Global II Quizzes - Quiz 11a - The Cold War

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Which important issue does Winston Churchill discuss in this excerpt?

	buildup of conventional armaments leading up to World War I
	rising concerns over the unification of Germany
	expanding role of the British Empire in world politics
	increasing tension between non-communist and communist nations

2 Which organization formed in response to the situation Churchill described in this speech?

	North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
	League of Nations
	Alliance of Central Powers
	European Union (EU)

3 What division was Churchill speaking about in this excerpt?

	the division of Berlin into East and West
	the division of countries aligned with the Soviet Union against the Western democracies
	the formation of the new Jewish state of Israel
	the division of North and South Korea

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. . . “We may anticipate a state of affairs in which two Great Powers will each be in a position to put an end to the civilization and :life of the other, though not without risking its own. We may be likened to two scorpions in a bottle, each capable of killing the other, :but only at the risk of his own life.”. . .

— J. Robert Oppenheimer, July 1953

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This statement expresses concern about the

	threats to the environment by developed and developing economies
	differences between command and market economies
	economic costs of World War II
	dangers of the Cold War

5 What was the direct threat facing the people of the world during the Cold War?

	Conventional war
	The exploitation of natural resources after the Berlin Conference
	The destruction of the world by nuclear weapons
	The influx of refugees from communist countries to the democratic countries

6 In this passage, "Great Powers" refers to which of the following?

	Great Britain & France
	Spain and Portugal
	China and Russia
	USSR and the United States

7 Oppenheimer will refer to himself as "the Destroyer of Worlds", what does this mean?

	he would like to destroy the world
	since he was in charge of the program to create the first nuclear bombs, he feels responsible for the destruction that occurred
	he does not feel responsible for his actions in creating the nuclear bomb
	he believes its up to the countries to decide to destroy each other

8 :

Which period of history is depicted in this cartoon?

	Palestinian & Israeli Conflict
	World War II
	The Cold War
	World War I

9 The bear represents

	The Soviet Union
	America
	Great Britain
	China

10 Whose political and economic policies in the 1980s will eventually lead to the collapse of the Soviet Union

	Ronald Reagan and Mikael Gorbachev
	Pope John Paul II
	Deng Xiaoping
	Pol Pot

11 :

Both alliances shown on the map were formed after World War II primarily to

	increase military defense
	promote democracy in Europe
	compete in the global economy
	expand trade between the members

12 Which of these countries was not a member of either the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) or of the Warsaw Pact?

	East Germany
	Great Britain
	Rumania
	Austria

13 The Warsaw Pact nations were predominately?

	communist and/or totalitarian
	capitalist and/or democracies
	socialist and/or democracies
	theocracies

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“North Americans are always among us, even when they ignore us or turn their back on us. Their shadows cover the whole hemisphere. It is :the shadow of a giant.”

— Octavio Paz, Mexican poet

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The author of this statement is commenting on the

	need for North Americans to provide economic aid to Mexico
	effects of free trade between Canada, Mexico, and the United States
	borrowing of Latin American culture by the United States
	influence of the United States on Latin America 10.6

15 The Soviet Union will gain influence over which Latin American country

	Dominican Republic
	Mexico
	Cuba
	Costa Rica