Question 1

The United States intervened in Korea after the Soviets built missile launching sites in key North Korean cities.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Which area witnessed the first conflict in the unfolding of the Cold War?

Accepted Answer

A) Scandinavia 
B) Western Europe 
C) North Africa 
D) Eastern Europe 
E) East Asia 
A) Scandinavia 
B) Western Europe 
C) North Africa 
D) Eastern Europe 
E) East Asia

Question 3

The Common Market was

Accepted Answer

A) primarily a military alliance of certain European countries. 
B) a forum of European nations founded to solve social problems. 
C) founded for economic reasons, including to promote free trade among member nations. 
D) established for cultural reasons to combat American materialism. 
E) founded with the intent to include all the nations of Europe, including the Soviet Union, as well as the United States, in the organization. 
A) primarily a military alliance of certain European countries. 
B) a forum of European nations founded to solve social problems. 
C) founded for economic reasons, including to promote free trade among member nations. 
D) established for cultural reasons to combat American materialism. 
E) founded with the intent to include all the nations of Europe, including the Soviet Union, as well as the United States, in the organization.

Question 4

What was the primary vehicle for the diffusion of American popular culture in the years immediately following World War II?

Accepted Answer

A) Movies 
B) Newspapers 
C) Magazines 
D) Television programs 
E) Radio programs 
A) Movies 
B) Newspapers 
C) Magazines 
D) Television programs 
E) Radio programs

Question 5

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. 
Hungarian uprising

Accepted Answer

The Hungarian Uprising refers to the nat

Question 6

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. 
welfare state

Accepted Answer

The term "welfare state" refers to a sys

Question 7

What was the Truman Doctrine? How did it shape U.S. foreign policy?

Accepted Answer

The Truman Doctrine was a policy announc

Question 8

Which country's civil war led to the establishment of the Truman Doctrine?

Accepted Answer

A) Yugoslavia 
B) Greece 
C) Italy 
D) Czechoslovakia 
E) Poland 
A) Yugoslavia 
B) Greece 
C) Italy 
D) Czechoslovakia 
E) Poland

Question 9

Why did American policy makers feel it necessary to intervene militarily in Korea?

Accepted Answer

American policymakers felt it was necess

Question 10

In the late 1940s, Clement Atlee and the Labour Party enacted reforms that created

Accepted Answer

A) an all-volunteer army. 
B) a blue print for decolonization. 
C) a framework for free trade with the U.S. 
D) private hospitals, banks, and prisons. 
E) a modern welfare state. 
A) an all-volunteer army. 
B) a blue print for decolonization. 
C) a framework for free trade with the U.S. 
D) private hospitals, banks, and prisons. 
E) a modern welfare state.

Question 11

Khrushchev transformed the Soviet economy, producing record annual rates of growth.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

An overall effect of the Korean War on the Cold War was

Accepted Answer

A) the Soviet Union's domination over all of Southeast Asia. 
B) the end of American and Soviet involvement in Asian political affairs. 
C) the reinforcement of the American determination to "contain" Soviet power. 
D) a decrease in American defense spending since the capacity of the West to win the conflict outright on the battlefield demonstrated the superiority of modern weapons systems and no need to develop new war machines. 
E) the continued willingness to use limited nuclear weapons in local wars. 
A) the Soviet Union's domination over all of Southeast Asia. 
B) the end of American and Soviet involvement in Asian political affairs. 
C) the reinforcement of the American determination to "contain" Soviet power. 
D) a decrease in American defense spending since the capacity of the West to win the conflict outright on the battlefield demonstrated the superiority of modern weapons systems and no need to develop new war machines. 
E) the continued willingness to use limited nuclear weapons in local wars.

Question 13

Eastern Europe was the first area of disagreement between the United States and the Soviet Union after the end of World War II.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. 
Palestine Liberation Organization

Accepted Answer

The Palestine Liberation Organization (P

Question 15

In what ways were Khrushchev's policies a departure from those of Stalin?

Accepted Answer

Nikita Khrushchev's policies marked a si

Question 16

The Middle Eastern political leader who promoted Pan-Arabism and who advocated a sharing of Middle Eastern oil wealth equally among the Arab states was

Accepted Answer

A) Yasir Arafat. 
B) King Farouk. 
C) Anwar al-Sadat. 
D) the Shah of Iran. 
E) Gamal Abdul Nasser. 
A) Yasir Arafat. 
B) King Farouk. 
C) Anwar al-Sadat. 
D) the Shah of Iran. 
E) Gamal Abdul Nasser.

Question 17

What was a key factor contributing to the development of the Cold War in Eastern Europe?

Accepted Answer

A) The withdrawal of victorious Russian armies from lands conquered during the campaign against Nazism 
B) Raids by American troops pursuing German Nazi war criminals into areas of the former Third Reich under Russian control 
C) Stalin's desire to establish pro-Soviet governments in the countries of Eastern Europe to serve as a buffer zone against possible western attacks on the Soviet Union 
D) The domination of Austrian and Italian politics by popular pro-Communist parties 
E) The threat to continued instability by the rise of neo-fascist parties 
A) The withdrawal of victorious Russian armies from lands conquered during the campaign against Nazism 
B) Raids by American troops pursuing German Nazi war criminals into areas of the former Third Reich under Russian control 
C) Stalin's desire to establish pro-Soviet governments in the countries of Eastern Europe to serve as a buffer zone against possible western attacks on the Soviet Union 
D) The domination of Austrian and Italian politics by popular pro-Communist parties 
E) The threat to continued instability by the rise of neo-fascist parties

Question 18

The Zionists opposed the creation of the state of Israel in Palestine.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

What was De Gaul's vision for France? What steps did he take to try to make that vision a reality?

Accepted Answer

Charles de Gaulle's vision for France wa

Question 20

Yugoslavia from World War II through 1960 was characterized by

Accepted Answer

A) its close alliance with the West in the Cold War. 
B) a strict adherence to Stalinist-style Communism. 
C) the leadership of Tito, who asserted Yugoslavia's independence from the Soviet Union. 
D) its adoption of a Maoist rather than the Stalinist model of communism. 
E) its complete rejection of Marxian economics. 
A) its close alliance with the West in the Cold War. 
B) a strict adherence to Stalinist-style Communism. 
C) the leadership of Tito, who asserted Yugoslavia's independence from the Soviet Union. 
D) its adoption of a Maoist rather than the Stalinist model of communism. 
E) its complete rejection of Marxian economics.

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

The United States intervened in Korea after the Soviets built missile launching sites in key North Korean cities.

Which area witnessed the first conflict in the unfolding of the Cold War?

The Common Market was

What was the primary vehicle for the diffusion of American popular culture in the years immediately following World War II?

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. Hungarian uprising

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. welfare state

What was the Truman Doctrine? How did it shape U.S. foreign policy?

Which country's civil war led to the establishment of the Truman Doctrine?

Why did American policy makers feel it necessary to intervene militarily in Korea?

In the late 1940s, Clement Atlee and the Labour Party enacted reforms that created

Khrushchev transformed the Soviet economy, producing record annual rates of growth.

An overall effect of the Korean War on the Cold War was

Eastern Europe was the first area of disagreement between the United States and the Soviet Union after the end of World War II.

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. Palestine Liberation Organization

In what ways were Khrushchev's policies a departure from those of Stalin?

The Middle Eastern political leader who promoted Pan-Arabism and who advocated a sharing of Middle Eastern oil wealth equally among the Arab states was

What was a key factor contributing to the development of the Cold War in Eastern Europe?

The Zionists opposed the creation of the state of Israel in Palestine.

What was De Gaul's vision for France? What steps did he take to try to make that vision a reality?

Yugoslavia from World War II through 1960 was characterized by

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