WHCP Module 23 Test Review

Question 1

Which US theory believed that if one country “falls” to Communism, so will its neighbors?

Accepted Answer

Domino Theory

Question 2

Who is responsible for the idea of Brinkmanship?

Accepted Answer

John Foster Dulles

Question 3

The Strategic Defense Initiative was also known as (aka)?

Accepted Answer

Star Wars Missile Defense System

Question 4

Who was the 1st man in orbit?

Accepted Answer

Yuri Gagarin

Question 5

Who was the leader of South Vietnam during the Vietnam War?

Accepted Answer

Ngo Dinh Diem

Question 6

Which country allowed Tibetan refugees to flee to China?

Accepted Answer

India

Question 7

Which countries benefited from the Truman Doctrine?

Accepted Answer

Greece and Turkey

Question 8

Which of the following countries were considered “Superpowers”?

Accepted Answer

China, USSR, USA

Question 9

Which alliance was created in 1955 in response to NATO?

Accepted Answer

Warsaw Pact

Question 10

The Vietcong were?

Accepted Answer

Communist South Vietnamese

Question 11

Which country(s) was or were associated with 2nd World countries?

Accepted Answer

USSR

Question 12

Who was the leader of the Khmer Rouge?

Accepted Answer

Pol Pot

Question 13

Who were the Afghan rebels who were supported by the US?

Accepted Answer

Mujahedeen

Question 14

What was the root belief of Ayatollah Khomeini’s politics?

Accepted Answer

Hatred of the United States

Question 15

Who was the 1st American sent into orbit?

Accepted Answer

Alan Shepard

Question 16

Who was the leader of Nationalist China?

Accepted Answer

Jiang Jieshi

Question 17

What US financial package was created to provide $12-13 billion for aid to Europe?

Accepted Answer

Marshall Plan

Question 18

Which US Cold War policy / theory is characterized by a lessening of Cold War tensions?

Accepted Answer

Detente

Question 19

Who was the US President during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

Accepted Answer

John F. Kennedy

Question 20

Who was the leader of the Communist North Vietnamese?

Accepted Answer

Ho Chi Minh

Question 21

Why did Détente eventually fail?

Accepted Answer

US Congress refused to sign SALT II

Question 22

Who was the leader of the Sandinistas?

Accepted Answer

Daniel Ortega

Question 23

Which US policy / theory did the US employ against USSR to keep Communism from spreading?

Accepted Answer

Containment

Question 24

The Cultural Revolution was which country’s revolt to Communism?

Accepted Answer

China

Question 25

Which country(s) was or were associated with 1st World countries?

Accepted Answer

USA

Question 26

Who was the Buddhist leader of Tibet?

Accepted Answer

Dalai Lama

Question 27

What type of alliance was NATO?

Accepted Answer

Defensive / Military

Question 28

The Khmer Rouge were Communists from which country?

Accepted Answer

Cambodia

Question 29

Which US policy / theory did the US employ that threatened to take the USSR to the edge of war?

Accepted Answer

Brinkmanship

Question 30

What was the main requirement for the United States to support a foreign leader?

Accepted Answer

Had to be anti-Communist

Question 31

Where did Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin meet to determine how to fix Europe after WWII?

Accepted Answer

Yalta

Question 32

What was the goal of the Space Race?

Accepted Answer

Put a man on the moon

Question 33

Which US military policy had the US gradually pulling out of South Vietnam responsibly?

Accepted Answer

Vietnamization

Question 34

Who was the leader of United Nations forces in the Korean War?

Accepted Answer

Douglas MacArthur

Question 35

Who was the Soviet Premier (Leader) during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

Accepted Answer

Nikita Khrushchev

Question 36

Who did the USSR support in the civil war in Nicaragua?

Accepted Answer

Sandinistas

Question 37

At which conference did Stalin say” Capitalism and Communism couldn't exist in the same world”?

Accepted Answer

Potsdam

Question 38

Who was the leader of Communist Cuba?

Accepted Answer

Fidel Castro

Question 39

What was the division line between North and South Korea?

Accepted Answer

38th parallel

Question 40

Which country(s) was or were associated with 3rd World countries?

Accepted Answer

Developing Nations not aligned with USA or USSR

Question 41

Who was the leader of Communist China?

Accepted Answer

Mao Zedong

Question 42

Which event was not an example of Containment?

Accepted Answer

Cuban Missile Crisis

Question 43

Which was NOT a permanent member of the original United Nations Security Council?

Accepted Answer

Germany

WHCP Module 23 Test Review

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