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The expression "new world order" refers to the optimistic hopes and expectations that resulted from the end of


A) World War II.
B) the Korean War.
C) the Second Vietnam War.
D) the Cold War.
E) Star Wars.

F) A) and C)
G) All of the above

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The eastern European nation that defied Stalin's attempt to occupy it after the war was


A) Vichy under Petain.
B) Finland under Ulbricht.
C) Poland under Yaruzelski.
D) Yugoslavia under Tito.
E) Germany under Petain.

F) None of the above
G) B) and C)

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Identify the following terms. -détente

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In reviewing the origins of the Cold War,the text


A) remarked on the unusual nature of intense competition between two societies so heavily influenced by Western civilization.
B) supports the view of many revisionist historians that United States policies drove Stalin to adopt a hostile view of the West.
C) states that both nations were working within a framework conditioned by the past, from their different historical perspectives and their irreconcilable political ambitions.
D) proposes the Cold War actually originated in East Asia.
E) blames the British Labour government for manipulating America into an anti-Soviet policy.

F) B) and E)
G) C) and D)

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Identify the following terms. -Nicarauga,the Sandinistas,and the Contras

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Identify the following terms. -Lyndon Johnson and the Vietnam War

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Identify the following terms. -"Vietnam syndrome"

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The Korean War


A) was fought by a United Nations force composed mainly of South Korean and United States troops against North Korean forces and, after late 1950, Chinese "volunteers."
B) began only five months after the Soviet and American governments had established a new, unified government there and withdrawn their armies of occupation.
C) was caused by domestic disagreements between Korean factions in the south.
D) involved large numbers of Chinese troops after United Nations air forces bombed Manchuria.
E) was finally won when 250,000 American troops captured the North Korean capital after a four-month siege.

F) None of the above
G) A) and B)

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To what degree was the escalating U.S.-Soviet tension in Europe the result of excessively defensive fears in the minds of Truman and Stalin? Why? What other factors were also involved in the moves of the "superpowers" and their allies and clients?

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Identify the following terms. -ABM Treaty/SALT I

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What were the factors which led to the success of the Marshall Plan? Could such massive economic aid work equally well in other places and other times? Why or why not?

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How did the relationship between China and the Soviet Union evolve after 1948? What disagreements brought about an end to the Sino-Soviet alliance in 1961? Which factors appear to have been most important? How did a renewed U.S.-Sino relationship shape history after the mid-1970s?

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Identify the following terms. -North Atlantic Treaty Organization/NATO

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Factors weakening Chiang Kai-shek during the Civil War included


A) middle class indifference toward his regime because of its refusal to provide them with lucrative government jobs.
B) peasant enthusiasm to Mao's promises to give land to the peasants.
C) the refusal of the United States to give even limited military support to the Nationalist armies.
D) the fact that 85,000 former Japanese occupation troops were fighting in his army and elite Japanese units formed his bodyguard.
E) Chiang's alliance with Japan during World War II.

F) C) and E)
G) B) and D)

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The European Recovery Program was better known as the


A) Five Point Program.
B) Stillman Plan.
C) Acheson Plan.
D) European Community.
E) Marshall Plan.

F) A) and B)
G) C) and D)

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Identify the following terms. -Berlin Blockade and the Berlin Airlift

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Identify the following terms. -George Kennan and "containment"

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Soviet reactions to the Marshall Plan included


A) military occupation of Finland and Denmark.
B) direct participation in its aid benefits.
C) the creation of a program of competitive financial aid to East Asia.
D) the view that the plan was an effort by the United States at imperialist domination of Europe.
E) a new policy of international cooperation.

F) A) and D)
G) C) and E)

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Identify the following terms. -"soft on communism"

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Was Churchill's phrase "the Iron Curtain" an accurate reflection of the actual state of relations between East and West in 1946? Why or why not? Did Churchill's words contribute to the polarization of East and West?

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