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Multiple Choice

This activity contains 10 questions.

The United Nations was formed in:

1935.1914.1945.1919.

The attempt to bring order to international relations during the Cold War by creating regional alliances between a superpower and nations of a particular region was called:

regional alliance.regional association.regional security.regional affiliation.

The Warsaw Pact disintegrated along with:

the collapse of the communist governments of Eastern Europe in 1989.the reunification of Germany in 1990.the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.the formation of NATO.

The policy of preventing an enemy from expanding its boundaries and/or influence is called:

restraint.obstruction.containment.suppression.

The U.S. program to rebuild the nations of Western Europe in the aftermath of World War II was called the:

Marshall Plan.Berlin Plan. Truman Plan.Roosevelt Plan.

When General MacArthur publicly protested political limits to military operations in Korea, Truman:

promoted him.transferred him.demoted him.dismissed him.

The most serious threat of nuclear holocaust during the entire Cold War was the:

Vietnam War.Bay of Pigs operation.Korean War.Cuban Missile Crisis.

Which of the following is NOT part of the United Nations?

Security CouncilNATOGeneral AssemblyInternational Court of Justice

Which president launched the largest covert CIA operation in US history in 1979?

Jimmy CarterRonald ReaganGerald FordRichard Nixon

Which treaty forbade the building or deploying of antiballistic missiles?

SALT IINuclear Non-Proliferation ABMSALT I

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