Question 1

The Bay of Pigs was an invasion of Cuban nationals trained by the United States;it was a failure,but it weakened Castro's position in Cuba.

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The Bay of Pigs invasion was indeed a failure, but it did not weaken Castro's position in Cuba; instead, it strengthened his leadership and solidified his control over the island by rallying the Cuban people around his government in the face of American aggression.

Question 2

Examine the political and social philosophy of Mikhail Gorbachev.How did he try to bring about changes in the Soviet Union? Did he go too far and too fast?

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Question 3

Deng Xiaoping moderated Mao's commitment to Chinese self-sufficiency and isolation and engineered China's entry into the international financial and trading system.

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Deng Xiaoping did indeed moderate Mao's commitment to self-sufficiency and isolation and opened up China to the international financial and trading system.

Question 4

Examine the situations in Korea and Cuba in relation to the cold war competition between the Soviet Union and the United States.Who,if anyone,was victorious in these confrontations?

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Question 5

failed to force the British,French,and Americans to vacate Berlin.

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The Soviet Union attempted to force the British, French, and Americans to vacate West Berlin during the Berlin Blockade in 1948-1949, but ultimately failed in their attempt to do so.

Question 6

In 1954 Gamal Abdel Nasser abolished French rights to the Suez Canal.

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In 1956, Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal, ending British and French control over the canal.

Question 7

At the time of the collapse of the Soviet Union,the largest of the republics-the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic-was headed by

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Boris Yeltsin was elected as the first president of the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic in 1991, after the failed coup attempt by Soviet hardliners against Mikhail Gorbachev. Yeltsin played a major role in the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the establishment of the Russian Federation as an independent state.

Question 8

Discuss the origins of the cold war.What were the fundamental differences between the Soviet Union and the United States? What role did ideology play in the cold war? Examine the contrasting ideologies of the superpowers.

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Question 9

The Korean War began when the communist government of North Korea invaded South Korea in June 1950.

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This statement is true.

Question 10

Leaders of the new African and Asian countries first discussed nonalignment at the Bandung Conference,hoping to find an alternative between choosing between the U.S.and the Soviet Union.

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This statement is true. The Bandung Conference in 1955 was a gathering of leaders from newly independent countries in Africa and Asia who sought to promote economic and political cooperation while remaining neutral in the Cold War between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. Nonalignment became a key principle of many of these countries' foreign policies.

Question 11

Agitation for independence in sub-Saharan Africa took many forms,peaceful and violent,and decolonization occurred at a steady pace.

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Agitation for independence in sub-Saharan Africa took many forms, peaceful and violent, but decolonization did not occur at a steady pace. Some countries gained independence relatively quickly, while others struggled for decades to achieve their freedom.

Question 12

Compare and contrast American foreign policy during the cold war with that of the Soviet Union.In what ways were their policies similar? In what ways did they differ? What impact did decolonization have on their respective policies?

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Question 13

Look at the picture of Berliners climbing the Berlin Wall on page 653.How did the Berlin Wall symbolize the entire cold war?

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Question 14

Compare and contrast Nikita Khrushchev,Leonid Brezhnev,and Mikhail Gorbachev.In what ways did they influence the cold war?

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Question 15

The power of Islam as a means of staving off secular foreign influences was demonstrated by the revolution that took place in Iran in 1979.

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The Islamic Revolution of 1979 in Iran was a demonstration of the power of Islam as a means of resisting secular foreign influences, as it was largely driven by religious sentiments and aimed at establishing an Islamic government in Iran.

Question 16

Examine the role played by eastern Europe in the cold war and the collapse of the Soviet Union.

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Question 17

Look at map 33.1 Occupied Germany,1945-1949.Why was Germany divided and occupied? What problems did this division cause? What would be the significance of the Berlin Wall and Berlin airlift?

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Question 18

Gandhi and Nehru supported the concept of communalism and,therefore,the partition of India and Pakistan.

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Gandhi and Nehru were opposed to communalism and the partition of India and Pakistan. They believed in a united and secular India.

Question 19

In November 1947 the UN General Assembly announced a plan to create the independent state of Israel.

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Question 20

President Ronald Reagan's cold war rhetoric and budgets challenged detente and the Soviets' ability to match U.S.spending,but internal changes in the communist world worked most effectively to bring an end to the communist system and the cold war.

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While Reagan's aggressive anti-communist policies and military buildup certainly played a role in the erosion of Soviet power and the end of the Cold War, it was ultimately internal changes within the Soviet Union and other communist countries that proved most decisive. Factors such as the economic stagnation of the Soviet economy, the rise of Mikhail Gorbachev and his reformist policies, and popular uprisings in countries like Poland and East Germany all contributed to the collapse of the Soviet system.

Quiz 33: The Cold War and Decolonization