The West in the World, 4th Edition (Sherman)

Chapter 25: Superpower Struggles and Global Transformations

Multiple Choice Quiz

1
In a 1945 speech at a small Missouri college, Winston Churchill warned that ________ was dividing Europe between communist East and capitalist West.
A)the Maginot line
B)the River Danube
C)an iron curtain
D)the U.S. Marshall Plan
2
The first actual postwar confrontation between the Western powers and the Soviet Union occurred in 1948 over
A)Berlin.
B)Cuba.
C)Poland.
D)Greece.
3
Prompted by the civil war in Greece, U.S. president Harry Truman issued the Truman Doctrine, which
A)provided economic aid to Europe.
B)stated that the U.S. would aid countries trying to resist communism.
C)created a military alliance known as NATO.
D)withdrew U.S. missiles from Turkey.
4
As U.S. and UN forces drove the North Koreans toward the Korean-Chinese border, troops from which country pushed them back to the 38th parallel?
A)Soviet Union
B)Vietnam
C)China
D)Japan
5
During the "Great Leap Forward," China
A)collectivized agriculture.
B)empowered young radicals to rid the country of those not supporting Mao.
C)set its population to building irrigation dams, steel mills, factories, railroads, schools, and hospitals.
D)developed its first atomic weapon.
6
Soviet troops began a devastating ten-year war in 1979 by intervening to support a communist coup in
A)Vietnam.
B)Laos.
C)Korea.
D)Afghanistan.
7
In 1962, the U.S. became alarmed when a spy plane discovered that the Soviet Union was installing missiles in
A)Cuba.
B)Turkey.
C)Mexico.
D)Poland.
8
The first Eastern European leader to develop an independent socialist course headed which country?
A)Poland
B)Yugoslavia
C)Czechoslovakia
D)Hungary
9
Which of the following is an Eastern-bloc country that did NOT undergo a revolution or experience demonstrations in the post-Stalin period?
A)East Germany
B)Hungary
C)Poland
D)Bulgaria
10
"Welfare state" programs instituted in postwar Europe included all of the following measures EXCEPT
A)health-care benefits.
B)maternity benefits.
C)lower taxes.
D)childcare.
11
The European Economic Community, or the Common Market, was formed in 1957 when Italy, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, France, and Germany signed
A)the Treaty of Rome.
B)an agreement to manage coal and steel resources jointly.
C)the Treaty of Paris.
D)an agreement providing recovery aid to war-torn countries.
12
As a result of Gandhi's passive resistance and civil disobedience, in 1947 the British government was pressured to grant independence to
A)Indonesia.
B)India.
C)Vietnam.
D)Egypt.
13
In 1956, Nasser provoked an Israeli, British, and French military attack on Egypt when he
A)seized the Suez Canal.
B)usurped political power in Egypt.
C)sent forces to attack Israel.
D)issued a new constitution and distributed land to peasants.
14
France became locked in a bloody stalemate with Arab nationalists to retain control over its African colony of
A)Morocco.
B)Tunisia.
C)Algeria.
D)Nigeria.
15
Popular audiences did not respond positively to some new cultural forms, such as the abstract expressionistic paintings of
A)Andy Warhol.
B)Pablo Picasso.
C)Arnold Schoenberg.
D)Jackson Pollock.
16
The year-long boycott of the Montgomery, Alabama bus system, a major event in the American civil rights movement, was sparked by
A)a 1954 Supreme Court decision outlawing racial segregation.
B)the refusal of Rosa Parks to move out of the white-only section.
C)the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
D)a 1964 civil rights act.
17
Global inflation, which hurt Asian and African nations and contributed to a recession in Western economies in the 1970s and 1980s, was caused by
A)lower prices for coal.
B)the increased automation of industrial plants.
C)higher unemployment.
D)rising world oil prices.
18
Margaret Thatcher believed that tax cuts to the wealthy would help the rest of society by
A)"trickling down."
B)encouraging private contributions to charities.
C)forcing social services to operate more efficiently.
D)being counterbalanced by lower defense spending.
19
By the 1980s, which of the following figures best describes the percentage of people in the West who worked in agriculture?
A)less than 10%
B)less than 20%
C)less than 30%
D)less than 40%
20
"Big science" plus Cold War competition between the United States and the Soviet Union led most directly to which of the following advances?
A)the discovery of the structure of DNA in 1953
B)the virtual eradication of smallpox by 1977
C)Neil Armstrong's walk on the moon in 1969
D)the development of the first computer in the 1940s
21
In the period after World War II, the political map of Asia was re-drawn, but for the most part not to the liking of the United States. Which of the following Asian nations was the only one that was consistently allied to the United States during the Cold War?
A)North Korea
B)China
C)North Vietnam
D)Japan
22
In the period from 1949 to Mao's death in 1976, China rose again to the status of a world power, though only at enormous internal cost. Which of the following statements about this period of Chinese history is true?
A)The "Great Leap Forward" solved China's agricultural crisis.
B)China remained a staunch Soviet ally throughout this period.
C)Mao's "Cultural Revolution" inaugurated a new period of democratic liberalization.
D)China attempted to completely transform its agricultural and industrial production.
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