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Question 1

How do Ideational approaches to US foreign policy during the Cold War differ from Realist accounts of the same period?

a) They place greater emphasis on economic factors

b) They place greater emphasis on material interests and power

c) They place greater emphasis on ideology and beliefs

d) They place greater emphasis on geopolitics

Question 2

What features distinguish Socio-Economic accounts of US Cold War foreign policy?

a) A focus on class and economic interests

b) A focus on liberal ideology

c) A focus on language and culture

d) All of the above

Question 3

What was the significance of the Truman Doctrine?

a) It indicated the special place of Greece and Turkey in American interests

b) It was Truman's first statement on European affairs

c) It indicated US reluctance to get involved in incidents outside of its immediate sphere of influence

d) It indicated that the US would now view all local revolts through a geopolitical lens

Question 4

What was the Marshall plan?

a) A plan designed to aid the economy recovery of Europe

b) An attempt to diminish the potential attraction of the Soviet system to Europeans

c) An aid programme that embedded US influence in Europe

d) All of the above

Question 5

What is meant by the phrase 'empire by invitation'?

a) Voluntary reliance on an external power for security

b) Willful openness to colonization

c) Cultural imperialism

d) Open advocacy of imperialism for economic gain

Question 6

Why is NSC 68 seen as a turning point in US Cold War Foreign policy?

a) It indicated the primacy of economic containment

b) It indicated a desire to engage with the Soviet Union

c) It indicated a shift towards military containment

d) It dispensed with the idea of containment

Question 7

What was the 'Domino Theory'?

a) The idea that the Cold War operated according to the principles of game theory

b) The idea that certain states were of higher value than others to the US during the Cold War

c) The idea that the fall of one state to communism would inexorably lead to the fall of its neighbors

d) The idea that the growth of democracy in one state would inexorably lead to its growth in others

Question 8

What was the significance of the Gulf of Tonkin resolution?

a) It allowed the US to intensify its involvement in Vietnam

b) It illustrated the influence of public opinion on US foreign policy

c) It enhanced Congressional control over the Vietnam War

d) It curtailed US involvement in Vietnam

Question 9

How did the Cold War context shape US perceptions of the Third World?

a) The US ignored the Third World

b) Local developments were viewed through a geopolitical lens

c) The US unreservedly supported decolonization

d) None of the above

Question 10

Why do some scholars claim that Reagan 'won the Cold War'?

a) Reagan's first term military spending pressured the Soviet Union to keep up its international commitments

b) Reagan encouraged engagement with the Soviet Union

c) Reagan encouraged a softer approach towards communism

d) Reagan reduced military spending and this allowed the Soviet Union space to reform

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