Chapter 27 Quiz B with Explanations

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. What were the general expectations of the Soviet people after World War II?

An improvement in their quality of life and more openness to the rest of Europe correct incorrect

To take advantage of newly conquered lands in eastern Europe correct incorrect

Re-imposition of a harsh totalitarian state under Stalin and the Communists party correct incorrect

To overturn the Soviet system and replace it with smaller nations based on self-determination correct incorrect

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. In the late 1940s, Soviet policies in their German zone of occupation led to

war between the United States and Soviet Union. correct incorrect

improved conditions for skilled workers. correct incorrect

a German anti communist uprising. correct incorrect

the division of Germany into East and West. correct incorrect

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. Where did the defeated Chinese Nationalists under Jiang Jieshi establish a new government after their defeat at the hands of the Chinese Communists in 1949?

Taiwan correct incorrect

Manchuria correct incorrect

Tibet correct incorrect

Western China correct incorrect

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. The Cold War in Europe was dominated by which two military alliances formed by the United States and the USSR?

The Warsaw Pact and OAS correct incorrect

SEATO and NATO correct incorrect

NATO and the Warsaw Pact correct incorrect

OAS and SEATO correct incorrect

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. During the Cold War, the closest the United States and Soviet Union ever came to nuclear war was the

Berlin blockade. correct incorrect

Cuban Missile Crisis. correct incorrect

Korean War. correct incorrect

Suez Crisis. correct incorrect

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. What did the British take into account when partitioning India in 1947?

The needs of the Sikhs, a powerful religious minority correct incorrect

The demands of both Hindu and Muslim nationalists correct incorrect

The growing divisions in India caused by the Cold War correct incorrect

The economic needs of Britain as it recovered from World War II correct incorrect

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. The French failure to defeat the Viet Minh at Dien Bien Phu in 1954 led to the breakup of Indochina into Laos and

French-controlled Vietnam. correct incorrect

American-controlled Vietnam. correct incorrect

an independent, Communist Vietnam. correct incorrect

an independent but divided Vietnam. correct incorrect

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. What incident in 1956 propelled Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser into a position of leadership in the Arab world?

The nationalization of the Suez Canal correct incorrect

The defeat of Israel in a major war correct incorrect

The building of the Aswan Dam correct incorrect

The establishment of strong relations with Britain correct incorrect

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. During the 1950s, conflict between British white settlers and the native Kikuyu people led to the deaths of between 150,000 and 320,000 Kikuyus in

Nigeria. correct incorrect

Ghana. correct incorrect

Kenya. correct incorrect

Algeria. correct incorrect

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. The space race between the United States and the USSR began in 1957 with the launch of

an American communications satellite. correct incorrect

a Soviet satellite called Sputnik. correct incorrect

an American astronaut to the moon. correct incorrect

a Soviet military rocket. correct incorrect

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. What discovery in the 1950s Francis Crick and James Watson led to great advances in genetics and molecular biology?

The electronic microscope correct incorrect

The process of cloning correct incorrect

The arrangement of DNA correct incorrect

The operation of nucleic acids correct incorrect

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. Which region's economy benefited from wartime demand for raw materials and manufactured goods?

Eastern Europe correct incorrect

Latin America correct incorrect

North Africa correct incorrect

Southeast Asia correct incorrect

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. What was the purpose of the European Economic Community (EEC) founded in 1957?

It was formed to strengthen European economies against Communist influence. correct incorrect

It was formed to create a unified front in Europe against U.S. economic domination. correct incorrect

It was formed to protect the European market from cheap Indian and Chinese products. correct incorrect

It was formed to encourage economic cooperation among European countries. correct incorrect

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. Juan Peron came to power in Argentina in the late 1940s by appealing to what segment of society?

The upper class correct incorrect

The middle class correct incorrect

The working class correct incorrect

The peasant class correct incorrect

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. What was the Soviet response to the 1956 uprising in Hungary against the communist system?

It used its military to crush the rebellion. correct incorrect

It allowed modest reforms by the government. correct incorrect

It allowed Hungary to leave the Warsaw Pact. correct incorrect

It annexed Hungary as part of the Soviet Union. correct incorrect

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. What movement initiated by Mao Zedong during the 1960s attempted to eliminate all Chinese tradition?

Existentialism correct incorrect

The Great Leap Forward correct incorrect

The Cultural Revolution correct incorrect

The Five-Year Plan correct incorrect

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. Starting in the 1950s, works by Frantz Fanon and Bessie Head examined the

impact of war and decolonization on Asians. correct incorrect

traumatic impact of colonization on the colonized person. correct incorrect

meaning of human existence in a world where evil flourished. correct incorrect

the horrors of World War II through the eyes of soldiers. correct incorrect

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. Why was the Soviet author Boris Pasternak prevented from accepting the 1958 Nobel Prize in Literature?

Because of the themes of his novel Doctor Zhivago correct incorrect

Because he would need to leave the Soviet Union to accept the prize correct incorrect

Because he wrote a novel that was critical of Nikita Khrushchev correct incorrect

Because his works glorified the reign of Nicholas II correct incorrect

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. In the view of Indian leader Jawaharlal Nehru, the superpowers believed that a nation's work was linked to its

industrial output. correct incorrect

international alliances. correct incorrect

military might. correct incorrect

political ideology. correct incorrect

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. According to the concept of the North-South divide, peoples living in the southern hemisphere were impoverished relative to those living in the northern half of the globe because

of the differences in climate. correct incorrect

they spent their wealth on northern military technology. correct incorrect

they were not important to the global superpowers in the north. correct incorrect

of the legacy of northern imperialism. correct incorrect