Deck 6: The Vietnam Wars, 1945-79; From Cold War to Détente, 1962-79; Asia in Turmoil: Nationalism, Revolution and the Rise of the Cold War, 1945-53

Question 1

Vietnamization:

A) Increased US troop presence in Vietnam
B) Stoked public anger over casualties
C) Cut funding for the Vietnamese Army
D) Increased the role of airpower in Vietnam

Answer 1

D

Question 2

After 1975, Vietnamese recovery was not hampered by:

A) Flight of refugees from Communist regime
B) End of Soviet support as part of détente
C) Lack of Chinese aid
D) War against China

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Which of the following statements best represented the Vietnam War?

A) The South Vietnamese government was more successful in playing the part of an invaded state struggling for freedom
B) The North won in spite of receiving no outside aid
C) US economic aid to South-East Asia lifted all states Eecept Indochina region
D) Fear of unrest led Thailand and Indochina to form coalition governments with Communists

Answer 3

C

Question 4

The US expanded its presence in South Vietnam because:

A) It hoped for covert operations into Laotian politics
B) It risked loss of credibility among allies if it did not support South Vietnam
C) An invasion of the North would bring Chinese intervention
D) All of the above

Question 5

Which was not a reason for involvement in the Vietnam War up to 1954?

A) US concern about French reconstruction
B) China's concern about multi-flank counter-revolutionary attack
C) North Vietnamese concerns about neo-imperialism
D) Russia sought to enhance its credentials as supporter of anti-colonial revolution

Question 6

US goals from détente did not include:

A) SALT agreement
B) Ending the Vietnam War
C) Leveraging Chinese support against the Soviet Union
D) German unification

Question 7

Which of the following was not evidence of divisions within the Soviet bloc?

A) Chinese insistence on peaceful coexistence in Europe
B) Yugoslavian policy under Tito
C) The Prague Spring
D) Chinese assertion of leadership in anti-colonial movements

Question 8

MAD was undermined by:

A) Second strike capability
B) Nuclear parity rather than superiority
C) Expectation that one's own side would be bombed
D) Larger numbers of states acquiring their own bombs

Question 9

The Cuban Missile Crisis was escalated because of:

A) Soviet interest in using Cuban missiles as a bargaining chip in Turkish missile negotiations
B) US fear of Communism in the Western Hemisphere
C) Vastly increased military threat from missiles near US
D) Near parity of Soviet nuclear forces creating 'Window of Opportunity' for US strike

Question 10

What was not a cause of European détente?

A) Divisions with US over Vietnam
B) Increased economic competition between US and Europe
C) French desire to lead an independent bloc
D) Franco-German plan to trade German unification for German neutrality

Question 11

American focus on the Cold War did not lead to:

A) Support for Conservative regimes which obstructed land reform
B) Focus on military aid rather than economic growth
C) Resistance to neo-colonialism by India and Indonesia
D) US awareness of local nationalism

Question 12

The US:

A) Hoped to provoke Chinese intervention in the Korean War to roll back Communism
B) Rearmed defeated Japan to balance China
C) Fought the Korean War in spite of UN veto on action
D) Recognized the Sino-Soviet split over the Korean War

Question 13

In the 1950s, American policy towards Japan:

A) Shifted from democratization to economic expansion
B) Attempted to build the trading network Japan sought through war in 1941
C) Employed Japan as a counter-weight to China in the East
D) All of the above

Question 14

Decolonization in Asia was hindered by:

A) European need for resources for reconstruction
B) Imperial powers' need to rebuild prestige
C) American desire to slow the spread of communism
D) All of the above

Question 15

Before the Communist victory in the Chinese Civil War, the US:

A) Viewed China as a vital economic link
B) Opposed a Chinese coalition with the Communists
C) Sought China as a regional balancing power
D) Saw the GMD as reliable and honest