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Chapter 28 Summative Quiz

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1. The Carter administration’s diplomatic recognition of the People’s Republic of China was perceived as an affront to

the Soviet Union.

Taiwan.

Afghanistan.

Israel.

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2. The U.S. boycott of the 1980 Olympic Games was a response to the

Soviets’ refusal to sign the SALT II treaty.

Islamic fundamentalist revolution in Iran.

Soviet Union’s invasion of Afghanistan.

American hostage crisis in Iran.

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3. The top achievement of President Carter’s foreign policy was

the signing of the SALT II treaty.

facilitating the Camp David accords.

resolving the Iranian hostage crisis.

inviting the shah of Iran to America.

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4. The guiding principle of the Reagan administration’s foreign policy agenda was its commitment to

human rights.

anticolonialism.

anticommunism.

world peace.

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5. One consequence of the Reagan administration’s support of an oppressive right-wing government in El Salvador was the

end of Cuban support of guerilla insurgents against that regime.

resignation of Grenada’s left-wing leader Maurice Bishop.

resignation of United Nations ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick.

influx of Salvadoran asylum seekers into the United States.

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6. The Reagan administration’s secret “arms for hostages” deal was an effort to get which nation to use its influence on behalf of Americans kidnapped in the Middle East?

Lebanon

Libya

Iran

Iraq

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7. President Reagan became more willing to negotiate with the Soviet Union over the de-escalation of weapons after

he was reelected in a landslide.

the implementation of his SDI program.

Mikhail Gorbachev began implementing glasnost.

the fall of the Berlin Wall.

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8. Mikhail Gorbachev’s efforts to normalize relations with the United States were motivated by his desire to

express his admiration for President Reagan.

prevent the Soviet economy from collapsing.

convince Billy Joel to perform in the Soviet Union.

prove that the Soviet Union was not “evil.”

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9. Gorbachev’s policy of glasnost inspired the

Taliban’s rise to power in Afghanistan.

formation of the Group of Seven (G7).

tearing down of the Berlin Wall.

rise of the multinational corporation.

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10. The increasing reliance of American manufacturers on Chinese labor was based on

the growing unionization of American workers.

China’s low salaries and lack of workplace regulation.

China’s reliance on lead paint in toy production.

declining interest in blue-collar jobs among American workers.

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11. The huge federal deficit at the end of the 1980s was the result of the Reagan administration’s

investment in AIDS research.

“arms for hostages” scandal.

increased defense spending.

disinvestment from South Africa.

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12. The Tiananmen Square massacre was the Chinese government’s response to

college students’ demands for political and economic reform.

a general strike by workers in the country’s manufacturing sector.

rioting by protesters in the streets of China’s major cities.

calls for the construction of a Statue of Liberty replica in Beijing.