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1
Fidel Castro was the leader of what country?
Spain
Cuba
Soviet Union
West Germany
2
US Supreme Court decision, Brown vs Board of Education decision
declared that segregated schools were unconstitutional
declared that housing segregation was unconstitutional
declared busing students to achieve racial balance was unconstitutional
declared discrimination against black teachers illegal
3
Which answer choice is in chronological order?
Truman Doctrine, NATO, Non Proliferation Treaty, Warsaw Pact
Truman Doctrine, Non Proliferation Treaty, NATO, Warsaw Pact
Non Proliferation Treaty, NATO, Warsaw Pact, Truman Doctrine
Truman Doctrine, NATO, Warsaw Pact, Non Proliferation Treaty
4
What were the main reasons for the failure of Mao's Great Leap Forward?
The Cultural Revolution proved to be a more effective to move China forward
Counterrevolutionaries seized control of China's farmland.
Too many Chinese belonged to the middle class, or bourgeoisie
Industries made useless goods and communes removed incentives.
5
Following WWI, Japan became an economic power by
lowering it's tariffs
reducing its social budget
keeping it's tariffs high
fully funding it's military
6
The Baltic states of that regained independence from Soviet Union 1991
Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania
Ukraine, Georgia, Estonia
Uzbekistan, Belarus
Tajikistan, Georgia, Ukraine
7
The growing worker's strike movement in 1980 Gdansk, Poland was called
Warsaw Pact
European Community
Solidarity
fall of the Soviet Union
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The Marshall Plan was part of an American strategy to
convince European countries to join NATO
help Eastern European countries break away from the Soviet Union
promote free elections in Europe after WWII
help European countries rebuild after WWII
9
..it must be the policy of the US to support free peoples resisting attempted subjugation - Truman's statement reflects:
Germany was divided into East Germany and West Germany.
Soviet aggression toward Europe was mounting.
The United States was ready to execute the Marshall Plan.
Churchill & Stalin were behaving aggressively toward Eastern Europe.
10
“It is enough that the people know there was an election. The people who cast votes decide nothing" Why is this said?
Stalin's view of reparations
Stalin's view of free elections in E Europe during the Cold War
Stalin's view of peace agreements by the allies
Stalin's View of the assassination of democratic leaders
11
Who delivered the I Have A Dream speech?
John F Kennedy
Martin Luther King, Jr
Ronald Reagan
Dwight Eisenhower
12
Containment was the strategy America used to
limit communism to the areas already under Soviet control
impose economic sanctions to communist countries
offer financial incentives to communist countries
ensures communism did not come to the US
13
The US economy is different from the Soviet Union's because in the US...
there is more economic freedom
the state makes all the decisions
there are fewer goods available
there is less economic freedom
14
Why did the Vietnamese fight the French in Indochina?
Ho Chi Minh forces were backed by China
The Viet Minh wanted independence
Ngo Dinh Diem had American support
The Viet Minh wanted to be ruled by the Soviet Union
15
Vaclav Havel was an important leader in what country?
West Germany
Portugal
Czechoslovakia
Cuba
16
What does this image from the 1950s show?
preparation for a possible nuclear attack called duck and cover
fear of a Cuban invasion
fear of American communists in schools
preparation for a room-to-room search of contraband materials in schools.
17
The boat people in the photograph below were refugees from
Cambodia
China
South Vietnam
South Korea
18
What conclusions can best be drawn from the information shown on this map?
Germany separated from the Soviet Union
East and West Germany were divided from the rest of Europe
Germany was divided into East and West by and Iron Curtain
East and West Germany were part of the Soviet Union
19
The program this is referring to.... Europe’s requirements for the next three or four years of foreign food & essentials
Tet Offensive
Warsaw Pact
Solidarity Movement
Marshall Plan
20
What court ruling resulted in the landmark decision displayed below?
Cumming vs Richmond County Board of Education
Everson vs Board of Education
West Virginia State Board of Education vs Barnette
Brown vs Board of Education of Topeka
21
Mao's "little red book" was widely used during the Cultural Revolution, a program designed to
increase industrial productivity
challenge Soviet style communism
educate China's peasants
purge China of "bourgeois" tendencies
22
One result of US President Eisenhower's "domino theory"
China invaded North Korea
the US supported the noncommunist gov't of South Vietnam
the US occupied Cambodia during the Vietnam War
North Vietnam installed communist gov't in Cambodia and Laos
23
What is Gorbachev's glasnost policy ?
restructuring of the economy
resisting political oppression
greater openness
lessening the restraints on emigration
24
The policy of the US to support free peoples who are resisting communism
The Truman Doctrine
The Marshall Plan
The Four Freedoms
The Domino Theory
25
Ho Chi Minh was a significant figure in the history of Southeast Asia because
led local guerrillas against the Japanese who overran Indochina during WWI
supported by US, he led the non-communist South Vietnamese government.
supported by French, led the N. Vietnamese in fight against S. Vietnam
led people against French control and later against U.S and S. Vietnamese
26
What was the result of the creation of the European Coal and Steel Community?
returned gov't owned industries to private owned
last attempt by nations of Western Europe to cooperate
Led to increased tariffs, and trade barriers
Spurred economic growth, led to further cooperation, created Euro Community
27
What are the actors in 1940s Hollywood protesting?
protesting US policies in movies
protesting against HUAC's efforts to ID communists
protesting Cold War policies
protesting against censorship
28
The protest rally in this image was part of a larger movement whose most prominent leader
Martin Luther King Jr
Margaret Thatcher
Lech Walesa
JFK
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What conclusion can be drawn about the significance of the creation of the European Coal and Steel Community?
last attempt by the nations of W Europe to cooperate economically
spurred economic growth and led to further regional cooperation = EU
returned govt owned industries to private ownership
led to increased tariffs and trade barriers
30
Konrad Adenauer was the first leader of what newly divided country?
West Germany
Netherlands
Holland
Chinese Communist Party
31
What event led to the split between the two nations on the map?
the loss of communist power in 1989
the formation of the Solidarity movement in 1980
the "Prague Spring" in 1968
the introduction of perestroika in 1985
32
When China's alliance with the Soviet Union collapsed, the US
grew closer to the Soviets because of the situation in Korea
stayed neutral and uninvolved with China
"Played the China card" to isolate the Soviets
joined with the Chinese in an alliance against the Soviets
33
The Domino Theory refers to the belief that
N Vietnam would declare war on the US
a communist victory in S Vietnam would cause other countries to fall also
Vietnam would rebel against the US
communist countries would declare war against the US
34
What prompted the passing of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
attacks on US troops during the Tet Offensive
attacks on an American warship, the Maddox
attacks on American gunboats in the Mekong Delta
attacks on Vietnamese refugees, known as boat people
35
What is represented in the accompanying image
satellite view of China's bombing of S Korea during the Korean War
difference in prosperity between N Vietnam and S Vietnam
the difference in prosperity between N Korea and S Korea
satellite view of the TET offensive during the Vietname War
36
The person who used the term "Iron Curtain"
Harry Truman
Winston Churchill
Joseph Stalin
Franklin Roosevelt
37
Which country did the US president Nixon negotiate a cease fire agreement with in 1973?
Cambodia
North Korea
North Vietnam
Thailand
38
The capitalist portion of the country had an economic boom and rising standards of living, while communist area is not
Korea
Cambodia
Thailand
Phillipines
39
Significance of the formation in 1955 of the Southeast-Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO)?
formation was part of the Soviet Union's strategy to contain Western powers
formation was part of the both the US/Soviet pursuit of detente
formation was part of the US plan to stop the spread of nuclear weapons.
formation was part of US strategy to contain Soviets by forming alliances
40
What policy is this referring to... “Wherever it is considered timely and promising, efforts to limit Soviet power"
glasnost
containment
suburbanization
collectivization
41
What was the eventual result of the movement initiated by the person in this image?
the destruction of all Western influences in Cambodia
end of censorship in Germany
transition from a command economy to market in Poland
a lessening of restraints on emigration in Soviet Union
42
The term "The Great Famine" was used to describe this failed Maoist era program
Dynastic Cycle
Caste System
Great Leap Forward
Cultural Revolution
43
John F. Kennedy made this statement in 1963 which foreshadowed what?
that the United States would become involved in a full-scale war in Laos
that the United States would become involved in a full-scale war in Turkey
that the United States would become involved in a full-scale war in Vietnam
that the United States would become involved in a war with Canada
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Significance of Lech Walesa's election as Pres of Poland and Václav Havel's election as Pres of Czechoslovakia?
elections signified the end of Gorbachev & his puppets
elections signified end of Gorbachev policies of glasnost and perestroika.
showed changes in E Europe brought about by the dominance of Soviets
elections show E Europe moved away from Soviet Union dominance to democracy
