Deck 46: The Cold World War

Question 1

Europe began to regain an economic balance with the United States after

A) Americans began to invest heavily in West Germany.
B) Richard Nixon decided to let the dollar find its own level internationally.
C) the European Economic Community was founded.
D) the Vietnam War ended.
E) Jimmy Carter signed an economic agreement with Germany and France.

Answer 1

B

Question 2

What did the Truman Doctrine announce in 1947?

A) Intervention by the U.S.and France in the War in Vietnam.
B) The formation of North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
C) The formation of the Warsaw Pact and Iron Curtain.
D) The U.S.pledged to defend governments throughout the world from communism.
E) The U.S.intent to pursue war crimes trials against former Nazis.

Answer 2

D

Question 3

East Germany's troubled postwar economic situation was exacerbated by

A) American refusal to provide funds under the Marshall Plan.
B) the removal of everything possible by the Soviet Union.
C) the fact that East Germany had no outside support at all.
D) the reality that most highly educated people lived in West Germany.
E) the fact that its people were too demoralized by Soviet occupation to work.

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Which of the following was most responsible for the beginning of the the recovery in Europe after World War II?

A) The North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
B) The Truman Doctrine.
C) The Marshall Plan.
D) Formation of the Warsaw Pact.
E) The Berlin Blockade.

Question 5

Global student protests against NATO policies reached a peak in 1968, when the overriding issue was

A) the Korean conflict.
B) American involvement in Vietnam.
C) the Iranian revolution.
D) the Cuban Missile Crisis.
E) nuclear proliferation.

Question 6

What is meant by the term detente?

A) Cold War.
B) Containment.
C) Relaxation.
D) Escalation.
E) Confrontation.

Question 7

Which Western ally pursued the most independent course as far as diverging from U.S.policy toward the Soviet Union?

A) Charles de Gaulle
B) Konrad Adenauer
C) Alcide de Gasperi
D) Harold McMillian
E) Winston Churchill

Question 8

The United States believed that the key to containing communism to the countries Stalin already had was

A) keeping a significant military force in all other European countries.
B) making sure that West Germany was economically successful.
C) gaining control of East Berlin.
D) convincing Europe's neutral countries that joining the fight against communism was necessary.
E) getting rid of Stalin, by assassination if necessary.

Question 9

What occurred in 1950 that caused the Korean War?

A) North Korea attacked the U.S.ally on the island of Taiwan.
B) North Korea attacked its former ally China.
C) North Korea broke its treaty agreements with the USSR.
D) North Korea attacked the Soviet Union.
E) North Korea attacked the U.S.ally South Korea.

Question 10

Looking back, it seems clear that America's political power and economic influence in Europe

A) was never the same after President Nixon's trip to China.
B) usually depended on how aggressive the Soviets were feeling.
C) was greatest during the 1960s.
D) never achieved what the U.S.government hoped it would.
E) was resented even by the countries that succeeded because of that help.

Question 11

The Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia (1968) resulted in

A) the death of détente.
B) economic sanctions against allies of the Soviets.
C) a threat of police action by the UN.
D) mobilization of NATO forces.
E) no significant action by the West.

Question 12

In 1962, the Soviet Union agreed to withdraw its nuclear missiles from Cuba in return for

A) a U.S.agreement to recognize East Germany and the Berlin Wall.
B) the signing of a Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
C) a U.S.commitment not to invade Cuba.
D) U.S.agreement to non-intervention in Afghanistan.
E) the United States agreeing to remove missiles from Germany.

Question 13

Which of these was not a major factor in West Germany's economic recovery after World War II?

A) Monetary aid via the Marshall Plan.
B) A large labor pool and unions willing to be cooperative.
C) Social reforms such as universal medical insurance and paid vacation leave that gave the working class a reason to help make their countries successful.
D) A free market economy modeled on that of the United States.
E) Free trade among all NATO members that would be phased in over time.

Question 14

Developments in Western Europe since 1945 have been described as

A) an economic miracle.
B) a renaissance.
C) dismal.
D) predictable.
E) less than stellar.

Question 15

How did the Western countries react to the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968?

A) There was no significant reaction by the Western countries.
B) The Western countries imposed economic sanctions on the Soviets.
C) The Western countries mobilized their military alliances.
D) The Western countries guided the UN to stern action.
E) The Soviet invasion led to a revitalization of detente.

Question 16

With the admission of an additional ten countries in 2004, what superlative was associated with the EU countries?

A) The countries were the most populous entity in the world.
B) The EU became the largest and richest single market in the world.
C) The countries were the second largest market behind the U.S.
D) The EU was finally able to compete with the emerging economies on Asia.
E) The EU countries represented the strongest military force in history.

Question 17

What major accomplishments came to pass in 2002 in the European Union (EU) countries?

A) The countries introduced a common language and speed limits on vehicles.
B) A standardized currency was introduced and travel restriction among member nations were lifted.
C) The countries opened up diplomatic relations with each other and the Vatican.
D) The countries tried to incorporate the old Soviet Russian heartland and China.
E) A common internal political and diplomat approach was adopted by all (EU) countries.

Question 18

In the Communist Bloc during the 1970s,

A) the government banned Western TV and periodicals.
B) the "technology gap" became narrower.
C) the economics betrayed signs of a breakdown.
D) workers were generally peaceful and well-satisfied.
E) significant strides were made toward a free market economy.

Question 19

How was Nikita Khruschchev different from his predecessor Joseph Stalin?

A) Khruschchev was more aggressive.
B) Khruschchev was more flexible.
C) Khruschchev wanted to end the Cold War.
D) Khruschchev avoided entangling alliances.
E) Khruschchev was afraid of the U.S.

Question 20

What event in 1962 prompted Fidel Castro to seek military assistance from the Russians?

A) The election of John Kennedy.
B) The assassination of John Kennedy.
C) The attempted invasion at the Bay of Pigs.
D) The Berlin Blockade confrontation.
E) The Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.

Question 21

The Soviet Union's response to the Western powers' formation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization was to form the ____________________.

Question 22

The supranational organization known as the European Union (EU)

A) contains twenty states at present.
B) has been approached by Russia, which would like to join.
C) has evolved from earlier organizations that date back to the 1970s.
D) now contains about 150 million customers.
E) introduced a standard currency, the Euro, in 2002, and lifted travel restrictions among member nations.

Question 23

Elaborate on the role of economics in the politics of the Cold War.

Question 24

Khrushchev's term for the period 1955-1970 in the Soviet Bloc that placed somewhat more emphasis than before on consumer comfort was "____________________" communism.

Question 25

Peaceful coexistence was the policy ostensibly followed by Soviet Chairman ____________________.

Question 26

The initial purpose of NATO was

A) stopping the spread of communism.
B) total European unity.
C) European economic independence.
D) end colonialism once and for all.
E) All of the options are correct.

Question 27

The death of ____________________ in 1953 marked the passing of the Cold War's most aggressive phase.

Question 28

In 1950, ____________________ invaded ____________________, bringing on the undeclared ____________________.

Question 29

The Ostpolitik of Willy Brandt

A) led to a recognition of the de facto borders that existed between East and West Germany.
B) led to the signing of the Nuclear Test Ban in 1963.
C) helped ease tensions between the Soviet Union and the United States.
D) Both A and B are correct.
E) Both A and C are correct.

Question 30

Discuss post-World War II tensions and how those led to the Cold War.

Question 31

The ____________________ was constructed in 1961, effectively separating East and West ____________________.

Question 32

A "mixed economy" is one in which

A) the government controls some industries and financial institutions, while some are completely privately owned, and some are in between.
B) members of all levels of the society are able to participate in all businesses as they see fit.
C) a country consciously enters into a wide variety of enterprises in all sectors of business for diversification purposes.
D) labor and management sometimes get along well and sometimes are so at odds that strikes occur.
E) the citizens can never be sure if their economy will be successful or not.

Question 33

The Truman Doctrine represents

A) a recognition of the serious threat France posed to world peace.
B) a dramatic change in American foreign policy.
C) an acknowledgement of Fidel Castro in Cuba.
D) a sense of urgency by the Truman Administration to deal with social conflicts at home before addressing global issues.
E) None of the options are correct.

Question 34

Which of the following best describes NATO unity by the time of Charles de Gaulle?

A) Completely unified
B) Disorganized
C) Factional
D) Not so close knit
E) Both A and B are correct.

Question 35

Khrushchev's gamble of secretly sending nuclear weapons to Cuba was discovered and challenged in 1962 by U.S.President ____________________.

Question 36

The Soviet response to NATO in April 1949 was the formation of the ____________________.

Question 37

In 1957 the Treaty of Rome was the founding charter for the ____________________, which has been the fundamental organ for European unity for the last fifty years.

Question 38

The Soviet Union's new conservatism during the 1960s was exemplified by its

A) agreement with the United States to remove nuclear missiles from Cuba.
B) allowance of free presidential elections in a few satellite states.
C) failure to get involved militarily against the Americans in the war in Vietnam.
D) quiet removal of communist slogans from Red Square.
E) decision to enter into trade agreements with European countries.

Question 39

The nation most responsible for bringing prosperity back to Europe after World War II was

A) the United States.
B) Great Britain.
C) France.
D) Italy.
E) Soviet Union.

Question 40

The Berlin Wall was constructed in

A) 1948.
B) 1953.
C) 1961.
D) 1968.
E) 1976.

Question 41

Analyze and describe Western Europe's post-war economic recovery, and discuss the gradual steps toward a projected European Union.

Question 42

Compare and contrast Western Europe and Eastern Europe in terms of their post war recovery.