Question 1

The Soviet Union used its military power to preserve or extend its influence in all of the following cases EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  Hungary in 1956.
B)  Great Britain in 1971.
C)  Czechoslovakia in 1968.
D)  Afghanistan in 1979.
E)  Vietnam in 1965. B

Question 2

In the 1970s,some developing economies with certain natural resources managed to gain some power over more industrialized economies through the work of which organization?

Accepted Answer

A)  Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries.
B)  International Monetary Fund.
C)  World Bank.
D)  World Trade Organization.
E)  North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A

Question 3

After World War II,the United States and Western Europe:

Accepted Answer

A)  increased tariffs and other forms of protection.
B)  sought to create a single,common market between the two regions.
C)  sought to increase their security through the Warsaw Pact.
D)  rejected calls to return to a gold standard-based currency system.
E)  collaborated in implementing the Bretton Woods System. E

Question 4

The Peace of Westphalia in 1648:

Accepted Answer

A)  established British hegemony.
B)  marked the end of the Napoleonic Wars.
C)  marked the beginning of the modern system of states.
D)  promoted the Industrial Revolution.
E)  created equitable terms of trade.

Question 5

States' interests affect how they interact with one another.Explain how states' interests in the nineteenth century led to less conflict between major powers in Europe.

Accepted Answer

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Question 6

In the decades after World War II,the Soviet Union did all of the following EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  create a military alliance with countries in Eastern Europe.
B)  promote economic cooperation between its own allies.
C)  establish military cooperation with China.
D)  oppose the independence of colonies in the developing world.
E)  compete with the United States for allies in the developing world.

Question 7

The Bretton Woods System sought to reduce barriers and taxes on goods exchanged between countries with the:

Accepted Answer

A)  General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.
B)  International Monetary Fund.
C)  International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
D)  Council for Mutual Economic Assistance.
E)  Marshall Plan.

Question 8

The victors in World War II created international institutions at the conclusion of the war to promote their own interests and to prevent future wars.Explain why they created these institutions,and how the institutions have affected the interaction of major countries during the Cold War.

Accepted Answer

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Question 9

Which of the following factors did NOT encourage decolonization?

Accepted Answer

A)  The major powers began to implement favorable trade and investment policies that led to economic development in their colonies.
B)  American businesses hoped they would have more access to markets in developing countries.
C)  Nationalist movements became stronger.
D)  Since the Soviet Union was known to be anticolonial,Americans feared colonialism would push African and Asian independence movements toward the Soviets.
E)  World War II weakened the European colonial powers.

Question 10

Which of the following statements about United States intervention during the Cold War is true?

Accepted Answer

A)  The United States refused to intervene in democratic countries.
B)  The United States used military and intelligence services to undermine only governments under the direct control of the Soviet Union.
C)  The United States used military and intelligence services to prevent countries from electing governments sympathetic to the Soviet Union.
D)  The United States rarely intervened in civil conflicts outside its own borders,because it respected the sovereignty of other countries.
E)  The United States rarely used military and intelligence services in Asia,because it feared retaliation from the Soviet Union.

Question 11

In the 1990s,the United Nations:

Accepted Answer

A)  sent troops to Rwanda to mediate an end to a civil war in that country.
B)  launched air strikes against Bosnian Serbian forces in the former Yugoslavia.
C)  prevented the massacre of 8,000 Bosnian boys and men in the Srebrenica "safe area."
D)  opposed the use of force against Iraq after that country invaded Kuwait.
E)  supported the use of force against Iraq to ensure that country stopped producing weapons of mass destruction.

Question 12

Which of the following would be an example of détente between the United States and the Soviet Union?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Soviet Union creates the Warsaw Pact.
B)  The Soviet Union puts missiles in Cuba.
C)  The Soviet Union blocks access to Berlin.
D)  The United States agrees to limit its military weapons.
E)  The United States sends troops to Vietnam.

Question 13

During the Cold War,developing countries:

Accepted Answer

A)  were more concerned about the spread of communism than the gap in wealth between industrialized and developing countries.
B)  sought to separate themselves from the competition between the United States and the Soviet Union.
C)  refused to join the United Nations because it was seen as a tool of the United States and the Soviet Union.
D)  were often effective at improving the terms of trade between industrialized and developing countries.
E)  created effective cartels like the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries for other raw materials,such as copper and bananas.

Question 14

Why did the United States fight "proxy wars" during the Cold War?

Accepted Answer

A)  Since it did not have the nuclear weapons necessary to launch a direct attack on the Soviet Union,the United States attacked Soviet allies instead.
B)  The conflict in Vietnam proved the effectiveness of indirect attacks on Soviet allies.
C)  The United States thought fighting wars "by proxy" would be cheaper.
D)  The United States hoped it could surprise the Soviet Union by not directly attacking it.
E)  The United States feared a devastating war if it directly attacked the Soviet Union.

Question 15

The United States and its allies created international institutions at the end of World War II:

Accepted Answer

A)  because World War II had ended inconclusively.
B)  in response to institutions created by the Soviet Union.
C)  in order to create a stable free-trade economic system.
D)  to increase control over their colonies.
E)  because international institutions had been effective before the war.

Question 16

World War I was supposed to be "the war to end all wars," yet another catastrophic war occurred only two decades later.Explain how the League of Nations and major-power interests failed to prevent World War II.

Accepted Answer

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Question 17

Which of the following is the best example of the challenges to globalization in the modern world?

Accepted Answer

A)  Arab Spring uprisings lead to uncertain results in Middle Eastern and North African countries.
B)  Developing economies push for reforms in the United Nations General Assembly.
C)  The value of currencies fluctuate now that there is no more gold standard.
D)  China and Russia refuse to fully open their borders to international trade.
E)  The United States brings trade dispute cases to the World Trade Organization.

Question 18

When European colonialism began in the sixteenth century:

Accepted Answer

A)  the largest cities in the world were mostly found in Europe.
B)  political and religious interests pushed Europeans to colonize.
C)  European technology was centuries ahead of anywhere else in the world.
D)  Europeans thought of Asia as being filled with powerful rivals.
E)  economic activity in the rest of the world was stagnant.

Question 19

Which of the following statements about nuclear weapons is true?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Soviet Union initially had more nuclear weapons than the United States.
B)  Nuclear weapons were ultimately unimportant in the Cold War competition between the Soviet Union and United States.
C)  There was never a real possibility that the United States or the Soviet Union would use their nuclear weapons.
D)  The Soviet Union did not have enough nuclear weapons to attack the United States or its allies.
E)  The United States' and the Soviet Union's nuclear capabilities effectively prevented each from attacking the other.

Question 20

All of the following led to increasingly globalized world trade in the nineteenth century EXCEPT the:

Accepted Answer

A)  use of steamships.
B)  growth of railroads.
C)  creation of new colonies in Africa.
D)  invention of the telegraph.
E)  adoption of the gold standard.

Exam 2: What Shaped Our World