MWS Semester 2 Unit 1 Test Review

What step did Japan NOT take to become a democratic nation after World War II?

Establishing its right to make war and maintain a military

What type of government does South Korea have?

Democracy

What was Japan's political transformation after World War II?

Empire to parliamentary democracy

What is the best definition of a superpower?

A country that influences events with its military and economic power

What was the Great Leap Forward designed to do in China?

Achieve rapid industrialization of the Chinese economy

What was one part of Japan's post war transformation?

Adopting a new constitution

What describes the relationship between the United States and Cuba before 1959?

Americans had played an active role in the economy and politics of Cuba

What was NATO?

An organization of U.S., France, Britain, Canada to help prevent Soviet attacks

What type of government does North Korea have?

Communist

What step was not part of Japan's post-war transformation?

Giving the emperor more political power

How did Fidel Castro become the leader of Cuba?

He overthrew the dictator in a revolution

Why did Mao start the Cultural Revolution?

He wanted to speed up change and eliminate Western, capitalist influence

How did Americans feel after the Bay of Pigs invasion?

Humiliated

What effect did the Warsaw Pact and NATO have on the Cold War?

It made both communist and capitalist nations consider what they did because they were worried that they might start a war.

Who would be most likely to agree with the following statement? "A revolution is no picnic. We must eliminate capitalism and imperialism even if thousands have to sacrifice their lives."

Mao Zedong

Why did a great rift develop between China and the Soviet Union after Nikita Khrushchev assumed power?

Mao strongly objected to Khrushcev's policy of peaceful coexistence with capitalist nations

What catastrophe did Kennedy and Khrushchev avoid during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

Nuclear war

What country would have been "behind the Iron Curtain" during the Cold War?

Poland

What was the original purpose of NATO?

Provide a defense pact against possible Soviet attacks

What was the Warsaw Pact?

Soviets attempt to protect itself with a treaty like NATO. Built out of Russia and Poland

What was NOT one of the major causes of the Cold War?

Soviets built the Berlin Wall

What was John F. Kennedy the president of the United States during?

The Cuban Missile Crisis and the Bay of Pigs

Why did the Soviets think that Western nations might invade the Soviet Union after World War II?

The Soviet Union had been invaded by Napoleon and the Germans

What was the basic reason for the Cold War?

There was a fear and mistrust between the Western Allies and the Soviet Union

Which of the following was NOT one of the goals of the Marshall Plan?

To make Europe the most powerful continent

What event marked the beginning of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

U.S. spy planes photographed Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba

What was the goal of the North Korean leaders and their invasion in 1950?

Unite North and South Korea under a communist government

Which of the following describes a cause of the Cold War?

Westerners feared Soviet domination