Unit 7 Cold War Test- eLearning 2020
What does the phrase "Iron Curtain" refer to
A symbolic wall dividing Eastern Europe from Western Europe.
What was the Warsaw Pact?
An agreement to create a military alliance between the Soviet Union and various Eastern European nations.
A botched American sponsored plan to over throw Fidel Castro in Cuba.
Bay of Pigs
West Berlin was cut-off from aid by the Soviet Union
Berlin Blockade
An arms race quickly developed between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War. What justified both sides using so many resources in this arms race
Both countries felt the need to match the other side's weapons (deterrence).
After Mao's forces claimed victory in the Chinese Civil War ...
Chiang Kai-shek and 2 million followers fled to Taiwan.
The United States fears about the spread of communism during the Cold War were increased when ____ became a Communist nation in 1949.
China
The plan to keep communism within its existing geographic boundaries and prevent further aggressive moves.
Containment
A Cold War confrontation between the Soviet Union and the United States which almost led to nuclear conflict.
Cuban Missile Crisis
What system of government did West Germany use after World War II? Group of answer choices
Democratic
At the end of World War II, Soviet armies liberated the countries of Eastern Europe from Nazi Germany. The occupation of these countries by the Soviet Union contributed to the development of the Cold War by ...
Dividing Europe into communist and non-communist spheres.
A theory that if one country falls to communism it will cause other countries to fall to communism in the same geographic area.
Domino Theory
A phase of relaxed tensions and improved relations between two adversaries.
Détente
Revolutionary leader of Cuba who lead his country during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Fidel Castro
This program would mobilize the people for a massive movement to speed of economic growth and reach the final stage of communism in China.
Great Leap Forward
What was the intent of the Marshall Plan?
Help Europe's economic recovery.
What is the primary goal of the United Nations according to the United Nations Charter
Intervene in world conflicts to prevent another war such as World War II.
President of the United States during the Cuban Missile Crisis and began American escalations in Vietnam
John F. Kennedy
Leader of the Soviet Union that improved relations with the United States helping to end the Cold War.
Mikhail Gorbachev
The Truman Doctrine stated that the United States would provide ________ to nations threatened by Communist expansion. Group of answer choices
Money
Who won the Cold War
NATO and the United States
He was responsible for the partial de-Stalinization of the Soviet Union and for backing the progress of the early Soviet space program, which launched Sputnik.
Nikita Khrushchev
Who instituted the policy of De-Stalinization in the Soviet Union?
Nikita Khrushchev
Which of the following statements could be attributed to the end of the Cold War?
One side outspent the other in an arms race.
What is the meaning of Mikhail Gorbachev's policy "Glasnost"
Openness of political and social issues.
Fundamental restructuring of the Soviet economy; a policy introduced by Mikhail Gorbachev.
Perestroika
After World War II, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (N.A.T.O.) was created to ...
Provide collective security for all member nations.
A conflict in which powers would aid a third party conflict instead of fighting each other directly.
Proxy War
Gave a famous speech from West Berlin stating "Mr. Gorbachev, please tear down this wall" and helped in the Cold War between the U.S. and U.S.S.R.
Ronald Reagan
Which of the following was NOT one of the "Big 3" countries that controlled West Germany following World War II
Soviet Union
Who launched the first satellite into space? Group of answer choices
Soviet Union
Following World War II, the Soviet Union dominated the countries of Eastern Europe. Forty years later, the Soviet bloc disintegrated, and the Soviet Union broke apart as well. These later events led to ... Group of answer choices
Struggles for political control in countries formerly under the control of the Soviet Union.
Why did the people of China ultimately reject the Cultural Revolution?
The Red Guards' actions horrified them.
What is the meaning of the term "Domino Theory
The fear that if communism spreads to one country it will spread to other countries nearby.
What did the Cuban Missile Crisis display to the world?
The importance of peaceful resolutions in an age of nuclear weapons.
Mikhail Gorbachev made many reforms to change the Soviet government. What was the goal of his policies?
To allow limited freedoms for the Soviet people.
The Red Guards consisted of people who were ...
Unhappy and discontented.
A struggle against French colonial rule that escalated into a war of containment in Southeast Asia.
Vietnam War
How did the Korean War end
With the same borders as before the war.
After the breakup of the Soviet Union, describe what happened to other communist countries outside of Europe
Without the support of the Soviet Union they suffered poor economic conditions.