The Marshall Plan was designed to contain communism by providing:

Funds for European nations in economic recovery

How did the Soviet Union respond to challenges of control in the 1950s & 1960s

Imposing prompt and severe repression

In the Soviet Union, a negative aspect of the Cold War Era was the:

high cost of maintaining the arms race

What is the Truman Doctrine?

Anti-communist financial aid to Greece and Turkey

Nonaligned nations believed they should:

Be independent from the superpowers

Why was the Berlin Wall built in 1961?

Keep East and West Berlin separate

Which nations were Soviet Union satellites?

Poland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria

Why was a major reason the Soviet Union successful in Eastern Europe after WWII?

Military forces occupied Eastern Europe after WWII

The Iron Curtain refers to:

An imaginary boundary between East and West Europe

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1
Which headline concerning the Soviet Union refers to a Cold War event?
“Trotsky Forms Red Army"
“Germany Invades USSR”
“Warsaw Pact Formed”
“Yeltsin Assumes Power”
2
The Marshall Plan was designed to contain communism by providing:
Funds for European nations in economic recovery
Produce nuclear weapons in Western Europre
Government housing
Military assistance in Asia
3
How did the Soviet Union respond to challenges of control in the 1950s & 1960s
Allowing free elections, when necessary
Granting independence to its satellite nations
Obtaining United Nations assistance
Imposing prompt and severe repression
4
Why were the Soviet Union and the United States reluctant to have a direct conflict?
Tension in the Middle East
Allies who wanted to avoid another world war
Nuclear War
World peace
5
In the Soviet Union, a negative aspect of the Cold War Era was the:
development of effective means of international cooperation
high cost of maintaining the arms race
attempt to preserve democratic ideals
development of peaceful uses for modern technology
6
The economic policies of the Soviet Union traditionally emphasized the production of:
Building materials for luxury housing
Consumer goods
Automobiles for export
Heavy industrial goods
7
What is the Truman Doctrine?
Anti-communist financial aid to Greece and Turkey
Aid to Western Europe post WWII
Air drop of supplies to blockaded nations
Aid Soviet Union to rebuild after WWII
8
What were satellite nations used for?
Spy on US
Buffer zone
Unify Europe
Establish Democracy
9
What was the function of the United Nations?
Economic assistance
Agricultural research
Unifying Europe after WWII
Global peacekeeping
10
Nonaligned nations believed they should:
Be independent from the superpowers
Form a nonaligned nations pact
Reject the United Nation
Limit trade to other nonaligned nations
11
Why was the Berlin Wall built in 1961?
To help rebuild Berlin after WWII
To celebrate the unification of East and West Germany
The United States wanted to contain communism
Keep East and West Berlin separate
12
Who was an ally of the Soviet Union, that was off the coast of the US?
Mexico
Dominican Republic
Cuba
Panama
13
What is the imaginary line that divides Western and Eastern Europe?
Berlin Wall
Line of communism
0 Degrees Longitute
Iron Curtain
14
What did the Great Wall of China and the Berlin Wall have in common?
Contain movement of peoples
Stop illegal drug smuggling
Contain the spread of communism
Keep outside attackers out
15
What is an example of containment?
Blockade of Cuba
Tet Offensive
Launch of Sputnik
Potsdam Conference
16
Which nations were Soviet Union satellites?
Belgium, Netherlands, Sweden
Turkey, Austria, Switzerland
Spain, Portugal, France
Poland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria
17
What was the purpose of NATO and the Warsaw Pact
Military alliance
Promote capitalism
Encourage religious practice
Aid the poor and hungry
18
Where did the Korean War end?
35th Parallel
36 Parallel
40th Parallel
38th Parallel
19
Why was a major reason the Soviet Union successful in Eastern Europe after WWII?
Western Europeans feared that Nazism would come back
Military forces occupied Eastern Europe after WWII
Eastern Europeans accepted the doctrine of Pan-Slavism
the democracies of Western Europe needed greater security
20
What was the purpose of the formation of NATO?
To support the blockade of Berlin
To strengthen communist government
To control European trade
To resist Soviet agrression
21
What happened to Germany's after the division into East and West Germany?
The Nazi Party was restored
Uneven economic development
Immigration was outlawed in West Germany
It was all communist
22
What Cold War event does this cartoon depict?
Building of theBerlin Wall
Vietnam War
Cuban Missile Crisis
Bay of Pigs Invasion
23
The Korean War and Vietnam War are examples of a(n):
Total War
Proxy War
Direct war between US and Soviet Union
Nuclear War
24
The Iron Curtain refers to:
Physical wall between East and West Europe
Border between France and Germany
No-fly zone over Eastern Europe
An imaginary boundary between East and West Europe
25
The Warsaw Pact is like:
United Nations
USSR
League of Nations
NATO

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