The Cuban Missile Crisis was a confrontation that came very close to being a nuclear conflict between which two nations?
A) Cuba and China
B) Cuba and the Dominican Republic
C) the United States and China
D) the United States and Russia
E) Russia and Cuba
Answer: D
You might also like to view...
Giuseppe Mazzini and Giuseppe Garibaldi ________
A. conducted guerrilla warfare in their attempts to establish an Italian republic B. used secret diplomacy to further their political ambitions C. helped to restore the kingdom of Piedmont as a buffer between France and Austria D. were the driving forces behind the Congress of Vienna
What was true of the impact of the global economic downturn that began in 2008?
a. It was caused by problems in the United States only. b. It hit Spain and Germany harder than any other European country. c. It fueled resentment by some of the most severely affected EU states about the policies imposed by wealthier European countries. d. It barely affected eastern Europe. e. It made Europe economically dependent on the World Bank and International Monetary Fund.
Which region was spared from the population and economic slump of the fourteenth century?
A. Inner Eurasia B. Europe C. Subsaharan Africa D. central Muslim lands
Why did American missionaries want to "Christianize" the Philippines?
A) Many American missionaries may have felt that Roman Catholicism was not a legitimate form of Christianity or that it was not being properly practiced by Filipinos. B) Most Filipinos were not Christian, and American missionaries felt it was their obligation to convert them. C) Most Filipinos were Christian, but American missionaries wanted to annex the Philippines for money, so they told President McKinley otherwise. D) Although many missionaries had tried to "Christianize" the Filipinos, they resisted culturally and religiously. E) American missionaries knew that "Christianizing" the Filipinos would make it easier to govern and control them.