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Unit VI: the Cold War
Unit VI: the Cold War
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Review for the Cold War unit.
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1
The Warsaw Pact sought to...
create an alliance between the USSR and E. European nations.
plan for the reduction of nuclear weapons in Europe.
provide economic assistance to Polish Jews after WWII.
prevent Soviet expansion into Poland and Denmark.
2
The Marshall Plan was designed to...
develop a military strategy for the defense of Canada.
restore the economic stability of European nations.
make western nations stronger than those under USSR control.
prevent Soviet involvement in Angola.
3
China became involved in the Korean War because...
U.S. forces invaded North Korea.
China and the U.S. were allied against the Soviet Union.
Taiwan supported South Korea.
Soviet forces invaded South Korea.
4
The U.S. and Great Britain believed that the liberated nations of Eastern Europe should...
become mandates of the Allies.
restore their prewar monarchies.
join the Soviet Union.
hold free elections to determine their futures.
5
The Little Red Book described...
Deng’s response to the massacre in Tiananmen Square.
Deng Xiaoping’s policy on the Four Modernizations.
Chiang Kai-shek’s plan to restore communism to China.
Mao Zedong’s plans to create a proletarian culture.
6
After the death of Stalin, ____________________ became the chief Soviet policymaker.
Nikita Khrushchev
Vladimir Lenin
7
By 1980, the Soviet Union was ailing from all of the following causes EXCEPT one. Which one?
rising infant mortality.
too many political reforms.
poor working conditions.
a declining economy.
8
The U.S. senator responsible for the anti-Communist movement known as the “Red Scare” was...
Lester Pearson.
Joseph McCarthy.
Earl Warren.
Barry Goldwater.
9
The major rivals in the Cold War were...
Britain and France
Germany and Italy
China and Japan.
the United States and the Soviet Union.
10
U.S. fears about the spread of communism were increased when ____ became Communist in 1949.
South Korea
East Germany
China
Yugoslavia
11
In America in the 1960s, people were protesting the ____________________ War.
Vietnam War
Korean War
12
To stem Soviet aggression in the East, the Allies created a military pact called _____________.
NATO
SEATO
13
The Berlin Wall was built in order to...
prevent East Germans from defecting to West Germany.
stop the flow of supplies from West Germany to West Berlin.
prevent the smuggling of arms to anti-Soviet forces.
prevent food from entering Poland.
14
One effect of the Cold War was...
widespread fighting.
an outbreak of civil wars.
increased political tension worldwide.
the founding of the United Nations.
15
Which American President told Mr. Gorbachev to, "Tear down this wall?"
Bill Clinton
Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
George H.W. Bush
16
The 38th parallel marked the boundary between...
China and Taiwan.
China and North Korea.
China and the Soviet Union.
North Korea and South Korea.
17
The Four Modernizations policy advocated by Deng Xiaoping focused on developments in...
industry, agriculture, technology, and defense.
industry, agriculture, politics, and art.
industry, agriculture, politics, and technology.
politics, industry, agriculture, and technology.
18
Which of the following nations joined the NATO alliance several years after it was founded?
Albania
Italy
Turkey
Poland
19
Who was the animated character from the "Duck and Cover" Video?
Tom the Tiger
Bert the Turtle
Harvey the Hermit-Crab
Bob Square-Pants the Sponge
20
Which of the following nations was a member of the Warsaw Pact?
Yugoslavia
China
Poland
Monaco
21
Name this Soviet Leader.
Mikhail Gorbachev
Joseph Stalin
Nikita Khrushchev
Leonid Brezhnev
22
Who was the first Supreme Leader of North Korea?
Kim Jong-Un
Kim Il-Sung
Ho Chi Minh
Mao Zedong
23
Name this Soviet Leader.
Leonid Brezhnev
Nikita Khrushchev
Mikhail Gorbachev
Joseph Stalin
24
One of the following statements is NOT true. Which one?
Use of nuclear weapons by terrorists is a growing concern.
A regional nuclear war is not possible today.
Nuclear weapons spread after the end of the Cold War.
The end of the Cold War reduced risk of nuclear conflict.
25
Which Communist nation remained independent of Soviet control?
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Greece
Romania
26
The “Four Olds” attacked by the Red Guards were...
old ideas, old culture, old customs, old habits.
old family, old religion, old customs, old weapons.
old religious beliefs, old culture, old people, old ideas.
old religion, old economic policy, old customs, old habits.
27
Where did the worst nuclear accident in history occur in 1986?
Chernobyl
Kyshtym
Fukushima
Three Mile Island
28
The Great Leap Forward was a plan to...
take large estates from wealthy and give them to Koreans.
combine Chinese collective farms into larger communes.
reunite Communist China with Taiwan.
unite North and South Korea under a democratic government.
29
Berlin, which was located deep inside the Soviet zone of a postwar divided Germany, was...
made into a separate new country.
itself divided into four zones.
occupied exclusively by the Allies.
occupied exclusively by the USSR.
30
Name this Soviet Leader.
Leonid Brezhnev
Joseph Stalin
Mikhail Gorbachev
Nikita Khrushchev
31
The Tiananmen Square demonstrations took place in the Chinese city of...
Taipei.
Singapore.
Beijing.
Shanghai.
32
Which of the following nations was NOT an original member of NATO?
Spain
Belgium
Denmark
Italy
33
____________________ refers to the process of eliminating the more ruthless policies of Stalin.
Perestroika
De-Stalinization
34
What was the name of the chemical used during the Vietnam War that caused severe health problems that still persist?
McDonald's Chicken Nuggets
Napalm
Agent Orange
Purple Rain
35
____________ was the leader of the Cuban Revolution and established Cuba as a communist nation.
Fidel Castro
Juan Peron
36
The “Bay of Pigs” refers to...
a U.S. attempt to overthrow the Cuban government.
the USSR's attempt to install nuclear weapons in Haiti.
the Russian resort city.
the Soviet Union’s invasion of Hungary.
37
Gorbachev soon realized that economic reform would not succeed without...
a Five-Year Plan.
political reform.
destroying the United States.
tractors.
38
Truman Doctrine stated that the U.S. would provide ____ to nations threatened by Communism.
communication technology.
jeeps.
political support in the United States.
money.
39
In political history, the term “détente” refers to...
improved relations between the U.S. and the USSR in the 70s.
U.S. foreign policy relating to USSR during the Korean War.
the East German movement to have the Berlin Wall removed.
U.S. foreign policies relating to the Vietnam War.
40
When the Soviet Union launched the Sputnik I satellite in 1957, many Americans feared that...
the USSR would become the first to place astronauts on Mars.
the USSR was ahead of the U.S. in the creation of missiles.
the USSR could now use satellites to bomb the United States.
the USSR could steal secrets from American businesses.
41
After the Four Modernizations, many Chinese people believed that advances were still needed in
culture.
democracy.
sports.
industry.
42
The Korean War involved all of the following EXCEPT...
Russian support for North Korea.
UN forces led by the United States invading North Korea.
attempts to restore Japanese control of Korea.
Chinese support for North Korea.
43
Nickname of the USA's Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) in which 'lasers" would be used to shoot down Soviet missles.
Star Wars
Gaurdian of the Galaxy
Sputnik
Alan Parons Project
44
To stop the spread of communism, the United States adopted a policy toward the Soviet Union of
foreign aid.
appeasement.
guaranteed protection.
containment.
45
Name this Soviet Leader.
Mikhail Gorbachev
Leonid Brezhnev
Joseph Stalin
Nikita Khrushchev
