Topic 8.1 to 8.3 Quiz

The Warsaw Pact was created to counterbalance the...

• League of Nations.

• North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

• COMECON.

• Marshall Plan.

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

• an amicable division of Germany

• a recognition of the rights of Germany

• the Germans were allowed to determine their preferences

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

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.

When Castro came into office, what was one reason that the United States saw Cuba as such a threat?

• 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.

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

• Kennedy immediately threatened the USSR with a NATO blockade and agreed to work with Castro

• Kennedy sought European advice and agreed to reduce the U.S. stockpile of weapons.

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

• Kennedy conferred with Castro, aimed NATO missiles at Moscow, and agreed to tend the cold war.

What rhetoric did the mid-twentieth century women’s movement use?

• the language of Enlightenment principles

• the phrases of the earliest women’s rights advocates

• the language of abolitionists

• the language of decolonization movements

In what way was the civil rights movement of the United States representative of black nationalism?

• 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.

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

• Poland and Czechoslovakia

• China and Hungary

• Hungary and Poland

• Hungary and Czechoslovakia

Which issues contributed most to the schism between China and the Soviet Union?

• Soviet invasion of Afghanistan

• Soviet backing of India

• Chinese stand on Taiwan

• Mao’s insistence on a different form of Marxism

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