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1
Ideologically, the two competing sides in the cold war were
A)socialism and communism.
B)communism and fascism.
C)capitalism and communism.
D)republican and democrat.
E)fascism and capitalism.
2
The Berlin blockade clearly demonstrated that
A)the western allies were afraid of a nuclear war.
B)the Soviet Union lacked the will to confront the west.
C)Britain and the United States would not be intimidated into abandoning Berlin.
D)Berlin could survive without outside support.
E)all of the above
3
As a result of the Korean War,
A)the government of South Korea successfully unified the Korean peninsula.
B)the government of North Korea successfully unified the Korean peninsula.
C)Japanese troops established a permanent base in South Korea to contain China.
D)China intervened when American troops advanced to its border.
E)all of the above
4
Which of the following was not a Cold War flashpoint?
A)the Korean War
B)the Berlin airlift
C)the Vietnam War
D)the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan
E)the 1971 war between Pakistan and India
5
The United States tentatively supported a failed invasion of Cuba at
A)Havana.
B)the Bay of Pigs.
C)Hukbalahap.
D)Sukarno.
E)Guantánamo.
6
At the Bay of Pigs in 1961,
A)An American-sponsored invasion failed, and subsequently strengthened Castro's grip on power.
B)American special forces were defeated by Cuban troops.
C)anti-Castro Cuban forces defeated Cuban forces on the beach but failed to spark an uprising against Castro.
D)an American naval blockade turned back Soviet supply ships.
E)all of the above
7
The Cuban missile crisis ended when
A)the United States invaded Cuba and overthrew Batista.
B)the Soviets agreed to withdraw their missiles in exchange for Kennedy's pledge not to invade Cuba and his agreement to withdraw U.S. missiles from Turkey.
C)Khrushchev agreed to end the blockade of Berlin.
D)the United States threatened to impose a strict embargo on all Cuban exports.
E)None of the above
8
The expression "domestic containment" refers to
A)the public hearings to expose spies and communists in the United States in the 1950s.
B)strict immigration quotas imposed against people from communist countries.
C)efforts to keep communism from taking hold in the western hemisphere.
D)the popular retreat to the home and family to escape from the anxieties of the cold war.
E)volunteer activities of U.S. housewives to showcase the American way of life.
9
Despite the prosperity of the postwar years, many groups in Americans expressed dissatisfaction, including
A)middle-class housewives, who felt lonely and unfulfilled with domestic life.
B)the elderly, who clamored for a system of social security.
C)the middle class, who complained about shortages of consumer goods.
D)none of the above
E)all of the above
10
10. The Soviet Union dominated the foreign affairs of all the following countries except
A)East Germany.
B)Czechoslovakia.
C)Hungary.
D)Poland.
E)Yugoslavia.
11
The kitchen debate between Khrushchev and Nixon centered on whether the United States could stand the "kitchen heat" being applied by the USSR.
A)True
B)False
12
The western powers' decision to merge their German occupation zones and to introduce a new currency precipitated the Berlin blockade.
A)True
B)False
13
East Germany constructed the Berlin wall to protect East Berlin from attack.
A)True
B)False
14
The civil rights movement in the U.S. owed its success predominantly to direct action on the part of African Americans.
A)True
B)False
15
French President Charles de Gaulle supported a close alliance with the United States.
A)True
B)False
16
The reorganization of China under communism in the 1950s included all of the following except
A)free-market reforms to increase productivity.
B)a Five-Year Plan that emphasized heavy industry over consumer goods.
C)collective farming to replace individual farming.
D)full legal equality for women.
E)health and public education provided through local collectives.
17
Tensions developed between China and the Soviet Union after
A)the Soviets refused to buy any Chinese goods.
B)the two countries disagreed over who should get control of Tibet.
C)the Soviets tried to prevent the Chinese from developing nuclear weapons.
D)the Soviets refused to support China against India and provided China with only modest foreign aid.
E)all of the above
18
The United States sought to ensure the survival of a non-communist South Vietnam by
A)heavily bombing North Vietnam and intervening with an army of 500,000 soldiers.
B)negotiating a comprehensive peace accord involving all of Southeast Asia.
C)using nuclear weapons against the North Vietnamese.
D)all of the above
E)none of the above
19
The Soviet Union failed to impose a communist government in Afghanistan because
A)Islamic leaders objected to radical social reforms.
B)the PDPA was brutal and unpopular.
C)the U.S. and other countries supplied the mujahideen with arms for their resistance.
D)none of the above
E)all of the above
20
Which of the following was an example of the popular youth movements of the 1960s and 1970s?
A)antiwar protests in American universities
B)political satire like Dr. Strangelove
C)Joseph McCarthy's campaign to uncovered alleged communists in the U.S. government
D)student riots in Pyongyang
E)all of the above
21
During the "Prague Spring"
A)Czechoslovakian leaders demanded that the U.S. pull its forces out of their nation.
B)Soviet writers protested their nation's occupation of Eastern Europe.
C)Czech freedom fighters battled Warsaw Pact forces.
D)Alexander Dubcek sought to liberalize Czechoslovakian communism.
E)none of the above
22
Gorbachev
A)intended from the very beginning to tear down the Soviet system.
B)was informed by the economic reforms of Deng Xiaoping.
C)was mainly inspired by Leonid Brezhnev.
D)sought to address the economic deterioration of the USSR.
E)had been a capitalist reformer since his college education in London.
23
The end of communism in east and central Europe was peaceful in all of the following states except
A)Bulgaria.
B)Czechoslovakia.
C)Hungary.
D)Poland.
E)Romania.
24
The greatest resistance to Gorbachev's economic reforms came from
A)party and military leaders who refused to relinquish control over economic planning.
B)peasant farmers.
C)Russian consumers who feared that changes would mean more hardship for them.
D)other communist states that counted on the economic support of the Soviet Union.
E)Boris Yeltsin, president of the Russian Republic, who feared that Russia might lose its central position.
25
Gorbachev was rescued from an unsuccessful coup by
A)the United States.
B)a unified force of eastern European nations who owed their own independence to Gorbachev's reforms.
C)British paratroopers.
D)the French Navy.
E)Boris Yeltsin and some loyal Red Army units.
26
Khrushchev continued Stalin's policy of rule through terror.
A)True
B)False
27
Hungary sought to break ties with the USSR and the Warsaw pact in 1956.
A)True
B)False
28
Détente did not end the conflict between the U.S. and USSR but it did prompt a new era of cooperation.
A)True
B)False
29
Solidarity was a government-controlled movement that sought to build support for Poland's communist government.
A)True
B)False
30
Gorbachev's program of perestroika sough to decentralize the Soviet Union's economy.
A)True
B)False





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