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Ch. 28 - 30 (Cold War & Beyond)
Ch. 28 - 30 (Cold War & Beyond)
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Cold War - Present Day
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An anti-Soviet military alliance of Western governments
NATO
United Nations
COMECON
Warsaw Pact
2
Economic restructuring & reform implemented by Premier Mikhail Gorbachev in the USSR in 1985.
perestroika
Ostpolitik
detente
glasnost
3
When was the Berlin Wall built, when was it taken down?
1961,1989
1950, 1980
1948, 1961
1945, 1991
4
Soviet-backed military alliance of Eastern European nations.
COMECON
Glasnost
Warsaw Pact
NATO
5
Doctrine that held that the USSR had right to intervene in any East Bloc country to protect Socialism
Glastnost
Brezhnev Doctrine
Truman Doctrine
Perestroika
6
The essence of Willy Brandt’s policies toward East Germany and the Eastern European Bloc was
reassert German claims to majority-German areas of Eastern Europe.
seek peace and reconciliation.
establish German neutrality in the Cold War.
reduce the influence of NATO in Germany.
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Gov-run programs in Western Europe designed to recruit labor for booming postwar economy.
guest worker programs
nonalignment
Marshall Plan
neocolonialism
8
Must know date: When did the USSR break up and become the CIS?
1998
1991
1989
1968
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Which did not happen in the 1960s?
Korean War
Prague Spring
Student protests
Cuban Missile Crisis
10
American plan for providing economic aid to Western Europe to help it rebuild.
Truman Doctrine
Warsaw Pact
NATO
Marshall Plan
11
Who was one of the founders of the National Organization for Women in the US?
Betty Friedan
Gloria Steinem
Simone de Beauvoir
Phyllis Schlafly
12
The growth of the middle class in the postwar era has been attributed primarily to
the strength of family-owned businesses.
increased demand for technologists and managers.
the high birthrate among this class.
increased demand for agricultural production.
13
When did Jews in Palestine proclaim the state of Israel?
After the Cold War ended in 1991
After the British withdrew from Palestine in 1948
After Germany surrendered in May 1945
After the Soviets invaded Afghanistan in 1979
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What did Richard Nixon do following his election to the U.S. presidency in 1968?
Increased the number of American troops in Vietnam
Gradually reduced American involvement in the Vietnam War
Immediately withdrew all American troops from Vietnam
Began using limited nuclear bombing on North Vietnam
15
Between 1981 and 1989, Ronald Reagan and the U.S. Congress
increased taxes on the wealthy.
cut taxes and ballooned the government deficit.
cut defense spending.
increased taxes and government-provided social services.
16
What was socialist realism?
building socialism would require hard work and sacrifice
writers & artists in West betrayed their artistic talents
conviction that communism would prevail over capitalism
artists & writers idealize working class & USSR in art
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Independent Polish trade union that worked for workers’ rights and political reform
New Left
Solidarity
Second Vatican Council
OPEC
18
The liberalization of the post-Stalin Soviet Union led by reformer Nikita Khrushchev.
Warsaw Pact
de-Stalinization
Economic miracle
decolonization
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Soviet premier Mikhail Gorbachev’s popular campaign for openness in government and the media.
Ostpolitik
detente
glasnost
perestroika
20
Postwar reversal of Europe’s overseas expansion
denazification
decolonization
new imperialism
apartheid
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Which is NOT a belief of Western Europeans who found postcolonial migration troublesome?
concern that ethnic diversity threatened traditions or national values
influx of foreigners put a strain on social services and available jobs.
large number of immigrant workers drove down property values.
immigrants don't assimilate into Western European values and customs.
22
Organization of Communist states meant to help rebuild the economies of Eastern Europe under Soviet direction.
SEATO
Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (COMECON)
Warsaw Pact
NATO
23
What was the result of breaking the Berlin blockade in 1948–49?
The formation of the Warsaw Pact
The announcement of the Truman Doctrine
creation of 2 separate German states: W Germany & E Germany
establishment of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance
24
Who became the first president of Czechoslovakia after the peaceful overthrow of communism in 1989?
Mao Zedong(Cultural Revolution)
Gustav Husak (Green Revolution)
Vaclav Havel (Velvet Revolution)
Alexander Dubcek (Prague Spring)
25
Who began the wave of social unrest in the 1960s that almost toppled Charles de Gaulle’s Fifth Republic?
Civil servants
Soldiers
Workers
Students
26
Why did Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
create such a sensation
It exposed the sordid activities of a petty criminal.
portrayed life in a Stalinist concentration camp.
the Soviet system had triumphed completely.
showed how a Soviet official was tempted to misuse his power.
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European Economic Community in 1957 as part of a larger search for European unity.
socialist realism
Postcolonial migration
guest worker programs
Common Market
28
How did Mao Zedong gain the support of the peasantry in China?
He promised to expropriate land from the large landowners.
rejected foreign aid to demonstrate independence
promised to provide all Chinese with guaranteed rice rations
He provided guaranteed price supports for rice.
29
The Helsinki Accords of 1975 called for
the nonproliferation of nuclear weapons.
US de-escalation in Vietnam
respect for human rights & political boundaries
the reunification of Eastern and Western Europe.
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In 1954, Vietnam obtained independence from
the United States.
Great Britain.
France
China
