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Sec. 10


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

 

 1. 
Military intervention against the United Nations' forces in Korea came from:
A.
Japan
B.
Taiwan
C.
The U.S.S.R.
D.
The People's Republic of China.
 

 2. 
As a result of the arrangements made at the Geneva Conference of 1954, Vietnam was
A.
given back to France.
B.
taken over by the U.S.A.
C.
united under Ho Chi Minh.
D.
divided into North and South.
 

 3. 
A Soviet boycott of the United Nations Security Council allowed United Nations intervention in
A.
China.
B.
Korea.
C.
Vietnam.
D.
the Middle East.
 

 4. 
Which of the following was the most immediate consequence of the Cuban Missile Crisis?
A.
SALT I
B.
the Helsinki Agreements
C.
a Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
D.
the Treaty of Non-Proliferation
 

 5. 
President Johnson escalated U.S. involvement in Vietnam in 1964 as a result of the:
A.
Tet Offensive.
B.
My Lai massacre.
C.
Gulf of Tonkin incident.
D.
invasion of Laos and Cambodia.
 

 6. 
What action did the United States take in 1962 to prevent the placement of strategic weapons in Cuba?
A.
the invasion of the Bay of Pigs
B.
a naval blockade against Soviet ships
C.
an attack against established missile bases
D.
the breaking of diplomatic relations with the U.S.S.R.
 

 7. 
What concession did the U.S.A. make in resolving the Cuban Missile Crisis?
A.
U.S. troops were withdrawn from Cuba.
B.
The U.S.A. promised not to invade Cuba.
C.
Cuba was admitted to the United Nations.
D.
The U.S.A. renewed trade relations with Cuba.
 

 8. 
The United Nations passed a resolution in 1950 to send forces to South Korea in order to:
A.
re-unite North and South Korea.
B.
end the aggression of North Korea.
C.
end communist rule in North Korea.
D.
destroy Chinese bases across the Yalu River.
 

 9. 
Which was a major feature of American military strategy in Vietnam?
A.
Naval assaults.
B.
Trench warfare.
C.
I.C.B.M. attacks.
D.
Aerial bombardment.
 

 10. 
President Nixon’s policy of Vietnamization was mainly concerned with
A.
unifying North and South Vietnam.
B.
reducing the bombing of North Vietnam.
C.
increasing the number of U.S. troops in Cambodia.
D.
building up South Vietnam’s forces as U.S. forces withdrew.
 

 11. 
The Korean War
A.
reverted to relatively static warfare in central Korea by 1951.
B.
demonstrated the failure of the Truman Doctrine.
C.
came to an end when atomic weapons were used against Chinese troops.
D.
ended the doctrine of “containment” that governed U.S. foreign policy.
 

 12. 
The Americans lost the Vietnam War because
A.
the Viet Cong fielded more technologically sophisticated military forces.
B.
the Americans could only gain the support of the peasants, and not the political elites.
C.
the communists were seen as nationalist liberators fighting imperial domination.
D.
the American preferred guerilla warfare.
 



 
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