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d. Yugoslavia under Tito. - ANSWER The eastern European nation that defied Stalin'sattempt to occupy it after the war was
a. Vichy under Petain. b. Finland under Ulbricht. c. Poland under Yaruzelski.d. Yugoslavia under Tito. e. Germany under Petain. e. both b and d - ANSWER The Yalta System a. in spite of some diplomatic turmoil, remained essentially unchanged, and successful,until the outbreak of the Korean War in mid-1950.
b. was immediately strained by major differences about the future of central Europe. c. was fatally weakened by the United States' occupation of Bavaria, which Stalindenounced as a "calculated provocation."
d. was probably never a "real" system, as the presumption of future mutuality of goalsand procedures probably lasted only a few months after the German surrender.
e. both b and d b. stated that the United States would provide aid for any nation that was beingthreatened by communist subversion. - ANSWER The Truman Doctrine
a. involved direct Soviet economic aid to Greece and Turkey. b. stated that the United States would provide aid for any nation that was beingthreatened by communist subversion.
c. was the basis for substantial United States aid to India and Iran. d. tolerated a limited expansion of Communist control over areas of the Middle East. e. was to be a non-political attempt to advance free governments in North Africa. e. Marshall Plan. - ANSWER The European Recovery Program was better known as the a. Five Point Program. b. Stillman Plan. c. Acheson Plan.d. European Community. e. Marshall Plan. d. the view that the plan was an effort by the United States at imperialist domination ofEurope. - ANSWER Soviet reactions to the Marshall Plan included
a. military occupation of Finland and Denmark. b. direct participation in its aid benefits. c. the creation of a program of competitive financial aid to East Asia.
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. b. NATO. - ANSWER The treaty of 1949 between the United States, Canada, Belgium,Luxembourg, France, Britain, the Netherlands, Italy, Denmark, Norway, Portugal, and Iceland created the military alliance known as a. the Warsaw Pact. b. NATO. c. COMECON.d. SEATO. e. CENTO. d. the development of the Warsaw Pact as a military balance to NATO. - ANSWER Sovietactions to balance Western initiatives, and unite, protect, and develop its zone of influence in Europe included a. the secret treaty with France, made in 1949 and publicized only in 1959, to sharemilitary 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 byYugoslavia.
b. He did not expect a communist victory. - ANSWER At the outset of the Chinese civilwar, how did Josef Stalin react?
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. b. the Chinese Communists steadily increased their power in the north until, by 1945,between twenty and thirty million people were under their control. - ANSWER Between the mid-1930s and the end of World War II, a. Chiang Kai-shek finally obtained a firm grip on all but northwest China, andimplemented a "crash program" of modernization, which won peasant support.
b. the Chinese Communists steadily increased their power in the north until, by 1945,between twenty and thirty million people were under their control.
c. Japan made peace with Chiang in 1940, joining him in a war against Mao'sCommunists.
e. Hainan. a. was fought by a United Nations force composed mainly of South Korean and UnitedStates troops against North Korean forces and, after late 1950, Chinese "volunteers." - ANSWER The Korean War a. was fought by a United Nations force composed mainly of South Korean and UnitedStates troops against North Korean forces and, after late 1950, Chinese "volunteers."
b. began only five months after the Soviet and American governments had established anew, unified government there and withdrawn their armies of occupation.
c. was caused by domestic disagreements between Korean factions in the south. d. involved large numbers of Chinese troops after United Nations air forces bombedManchuria.
e. was finally won when 250,000 American troops captured the North Korean capitalafter a four month siege. c. led a multiparty coalition in an anti-colonialist struggle against the French in the1940s and early 1950s. - ANSWER Ho Chi Minh
a. was Mao Zedong's only major rival for leadership of the Chinese Communist Party. b. had concluded an agreement for Vietnamese independence in 1946 with the French,but then became engaged in a civil war against militant Buddhists.
c. led a multiparty coalition in an anti-colonialist struggle against the French in the1940s and early 1950s.
d. sought exile in China after his defeat in Vietnam in 1954. e. became a democratic politician in North Viet Nam. d. Czechoslovakia. - ANSWER In the 1950s unrest in Eastern Europe against Soviet ledcommunist rule occurred in all of the following nations except
a. Hungary. b. East Germany. c. Poland.d. Czechoslovakia.
e. China opposed the peace terms claiming long-standing Chinese territorial rights inVietnam. - ANSWER Which of the following was not a consequence of the French defeat in the Indochina war of 1954? a. Vietnam was divided into a communist north and a non-communist south. b. A demilitarized zone separated the two parts of Vietnam. c. Cambodia and Laos were declared independent states. d. French forces withdrew from Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. e. China opposed the peace terms claiming long-standing Chinese territorial rights inVietnam.
a. Poland - ANSWER Wladyslaw Gomulka was successful in curbing Russian dominance
d. Fidel Castro. e. Richard Nixon. d. brought the world to the brink of nuclear war, but, eventually, produced a lessening ofCold War tension between the superpowers. - ANSWER The Cuban Missile Crisis
a. was the first major Mexican-Cuban crisis. b. was a direct attempt by the United States to remove Fidel Castro from power. c. was a direct attempt by the Soviet Union to launch a nuclear attack on America. d. brought the world to the brink of nuclear war, but, eventually, produced a lessening ofCold War tension between the superpowers.
e. caused several military confrontations between the superpowers in world "hotzones."
b. was aggravated by the lack of Soviet support for Chinese efforts to reclaim Taiwan. -ANSWER The Sino-Soviet dispute
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. c. It was weakened by Mao Zedong's belief that, after Stalin's death, Mao's status as themost experienced Marxist ruler should make him the leading socialist. - ANSWER In the 1950s and 1960s what happened to the relationship between the Soviet Union and MaoZedong's China?
a. It remained unchanged. b. It was altered by the Soviet Union's increased interest in increasing world tensions,especially with the militarily dangerous United Nations.
c. It was weakened by Mao Zedong's belief that, after Stalin's death, Mao's status as themost experienced Marxist ruler should make him the leading socialist.
d. It was destroyed by Mao's threat to occupy southeastern Siberia if the Sovietgovernment continued to make, test, and store nuclear weapons there. e. It improved because of a joint fear of the United States' ambitions in South Asia. c. the United States, fearful of a communist victory in the elections agreed to at Geneva,had ignored the Geneva Accords and militarily aided the South Vietnamese government.
- ANSWER Warfare resumed in Vietnam in 1959 because a. of the Afghan invasion of Kazakhstan. b. Ho Chi Minh rejected the Geneva Accords. c. the United States, fearful of a communist victory in the elections agreed to at Geneva,had ignored the Geneva Accords and militarily aided the South Vietnamese government.
c. America took control of all of Vietnam. d. North Vietnam couldn't reach a political accord with South Vietnam, and finallyattacked and defeated the south two years later.
e. the United States elected Richard Nixon to be its new president. e. Afghanistan. - ANSWER Under Ronald Reagan, the United States was able to helpsustain a Vietnam-like war that long embroiled Soviet forces in
a. Angola.b. Uzbekistan. c. Turkmenistan. d. Kazakhstan.e. Afghanistan.
d. the Cold War. - ANSWER The expression "new world order" refers to the optimistichopes and expectations that resulted from the end of a. World War II. b. the Korean War. c. the Second Vietnam War.d. the Cold War. e. Star Wars. False - ANSWER The term 'Iron Curtain' was first used by Nikita Krushchev.
False - ANSWER The Marshall Plan was a military alliance directed against Sovietaggression.
True - ANSWER The Geneva Conference of 1954 divided Vietnam at the 17th parallel butenvisioned unification elections would be held by 1956.
True - ANSWER In spite of President Eisenhower's promise in the 1950s to "roll back"communism, in reality United States officials realized that any intervention in Eastern Europe could lead to nuclear war. False - ANSWER Communist China sent Chinese troops to assist Ho Chi Minh and theViet Cong in the Second Indochina War.
False - ANSWER "Star Wars" was John F. Kennedy's plan to send men to the moon bythe end of the 1960s.
