Final Review (Holy Trinity) lots of Cold War

Question 1

The USSR's response to the economic aid of the Marshall Plan by the US was called:

Accepted Answer

COMECON

Question 2

___________ refers to Gorbachev's policy of "restructuring".

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Perestroika

Question 3

Which one of the "Big Three" was not present at the Yalta Conference?

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Truman

Question 4

He introduced the New Deal moving the US to the left

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Roosevelt

Question 5

Mikhail Gorbachev's policy of "openness" was referred to as:

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Glasnost

Question 6

The military alliance of the Soviet Union during the Cold War was called

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Warsaw Pact

Question 7

Treaty signed by the USA & USSR to reduce the number of arms each side had was referred to as:

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START

Question 8

The US idea of containing Communism with money and military support became known as the

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Truman Doctrine

Question 9

A person moving from an individualist to collectivist society would MOST lose a degree of:

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Freedom

Question 10

Social democrats support the use of a flat tax rate

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False

Question 11

"Man is born free, but everywhere he is in chains." is attributed to:

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Rousseau

Question 12

Seen as the first contentious and confrontational event in the Cold War period:

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Berlin Blockade

Question 13

All of the following are characteristics of a market economy EXCEPT:

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Public Property

Question 14

This technique ensures that all votes have similar worth because groups are a similar size

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Representation by population

Question 15

Rising tensions between superpowers which push them to a point of Nuclear War is referred to as

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Brinkmanship

Question 16

Monetarism focuses on _____ to improve the economy

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interest rates

Question 17

Which DID NOT contribute to the rise of Fascism in Germany?

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Support for liberalism

Question 18

When the executive branch is chosen from the legislative branch and must maintain their support

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Responsible government

Question 19

Which law gave Hitler the ability to rule by decree, without political opposition?

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Enabling Act

Question 20

"Third World" countries often pursued this policy during the Cold War:

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Non- alignment

Question 21

Another term for single-member plurality

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First-past-the-post

Question 22

The Nazi equivalent of Stalin's "Great Purge" was:

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The Night of the Long Knives

Question 23

During 20's & 30's, Stalin's economic targets in the USSR were similar to Hitler's in that both

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Placed national goals above all others

Question 24

At the end of WWII, Berlin was in the zone of occupation held by

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Soviet Union

Question 25

The ideology used by Hitler during his reign may be referred to as:

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Naziism, Fascism, Dictatorial Capitalism

Question 26

Military alliance between liberal nations that started during the Cold War and is still present

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NATO

Question 27

The year in which the Berlin Wall came down, signalling an end of the Cold War period was:

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1989

Question 28

Keynesian economic policies were adopted on a wide scale by the U.S. government during the:

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Great Depression

Question 29

Khrushchev's rationale for placing missiles in Cuba is consistent with the doctrine of:

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Balance of Power

Question 30

Detente means

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Reduction of tensions between superpowers

Question 31

Dictatorial Socialism may also be referred to as:

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Marxism, Scientific Socialism, Communism

Question 32

This confrontation moved the Cold War from a period of Deterrence to period of Detente

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Cuban Missile Crisis

Question 33

A major issue with single-member pluralities

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Artificial majorities

Question 34

According to Marx, class struggle would end when:

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proletariat overthrow bourgeoisie with violence

Final Review (Holy Trinity) lots of Cold War

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Final Review (Holy Trinity) lots of Cold War

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