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Review for Module 23: Cold War Conflicts test.
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1
Why did Vietcong start to gain power and support in non-Communist South Vietnam?
The Red Guard spread propaganda to increase support.
The Vietcong started torturing the peasants to gain support.
Kim Il Sung refused to send support to the South Vietnamese.
Ngo Dinh Diem dictator people were growing more upset with.
2
What were the results of Mao’s Great Leap Forward in China?
It had reduced the peasants’ incentive to work hard.
Crop failures killed about 20 million people.
Resulted in poor planning and inefficiency of resources.
All of these answers are correct.
3
What is one way that Stalin broke a promise that was made at the Yalta Conference?
Wouldn’t allow Eastern Euro. countries house Allied forces.
Wouldn’t allow Germany divided into zones of occupation.
He wouldn’t allow Germany to rebuild urban areas.
Wouldn’t allow Eastern European countries free elections.
4
U.S. policies to provide assistance to countries in Europe to combat the spread of Communism?
Great Leap Forward and Cultural Revolution
Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan
SALT and SDI
Yalta Agreement and Helsinki Accords
5
What two countries emerged from WWII as superpowers?
United States and Poland
United States and Soviet Union
Great Britain and Japan
Czechoslovakia and Germany
6
Détente refers to:
Lessening Cold War tensions.
Building the supply of nuclear weapons.
Strengthening the policy of containment.
Increase of funding towards the Marshall Plan.
7
Which powerful country backs and supports Jiang Jieshi, leader in Nationalist S. China?
Soviet Union
Poland
Czechoslovakia
United States
8
When Khrushchev came to power, he aimed to purge SU of Stalin’s memory. This policy was ____.
Vietnamization
Restoration
The Great Reformation
Destalinization
9
Major reason for tension between SP. Leads to battle for power and influence throughout world?
Socialism vs. Democracy
Capitalism vs. Communism
Marxism vs. Communism
Monarchy vs. Dictatorship
10
Fear that if one Asian nation fell to Communism they all would fall to Communism.
Marshall Plan
Domino Theory
Mutually Assured Destruction
Vietnamization
11
Why did Mao Zedong’s victory in China fuel U.S. anti-Communist feelings?
Mao Zedong started to implement a plan to take over the U.S.
U.S. believed it Communism was losing power.
SP refused to have any communication after defeat in China.
U.S. fear Communism was going to continue to spread in Asia.
12
Which of the following accurately describes one reason for the collapse of the Soviet Union?
NATO invading Eastern Europe.
Betrayal of Communist China.
Nations protesting Soviet rule and declaring independence.
New leaders that allowed satellite countries more autonomy.
13
What was the significance of the Berlin Airlift?
It was the closest that the superpowers came to actual, direct fighting.
Demonstrated US resisting the spread of Communism.
America tried to remove all remaining air supplies/technology from Germany.
Showed that the Allies forgave the Germans for WWII
14
What were the results of the Cultural Revolution in China?
Mao became the most beloved leader in history.
Chaos caused a threat to farm production.
More factories were built and production soared.
Thousands were executed, imprisoned and tortured.
15
What was the significance of the Berlin Wall?
Prevented the smuggling of arms to anti-Soviet forces.
Protected Western Europe from Soviet invasion.
Prevented East Germans from defecting to West Germany.
Protected Soviet Union from invasion by the U.S. until 1989.
16
Early in the Space Race, what country was leading the way in terms of success in space travel?
Soviet Union
China
Great Britain
United States
17
Iran/Iraq went to war with each other. U.S._______, to maintain balance of power in region.
Funded Iran
Funded Iraq
Refused to fund either Iran or Iraq.
Funded both Iran and Iraq
18
What was the purpose of Gorbachev's policies of Glasnost and Perestroika?
Provide social/economic reform results in increased level openness/freedom.
Disband all communist policies throughout the Soviet Union.
Increase military spending by 50% to prepare for full scale war with China.
Eliminate/arrest his opponents ensuring he would win reelection.
19
Imperialism led to Vietnam War because Vietnamese nationalists wanted independence from ______.
France
Italy
Great Britain
Germany
20
Soviet Leader employed policies of Perestroika and Glastnost in the 1980's.
Khrushchev
Gorbachev
Stalin
Brezhnev
21
What was the foreign policy of the US under the leadership of President Richard Nixon?
Diplomatic and lessened tension with Soviet Union and China.
Remained much the same as under the Lyndon Johnson rule.
Adopted ideas of perestroika and glasnost from Soviet Union.
Increased military spending & placed pressure on Soviets.
22
What is the term for the dividing line between North and South Korea?
Korean Wall
The Great Divide
Iron Curtain
38th Parallel
23
What was significant about major agreements such as SALT and the Helsinki Accords in the 1970s?
It meant countries would no longer send satellites to space.
Agreed to cooperate with each other and commit to détente.
Signing countries agreed to remain neutral in the Cold War.
The countries that signed it refused to engage in détente.
24
Why is it called the Cold War?
It revolved around direct military combat between both sides
America was still recovering from the effects of WWII.
It never resulted in any direct military combat.
Soviet Union was unwilling to get involved in any conflict.
25
Identify the name of the first satellite to be launched into space by any country.
U-2
Sputnik
Apollo 1
Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
26
Which of the following refers to a group of warriors who fought against the Soviet-supported government in Afghanistan?
Mujahideen
PLO
All of these.
Viet Cong
27
What was the purpose of the Bay of Pigs Invasion?
Overthrow Castro regime and maintain American power/influence in Cuba.
To overthrow Stalin's regime in the USSR.
Soviets attempt to overthrow Mao Zedong in China and spread communism.
Spread vital supplies and resources to Latin American countries.
28
What was the Berlin Airlift?
An operation where US &UK forces sent food/supplies to the people in Berlin
Removal of Soviet refugees from Germany.
Taking planes out of the city of Berlin because it was too powerful
A battle during World War II
29
What did Churchill’s phrase
iron curtain
come to mean?
Europe divided between democratic and Communist countries.
Europe still has Allied and Axis powers after the war.
Europe was forever changed by the Nazi regime.
Europe would need a continued military presence for decades.
30
Identify the Communist leader in North Vietnam.
Syghman Rhee
Ho Chi Minh
Ngo Dinh Diem
Kim Jong Un
31
Int. organization created after WWII to protect members from aggression/promote social progress
NAFTA
United Nations
League of Nations
Warsaw Pact
32
What is the primary reason that the U.S. funded Batista in Cuba and Somoza in Nicaragua?
Give the countries a chance to build a nuclear arsenal.
Prevent the countries from becoming Communist.
Allow the countries to educate their populations.
Help countries stay nonaligned.
33
Today, Vietnam is a _______country, and Korea is ____ into Communist and non-Communist nations.
Communist; joined together
Capitalist; joined together
Capitalist; split
Communist; split
34
Which powerful country backs and supports Mao Zedong, the Communist leader in northern China?
Great Britain
Soviet Union
United States
Germany
35
The U.S. and Soviet Union engaged in an “Arms Race”. What is the definition of an “Arms Race”?
A competition to make modern industrial machinery.
A race to manufacture the most planes.
A competition to make allies in third world countries.
Compete to make powerful weapons and incr. nuclear arsenal.
36
The Berlin Airlift began when?
The Soviets blocked Allied access to West Berlin
The British and French had a dispute over German Zones
West Berliners began fleeing into East Berlin
When America won WW2
37
What did the U.S. fear as a result of the Sputnik launch?
It could be used to launch nuclear weapons.
Sputnik would be used to spy on the U.S.
Used to monitor/collect information about the atmosphere.
All of the above.
38
How did the U.S. respond to the launch of Sputnik?
They started to build the Apollo program.
They panicked, but did nothing.
Pour money into science/tech. Launch satellite Explorer 1
They started to build the Gemini program.
39
Why did Gorbachev believe reforms were necessary in the Soviet Union when he became the new leader in 1985?
Soviet citizens were beginning to lose support/enthusiasm for communism.
Soviets tolerated poor standard of living compared to Western Europe/U.S.
Soviet state-run economy was performing very poorly and near collapse.
The Soviet nuclear program was running out of funding.
