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Cold War - Exam questions for World History.
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What economic system was used to reshape China's economy after the civil war?
capitalism
communism
social democracy
laissez faire
2
Which of the following worked together to produce similar goals
detente and brinkmanship
Truman Doctrine and containment
Marshall Plan and the iron curtain
NATO and the Warsaw Pact
3
The US and Soviets had a dangerous standoff over the presence of Soviet missles in
Afghanistan
Iraq
Iran
Cuba
4
In 1979, The Soviet Union invaded
Iran
Turkey
Afghanistan
Iraq
5
Which of the following contributed to the breakdown of the alliance between the U.S. and USSR?
Stalin's unfulfilled promise of free elections
United States inclusion in Security Council
Stalin's promise to aid in the war against Japan
Stalin's nonagression pact with Hitler
6
Which European countries could receive aid through the Marshall Plan?
Any European country that needed it
First and Second World countries only
developing countries not aligned with the US or Soviet Union
countries aligned with the Soviet Union
7
During the Cold War, most Third World countries could have been accurately described as being
located in Eastern Europe
aligned with the United States
developing nations
established democracies
8
What was the purpose of theTruman Doctrine?
create a Communist party in the US
to judge political parties that favored communism
raise fund for Communist activities
to support countries that reject communism
9
Who were most of the Vietcong?
Anti-Communist North Vietnamese
pro-Communist South Vietnamese
pro-Communist North Vietnamese
anti-Communist South Vietnamese
10
The Bay of Pigs was a failed attempt to overthrow
Anastasio Somozoa
Fidel Castro
Fulgencio Batista
Mr. Saldana
11
Which exiled leader led the religious opposition to Western influnces in Iran?
Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeini
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
Fidel Castro
Anastasio Somoza
12
When did Chinese troops enter the war in Korea?
when the fighting neared China's border
when the UN voted to intervene
when N. Korean troops crossed the 38th parallel
when MacArthur's troops landed at Inchon
13
What idea justified the U.S. to get involved with foreign countries during the Cold War?
nonaligned nations
domino theory
Khmer rouge
Vietnamization
14
Islamic revolutionaries held 60 American hostages for over a year in
Afghanistan
Iraq
Iran
Turkey
15
What event increased U.S spending on education and technology?
Soviet launching of a space satellite (Sputnik)
Cuban missile crisis
establishment of the Warsaw Pact
Chinese-Soviet treaty of friendship
16
Name the alliance established by European Communist nations in response to NATO?
Iron Curtain
NEAT O
Warsaw Pact
Second World
17
What region describes as being "behind the iron curtain?"
Western Europe
Soviet Union and its satellite nations
Soviet Union
East Germany
18
Which two groups fought a civil war in China before and after WWII?
socialists and the nationalists
warlords and the emperor
peasants and the middle class
nationalist and the Communists
19
United States and the Soviet Union improved relations to avoid brinkmanship. This is called
friendship
disarmament
detente
destalinized
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During Korean War, what did President Truman and Douglas MacArthur disagree strongly about?
whether to attempt to cross the 38th parallel
the use of nuclear weapons
Whether China posed a threat to South Korea
American involvement
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Which leader won China's civil war, and what name did he give to the country?
the Dalai Lama; Tibet
Mao Zedong; People's Republic of China
Zhou Enlai; New China
Jiang Jieshi; Republic of China
