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Mod. 3C


Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

 

 1. 
The stated aim of the Eisenhower Doctrine was to
A.
assert U.S. dominance in Latin America.
B.
protect Middle Eastern countries from communism.
C.
assist South-East Asian countries to resist communism.
D.
provide financial aid for the recovery of Western Europe.
 

 2. 
A result of "De-Stalinization" was the:
A.
purge of the Red Army.
B.
expansion of Soviet territory in Europe.
C.
expulsion of the Kulaks from their land.
D.
decrease in the use of terror in the Soviet Union.
 

 3. 
“...the crippling of France and the impoverishment of Great Britain ensured that the confrontation was essentially between America and the Soviet Union.”

The confrontation referred to above was the

A.
Gulf War.
B.
Cold War.
C.
Six-Day War.
D.
Afghanistan War.
 

 4. 
The Truman Doctrine was first applied to:
A.
France and Italy.
B.
Greece and Turkey.
C.
Yugoslavia and Albania.
D.
East and West Germany.
 

 5. 
Which of the following showed that the U.S.A. had abandoned its traditional policy of isolationism?
A.
EEC
B.
OPEC
C.
NATO
D.
COMECON
 

 6. 
The Berlin Wall was built mainly to
A.
prevent East Germans from moving to the West.
B.
halt the circulation of foreign currency in Berlin.
C.
stop illegal trading between East and West Germany.
D.
defend East Berlin against an attack from West Berlin.
 

 7. 
The Cuban Missile Crisis represented a unique threat to world peace because of the:
A.
use of spy planes.
B.
direct threat of nuclear war.
C.
failure of superpower diplomacy.
D.
ideological differences between Cuba and the United States.
 

 8. 
"Socialism with a human face" describes policies followed in 1968 in:
A.
Yugoslavia.
B.
Hungary.
C.
the USSR.
D.
Czechoslovakia.
 

 9. 
All of the following were causes of the Sino-Soviet split except
A.
border disputes.
B.
ideological differences.
C.
Soviet aid to North Vietnam.
D.
Khrushchev’s refusal to give China nuclear weapons.
 

 10. 
The United States Congress passed the Marshall Aid Plan as a direct result of:
A.
the Berlin Blockade.
B.
the Hungarian Uprising.
C.
Greece's falling to the communists.
D.
Czechoslovakia's falling to the communists.
 

 11. 
An immediate result of the battle of Dien Bien Phu was that
A.
U.S. aid to the French increased.
B.
the French withdrew from Indo-China.
C.
The U.S.A. began the bombing of North Vietnam.
D.
Ho Chi Minh unified Vietnam under Communist control.
 

 12. 
Which of the following was a major consequence of the 1960 U-2 Incident?
A.
The building of the Berlin Wall.
B.
The discovery of missiles in Cuba.
C.
The collapse of the Paris Summit Conference.
D.
The signing of a partial nuclear Test-Ban Treaty.
 

 13. 
Immediately after the Second World War, British and American fears about Soviet intentions were first confirmed when the U.S.S.R.:
A.
formed the Warsaw Pact.
B.
exploded its first atomic bomb.
C.
demanded the western allies leave Berlin.
D.
established communist governments in Eastern European countries.
 

 14. 
"I have a dream that one day even the State of Mississippi will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice. I have a dream that my four little children one day will live in a nation where they will not be judged by the colour of their skin."

The author of this passage was:

A.
John F. Kennedy.
B.
Joseph McCarthy.
C.
John Foster Dulles.
D.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
 

 15. 
The Cuban Missile Crisis ended when the:
A.
Americans invaded the Bay of Pigs.
B.
Soviets accepted the U.N. resolution.
C.
Soviets agreed to immediately remove their missiles from Cuba.
D.
Americans agreed to immediately remove their missiles from Turkey.
 

 16. 
China entered the Korean War because:
A.
Japan invaded South Korea.
B.
China feared an American invasion.
C.
North Korea supported the Kuomintang.
D.
China was opposed to a communist Korea.
 

 17. 
Both the Vietnam War and the Afghanistan War demonstrated
A.
that conflicts in small countries are easy to win.
B.
that controlling the cities is sufficient to win a war.
C.
superpower limitations when fighting guerrilla warfare.
D.
the importance of having a strong industrial economy to win a war.
 

 18. 
The equivalent to NATO in Eastern Europe is:
A.
Comecon.
B.
the Comintern.
C.
the Warsaw Pact.
D.
SEATO.
 

 19. 
The Hungarian Uprising of 1956 demonstrated that
A.
the U.S.A. had abandoned the Eisenhower Doctrine.
B.
the West would not risk war to liberate Eastern Europe.
C.
Hungary was outside the U.S.S.R.’s sphere of influence.
D.
the U.S.S.R. would back down when faced with the threat of war.
 

 20. 
The Gulf of Tonkin incident led to increased American involvement in the:
A.
Suez Crisis.
B.
Korean War.
C.
Vietnam War.
D.
Cuban Missile Crisis.
 

 21. 
In the 1960s, public pressure was responsible for the
A.
passage of civil rights bills in the U.S.A.
B.
escalation of U.S. involvement in Vietnam.
C.
successful resolution of the Cuban Missile Crisis.
D.
U.S. decision to join the European Economic Community (EEC).
 

 22. 
The fundamental cause of the Cold War can be found primarily in:
A.
superpower rivalry in the Middle East.
B.
cultural differences between the superpowers.
C.
ideological differences between the superpowers.
D.
the imbalance in military power between the superpowers.
 

 23. 
The government improved production in China in the 1980’s by
A.
introducing the first Five-Year Plan.
B.
tightening its control over all economic activities.
C.
refusing to allow foreign companies to take their profits out of China.
D.
establishing Special Economic Zones to encourage foreign investment.
 

 24. 
The Americans threatened to use atomic weapons to force a peace agreement with the:
A.
Chinese during the Korean War.     
B.
Soviets during the Vietnam War.
C.
Egyptians during the Suez Crisis.
D.
Germans during the Second World War.
 

 25. 
Use the following quotation to answer the question below.

“Television brought the brutality of the Vietnam war into the comfort of the living room.”
- Marshall McLuhan (1968)

Public awareness of “the brutality of the Vietnam war” led to

A.
increasing support for the war in other countries.
B.
an increase in U.S. military expenditures on the war.
C.
the anti-war movement gaining strength in the U.S.A.
D.
more Americans volunteering for service in the military.
 



 
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