Topic 7 review

Question 1

Mikhail Gorbachev instituted perestroika to

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restructure the Soviet economy and political system.

Question 2

Effects of the collapse of the Soviet Union and the End of the Cold War

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U.S. tries to prevent acquisition of nuclear weapons by violent factions, war and ethnic cleansing occur in places such as Yugoslavia and Serbia, newly formed republics break out into civil war

Question 3

The United States believed that containment of Russian expansion would result in

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the defeat of communism.

Question 4

Which of the following were goals of the Soviet Union?

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establish a “buffer” in Eastern Europe of satellite nations, spread communism, keep Germany weak

Question 5

Which of the following were goals of the United States?

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Promote free trade, rebuild the economies of Europe, including Germany, Promote capitalism

Question 6

leader who declared Iran an Islamic republic

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Ayatollah Khomeini

Question 7

What did the Reagan Doctrine promote?

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funding and supporting guerrilla groups in other countries

Question 8

The Bay of Pigs invasion was President Kennedy’s attempt to stop communism from spreading to which country?

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Cuba

Question 9

established a plan to divide Germany in to four zones

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Yalta conference

Question 10

Why was an alliance between China and the Soviet Union in 1950 a threat to the United States?

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The US feared the 2 countries would support communist revolutions elsewere

Question 11

What do perestroika and glasnost refer to?

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social and political reforms in the Soviet Union

Question 12

The hostage crisis in Iran began with

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anti-American revolutionaries storming the American Embassy.

Question 13

The most significant outcome of the Cuban missile crisis was

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the Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.

Question 14

Which of the following were two goals of the Marshall Plan? Select all that apply.

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to prevent the spread of communism in Europe, to help Western Europe recover from World War II

Question 15

The term Cold War applies to

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a period of tension that does not involve a military action.

Question 16

established a system to rebuild devastated European countries

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Marshall Plan

Question 17

One unintended effect of Gorbachev’s glasnost was

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criticism of the government by citizens.

Question 18

President Eisenhower’s foreign policy of brinkmanship

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threatened war, hoping an opponent would back down.

Question 19

President Carter held the Camp David Accords to broker a peace treaty between

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Egypt and Israel.

Question 20

leader who implemented glasnost

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Mikhail Gorbachev

Question 21

In a historic move, which country did Richard Nixon visit in 1972 to attempt to normalize relations?

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China

Question 22

Which of the following happened during the collapse of the Soviet Union? Select all that apply.

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Former Soviet republics declared independence., The Berlin Wall was torn down.

Question 23

leader during the 1950s and 1960s who ramped up the Cold War against the United States

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Nikita Khrushchev

Question 24

What did Winston Churchill describe as an “iron curtain” falling across Eastern Europe? Select all that apply.

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the establishment of pro-Soviet communist governments in Eastern Europe

Question 25

The space race between the United States and the Soviet Union first began with the launch of

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satellites

Question 26

What was the main goal of the 1975 Helsinki Accords?

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to get countries to reach an agreement on promoting human rights

Question 27

The Truman Doctrine promised that the United States would

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aid any group fighting communism.

Question 28

Why was the United Nations created?

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to actively promote world peace

Question 29

The Korean War was fought mainly to

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prevent communism from spreading to South Korea.

Question 30

established peace between Israel and Egypt in 1979

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Camp David Accords

Question 31

The Berlin Wall was constructed to

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keep Germans from traveling between communist and capitalist areas.

Question 32

Select all that apply. The foreign policy idea of containment involved

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preventing communism from spreading to new areas., waiting for communist economies to inevitably collapse.

Question 33

the first president of Russia, who supported economic reforms

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Boris Yeltsin

Question 34

In 1972 the U.S. & the USSR signed a _______ _____ _______ (SALT I), which was a major step in Cold War diplomacy.

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nuclear arms treaty

Question 35

What are two ways that the Korean and Vietnam Wars were similar? Select all that apply.

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Both wars were a result of Cold War tensions., The United States entered both wars to try to contain communism.

Question 36

Eisenhower & Kennedy tried to slow the spread of communism abroad when they authorized the use of covert operations

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CIA

Question 37

The Declaration of Liberated Europe stated that

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European countries had the right to form their own democratic governments.

Question 38

established a defense alliance between Western Europe and the United States

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NATO

Question 39

Select all that apply. Under the Reagan presidency, SDI, or “Star Wars,” was

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a defense system meant to intercept Soviet missiles., a way to prevent nuclear strikes.

Question 40

After World War II, which military alliance was formed between the United States and Western Europe?

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NATO

Question 41

American president during the last years of the Cold War

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George H.W. Bush

Question 42

established the World Bank and International Monetary Fund

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Bretton Woods Conference

Question 43

Causes of the collapse of the Soviet Union and the End of the Cold War

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Soviet republics declare their independence, new political freedoms lead to protests against Soviet government, Soviet economic problems from military expenditures develop

Question 44

Détente is a

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policy involving relaxed tensions between nations.

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