Multiple
Choice
Identify the choice
that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Truman is to containment as
Khrushchev is to
A. | collective security.
| B. | peaceful
co-existence. | C. | different roads to socialism. | D. | socialism with a human
face. |
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In 1947, the Truman Doctrine
announced a new U.S. policy to
A. | free Eastern Europe from Soviet
control. | B. | stop the spread of communism in Europe. | C. | speed the process of de-colonization in
Africa. | D. | support the forces of national independence in
Asia. |
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The shooting down of an
American U-2 reconnaissance plane over the U.S.S.R. in 1960 led
directly to
the
A. | negotiation of SALT I.
| B. | breakup of the Paris
Summit. | C. | stationing of Soviet missiles in Cuba. | D. | cancellation of all U-2 reconnaissance
flights. |
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At Yalta, the Big Three leaders
planned for an international organization designed to
A. | replace the League of Nations.
| B. | oversee the occupation of
Japan. | C. | ensure control of atomic weapons. | D. | provide a permanent peacekeeping
force. |
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The Marshall Plan offered
economic and financial aid to:
A. | countries that were under U.S.
occupation. | B. | European countries that had suffered war
damage. | C. | only the defeated countries of the Second World
War. | D. | only those countries that had fought against Nazi
Germany. |
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At which conference was the
decision made to divide Germany into four zones of occupation?
A. | Yalta | B. | Quebec | C. | Teheran | D. | Casablanca |
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In 1956,
Khrushchev
A. | carried on the Stalinist
purges. | B. | denounced Stalin and his policies. | C. | opposed reconciliation with the
West. | D. | supported Eastern European reform
movements. |
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The Berlin Wall was built to
stop
A. | a Western takeover of East Berlin.
| B. | an Eastern takeover of West
Berlin. | C. | the movement of workers from West to East. | D. | the movement of workers from East to
West. |
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The Hungarian uprising and the
Prague Spring were similar in that both
A. | resulted in the deaths of their
leaders. | B. | led to Khrushchev’s policy of
de-Stalinization. | C. | failed to achieve free elections in their
countries. | D. | were put down by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
forces. |
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Which country was in the Soviet
sphere of influence after the Second World War?
A. | Poland | B. | Greece | C. | Turkey | D. | Yugoslavia |
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A direct result of the Berlin
Blockade of 1948 was the
A. | building of the Berlin
Wall. | B. | creation of the Warsaw Pact. | C. | uniting of East and West
Berlin. | D. | formation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
(NATO). |
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From Stalin's point of
view, the Berlin blockade was intended to:
A. | establish the Iron
Curtain. | B. | force the Western Allies out of Berlin. | C. | establish the Warsaw Pact in West
Berlin. | D. | drive the Western Allies out of West
Germany. |
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The origins of the Cold War are
found primarily in the
A. | clash between Soviet and American
ideologies. | B. | clash of Soviet and American interests in the Middle
East. | C. | Americans' dissatisfaction with the creation of the Warsaw
Pact. | D. | Soviets' dissatisfaction with American control of the United
Nations. |
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Immediately after the Second
World War, the occupying Allied powers cooperated in:
A. | establishing the
OEEC. | B. | bringing Nazi war criminals to trial. | C. | establishing a new German
currency. | D. | restoring democracy to East and West
Germany. |
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The main purpose of the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was to
A. | prepare for a ‘war of
liberation’ against the U.S.S.R. | B. | provide military assistance to its members in case of
attack. | C. | allow the U.S.A. to place nuclear weapons in other
countries. | D. | aid in the economic recovery of the countries of Western
Europe. |
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