Chapter 3 Complete Test Bank International History Of The - Global Politics Intro 8e | Final Test Bank Baylis by John Baylis. DOCX document preview.
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 03 - Question 01
01) The cold war actually facilitated and advanced the transition to independence in the former colonized world.
a. True
b. False
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Title: Chapter 03 - Question 02
02) The transition away from an empire was conflictual and bloody in the former British Empire, compared to other colonial powers.
a. True
b. False
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Title: Chapter 03 - Question 03
03) The most important aspect of the NATO alliance was the American commitment to the defence of Western Europe.
a. True
b. False
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 03 - Question 04
04) Glasnost means 'openness'.
a. True
b. False
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 03 - Question 05
05) The START 1 Treaty of 1990 eliminated land-based and intermediate nuclear weapons.
a. True
b. False
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 03 - Question 06
06) In which region did the cold war have its origins?
a. USSR
b. China
c. Europe
d. USA
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 03 - Question 07
07) What war began the era of modern total war?
a. British colonial wars in Africa
b. The cold war
c. The First World War
d. The Second World War
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Title: Chapter 03 - Question 08
08) What is the term used to describe the retreat from empire throughout most of Asia and Africa after 1945?
a. Decolonization
b. 'Wind of change'
c. Retro-imperialism
d. Détente
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 03 - Question 09
09) What key policy was associated with the Truman Doctrine?
a. Rapprochement
b. Apartheid
c. Containment
d. Decolonization
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Title: Chapter 03 - Question 10
10) What year was the NATO treaty signed?
a. 1945
b. 1949
c. 1952
d. 1960
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 03 - Question 11
11) Khrushchev's policy towards the West was a mixture of seeking coexistence and sometimes pursuing…
a. nuclear arms superiority.
b. economic reforms.
c. hegemony.
d. confrontation.
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 03 - Question 12
12) What was the term used to describe the re-establishment of more friendly relations between China and the US?
a. Containment
b. Rapprochement
c. Détente
d. 'Wind of change'
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 03 - Question 13
13) In what year did the Cuban missile crisis take place?
a. 1960
b. 1961
c. 1962
d. 1968
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 03 - Question 14
14) Which statement best describes the First World War?
a. The First World War was characterized by trench warfare and attrition.
b. The First World War began to end in November 1918 with allied advances.
c. The First World War mobilized whole European societies.
d. all of the above.
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 03 - Question 15
15) Which treaty in 1968 sought to limit the spread of nuclear weapons?
a. SALT 1
b. Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty
c. ABM Treaty
d. START 1
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