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Chapter 29 Quiz
Reconstruction, Cold War, and Decolonization, 1945–1962
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Approximately how many people were killed during World War II?
5,000,000
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50,000,000
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500,000
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15,000,000
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The United Nations replaced the ______________ after its charter was signed in October of 1945.
Warsaw Pact
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NATO
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League of Nations
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None of these
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After World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union were engaged in the Cold War, which could be best described as
direct military engagement
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peaceful co-existence
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a race to implement state socialism most efficiently
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engagement through proxy states and ideological struggle
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The United States' policy to prevent Soviet expansion was called ________.
The Marshall Doctrine
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Containment
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The Truman Memo
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Encirclement
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"Free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures," is a quote that describes which of the following?
Declaration of Universal Human Rights
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Marshall Plan
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Truman Doctrine
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Warsaw Pact Statement of Purpose
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In response to the Marshall Plan, Stalin
forbade Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and Poland to ask for aid.
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engineered fledgling communist governments in Eastern Europe and the Balkans.
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formalized the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance.
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all of these.
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The "Berlin Airlift" was undertaken by
the Soviet Union in response to the Marshall Plan.
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the western powers to disrupt the Eastern European recovery.
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the United States and Britain to deliver food to West Berlin for more than a year.
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American diplomats, assisting Nazis to escape war crime trials.
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The Soviet equivalent to NATO was________________.
the United Nations
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nuclear weapons
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a blockade of Berlin
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the Warsaw Pact
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In which year did the Soviet Union detonate its first atomic weapon?
1945
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1949
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1951
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1955
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The Cold War turned "hot" in which region of the globe?
Europe
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North America
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The Korean Peninsula
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China
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Which statement best describes the turn of events after China's involvement in the Korean War?
UN forces were pushed back deep into South Korea
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The Chinese lost Soviet support
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The Chinese lost territory to the Americans
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Taiwan was captured by the Chinese
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The Korean War ended in 1953 with ___________.
A peace treaty
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A North Korean victory
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An armistice
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A South Korean victory
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The conflict in the Koreas helped to produce what kind of reaction in America?
A more tolerant understanding of communism.
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A fervent anti-communism led by Senator McCarthy
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A fervent anti-communism led by President Eisenhower
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Unprecedented economic catastrophe
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What conditions led to the 1953 uprising in East Germany?
The death of Stalin
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Rising production quotas and shortages resulting from the shipment of industrial goods to the Soviet Union
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A strike by East Berlin workers
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All of the above
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Soviet troops crushed a grassroots revolt in which of the following countries after Khrushchev took power?
Czechoslovakia
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Romania
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North Korea
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Hungary
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Despite social unrest, the Soviet Union made advancements in which of the following fields?
Culture
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Politics
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Technology
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None of these
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________ was the name of the Soviets' first space satellite.
Yuri Gagarin
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Stalinik
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Sputnik
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Valentina Tereshkova
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The United States response to Russian ICBMs (intercontinental ballistic missiles) was the _________.
Explorer I
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Atlas
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Hellfire
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Scud
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Which of the following American policy makers had NO involvement with the failed "Bay of Pigs" invasion?
George F. Kennan
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John F. Kennedy
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Allen Dulles
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After setbacks on both sides, the Cold War reached its veritable climax during the _____.
Space race
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ICBM race
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Bay of Pigs invasion
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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What were women's roles in the idealized family of the 1950s and early 1960s?
Women ran the household
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Women worked and ran the household
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Women increasingly worked while men stayed at home
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Women entered into artistic fields rather than staying at home
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_______________ is any of the various movements in philosophy and the arts characterized by a deliberate break with classical or traditional forms of thought or expression.
Existentialism
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Realism
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Modernism
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Transcendentalism
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At the end of World War II, most of Latin America's industry was related to what sectors?
Industrial machinery and automotive assembly
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Food processing and textile manufacturing
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Textile manufacturing and automotive assembly
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Travel and tourism and food processing
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Which of the following Latin American leaders best represents a populist movement?
Fidel Castro
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Juan Perón
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Evo Morales
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None of these
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The victors in the Chinese Civil War were the ___________________.
Nationalists
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Supporters of Chiang K'ai-shek
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Supporters of Mao Zedong
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Supporters of Ho Chi Minh
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The outcome of the "The Great Leap Forward" was
a monumental success
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a slight increase in agricultural production
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a slight decrease in agricultural production
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a monumental failure
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The Sino-Soviet split had what impact on China?
Famine resulting from lack of food imports
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Impressive gains in technical, health, and education sectors
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The decline of Chinese industry
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A decline in the importance of Chinese agriculture
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The state of Israel was created in which of the following decades?
1940s
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1950s
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1930s
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1960s
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Due to regional differences, Pakistan split into Pakistan and ______ in 1971.
Bangladesh
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Kashmir
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Nepal
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Assam
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At the end of World War II, the French
followed British policy
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were determined to reconstitute their empire
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happily rid themselves of troubled colonies
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all of the above
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US aid under Eisenhower helped legitimize the rule of which Vietnamese leader?
Dien Bien Phu
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Ho Chi Minh
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Ngo Dinh Diem
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Mao Zedong
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The first nation to pioneer decolonization was:
South Africa
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Ghana
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Congo
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Kenya
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In the early years of the Cold War, countries could basically be placed into which of the following categories?
Eastern bloc and Communists
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Colonies, imperialists, and Communists
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Western camp and capitalist democracies
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Western camp, Eastern bloc, and the Non-Aligned Movement
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Which countries in the map above are both nuclear powers and part of NATO?
The United States
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India
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UK
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China
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The failure of the UN partition plan in Palestine led to the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948 and ____________ Palestinian refugees.
750,000
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150,000
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one million
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250,000
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The picture above shows a gathering of leaders at the Bandung Conference that saw the creation of the Non-Aligned Movement. Which of the following countries were members of the movement?
Indonesia
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Japan
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India
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Turkey
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