Part 1: Main Ideas. Form C. Write the letter of the best answer. (4 points each)

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1 Dte CHAPTER 17 CHAPTER TEST Restructuring the Postwr World Form C Prt 1: Min Ides Write the letter of the best nswer. (4 points ech) 1. Which of the following circumstnces contributed to the brekdown of the llince between the United Sttes nd the Soviet Union?. Stlin s nonggression pct with Hitler b. Stlin s unfulfilled promise of free elections c. Stlin s promise to id in the wr ginst Jpn d. United Sttes inclusion in the Security Council 2. Wht sttement did Joseph Stlin mke shortly fter President Trumn s succession?. He sid tht communism nd cpitlism could not exist on the sme continent. b. He sid tht free elections could be held only if they benefited the Soviets. c. He sid tht wr between the United Sttes nd the Soviet Union ws certin. d. All of the bove re true. 3. Which of the following worked together to produce similr gols?. Trumn Doctrine nd continment b. NATO nd the Wrsw Pct c. Mrshll Pln nd the iron curtin d. détente nd brinkmnship 4. In wht wy did the existence of two Chins intensify the Cold Wr between the United Sttes nd the Soviet Union?. The People s Republic of Chin nd the Soviet Union pledged to defend ech other should the need rise. b. The United Sttes nd the Soviet Union fought to enlrge their spheres of influence in Asi, creting divided Kore. c. The United Sttes ctively supported the Republic of Chin, nd the Soviets did the sme for the People s Republic of Chin. d. All of the bove re true. 5. Wht were the long-term effects of the Culturl Revolution?. estblishment of communes where up to 25,000 people would live nd work b. widespred chos tht closed down fctories nd thretened frm production c. dngerous border disputes between Communist Chin nd the Soviet Union d. cretion of the Red Gurds, who cted s militry police for Mo Zedong Restructuring the Postwr World 309

2 6. Wht ction did Generl McArthur tke during the Koren Wr tht immeditely led to his dischrge?. suggested tht nucler rms be used ginst North Kore b. ws unble to stop the South Koren cpitl of Seoul from being cptured c. ttempted to use the press nd Congress to go over the president s hed d. llowed the Koren Wr to esclte to wr between Chin nd the United Sttes 7. Wht unexpected turn of events occurred in postwr Vietnm involving the United Sttes?. About 70,000 refugees settled in the United Sttes. b. Communism remined the ruling politicl force in Vietnm. c. Americ expnded its trde embrgo ginst the Vietnmese. d. Vietnm eventully ccepted foreign investment from the United Sttes. 8. How did the By of Pigs filure led to the Cubn missile crisis?. Khrushchev believed the United Sttes ws too wek to oppose Soviet expnsion into Cub. b. Kennedy nnounced blockde of Cub following the filure of the By of Pigs invsion. c. Cstro protested his country s being used s tool for the Cold Wr nd sked Khrushchev to intervene. d. The By of Pigs troops were used to build the missile bses. 9. Wht ws the primry gol for the Soviet Union s invsion of Afghnistn?. to fight n indirect wr with the United Sttes b. to gin control of Middle Estern oil supplies c. to reestblish the Communist regime in Afghnistn d. to cuse the United Sttes to boycott the 1980 Olympics 10. How did Brezhnev s ledership of the Soviet Union differ from tht of Khrushchev?. Khrushchev repressed dissent t home nd brod more thn Brezhnev hd. b. Brezhnev repressed dissent t home nd brod more thn Khrushchev hd. c. Brezhnev s policies were not s strongly felt on Estern Europe s Khrushchev s. d. Khrushchev s policies were more directed towrd Cub thn Brezhnev s hd been. 310 UNIT 5, CHAPTER 17

3 Prt 2: Mp Skills Use the mp to choose the best possible nswer. (4 points ech) The Wrsw Pct nd NATO, 1955 NORWAY Wrsw Pct countries NATO members Nonligned countries ATLANTIC OCEAN IRELAND North UNITED Se DENMARK KINGDOM NETHERLANDS SWEDEN B i c EAST Berlin BELGIUM GERMANY POLAND l t S e SOVIET UNION FRANCE WEST CZECHOSLOVAKIA GERMANY SWITZERLAND AUSTRIA HUNGARY ROMANIA PORTUGAL SPAIN ITALY YUGOSLAVIA BULGARIA Blck Se d e M r e t i e n r e S n ALBANIA GREECE TURKEY 11. Which country becme divided due to Cold Wr influences?. Spin c. Austri b. Germny d. United Kingdom 12. Which country on the mp is the westernmost NATO member?.irelnd b.portugl c.greece d.norwy 13. Which body of wter ws most likely site of Cold Wr tensions?. Blck Se c. North Se b. Mediterrnen Se d. Bltic Se 14. Which neutrl country would most fer being overrun if shooting wr broke out between NATO nd Wrsw Pct countries?. Irelnd b. Spin c. Austri d. Sweden 15. Why ws n irliftneededtoovercomethesovietblockdeofwestberlin?. becuse West Berlin ws too fr from the nerest NATO member b. becuse Berlin ws locted well within the iron curtin c. becuse Berlin ws known Soviet stronghold d. becuse NATO members fered contct with the Soviets Restructuring the Postwr World 311

4 Prt 3: Document Bsed Questions Introduction Historicl Context: AfterWorldWrII,revolutionoccurred in mny plces, including Chin, Cub, nd Vietnm. The United Sttes becme involved in the Vietnmese revolution to protect its interests in Southest Asi nd to keep Vietnm from becoming Communist country. However, mny Vietnmese wnted to reunite their country nd fought hrd, suffering tremendous numbers of csulties. As more nd more Americn soldiers died nd the United Sttes ws not ble to secure victory, Americns on ll levels begn to protest the wr. The United Sttes finlly withdrew from Vietnm in Tsk: Discuss the Vietnm Wr nd its effect on the United Sttes nd Vietnm. A. Short Answer Study ech document crefully nd nswer the questions tht follow. (4 points ech) Document 1: Who Am I? by Tru Vu, Vietnmese poet (trnslted by Nguyen Ngoc Bich) I m neither communist nor ntionlist: ImVietnmese. Is it not enough? For thousnds of yers tht s wht I ve been: Don t you think tht s enough? And Vietnm in flmes nd mother who weeps nd youngsters who suffer nd ll the terminology we use to kill ech other! Oriver we stnd on our respective bnks our fllen ters mingling. 16. Wht do you think the poet is sying in the first three lines of the poem? Document 2: An excerpt from In Retrospect by President Johnson s secretry of defense Robert McNmr, from report to Johnson in 1967 There my be limit beyond which mny Americns nd much of the world will not permit the United Sttes to go. The picture of the world s gretest superpower killing or seriously injuring 1000 noncombtnts week, while trying to pound tiny bckwrd ntion into submission on n issue whose merits re hotly disputed, is not pretty one. It could conceivbly produce costly distortion in the Americn ntionl consciousness nd in the world imge of the United Sttes especilly if the dmge to North Vietnm is complete enough to be successful. 17. Why does McNmr enclose the word successful in quottion mrks? 312 UNIT 5, CHAPTER 17

5 Document 3: Jules Feiffer crtoon from 1972 Source: Copyright Jules Feiffer/Universl Press Syndicte. 18. Wht hppens to the figure wtching TV in the finl pnel? How does this compre to the messge being spoken on the television? B. Essy 19. Using informtion from the documents, your nswers to the questions in Prt A, nd your knowledge of world history, write n essy tht shows how the Vietnm Wr ffected the United Sttes nd Vietnm over long period of time. (8 points) Prt 4: Extended Response Answer the following questions on the bck of this pper or on seprte sheet. (10 points ech) 20. Synthesizing Wht ws the reltionship between the nucler rms rce nd the spce rce? Do you think the chievements in spce trvel nd explortion would hve been s remrkble without competition between the two superpowers? Explin. 21. Anlyzing Issues Wht do you think ccounts for the fct tht Americn involvement in Kore ws more direct nd intense thn its role in the civil wr in Chin? Support your nswer with detils from the chpter. Restructuring the Postwr World 313