World History Chapter 23 Test

What was the name of the first man-made satellite successfully launched?

The Viet Cong was

President Reagan proposed the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) because

the Iron Lady of British conservatism

What term describes the relaxation of tension during the Cold War?

relieved of duty as UN commander in Korea

The “U-2 incident” refers to

pursued “peaceful coexistence” with the Soviets

The Tet offensive was important because

introduced glasnost

led the opposition to the attempted coup in 1991 in the Soviet Union

demanded that the Berlin Wall be torn down

forced the Soviets to remove their missiles from Cub

first non-Communist leader of Poland since 1945

What is the workers’ union in Poland that secured the election of the first non-Communist leader since World War II?

One of the most serious crises of the Cold War occurred in 1962 when the United States insisted that

After the Battle of Dien Bien Phu, the French decided to

Who seized power in Cuba in 1959 and allied his country with the Soviet Union?

established the American policy of containment

established the American policy of containment

Chiang Kai-shek and his forces were able to secure mainland China and allow Communists to take over.

Gorbachev’s goal in introducing perestroika was to

presided over the Vietnamization of the war in Vietnam

Yugoslavia differed from other Communist states in Eastern Europe in that it

Communist leader of Yugoslavia

President Truman pledged American efforts to keep communism from spreading to other areas of the world.

The immediate cause of the Korean War was the

Which theory maintained that if one country fell to communism, then other countries would fall to communism?

Name the containment policy implemented after World War II to prevent Communist aggression.

What was the military alliance called that included Russia and its satellite states in Eastern Europe?

The Fifth Republic’s constitution provided for a

The purpose of the Cultural Revolution was to

“An iron curtain has descended across the Continent.”

The limited wars of the Cold War were

declared Vietnam independent of French rule

declined to run for reelection because of his unpopular policies in Vietnam

Gorbachev set in motion forces that led to the collapse of the Soviet Union.

What was the U.S. policy after World War II that determined to keep communism within its set borders?

The Eastern Europeans accepted aid through the Marshall Plan because of the ravages of the Nazi invasion.