Why did the Soviets occupy Afghanistan?
A) They wanted to take over the opium trade.
B) They wanted to punish Afghanistan for sponsoring international terrorism.
C) They wanted to seize Afghanistan's oil reserves.
D) They wanted to stabilize the pro-Soviet government of Afghanistan.
D
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What were three goals of President Grant's Indian Peace Policy?
A) Grant wanted to treat the Indian with dignity, end the corruption in the Indian Bureau, and to establish peace. B) He wanted to maintain the Indian Bureau, end the Plains Indian wars, and establish peace. C) Grant hoped to establish peace, end the war, and treat the Indian with dignity. D) He wanted to end the wars, establish peace, and dismantle the Indian Bureau.
The Sino-Soviet dispute
A. was rooted in a struggle between the Chinese and the Soviets for control of Tibet. B. was aggravated by the lack of Soviet support for Chinese efforts to reclaim Taiwan. C. bore no relationship to the level of Soviet economic assistance to China. D. saw Mao describe China as the international leader of industrialized nations. E. produced a Soviet invasion of China in 1965.
Trade between China and the West
A) established the ?Silk Road? to carry goods to and from China. B) was nonexistent. C) resulted in a rising Chinese debt. D) resulted in China demanding Roman products. E) none of the above.
The creator of modern Turkey was
A) Lawrence of Arabia. B) Reza Khan. C) Mustafa Kemal. D) Jawaharlal Nehru. E) Sharif Husayn.