Question 1

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

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Question 2

In what ways were Khrushchev's policies a "thawing" of Stalinist ideals and practice?

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Question 3

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

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

Question 4

Only one communist country,Yugoslavia,managed to steer clear of alliances during the Cold War and remain within neither the Soviet sphere of influence nor that of the West,primarily due to the strength of its leader:

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A)  Stefan Wyazynski (Marshall Broz). 
B)  Josip Broz (Marshal Tito). 
C)  Yahya Khan (General Shek). 
D)  Slobodan Milosevic (General Matyas). 
E)   (Marshall Lech).

Question 5

Superpower rivalry was brought to the far corners of the globe as newly emancipated nations,freed from the holds of imperialism,were fought over as allies.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

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:

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

Question 7

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

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Question 8

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

One of the wildly popular books of Joseph Heller,Catch-22,represented a form of popular existentialism and was concerned with the absurdity of:

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A)  corporate life. 
B)  academic life. 
C)  war. 
D)  modern life. 
E)  religion.

Question 10

How did the Marshall Plan enhance the ideals set out in the Truman Doctrine?

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Question 11

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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Question 12

Communism spread throughout Eastern Europe in the aftermath of World War II and Soviet occupation,but communism also took control of _________ in the 1940s through revolution.

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A)  Vietnam 
B)  Turkey 
C)  Greece 
D)  Hungary 
E)  China

Question 13

After World War II,the anticolonial independence movements sweeping through Asia and Africa created a new group of nations that avoided aligning with one another or any other bloc and called itself the "Third World."

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

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:

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

Question 15

De Gaulle created the First Republic in France in 1958 by insisting on a new constitution for the nation.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

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.

Question 17

To what does the term Iron Curtain refer?

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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 18

The Berlin Wall was built as a direct response to the West's refusal to make Berlin a free city in a permanently divided Germany.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

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

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Question 20

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

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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)  armaments and other forms of military assistance to aid the battle against communists

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

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

In what ways were Khrushchev's policies a "thawing" of Stalinist ideals and practice?

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

Only one communist country,Yugoslavia,managed to steer clear of alliances during the Cold War and remain within neither the Soviet sphere of influence nor that of the West,primarily due to the strength of its leader:

Superpower rivalry was brought to the far corners of the globe as newly emancipated nations,freed from the holds of imperialism,were fought over as allies.

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?

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

One of the wildly popular books of Joseph Heller,Catch-22,represented a form of popular existentialism and was concerned with the absurdity of:

How did the Marshall Plan enhance the ideals set out in the Truman Doctrine?

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?

Communism spread throughout Eastern Europe in the aftermath of World War II and Soviet occupation,but communism also took control of _________ in the 1940s through revolution.

After World War II,the anticolonial independence movements sweeping through Asia and Africa created a new group of nations that avoided aligning with one another or any other bloc and called itself the "Third World."

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:

De Gaulle created the First Republic in France in 1958 by insisting on a new constitution for the nation.

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:

To what does the term Iron Curtain refer?

The Berlin Wall was built as a direct response to the West's refusal to make Berlin a free city in a permanently divided Germany.

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

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