Europe and North America -1945
All of the following are results of the U.S.-Soviet rivalry during the Cold War except
Creation of Israel
What led to the Test Ban Treaty?
Cuban Missile Crisis
One reason revolution spread across Eastern Europe in 1989 was that
Gorbachev loosened Soviet control
As a result of the Truman Doctrine, the U.S. Congress agreed to send hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to
Greece and Turkey
Since the end of the Cold War, the United States has been primarily involved in conflicts in
Middle East
Which Allied country received the largest share of German reparations after World War II?
Soviet Union
The Cold War ended when
The Soviet Union collapsed
One effect of the arms race was
an ever-present threat of nuclear war
Which of the following did Winston Churchill use as an image to describe the division of Europe?
an iron curtain
What helped drive the tremendous growth of the U.S. economy after World War II?
consumer spending
In 1957 six European nations founded the European Economic Community in order to
eliminate trade barriers and unify economic policies
The goal of the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty was to
ensure each side remained vulnerable to the other's nuclear weapons
What caused the breakup of Yugoslavia in the 1990s?
ethnic tensions coupled with a weakening government
Soviets blocked land, rail, and water routes into West Berlin in 1948 in order to
force the West to leave Berlin
Nations that refused to take sides in the rivalry between superpowers in the 1950s were called
nonaligned nations
The United States was alarmed by Soviet control of Eastern Europe at the end of World War II because
officials believed Soviet expansion would not stop at Eastern Europe.
The end of communism and the introduction of market reforms in Eastern Europe has led to
rising immigration from Eastern Europe to Western Europe
One reason Western Europe made a rapid recovery from World War II was because
the United States provided massive economic aid
The United States experienced a severe economic slowdown in the 1970s because
the cost of energy dramatically increased
The U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 was based on the belief that
the country possessed chemical and biological weapons
With the development of nuclear weapons, the Soviet Union and the United States based their defense strategies on
the principle of deterrence
Soviet leaders wanted to control Eastern Europe after World War II because
they wanted a buffer zone of friendly governments to protect against attack
What was the goal of the United States when it went to war in Korea?
to contain Communist expansion
What was the goal of the Truman Doctrine?
to prevent the spread of communism
Why did President Kennedy favor the Test Ban Treaty?
to slow the development of new and more deadly weapons