Accepted Answer

A)  The US base at Guantánamo in Cuba. 
B)  The Kremlin. 
C)  The hot line. 
D)  The Berlin Wall. 
A)  The US base at Guantánamo in Cuba. 
B)  The Kremlin. 
C)  The hot line. 
D)  The Berlin Wall.

Question 13

Who was the Soviet leader who was responsible for initiating the process that ended the Cold War?

Accepted Answer

A)  Boris Yeltsin. 
B)  Mikhail Gorbachev. 
C)  Joseph Stalin. 
D)  Nikita S. Khrushchev. 
A)  Boris Yeltsin. 
B)  Mikhail Gorbachev. 
C)  Joseph Stalin. 
D)  Nikita S. Khrushchev.

Question 14

What Soviet-American crisis erupted in 1948 after it became clear that the West was planning on creating a state in Germany by uniting their occupation zones?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Berlin Blockade. 
B)  The Berlin Wall. 
C)  The Cuban Missile Crisis. 
D)  The Bay of Pigs invasion. 
A)  The Berlin Blockade. 
B)  The Berlin Wall. 
C)  The Cuban Missile Crisis. 
D)  The Bay of Pigs invasion.

Question 15

Which of the following summit conferences dealt with the postwar disposition of Germany?

Accepted Answer

A)  Tehran. 
B)  Yalta. 
C)  Potsdam. 
D)  Casablanca. 
A)  Tehran. 
B)  Yalta. 
C)  Potsdam. 
D)  Casablanca.

Question 16

Which of the following Russian leaders annexed Crimea from Ukraine?

Accepted Answer

A)  Dmitry Medvedev. 
B)  Yuri Andropov. 
C)  Vladimir Putin. 
D)  Boris Yeltsin. 
A)  Dmitry Medvedev. 
B)  Yuri Andropov. 
C)  Vladimir Putin. 
D)  Boris Yeltsin.

Question 17

Which of the following is an individual-level explanation for the onset of the Cold War?

Accepted Answer

A)  Stalin's suspicions of Western motives. 
B)  The Marxist-Leninist system in the Soviet Union. 
C)  American and Soviet military power after World War Two. 
D)  The geographic importance of Germany in Central Europe. 
A)  Stalin's suspicions of Western motives. 
B)  The Marxist-Leninist system in the Soviet Union. 
C)  American and Soviet military power after World War Two. 
D)  The geographic importance of Germany in Central Europe.

Question 18

Which of the following was not an unspoken rule of Soviet-American conduct during the Cold War?

Accepted Answer

A)  Avoid direct military confrontation. 
B)  Design weapon systems capable of destroying the enemy's ability to retaliate. 
C)  Avoid tampering directly in an adversary's sphere of influence. 
D)  Engage in non-military contests. 
A)  Avoid direct military confrontation. 
B)  Design weapon systems capable of destroying the enemy's ability to retaliate. 
C)  Avoid tampering directly in an adversary's sphere of influence. 
D)  Engage in non-military contests.

Question 19

To what island did the losers in China's civil war flee that remains a political problem even to the present?

Accepted Answer

A)  Iwo Jima. 
B)  Hainan. 
C)  Matsu. 
D)  Taiwan. 
A)  Iwo Jima. 
B)  Hainan. 
C)  Matsu. 
D)  Taiwan.

Question 20

What did President Ronald Reagan call the Soviet Union?

Accepted Answer

A)  Part of the "axis of evil." 
B)  The "source of all evil." 
C)  An "evil spirit in the world." 
D)  The "evil empire." 
A)  Part of the "axis of evil." 
B)  The "source of all evil." 
C)  An "evil spirit in the world." 
D)  The "evil empire."

What US senator gave his name to a period of rabid anti-communism in the United States?

What was an important domestic consequence of the Korean War for the United States?

Who coined the term Iron Curtain?

What country had to surrender some of its territory in the east to the Soviet Union in return for which it received territory from Germany?

What was the thrust of NSC-68?

What American proposal implicitly recognized that poverty could lead people to accept communism?

What was one reflection of historical continuity in the Cold War?

What two national leaders were present at the Yalta Conference but not at the conclusion of the Potsdam Conference?

What was the central theme of George Kennan's "Long Telegram"?

Who was the leader of the Nationalist Party (Kuomintang) in China after World War Two?

What was the last country in Eastern Europe to fall under communist rule?

What symbol of the Cold War stood from 1961 to 1989?

Who was the Soviet leader who was responsible for initiating the process that ended the Cold War?

What Soviet-American crisis erupted in 1948 after it became clear that the West was planning on creating a state in Germany by uniting their occupation zones?

Which of the following summit conferences dealt with the postwar disposition of Germany?

Which of the following Russian leaders annexed Crimea from Ukraine?

Which of the following is an individual-level explanation for the onset of the Cold War?

Which of the following was not an unspoken rule of Soviet-American conduct during the Cold War?

To what island did the losers in China's civil war flee that remains a political problem even to the present?

What did President Ronald Reagan call the Soviet Union?

Prologue

An Introduction to Global Politics: Change and Continuity

The Evolution of the Interstate System and Alternative Political Systems

The World Wars

Decolonization and the Global South

Globalization: The New Frontier

Great Issues in Contemporary Global Politics

Causes of War

Technology and the Changing Face of War

International Law and Organization and the Quest for Peace

Identity Politics: Nationalism and Ethnicity

International Political Economy

Human Rights

Human Security

The Environment: a Global Collective Good

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Exam 5: The Cold War

What US senator gave his name to a period of rabid anti-communism in the United States?

What was an important domestic consequence of the Korean War for the United States?

Who coined the term Iron Curtain?

What country had to surrender some of its territory in the east to the Soviet Union in return for which it received territory from Germany?

What was the thrust of NSC-68?

What American proposal implicitly recognized that poverty could lead people to accept communism?

What was one reflection of historical continuity in the Cold War?

What two national leaders were present at the Yalta Conference but not at the conclusion of the Potsdam Conference?

What was the central theme of George Kennan's "Long Telegram"?

Who was the leader of the Nationalist Party (Kuomintang) in China after World War Two?

What was the last country in Eastern Europe to fall under communist rule?

What symbol of the Cold War stood from 1961 to 1989?

Who was the Soviet leader who was responsible for initiating the process that ended the Cold War?

What Soviet-American crisis erupted in 1948 after it became clear that the West was planning on creating a state in Germany by uniting their occupation zones?

Which of the following summit conferences dealt with the postwar disposition of Germany?

Which of the following Russian leaders annexed Crimea from Ukraine?

Which of the following is an individual-level explanation for the onset of the Cold War?

Which of the following was not an unspoken rule of Soviet-American conduct during the Cold War?

To what island did the losers in China's civil war flee that remains a political problem even to the present?

What did President Ronald Reagan call the Soviet Union?

Prologue

An Introduction to Global Politics: Change and Continuity

The Evolution of the Interstate System and Alternative Political Systems

The World Wars

Decolonization and the Global South

Globalization: The New Frontier

Great Issues in Contemporary Global Politics

Causes of War

Technology and the Changing Face of War

International Law and Organization and the Quest for Peace

Identity Politics: Nationalism and Ethnicity

International Political Economy

Human Rights

Human Security

The Environment: a Global Collective Good

Filters