Author Question: As a result of the Vietnam War, A. All these answers are correct. B. Laos fell to the ... (Read 56 times)

faduma · **on:** Sep 21, 2019

Question 1

In the 1970s, the Nixon administration believed the world's most volatile region to be

A. China.

B. the Middle East.

C. Eastern Europe.

D. the so-called Third World.

E. sub-Saharan Africa.

Question 2

The Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty negotiated between the U.S. and the Soviet Union

A. both called for the suspension of all new nuclear weapons systems, and froze the arsenals of some nuclear missiles at their current levels.

B. called for the suspension of all new nuclear weapons systems.

C. froze the arsenals of some nuclear missiles on both sides at their current levels.

D. was signed by all of the world's nuclear powers.

E. None of these answers is correct.

Question 3

President Richard Nixon's visit to China in 1972

A. aroused deep animosity from the majority of Chinese communists.

B. was designed to bring the United States closer to Chiang Kai-shek.

C. came after Taiwan was expelled from the United Nations.

D. was opposed by Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.

E. moved the United States into a deeper conflict with the Soviet Union.

Question 4

President Richard Nixon believed U.S. foreign policy should work toward

A. improving governments in less-developed nations.

B. a bipolar world dominated by the U.S. and the Soviet Union.

C. a multipolar international structure.

D. destruction of the government in the Soviet Union.

E. encouraging Europe to take up its own defense against the Soviet Union.

Question 5

As a result of the Vietnam War,

A. All these answers are correct.

B. Laos fell to the murderous communists of Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge.

C. more than 1.2 million Vietnamese soldiers died.

D. the United States suffered more than 500,000 killed and wounded.

E. Vietnam became one of the world's richest nations.