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

on the eastern side of the iron curtain

All of the following are true statement about the Yalta Conference in February of 1945 EXCEPT:

The “Big Three” included Stalin, Churchill and Hitler.

The Soviets blockaded West Berlin in an effort to prevent

Marshall Plan aid to West Berlin

The Strategic Defensive Initiative, “Star Wars”, was designed to:

Protect Americans against enemy missiles

Which of the following events occurred FIRST?

The Soviet Union launches the satellite, SPUTNIK, into space

The Bay of Pigs was the name given to

an unsuccessful invasion of Cuba by the U.S.

The goal of the policy of Vietnamization was to

allow an American withdrawal from Vietnam

The Truman Doctrine was designed to:

contain the spread of communism

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 phrase “iron curtain” refers to:

Division between Western Europe and Communist Eastern Europe

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

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U9: Cold War

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1
The 1947 plan to aide Europe which was devised by the U.S. Secretary of State is knowns as:
European Economic Aid Plan
Marshall Plan
“Help Europe” Plan
US Foreign Aid Policy
2
The areas described as being the Soviet Union’s “satellites” were all located
on the eastern side of the iron curtain
on the Balkan Peninsula
in Southeast Asia
in the Third World
3
The Cold War can be described as a struggle between
Democracy & Fascism
Communism & Socialism
Aristocracies & Monarchies
Democracy & Communism
4
A term of hostility between the US and the Soviet Union in the decades following World War II.
Cold War
Iron Curtain
Brinkmanship
Korean War
5
All of the following are true statement about the Yalta Conference in February of 1945 EXCEPT:
Stalin will allow free elections in Eastern Europe
The “Big Three” included Stalin, Churchill and Hitler.
Plans were made for the creation of the United Nations
Postwar Europe and the division of Germany were discussed
6
The Soviet Union and several other communist nations formed this rival alliance to NATO.
U.S.S.R.
Iron Curtain Club
East Alliance
Warsaw Pact
7
The Soviets blockaded West Berlin in an effort to prevent
U.S. spy flights over Soviet territory
the formation of NATO
reunification of Germany
Marshall Plan aid to West Berlin
8
The two new superpowers after World War II were:
North Korea and North Vietnam
China and Japan
USA and USSR
Italy and Germany
9
The Strategic Defensive Initiative, “Star Wars”, was designed to:
Protect Americans against enemy missiles
Promote further space exploration
Limit space exploration to unmanned missions
Further Russian-American collaboration
10
Which of the following events occurred FIRST?
The Soviet Union launches the satellite, SPUTNIK, into space
The U.S. successfully lands an astronaut on the moon.
The first American orbits the earth.
Russian cosmonauts spend 366 days on MIR space station
11
The policy of détente was mainly intended to
stop communism
call world attention to abuses of human rights
solidify U.S. relations with its economic allies
reduce Cold War tensions
12
After WWII, Korea was divided between the communist North and the non-communist South at the:
Western Front
Line of Demarcation
17th Parallel
38th Parallel
13
The Bay of Pigs was the name given to
an unsuccessful invasion of Cuba by the U.S.
a conflict over Cuba’s strong desire for a capitalist system
Cuba’s attempted nuclear attack on the U.S.
an unsuccessful revolution in Cuba led by Fidel Castro
14
When the US and the USSR refuse to become involved in direct military conflict with eachother
War of expansion
UN Peace keepers War
War of attrition
Proxy war
15
The goal of the policy of Vietnamization was to
defeat Communists in Vietnam
allow an American withdrawal from Vietnam
unify North & South Vietnam
increase American involvement in Vietnam
16
In an effort to stop the spread of communism, Harry S. Truman adopted a foreign policy known as
Appeasement
Isolationism
Containment
Détente
17
All of the following were U.S. attempts to stop the spread of communism EXCEPT
the Marshall Plan
the policy of containment
the Truman Doctrine
the Iron Curtain
18
In 1949, under the leadership of Mao Zedong, China became
a democracy
a monarchy
a U.S. colony
communist
19
The Truman Doctrine was designed to:
contain the spread of communism
build satellites and space shuttles
create an alliance with the Soviet Union
create funds to build nuclear weapons
20
The United States in the Vietnam and the Soviet Union’s in Afghanistan were motivated mainly by
support governments that would remain strong allies
establish independent nation-states in the regions
stop the expansion of Japan into the Middle East
exploit the mineral resources of the regions
21
The phrase “iron curtain” refers to:
the Nazi concentration camps
A flu epidemic that killed millions of people during WWII
the building of the Great Wall of China to protect China
Division between Western Europe and Communist Eastern Europe
22
this was the idea that if one nation fell to communism so would its neighbors.
containment
Vietnamization
collectivization
domino theory
23
Which statement best describes most Eastern European countries immediately after WWII?
The adopted democratic reforms in their political systems
the capitalist economy helps them to emerge as a superpower
Buffer zone by the U.S.S.R. to protect Soviet borders.
They became dependent on aid provided by the Marshall Plan
24
Nikita Khrushchev is remembered for his policy of destalinization, which
Purged the country of Stalin’s memory
All of the above
Renamed various cities and landmarks after Stalin
Emphasized the memory of Stalin in positive terms

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