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Multiple choice political science world after 1945 cold war aftermath of world war -ii events in the 20th century the united nations (u.n.) united nation organisation (u.n.o) international institutions

You knock over the first one, and what will happen to the last one is a certainty that it will go over very quickly. This statement by Dwight D. Eisenhower became known as the _____.

  1. Red Scare

  2. Domino theory

  3. Fallout theory

  4. Fail-safe theory

  5. Dr. Strangelove theory
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The domino theory was a theory prominent from the 1950s to the 1980s that posited that if one country in a region came under the influence of communism, then the surrounding countries would follow in a domino effect.

Multiple choice political science world after 1945 cold war aftermath of world war -ii events in the 20th century the united nations (u.n.) united nation organisation (u.n.o) international institutions

Our diplomats and their advisers . . . lost sight of our tremendous stake in a non-Communist China .... This House must now assume the responsibility of preventing the onrushing tide of communism from engulfing all of Asia. The speaker probably issued this statement to the House of Representatives on the eve of which of the following?

  1. Russo-Japanese War

  2. Korean War

  3. Persian Gulf War

  4. World War II

  5. Second Sino-Japanese War
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Korean war-The Korean War was a war between North Korea and South Korea. The war began on 25 June 1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea following a series of clashes along the border. As a product of the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States, Korea had been split into two sovereign states in 1948.

Multiple choice political science world after 1945 cold war aftermath of world war -ii events in the 20th century the united nations (u.n.) united nation organisation (u.n.o) international institutions

The U.S. government allocated massive sums of money to math and science the 1950s in response to which of the following?

  1. The Soviet Union landing men on the moon

  2. Fidel Castro coming to power in Cuba

  3. The Soviet Union developing the world's first hydrogen bomb

  4. The Soviet satellite Sputnik successfully orbiting the earth

  5. The United States failing to produce a Nobel Prize winner in science
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The U.S. government allocated massive sums of money to math and science the 1950s in response to The Soviet satellite Sputnik successfully orbiting the earth.

Multiple choice political science world after 1945 cold war aftermath of world war -ii events in the 20th century the united nations (u.n.) united nation organisation (u.n.o) international institutions

Which of the following was imposed to stop the spread of communism in the Middle East during the Cold War?

  1. The Stimson Doctrine

  2. The Open Door Policy

  3. The Eisenhower Doctrine

  4. The Truman Doctrine

  5. Big Stick Diplomacy
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The Eisenhower Doctrine, a country could request American economic assistance and/or aid from U.S. military forces if it was being threatened by armed aggression from another state. Eisenhower singled out the Soviet threat in his doctrine by authorizing the commitment of U.S. forces “to secure and protect the territorial integrity and political independence of such nations, requesting such aid against overt armed aggression from any nation controlled by international communism.

Multiple choice political science world after 1945 cold war aftermath of world war -ii events in the 20th century the united nations (u.n.) united nation organisation (u.n.o) international institutions

The Soviet Union responded to the formation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) by _________.

  1. providing military assistance to the Southeast Asian Treaty Organization (SEATO)

  2. forming the Warsaw Pact

  3. giving financial aid to Central Treaty Organization (CENTO)

  4. joining the Alliance for Progress

  5. sending advisers to the Organization of American States (OAS)
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The Soviet Union responded to the formation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) by forming the Warsaw Pact.

Multiple choice political science world after 1945 cold war aftermath of world war -ii events in the 20th century the united nations (u.n.) united nation organisation (u.n.o) international institutions

Our policy is directed not against any country or doctrine but against hunger, poverty, desperation and chaos. Its purpose should be the revival of a working economy in the world so as to permit the emergence of political and social conditions in which free institutions can exist. The speaker of this quotation most likely is referring to which of the following?

  1. The Lend-Lease Act

  2. The Marshall Plan

  3. The Schlieffen Plan

  4. The Embargo Act

  5. The War Powers Act
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The Marshall Plan was an American initiative passed in 1948 to aid Western Europe, in which the United States gave over $12 billion (nearly $100 billion in 2016 US dollars) in economic assistance to help rebuild Western European economies after the end of World War II.

Multiple choice political science world after 1945 cold war aftermath of world war -ii events in the 20th century the united nations (u.n.) united nation organisation (u.n.o) international institutions

Who controlled Palestine before Second World War?

  1. France

  2. Germany

  3. Russia

  4. Britain
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Following World War I and the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, Britain was granted a mandate over Palestine by the League of Nations, which lasted until 1948.

Multiple choice political science world after 1945 cold war aftermath of world war -ii events in the 20th century the united nations (u.n.) united nation organisation (u.n.o) international institutions

What was the main reason for conflicts between the Arabs?

  1. The spread of Islam in Palestine

  2. The exile of Jews across Asia

  3. The occupation of Palestine

  4. All of these
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C Correct answer
Explanation

The core of the conflict was the competing claims over the land of Palestine, particularly following the increase in Jewish immigration and the subsequent establishment of Israel.

Multiple choice political science world after 1945 cold war aftermath of world war -ii events in the 20th century the united nations (u.n.) united nation organisation (u.n.o) international institutions

Which of the following reforms were introduced by Gorbachev in USSR?

  1. <span>Glasnost</span>

  2. Perestroika

  3. Both A and B

  4. None of these
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Gorbachev's two primary reform policies were Glasnost (openness) and Perestroika (restructuring of the economy and political system).

Multiple choice political science world after 1945 cold war aftermath of world war -ii events in the 20th century the united nations (u.n.) united nation organisation (u.n.o) international institutions

Who gave up terrorism and recognised the formation of Israel?

  1. Mohammed Ateef

  2. Yasser Arafat

  3. Saddam Hussein

  4. Imad Mughniyah
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Yasser Arafat, as the leader of the PLO, signed the Oslo Accords in the 1990s, which involved recognizing Israel's right to exist in exchange for limited Palestinian self-rule.