Topic 8.1 to 8.3 Flashcard

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The Warsaw Pact was created to counterbalance the...

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North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

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How did the Allies of World War II deal with postwar issues in Germany?

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the division of Germany was not completely determined until well after the war

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The Korean conflict was characterized by which of the following? The United States came to the immediate defense of its ally, South Korea., A multinational force led by the United States received United Nations permission to respond., The Chinese were allies of North Korea from the beginning., Concern for prior alliances prevented the United States from working with other nations.

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A multinational force led by the United States received United Nations permission to respond.

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When Castro came into office, what was one reason that the United States saw Cuba as such a threat? Options: Castro’s revolution had been planned by the Soviet Union. Cuba’s population was fearful of the new government. The United States had been a longtime supporter of earlier regimes including the one Castro ousted. Nuclear missiles had been brought in immediately by Cuba’s Soviet ally.

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The United States had been a longtime supporter of earlier regimes including the one Castro ousted.

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What actions did Kennedy take and what concessions did he make during the Cuban missile crisis?

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Kennedy publicized the problem, ordered a blockade, and agreed to remove U.S. missiles in Turkey.

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What rhetoric did the mid-twentieth century women’s movement use? Options: the language of Enlightenment principles, the phrases of the earliest women’s rights advocates, the language of abolitionists, the language of decolonization movements

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the language of decolonization movements

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In what way was the civil rights movement of the United States representative of black nationalism? Options: The protesters were trained by Gandhi under the same philosophy of nonviolence. It used the strategies of decolonization and a feeling of kinship with other black nationalists. It wanted independence from the imperialistic control of the United States. The U.S, movement depended upon a return to Africa as an option.

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It used the strategies of decolonization and a feeling of kinship with other black nationalists.

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Before 1980, in which two countries were serious attempts made to break away from Soviet control?

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Hungary and Czechoslovakia

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Which issues contributed most to the schism between China and the Soviet Union? Options: Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, Soviet backing of India, Chinese stand on Taiwan, Mao’s insistence on a different form of Marxism

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Chinese stand on Taiwan

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When comparing the American experience in Vietnam with that of the Soviets in Afghanistan, which was the LEAST similar? disenchantment of the international community, standard military forces against a guerilla army, a peace treaty after years of futile military effort, a careful withdrawal that took years to negotiate

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a careful withdrawal that took years to negotiate