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The Cold War and Beyond, 1945–Present
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The Cold War and Beyond, 1945–Present
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1. The Brezhnev Doctrine addressed which of the following places?
2. The European Economic Community had its origins in an agreement about
3. Which of the following Communist countries accepted Marshall Plan aid?
4. "Which post–World War II leader is NOT paired with the country he led?"
5. The most innovative Soviet postwar scientific achievement was its
6. Khrushchev solidified his position as Stalin’s successor with a speech to the 20th Communist Party Congress in 1956 in which he
7. One of Gorbachev’s key policies was perestroika, which meant
8. The “Prague Spring” refers to
9. Which Communist country successfully asserted its independence from Moscow’s control soon after the end of World War II?
10. Which event, more than any other listed, caused Khrushchev to lose the support of the Soviet people?
11. Which of the following was NOT a result of the Polish and Hungarian disturbances in 1956?
12. In mid-1991, war broke out in the former Yugoslavia when
13. After the division of Germany, Berlin remained in _______-occupied territory.
14. All of the following are reactions to the development of nuclear weapons EXCEPT
15. The Marshall Plan
16. The Truman Doctrine was made in response to threats of Communist advances in
17. During the Khrushchev era (1956–1964) the Soviet Union
18. Which of the following world leaders described the Cold War division of Europe as an “Iron Curtain”?
19. Which of the following countries is NOT a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council?
20. Thatcherism stressed all of the following EXCEPT
21. The most serious post–World War II split in the worldwide Communist movement was
22. Margaret Thatcher’s popularity rose when she successfully prevented
23. The decision of the East German government to erect a wall dividing East Berlin and West Berlin
24. All of the following were 20th-century artistic movements EXCEPT
25. Between the death of Stalin and the rise of Gorbachev, the Soviet Union