US/World Affairs Final Study Guide

What best describes the International response to the Rwandan Genocide

Why does President Nixon go to China in 1972

What continent is the Iraq located in

A group of guerilla fighters during the war in Vietnam to fight against US forces is known as

A war between U.S. and U.N. forces vs Iraqi dictator Saddam's invasion of Kuwait in August 1990

According to the ____, if one country in Indochina fell to communism, others would soon follow

This organization was created as a military alliance to protect its members from capitalists

What continent is the Germany located in

Which is an example of "obsolescence of desirability"?

Who wrote the Affluent Society?

What was the end result of Operation Desert Storm

What continent is the United States located in

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was a

Which of the following is true about Richard M. Nixon in the 1950s

It was attacks against military & civilian commands & control centers throughout South Vietnam

Which of the following best describes the outcome of the Korean War

The Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan, and the(NATO) were all part of the foreign policy of

Which of the following could be considered a symbol of 1950s "teenage rebellion"?

What was a major outcome of the Korean War (1950–1953)?

What did the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin resolution do

What continent is Cuba located in

Foreign policy characterized by nation’s unwillingness toparticipate in international affairs is

What continent is Rwanda located in

The United States and the USSR came closest to nuclear war during the

What was the name of the trial that took place to punish Nazi soldiers after WWII

What is globalization

Which groups worked in the US under the bracero program

Which of these organizations were created to prompt trade and minimize exchange barriers

Which of the following is true about President Truman's position on civil rights in 40's/50's

The House Un-American Activities Committee investigated the possible communist involvement in

Which two countries emerged as super powers after WWII

Which journalist conducted an expose on Joseph McCarthy on CBS's See It Now?

The US & the USSR stood closer to ending the world, than at any other moment in history

The primary goal of the United States foreign policy of containment was to

What continent is China located in

Which great general engineered the daring UN landing at Inchon during the Korean War

Who was the pilot of the U-2 shot down over the Soviet Union?

Which of the following was true about television in the 1950s

Which of the following is NOT true about Elvis Presley

Who issues the nation's first widely used credit card

Who wrote The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care

•^{United Sates •Cuba•Iran•Soviet Union} Which statement best describes all the countries above

Which nation suffered a major defeat at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu

The principle that the US should give support to countries or peoples threatened by Soviets

Which of the following was not true regarding 1950s social conformity

What did the Korean War and Vietnam War have in common

Which event sparked the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott

In 1979 armed rebels seized the American embassy in Tehran, Iran and did what

Why did President Jimmy Carter hold peace negotiations at Camp David

Which was Earth's first artificial satellite

Which of the following did not occur as a result of the development of suburbs in the 1950s

Which of the following best describes the philosophy of Dr. Martin Luther King? King believed

In what case did the US Supreme Court rule that school segregation was unconstitutional

Penalties used to provide incentives for obedience with the law, or with rules and regulations

What is significant about the relationship between Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev

With the Marshall Plan, President Harry Truman pledged to

Which statement about the Marshall Plan is most accurate? It was

What was the event that brought the heavy US involvement in the Vietnam War(ship was attacked)

Why was the UN founded

Contras of Nicaragua illegally received aid from illegal sale of weapons from the US govt cause

This split Vietnam at the 17th parallel, with promises of an open election after two years

Which of the following is not true of Salk's and Sabin's polio vaccinations

Which is generally a characteristic of a communist economy

This conflict arose when the U.N. gave middle-eastern territory to displaced Jews after WWII

The Iranian Revolution resulted in Iran

Which government official is credited for helping develop the Interstate Highway system

For which U.S. conflict did News coverage seriously reduce public support for the first time

Korea was divided among the world’s 2 super powers after WWII.This joint ownership is known as

Which statement explains why President John F. Kennedy ordered the Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961

The United States became involved in the Vietnam War in order to

Since 1999, what has been the primary role of NATO in world affairs

In his speech to Republican Women's Club, who did Senator McCarthy accuse employing communists

Which U.S. document does Ho Chi Minh replicate to gain support for Vietnamese Independence

Cuban leader Fidel Castro allowed the USSR to place nuclear missiles in Cuba after

When did the Korean War begin