Nikita Khrushchev is remembered for his policy of destalinization, which

Purged the country of Stalin’s memory

Which of the following events occurred FIRST?

The Soviet Union launches the satellite, SPUTNIK, into space

The Soviets blockaded West Berlin in an effort to prevent

Marshall Plan aid to West Berlin

The areas described as being the Soviet Union’s “satellites” were all located

on the eastern side of the iron curtain

The Truman Doctrine was designed to:

contain the spread of communism

Which statement best describes most Eastern European countries immediately after WWII?

Buffer zone by the U.S.S.R. to protect Soviet borders.

The Bay of Pigs was the name given to

an unsuccessful invasion of Cuba by the U.S.

The Strategic Defensive Initiative, “Star Wars”, was designed to:

Protect Americans against enemy missiles

The United States in the Vietnam and the Soviet Union’s in Afghanistan were motivated mainly by

support governments that would remain strong allies

The goal of the policy of Vietnamization was to

allow an American withdrawal from Vietnam

The phrase “iron curtain” refers to:

Division between Western Europe and Communist Eastern Europe

All of the following are true statement about the Yalta Conference in February of 1945 EXCEPT:

The “Big Three” included Stalin, Churchill and Hitler.

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1
Nikita Khrushchev is remembered for his policy of destalinization, which
All of the above
Purged the country of Stalin’s memory
Renamed various cities and landmarks after Stalin
Emphasized the memory of Stalin in positive terms
2
The Cold War can be described as a struggle between
Communism & Socialism
Aristocracies & Monarchies
Democracy & Fascism
Democracy & Communism
3
The 1947 plan to aide Europe which was devised by the U.S. Secretary of State is knowns as:
“Help Europe” Plan
European Economic Aid Plan
US Foreign Aid Policy
Marshall Plan
4
this was the idea that if one nation fell to communism so would its neighbors.
domino theory
collectivization
Vietnamization
containment
5
All of the following were U.S. attempts to stop the spread of communism EXCEPT
the Marshall Plan
the Truman Doctrine
the policy of containment
the Iron Curtain
6
Which of the following events occurred FIRST?
The first American orbits the earth.
Russian cosmonauts spend 366 days on MIR space station
The Soviet Union launches the satellite, SPUTNIK, into space
The U.S. successfully lands an astronaut on the moon.
7
The Soviets blockaded West Berlin in an effort to prevent
U.S. spy flights over Soviet territory
Marshall Plan aid to West Berlin
the formation of NATO
reunification of Germany
8
The policy of détente was mainly intended to
stop communism
call world attention to abuses of human rights
reduce Cold War tensions
solidify U.S. relations with its economic allies
9
The areas described as being the Soviet Union’s “satellites” were all located
in the Third World
on the Balkan Peninsula
on the eastern side of the iron curtain
in Southeast Asia
10
The Truman Doctrine was designed to:
create funds to build nuclear weapons
build satellites and space shuttles
contain the spread of communism
create an alliance with the Soviet Union
11
Which statement best describes most Eastern European countries immediately after WWII?
The adopted democratic reforms in their political systems
They became dependent on aid provided by the Marshall Plan
Buffer zone by the U.S.S.R. to protect Soviet borders.
the capitalist economy helps them to emerge as a superpower
12
The Bay of Pigs was the name given to
a conflict over Cuba’s strong desire for a capitalist system
an unsuccessful revolution in Cuba led by Fidel Castro
an unsuccessful invasion of Cuba by the U.S.
Cuba’s attempted nuclear attack on the U.S.
13
In 1949, under the leadership of Mao Zedong, China became
a democracy
a monarchy
a U.S. colony
communist
14
The two new superpowers after World War II were:
North Korea and North Vietnam
USA and USSR
China and Japan
Italy and Germany
15
In an effort to stop the spread of communism, Harry S. Truman adopted a foreign policy known as
Appeasement
Détente
Isolationism
Containment
16
The Strategic Defensive Initiative, “Star Wars”, was designed to:
Further Russian-American collaboration
Protect Americans against enemy missiles
Limit space exploration to unmanned missions
Promote further space exploration
17
After WWII, Korea was divided between the communist North and the non-communist South at the:
Line of Demarcation
38th Parallel
17th Parallel
Western Front
18
When the US and the USSR refuse to become involved in direct military conflict with eachother
UN Peace keepers War
War of expansion
War of attrition
Proxy war
19
The United States in the Vietnam and the Soviet Union’s in Afghanistan were motivated mainly by
support governments that would remain strong allies
stop the expansion of Japan into the Middle East
establish independent nation-states in the regions
exploit the mineral resources of the regions
20
The goal of the policy of Vietnamization was to
defeat Communists in Vietnam
allow an American withdrawal from Vietnam
increase American involvement in Vietnam
unify North & South Vietnam
21
A term of hostility between the US and the Soviet Union in the decades following World War II.
Brinkmanship
Iron Curtain
Cold War
Korean War
22
The phrase “iron curtain” refers to:
Division between Western Europe and Communist Eastern Europe
the Nazi concentration camps
the building of the Great Wall of China to protect China
A flu epidemic that killed millions of people during WWII
23
All of the following are true statement about the Yalta Conference in February of 1945 EXCEPT:
The “Big Three” included Stalin, Churchill and Hitler.
Stalin will allow free elections in Eastern Europe
Plans were made for the creation of the United Nations
Postwar Europe and the division of Germany were discussed
24
The Soviet Union and several other communist nations formed this rival alliance to NATO.
U.S.S.R.
East Alliance
Warsaw Pact
Iron Curtain Club

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