GISH - Ch 18 Cold War Test Review

Question 1

_______ shared the common goal of rebuilding Europe for resources and markets

Accepted Answer

Soviet Union and United States

Question 2

U.S. and U.S.S.R launched massive military assaults against each other during the Cold War era.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 3

A demilitarized (no-fire) zone was established between North and South Korea in 1953.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 4

Berlin Airlift is a response to _________

Accepted Answer

Berlin Wall

Question 5

United States supported the nationalists during the Chinese Civil War.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 6

In a capitalist system,

Accepted Answer

private citizens control economic activity

Question 7

Truman fired MacArthur because

Accepted Answer

MacArthur kept pushing for invading China

Question 8

The Cold War is the power struggle between

Accepted Answer

United States and Soviet Union

Question 9

HUAC concentrated on looking for communists in the movie industry.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 10

_____is the water between Manchuria (in Northern China) and Korea

Accepted Answer

Yalu River

Question 11

______delivered the famous speech “Iron Curtain” during the visit at a university in Missouri.

Accepted Answer

Britain Prime Minister Winston Churchill

Question 12

___was the military alliance that linked seven Soviet Union with 7 Eastern European countries

Accepted Answer

Warsaw Pack

Question 13

Soviet Union resented United States for keeping h-bombs a secret during the WWII.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 14

UN called 17 troops, led by General MacArthur, assisted _____during the Korean Civil War

Accepted Answer

South Korea

Question 15

The ___­­____appeared to be winning the Korean War until China entered the conflict

Accepted Answer

South Korea

Question 16

_________divides Korea in half

Accepted Answer

38th parallel

Question 17

_____= is best known for investigating communism in the film industry

Accepted Answer

HUAC

Question 18

The rationale behind the Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan is__________

Accepted Answer

To prevent the spread of Communism

Question 19

An armistice was established in 1953 for the Korean War because _________suggested cease-fire

Accepted Answer

Soviet Union

Question 20

____________is the peacekeeping body of nations established after the WWII

Accepted Answer

UN

Question 21

HUAC ‘s purpose is to look for communists both inside and outside of the government

Accepted Answer

True

Question 22

The _______won the Chinese Civil War and established the People’s Republic of China

Accepted Answer

Communist

Question 23

Soviet Union is a communist country

Accepted Answer

True

Question 24

_______ is the leader of Soviet Union after the death of Stalin in 1953

Accepted Answer

Khrushchev

Question 25

"Iron Curtain” refers to _______________

Accepted Answer

The different political and economic systems in US and USSR

Question 26

______is a group of people who subjected to Joseph McCarty’s “witch hunt”

Accepted Answer

Communists in the U.S. Government

Question 27

In 1949, the communists lost the Chinese civil war and fled to Taiwan.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 28

Soviet Union sent the satellite into space before United States

Accepted Answer

True

Question 29

Containment Policy was successfully executed in Asia during the Cold War era.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 30

Many Americans felt threatened by the rise of communist governments in Europe/Asia.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 31

American public condemned McCarthyism as soon as it gained prevalence.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 32

The Soviet Union did not vote to defend South Korea at the UN Security Council because

Accepted Answer

Soviet boycotted the UN because presence of Taiwan

Question 33

United States refused to help Hungary break free of Soviet control because_________

Accepted Answer

Con. policy didn't extend to USSR satellite nations.

Question 34

United States has a capitalist economy.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 35

_______ is the leader of the communist party in China in 1949

Accepted Answer

Mao Zedong

Question 36

Brinkmanship policy was designed to

Accepted Answer

Support the use of nuclear weapons

Question 37

After losing the Chinese civil war, the nationalists fled to

Accepted Answer

Taiwan

Question 38

Joseph McCarthy produced persuasive evidence to support his charges.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 39

___ is not the reason Soviet Union resented United States during the Cold War.

Accepted Answer

US approved only half of the reparation

Question 40

United States helped Hungarian uprising by sending military/economic aids to Hungary.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 41

MacArthur urged Truman to allow troops invading China but Truman refused because

Accepted Answer

might evoke WWIII

Question 42

Alger Hiss was accused of spying for Soviet Union.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 43

United States helped the Nationalists during the Chinese Civil War by _______

Accepted Answer

Providing economic and military aids

Question 44

__________occupied post WWII Germany

Accepted Answer

United Sates, Soviet Union, Britain, France

Question 45

Truman Doctrine and Eisenhower Doctrine successfully stopped the spread of communism.

Accepted Answer

False

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