Question 1

Although the war in Indochina was hard on the French,the war in Algeria was much harder since it involved fighting on three fronts: a guerrilla war in the countryside,a war of terror fought in Algeria's cities,and a war:

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A)   against foreign terrorists coming to the Algerians' aid.
B)   with other Arab countries which supported Algeria.
C)   of terrorism within France against Algerian supporters at home.
D)   of political action at the United Nations in an attempt to secure aid.
E)   of opinion at home, politically dividing the country and bringing down the government. E

Question 2

The stated U.S.policy of containment regarding the Soviet Union in the post-World War II world was set forth in 1946 by:

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A)   George Kennan.
B)   George Marshall.
C)   Harry S Truman.
D)   Douglas MacArthur.
E)   Dwight D. Eisenhower. A

Question 3

What were the characteristics of the British welfare state,and in what way was this a break from previous ways of thinking about poverty and citizenship?

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Led by Clement Atlee,the British welfare state enacted legislation that provided free medical care to all through the National Health Service,granted assistance to families,and guaranteed secondary education of some kind to all children.The welfare state in Britain rested on the assumption that governments could and should try to support popular purchasing power,generate demand,and provide employment or a form of unemployment insurance.This was a break with previous ideas of poverty and citizenship in that it held that all citizens deserved the same social heritage and that diminishing the sharp inequalities of class society was crucial to fortifying a democratic culture.

Question 4

With Nikita Khrushchev's "thaw" following his consolidation of power in 1956,some Eastern European countries were able to secure a measure of independence from the Soviet Union,such as Poland did under its leader:

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A)   Imre Nagy.
B)   
C)   
D)   Wenceslas Lübeck.
E)

Question 5

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)was formed in 1949 by the United States and representatives of Western European states for the purpose of:

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A)   ensuring the proper disbursement of Marshall Plan funds.
B)   guarding the shipping lanes in the North Atlantic.
C)   providing a "free trade zone" for the countries of Europe and the United States.
D)   providing mutual defense: an attack against one was an attack against all.
E)   planning coordinated economic policies.

Question 6

After coming to power in 1956 and nationalizing the Suez Canal,Gamel Abdul Nasser used the money raised from operating the canal to fund a project,the _________,to further bolster Egyptian national pride and economy.

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A)   restoration of the pyramids
B)   Aswan Dam on the Nile
C)   rebuilding of the Library of Alexandria
D)   building of hospitals throughout Africa
E)   building of schools throughout the Arab world

Question 7

What was the impact of apartheid in South Africa,and why was it not challenged by the West?

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Question 8

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.

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

Question 9

For the most part,when the European colonial powers left Africa,their legacy was:

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A)   such that virtually none of the former colonies possessed the means to make independence work.
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 democracy 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 10

During the first decades of economic recovery following World War II,one country,_________,had a seemingly insatiable need for workers.Transient workers from all over Europe were drawn by the high demand for labor.

Accepted Answer

A)   Italy
B)   France
C)   Great Britain
D)   West Germany
E)   the Netherlands

Question 11

When Europe began to take sides between West and East following World War II,Yugoslavia was declared to have "taken the road to nationalism" by:

Accepted Answer

A)   Josef Stalin.
B)   Harry S Truman.
C)   Clement Atlee.
D)   Josip Broz.
E)   Janos Kadar.

Question 12

Having been successful in their attempts to seize power in many places in the years following World War II,the communists continued pressing open warfare in many countries such as:

Accepted Answer

A)   Korea.
B)   Thailand.
C)   Cambodia.
D)   Burma.
E)   Manchuria.

Question 13

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 14

Jean-Paul Sartre was the leading proponent of the twentieth-century philosophy of existentialism,which held that:

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A)   to be is to be perceived.
B)   knowledge is unattainable.
C)   essence precedes existence.
D)   existence precedes essence.
E)   existence is perceived reality; one's essence is unknowable.

Question 15

The great nationalist and follower of a philosophy of nonviolence,Mohandas K.Gandhi,led his country,_________,into independence.

Accepted Answer

A)   Nepal
B)   Pakistan
C)   India
D)   Bangladesh
E)   South Africa

Question 16

What impact did the Chinese Revolution have on the Cold War?

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Question 17

After the war,anti-Semitism was still rampant across Europe,and many blamed the Jews for bringing about the war.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Even more popular than Catch-22,The Lord of the Rings,a set of novels by _________,gave young romantics who rebelled against postwar Western culture a fantasy world to which they could escape.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 19

What process was referred to as the making of "an Iron Curtain"?

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Question 20

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 key 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

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