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?

Related Mcqs:

1. 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

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

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

3. 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

4. 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

5. George W. Bush’s foreign policy:

   A. Argued that old methods of dealing with contemporary challenges were obsolete and ineffective
   B. Changed direction sharply after 9/11
   C. Led to a controversial war in Iraq whose reasons and effects are still being highly debated
   D. All of the options given are correct

6. Which level of analysis considers the interactions of states themselves without regard to their internal makeup or the particular leaders who lead them?

   A. interstate
   B. individual
   C. global
   D. national

7. The term “banana republic” refers to the relationship between poorer states and __________?

   A. MNCs
   B. NGOs.
   C. IGOs
   D. substate actors

8. 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

9. Skeptical accounts of globalization dismiss its significance because they argue:______?

   A. by comparison with the period 1870 to 1914 the world is much less globalized economically, politically and culturally
   B. the vast bulk of international economic and political activity is concentrated within the group of OECD states
   C. globalization is at best a self-serving myth or ideology which reinforces western and particularly US hegemony in world politics.
   D. all of the above

10. 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