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

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

Nikita Khrushchev is remembered for his policy of destalinization, which

Purged the country of Stalin’s memory

The phrase “iron curtain” refers to:

Division between Western Europe and Communist Eastern Europe

The Truman Doctrine was designed to:

contain the spread of communism

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

support governments that would remain strong allies

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

on the eastern side of the iron curtain

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1
Which statement best describes most Eastern European countries immediately after WWII?
They became dependent on aid provided by the Marshall Plan
The adopted democratic reforms in their political systems
Buffer zone by the U.S.S.R. to protect Soviet borders.
the capitalist economy helps them to emerge as a superpower
2
Nikita Khrushchev is remembered for his policy of destalinization, which
Purged the country of Stalin’s memory
Renamed various cities and landmarks after Stalin
Emphasized the memory of Stalin in positive terms
All of the above
3
When the US and the USSR refuse to become involved in direct military conflict with eachother
War of expansion
Proxy war
War of attrition
UN Peace keepers War
4
A term of hostility between the US and the Soviet Union in the decades following World War II.
Cold War
Brinkmanship
Iron Curtain
Korean War
5
The Cold War can be described as a struggle between
Aristocracies & Monarchies
Democracy & Fascism
Communism & Socialism
Democracy & Communism
6
The phrase “iron curtain” refers to:
A flu epidemic that killed millions of people during WWII
the building of the Great Wall of China to protect China
the Nazi concentration camps
Division between Western Europe and Communist Eastern Europe
7
The Truman Doctrine was designed to:
create funds to build nuclear weapons
create an alliance with the Soviet Union
build satellites and space shuttles
contain the spread of communism
8
The policy of détente was mainly intended to
call world attention to abuses of human rights
solidify U.S. relations with its economic allies
stop communism
reduce Cold War tensions
9
The 1947 economic plan to aide Europe which was devised by the U.S. Secretary of State is knowns as:
European Economic Aid Plan
US Foreign Aid Policy
Marshall Plan
“Help Europe” Plan
10
Which of the following events occurred FIRST?
The Soviet Union launches the satellite, SPUTNIK, into space
Russian cosmonauts spend 366 days on MIR space station
The U.S. successfully lands an astronaut on the moon.
The first American orbits the earth.
11
The Soviet Union and several other communist nations formed this rival alliance to NATO.
Warsaw Pact
U.S.S.R.
East Alliance
Iron Curtain Club
12
The Soviets blockaded West Berlin in an effort to prevent
Marshall Plan aid to West Berlin
U.S. spy flights over Soviet territory
the formation of NATO
reunification of Germany
13
In 1949, under the leadership of Mao Zedong, China became
communist
a monarchy
a U.S. colony
a democracy
14
The United States in the Vietnam and the Soviet Union’s in Afghanistan were motivated mainly by
exploit the mineral resources of the regions
stop the expansion of Japan into the Middle East
establish independent nation-states in the regions
support governments that would remain strong allies
15
The areas described as being the Soviet Union’s “satellites” were all located
in the Third World
on the eastern side of the iron curtain
in Southeast Asia
on the Balkan Peninsula
16
In an effort to stop the spread of communism, Harry S. Truman adopted a foreign policy known as
Isolationism
Appeasement
Détente
Containment
17
The two new superpowers after World War II were:
Italy and Germany
China and Japan
USA and USSR
North Korea and North Vietnam

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