Question 1

Mao Zedong's 1958 Great Leap Forward was intended to propel China into a world industrial power and was a plan designed to

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A) build an alliance with the Soviet Union. 
B) isolate China from foreign influences. 
C) build modern Western-style factories. 
D) industrialize using small-scale industries and collectivized agriculture. 
E) put a man into space. 
A) build an alliance with the Soviet Union. 
B) isolate China from foreign influences. 
C) build modern Western-style factories. 
D) industrialize using small-scale industries and collectivized agriculture. 
E) put a man into space.

Question 2

Which of the following nations won independence first?

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A) Indonesia 
B) Burma 
C) The Malay Federation 
D) The Philippine Islands 
E) Singapore 
A) Indonesia 
B) Burma 
C) The Malay Federation 
D) The Philippine Islands 
E) Singapore

Question 3

Describe how the Korean War was a direct result of the Cold War and discuss the outcome of the war.

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By the end of the Second World War, Sovi

Question 4

Who said, "One cannot conceive of both an independent [African] territory and a France which continues to aid it"?

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A) Charles de Gaulle 
B) Jomo Kenyatta 
C) Julius Kambarage Nyerere 
D) Kwame Nkrumah 
E) Desmond Tutu 
A) Charles de Gaulle 
B) Jomo Kenyatta 
C) Julius Kambarage Nyerere 
D) Kwame Nkrumah 
E) Desmond Tutu

Question 5

Bangladesh emerged as an independent nation in 1971 from

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A) Pakistan. 
B) Tamir India. 
C) French Indochina. 
D) English Burma. 
E) Sri Lanka. 
A) Pakistan. 
B) Tamir India. 
C) French Indochina. 
D) English Burma. 
E) Sri Lanka.

Question 6

Which of the following can be said of the French-Algerian War?

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A) It ended in 1962 with Algerian independence. 
B) Algerian forces were supported by Egypt and other Arab countries. 
C) It began with an uprising in 1954. 
D) It produced an Algerian independence movement organized by the Front de Liberation National of the FLN. 
E) All of these are correct. 
A) It ended in 1962 with Algerian independence. 
B) Algerian forces were supported by Egypt and other Arab countries. 
C) It began with an uprising in 1954. 
D) It produced an Algerian independence movement organized by the Front de Liberation National of the FLN. 
E) All of these are correct.

Question 7

Which of the following is not true of the Helsinki Accords?

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A) They were finalized in 1975. 
B) They were a precursor to human rights dialogue. 
C) They called for government and economic contact across the iron curtain. 
D) They said that no boundaries should be changed by military force. 
E) They called for the elimination of borders in Europe. 
A) They were finalized in 1975. 
B) They were a precursor to human rights dialogue. 
C) They called for government and economic contact across the iron curtain. 
D) They said that no boundaries should be changed by military force. 
E) They called for the elimination of borders in Europe.

Question 8

The superpowers didn't view the struggle between Israel and the Arab states as a vital concern until

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A) Israel developed nuclear capabilities. 
B) Anwar Sadat was assassinated. 
C) the Oslo Accords were signed. 
D) the oil wealth of the Middle East was used against the nations that supported Israel in the 1973 war. 
E) All of these 
A) Israel developed nuclear capabilities. 
B) Anwar Sadat was assassinated. 
C) the Oslo Accords were signed. 
D) the oil wealth of the Middle East was used against the nations that supported Israel in the 1973 war. 
E) All of these

Question 9

The demands of what American company led to the CIA-sponsored overthrow of the elected president of Guatemala?

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A) Dole Food Group 
B) United Fruit Company 
C) AT&T 
D) Delta Airlines 
E) Wells Fargo 
A) Dole Food Group 
B) United Fruit Company 
C) AT&T 
D) Delta Airlines 
E) Wells Fargo

Question 10

Which of the following can be said of the Six Day War of 1967?

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A) It was a preemptive attack by Israel on Egyptian and Syrian airbases. 
B) It resulted in Israel's acquisition of all of Jerusalem and the West Bank. 
C) It resulted in Israel's acquisition of the Gaza Strip, Golan Heights, and the Sinai Peninsula. 
D) It was a victory for Israel. 
E) All of these are correct. 
A) It was a preemptive attack by Israel on Egyptian and Syrian airbases. 
B) It resulted in Israel's acquisition of all of Jerusalem and the West Bank. 
C) It resulted in Israel's acquisition of the Gaza Strip, Golan Heights, and the Sinai Peninsula. 
D) It was a victory for Israel. 
E) All of these are correct.

Question 11

Which of the following countries did not invade Egypt and seize the Suez Canal in 1956?

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A) Israel 
B) Great Britain 
C) France 
D) The United States 
E) All of these are correct. 
A) Israel 
B) Great Britain 
C) France 
D) The United States 
E) All of these are correct.

Question 12

The 1966 Chinese Cultural Revolution was initially intended to instill revolutionary fervor of Chinese youth formed into

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A) intellectual institutions. 
B) radical networks. 
C) comminterns. 
D) Red Guard units. 
E) None of the above 
A) intellectual institutions. 
B) radical networks. 
C) comminterns. 
D) Red Guard units. 
E) None of the above

Question 13

Since World War II, the most important political issue in Arab countries has been the

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A) struggle with Israel and the plight of the Palestinians. 
B) Suez Canal crisis. 
C) military coup in Iraq. 
D) independence of OPEC nations. 
E) decision to join the European Common Market. 
A) struggle with Israel and the plight of the Palestinians. 
B) Suez Canal crisis. 
C) military coup in Iraq. 
D) independence of OPEC nations. 
E) decision to join the European Common Market.

Question 14

The discovery by the United States that the Soviet Union had deployed nuclear missiles in Cuba in 1962 sparked

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A) the blockade of the Soviet Union. 
B) the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. 
C) rebellion in Czechoslovakia. 
D) the Bay of Pigs invasion. 
E) the Cuban missile crisis. 
A) the blockade of the Soviet Union. 
B) the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. 
C) rebellion in Czechoslovakia. 
D) the Bay of Pigs invasion. 
E) the Cuban missile crisis.

Question 15

One of the triumphs of the Green Revolution was

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A) construction of the Aswan Dam in Egypt. 
B) Khrushchev's success in the Virgin Lands Campaign. 
C) the development of "miracle rice." 
D) mandating cleanup of toxic waste in third-world countries abused by the Industrial Nations. 
E) raising public awareness of ecology and recycling in the 1960s. 
A) construction of the Aswan Dam in Egypt. 
B) Khrushchev's success in the Virgin Lands Campaign. 
C) the development of "miracle rice." 
D) mandating cleanup of toxic waste in third-world countries abused by the Industrial Nations. 
E) raising public awareness of ecology and recycling in the 1960s.

Question 16

Briefly discuss the origins of the Vietnam War. What two broad global contexts explain the onset of that conflict? What were the long-term repercussions of United States involvement in Vietnam?

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Students should place the Vietnam confli

Question 17

Describe the economic and political struggle between Third World nations in Latin America and the United States.

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In Guatemala, reformers focused on agrar

Question 18

Instructions: Answer the following question(s). 
 Discuss whether the Cold War was caused more by political ideology or technology. Why did this issue come to overshadow the process and importance of decolonization?

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The Cold War was really a matter of ideo

Question 19

Describe the political situation in the Middle East after World War II, with particular emphasis on the region's production of oil.

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Students should recognize that the Arab

Question 20

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), established in 1949, was a

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A) military alliance consisting of the United States and western European countries. 
B) military alliance consisting of the USSR and eastern European countries. 
C) military alliance of newly freed African countries. 
D) military alliance of the recently defeated countries of World War II. 
E) military compact among the nonaligned states. 
A) military alliance consisting of the United States and western European countries. 
B) military alliance consisting of the USSR and eastern European countries. 
C) military alliance of newly freed African countries. 
D) military alliance of the recently defeated countries of World War II. 
E) military compact among the nonaligned states.

Exam 31: The Cold War and Decolonization

Mao Zedong's 1958 Great Leap Forward was intended to propel China into a world industrial power and was a plan designed to

Which of the following nations won independence first?

Describe how the Korean War was a direct result of the Cold War and discuss the outcome of the war.

Who said, "One cannot conceive of both an independent [African] territory and a France which continues to aid it"?

Bangladesh emerged as an independent nation in 1971 from

Which of the following can be said of the French-Algerian War?

Which of the following is not true of the Helsinki Accords?

The superpowers didn't view the struggle between Israel and the Arab states as a vital concern until

The demands of what American company led to the CIA-sponsored overthrow of the elected president of Guatemala?

Which of the following can be said of the Six Day War of 1967?

Which of the following countries did not invade Egypt and seize the Suez Canal in 1956?

The 1966 Chinese Cultural Revolution was initially intended to instill revolutionary fervor of Chinese youth formed into

Since World War II, the most important political issue in Arab countries has been the

The discovery by the United States that the Soviet Union had deployed nuclear missiles in Cuba in 1962 sparked

One of the triumphs of the Green Revolution was

Briefly discuss the origins of the Vietnam War. What two broad global contexts explain the onset of that conflict? What were the long-term repercussions of United States involvement in Vietnam?

Describe the economic and political struggle between Third World nations in Latin America and the United States.

Instructions: Answer the following question(s). Discuss whether the Cold War was caused more by political ideology or technology. Why did this issue come to overshadow the process and importance of decolonization?

Describe the political situation in the Middle East after World War II, with particular emphasis on the region's production of oil.

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), established in 1949, was a

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Networks of Communication and Exchange

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Christian Societies Emerge in Europe

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