Deck 8: The United States and Latin America, 1945-2014; The Peoples Republic of China and North Korea: Ideology and Nationalism, 1949-2014

Question 1

Castro's goals in 1959 included:

A) Freedom from US economic tutelage
B) Building anti-American revolutionary credentials
C) Maintaining property rights of US companies in Cuba
D) Seeking Soviet military aid

Answer 1

Maintaining property rights of US companies in Cuba

Question 2

The Alliance for Progress was not hampered by:

A) Successful Soviet propaganda
B) Local oligarchy refusal to countenance reform
C) Structural challenges including a population boom
D) US business preference for stability

Answer 2

Successful Soviet propaganda

Question 3

The American shift to covert operations:

A) Followed US antipathy following the Vietnam War
B) Reduced Latin American anger at US gunboat diplomacy
C) Mirrored increased Soviet presence in the region under Brezhnev
D) Was advocated by rising US investment in the region

Answer 3

Followed US antipathy following the Vietnam War

Question 4

Which of the following was not an American response to Latin American anger over the Guatemalan coup?

A) Shifting from trade to aid
B) Good Neighbor' policy declaration disavowing further interventions
C) Increasing military aid to Latin American governments
D) Creating the Inter-American Development Bank to fund infrastructure projects in Latin America

Question 5

Latin American attitudes towards the US after 1945 were shaped by:

A) Large Latin American forces serving alongside US troops
B) Relief that US focus on the Cold War would reduce resources available for South American interventions
C) Hopes that the UN would render the Monroe Doctrine illegitimate
D) Expectations of increased prosperity through increasing US trade

Question 6

The Tiananmen Square crackdown confirmed:

A) Conservative fears ofsSocial disorder caused by 1980s economic reforms
B) Leadership fears of Red Brigade attacks on the party leadership
C) The fears of authoritarian rule in Taiwan if it reunited with China
D) All of the above

Question 7

Chinese foreign policy after Mao's death was not marked by:

A) Fears of Russian encirclement
B) Increased tensions with the US under Reagan
C) Poor relations with Vietnam
D) Improved relations with Japan

Question 8

Sino-American rapprochement was not hindered by:

A) Continued American support for Japan
B) US invasion of Cambodia
C) Unwillingness of either side to make major concession
D) Taiwanese pressure in US congress

Question 9

Chinese foreign policy in the 1950s and 1960s was assisted by:

A) Foreign aid policies
B) Growing military power seen in acquisition of the bomb
C) Domestic stability
D) Ideological focus on anti-imperialism

Question 10

Chinese and Soviet foreign policies diverged over:

A) Peaceful coexistence in Europe
B) Bombardment of Quemoy
C) Ending of the Korean War
D) Emphasis on Third World revolution