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1
The United States and the Soviet Union became rivals after World War II because _________.
the Marshall Plan failed to rebuild war-torn Europe.
the U.S. threatened to invade Soviet satellite states.
Communists and Western capitalists distrusted each other.
the Soviet Union began developing nuclear weapons
2
U.S. involvement in the Korean and Vietnam Wars were direct results of the ________.
Marshall Plan.
Truman Doctrine.
policy of containment.
policy of deterrence.
3
Marshall Plan supported U.S. belief that communism was only successful in countries that __.
were located close to the Soviet Union.
faced economic problems.
were devastated by World War II.
had no history of democracy.
4
The Cold War not only divided the United States and the Soviet Union but also divided Europe.
False
True
5
To stop the Soviet Union from delivering missiles to Cuba, Kennedy decided to ___________.
have Cuban exiles invade their homeland at the Bay of Pigs.
a naval blockade stopped the Soviets, averting nuclear war.
attacked the Soviets directly, but not use nuclear weapons.
invaded Cuba with U.S.forces, risking nuclear war.
6
What was the first area of conflict between Soviet and U.S. political ideals post World War II?
Eastern Europe
Korea
Vietnam
Turkey
7
Who led the communists to victory in the 1949 Chinese civil war?
Mao Zedong
Chiang Kai-shek
Ho Chi Minh
Deng Xiaoping
8
President Jimmy Carter protested the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan by ______________.
importing grain from the Soviet countries.
canceling U.S.participation in 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow.
reuniting Germany.
starting an arms race.
9
Which U.S. President is given credit by historians as the architect of the end of Soviet Union?
Bill Clinton
Ronald Reagan
George H. Bush
Richard Nixon
10
To keep people from fleeing the Communist East, the Soviets built the Berlin Blockade.
True
False
11
Reforms in the Soviet Union that began in 1989 eventually led to __________________.
the addition of several new republics to the Soviet Union.
the construction of the Berlin Wall.
a peaceful revolution in Germany.
reduction of the nuclear arms race.
12
Reforms in the Soviet Union began in 1989 under the Russian leader _________________.
Boris Yeltsin
Mikhail Gorbachev
Dmitry Medvedev
Vladimir Putin
13
Khrushchev agreed to remove the missiles from Cuba if the United States would _______.
remove missiles from Florida.
not invade Cuba.
stop the blockade of Cuba.
send aid to Cuba.
14
Mikhail Gorbachev led a revolution in Cuba and took over the government.
True
False
15
As a direct result of WWII ______________________.
Germany was divided into East and West.
the Soviet Union and theUnited States became rivals.
China became a communist state.
France took control of Vietnam.
16
The Soviet Union prepared to use nuclear weapons against the U.S., if the U.S. invaded Cuba.
True
False
17
WWII left European countries forced to align with either the United States due to ___________.
the U.S. and the Soviet Union making global decisions.
a political rift within the countries in continental Europe.
conflict between communists and capitalists.
a devastated Europe not having any real power of its own.
18
Due to U.S. Domino Theory, it became necessary for us to become involved in the Vietnam War.
False
True
19
Massive Retaliation led the Soviets and the U.S. to build a stockpile of massive weapons.
False
True
20
After WWII, the United States and the Soviet Union ______________________
became fierce rivals due to conflicting political beliefs.
formed NATO.
agreed to work with each other so another war did not occur.
fought each other directly.
21
West Berlin was ___________________.
a city entirely surrounded by East German territory.
a city entirely surrounded by West German territory.
divided into two sectors at the border of East/West Germany.
divided into French,British, American, and Soviet sectors.
22
U.S. policy of containment was established to stop communism from spreading to other countries.
True
False
23
The Soviet Union and the U.S. were in an Arms Race when using substitutes to fight each other.
True
False
24
"Domino Theory" proposed that if one country fell to communism, neighbor countries would fall.
True
False
25
The U.S. government believed that if they lost South Vietnam to communism _____________.
U.S. citizens would turn against the war.
North Vietnam would become communist too.
other Asian countries would also fall to communism.
other Asian countries would come to aid South Vietnam.
26
The purpose of Mao’s Great Leap Forward program was to _______________.
allow more people to work in industry.
increase what the government said to individuals.
encourage workers to start new businesses.
force more people to farm private plots of land.
27
The United States sent troops to Vietnam to ________________.
stop the south from controlling the north.
gain the support of the American public.
stop the north from controlling the south.
drive the French out of Vietnam.
28
Mao’s Great Leap Forward program attempted to better the Chinese economy, but failed miserably.
True
False
29
The Cold War developed between the U. S. and the Soviet Union, after the end of WWI in 1945.
False
True
30
During the Cold War, which Soviet leader relaxed tensions with the West?
Gorbachev
Stalin
Khrushchev
Brezhnev
31
The Berlin Wall was erected in order to __________________________.
prevent the spread of communism.
stop the flow of refugees from East Germany.
retaliate against U.S.aggression.
protect Soviet military supplies.
32
U.S. felt Cuba was a threat. Cuban exiles informed them that the USSR had placed what there?
Radar Stations
Nuclear Missiles
Nuclear Submarines
Undercover Spies
