Question 1

The program of ​perestroika​ was intended to allow more transparency into how the Soviet government worked. ​

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Josip Tito

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 3

All of the following are true about the Berlin Airlift except

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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 4

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

The treaty of 1949 between the United States, Canada, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Britain, the Netherlands, Italy, Denmark, Norway, Portugal, and Iceland created the military alliance known as

Accepted Answer

A) the Warsaw Pact. 
B) NATO. 
C) COMECON. 
D) SEATO. 
E) CENTO. 
A) the Warsaw Pact. 
B) NATO. 
C) COMECON. 
D) SEATO. 
E) CENTO.

Question 6

As a result of the American opening to China,

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A) joint pressure was applied to ease Indian troops out of Sri Lanka. 
B) the two sides agreed to set aside their differences over Taiwan. 
C) the Chinese and Americans officially broke relations with the Soviet Union. 
D) the United States rejected the concept of the reunification of Taiwan with the mainland. 
E) cooperation between America and China, for the purpose of curtailing Soviet Asian encroachment, disappeared. 
A) joint pressure was applied to ease Indian troops out of Sri Lanka. 
B) the two sides agreed to set aside their differences over Taiwan. 
C) the Chinese and Americans officially broke relations with the Soviet Union. 
D) the United States rejected the concept of the reunification of Taiwan with the mainland. 
E) cooperation between America and China, for the purpose of curtailing Soviet Asian encroachment, disappeared.

Question 7

After a peace treaty was signed in Paris in 1973 to end the Second Indochinese War,

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A) President Johnson decided to escalate the fighting in nearby Laos. 
B) North and South Vietnam settled their differences peacefully. 
C) America took control of all of Vietnam. 
D) North Vietnam couldn't reach a political accord with South Vietnam, and finally attacked and defeated the south two years later. 
E) the United States elected Richard Nixon as its new president. 
A) President Johnson decided to escalate the fighting in nearby Laos. 
B) North and South Vietnam settled their differences peacefully. 
C) America took control of all of Vietnam. 
D) North Vietnam couldn't reach a political accord with South Vietnam, and finally attacked and defeated the south two years later. 
E) the United States elected Richard Nixon as its new president.

Question 8

Ho Chi Minh

Accepted Answer

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 9

The fighting in Indochina between 1946 and 1953

Accepted Answer

A) was between French troops and an alliance of Vietminh Front, Japanese, and Korean forces. 
B) saw France agree to a negotiated peace after French public opinion tired of the "dirty war." 
C) was conducted as an anti-imperialist war by an alliance of nationalist groups led by Deng Xiaoping, leader of the Indochinese Liberation Party. 
D) led to the permanent defeat of the Communist military forces. 
E) was ended with the use of atomic weapons by the French. 
A) was between French troops and an alliance of Vietminh Front, Japanese, and Korean forces. 
B) saw France agree to a negotiated peace after French public opinion tired of the "dirty war." 
C) was conducted as an anti-imperialist war by an alliance of nationalist groups led by Deng Xiaoping, leader of the Indochinese Liberation Party. 
D) led to the permanent defeat of the Communist military forces. 
E) was ended with the use of atomic weapons by the French.

Question 10

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 perspectives 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 perspectives 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 11

Identify the following terms.
-1968 Tet offensive

Accepted Answer

The 1968 Tet Offensive was a significant

Question 12

The Brezhnev Doctrine

Accepted Answer

A) promised Soviet support for the "Prague Spring" reformers. 
B) demanded that the Berlin Wall be dismantled. 
C) threatened the People's Republic of China with nuclear war. 
D) was a warning to other Communist states to follow the path of Marxist-Leninist orthodoxy. 
E) promised to respect human rights in exchange for the recognition of the Soviet sphere of influence in Eastern Europe. 
A) promised Soviet support for the "Prague Spring" reformers. 
B) demanded that the Berlin Wall be dismantled. 
C) threatened the People's Republic of China with nuclear war. 
D) was a warning to other Communist states to follow the path of Marxist-Leninist orthodoxy. 
E) promised to respect human rights in exchange for the recognition of the Soviet sphere of influence in Eastern Europe.

Question 13

The first threat of a United States-Soviet Union confrontation after World War 2 took place in the Middle East over a possible Soviet threat to take over Iran's northern territories.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

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

Accepted Answer

Fidel Castro was a Cuban revolutionary a

Question 15

Identify the following terms.
-John Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis and the "hotline"

Accepted Answer

John F. Kennedy, often referred to as JF

Question 16

What effect did the Truman Doctrine and Domino Theory have in escalating Cold War tensions both with the Soviet Union and in Asia?​

Accepted Answer

The Truman Doctrine and Domino Theory ha

Question 17

What role did the Helsinki Accords play in furthering a kind of diplomatic entente to discuss arms limitation and better coexistence between First and Second world nations? Who were the major participants, and why?​

Accepted Answer

The Helsinki Accords, signed in 1975, pl

Question 18

To what degree was the escalating U.S.-Soviet tension in Europe the result of excessively defensive fears in the minds of Truman and Stalin? Why? What other factors were also involved in the moves of the "superpowers" and their allies and clients?

Accepted Answer

The escalating U.S.-Soviet tension in Eu

Question 19

The Soviet response to the western alliance in NATO was to form ​

Accepted Answer

A) ​the Warsaw Pact 
B) ​the Marshall Zhukov Plan 
C) ​The Budpest Protocol 
D) ​The Helsinki Accords 
E) ​Sino-Soviet Pact 
A) ​the Warsaw Pact 
B) ​the Marshall Zhukov Plan 
C) ​The Budpest Protocol 
D) ​The Helsinki Accords 
E) ​Sino-Soviet Pact

Question 20

Tito's argument about Yugoslavia being part of the buffer zone between East and West was ​

Accepted Answer

A) ​that he retained Yugoslavian nationalism at all costs 
B) ​he rejected Communism entirely and moved towards democracy 
C) ​the Communist Party in Yugoslavia rejected Stalinism, not Communism. 
D) ​"Socialism in one Nation" was a working mantra. 
E) ​Yugoslavia was dependent on western political ideas as part of their inclusion in NATO. 
A) ​that he retained Yugoslavian nationalism at all costs 
B) ​he rejected Communism entirely and moved towards democracy 
C) ​the Communist Party in Yugoslavia rejected Stalinism, not Communism. 
D) ​"Socialism in one Nation" was a working mantra. 
E) ​Yugoslavia was dependent on western political ideas as part of their inclusion in NATO.

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

The program of ​perestroika​ was intended to allow more transparency into how the Soviet government worked. ​

Josip Tito

All of the following are true about the Berlin Airlift except

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

The treaty of 1949 between the United States, Canada, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Britain, the Netherlands, Italy, Denmark, Norway, Portugal, and Iceland created the military alliance known as

As a result of the American opening to China,

After a peace treaty was signed in Paris in 1973 to end the Second Indochinese War,

Ho Chi Minh

The fighting in Indochina between 1946 and 1953

In reviewing the origins of the Cold War, the text

Identify the following terms. -1968 Tet offensive

The Brezhnev Doctrine

The first threat of a United States-Soviet Union confrontation after World War 2 took place in the Middle East over a possible Soviet threat to take over Iran's northern territories.

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

Identify the following terms. -John Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis and the "hotline"

What effect did the Truman Doctrine and Domino Theory have in escalating Cold War tensions both with the Soviet Union and in Asia?​

What role did the Helsinki Accords play in furthering a kind of diplomatic entente to discuss arms limitation and better coexistence between First and Second world nations? Who were the major participants, and why?​

To what degree was the escalating U.S.-Soviet tension in Europe the result of excessively defensive fears in the minds of Truman and Stalin? Why? What other factors were also involved in the moves of the "superpowers" and their allies and clients?

The Soviet response to the western alliance in NATO was to form ​

Tito's argument about Yugoslavia being part of the buffer zone between East and West was ​

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The program of perestroika was intended to allow more transparency into how the Soviet government worked.

What effect did the Truman Doctrine and Domino Theory have in escalating Cold War tensions both with the Soviet Union and in Asia?

What role did the Helsinki Accords play in furthering a kind of diplomatic entente to discuss arms limitation and better coexistence between First and Second world nations? Who were the major participants, and why?

The Soviet response to the western alliance in NATO was to form

Tito's argument about Yugoslavia being part of the buffer zone between East and West was