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Cold War first half review
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1
"The motivation in all US diplomacy was to secure overseas markets" is a paraphrase of who?
orthodox historians
post revisionist historians
revisionist historians
imperialists
2
What event marked the replacement of the UK with the US as the leading Western world power?
Berlin Blockade
Cuban Missile Crisis
Suez Canal Crisis
Congo Crisis
3
"They will be liberated through totalitarian military rule" was a paraphrase by who?
Churchill
Eisenhower
Truman
MacArthur
4
In what year was the Suez Canal Crisis?
1960
1954
1956
1950
5
The "Alliance for Progress" was the equivalent of the _?_ but for Latin America.
Marshall Plan
NATO Treaty
Warsaw Pact
Grand Alliance
6
Who was NOT a Latin American authoritarian dictator with close ties to the US?
Batista
Stroessner
Gonzalez
Somoza
7
Where is this? Hint: it was the former colony of France before WWII
Cambodia
India
Indochina
Vietnam
8
Another name for Congo was
Katanga
Belgium
Kinshasa
Zaire
9
Which term is NOT related to Nasser?: Gaza Strip, Pan-Arab Unity, Aswan, SEATO
Pan-Arab Unity
SEATO
Gaza Strip
Aswan
10
What was the topic of Resolution 1514?
an agreement to not align with US/USSR
agreement to allow trade unions
the end of colonialism
the end of trade with nations that use slaves
11
In the United Nations the Third World tended to side with
the non-alignment movement
China
the US
the USSR
12
Who signed the Tripartite Declaration?
US, UK, France
US, Israel, UK
USSR, Egypt, Israel
Congo, Belgium, UN
13
Who is this?
Mao Zedong
Syngman Rhee
PSY
Kim Il Sung
14
Which African country was the first to see independence after WWII?
South Africa
Angola
Ghana
Congo
15
In what year did the Berlin Blockade start?
1949
1948
1950
1945
16
Where are the headquarters of the UN?
New York
San Francisco
Hague
Geneva
17
Which country was kicked out of the Cominform in 1948?
Hungary
Poland
Yugoslavia
East Germany
18
OAU stands for
Organization of Americans United
Office of Australian Underwriters
Office of Asian Unity
Organization of African Unity
19
Who was Secretary of State under Eisenhower?
Acheson
Dulles
de Gaulle
Truman
20
What did all these guys have in common: Ngo Dinh Diem, Syngman Rhee, Batista
all Asian leaders in the 1960's
All political party names
all US backed leaders
all communist leaders
21
What was the USSR alternative to the Marshall Plan?
Cominform
Eastern Economic Alliance
Comecon
Warsaw Pact
22
Where is this?
Poland
East Germany
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
23
The Good Neighbor Policy applied to
Europe
Africa
Latin America
Asia
24
When did Castro declare he was a Marxist-Leninist (i.e. communist)?
when he was a teen
after the Cuban missile crisis
afte the Bay of Pigs
at the overthrow of Cuba
25
The China Lobby supported who or what organization?
Communists
Nationalists
United Nations
Fascists
26
In the Congo, who led the breakaway region, Katanga?
Lumumba
Tshombe
Kinshasa
Kasavubu
27
What year did the Cuban Missile Crisis take place?
1960
1968
1964
1962
28
"An attack against one shall be considered an attack against all" is a paraphrase from what?
GDR Constitution
Soviet Union Charter
UN Charter
NATO
29
The admission of which country into NATO spurred the establishment of the Warsaw Pact?
Poland
West Germany
Yugoslavia
PRC
30
What's another name for the National Liberation Front?
NPR
SEATO
PLO
VC
31
In 1975 Saigon was renamed
Danang
Ho Chi Min City
17th Parallel
My Lai
32
Use of technology to deter war, in other words the use of atomic and hydrogen bombs is called
massive retaliation
ICBM
NATO
MAD
33
Who was Castro's right hand man?
Somoza
Guevara
Nasser
Batista
34
Who did the CIA help overthrow in Guatemala in 1954 in order to have a US friendly leader?
Arbenz
Allende
Castro
Guevara
35
The Eisenhower Doctrine focused on
Latin America
Southeast Asia
the Middle East
domestic economic reform
36
The goal of the Truman Doctrine was to help
Japan and Korea
Korea and Vietnam
Egypt
Greece and Turkey
37
In the 1960's UN membership doubled. Why?
Threats were made
Global warming made countries want to join
Money was offered
New countries in Africa
38
What is the Rio Treaty most closely associated with?
nulear arms reduction
occupation of Germany
end of WWII
NATO
39
When was the Bay of Pigs?
1960
1958
1961
1962
40
How did the NATO countries feel about the outcome of the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Blissfully unaware
Envious and sulky
Angry overall-no consultation
Relieved and thankful to the US
