Question 1

The civil war in Poland between communists and democrats led to the Truman Doctrine in 1947.

Accepted Answer

The Truman Doctrine was a response to the growing threat of communism in Europe, particularly in Greece and Turkey. There was no civil war in Poland between communists and democrats at that time.

Question 2

What was the status of the relationship between the Soviet Union and Mao Zedong's China in the 1950s and 1960s?

Accepted Answer

Mao Zedong believed that, after Stalin's death, he should be the leading socialist and this weakened the relationship between the Soviet Union and China in the 1950s and 1960s. This resulted in the Sino-Soviet split and increased tensions between the two communist countries.

Question 3

The term 'Iron Curtain' was first used by Nikita Krushchev.

Accepted Answer

The term 'Iron Curtain' was first used by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in his speech in 1946.

Question 4

The Marshall Plan was a military alliance directed against Soviet aggression.

Accepted Answer

The Marshall Plan was a program of economic aid and reconstruction for Western Europe after World War II. It was not a military alliance, although it did have strategic goals of blocking Soviet expansion and promoting the capitalist economic system.

Question 5

Who took the first steps to opening the door with China and ending its long isolation from the West?

Accepted Answer

Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger took the first steps to opening the door with China and ending its long isolation from the West. They conducted a series of secret negotiations with Chinese officials in 1971 and 1972, which eventually led to Nixon's historic visit to China in February 1972. This marked a significant shift in U.S. foreign policy and paved the way for improved diplomatic and economic relations between the two countries.

Question 6

What was true of the Diem regime in Vietnam?

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Question 7

In spite of President Eisenhower's promise in the 1950s to "roll back" communism, in reality United States officials realized that any intervention in Eastern Europe could lead to nuclear war.

Accepted Answer

This is accurate. While President Eisenhower used strong rhetoric about rolling back communism, United States officials recognized the potential risks of intervention in Eastern Europe, including the possibility of triggering a nuclear conflict with the Soviet Union.

Question 8

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

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The term "new world order" gained popularity after the Cold War ended in 1991 with the collapse of the Soviet Union. It referred to the hope for a more peaceful world and a global community that worked together towards common goals.

Question 9

The leader who sought to prevent Soviet economic collapse and helped bring about the end of the Cold War was

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Mikhail Gorbachev is known for implementing economic and political reforms in the Soviet Union, including glasnost (openness) and perestroika (restructuring), in an attempt to modernize the economy and political system. These reforms ultimately led to the downfall of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War.

Question 10

As a result of the American opening to China,

Accepted Answer

The American opening to China led to an agreement between the two sides to set aside their differences over Taiwan.

Question 11

The Geneva Conference of 1954 divided Vietnam at the 17^th parallel but envisioned unification elections would be held by 1956.

Accepted Answer

The Geneva Conference of 1954 did divide Vietnam at the 17th parallel and envisioned unification elections would be held by 1956.

Question 12

According to the concept of ____, the best way to avoid nuclear war between the superpowers was if each side maintained a roughly equal military.

Accepted Answer

The concept described is "equivalence," which means each side maintains a balance of power to deter aggression and avoid a nuclear war. Choices A, C, D, and E are other Cold War concepts or policies, but do not specifically describe this idea of military balance.

Question 13

The Sino-Soviet dispute

Accepted Answer

The Sino-Soviet dispute was aggravated by the lack of Soviet support for Chinese efforts to reclaim Taiwan. The underlying issues behind the dispute were ideological differences, territorial disputes, and China's growing self-confidence as a world power. The dispute was not rooted in a struggle for control of Tibet, did not bear no relationship to the level of Soviet economic assistance to China, did not see Mao describe China as the international leader of industrialized nations, and did not produce a Soviet invasion of China in 1965.

Question 14

Who referred to the Soviet Union as  the "Evil Empire"?

Accepted Answer

Ronald Reagan referred to the Soviet Union as the "Evil Empire" in a speech he gave to the National Association of Evangelicals in 1983.

Question 15

In 1972, the United States and Soviet Union

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Question 16

During the Cuban Missile Crisis, President Kennedy approved a plan to assassinate Fidel Castro.

Accepted Answer

During the Cuban Missile Crisis, President Kennedy focused on diplomatic and military strategies to remove Soviet missiles from Cuba, not on a plan to assassinate Fidel Castro.

Question 17

After a peace treaty was signed in Paris in 1973 to end the Second Indochinese War,

Accepted Answer

The peace treaty signed in Paris in 1973 did not result in a peaceful settlement between North and South Vietnam. Instead, negotiations broke down and two years later, the North Vietnamese launched a full-scale invasion of the South, ultimately defeating the South and unifying Vietnam under communist rule.

Question 18

Lyndon Johnson sent more American troops to South Vietnam because

Accepted Answer

President Johnson believed that if he did not send more American troops to South Vietnam, the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese army would have succeeded in taking over all of Vietnam. He feared that this would lead to the spread of communism throughout Southeast Asia and ultimately threaten American interests in the region.

Question 19

The 1975 agreement that recognized all central and eastern European borders that had been established since the end of World War II, and committed the signers to the human rights of its citizens, was the

Accepted Answer

The 1975 agreement that recognized all central and eastern European borders that had been established since the end of World War II, and committed the signers to the human rights of its citizens, was the Helsinki Accord.

Question 20

The Soviet leader who made the first moves toward easing the Cold War and improving relations with the West was

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