Question 1

The original goal of the Vietminh uprising, led by Ho Chi Minh, was ​

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A) to install a Communist dictatorship. 
B) to repel Chinese incursions. 
C) to achieve a democratic balance of power in Southeast Asia. 
D) to break free of French colonialism. 
E) to be included in the United Nations. 
A) to install a Communist dictatorship. 
B) to repel Chinese incursions. 
C) to achieve a democratic balance of power in Southeast Asia. 
D) to break free of French colonialism. 
E) to be included in the United Nations.

Question 2

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.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Warfare resumed in Vietnam in 1959 because

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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 aided the South Vietnamese government. 
D) Ngo Dinh Diem began a Communist takeover of South Vietnam. 
E) of the Chinese Communist invasion of nearby Cambodia. 
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 aided the South Vietnamese government. 
D) Ngo Dinh Diem began a Communist takeover of South Vietnam. 
E) of the Chinese Communist invasion of nearby Cambodia.

Question 4

Instructions: Identify the following terms. 
Taiwan

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Taiwan is an island in East Asia located

Question 5

Instructions: Identify the following terms. 
Lyndon Johnson and the Vietnam War

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Lyndon Baines Johnson, often referred to

Question 6

The eastern European nation that defied Stalin's attempt to occupy it after the war was

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A) Vichy under Petain. 
B) Finland under Ulbricht. 
C) Poland under Yaruzelski. 
D) Yugoslavia under Tito. 
E) Germany under Petain. 
A) Vichy under Petain. 
B) Finland under Ulbricht. 
C) Poland under Yaruzelski. 
D) Yugoslavia under Tito. 
E) Germany under Petain.

Question 7

What role did the Helsinki Accords play in furthering a kind of diplomatic entente to discuss arms limitation and better coexistence between First and Second world nations?  Who were the major participants, and why?​

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The Helsinki Accords, signed in 1975, pl

Question 8

Soviet reactions to the Marshall Plan included

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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. 
D) the view that the plan was an effort by the United States at imperialist domination of Europe. 
E) a new policy of international cooperation. 
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. 
D) the view that the plan was an effort by the United States at imperialist domination of Europe. 
E) a new policy of international cooperation.

Question 9

What foreign policy strategy did George Kennan advocate in a 1947 Foreign Affairs article?

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A) passive aggression 
B) synergetic harmonization 
C) containment 
D) empiricism 
E) isolationism 
A) passive aggression 
B) synergetic harmonization 
C) containment 
D) empiricism 
E) isolationism

Question 10

After the defeat of the People's Liberation Army in 1948, Mao Zedong retreated to the north, where he established a new capital in Manchuria.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

"Peaceful coexistence"

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A) was a term first coined by Joseph Stalin in the 1940s. 
B) was first used by Sun Yat-sen in 1921. 
C) was treated with suspicion by United States leaders, especially after the Soviet crushing of the unrest in Hungary in 1956. 
D) delayed the development of cultural exchanges of theatrical and other groups. 
E) was eagerly embraced by President Truman as an alternative to nuclear war. 
A) was a term first coined by Joseph Stalin in the 1940s. 
B) was first used by Sun Yat-sen in 1921. 
C) was treated with suspicion by United States leaders, especially after the Soviet crushing of the unrest in Hungary in 1956. 
D) delayed the development of cultural exchanges of theatrical and other groups. 
E) was eagerly embraced by President Truman as an alternative to nuclear war.

Question 12

Why were the United States and the Soviet Union suspicious of each other after World War II, and what events between 1945 and 1949 heightened the tensions between the two nations? What events led to the era of coexistence in the 1960s, and to what degree did each side contribute to the reduction in international tensions?

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After World War II, the United States an

Question 13

The Chinese Civil War

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A) lasted for fourteen years, from its beginning with the capture of Bao Dai by the Guomindang in 1936 until the victory of the People's Liberation Army in 1950. 
B) became a factor in United States domestic politics after Mao's victory over the Nationalists. 
C) ended in a truce brokered by General Marshall, who created a coalition government in China. 
D) was lost, according to the Truman administration, because of the incapacity of Sun Yat-sen's government and army. 
E) ended with Mao's capture of Taiwan. 
A) lasted for fourteen years, from its beginning with the capture of Bao Dai by the Guomindang in 1936 until the victory of the People's Liberation Army in 1950. 
B) became a factor in United States domestic politics after Mao's victory over the Nationalists. 
C) ended in a truce brokered by General Marshall, who created a coalition government in China. 
D) was lost, according to the Truman administration, because of the incapacity of Sun Yat-sen's government and army. 
E) ended with Mao's capture of Taiwan.

Question 14

Instructions: Identify the following terms. 
North Atlantic Treaty Organization/NATO

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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (

Question 15

Instructions: Identify the following terms. 
38th parallel

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The input question "38 parallel" appears

Question 16

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

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A) the Warsaw Pact. 
B) NATO. 
C) COMECON. 
D) SEATO. 
E) CENTO. 
A) the Warsaw Pact. 
B) NATO. 
C) COMECON. 
D) SEATO. 
E) CENTO.

Question 17

Instructions: Identify the following terms. 
Non-aligned Movement

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The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) is an int

Question 18

Instructions: Identify the following terms. 
Yalta Conference

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The Yalta Conference was a pivotal meeti

Question 19

Ho Chi Minh

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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 the 1940s and early 1950s. 
D) sought exile in China after his defeat in Vietnam in 1954. 
E) became a democratic politician in North Viet Nam. 
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 the 1940s and early 1950s. 
D) sought exile in China after his defeat in Vietnam in 1954. 
E) became a democratic politician in North Viet Nam.

Question 20

Instructions: Identify the following terms. 
Afghanistan, the "Soviet Vietnam"

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The term "Afghanistan, the 'Soviet Vietn

The original goal of the Vietminh uprising, led by Ho Chi Minh, was

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.

Warfare resumed in Vietnam in 1959 because

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Taiwan

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Lyndon Johnson and the Vietnam War

The eastern European nation that defied Stalin's attempt to occupy it after the war was

What role did the Helsinki Accords play in furthering a kind of diplomatic entente to discuss arms limitation and better coexistence between First and Second world nations? Who were the major participants, and why?

Soviet reactions to the Marshall Plan included

What foreign policy strategy did George Kennan advocate in a 1947 Foreign Affairs article?

After the defeat of the People's Liberation Army in 1948, Mao Zedong retreated to the north, where he established a new capital in Manchuria.

"Peaceful coexistence"

The Chinese Civil War

Instructions: Identify the following terms. North Atlantic Treaty Organization/NATO

Instructions: Identify the following terms. 38^th parallel

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

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Non-aligned Movement

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Yalta Conference

Ho Chi Minh

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Afghanistan, the "Soviet Vietnam"

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Exam 13: East and West in the Grip of the Cold War

The original goal of the Vietminh uprising, led by Ho Chi Minh, was ​

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.

Warfare resumed in Vietnam in 1959 because

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Taiwan

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Lyndon Johnson and the Vietnam War

The eastern European nation that defied Stalin's attempt to occupy it after the war was

What role did the Helsinki Accords play in furthering a kind of diplomatic entente to discuss arms limitation and better coexistence between First and Second world nations? Who were the major participants, and why?​

Soviet reactions to the Marshall Plan included

What foreign policy strategy did George Kennan advocate in a 1947 Foreign Affairs article?

After the defeat of the People's Liberation Army in 1948, Mao Zedong retreated to the north, where he established a new capital in Manchuria.

"Peaceful coexistence"

The Chinese Civil War

Instructions: Identify the following terms. North Atlantic Treaty Organization/NATO

Instructions: Identify the following terms. 38th parallel

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

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Non-aligned Movement

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Yalta Conference

Ho Chi Minh

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Afghanistan, the "Soviet Vietnam"

New Encounters: the Creation of a World Market

Europe Transformed: Reform and State Building

The Muslim Empires

The East Asian World

The West on the Eve of a New World Order

The Beginnings of Modernization: Industrialization and Nationalism in the Nineteenth Century

The Americas and Society and Culture in the West

The High Tide of Imperialism

Shadows Over the Pacific: East Asia Under Challenge

The Beginning of the Twentieth-Century Crisis: War and Revolution

Nationalism, Revolution, and Dictatorship: Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America From 1919 to 1939

The Crisis Deepens: World War II

Brave New World: Communism on Trial

Europe and the Western Hemisphere Since 1945

Challenges of Nation Building in Africa and the Middle East

Toward the Pacific Century

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The original goal of the Vietminh uprising, led by Ho Chi Minh, was

What role did the Helsinki Accords play in furthering a kind of diplomatic entente to discuss arms limitation and better coexistence between First and Second world nations? Who were the major participants, and why?

Instructions: Identify the following terms. 38^th parallel