Question 1

In 1956 in Poland, Wladyslaw Gomulka

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A)  worked with the Soviets to crush a nascent independence movement. 
B)  declared his nation's right to follow its own socialist path. 
C)  tried to assassinate Nikita Khrushchev. 
D)  started an underground newspaper dedicated to fascism. 
E)  ordered the construction of a wall separating Poland from the Soviet Union. 
A)  worked with the Soviets to crush a nascent independence movement. 
B)  declared his nation's right to follow its own socialist path. 
C)  tried to assassinate Nikita Khrushchev. 
D)  started an underground newspaper dedicated to fascism. 
E)  ordered the construction of a wall separating Poland from the Soviet Union. B

Question 2

The one issue on which the Arab states were united was

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A)  the Suez Canal. 
B)  equal sharing in oil revenues. 
C)  Palestine. 
D)  a sympathy for Communism. 
E)  the worship of Allah. 
A)  the Suez Canal. 
B)  equal sharing in oil revenues. 
C)  Palestine. 
D)  a sympathy for Communism. 
E)  the worship of Allah. C

Question 3

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Great Leap Forward

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Not answer

Question 4

Charles de Gaulle withdrew from politics in 1946 because

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A)  he was discredited by his links with the Communists. 
B)  the United States wanted France out of Indochina. 
C)  radical union leaders constantly harassed him. 
D)  he believed the Fourth Republic had become weak. 
E)  he wanted to become king. 
A)  he was discredited by his links with the Communists. 
B)  the United States wanted France out of Indochina. 
C)  radical union leaders constantly harassed him. 
D)  he believed the Fourth Republic had become weak. 
E)  he wanted to become king.

Question 5

Discuss the events that divided the world into two heavily armed camps capable of obliterating one another with nuclear weapons carried by intercontinental missile systems.

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The events that divided the world into t

Question 6

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Cuban Missile Crisis

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The Cuban Missile Crisis was a 13-day co

Question 7

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Mao Zedong

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Mao Zedong was a Chinese communist revol

Question 8

Who benefited from the Cold War, and how?

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The Cold War had a profound impact on va

Question 9

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Six-Day War

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The Six-Day War, also known as the June

Question 10

IDENTIFICATIONS
-rapprochement

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Rapprochement refers to the establishmen

Question 11

The Communist military response to the formation of NATO was the

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A)  Moscow Alliance. 
B)  Warsaw Pact. 
C)  Eastern European Community. 
D)  Stalin Plan. 
E)  European Economic Community. 
A)  Moscow Alliance. 
B)  Warsaw Pact. 
C)  Eastern European Community. 
D)  Stalin Plan. 
E)  European Economic Community.

Question 12

IDENTIFICATIONS
-NATO and COMECON

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NATO, or the North Atlantic Treaty Organ

Question 13

World War II not only devastated the countries, cities, peoples, and cultures of Europe, but also destroyed

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A)  American commitment to globalism in foreign policy. 
B)  European supremacy in world affairs. 
C)  any commitment of old and new nations around the globe to supranational bodies of diplomacy and conflict resolution. 
D)  the capacity of western European nations to forge lasting economic and cultural ties in the post-war world. 
E)  the trans-Atlantic partnership. 
A)  American commitment to globalism in foreign policy. 
B)  European supremacy in world affairs. 
C)  any commitment of old and new nations around the globe to supranational bodies of diplomacy and conflict resolution. 
D)  the capacity of western European nations to forge lasting economic and cultural ties in the post-war world. 
E)  the trans-Atlantic partnership.

Question 14

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Stalinization and deStalinization

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The answer of IDENTIFICATIONS
-Stalinization and deStalinization...

Question 15

Compare and contrast Stalin's policies with those of Khrushchev's.

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Stalin's policies were characterized by

Question 16

"An orgy of blood" refers to

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A)  the Vietnam War. 
B)  the separation of Pakistan from India. 
C)  the victory of Mao Zedong over the Chinese Nationalists. 
D)  Nikita Khrushchev's condemnation of Stalin. 
E)  the Korea debacle. 
A)  the Vietnam War. 
B)  the separation of Pakistan from India. 
C)  the victory of Mao Zedong over the Chinese Nationalists. 
D)  Nikita Khrushchev's condemnation of Stalin. 
E)  the Korea debacle.

Question 17

Truman and his Western European allies responded to Stalin's blockade of Berlin in 1948 by

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A)  building the Berlin Wall. 
B)  airlifting supplies into Berlin. 
C)  bombing Moscow. 
D)  sending a UN force to reopen the access routes. 
E)  threatening nuclear war. 
A)  building the Berlin Wall. 
B)  airlifting supplies into Berlin. 
C)  bombing Moscow. 
D)  sending a UN force to reopen the access routes. 
E)  threatening nuclear war.

Question 18

IDENTIFICATIONS
-the superpowers

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The concept of superpowers often refers

Question 19

Was the Cold War substantially different in Asia than in Europe?

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Yes, the Cold War was substantially diff

Question 20

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Konrad Adenauer

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Konrad Adenauer was a German statesman w

Exam 28: cold War and a New Western World, 1945-1965

In 1956 in Poland, Wladyslaw Gomulka

The one issue on which the Arab states were united was

IDENTIFICATIONS -Great Leap Forward

Charles de Gaulle withdrew from politics in 1946 because

Discuss the events that divided the world into two heavily armed camps capable of obliterating one another with nuclear weapons carried by intercontinental missile systems.

IDENTIFICATIONS -Cuban Missile Crisis

IDENTIFICATIONS -Mao Zedong

Who benefited from the Cold War, and how?

IDENTIFICATIONS -Six-Day War

IDENTIFICATIONS -rapprochement

The Communist military response to the formation of NATO was the

IDENTIFICATIONS -NATO and COMECON

World War II not only devastated the countries, cities, peoples, and cultures of Europe, but also destroyed

IDENTIFICATIONS -Stalinization and deStalinization

Compare and contrast Stalin's policies with those of Khrushchev's.

"An orgy of blood" refers to

Truman and his Western European allies responded to Stalin's blockade of Berlin in 1948 by

IDENTIFICATIONS -the superpowers

Was the Cold War substantially different in Asia than in Europe?

IDENTIFICATIONS -Konrad Adenauer

the Ancient Near East: the First Civilizations

the Ancient Near East: Peoples and Empires

the Civilization of the Greeks

the Hellenistic World

the Roman Republic

the Roman Empire

late Antiquity and the Emergence of the Medieval World

european Civilization in the Early Middle Ages, 750-1000

the Recovery and Growth of European Society in the High Middle Ages

the Rise of Kingdoms and the Growth of Church Power

the Later Middle Ages: Crisis and Disintegration in the Fourteenth Century

recovery and Rebirth: the Age of the Renaissance

reformation and Religious Warfare in the Sixteenth Century

europe and the World: New Encounters, 1500-1800

state Building and the Search for Order in the Seventeenth Century

toward a New Heaven and a New Earth: the Scientific Revolution and the Emergence of Modern Science

the Eighteenth Century: an Age of Enlightenment

the Eighteenth Century: European States, International Wars, and Social Change

a Revolution in Politics: the Era of the French Revolution and Napoleon

the Industrial Revolution and Its Impact on European Society

reaction, Revolution, and Romanticism, 1815-1850

an Age of Nationalism and Realism, 1850-1871

mass Society in an "Age of Progress," 1871-1894

an Age of Modernity, Anxiety, and Imperialism, 1894-1914

the Beginning of the Twentieth-century Crisis: War and Revolution

the Futile Search for Stability: Europe Between the Wars, 1919-1939

the Deepening of the European Crisis: World War Ii

protest and Stagnation: the Western World, 1965-1985

after the Fall: the Western World in a Global Age (Since 1985)

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