Chapter 21

Question 1

What was Nixon’s top priority when he entered office?

Answer 1

Reconciliation of the Nation, Foreign Affairs,

Question 2

How was the situation that occured in Angola similar to the one that occured in South Vietnam?

Answer 2

Congress refused to provide additional aid, and a Communist government took over.

Question 3

What reason did many in the Senate give for their strong opposition to SALT ll?

Answer 3

It put the United States at a military disadvantage.

Question 5

(+ or o) Economic problems destroyed the Soviets’ ability to continue the Cold war standoff

Answer 5

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Question 6

President Nixon architect of foreign policy was his adviser for national security affairs,

Answer 6

Henrh Kissinger

Question 7

A policy aimed at easing Cold War tensions was known as:

Answer 7

detente

Question 8

Which of the following Presidents visited Communist China in 1971

Answer 8

Richard Nixon

Question 9

Which U.S. president resigned amid political scandal?

Answer 9

Richard Nixon

Question 10

The last leader of the Soveit Union was:

Answer 10

Mikhail Gorbachev

Question 11

(+ or o) The Berlin wall came down in 1989

Answer 11

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Question 12

What Eastern European country became embroiled in a civil was between Muslims, Orthodox Serbs, and Roman Catholic Croats

Answer 12

Bosnia

Question 13

EC: For how many years did the Soviet Union exist?

Answer 13

1922-1991
69 years

Question 14

The communist leader of North Korea during the Korean war was?

Answer 14

Kim ll Sung

Question 15

( + or o) The Korean war started on June 25, 1953

Answer 15

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Question 16

The plan General Mcarthur formed to save his army during the Korean War involved a suprise amphibious landing at:

Answer 16

Inchon, on Koreas west coast

Question 17

In 1952 a republican was elected president; he was:

Answer 17

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Question 18

What led many Chinese people to prefer Mao Zedong’s government over Chiang Kai-shek’s?

Answer 18

Mao treated the people better

Question 19

( + or o) General MacArthue wanted to use nuclear weapons to attack China during the Korean War

Answer 19

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Question 20

How were Germany and Korea similar to each other after World War ll?

Answer 20

They both were part democratic and part communist

Question 21

Chiang Kai-Shek was forced to flee the Chinese mainland and to relocate his government in:

Answer 21

Taiwan

Question 22

What happend in 1950 that turned the Korean war in a different direction?

Answer 22

The Chinese entered the war.

Question 23

( + or o) The United States declared war on North Korea on June 25, 1950.

Answer 23

o

Question 24

What did Kennedy believe was his most urgent task?

Answer 24

to redfine the nation’s nuclear strategy

Question 25

What caused relations between Cuba and the U.S to worsen after Fidel Castro took power?

Answer 25

Castro seized American oil refineries.

Question 26

What ended the Berlin crisis?

Answer 26

the construction of the Berlin Wall

Question 27

What was the result of the space race?

Answer 27

Universities expaned their science programs.

Question 28

The first American astronaut to travel in space was:

Answer 28

Neil Armstrong

Question 29

(+ or o) The Soviet union beat the United states in getting a man into space.

Answer 29

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Question 30

In the 1940s Vietnam was a colony of:

Answer 30

France

Question 31

Nikita Khrushchev was the:

Answer 31

Soviet Union's Premiere

Question 32

The CIA developed a plan for the invasion of Cuba which landed in:

Answer 32

the Bay of Pigs

Question 33

(+ or o) Many nations around the world, including India and Pakistan have developed their own nuclear weapons.

Answer 33

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Question 34

EC: Identify Yuri A. Gargarin.

Answer 34

the first human is space

Question 35

EC: In what year did the first man walk on the face of the moon?

Answer 35

1969

Question 36

What caused tension within the United Nations when it was initally formed?

Answer 36

The Soviet Union blocked any issue any issue it didn't agree with.

Question 37

Which of the following was created as a result of the National Security Act?

Answer 37

The CIA

Question 38

What was the main danger for a country in financial ruin after World War ll?

Answer 38

having a greater chance for political instabilty

Question 39

What is Nato?

Answer 39

A defensive military alliance of western nations.

Question 40

( + or o) The Berlin Airlift was a relief measure to deliver supplies needed as a result of the severe famine caused by harsh winter conditons in 1946-47

Answer 40

o

Question 41

The "Iron Curtain" referred to the:

Answer 41

The divison of Europe between Western democracies and the Soviet Union

Question 42

EC: Who was the president of the U.S. immediately after WWll ?

Answer 42

Harry S. Truman