Question 1

Both the Aswan Dam and the Suez Canal were physical representations of Egyptian national pride and economic independence from Britain.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Following Josef Stalin's death in 1953,many of the countries in Eastern Europe attempted to wrest some measure of independence from Moscow.Although Poland managed to establish a looser arrangement with Moscow,_________ pushed too far and was occupied by Soviet troops for a time.

Accepted Answer

A)  Romania 
B)  Hungary 
C)  Czechoslovakia 
D)  Bulgaria 
E)  Yugoslavia

Question 3

The COMECON was established as an Eastern European version of the Marshall Plan.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

For the most part,when the British left Africa,their legacy was:

Accepted Answer

A)  written constitutions and the British legal system. 
B)  a continent of independent countries, which possessed the resources to take their place in the world. 
C)  one of peace and harmony between themselves and their former colonies. 
D)  such that African countries became the model of economic development for Asian Third World countries. 
E)  very mixed: some countries rivaled those of Europe within a decade, while others remained dependent on foreign aid.

Question 5

The Volkswagen was an attempt by Hitler to make an affordable "people's car" for Europe.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Which of the following helped foster the establishment of communist states in Eastern Europe after 1945?

Accepted Answer

A)  Public revulsion against the failure of the Western democracies to stop Hitler, resulting in the defeat of their allies at the polls 
B)  Soviet diplomatic pressure, political infiltration, and military power 
C)  A massive infusion of Soviet economic and technical aid, hastening the rebuilding process 
D)  Persistent ethnic conflict, exacerbated by the earlier Nazi occupation 
E)  Soviet propaganda that showed the superiority of the socialist vision of the future over that of the capitalist West

Question 7

The __________________________ helped affirm the reality the Europe was not master of the world after World War II.

Accepted Answer

A)  third Great Depression 
B)  loss of their colonial empires 
C)  the African civil war 
D)  rise of India and China as major powers 
E)  the establishment of the Asian Development bank

Question 8

How did the world try to make sense of the war afterwards?

Accepted Answer

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Question 9

What was the "Berlin Airlift"?

Accepted Answer

A)  A process of evacuating ethnic German refugees following the Soviet capture of the city in 1945 
B)  The bombing of the city in the final days of World War II by the Allies 
C)  The means by which Western intelligence services secretly evacuated top Nazi officials with important information who would otherwise have been executed by the Soviet forces 
D)  A massive reinforcement of Western military power in the city during the crisis over the Berlin Wall in 1962 
E)  A process of providing desperately needed food and supplies during the Soviet blockade of 1948

Question 10

In the late 1940s and with the concurrence of Britain,the Afrikaner government of South Africa instituted its racial policy of:

Accepted Answer

A)  equality for all. 
B)  indentured servitude. 
C)  slavery. 
D)  Negritude. 
E)  apartheid.

Question 11

The tenets of Marxism called for a revolution by the proletariat,the industrial workers,but China in the 1940s was a nation of peasants,so an adaptation of Marxism was provided by:

Accepted Answer

A)  Lin Biao. 
B)  Mao Zedong. 
C)  Chiang Kai-shek. 
D)  Ho Chi Minh. 
E)  Jiang Jeishi.

Question 12

Solzhenitsyn's autobiographical The Gulag Archipelago told the stories of Stalin's regime,including the imprisonment of scientists doing research for the secret police and the memories of prisoners of the Stalinist camps.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

To what does the term Iron Curtain refer?

Accepted Answer

A)  The nickname given by Soviet officials to the new extended frontier against Western aggression in central Europe 
B)  The nickname given by Soviet military officers to their blockade established around Berlin in 1948 
C)  An early nickname given by NATO troops to the Berlin Wall 
D)  The nickname given by Winston Churchill to the line separating Soviet-dominated Europe from capitalist Europe 
E)  The code name for the naval blockade of Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962

Question 14

General Douglas MacArthur,a hero of World War II,burnished his reputation by boldly driving North Korean forces into China,thereby leading to a conclusion of the conflict largely on American terms.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Explain the steps and process by which Europe achieved far more economic integration that ever before?

Accepted Answer

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Question 16

Explain the different paths that Poland and Hungry took and were allowed to take after the death of Stalin and why they differed?

Accepted Answer

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Question 17

The economic boom that Europe enjoyed following World War II was fueled by all of the following EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  high consumer demand for goods. 
B)  high levels of employment. 
C)  a wide range of technological innovations. 
D)  continued capital investment. 
E)  trade protectionism.

Question 18

By 1953 both the United States and the Soviet Union had developed an even more powerful weapon,the:

Accepted Answer

A)  atomic bomb. 
B)  nuclear submarine. 
C)  hydrogen bomb. 
D)  intercontinental missile. 
E)  cobalt bomb.

Question 19

In 1955 the Soviet Union and its allies in Eastern Europe responded to the formation of NATO with the:

Accepted Answer

A)  Moscow Accords. 
B)  Budapest Agreement. 
C)  Warsaw Pact. 
D)  Prague Treaty. 
E)  Leningrad Alliance.

Question 20

An attempt to understand the evolution of all powerful governments in The Origins of Totalitarianism was written by:

Accepted Answer

A)  C. S. Lewis. 
B)  Hannah Arndt. 
C)  T. S. Eliot. 
D)  H. P. Lovecraft. 
E)  J. P. Morgan.

Exam 27: The Cold War World: Global Politics,Economic Recovery,and Cultural Change

Both the Aswan Dam and the Suez Canal were physical representations of Egyptian national pride and economic independence from Britain.

Following Josef Stalin's death in 1953,many of the countries in Eastern Europe attempted to wrest some measure of independence from Moscow.Although Poland managed to establish a looser arrangement with Moscow,_________ pushed too far and was occupied by Soviet troops for a time.

The COMECON was established as an Eastern European version of the Marshall Plan.

For the most part,when the British left Africa,their legacy was:

The Volkswagen was an attempt by Hitler to make an affordable "people's car" for Europe.

Which of the following helped foster the establishment of communist states in Eastern Europe after 1945?

The __________________________ helped affirm the reality the Europe was not master of the world after World War II.

How did the world try to make sense of the war afterwards?

What was the "Berlin Airlift"?

In the late 1940s and with the concurrence of Britain,the Afrikaner government of South Africa instituted its racial policy of:

The tenets of Marxism called for a revolution by the proletariat,the industrial workers,but China in the 1940s was a nation of peasants,so an adaptation of Marxism was provided by:

Solzhenitsyn's autobiographical The Gulag Archipelago told the stories of Stalin's regime,including the imprisonment of scientists doing research for the secret police and the memories of prisoners of the Stalinist camps.

To what does the term Iron Curtain refer?

General Douglas MacArthur,a hero of World War II,burnished his reputation by boldly driving North Korean forces into China,thereby leading to a conclusion of the conflict largely on American terms.

Explain the steps and process by which Europe achieved far more economic integration that ever before?

Explain the different paths that Poland and Hungry took and were allowed to take after the death of Stalin and why they differed?

The economic boom that Europe enjoyed following World War II was fueled by all of the following EXCEPT:

By 1953 both the United States and the Soviet Union had developed an even more powerful weapon,the:

In 1955 the Soviet Union and its allies in Eastern Europe responded to the formation of NATO with the:

An attempt to understand the evolution of all powerful governments in The Origins of Totalitarianism was written by: