Question 1

Although many intellectuals wanted to investigate the mentality of Nazism,others simply wanted people to remember.Many survivors of the concentration camps,such as _________,wanted others to know what had happened and to not forget.

Accepted Answer

A)  Klaus Barbie 
B)  Primo Levi 
C)  Günter Grass 
D)  Adolph Eichmann 
E)  Hermann Hess

Question 2

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 3

Even with Nikita Khrushchev's desire to improve relations with the West and reduce tensions,military events occasionally escalated almost to the point of war,as in 1962,when:

Accepted Answer

A)  the United States installed a new generation of intercontinental missiles in Turkey. 
B)  a Chinese military unit, with U.S. approval, crossed into Siberia and declared it free and independent of the Soviet Union. 
C)  a U.S. nuclear submarine secretly entered the Soviet port of Minsk and was captured as it attempted to leave. 
D)  the Soviet Union attempted to install intermediate-range ballistic missiles and other offensive military equipment in Cuba. 
E)  the United States attempted to destroy the Berlin Wall by planting explosives in secret tunnels under Checkpoint Charlie.

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 5

The COMECON ensured that the Soviet Union could sell its exports at prices well above the world level and compelled other members to trade with the Soviet Union,but to their disadvantage.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Which of the following was NOT an important element of the Marshall Plan?

Accepted Answer

A)  the restriction of Catholic political movements that tended toward an inherent suspicion of American culture and political motives 
B)  the tacit suppression of left-leaning political movements in Western Europe in return for aid 
C)  the shipment of vast amounts of American money and goods to the states of Western Europe 
D)  restraints on wages and other fiscal measures that might further socialist political agendas in Western Europe 
E)  technical assistance, but not funding, to the communist states of Eastern Europe

Question 8

J.Robert Oppenheimer warned that a new weapon developed in the 1950s was a "weapon of genocide.That weapon was:

Accepted Answer

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

Question 9

After World War II,governments continued rationing,although there was an ample supply of food,in an effort to remain self-sufficient.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

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 French appeared to have won a colonial war in Vietnam in 1951,but rather than begin peace talks and arrive at depolarization on favorable terms,they fought on and eventually lost everything at the battle of:

Accepted Answer

A)  Ngo Dinh Diem. 
B)  Hanoi. 
C)  Dien Bien Phu. 
D)  Saigon. 
E)  Ho Chi Minh.

Question 12

Why did Britain not enjoy the "economic miracle" that was sweeping through Europe?

Accepted Answer

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Question 13

The British encouraged the creation of a federated state for its African colony of __________________,but it rapidly disintegrated along racial lines into separate states.

Accepted Answer

A)  Malawi 
B)  Rhodesia 
C)  Natal 
D)  Uganda 
E)  Tanzania

Question 14

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 15

The leading feminist theorist of the mid-twentieth century,Simone de Beauvior,wrote in The Second Sex that:

Accepted Answer

A)  "Women and men are so fundamentally different that there can never be any true understanding between the sexes." 
B)  "Women are fundamentally too frail to be expected to meet the rigors of modern life in the manner of men." 
C)  "One has to be born a woman to understand women." 
D)  "One is not born a woman, one becomes one." 
E)  "Women and men are from fundamentally different planets; understanding between them is almost impossible."

Question 16

The arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union began in 1949 when the Soviet Union tested its own _________,a weapon on which the United States had a monopoly until that time.

Accepted Answer

A)  atomic bomb 
B)  hydrogen bomb 
C)  neutron bomb 
D)  "star wars" defense system 
E)  cobalt bomb

Question 17

The postwar world faced the moral dilemmas of war,occupation,and resistance,all of which found an expression in the _________of the period.

Accepted Answer

A)  static art 
B)  architecture 
C)  music 
D)  literature 
E)  drama

Question 18

One of the most promising of the newly independent African nations,Ghana,soon fell victim to corruption with its first president:

Accepted Answer

A)  Kenneth Kaunda. 
B)  Joseph Kenyatta. 
C)  Kwame Nkrumah. 
D)  Steven Biko. 
E)  Nelson Mandela.

Question 19

The Soviets were excluded from the Marshall Plan.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

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

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

Although many intellectuals wanted to investigate the mentality of Nazism,others simply wanted people to remember.Many survivors of the concentration camps,such as _________,wanted others to know what had happened and to not forget.

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:

Even with Nikita Khrushchev's desire to improve relations with the West and reduce tensions,military events occasionally escalated almost to the point of war,as in 1962,when:

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

The COMECON ensured that the Soviet Union could sell its exports at prices well above the world level and compelled other members to trade with the Soviet Union,but to their disadvantage.

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

Which of the following was NOT an important element of the Marshall Plan?

J.Robert Oppenheimer warned that a new weapon developed in the 1950s was a "weapon of genocide.That weapon was:

After World War II,governments continued rationing,although there was an ample supply of food,in an effort to remain self-sufficient.

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

The French appeared to have won a colonial war in Vietnam in 1951,but rather than begin peace talks and arrive at depolarization on favorable terms,they fought on and eventually lost everything at the battle of:

Why did Britain not enjoy the "economic miracle" that was sweeping through Europe?

The British encouraged the creation of a federated state for its African colony of __________________,but it rapidly disintegrated along racial lines into separate states.

To what does the term Iron Curtain refer?

The leading feminist theorist of the mid-twentieth century,Simone de Beauvior,wrote in The Second Sex that:

The arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union began in 1949 when the Soviet Union tested its own _________,a weapon on which the United States had a monopoly until that time.

The postwar world faced the moral dilemmas of war,occupation,and resistance,all of which found an expression in the _________of the period.

One of the most promising of the newly independent African nations,Ghana,soon fell victim to corruption with its first president:

The Soviets were excluded from the Marshall Plan.

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