Question 1

Instructions: Identify the following terms. 
Greek civil war

Accepted Answer

The Greek Civil War was a conflict that

Question 2

Under Ronald Reagan, the United States was able to help sustain a Vietnam-like war that long embroiled Soviet forces in

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A) Angola. 
B) Uzbekistan. 
C) Turkmenistan. 
D) Kazakhstan. 
E) Afghanistan. 
A) Angola. 
B) Uzbekistan. 
C) Turkmenistan. 
D) Kazakhstan. 
E) Afghanistan.

Question 3

Instructions: Identify the following terms. 
Geneva Conference, 1954

Accepted Answer

The Geneva Conference of 1954 was a seri

Question 4

The term "iron curtain" was coined by former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in 1946. ​

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

What was the main action that sparked the US declaration of the Truman Doctrine?​

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A) Tito's expansion of dictatorship through Yugoslavia. 
B) France withdrawing from support in Albania. 
C) Civil War in Greece. 
D) Soviet objection to US missiles in Turkey. 
E) a resurgence of fascism in Eastern Italy. 
A) Tito's expansion of dictatorship through Yugoslavia. 
B) France withdrawing from support in Albania. 
C) Civil War in Greece. 
D) Soviet objection to US missiles in Turkey. 
E) a resurgence of fascism in Eastern Italy.

Question 6

The Cuban Missile Crisis

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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 of Cold War tension between the superpowers. 
E) caused several military confrontations between the superpowers in world "hot zones." 
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 of Cold War tension between the superpowers. 
E) caused several military confrontations between the superpowers in world "hot zones."

Question 7

Instructions: Identify the following terms. 
Indochina conflict(s)

Accepted Answer

The term "Indochina conflicts" generally

Question 8

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. 
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 9

Instructions: Identify the following terms. 
Nicarauga, the Sandinistas, and the Contras

Accepted Answer

Nicaragua is a country in Central Americ

Question 10

The Third World refers to ​

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A) participants in a pact coordinated by Nehru, Sukarno, and Tito. 
B) impoverished areas of the world unexposed to "civilization." 
C) nations that were unable to shake off colonial occupation post WW II. 
D) non-aligned countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. 
E) any nation that was neither Communist nor Democratic. 
A) participants in a pact coordinated by Nehru, Sukarno, and Tito. 
B) impoverished areas of the world unexposed to "civilization." 
C) nations that were unable to shake off colonial occupation post WW II. 
D) non-aligned countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. 
E) any nation that was neither Communist nor Democratic.

Question 11

Instructions: Identify the following terms. 
Truman Doctrine

Accepted Answer

The Truman Doctrine was a principle esta

Question 12

Instructions: Identify the following terms. 
"equivalence"

Accepted Answer

The term "equivalence" refers to a condi

Question 13

Instructions: Identify the following terms. 
Republic of Vietnam and Democratic Republic of Vietnam

Accepted Answer

The Republic of Vietnam, commonly known

Question 14

Lyndon Johnson sent more American troops to South Vietnam because

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A) he wanted to stop the South Vietnamese policy of giving free land to the peasants. 
B) he believed that the combined forces of the Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese army would have taken over all of Vietnam if he hadn't. 
C) he wanted to conquer all of Vietnam. 
D) he planned to establish Vietnam as a staging point for an American military onslaught into China. 
E) he viewed all of Vietnam as the perfect target for a final Cold War nuclear confrontation. 
A) he wanted to stop the South Vietnamese policy of giving free land to the peasants. 
B) he believed that the combined forces of the Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese army would have taken over all of Vietnam if he hadn't. 
C) he wanted to conquer all of Vietnam. 
D) he planned to establish Vietnam as a staging point for an American military onslaught into China. 
E) he viewed all of Vietnam as the perfect target for a final Cold War nuclear confrontation.

Question 15

Instructions: Identify the following terms. 
zones of occupation in Germany

Accepted Answer

The zones of occupation in Germany refer

Question 16

Instructions: Identify the following terms. 
Richard Nixon's visit to China

Accepted Answer

Richard Nixon's visit to China refers to

Question 17

Josip Tito

Accepted Answer

A) had attended Peking University with Mao Zedong. 
B) devised a decentralized variety of Communism, different from "Stalinism." 
C) was defeated in his attempt to become Prime Minister of Yugoslavia as the result of American campaigning against socialist or Communist leaders. 
D) was part of the government-in-exile during the war. 
E) was an ally of Joseph Stalin in the latter's attempt to crush the Serbs. 
A) had attended Peking University with Mao Zedong. 
B) devised a decentralized variety of Communism, different from "Stalinism." 
C) was defeated in his attempt to become Prime Minister of Yugoslavia as the result of American campaigning against socialist or Communist leaders. 
D) was part of the government-in-exile during the war. 
E) was an ally of Joseph Stalin in the latter's attempt to crush the Serbs.

Question 18

The Soviet response to the western alliance in NATO was to form ​

Accepted Answer

A) the Warsaw Pact 
B) the Marshall Zhukov Plan 
C) The Budpest Protocol 
D) The Helsinki Accords 
E) Sino-Soviet Pact 
A) the Warsaw Pact 
B) the Marshall Zhukov Plan 
C) The Budpest Protocol 
D) The Helsinki Accords 
E) Sino-Soviet Pact

Question 19

Instructions: Identify the following terms. 
Warsaw Pact

Accepted Answer

The Warsaw Pact, officially known as the

Question 20

Tibet

Accepted Answer

A) had been controlled by Russia from the mid-1800s until 1953, when it was given its independence. 
B) was occupied by China in 1950. 
C) was feared by Britain because of its militantly aggressive actions in Kashmir and the Punjab in the 1940s. 
D) was the only Sunni Muslim society in the region. 
E) staged an unsuccessful, Comintern-inspired revolution in 1953. 
A) had been controlled by Russia from the mid-1800s until 1953, when it was given its independence. 
B) was occupied by China in 1950. 
C) was feared by Britain because of its militantly aggressive actions in Kashmir and the Punjab in the 1940s. 
D) was the only Sunni Muslim society in the region. 
E) staged an unsuccessful, Comintern-inspired revolution in 1953.

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Greek civil war

Under Ronald Reagan, the United States was able to help sustain a Vietnam-like war that long embroiled Soviet forces in

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Geneva Conference, 1954

The term "iron curtain" was coined by former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in 1946.

What was the main action that sparked the US declaration of the Truman Doctrine?

The Cuban Missile Crisis

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Indochina conflict(s)

United States foreign policy during the Korean War period

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Nicarauga, the Sandinistas, and the Contras

The Third World refers to

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Truman Doctrine

Instructions: Identify the following terms. "equivalence"

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Republic of Vietnam and Democratic Republic of Vietnam

Lyndon Johnson sent more American troops to South Vietnam because

Instructions: Identify the following terms. zones of occupation in Germany

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Richard Nixon's visit to China

Josip Tito

The Soviet response to the western alliance in NATO was to form

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Warsaw Pact

Tibet

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

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Greek civil war

Under Ronald Reagan, the United States was able to help sustain a Vietnam-like war that long embroiled Soviet forces in

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Geneva Conference, 1954

The term "iron curtain" was coined by former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in 1946. ​

What was the main action that sparked the US declaration of the Truman Doctrine?​

The Cuban Missile Crisis

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Indochina conflict(s)

United States foreign policy during the Korean War period

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Nicarauga, the Sandinistas, and the Contras

The Third World refers to ​

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Truman Doctrine

Instructions: Identify the following terms. "equivalence"

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Republic of Vietnam and Democratic Republic of Vietnam

Lyndon Johnson sent more American troops to South Vietnam because

Instructions: Identify the following terms. zones of occupation in Germany

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Richard Nixon's visit to China

Josip Tito

The Soviet response to the western alliance in NATO was to form ​

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Warsaw Pact

Tibet

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 term "iron curtain" was coined by former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in 1946.

What was the main action that sparked the US declaration of the Truman Doctrine?

The Third World refers to

The Soviet response to the western alliance in NATO was to form