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