Question 1

Which island was increasingly seen by United States as a crucial element in American defense strategy in the Pacific during the winter of 1949-1950?

Accepted Answer

A)   Oahu
B)   Hong Kong
C)   Taiwan
D)   Sakhalin
E)   Hainan. C

Question 2

By the end of ______, almost all of Manchuria was under Communist control.

Accepted Answer

A)   1932
B)   1947
C)   1953
D)   1959
E)   1961 B

Question 3

The term 'Iron Curtain' was first used by Nikita Krushchev.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 4

Between the mid-1930s and the end of World War II,

Accepted Answer

A)   Chiang Kai-shek finally obtained a firm grip on all but northwest China, and implemented a "crash program" of modernization, which won peasant support.
B)   the Chinese Communists steadily increased their power so that by 1945 up to thirty million people were under their control.
C)   Japan made peace with Chiang in 1940, joining him in a war against Mao's Communists.
D)   Mao Zedong married Chiang's daughter, which reunited China until the late 1950s.
E)   the Chinese Communist party changed its focus from organizing peasants to winning over the middle class city dwellers and the large bankers in Shanghai.

Question 5

The expression "new world order" refers to the optimistic hopes and expectations that resulted from the end of

Accepted Answer

A)   World War II.
B)   The Second Vietnam War.
C)   the Second Vietnam War.
D)   the Cold War.
E)   Star Wars.

Question 6

In October 1956, student-led riots began in ____ to protest the brutality of a leader known as "little Stalin."

Accepted Answer

A)   Munich
B)   Berlin
C)   Warsaw
D)   Prague
E)   Budapest

Question 7

The civil war in Poland between communists and democrats led to the Truman Doctrine in 1947.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

In January 1973, a peace treaty was signed in ______ calling for the removal of all U.S. forces from South Vietnam.

Accepted Answer

A)   Washington, D.C.
B)   Hanoi
C)   Moscow
D)   Havana
E)   Paris

Question 9

Soviet actions to counter the formation of NATO included

Accepted Answer

A)   the secret treaty with France, made in 1949 and publicized only in 1959, to share military alliance information in times of international stress caused by America.
B)   the creation of the Warsaw Pact, which created a trade zone in eastern Europe.
C)   the creation of the German Federal Republic in 1949.
D)   the development of the Warsaw Pact as a military balance to NATO.
E)   a treaty with Turkey and Greece guaranteeing their boundaries against attacks by Yugoslavia.

Question 10

The "Vietnam syndrome" refers to the American public's fear of becoming involved in another Vietnam-type war.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

United States foreign policy during the Korean War period

Accepted Answer

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 12

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

The Carter Doctrine stated that the United States would use military power to protect Western oil reserves in the Middle East.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Lech Walesa was the leader of the

Accepted Answer

A)   Committee on Government Security.
B)   Twentieth Congress.
C)   Solidarity movement.
D)   Politburo.
E)   Charter 77.

Question 15

The first threat of a United States-Soviet Union confrontation after World War II 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 16

At the outset of the Chinese civil war, what was Josef Stalin's reaction?

Accepted Answer

A)   He trusted and admired the independent-minded communist leader Mao Zedong.
B)   He did not expect a communist victory.
C)   He sent troops to aid the communist faction.
D)   He supported Chiang Kai-shek.
E)   He agreed to bomb Chinese border towns.

Question 17

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

Accepted Answer

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)   negotiations between North and South Vietnam broke down, and two years later, the North defeated the South.
E)   the United States elected Richard Nixon to be its new president.

Question 18

Before mid-1948, the United States had

Accepted Answer

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 George C. Marshall to China to negotiate a coalition government and thwart communism there.
D)   withdrawn completely from any involvement in Europe's affairs.
E)   announced that it had destroyed all of its nuclear weapons.

Question 19

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.

Question 20

The Sino-Soviet dispute

Accepted Answer

A)   was rooted in a struggle between the Chinese and the Soviets for control of Tibet.
B)   was aggravated by the lack of Soviet support for Chinese efforts to reclaim Taiwan.
C)   bore no relationship to the level of Soviet economic assistance to China.
D)   saw Mao describe China as the international leader of industrialized nations.
E)   produced a Soviet invasion of China in 1965.

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

Which island was increasingly seen by United States as a crucial element in American defense strategy in the Pacific during the winter of 1949-1950?

By the end of ______, almost all of Manchuria was under Communist control.

The term 'Iron Curtain' was first used by Nikita Krushchev.

Between the mid-1930s and the end of World War II,

The expression "new world order" refers to the optimistic hopes and expectations that resulted from the end of

In October 1956, student-led riots began in ____ to protest the brutality of a leader known as "little Stalin."

The civil war in Poland between communists and democrats led to the Truman Doctrine in 1947.

In January 1973, a peace treaty was signed in ______ calling for the removal of all U.S. forces from South Vietnam.

Soviet actions to counter the formation of NATO included

The "Vietnam syndrome" refers to the American public's fear of becoming involved in another Vietnam-type war.

United States foreign policy during the Korean War period

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

The Carter Doctrine stated that the United States would use military power to protect Western oil reserves in the Middle East.

Lech Walesa was the leader of the

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

At the outset of the Chinese civil war, what was Josef Stalin's reaction?

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

Before mid-1948, the United States had

The fighting in Indochina between 1946 and 1953

The Sino-Soviet dispute