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HMH Module 23
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1
Each side spied on one another, best describes which cold war strategy?
Multinational alliances
Foreign Aid
Espionage
Surrogate or Proxy Wars
2
What European country could receive aid through the Marshall Plan?
Anyone who opposed the USSR
Any country that needed it
only countries that shared a border with the iron Curtain
Any country that modeled after the US
3
The US and USSR fought indirectly by backing opposing sides in smaller conflicts best describe which cold war strategy?
Multinational alliances
Espionage
Surrogate or Proxy Wars
Foreign Aid
4
Two superpowers tried to win allies by giving financial aid to other nations best describes which cold war strategy?
Foreign Aid
Espionage
Surrogate or Proxy Wars
Multinational alliances
5
What was the point of disagreement between MacArthur and President Truman in Korea?
Whether or not to ask Soviets for aid
Use of nuclear weapon
Withdraw or not
whether or not to attack China
6
What was the impact of the Cuban Missle Crisis on Cuba?
Castro began to back Communist revolutions in S. America and Africa
The Soviets were able to build missile sites in Cuba
Left Castro dependent on Soviet support
Civil War weakened Cuba
7
This was the line that divided the Korean peninsula between North and South.
17th parallel
38th parallel
30th parallel
22nd parallel
8
This was Truman's support for countries who rejected Communism.
Marshall Plan
Brezhnev Doctrine
Truman Doctrine
Helsinki Accords
9
What are the 3 divisions within the United Nations?
Secretariat
Security Council
National Assembly
General Assembly
10
What was the Strategic Defense Initiative?
a program to weed out terrorist activity in the United States
a council created to create defense measures
a system to protect the US against enemy missiles
a failed operation to invade the Soviet Union
11
The philosophy of realpolitik is...
going to the brink of war to stop aggression
containing communisms spread
dealing with nations in a practical, flexible manner
lessening tensions that replaced brinkmanship
12
Eisenhower’s theory if one country in SE Asia fell Communism would create a chain reaction.
containment
Domino Theory
detente
brinkmanship
13
NATO was a defensive military alliance among western European nations, the US, and Canada.
True
False
14
The Iron Curtain came to represent the political division of north and south Korea.
False
True
15
What region is "behind the iron curtain?"
US and western Europe
GDR and East Germany
Soviet Union
Soviets and their satelitte nations
16
The conference that divided Germany into zones of control after WWII.
Potsdam Conference
Berlin Conference
Yalta Conference
Paris Conference
17
A cold war is a struggle over political differences.
False
True
18
Created in June 1945, international organization that was intended to protect its members.
League of Nations
League of Legends
SEATO
United Nations
19
Which of the following are true of Korea after the war?
remained divided, separated by the DMZ
The US kept troops in S. Korea
Communist N. Korea was ruled by Kim Jong Un
China took control of N. Korea
20
President Truman's policy that was meant to stop the expansion of Communism.
Containment
Realpolitik
Detente
Perenstroika
21
Which president increased defense spending putting economic and military pressure on the Soviets?
Nixon
Reagan
Truman
Carter
22
What was the Communist response to NATO?
UN
Potsdam Conference
Warsaw Pact
Second World
23
President Nixon's philosophy of realpolitik grew out of the policy of detente.
False
True
24
Which exiled leader led the religious opposition to Western influences in Iran?
Fidel Castro
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeini
Anastasio Somoza
25
What is directly associated with the shift from brinkmanship to detente?
NATO
SDI
SALT I Treaty
Arms Race
26
Who declared that Communism and Capitalism could not coexist in the same world?
Gorbachev
Khrushchev
Stalin
Brezhnev
27
This policy was to shift the burden of the war from America to the South Vietnamese.
Vietnamization
Americanization
Democraticzation
Communization
28
The U-2 incident lead to the invasion of Hungary to crush their revolt.
False
True
29
What was our major justification for most of our foreign policies in the Cold War?
Domino Theory
Vietnamization
Nonaligned nations
Desire to be strongest country
30
Who was the commander of UN forces during the Korean War?
Gen. Avery Bradley
Gen. Douglas MacArthur
Gen. Capt. Crunch
Gen. Matthew Ridgway
31
The leader of Communist forces in China was whom?
Jackie Chan
Chiang Ki Shek
Mao Zedong
Duc Phon Long
32
Mao used what group to lead his Cultural Revolution in Communist China?
The Brown Shirts
The Black Hand
The Vietcong
The Red Guard
33
How did Breznhev differ from Khruschev in their policies?
He worried more about Cuba
He was more repressive and banned dissent
They were very similar.
He wanted to bomb the US
34
What prevented a meeting between the US and the Soviets to discuss the buildup of arms on both sides?
U-2 incident
Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
Soviet launch of Sputnik
the Hungarian revolt
35
This was a Vietnamese Nationalist who turned to the Communists to help overthrow the French.
Ho Chi Minh
Dien Bien Phu
Mao Zedong
Ngo Dien Diem
36
What policy aimed to prevent the spread of communism by blocking Soviet influence?
Marshall Plan
Yalta agreement
Potsdam agreement
Helsinki Accords
37
What were the long-term
EFFECTS
of the Cultural Revolution?
widespread chaos that closed down factories and threatened farm production
establishment of communes where up to 25,000 people would live and work
creation of the Red Guard, who acted as military police for Mao Zedong
dangerous border disputes between Communist China and the Soviet Union
38
What was the name of the first satellite to be launched into space by any country?
Sputnik I
Apollo 1
Gemini
Challenger
39
Guerilla Group made of mainly pro communist S.Vietnamese who hated Diem.
Viet Cong
Sandinistas
ELO
Muhajideen
40
The goal of the Cultural Revolution was to establish a society of peasants and workers that were all equal.
False
True
41
U.S. led operation to overthrow Castro in Cuba in 1960.
Bay of Pigs
Bay of Pork
Bay of Guantanamo
Kalua Pig
42
Which agreement signed by Nixon and Brezhnev, limited intercontinental ballistic and submarine launched missiles?
SALT II
SALT I
ABM
U-2
43
Which of the following are true of the changes instituted by Leonoid Brezhnev in the Soviet Union?
Secret police arrested dissidents
increased government censorship
put down dissent in Eastern European countries
began to supply nuclear technologies to China