Question 1

The partition of the Indian subcontinent into the states of India and Pakistan in 1947 was accomplished with almost no violence or bloodshed.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

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 3

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Jackson Pollock and Abstract Expressionism

Accepted Answer

Jackson Pollock was an influential Ameri

Question 4

The Warsaw Pact included all of the following nations except

Accepted Answer

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

Question 5

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 6

IDENTIFICATIONS
-"massive retaliation"

Accepted Answer

"Massive retaliation" was a military doc

Question 7

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Berlin blockade

Accepted Answer

The Berlin Blockade was a major internat

Question 8

In 1949, Chiang Kai-shek transferred the Chinese Nationalist government from the mainland to

Accepted Answer

A)  Shanghai. 
B)  Hong Kong. 
C)  Kuala Lumpur. 
D)  Taiwan. 
E)  Tokyo. 
A)  Shanghai. 
B)  Hong Kong. 
C)  Kuala Lumpur. 
D)  Taiwan. 
E)  Tokyo.

Question 9

The Middle Eastern political leader who promoted Pan-Arabism and who advocated a sharing of Middle Eastern oil wealth equally among the Arab states was

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A)  Yasir Arafat. 
B)  Saddam Hussein. 
C)  Anwar al-Sadat. 
D)  the Shah of Iran. 
E)  Gamal Abdul Nasser. 
A)  Yasir Arafat. 
B)  Saddam Hussein. 
C)  Anwar al-Sadat. 
D)  the Shah of Iran. 
E)  Gamal Abdul Nasser.

Question 10

Compare and contrast the political, social, and economic histories of Eastern Europe and Western Europe in the Post-War decades.

Accepted Answer

Following World War II, Eastern Europe a

Question 11

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.

Question 12

Yugoslavia from World War II through the 1960 was characterized by

Accepted Answer

A)  its close alliance with the West in the Cold War. 
B)  a strict adherence to Stalinist-style Communism. 
C)  the leadership of Tito, who asserted Yugoslavia's independence from the Soviet Union. 
D)  its adoption of a Maoist rather than the Stalinist model of communism. 
E)  its complete rejection of Marxian economics. 
A)  its close alliance with the West in the Cold War. 
B)  a strict adherence to Stalinist-style Communism. 
C)  the leadership of Tito, who asserted Yugoslavia's independence from the Soviet Union. 
D)  its adoption of a Maoist rather than the Stalinist model of communism. 
E)  its complete rejection of Marxian economics.

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 14

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Marshall Plan

Accepted Answer

The Marshall Plan, officially known as t

Question 15

An example of the relaxation of repressive Stalinism during Khrushchev's regime was the publication of

Accepted Answer

A)  his own autobiography. 
B)  Stalin's Last Will and Testament. 
C)  Trotsky's Dr. Zhivago. 
D)  Solzhenitsyn's A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich. 
E)  the Bible and the Koran for the first times since the Revolution of 1917. 
A)  his own autobiography. 
B)  Stalin's Last Will and Testament. 
C)  Trotsky's Dr. Zhivago. 
D)  Solzhenitsyn's A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich. 
E)  the Bible and the Koran for the first times since the Revolution of 1917.

Question 16

The American artist Jackson Pollock was most noted for

Accepted Answer

A)  a return to extreme realism in his paintings. 
B)  Postmodernist sculptures. 
C)  Pop Art, which celebrated the whims of popular culture. 
D)  Neo-Cubism. 
E)  Abstract Expressionist paintings. 
A)  a return to extreme realism in his paintings. 
B)  Postmodernist sculptures. 
C)  Pop Art, which celebrated the whims of popular culture. 
D)  Neo-Cubism. 
E)  Abstract Expressionist paintings.

Question 17

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Elvis Presley and the Beatles

Accepted Answer

Elvis Presley and the Beatles are two of

Question 18

The United States involved itself in the fate of Vietnam soon after the close of World War II by supporting French efforts to take back Vietnam as a colony.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

IDENTIFICATIONS
-existentialism and Jean Paul Sartre and Albert Camus

Accepted Answer

Existentialism is a philosophical moveme

Question 20

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Warsaw Pact

Accepted Answer

The Warsaw Pact was a military alliance

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

The partition of the Indian subcontinent into the states of India and Pakistan in 1947 was accomplished with almost no violence or bloodshed.

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

IDENTIFICATIONS -Jackson Pollock and Abstract Expressionism

The Warsaw Pact included all of the following nations except

The Common Market was

IDENTIFICATIONS -"massive retaliation"

IDENTIFICATIONS -Berlin blockade

In 1949, Chiang Kai-shek transferred the Chinese Nationalist government from the mainland to

The Middle Eastern political leader who promoted Pan-Arabism and who advocated a sharing of Middle Eastern oil wealth equally among the Arab states was

Compare and contrast the political, social, and economic histories of Eastern Europe and Western Europe in the Post-War decades.

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

Yugoslavia from World War II through the 1960 was characterized by

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

IDENTIFICATIONS -Marshall Plan

An example of the relaxation of repressive Stalinism during Khrushchev's regime was the publication of

The American artist Jackson Pollock was most noted for

IDENTIFICATIONS -Elvis Presley and the Beatles

The United States involved itself in the fate of Vietnam soon after the close of World War II by supporting French efforts to take back Vietnam as a colony.

IDENTIFICATIONS -existentialism and Jean Paul Sartre and Albert Camus

IDENTIFICATIONS -Warsaw Pact

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