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Which Cold War event brought the world closest to nuclear war?

The Battle of Dien Bien Phu

The Bay of Pigs invasion

The Cuban Missile Crisis

The Cuban Missile Crisis

NATO and the Warsaw Pact were both designed to help contain the spread of communism.
T/F

F

India and China both achieved political independence peacefully.
T/F

F

Which of the following encouraged the European powers to surrender their African colonies?

The United States encouraged decolonization, but the USSR opposed it.

European powers were too deep in debt to invest more in pacifying the discontented Africans.

The European powers determined that it was time to live up to their Enlightenment ideals.

The treaty ending World War II called for immediate decolonization.

European powers were too deep in debt to invest more in pacifying the discontented Africans.

Which of the following accurately depicts the Vietnamese intelligentsia under French rule?

The Vietnamese intelligentsia were granted land and mining concessions to ensure their loyalty.

Western-educated Vietnamese living overseas strongly supported the colonial government.

The Vietnamese intelligentsia rejected Western culture and returned to traditional Shinto values.

Western-educated Vietnamese worked as clerks, teaches, and petty officials, but had few opportunities for advancement.

Western-educated Vietnamese worked as clerks, teaches, and petty officials, but had few opportunities for advancement.

Japan began its military expansion into mainland Asia after World War II began.
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F

Which of the following saved Chinese communists from being overwhelmed by Nationalist forces in the Chinese Civil War?

The Nationalist army was diverted to fight against the Germans, who had hopes of conquering China.

The Japanese invasion diverted Nationalist troops from pursuing the communists into the Chinese interior.

The Japanese invasion diverted Nationalist troops from pursuing the communists into the Chinese interior.

Why did Stalin believe that the Soviet Union deserved to dominate eastern Europe?

The Soviet Union had sacrificed so many people in the war against fascism.

The Soviet Union had more money than did the United States to rebuild the devastated region after the war.

The Soviet Union had refrained from using nuclear weapons in Europe, and should be rewarded.

The Soviet Union had been promised control of eastern Europe at the Yalta conference.

The Soviet Union had sacrificed so many people in the war against fascism.

Multinational corporations had which of the following impacts on Third World countries?

They provided important technical knowledge that Third World countries could use to build their industrial bases.

They removed raw materials, and then left the local government to clean up the mess.

They allowed Third World countries to free themselves from dependence on the institutions of international capitalism.

They expanded countries' agricultural and manufacturing sectors, but impeded the growth of local firms.

They expanded countries' agricultural and manufacturing sectors, but impeded the growth of local firms.

In post-World War II western Europe, the "woman question" concerned what new problem?

Women were being advised to focus their lives around acquiring a husband and children.

Women were more likely to be sympathetic to communism than were men.

More women were moving into the workplace, but there were not enough available jobs to accommodate them.

Women were making gains in the workplace, but without a proportional decrease in domestic responsibility.

Women were making gains in the workplace, but without a proportional decrease in domestic responsibility.

Which of the following techniques did Hitler use to create his racially based new world order?

He set up puppet governments that complied with deportation orders for Jews.

He assisted the Soviets in creating their own concentration camps to house those deemed racially inferior.

He set up puppet governments that complied with deportation orders for Jews.

Which of the following is a similarity between the decolonization experiences of Algeria and South Africa?

Both countries had trained large numbers of indigenous people in the civil service and military, making transition to independence easier.

Both countries suffered violent civil wars to end colonial control.

Both countries were independent before the end of World War II.

Both countries had large numbers of European settlers, which prevented a smooth transfer of power.

Both countries had large numbers of European settlers, which prevented a smooth transfer of power.

Why did many African leaders think that Africa would move swiftly to a special African form of socialism following decolonization?

They believed that the colonial experience had provided them with strong economic principles to begin independence.

They believed that they had been most prosperous under, and wanted to return to, Islamic caliphates.

They believed that the model provided by the First World was best suited to African conditions.

They believed that the common African traditions that informed negritude would enable them to embrace social justice and equality.

They believed that the common African traditions that informed negritude would enable them to embrace social justice and equality.

How did Pacific Rim nations such as South Korea and Taiwan escape the typical Third World cycle of poverty and dependence?

They used the World Bank to fund infrastructure projects and the International Monetary Fund to prop up their currencies.

They used regulation to promote new industries and required multinationals to cooperate with local firms.

They used regulation to promote new industries and required multinationals to cooperate with local firms.

In which of the following ways was the Prague Spring in 1968 similar to the Hungarian uprising in 1956?

Both attempts to decrease communist authoritarianism in eastern Europe were crushed by the Soviet military.

Both were responding to the Cultural Revolution.

Both attempts to decrease communist authoritarianism in eastern Europe were crushed by the Soviet military.

Which of the following reflects the Chinese communist party's approach toward women?

It freed women from oppressive laws and customs as part of its government.

It subordinated women's individual rights to the rights of the family as an institution.

It believed that women were selfish to demand more rights during the war with Japan.

It rejected women's rights in order to build support with the patriarchal Chinese peasantry.

It freed women from oppressive laws and customs as part of its government.

Which of the following is a reason that communism lost its appeal in post-World War II western Europe?

Strong economic growth led to increased standards of living and expanded access to services like education and health care.

Communist political parties were outlawed in western European countries.

Strong economic growth led to increased standards of living and expanded access to services like education and health care.

Which of the following is a reason why some First World powers supported South Africa during the 1950s and 1960s?

South Africa, especially Johannesburg, was an important center for global finance.

South Africa was a strategic military and commercial outpost.

South Africa had developed a democratic society.

South Africa was anticommunist.

South Africa was anticommunist.

Which of the following issues led to the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union?

They had been on opposing sides during World War I and II.

They both wanted to colonize western Europe's former colonies.

They had diametrically opposed political and economic ideologies.

They had diametrically opposed political and economic ideologies.

Which of the following accurately compares the Germans and Japanese during the 1930s and 1940s?

The Germans, but not the Japanese, forced large numbers of POWs and conquered people to work for their war efforts.

Both developed theories of racial superiority.

Both developed theories of racial superiority.

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Which event brought the United States and Soviet Union closest to nuclear war?

The Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962 was a direct and dangerous confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War and was the moment when the two superpowers came closest to nuclear conflict.

What brought the US and Soviet Union to the brink of nuclear war?

In October 1962, the Soviet provision of ballistic missiles to Cuba led to the most dangerous Cold War confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union and brought the world to the brink of nuclear war.

Which Cold War event brought the world closest to nuclear war quizlet?

President during Bay of Pigs, and Cuban Missile Crisis. Fearing that the U.S. would attempt another invasion, Castro quickly complied with a Soviet request to be allowed to construct nuclear missile sites in Cuba. The resulting crisis brought the world to the brink of nuclear war in 1962.

Which of these events was the closest the US and the Soviet Union actually came to fighting each other during the Cold War?

Both countries had missile defenses pointed at one another, and in 1962, the Cuban Missile Crisis brought the countries closer to the brink than any other event in the Cold War.