The Cold War began:

Related Mcqs:

1. How did the Korean War affect the overall Cold War?

   A. It cemented communist military control over Southeast Asia
   B. It sparked a thaw in relations between the Soviet Union and china
   C. It hardened overall American attitudes toward communism
   D. It sparked a thaw in relations between China and the United States

2. The foreign policy adopted by the United States in the early years of the Cold War to stop the expansion of the Soviet Union was known as:

   A. the Marshall Plan
   B. containment
   C. mutual assured destruction
   D. peaceful coexistence

3. Which of these counties experienced a “Cultural Revolution” during the Cold War?

   A. China
   B. Japan
   C. Great Britain
   D. the United States
   E. the Soviet Union

4. Globalization in the post-cold war world:

   A. Became a defining term of international discourse
   B. Had its extent contested by scholars such as David Held and Martin Wolf
   C. Became a defining idea of Realist theory
   D. Became a defining term of international discourse and had its extent contested by scholars such as David Held and Martin Wolf

5. Explanations for the cold war include:

   A. Gorbachev and Reagan’s leadership
   B. The relative economic strength of the United States
   C. The ideological attractiveness of Western democracy and capitalism
   D. All of the options given are correct

6. Nuclear weapons crises during the cold war included which of the following?

   A. Cuba (1962)
   B. Able Archer (1983)
   C. The Arab Israeli War (1979)
   D. All of the options given are correct

7. The ‘second cold war’:

   A. Occurred in the 1970’s
   B. Followed the elections of Ronald Reagan
   C. Described a confrontational period in the late 1980’s
   D. Followed the elections of Ronald Reagan and described a confrontational period in the late 1980’s

8. In 1962, the United States and the USSR almost went to war over the issue of Soviet nuclear weapons in

   A. North Korea
   B. Poland
   C. East Germany
   D. Cuba

9. The Unites States backed the Ethiopian government in its conflict with Somalia in the 1970s as part of: A. an attempt to secure its natural reaources B. an attempt to support the new Soviet policy of glasnost C. an attempt to prevent the Soviet Union from gaining a seaport in the Horn of Africa D. a proxy war with the Soviet Union?

   A. an attempt to secure its natural reaources
   B. an attempt to support the new Soviet policy of glasnost
   C. an attempt to prevent the Soviet Union from gaining a seaport in the Horn of Africa
   D. a proxy war with the Soviet Union

10. The First World War led to dissolution of which of the following empires?

    A. Britain
    B. Russia
    C. Portugal
    D. France