1.
For the policy of deterrence to be effective, two conditions must be met:
A credibility and capability
B credibility and legitimacy
C capability and legitimacy
D effective diplomacy and capability
E effective diplomacy and credibility: A
2.
President Nixon's policy of detente was a means to pursue the goals of containment. It included
A negotiations on a strategic-arms-control treaty with the Soviet Union
B opening up diplomatic related with the People's Republic of China (PRC)
C increasing international trade
D using "linkages" to tie the different elements of the detente policy together
E all of the above: E
3.
The arrival of nuclear weapons had an impact on many issues. The weapons did not change the following:
A the nature of warfare
B the basic nature in which the world is organized
C the great power rivalries
D the position of the United States and the Soviet Union within the international system
E none of the above: B
4.
The concept of deterrence:
A was created at the beginning of the Cold War
B involved dissuasion through fear
C is an extension of the balance-of-power logic
D A and B
E B and C: E
5.
The domino theory was used to justify:
A China's intervention in Korea
B China's intervention in Vietnam
C America's intervention in Korea
D America's intervention in Vietnam
E America's post-World War II occupation of Japan: D
6.
The hydrogen bomb has had some political effects. They include
A the revival of the concept of limited war
B crises replacing outright war in "moments of truth."
C deterrence becoming a key strategy
D a de facto regime of superpower prudence
E all of the above: E
7.
The policy of containment
A was derived from the concept of deterrence
B referred to a specific American policy of limiting Soviet communism
C comprises both an offensive and a defensive variety
D was used even before the term containment was invented
E all of the above: E
8.
The Truman Doctrine referred to the following:
A the continuation of traditional American policy under Cold War conditions
B the balance-of-power logic adapted to the bipolar Cold War system
C a moralistic explanation for the need to protect free people everywhere
D Truman's expansionist foreign policy in Latin America
E none of the above: C
9.
There is much international concern about the spread of (WMDs). What is the nature of that concern?
A morality and liberal thinking
B morality and realist thinking
C realist thinking and liberal thinking
D realist thinking and constructivist thinking
E constructivist thinking and morality: B
10.
United States President Roosevelt was keen to avoid repeating the mistakes made after World War I. Which of the following policies were part of that strategy?
A demanding Germany's unconditional surrender
B avoiding a repetition of 1930-style protectionism
C bring the United States into the successor of the League of Nations (United Nations)
D leading the United States away from isolationism
E all of the above: E
