1. ) United Nations Security Council Act 82 allowed for _______.
A) The United Nations to deploy military troops into Korea.
B) North and South Korea to unite through elections.
C) None of these.
D) China to govern North Korea.
E) The United Nations to consider using atomic weapons in the Korean peninsula.
2. In October 1962, the Soviet Union and the United States came to the brink of nuclear conflict over _____.
A) access to oil fields following the Soviet seizure of Afghanistan.
B) violations of the 38th parallel ceasefire line on the Korean peninsula.
C) construction of the Berlin Wall.
D) the placement of launching pads for Soviet nuclear weapons in Cuba.
E) Soviet efforts to undermine the democratic government of South Vietnam.
3. ) Which of these countries did not receive financial aid from the Marshall Plan?
A) Great Britain.
B) France.
C) West Germany.
D) Soviet Union.
E) Italy.
4. In what country did the Soviet Union become embroiled in an extended conflict that sapped it of resources in the 1980s?
A) Iran.
B) Afghanistan.
C) Kyrgyzstan.
D) Uzbekistan.
E) Pakistan.
5. ) The Cuban Missile Crisis took place under the leadership of which U.S. president?
A) Johnson.
B) Truman.
C) Roosevelt.
D) Kennedy.
E) Eisenhower.
6. ) What was the Sino-Soviet Split?
A) None of these.
B) The sending of troops and resources to Afghanistan by Pakistan.
C) A reduction in nuclear weapons arsenal of the Soviet Union.
D) A break in relations between the Soviet Union and China.
E) The deployment of Soviet troops in the Sinai Peninsula.
7. ) Which of these territories currently controlled by the state of Israel is viewed as an illegal occupation by many in the international community?
A) Bethlehem.
B) East Jerusalem.
C) Dead Sea.
D) Tel Aviv.
E) Hebron.
8. ) The Manhattan Project was put into place due to fears that _____ would acquire knowledge of the atomic bomb before the United States.
A) Italy.
B) Japan.
C) Germany.
D) Great Britain.
E) Russia.
9. Which correctly describes developments in China since the 1980s?
A) Extensive economic development has not been accompanied by political democratization.
B) The Communist Party revitalized its authority by re-establishing socialist economic controls.
C) China has remained relatively poor and isolated from the global economy.
D) China has made some advances economically but has largely remained closed to outside economic influences.
E) Forms of democratic politics have been slowly introduced among the economically advanced population.
10. Who largely controlled the corrupt Batista regime in Cuba that Fidel Castro overthrew in 1959?
A) The Soviet Union.
B) Cuban plantation owners and Spanish Secret Security forces.
C) The U.S. CIA and the Cuban military.
D) Spanish mercantile companies and Cuban plantation owners.
E) U.S. sugar interests and the mob.
11. ) The 1924 National Origins Act had what consequence on the Holocaust during World War 2?
A) It saved million of lives, particular among the Jews, by facilitating their expedition from Europe.
B) Due to population quotas it prevented European Jews from migrating to the United States.
C) None of these.
D) It herded European Jews into "ghettos" where they could be supervised by the Nazis.
E) It outlawed public expressions of anti-Semitism.
12. Why did the South Vietnamese government, with the support of the United States, cancel its elections in 1956?
A) The government did not have the resources necessary to hold the elections.
B) To prevent an electoral victory by the communist party.
C) Because of widespread fraud during the election.
D) Because of a military coup.
E) To announce a new alliance with the United States.
13. What was the goal of Mikhail Gorbachev's perestroika reforms?
A) To expand democratic politics and allow multi-party elections.
B) Perestroika did not implement any meaningful reforms.
C) To disseminate information widely, promptly, and frankly and to allow freer speech.
D) To allow nations in the Soviet bloc to pursue their own policies without control by the Soviet Union.
E) To reinvigorate the Soviet economy by encouraging up-to-date technology and introducing such market features as prices and profits.
14. ) Which US president ended up dismissing General Douglas MacArthur from military oversight of the Korean War?
A) Roosevelt.
B) Eisenhower.
C) Wilson.
D) Truman.
E) Kennedy.
15. The Cold War extended into a "Space Race" between the United States and the Soviet Union, with the 1957 launch of _______.
A) Luna 2
B) Saturn 5
C) Sputnik
D) Salyut 1
E) Apollo 11
16. ) The relationship between Harry Truman and Joseph Stalin broke into an open rift following the meeting of the Allied powers at _______.
A) Cairo.
B) Yalta.
C) Tehran.
D) Stockholm.
E) Potsdam.
17. Which country indirectly supported Osama bin Laden during the Cold War?
A) Japan.
B) The Soviet Union.
C) China.
D) The United States.
E) Cuba.
18. Which correctly characterized the American experience of the Vietnam War?
A) The United States sought to win over the North Vietnamese people with promises of ample financial aid and economic development.
B) The United States easily controlled the military aspects of war but was prevented from overthrowing the North Vietnamese government by the United Nations.
C) The United State had the help from NATO allies like France and Great Britain to equally share the burden of fighting.
D) The United States rejected the offers of assistance from the North Vietnamese government to bring the rebellion in South Vietnam to a peaceful conclusion.
E) The United States dropped more bombs on North Vietnam than the Allies had on Germany and Japan combined during World War II.
19. ) Why did the Emperor of Japan not face trial for war crimes committed during World War II?
A) He was strongly anti-Communist.
B) There was no evidence to implicate him.
C) None of these.
D) He cut a deal with the war crimes tribunal to serve probation.
E) He did face trial for war crimes but a hung jury acquitted him.
20. How did Mao Zedong alter the focus of Communist appeal in China?
A) Communism would embrace colonialism as necessary to build up Chinese power.
B) Communism refused to create collective agriculture due to the disasters that had occurred in the Soviet Union.
C) Mao Zedong was not a communism but a Republican nationalist.
D) Communism would focus above all on the welfare of the peasantry rather than the industrial proletariat.
E) Communism would reject civil equality for women to gain support from the working classes.