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The occupied areas shown in this map became the countries of:
Albania & Yugoslavia
East Pakistan & West Pakistan
Bosnia & Serbia
East Germany & West Germany
2
The destruction of the Berlin Wall and the breakup of the Soviet Union signify the
The power of NATO
end of the war on terror
The power of the Warsaw Pact
end of the Cold War
3
Why did the UN send forced to fight in the Korean War, including the USA?
to stop the spread of Communism
to stop the Japanese
Because China asked for help
to occupy them
4
After World War II, the Soviet Union maintained control of many Eastern European nations these nations became known as
members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
near warm-water ports on the Mediterranean Sea
satellite nations loyal to the USSR
a source of new technology and skilled labor
5
Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!"
To what does this famous line reference?
Jimmy Carter was advocating the end of the Israeli - Palestine Conflict
Bush was wanting them to take down the Kuwait Border Wall.
Reagan wanting the USSR to tear down the Berlin Wall.
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nuclear attack by one superpower would be met with a nuclear counterattack - both the USA& the USSR would be destroyed
Nuclear test ban
Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty
NATO
MAD Mutually Assured Destruction
7
1000's students who demanded democracy & protested in Tiananmen Square in 1989, What country did this take place in?
The USA
The USSR
India
China
8
Mikhail Gorbachev began an era allowing freedom of speech and press_____.
glasnost
perestroika
communism
9
The USA started not trusting the USSR after the Yalta Conference because
promise to aid in the war against Japan made at Potsdam.
broken promises to have free elections in Eastern Europe
of the nonaggression pact with Hitler.
refusal to bomb Japan
10
What Soviet leader helped bring an end to the Cold War?
Pol Pot
Ronald Reagan
Joseph Stalin
Mikhail Gorbachev
11
How did the USA respond when the USSR tested its own atomic bomb?
The US developed spy satellites
the US developed a more powerful bomb, hydrogen bomb
TH US funded the space program
12
The main idea behind American foreign policy of containment in post WWII
stopping the spread of communism
to make everyone have free elections
to deter dictators from attacking Europe
13
What was one of the main goals of MacArthur for post-war Japan?
Eliminating Japan’s war-making potential.
Sanction Japan to ruin its economic potential.
allow Japan to rule themselves
Allow Japan to become Communist
14
What kind of government did China adopt in 1949?
a government created by UN
democratically elected socilist
communist dictatorship
representative democracy
15
This provided for a military defense pact for Europe against possible Soviet aggression
The UN
Warsaw Pact
Truman doctrine
NATO
16
What idea is the major justification for US foreign policy and decisions during the Cold War era?
protection
non aligned nations
Vietnamization
containment
17
The original purpose of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) was to
to protect Eastern European Satellite nations
prevent another world war.
form a 10-year plan for the economic recovery of Western Europe.
provide for a military defense pact for Europe against the USSR
18
To oppose the NATO alliance, communist countries formed the:
Warsaw Pact
OPEC
Allied Powers
Axis Powers
19
Which Soviet leader's reforms inadvertently caused the break up of the Soviet Union?
Nikita Khrushchev
Joseph Stalin
Vladimir Lenin
Mikhail Gorbachev
20
Many see the Cold War as ending when ___________ was destroyed.
The Berlin Wall
Iraq
The Great Wall
The Viet Cong
21
The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 marked the end of decades of________ rule in the nation.
totalitarian
communist
democratic
Facist
22
The Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan’s main goal was to
spread democracy worldwide
prevent the spread of communism
repair Europe after WWII
share nuclear technology
23
Tension in the Cold War was between ___________ countries
Democratic & Communist
Communist & Fascist
Republican & Democratic
Fascist & Democratic
24
The organization created for international peace, friendly national relations, and international cooperation.
American Civil Liberties Union
Warsaw pact
NATO
United Nations
25
The purpose of the Marshall plan was to
a. try to keep the USSR from taking Czechoslovakia
give countries tanks and guns to fight communism
prove the superiority of capitalism
rebuild Europe economically
26
India gained independence from ___ in 1947.
France
Germany
Great Britain
the US
27
The tensions between ___ and ___ led to the creation of Pakistan.
Muslims and Hindus
Christians and Muslims
Jews and Arabs
28
Mohandas Gandhi
used nonviolent protests to try to free India
Tried to end apartheid in S. Africa
appealed the USa for support
29
Which statement best describes most Eastern European countries after World War II?
became dependent on aid provided by the Marshall Plan
adopted democracy
emerged as world economic powers
became satellite states of the Soviet Union, loyal to the USSR
30
Despite the Cold War, The 1968 Nuclear proliferation treaty was an attempt to
ban testing of nukes
limit the spread of nuclear technology
ban all nukes
31
After WWII, The USA pledged to help nations fight off communist takeovers with....
NATO
The UN
the Truman Doctrine
marshall plan
32
The United Nations was created primarily to
contain the spread of communism
channel relief aid to war-torn nations
prosecute persons accused of war crimes
provide a means of solving international problems
33
The imaginary line/division between the free and communist world was described as a
Cold Split
Steel Fence
Dark River
Iron Curtain
34
The idea that peoples of African descent have common interests and should be unified
Black power movement
Pan-Arabism
Pan-Africanism
apartheid
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Which of the following was a US policy to stop the spread of communism?
Good Neighbor Policy
Neutrality
Containment
Dollar Diplomacy
