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