Question 1

Identify the following terms.
-Marshall mission to China

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The Marshall Mission to China refers to

Question 2

Identify the following terms.
-Non-aligned Movement

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The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) is an int

Question 3

In 1953, the first expression of popular discontent against Stalin's "proletarian internationalism" occurred in

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A) Hungary. 
B) Romania. 
C) Poland. 
D) East Berlin. 
E) Czechoslovakia. 
A) Hungary. 
B) Romania. 
C) Poland. 
D) East Berlin. 
E) Czechoslovakia.

Question 4

Identify the following terms.
-17th parallel

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The 17th parallel refers to the provisio

Question 5

What were the factors which led to the success of the Marshall Plan? Could such massive economic aid work equally well in other places and other times? Why or why not?

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The success of the Marshall Plan can be

Question 6

Diplomacy between the US and China fell apart over which issues?​

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A) ​Chinese "volunteers" in the Korean war. 
B) ​Mao's alliance with Khrushchev following Stalin's death. 
C) ​Chinese involvement in anti-democracy movements in South Vietnam. 
D) ​Mao's demand that the US withdraw from Taiwan. 
E) ​US interference in Cambodia. 
A) ​Chinese "volunteers" in the Korean war. 
B) ​Mao's alliance with Khrushchev following Stalin's death. 
C) ​Chinese involvement in anti-democracy movements in South Vietnam. 
D) ​Mao's demand that the US withdraw from Taiwan. 
E) ​US interference in Cambodia.

Question 7

Explore the role that the Cuban Missile Crisis played in bringing social criticism to the political policies of the Cold War. To what extent did films like "Dr. Strangelove" (p. 778) invoke public participation in the Cold War debates?​

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The Cuban Missile Crisis was a pivotal m

Question 8

In the 1950s and 1960s, the relationship between the Soviet Union and Mao Zedong's China

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A) remained unchanged. 
B) was altered by the Soviet Union's increased interest in increasing world tensions, especially with the militarily dangerous United Nations. 
C) was weakened by Mao Zedong's belief that, after Stalin's death, Mao's status as the most experienced Marxist ruler should make him the leading socialist. 
D) was destroyed by Mao's threat to occupy southeastern Siberia if the Soviet government continued to make, test, and store nuclear weapons there. 
E) improved because of a joint fear of the United States' ambitions in South Asia. 
A) remained unchanged. 
B) was altered by the Soviet Union's increased interest in increasing world tensions, especially with the militarily dangerous United Nations. 
C) was weakened by Mao Zedong's belief that, after Stalin's death, Mao's status as the most experienced Marxist ruler should make him the leading socialist. 
D) was destroyed by Mao's threat to occupy southeastern Siberia if the Soviet government continued to make, test, and store nuclear weapons there. 
E) improved because of a joint fear of the United States' ambitions in South Asia.

Question 9

Identify the following terms.
-Truman Doctrine

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The Truman Doctrine was a pivotal policy

Question 10

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 11

Identify the following terms.
-détente

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Détente refers to a period of improved r

Question 12

The Korean War

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A) was fought by a United Nations force composed mainly of South Korean and United States troops against North Korean forces and, after late 1950, Chinese "volunteers." 
B) began only five months after the Soviet and American governments had established a new, unified government there and withdrawn their armies of occupation. 
C) was caused by domestic disagreements between Korean factions in the south. 
D) involved large numbers of Chinese troops after United Nations air forces bombed Manchuria. 
E) was finally won when 250,000 American troops captured the North Korean capital after a four-month siege. 
A) was fought by a United Nations force composed mainly of South Korean and United States troops against North Korean forces and, after late 1950, Chinese "volunteers." 
B) began only five months after the Soviet and American governments had established a new, unified government there and withdrawn their armies of occupation. 
C) was caused by domestic disagreements between Korean factions in the south. 
D) involved large numbers of Chinese troops after United Nations air forces bombed Manchuria. 
E) was finally won when 250,000 American troops captured the North Korean capital after a four-month siege.

Question 13

Identify the following terms.
-cultural exchange program

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A cultural exchange program is an initia

Question 14

Identify the following terms.
-the Third World

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The term "Third World" originated during

Question 15

What was involved in the US policy of NSC-68?​

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A) ​Initiation of the McCarthy hearings to root out communism in the US. 
B) ​Economic sanctions against China. 
C) ​Revocation of diplomatic recognition of the People's Republic of China. 
D) ​Invoking a policy of containment of Communism in Asia. 
E) ​A naval blockade of the Pacific Rim between Japan and the Asian continent. 
A) ​Initiation of the McCarthy hearings to root out communism in the US. 
B) ​Economic sanctions against China. 
C) ​Revocation of diplomatic recognition of the People's Republic of China. 
D) ​Invoking a policy of containment of Communism in Asia. 
E) ​A naval blockade of the Pacific Rim between Japan and the Asian continent.

Question 16

What was the key issue in the breakdown of relations ​between China and the Soviet Union?

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A) ​China believed that the Soviets had demonstrated socialist technological superiority and should to on the offensive. 
B) ​Khrushchev argued that China had not reached an elevated state of Communism according to Marxist ideology. 
C) ​Mao rebuked Khrushchev for his policy of de-Stalinization. 
D) ​Mao felt that Khrushchev had disgraced Communism after the Cuban Missile Crisis. 
E) ​Russia's increasing closeness with Castro and communist regimes in Latin America. 
A) ​China believed that the Soviets had demonstrated socialist technological superiority and should to on the offensive. 
B) ​Khrushchev argued that China had not reached an elevated state of Communism according to Marxist ideology. 
C) ​Mao rebuked Khrushchev for his policy of de-Stalinization. 
D) ​Mao felt that Khrushchev had disgraced Communism after the Cuban Missile Crisis. 
E) ​Russia's increasing closeness with Castro and communist regimes in Latin America.

Question 17

Identify the following terms.
-1975 Helsinki Accords

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The 1975 Helsinki Accords, also known as

Question 18

Identify the following terms.
-Taiwan

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Taiwan, officially known as the Republic

Question 19

"Star Wars" was John F. Kennedy's plan to send men to the moon by the end of the 1960s.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

One of the US responses to Communist victory in China was ​

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A) ​blaming Roosevelt for promises made at Yalta. 
B) ​blaming Chiang for the weakness of his regime. 
C) ​arguing that Soviet forces spread throughout China providing the PLA with weapons. 
D) ​beginning a rabid anti-Communist hysteria in the US with Sen.McCarthy arguing that there were red agents in the US government. 
E) ​All of these. 
A) ​blaming Roosevelt for promises made at Yalta. 
B) ​blaming Chiang for the weakness of his regime. 
C) ​arguing that Soviet forces spread throughout China providing the PLA with weapons. 
D) ​beginning a rabid anti-Communist hysteria in the US with Sen.McCarthy arguing that there were red agents in the US government. 
E) ​All of these.

Exam 26: East and West in the Grip of the Cold War

Identify the following terms. -Marshall mission to China

Identify the following terms. -Non-aligned Movement

In 1953, the first expression of popular discontent against Stalin's "proletarian internationalism" occurred in

Identify the following terms. -17th parallel

What were the factors which led to the success of the Marshall Plan? Could such massive economic aid work equally well in other places and other times? Why or why not?

Diplomacy between the US and China fell apart over which issues?​

Explore the role that the Cuban Missile Crisis played in bringing social criticism to the political policies of the Cold War. To what extent did films like "Dr. Strangelove" (p. 778) invoke public participation in the Cold War debates?​

In the 1950s and 1960s, the relationship between the Soviet Union and Mao Zedong's China

Identify the following terms. -Truman Doctrine

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

Identify the following terms. -détente

The Korean War

Identify the following terms. -cultural exchange program

Identify the following terms. -the Third World

What was involved in the US policy of NSC-68?​

What was the key issue in the breakdown of relations ​between China and the Soviet Union?

Identify the following terms. -1975 Helsinki Accords

Identify the following terms. -Taiwan

"Star Wars" was John F. Kennedy's plan to send men to the moon by the end of the 1960s.

One of the US responses to Communist victory in China was ​

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Diplomacy between the US and China fell apart over which issues?

Explore the role that the Cuban Missile Crisis played in bringing social criticism to the political policies of the Cold War. To what extent did films like "Dr. Strangelove" (p. 778) invoke public participation in the Cold War debates?

What was involved in the US policy of NSC-68?

What was the key issue in the breakdown of relations between China and the Soviet Union?

One of the US responses to Communist victory in China was