WH 2 FINAL EXAM

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WH 2 FINAL EXAM

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

Which statement is true about the treaty of Versailles

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

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

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

Who was the leader of Japan duing World War 2?

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

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

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

Who was the leader of Italy duing World War 2?

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

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

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

What was the iron curtain?

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

10.

What was the purpose of the Marshall Plan?

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

11.

The Marshall Plan shows that America is

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

12.

The _____ encouraged North Korea to invade South Korea.

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

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

14.

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

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

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

17.

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

a.	The missiles in Cuba could strike almost any city in the United States	c.	The missiles were not a threat because the U.S. could trust Cuba
b.	If one of the missiles blew up by mistake it could destroy Florida	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.	removed its missiles from Turkey	c.	promised not to invade 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.	Kennedy	c.	Nixon
b.	Johnson	d.	Roosevelt

20.

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

a.	The Soviet Union backed North Vietnam and the Vietcong	c.	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)
b.	The U.S. backed the government of South Vietnam	d.	All of these facts are true

21.

What does Mutual Assured Destruction mean

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

22.

The MAD strategy was

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

23.

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

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

24.

What did President Johnson call his vision for America?

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

25.

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

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

26.

What is the largest communist nation in the world?

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

27.

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

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

28.

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

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

29.

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

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

30.

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

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

31.

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

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

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

34.

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

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

36.

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

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

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.	were favored by the U.S.	d.	would eventually lead to Capitalism

38.

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

a.	the Contras	c.	the Somozas
b.	the Sandinistas	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.	Manuael Contra	c.	Jose Sandinistas
b.	Somoza	d.	Guevara

40.

Why did the U.S. invade Grenada

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

41.

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

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

42.

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

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

43.

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

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

44.

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

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

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

47.

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

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

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

49.

Which statement about “Star Wars” is true?

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

50.

Which statement below is true?

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