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11. **What was the primary purpose of the Marshall Plan?**

    - a) To provide military aid to European countries

    - b) To promote economic recovery in Europe

    - c) To establish NATO

    - d) To expand the Soviet influence

12. **Which country was not a founding member of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)?**

    - a) India

    - b) Egypt

    - c) Indonesia

    - d) China

13. **What was the Warsaw Pact?**

    - a) An economic agreement between Western European countries

    - b) A military alliance of communist nations

    - c) A peace treaty between the USA and USSR

    - d) A trade agreement between the USA and Europe

14. **What strategy did the USA adopt to prevent the spread of communism in Southeast Asia?**

    - a) Containment

    - b) Isolationism

    - c) Expansionism

    - d) Appeasement

15. **Which of the following was a direct result of the Korean War?**

    - a) Unification of Korea

    - b) Continued division of North and South Korea

    - c) US withdrawal from Asia

    - d) Collapse of the Soviet Union

16. **What was the key feature of the policy of 'Brinkmanship'?**

    - a) Reducing military expenditure

    - b) Pushing dangerous events to the edge of disaster to achieve favorable outcomes

    - c) Promoting peaceful coexistence

    - d) Encouraging diplomatic negotiations

17. **The Iron Curtain was a term used to describe:**

    - a) The boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas of political influence

    - b) The boundary between North and South Korea

    - c) The fortified border between China and India

    - d) The US policy of isolating itself from global affairs

18. **Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis?**

    - a) Nikita Khrushchev

    - b) Joseph Stalin

    - c) Leonid Brezhnev

    - d) Mikhail Gorbachev

19. **Which conference is associated with the division of Germany post-World War II?**

    - a) Potsdam Conference

    - b) Yalta Conference

    - c) Tehran Conference

    - d) Bretton Woods Conference

20. **Which country launched the first artificial satellite, Sputnik, into space?**

    - a) USA

    - b) USSR

    - c) UK

    - d) France

Answers:

11. b) To promote economic recovery in Europe

12. d) China

13. b) A military alliance of communist nations

14. a) Containment

15. b) Continued division of North and South Korea

16. b) Pushing dangerous events to the edge of disaster to achieve favorable outcomes

17. a) The boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas of political influence

18. a) Nikita Khrushchev

19. b) Yalta Conference

20. b) USSR