WH 2 FINAL EXAM c

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WH 2 FINAL EXAM c

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

WORLD WAR I
The treaty that ended World War I was called the Treaty of

a.	Versailles	c.	Paris
b.	London	d.	World War I

Which statement is true about the treaty of Versailles

a.	It put unfair burdens on Poland and helped created an atmosphere where democracy could not succeed.	c.	It treated all nations the same.
b.	It was unfair to England and France	d.	It put unfair burdens on Germany and helped created an atmosphere where democracy could not succeed.

WORLD WAR II
Who was the leader of Germany duing World War 2?

a.	Benito Mussolini	c.	Emporer Hirohito
b.	Joseph Stalin	d.	Adolf Hitler

Who was the leader of Japan duing World War 2?

a.	Adolf Hitler	c.	Joseph Stalin
b.	Emporer Hirohito	d.	Benito Mussolini

Who was the leader of the Soviet Union duing World War 2?

a.	Emporer Hirohito	c.	Adolf Hitler
b.	Benito Mussolini	d.	Joseph Stalin

Who was the leader of Italy duing World War 2?

a.	Adolf Hitler	c.	Emporer Hirohito
b.	Benito Mussolini	d.	Joseph Stalin

COLD WAR
Who was the first leader of the Communist government in Russia?

a.	Lenin	c.	Czar Nicholas
b.	Stalin	d.	Trotsky

What was the iron curtain?

a.	A political division between Eastern Europe and Russia	c.	A steel and barbed wire fence between Germany and the Soviet Union
b.	A division of Europe between the Communist countries in the East and the free countries in the West.	d.	A division of Europe between the Communist countries in the West and the free countries in the East

Which country is divided into four zones after World War II?

a.	Russia	c.	Germany
b.	Soviet Union	d.	France

10.

What was the purpose of the Marshall Plan?

a.	Help Europe get back on its feet and prevent mass starvation	c.	Equip an army to confront the Russians
b.	Help prevent starvation in the Soviet Union	d.	Help to rebuild Eastern Europe and prevent starvation

11.

The Marshall Plan shows that America is

a.	a kind, generous and caring nation.	c.	concerned first about its military
b.	uncaring and cruel	d.	only concerned about itself

12.

The _____ encouraged North Korea to invade South Korea.

a.	Communist Chinese and South Korea	c.	United Nations
b.	Soviet Union and Communist China	d.	United States

13.

An armistice is an agreement to stop fighting, it is not really a peace treaty and the nations are technically still at war. Armistice talks between the North Koreans and the United Nations started in 1951. How long was it before an armistice was finally signed.

a.	We have a peace treaty in Korea but no armistice	c.	More than two years
b.	We still do not have an armistice in Korea	d.	Six months

14.

In 1959, _____ was president of the United States and _____ was vice president.

a.	Eisenhower - Nixon	c.	Eisenhower - Von Braun
b.	Nixon - Eisenhower	d.	Khrushchev - Eisenhower

15.

The Western allies joined together to form a military organization to defend against Soviet aggression. This army was called _____

a.	WEST SETO	c.	NATO
b.	THE MACHINE	d.	EAST NATO

16.

The American, French and British areas of Berlin were known as _____ Berlin, while the Soviet area of Berlin was known as _____ Berlin.

a.	Western - Eastern	c.	Communist - Soviet
b.	Communist - Capitalist	d.	Eastern - Western

17.

Why were Soviet missiles in Cuba a threat to the U.S.

a.	If one of the missiles blew up by mistake it could destroy Florida	c.	The missiles were not a threat because the U.S. could trust Cuba
b.	The missiles in Cuba could strike almost any city in the United States	d.	The missiles were not a threat because the U.S. could trust the Soviets

18.

Khrushchev agreed to remove Soviet missiles from Cuba if the U.S. .....

a.	promised not to invade Turkey	c.	removed its missiles from Turkey
b.	promised not to invade Cuba	d.	promised not to invade Cuba and removed its missiles from Turkey

19.

What U.S. president began America’s involvement in Vietnam?

a.	Nixon	c.	Roosevelt
b.	Kennedy	d.	Johnson

20.

What fact made Vietnam part of the Cold War and more than just a civil war between Vietnam factions?

a.	All of these facts are true	c.	The Soviet Union backed North Vietnam and the Vietcong
b.	The U.S. backed the government of South Vietnam	d.	The side that eventually took control of Vietnam would put the communists or the West in a position to take control of the rest of Southeast Asia (domino theory)

21.

What does Mutual Assured Destruction mean

a.	Both countries agree that neither will be destroyed in a war	c.	The country that is attacked will be destroyed
b.	The country that stats the war will be destroyed	d.	Both countries who go to war are guaranteed to be destroyed

22.

The MAD strategy was

a.	a comic book approach to world affairs	c.	developed in the Kennedy administration
b.	a way to prevent war	d.	a guarantee of war

23.

Who was director of the FBI in the early 1960’s

a.	J. Edgar Hoover	c.	Bob McNamara
b.	George Wallace	d.	Orville Faubus

24.

What did President Johnson call his vision for America?

a.	The Square Deal	c.	The New Deal
b.	The Great Society	d.	The Free Society

25.

What was Lyndon Johnson’s job in the Kennedy administration?

a.	Majority Leader of the Senate	c.	Minority Leader of the Senate
b.	Speaker of the House	d.	Vice President

26.

What is the largest communist nation in the world?

a.	Eastern Europe (including East Germany)	c.	Soviet Union
b.	Russia	d.	China

27.

Why did the U.S. place an embargo on Japan in the 1930’s

a.	Japan was trying to control the TV business.	c.	Japan invaded Korea
b.	Japan invaded Chinese Manchuria	d.	Japan was selling too many cars in the U.S.

28.

Which countries supported North Korea’s attack on South Korea?

a.	The Soviets	c.	The Chinese
b.	The Soviets, Chinese and Vietcong	d.	The Soviets and the Chinese

29.

Taiwan used to be called Formosa. Who controlled Taiwan in the 50’s and still does today?

a.	The Chinese Communists	c.	The U.S. and Japan
b.	The North Koreans	d.	The Chinese Nationalists

30.

There is a famous saying, “Only Nixon Could Go To China.” What does that ;phrase mean.

a.	Nixon was president when the ping pong team was invited to China	c.	Nixon was not very bright so the Chinese communists trusted him
b.	The Chinese did not trust Democrats	d.	Since Nixon had the reputation of being an anti-communist, the American people trusted him to deal with China.

31.

Who, eventually, controlled all of the land in China?

a.	The government	c.	The peasants
b.	The former owners	d.	The capitalists

32.

Why did China attack the U.N forces in Korea

a.	They did not like the U.N.	c.	They wanted to use Korea as a staging area to attack Japan
b.	They wanted to make sure North Korea stayed communist	d.	They wanted a unified Korea

33.

Why did American officials suspect that Jacobo Arbenz might be a communist?

a.	He used land reform to confiscate farm land the way other communists had done in Cuba and China	c.	Many of his associates were communist
b.	Neither of these reasons suggest that he is a communist	d.	Both of these answers are true

34.

Why did the CIA help to bring down the Guatemala government?

a.	The U.S. thought that a communist government in Central America was a threat to U.S. security	c.	Neither of these reasons are true
b.	The U.S. did not want Che Guevara to take over Guatemala and Mexico	d.	Both of these are true

35.

What was the name of the U.S. policy that said the Europeans had to stay out of the American hemisphere?

a.	The CIA handbook on rules of engagement	c.	The Emancipation Proclamation
b.	The Communist Manifesto	d.	The Monroe Doctrine

36.

The events in Chili after Allende took power most closely resemble the events in _____ after ______ took power

a.	Bolivia - Che Guevara	c.	China - Khrushchev
b.	Cuba - Che Guevara	d.	Cuba - Castro

37.

The Marxist economic policies under Allende

a.	were good for most of the people of Chili and resulted in prosperity	c.	were a disaster for Chili and helped to cause civil unrest
b.	would eventually lead to Capitalism	d.	were favored by the U.S.

38.

What was the name of the Marxist rebel group fighting against the government in Nicaragua?

a.	the Sandinistas	c.	the Somozas
b.	the Contras	d.	the CIA

39.

What was the name of the pro U.S. leader of Nicaragua who was trying to fight off the Marxist rebels?

a.	Jose Sandinistas	c.	Somoza
b.	Guevara	d.	Manuael Contra

40.

Why did the U.S. invade Grenada

a.	Grenada refused to ship oil and banana’s to the U.S.	c.	Grenada was building an airfield big enough to accommodate Soviet military aircraft.
b.	Grenada was sending revolutionary agents into the U.S.	d.	The Grenada army was threatening its neighbors

41.

What was the money from the Iran Contra scandal used for?

a.	purchase arms for the Contras in Nicaragua	c.	make Oliver North rich
b.	provide funds for the Reagan administration	d.	purchase arms for the Contras in Cuba

42.

When the people of Nicaragua were given a chance to vote for the government of their choice they elected

a.	a non-communist government	c.	a communist government
b.	a Cuban style government	d.	a pro Soviet government

43.

Who was president of the U.S. for most of the 1980’s

a.	Jimmy Carter	c.	Richard Nixon
b.	Lyndon Johnson	d.	Ronald Reagan

44.

COLD WAR ENDS - REAGAN
What did Reagan believe about the health of the Soviet Union?

a.	Soviet communism was weak and ready to “crackup.”	c.	It would cost too much money to combat the Soviet Union
b.	The U.S. should adapt socialism as its economic system	d.	The Soviets were too strong and we shouldn’t antagonize them

45.

What is the policy of “containment?”

a.	The world needs to support communism	c.	The world needs to keep communism from spreading any further
b.	The world needs to support socialism	d.	The world needs to contain capitalism

46.

There were many anti-communist forces inside the communist countries. In the past the U.S. Government ignored them. What did Ronald Reagan do?

a.	He urged them to make peace with communism	c.	He tried to suppress these anti-communist movements
b.	He ignored them as previous presidents had done	d.	He sent them arms to fight their communist governments

47.

Why was the Pope helpful in the fight against the communist dictatorship in Poland?

a.	Pope John Paul was Polish. He fought against the Nazis in World War Two and was highly respected in Poland	c.	The communists liked Pope John Paul
b.	Pope John Paul was a communist	d.	The Catholic Church had lots of money to spend

48.

Once a country become communist, it generally stayed communist. Most presidents accepted the fact that these countries were communist. What did Reagan do?

a.	He used all of the tactics listed above to fight communism in the Soviet Union	c.	He sent money to support anti-communist rebels in communist countries
b.	He forced the Soviets to spend billions of dollars fighting the anti-communist rebels	d.	He sent military weapons so the anti-communist rebels could better fight communism

49.

Which statement about “Star Wars” is true?

a.	The media supported the idea of SDI (Star Wars)	c.	Even though the media and Congress thought “Star Wars” was a fantasy that could not work, the Soviets were afraid of it
b.	The congress supported tie idea of SDI	d.	The Soviets thought SDI was a fantasy

50.

Which statement below is true?

a.	The Reagan policies brought an end to the Cold War	c.	The Reagan policies brought the world close to World War Three
b.	The Reagan policies caused the Cold War to continue longer than it had to	d.	Reagan had little or no effect on the Cold War