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1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. The “Sino-Soviet split” involved relationship between the Soviet Union and:

   A. United States
   B. Japan
   C. China
   D. Great Britain

5. The first three states to achieve nuclear capability were (in order):

   A. The US, the USSR, China
   B. The USSR, the US, France
   C. The US, the USSR, Britain
   D. The USSR, the US, Britain

6. 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

7. The Soviet policy of perestroika pursued:__________?

   A. containment of American military power
   B. economic reform
   C. support of developing world communist revolutions
   D. detente with China

8. The Cold War began:

   A. immediately before World War I
   B. immediately after the Korean War
   C. immediately after World War I
   D. immediately after World War II

9. 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

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

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