Question 1

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Lyndon Johnson and the Vietnam War

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Lyndon Johnson and...

Question 2

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1968 Prague Spring

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1968 Prague Spring...

Question 3

The "Kitchen Debate"

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A) occurred in New Delhi in 1961. 
B) was between Richard Nixon and Nikita Khrushchev and in the Soviet Union during a cultural exchange event. 
C) was between Leonid Brezhnev and Dwight Eisenhower at Disneyland in 1957. 
D) was the first "capitalist" show on Soviet television. 
E) was the first "communist" show on Western television. 
A) occurred in New Delhi in 1961. 
B) was between Richard Nixon and Nikita Khrushchev and in the Soviet Union during a cultural exchange event. 
C) was between Leonid Brezhnev and Dwight Eisenhower at Disneyland in 1957. 
D) was the first "capitalist" show on Soviet television. 
E) was the first "communist" show on Western television.

Question 4

The concept or policy of "equivalence" referred to

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A) maintaining world caloric intake,per adult,at an average of 1700 calories per day. 
B) maintaining a rough military parity on the part of the superpowers to avoid a catastrophic nuclear confrontation. 
C) establishing tonnage targets to reduce the size of the United States and Soviet navies. 
D) equivalent national representation in the United Nations. 
E) the American policy of balance between the Soviet Union and Communist China. 
A) maintaining world caloric intake,per adult,at an average of 1700 calories per day. 
B) maintaining a rough military parity on the part of the superpowers to avoid a catastrophic nuclear confrontation. 
C) establishing tonnage targets to reduce the size of the United States and Soviet navies. 
D) equivalent national representation in the United Nations. 
E) the American policy of balance between the Soviet Union and Communist China.

Question 5

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 to be 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 to be its new president.

Question 6

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 7

Instructions: Identify the following term(s).
Nikita Khrushchev and "peaceful coexistence"

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The answer of Instructions: Identify the following term(s).
Nikita Khrushchev and...

Question 8

Instructions: Identify the following term(s).
German Federal and German Democratic republics/GFR and GDR

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The German Federal Republic (GFR) and th

Question 9

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 10

All of the following occurred during the 1960s and 1970s except

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A) a major war broke out in Afghanistan between India and Pakistan. 
B) Sino-American relations ultimately improved sufficiently during the 1970s to enable the two countries to establish formal diplomatic relations in 1979. 
C) in 1973 a peace treaty supposedly ended the Second Indochinese War. 
D) after an uneven start,the Brezhnev-Kosygin regime seemed to offer at least limited possibilities for arms control. 
E) the United States and the USSR signed the Antiballistic Missile Treaty in 1972. 
A) a major war broke out in Afghanistan between India and Pakistan. 
B) Sino-American relations ultimately improved sufficiently during the 1970s to enable the two countries to establish formal diplomatic relations in 1979. 
C) in 1973 a peace treaty supposedly ended the Second Indochinese War. 
D) after an uneven start,the Brezhnev-Kosygin regime seemed to offer at least limited possibilities for arms control. 
E) the United States and the USSR signed the Antiballistic Missile Treaty in 1972.

Question 11

"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 12

Instructions: Identify the following term(s).
zones of occupation in Germany

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zones of occupation...

Question 13

The European Recovery Program was better known as the

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A) Five Point Program. 
B) Stillman Plan. 
C) Acheson Plan. 
D) European Community. 
E) Marshall Plan. 
A) Five Point Program. 
B) Stillman Plan. 
C) Acheson Plan. 
D) European Community. 
E) Marshall Plan.

Question 14

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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Question 15

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

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Warsaw Pact...

Question 16

Why did the Grand Alliance,and the Yalta System it spawned,come apart so quickly after the Japanese surrender? Could it have succeeded,or at least lasted longer,if Roosevelt had lived? Why or why not?

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The Grand Alliance, formed during World

Question 17

Before mid-1948,the United States had

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A) broken with its foreign policy traditions by pledging large amounts of economic aid to assist nations threatened by Fascism. 
B) sent over 200,000 soldiers to Vietnam and Malaya to back French and British troops against Communist movements. 
C) sent General Marshall to China to arrange a Guomindong-Communist coalition. 
D) withdrawn completely from any involvement in Europe's affairs. 
E) announced that it had destroyed all of its nuclear weapons. 
A) broken with its foreign policy traditions by pledging large amounts of economic aid to assist nations threatened by Fascism. 
B) sent over 200,000 soldiers to Vietnam and Malaya to back French and British troops against Communist movements. 
C) sent General Marshall to China to arrange a Guomindong-Communist coalition. 
D) withdrawn completely from any involvement in Europe's affairs. 
E) announced that it had destroyed all of its nuclear weapons.

Question 18

Factors weakening Chiang Kai-shek during the Civil War included

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A) middle class indifference toward his regime because of its refusal to provide them with lucrative government jobs. 
B) peasant enthusiasm to Mao's promises to give land to the peasants. 
C) the refusal of the United States to give even limited military support to the Nationalist armies. 
D) the fact that 85,000 former Japanese occupation troops were fighting in his army and elite Japanese units formed his bodyguard. 
E) Chiang's alliance with Japan during World War II. 
A) middle class indifference toward his regime because of its refusal to provide them with lucrative government jobs. 
B) peasant enthusiasm to Mao's promises to give land to the peasants. 
C) the refusal of the United States to give even limited military support to the Nationalist armies. 
D) the fact that 85,000 former Japanese occupation troops were fighting in his army and elite Japanese units formed his bodyguard. 
E) Chiang's alliance with Japan during World War II.

Question 19

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.

Question 20

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

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

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 1968 Prague Spring

The "Kitchen Debate"

The concept or policy of "equivalence" referred to

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

United States foreign policy during the Korean War period

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Nikita Khrushchev and "peaceful coexistence"

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). German Federal and German Democratic republics/GFR and GDR

All of the following are true about the Berlin Airlift except

All of the following occurred during the 1960s and 1970s except

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

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). zones of occupation in Germany

The European Recovery Program was better known as the

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). Warsaw Pact

Why did the Grand Alliance,and the Yalta System it spawned,come apart so quickly after the Japanese surrender? Could it have succeeded,or at least lasted longer,if Roosevelt had lived? Why or why not?

Before mid-1948,the United States had

Factors weakening Chiang Kai-shek during the Civil War included

Josip Tito

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

New Encounters: The Creation of a World Market

Europe Transformed: Reform and State Building

The Muslim Empires

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

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

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 1968 Prague Spring

The "Kitchen Debate"

The concept or policy of "equivalence" referred to

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

United States foreign policy during the Korean War period

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Nikita Khrushchev and "peaceful coexistence"

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). German Federal and German Democratic republics/GFR and GDR

All of the following are true about the Berlin Airlift except

All of the following occurred during the 1960s and 1970s except

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

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). zones of occupation in Germany

The European Recovery Program was better known as the

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). Warsaw Pact

Why did the Grand Alliance,and the Yalta System it spawned,come apart so quickly after the Japanese surrender? Could it have succeeded,or at least lasted longer,if Roosevelt had lived? Why or why not?

Before mid-1948,the United States had

Factors weakening Chiang Kai-shek during the Civil War included

Josip Tito

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

New Encounters: The Creation of a World Market

Europe Transformed: Reform and State Building

The Muslim Empires

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

Toward the Pacific Century

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