What is brinkmanship?

pushing a conflict to the tipping point

2 countries don't fight due to the conflict being unwinnable

One condition of the Postdam Conference was...

Russia would enter the war against Japan from the West

Two examples of prestige wars are...

space race and the summit series

capitalist liberal democracy and the US sphere of influence

Two goals of Stalin through the use of expansionism were...

Keep Germany divided and the creation of a buffer zone

The Marshall Plan was...

$13 billion plan to rebuild the countries of Europe

What was the Truman Doctrine?

economic aid package to Greece & Turkey to fight communism

Where were the two conditions of the agreement to end the Cuban Missile Crisis?

Both would remove missiles and the USA would not invade Cuba

The representatives at the beginning of the Postdam Conference were...

Churchill (Britain), Turman (USA), Stalin (Russia)

which countries signed the Brussels Treaty?

Britain, Belgium, France, Luxembourg, & the Netherlands

What were the two conditions of the Yalta conference?

Dividing Germany into 4 zones of occupation & free elections

The warsaw pact represented...

communism and the Soviet sphere of influence

Churchill was replaced by Atlee to represent Britain because...

Churchill had lost the national election

The Marshall Plan was offered to....

all countries whether democratic or communist

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1
What is brinkmanship?
pushing a conflict to the tipping point
expanding military capability
economic tariffs and sanctions
not wanting to fight due to an unwinnable situation
2
The Soviet foreign policy approach was called...
Expansionism
Cuban Missile Crisis
Containment
The Warsaw Pact
3
What is deterrence?
2 countries don't fight due to the conflict being unwinnable
Independence free from influence of another nation
Creating weapons in order to maintain a balance of power
When tensions are on the brink of conflict
4
a war when 2 countries use third parties/countries instead of fighting each other directly is a
Predigest war
Proximal War
Proxy war
Primacy War
5
What is it when a state has a level of economic, military, or political control over a region
Containment
Sphere of influence
Expansionism
An international alliance like NATO or the Warsaw Pact
6
One condition of the Postdam Conference was...
Russia would surrender East Germany to the Allies
Russia would enter the war against Japan from the West
The Americans would drop the atom bomb on Japan
Germany would sell their nuclear arms to the western allies
7
Two examples of prestige wars are...
Cuban missile crisis and the summit series
space race and Cuban missile crisis
space race and the summit series
Summit series and war of words
8
What is MAD?
mutually assisted destruction
maintained assurance of detonation
mutually assured destruction
maintained assurance of destruction
9
NATO represented...
communism and the Soviet sphere of influence
The creation of a joint capitalist democratic economy
military organization available to fight off communism
capitalist liberal democracy and the US sphere of influence
10
The second central point of the USAs policy of containment was...
NATO
Marshall Plan
Truman Doctrine
Containment
11
Two goals of Stalin through the use of expansionism were...
Creation of a buffer zone and mass industrialization
Keep Germany divided and the creation of a buffer zone
Keep Germany divided and mass industrialization
Creation of a buffer zone & the spread of military influence
12
The Marshall Plan was only involving economic aid?
True
False
13
Stalin justified Russia's post war expansionism through which two reasons
Historical and Geographical
Cultural and Historical reasons
Cultural and Geographical reasons
Historical and Geological reasons
14
The use of spies to gain knowledge about their opposing countries is called...
war of words
espionage
brinkmanship
deterrence
15
The MAIN reason the Warsaw Pact was created was to counter act...
West Germany joining NATO
Expand economic and political control across Europe
Protect East Germany and its borders from NATO
Military resistance to capitalist liberal democracy
16
The Marshall Plan was...
$400 million given to Greece and Turkey to thwart communism
Military aid granted to any capitalist liberal democracy
America's policy of containment in the form of West Germany
$13 billion plan to rebuild the countries of Europe
17
What was the Truman Doctrine?
Economic policy to unite capitalist liberal democracies
Economic aid to rebuild the continent of Europe
economic aid package to Greece & Turkey to fight communism
Military action taken in Greece to fight off communism
18
Which of the following is not a main technique used in the Cold War?
War of words
proxy wars
espionage
Symbolism and Idoltry
19
The biggest example of brinkmanship was...
Cuban Missile crisis
Fall of the Berlin wall
The Berlin blockade/air-lift
Korean War
20
Where were the two conditions of the agreement to end the Cuban Missile Crisis?
None of the above
Both would provide economic aid to Cuba and remove missiles
Both would remove missiles and the USA would not invade Cuba
An ceasefire agreement would be signed, economic aid to Cuba
21
Example of proxy wars are...
Korea, China, Afghanistan
Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan
Korea, Cuba, Afghanistan
Korea, Vietnam, Pakistan
22
What did soviet Foreign Minister Molotov call the Marshall plan in his rejection of it...
Choosing capitalist favorites
dollar imperialism
Backwards economic policy
Economic warfare
23
What term relating to the USSR did Churchill famously coin..
Buffer Zone
Iron Curtain
Puppet Governments
Satellite States
24
The representatives at the beginning of the Postdam Conference were...
Atlee (Britain), Truman (USA), Stalin (Russia)
Churchill (Britain), Turman (USA), Stalin (Russia)
Atlee (Britain), Roosevelt (USA), Stalin (Russia)
Churchill (Britain), Roosevelt (USA) Stalin (Russia)
25
which countries signed the Brussels Treaty?
France, Britain, USA and Canada
Belgium, France, Canada, Luxembourg
Britain, France, USA, Belgium, Netherlands
Britain, Belgium, France, Luxembourg, & the Netherlands
26
To counteract expansionism, the United States practiced what approach towards foreign policy?
The Marshall Plan
Containment
Contaminate
The Truman Doctrine
27
The second conference, which took place in Germany, was called...
The Truman Doctrine
The Yalta Conference
The Marshall Plan
The Potsdam Conference
28
What were the main alliances of both sides during the cold war?
NATO (west) Expansionism (east)
Marshall Plan (west) Molotov Plan (east)
NATO (west) Warsaw Pact (east)
Warsaw Pact (east) Allies (west)
29
What was the Soviet equivalent to the Marshall Plan?
The Warsaw Pact
Command Economy
The Molotov Plan
Economic Expansionism
30
What were the two conditions of the Yalta conference?
Dividing Germany into 4 zones & Demilitarization
Dividing Germany into 4 zones of occupation & free elections
Free elections and the division of Germany into East & West
Demilitarization and free elections
31
The warsaw pact represented...
capitalist liberal democracy and the US sphere of influence
economic ties between communist nations
the combined military of all communist countries
communism and the Soviet sphere of influence
32
Some of the conditions of the Marshall Plan included...
eliminate trade restrictions
All of the above
stabilize exchange rates at a reasonable level
Balancing their budgets...
33
Churchill was replaced by Atlee to represent Britain because...
Churchill stepped down as prime minister
Churchill could not see eye to eye with Truman and Stalin
Churchill had lost the national election
Churchill died suddenly
34
The Marshall Plan was offered to....
all countries whether democratic or communist
communist countries to bring them over to democracy
Countries that fought on the side of the Allies during WW2
Capitalist countries to tie their economy to the USA
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What was the first conference held between the Big 3 at the tail end of WW2?
Yalta
Yelta
Potsdam
Molotov

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