Question 1

The first area of conflict in the unfolding of the Cold War was

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A) Scandinavia. 
B) Western Europe. 
C) North Africa. 
D) Eastern Europe. 
E) East Asia. 
A) Scandinavia. 
B) Western Europe. 
C) North Africa. 
D) Eastern Europe. 
E) East Asia.

Question 2

As president of France, Charles de Gaulle's position in the Cold War was to

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A) closely align France with the Warsaw Pact nations. 
B) make France the "third" nuclear power and pursue a largely independent political course. 
C) let American policy guide France and other European nations. 
D) make France the leading European power in NATO. 
E) join the non-aligned third-world nations. 
A) closely align France with the Warsaw Pact nations. 
B) make France the "third" nuclear power and pursue a largely independent political course. 
C) let American policy guide France and other European nations. 
D) make France the leading European power in NATO. 
E) join the non-aligned third-world nations.

Question 3

The founding members of NATO included all of the following EXCEPT

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A) Canada. 
B) Iceland. 
C) Luxembourg. 
D) Albania. 
E) Norway. 
A) Canada. 
B) Iceland. 
C) Luxembourg. 
D) Albania. 
E) Norway.

Question 4

The Great Leap Forward was

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A) Stalin's stated philosophy for his last five-year plan. 
B) the radicalization of the feminist movement. 
C) Mao Zedong's effort to achieve a classless society and the final stage of communism. 
D) the missile race between the United States and the Soviet Union. 
E) Mao Zedong's New Economic Policy, modeled on Lenin's economic reforms in the early 1920s. 
A) Stalin's stated philosophy for his last five-year plan. 
B) the radicalization of the feminist movement. 
C) Mao Zedong's effort to achieve a classless society and the final stage of communism. 
D) the missile race between the United States and the Soviet Union. 
E) Mao Zedong's New Economic Policy, modeled on Lenin's economic reforms in the early 1920s.

Question 5

At the Twentieth Congress of the Communist Party in 1956, Khrushchev

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A) pardoned Stalin for his crimes. 
B) insisted that the forced labor camps must stay open indefinitely. 
C) urged the Party to adopt a limited form of capitalism in order to stay in power. 
D) called for a cessation of the Cold War. 
E) condemned Stalin. 
A) pardoned Stalin for his crimes. 
B) insisted that the forced labor camps must stay open indefinitely. 
C) urged the Party to adopt a limited form of capitalism in order to stay in power. 
D) called for a cessation of the Cold War. 
E) condemned Stalin.

Question 6

The one issue on which the Arab states were united was

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A) the Suez Canal. 
B) equal sharing in oil revenues. 
C) Palestine. 
D) a sympathy for Communism. 
E) the worship of Allah. 
A) the Suez Canal. 
B) equal sharing in oil revenues. 
C) Palestine. 
D) a sympathy for Communism. 
E) the worship of Allah.

Question 7

A leading voice in the postwar women's liberation movement was Simone de Beauvoir, author of The Second Sex.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

All of the following statements regarding women in the post-war era are correct EXCEPT

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A) many more married women joined the work force than before. 
B) working women received equal pay with men by the 1960s. 
C) working-class women continued to receive less pay than men. 
D) the post-war "baby boom" declined in the 1960s, in part due to "the pill." 
E) much of the theoretical foundation for the women's liberation movement was found in the work of Simone de Beauvoir. 
A) many more married women joined the work force than before. 
B) working women received equal pay with men by the 1960s. 
C) working-class women continued to receive less pay than men. 
D) the post-war "baby boom" declined in the 1960s, in part due to "the pill." 
E) much of the theoretical foundation for the women's liberation movement was found in the work of Simone de Beauvoir.

Question 9

Existentialism stressed

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A) the need for people to create their own values and give their lives meaning. 
B) a return of God to the universe. 
C) the human need to find the sole and true meaning and purpose of the world. 
D) a complete withdrawal from an active, involved life. 
E) defeatist nihilism: there is no hope. 
A) the need for people to create their own values and give their lives meaning. 
B) a return of God to the universe. 
C) the human need to find the sole and true meaning and purpose of the world. 
D) a complete withdrawal from an active, involved life. 
E) defeatist nihilism: there is no hope.

Question 10

The Indonesian president who was suspicious of the West, sought economic aid from China and the Soviet Union, and relied at home on a native communist party was

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A) Suharto. 
B) Sukarno. 
C) Nehru. 
D) Gandhi. 
E) Sukarnoputri. 
A) Suharto. 
B) Sukarno. 
C) Nehru. 
D) Gandhi. 
E) Sukarnoputri.

Question 11

The civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s included all of the following EXCEPT

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A) race riots in the Los Angeles district of Watts. 
B) the Supreme Court upheld racial segregation in public schools in 1954. 
C) the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. 
D) saw the Supreme Court approve the concept of "separate but equal" in public schools. 
E) the civil rights leadership of Martin Luther King. 
A) race riots in the Los Angeles district of Watts. 
B) the Supreme Court upheld racial segregation in public schools in 1954. 
C) the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. 
D) saw the Supreme Court approve the concept of "separate but equal" in public schools. 
E) the civil rights leadership of Martin Luther King.

Question 12

In 1961, the West constructed the Berlin Wall to prevent East German communists from emigrating to western Europe.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

American motion pictures in the postwar years have

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A) been the primary vehicle for the diffusion of American popular culture throughout the world. 
B) completely destroyed the avant-garde expressions of Europe's "national cinemas." 
C) proven to be unpopular among European audiences. 
D) done little to reflect the changing sentiments of contemporary society. 
E) were successful artistically but failed commercially. 
A) been the primary vehicle for the diffusion of American popular culture throughout the world. 
B) completely destroyed the avant-garde expressions of Europe's "national cinemas." 
C) proven to be unpopular among European audiences. 
D) done little to reflect the changing sentiments of contemporary society. 
E) were successful artistically but failed commercially.

Question 14

The Berlin Air Lift was initiated by the Soviet Union to provide provisions to East Berlin after a blockade by the United States, Great Britain, and France.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

On balance, did the decade of the 1960s constitute a constructive challenge to the institutions of European society, a destructive one, or both? Provide specific examples to defend your position.

Accepted Answer

The decade of the 1960s constituted both

Question 16

The Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 concluded with

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A) improved communications between the US and the Soviet Union to prevent nuclear war. 
B) the installation of Soviet missiles in Cuba. 
C) the United States overthrowing Cuba's Soviet-supported government. 
D) John Kennedy backing down to the threats of Nikita Khrushchev. 
E) Fidel Castro giving up his military authority in the Cuban government, although he retained political control. 
A) improved communications between the US and the Soviet Union to prevent nuclear war. 
B) the installation of Soviet missiles in Cuba. 
C) the United States overthrowing Cuba's Soviet-supported government. 
D) John Kennedy backing down to the threats of Nikita Khrushchev. 
E) Fidel Castro giving up his military authority in the Cuban government, although he retained political control.

Question 17

Due to its strong democratic traditions, the last Eastern European country to fall under Soviet, one-party domination after World War II was

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A) Bulgaria. 
B) Poland. 
C) Hungary. 
D) Czechoslovakia. 
E) Romania. 
A) Bulgaria. 
B) Poland. 
C) Hungary. 
D) Czechoslovakia. 
E) Romania.

Question 18

The philosophical doctrine of existentialism, with its emphasis on God as a fiction, no preordained human destiny, and the human creation of all values

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A) was dominant in the universities of Great Britain and the United States. 
B) concentrated on logic and a theory of knowledge. 
C) was totally at odds with the confidence and prosperity of the post-war world. 
D) was best expressed in the works of the French writers Albert Camus and Jean-Paul Sartre. 
E) exemplified the spiritualism of the "Age of Aquarius." 
A) was dominant in the universities of Great Britain and the United States. 
B) concentrated on logic and a theory of knowledge. 
C) was totally at odds with the confidence and prosperity of the post-war world. 
D) was best expressed in the works of the French writers Albert Camus and Jean-Paul Sartre. 
E) exemplified the spiritualism of the "Age of Aquarius."

Question 19

The Common Market was

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A) primarily a military alliance of certain European countries. 
B) a forum of European nations founded to solve social problems. 
C) founded for economic reasons, including to promote free trade among member nations. 
D) established for cultural reasons to combat American materialism. 
E) founded with the intent to include all the nations of Europe, including the Soviet Union, as well as the United States, in the organization. 
A) primarily a military alliance of certain European countries. 
B) a forum of European nations founded to solve social problems. 
C) founded for economic reasons, including to promote free trade among member nations. 
D) established for cultural reasons to combat American materialism. 
E) founded with the intent to include all the nations of Europe, including the Soviet Union, as well as the United States, in the organization.

Question 20

An overall effect of the Korean War on the Cold War was

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A) the Soviet Union's domination over all of Southeast Asia. 
B) the end of American and Soviet involvement in Asian political affairs. 
C) the reinforcement of the American determination to "contain" Soviet power. 
D) a decrease in American defense spending since the capacity of the West to win the conflict outright on the battlefield demonstrated the superiority of modern weapons systems and no need to develop new war machines. 
E) the continued willingness to use limited nuclear weapons in local wars. 
A) the Soviet Union's domination over all of Southeast Asia. 
B) the end of American and Soviet involvement in Asian political affairs. 
C) the reinforcement of the American determination to "contain" Soviet power. 
D) a decrease in American defense spending since the capacity of the West to win the conflict outright on the battlefield demonstrated the superiority of modern weapons systems and no need to develop new war machines. 
E) the continued willingness to use limited nuclear weapons in local wars.

Exam 28: Cold War and a New Western World 1945-1965

The first area of conflict in the unfolding of the Cold War was

As president of France, Charles de Gaulle's position in the Cold War was to

The founding members of NATO included all of the following EXCEPT

The Great Leap Forward was

At the Twentieth Congress of the Communist Party in 1956, Khrushchev

The one issue on which the Arab states were united was

A leading voice in the postwar women's liberation movement was Simone de Beauvoir, author of The Second Sex.

All of the following statements regarding women in the post-war era are correct EXCEPT

Existentialism stressed

The Indonesian president who was suspicious of the West, sought economic aid from China and the Soviet Union, and relied at home on a native communist party was

The civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s included all of the following EXCEPT

In 1961, the West constructed the Berlin Wall to prevent East German communists from emigrating to western Europe.

American motion pictures in the postwar years have

The Berlin Air Lift was initiated by the Soviet Union to provide provisions to East Berlin after a blockade by the United States, Great Britain, and France.

On balance, did the decade of the 1960s constitute a constructive challenge to the institutions of European society, a destructive one, or both? Provide specific examples to defend your position.

The Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 concluded with

Due to its strong democratic traditions, the last Eastern European country to fall under Soviet, one-party domination after World War II was

The philosophical doctrine of existentialism, with its emphasis on God as a fiction, no preordained human destiny, and the human creation of all values

The Common Market was

An overall effect of the Korean War on the Cold War was

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