Ch. 33 Test (Rhodes) Flashcards

1
Q

Nickname of the Korean War?

A

The Forgotten War

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2
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What country signed a 30 year treaty of friendship with China?

A

USSR

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3
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Where did the first Korean war battle between Chinese and American forces take place?

A

The Chosin Resevoir

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4
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What was the tiny area that North Korea failed to take in South Korea?

A

Pusan

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5
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How many statues are in the Korean War memorial?

A

19

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6
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The Red Guards led this what major uprising in China?

A

The Cultural Revolution

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7
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Mao wanted to reshape China’s economy based on this what economic system?

A

Marxism

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8
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What people were sent to labor camps, executed or imprisoned during the Cultural Revolution?

A

Intellectuals

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9
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What did Mao want to achieve with “The Great Leap Forward”?

A

Larger collective farms or communes

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10
Q

What country was not made a permanent member of the UN Security Council?

A

Japan

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11
Q

What nations were satellite nations of Russia?

A

Romania Hungary Poland

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12
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What was the alliance that East Germany belonged to, but not West Germany?

A

The Warsaw Pact

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13
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About how many Americans were killed in Vietnam?

A

58,000

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14
Q

What kind of military strategy did the Vietcong use?

A

Guerilla Warfare

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15
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What policy of Eisenhower, Kennedy and Johnson led to one crisis after another.

A

Brinkmanship

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16
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What was the name of the program Reagan wanted to pursue to protect the US from enemy missiles?

A

The Strategic Defense Initiative

17
Q

To win the Cold War, Reagan decided he would spend more money than the USSR on what?

A

Military Defense

18
Q

The U.S. and USSR had a dangerous standoff over the presence of Soviet missiles in what country?

A

Cuba

19
Q

What was the policy of getting rid of the memory of Stalin the USSR called?

A

Destalinization

20
Q

Islamic revolutionaries held American hostages in what country?

A

Iran

21
Q

In what country did Muslim religious leaders oppose the Shah’s attempts to westernize his society?

A

Iran