WHAP Unit 8 Test

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The data in the chart above best supports which of the following claims? The U.S.S.R was primarily responsible for the esclation of the arms race, The U.S.S.R and the United States usually had about the same number of nuclear weapons, The U.S.S.R was behind in stockpiling weapons until about 1980, when it overtook the United States in the number of weapons., The U.S.S.R. conceded defeat in the arms race when the United States had a large enough lead in the number of weapons.

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The U.S.S.R was behind in stockpiling weapons until about 1980, when it overtook the United States in the number of weapons.

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Who predicted that increases in weapons stockpiles in the U.S.S.R. and the United States would have significant political and economic consequences?

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President Dwight Eisenhower, who described a military-industrial complex

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Which accurately describes an effect of the changes shown in the table?

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Both countries saw little change in their leadership as a result of the increase in the number of nuclear weapons during the period.

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The Cold War rivalry between the Soviet Union and the United States during the second half of the 20th century was characterized by competition primarily over

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ideology and economic structure

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All of the following were policies pursued by BOTH the Soviet Union and the United States except: reliance on military alliances for national security, promotion of proxy wars in other states, development of massive nuclear arsenals.

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centralized planning of the national economy

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Western-led military alliance systems such as NATO that emerged during the Cold War period sought to

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prevent the spread of communism

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Which of the following best explains why the Soviet Union and the United States preferred to engage in the type of conflicts shown on the map?
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To maintain control over their former colonial states through puppet governments,
To avoid direct military confrontations that could lead to nuclear war,
To obtain new military technology before a direct confrontation,
To acquire natural resources by forcing states to favor United States or Soviet companies

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To avoid direct military confrontations that could lead to nuclear war

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In China between 1958 & 1962 Mao Zedong's Great Leap Forward, an effort to  make China an industrial power through mass collectivization of agricultural, is best understood as an example of 

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a communist government exerting control over the national economy

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The implementation of which policies in China, best explains the trends in this chart after 1980? Options: Economic liberalization following the failure of Mao Zedong’s economic programs, Increased persecution of government critics in the countryside during the Cultural Revo, Expanding military spending on the navy following the discovery of natural resources in the South China Sea, accepting economic assistance provided by international institutions such as the World Bank

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Economic liberalization following the failure of Mao Zedong’s economic programs

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In order to achieve victory in China and Vietnam, Asian communists like Mao Zedong and Ho Chi Minh did which of the following? Adapted their revolutionary theories to reflect the major concerns of the peasants.

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Adapted their revolutionary theories to reflect the major concerns of the peasants.