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World History Review Ch. 23
World History Review Ch. 23
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1
Charles De Gaulle helped bring about the Fifth Republic's constitution which provided for a...
strong judicial system
strong president
strong legislature
weak military
2
What has the PLO continued to demand since 1964?
to take over Syria
a separate Palestinian state
the right to develop nuclear weapons
an alliance with Russia
3
What was Mao's plan to modernize China's industry and agriculture?
Five-Year Plan
Great Leap Forward
Cultural Revolution
Final Solution
4
Who was the Communist leader of Yugoslavia?
Ho Chi Minh
Marshall Tito
Winston Churchill
Ronald Reagan
5
Hamas, a radical Islamic group, developed during the first
intifada
as a more radical Islamic counterpart to the PLO.
True
False
6
Name the containment policy implemented after World War II to prevent Communist aggression.
Magna Carta
Warsaw Pact
Truman Doctrine
Treaty of Versailles
7
Who was the communist leader of Vietnam?
Ho Chi Minh
Clark Clifford
Elmo Zumwalt
Henry Kissinger
8
In what year was the Berlin Wall torn down?
1988
1990
1991
1989
9
After an attack on American warships in the Gulf of Tonkin, Congress effectively authorized the president to fight a war
Cuba
Vietnam
Korea
China
10
Who seized power in Cuba in 1959 and allied his country with the Soviet Union?
Fidel Castro
Winston Churchill
Christopher Columbus
Donald Trump
11
Who forced the Soviets to remove their missiles from Cuba?
John F. Kennedy
Ho Chi Minh
Winston Churchill
Mikhail Gorbachev
12
Which of the following was not a part of the Vietnam War?
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Vietnamization
U-2 incident
Tet offensive
13
Chiang Kai-shek and his forces were able to secure mainland China and allow Communists to take over.
False
True
14
Mikhail Gorbachev set in motion forces that led to the collapse of the Soviet Union.
True
False
15
Although the domino theory was popular at one time, it has never proved to be proved.
True
False
16
What U.S. movement centered on equal rights for black citizens and issues like school desegregation?
counterculture movement
civil rights movement
apartheid
Great Society
17
What president brought renewed confidence & hope to US in the 1980s by reducing government regulations & lowering taxes?
Jimmy Carter
Gerald Ford
George H. Bush
Ronald Reagan
18
What U.S. president gradually reduced American involvement in Vietnam through a program called Vietnamization?
Ronald Reagan
Donald Trump
Richard Nixon
George Washington
19
Vietnam was formerly a French colony.
True
False
20
The Tet offensive was important because...
it failed
the UN sent more reinforcements
the Viet Cong won
the American public turned against the war effort
21
What term applies to the state of hostility and competition between the Soviet Union and the United States after WWII?
the Hot War
the Cold War
the Vietnam War
SU vs. USA
22
Who led the opposition to the attempted coup in 1991 in the Soviet Union?
Ronald Reagan
Winston Churchill
Boris Yeltsin
JFK
23
What began in 1949 when the Soviets developed their first atomic bomb?
Cuban Missile Crisis
Berlin airlift
arms race
violent, antiwar protests
24
What was the name of the first man-made satellite successfully launched?
Houston
Spinnerton
Sally the Satellite
Sputnik
25
Who was the first non-Communist leader of Poland since 1945?
Lech Walesa
Douglas MacArthur
Winston Churchill
Boris Yeltsin
26
Who demanded that the Berlin Wall be torn down?
Ho Chi Minh
Ronald Reagan
Lech Walesa
Lyndon B. Johnson
27
Who introduced
glasnost
?
Ronald Reagan
Douglas MacArthur
Lyndon B. Johnson
Mikhail Gorbachev
28
The purpose of the Cultural Revolution was to...
renew the zeal of the Chinese revolution.
allow free-market reforms
reform the Chinese state
bring China's industry up to Western standards.
29
What metaphor, coined by Winston Churchill, represented the division between the Communist world and the free world?
The Berlin Wall
The Warsaw Pact
The Diamond Wall
Iron Curtain
30
What are the
limited wars
of the Cold War?
heated diplomatic discussions
espionage activities of the United States and the Soviet Union
conflicts between two small powers each banked by either the SU or the US.
short battles between the United States and the Soviet Union
31
The "U-2 incident" refers to...
an American spy plane shot down by the Soviets
the launching of Sputnik
the Americans' successful moon landing
the destruction of two American nuclear submarines
32
The immediate cause of the Korean War was the...
invasion of MacArthur at Inchon
North Korea invasion of South Korea
Chinese invasion off North Korea
withdrawal of the Soviet occupation force
33
Chinese students protested at Tiananmen Square.
True
False
34
Glasnost
means "restructuring" and sought to create a more democratic atmosphere.
True
False
35
What does
détente
mean?
resolution of a plot
reformation of doctrine
restoration of power
relaxation of tension
36
In 1948 a crisis developed over Western access to...
Berlin
Bulgaria
Korea
Poland
37
Who did the United States recognize as the "real" China throughout the Cold War?
Europe
Taiwan
Japan
Thailand
38
Yugoslavia differed from other Communist states in Eastern Europe in that it...
Maintained a greater degree of independence from Moscow.
had been allied with the Axis powers.
was made an integral part of the Russian empire
joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
39
Gorbachev's goal in introducing
perestroika
was to...
reduce military spending
promote open discussion
intimidate the US
increase industrial productivity
40
The Marshall Plan was designed to thwart communism by building up the military strength of Europe.
False
True
41
What was the name of the failed invasion of Cuba by CIA-trained Cuban exiles?
Attack on Cuba
Lake of Snakes
Sea of Monsters
Bay of Pigs
42
Who declared Vietnam independent of French rule?
JFK
Lech Walesa
Ho Chi Minh
Boris Yeltsin
43
What became the most recognizable symbol of the Cold War?
a snowflake
the Berlin Wall
the Great Wall of China
the flag of China
44
What is the name for the free world's military alliance in Europe that is headed by the United States?
No Violence Act
No Aggression Treaty
North Pacific Treaty Organization
North Atlantic Treaty Organization [NATO]
45
Who declined to run for reelection because of his unpopular policies in Vietnam?
Lyndon B. Johnson
Ronald Reagan
Douglas MacArthur
Winston Churchill
46
President Truman pledged American efforts to keep communism from spreading to other areas of the world.
False
True
47
The Viet Cong was...
the government of North Vietnam
the Congress of South Vietnam
a group of Communist guerrillas in South Vietnam
the secret police of North Vietnam
48
What was the military alliance called that included Russia and its satellite states states in Eastern Europe?
Warsaw Pact
the Axis Powers
the Allied Powers
No Aggression Pact
49
This was the parallel that marked the border between between North and South Korea.
49th
17th
38th
30th
