Exam 4: World Politics and Economics: the Cold War

The decision by which nation in 1947 to reduce its commitments in Greece and Turkey forced the United States to take a much more active international role?

All but which of the following actions by the Truman administration helped create a more tense relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union?

In 1958, when Khrushchev demanded that the United States withdraw its forces from West Berlin, the United States reacted by

Discuss the roles of Mikhail Gorbachev and Ronald Reagan in ending the Cold War.

Which of the following is not among the explanations advanced to explain the end of the Cold War?

Discuss the Berlin Blockade. Why was it important?

Identify the six principal explanations for the "outbreak" of the Cold War.

For the Soviet Union, détente meant

Explain why some argue that the Soviet Union was to blame for the Cold War.

President Johnson initially chose what option to prevent a Vietcong victory in the South?

The conferees at Bretton Woods established

Which side deserves more blame for the ultimate failure of détente-the United States or the USSR-or were both equally at fault? Explain the perception of each side about the purpose and meaning of détente. Discuss how two regional conflicts during the period 1973-1979 show where primary responsibility for the failure of détente resides.

President Nixon did not do which of the following in 1971?

The Eisenhower strategy of responding to Soviet aggression with large-scale nuclear retaliation was called

In the period of U.S. hegemony, the United States dominated the world in terms of

China tested an atomic bomb in

Discuss examples of globalization and fragmentation during the Cold War.

Explain why some argue that the United States was to blame for the Cold War.

Those who argue that the Cold War was inevitable because the United States and the Soviet Union were the two dominant powers at the conclusion of World War II use which level of analysis?

Those who argue that growing ideological similarities between the superpowers helped bring about the end of the Cold War use which level of analysis?