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Module 23: Cold War Conflicts Review
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1
Which powerful country backs and supports Jiang Jieshi, leader in Nationalist S. China?
Soviet Union
Poland
United States
Czechoslovakia
2
What was the Berlin Airlift?
Removal of Soviet refugees from Germany.
Operation where US &UK forces sent food/supplies to the people in Berlin
A battle during World War II
Taking planes out of the city of Berlin because it was too powerful
3
What two countries emerged from WWII as superpowers?
Czechoslovakia and Germany
United States and Poland
United States and Soviet Union
Great Britain and Japan
4
What were the results of Mao’s Great Leap Forward in China?
It had reduced the peasants’ incentive to work hard.
Crop failures killed about 20 million people.
All of these answers are correct.
Resulted in poor planning and inefficiency of resources.
5
Détente refers to:
Lessening Cold War tensions.
Strengthening the policy of containment.
Increase of funding towards the Marshall Plan.
Building the supply of nuclear weapons.
6
The U.S. and Soviet Union engaged in an “Arms Race”. What is the definition of an “Arms Race”?
A competition to make modern industrial machinery.
A race to manufacture the most planes.
Compete to make powerful weapons and incr. nuclear arsenal.
A competition to make allies in third world countries.
7
What were the results of the Cultural Revolution in China?
More factories were built and production soared.
Chaos caused a threat to farm production.
Thousands were executed, imprisoned and tortured.
Mao became the most beloved leader in history.
8
What was significant about major agreements such as SALT and the Helsinki Accords in the 1970s?
Agreed to cooperate with each other and commit to détente.
It meant countries would no longer send satellites to space.
Signing countries agreed to remain neutral in the Cold War.
The countries that signed it refused to engage in détente.
9
Why did Vietcong start to gain power and support in non-Communist South Vietnam?
Kim Il Sung refused to send support to the South Vietnamese.
The Red Guard spread propaganda to increase support.
Ngo Dinh Diem dictator people were growing more upset with.
The Vietcong started torturing the peasants to gain support.
10
What is the primary reason that the U.S. funded Batista in Cuba and Somoza in Nicaragua?
Prevent the countries from becoming Communist.
Help countries stay nonaligned.
Allow the countries to educate their populations.
Give the countries a chance to build a nuclear arsenal.
11
What is the term for the dividing line between North and South Korea?
38th Parallel
Korean Wall
Iron Curtain
The Great Divide
12
Early in the Space Race, what country was leading the way in terms of success in space travel?
Great Britain
China
United States
Soviet Union
13
Identify the Communist leader in North Vietnam.
Kim Jong Un
Ngo Dinh Diem
Syghman Rhee
Ho Chi Minh
14
Identify the name of the first satellite to be launched into space by any country.
Apollo 1
U-2
Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
Sputnik
15
Today, Vietnam is a _______country, and Korea is ____ into Communist and non-Communist nations.
Capitalist; split
Communist; joined together
Communist; split
Capitalist; joined together
16
Which of the following accurately describes one reason for the collapse of the Soviet Union?
Nations protesting Soviet rule and declaring independence.
New leaders that allowed satellite countries more autonomy.
NATO invading Eastern Europe.
Betrayal of Communist China.
17
U.S. policies to provide assistance to countries in Europe to combat the spread of Communism?
Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan
Great Leap Forward and Cultural Revolution
Yalta Agreement and Helsinki Accords
SALT and SDI
18
Why did Mao Zedong’s victory in China fuel U.S. anti-Communist feelings?
Mao Zedong started to implement a plan to take over the U.S.
U.S. believed it Communism was losing power.
U.S. fear Communism was going to continue to spread in Asia.
SP refused to have any communication after defeat in China.
19
What is one way that Stalin broke a promise that was made at the Yalta Conference?
Wouldn’t allow Eastern European countries free elections.
He wouldn’t allow Germany to rebuild urban areas.
Wouldn’t allow Eastern Euro. countries house Allied forces.
Wouldn’t allow Germany divided into zones of occupation.
20
Fear that if one Asian nation fell to Communism they all would fall to Communism.
Mutually Assured Destruction
Domino Theory
Marshall Plan
Vietnamization
21
Which of the following refers to a group of warriors who fought against the Soviet-supported government in Afghanistan?
All of these.
PLO
Mujahideen
Viet Cong
22
How did the U.S. respond to the launch of Sputnik?
They started to build the Gemini program.
Pour money into science/tech. Launch satellite Explorer 1
They panicked, but did nothing.
They started to build the Apollo program.
23
What was the significance of the Berlin Wall?
Prevented the smuggling of arms to anti-Soviet forces.
Protected Soviet Union from invasion by the U.S. until 1989.
Prevented East Germans from defecting(leaving) to West Germany.
Protected Western Europe from Soviet invasion.
24
What was the purpose of the Bay of Pigs Invasion?
Overthrow Castro regime and maintain American power/influence in Cuba.
Spread vital supplies and resources to Latin American countries.
Soviets attempt to overthrow Mao Zedong in China and spread communism.
To overthrow Stalin's regime in the USSR.
25
Soviet Leader employed policies of Perestroika and Glastnost in the 1980's.
Khrushchev
Brezhnev
Stalin
Gorbachev
26
What was the significance of the Berlin Airlift?
Showed that the Allies forgave the Germans for WWII
Demonstrated US resisting the spread of Communism.
It was the closest that the superpowers came to actual, direct fighting.
America tried to remove all remaining air supplies/technology from Germany.
27
Major reason for tension between SP. Leads to battle for power and influence throughout world?
Monarchy vs. Dictatorship
Socialism vs. Democracy
Capitalism vs. Communism
Marxism vs. Communism
28
Why is it called the Cold War?
It never resulted in any direct military combat.
It revolved around direct military combat between both sides
America was still recovering from the effects of WWII.
Soviet Union was unwilling to get involved in any conflict.
29
What was the purpose of Gorbachev's policies of Glasnost and Perestroika?
Disband all communist policies throughout the Soviet Union.
Provide social/economic reform results in increased level openness/freedom.
Increase military spending by 50% to prepare for full scale war with China.
Eliminate/arrest his opponents ensuring he would win reelection.
30
What did Churchill’s phrase
iron curtain
come to mean?
Europe was forever changed by the Nazi regime.
Europe would need a continued military presence for decades.
Europe still has Allied and Axis powers after the war.
Europe divided between democratic and Communist countries.
31
The Berlin Airlift began when?
The British and French had a dispute over German Zones
The Soviets blocked Allied access to West Berlin
When America won WW2
West Berliners began fleeing into East Berlin
32
Imperialism led to Vietnam War because Vietnamese nationalists wanted independence from ______.
France
Germany
Great Britain
Italy
33
What was the foreign policy of the US under the leadership of President Richard Nixon?
Increased military spending & placed pressure on Soviets.
Diplomatic and lessened tension with Soviet Union and China.
Adopted ideas of perestroika and glasnost from Soviet Union.
Remained much the same as under the Lyndon Johnson rule.
34
Iran/Iraq went to war with each other. U.S._______, to maintain balance of power in region.
Refused to fund either Iran or Iraq.
Funded both Iran and Iraq
Funded Iraq
Funded Iran
35
Which powerful country backs and supports Mao Zedong, the Communist leader in northern China?
Great Britain
United States
Soviet Union
Germany
36
What did the U.S. fear as a result of the Sputnik launch?
Used to monitor/collect information about the atmosphere.
It could be used to launch nuclear weapons.
All of these.
Sputnik would be used to spy on the U.S.
37
Why did Gorbachev believe reforms were necessary in the Soviet Union when he became the new leader in 1985?
Soviets tolerated poor standard of living compared to Western Europe/U.S.
The Soviet nuclear program was running out of funding.
Soviet state-run economy was performing very poorly and near collapse.
Soviet citizens were beginning to lose support/enthusiasm for communism.
38
When Khrushchev came to power, he aimed to purge SU of Stalin’s memory. This policy was ____.
Destalinization
Restoration
The Great Reformation
Vietnamization
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Int. organization created after WWII to protect members from aggression/promote social progress
Warsaw Pact
United Nations
Marshall Plan
NAFTA
