Global Chapter 30 Test--Cold War and China

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Who created free markets in China?

Deng Xiaoping

The best example of command economy?

Five-Year Plans in the Soviet Union

What was Mao Zedong's attempt in the Cultural Revolution?

To renew the ideas and enthusiasm of the Communist Revolution

During most of the Cold War period, which two countries were divided into communist and noncommunist parts?

Vietnam and Korea.

Which country was ruled by Pol Pot?

Cambodia

During the Cold War, which event occurred last?

Destruction of the Berlin Wall

When did these events happen? The Truman Doctrine, Korean War, Soviet invasion of Afghanistan

During the Cold War

When did these events happen? "Soviet Missiles Placed in Cuba" "United States Airlifts Supplies to Berlin"

During the Cold War

In the 30 years after WWII, which area was most influenced by the Soviet Union?

Eastern Europe

In 1958, the purpose of China's Great Leap Forward

Increase both industrial and agricultural production

The primary goal of the student protests in Tiananmen Square (1989)

Increase political freedom and right in China.

Who did five-year plans and collectivization?

Joseph Stalin

In a command economy, who made major economic decisions?

Officials of the government

Which economic policy of the Soviet Union in the 1980s was most different from the economic policies of Stalin?

Private management of some businesses

Characteristic of a command economy

Resources are allocated by government direction.

A major reason for the success of the Communist revolution in China

The communists promised land and power to the peasants

In the Soviet Union under Gorbachev, What kind of change happened to Soviet Union's economy?

The economy moves from a command economy to private ownership of business.

After WWII, why did the US provide financial aid to West Germany, Turkey, and Greece?

These countries were facing possible communist threats.

After WWII, why did the Soviet Union establish satellites in Eastern Europe?

To expand its own political power

The Four Modernizations of Deng Xiaoping in the 1970s and 1980s resulted in

a move toward capitalism and free-market practices

Since the death of Mao Zedong, relations between China and the US have improved because

both nations see an economic advantage to increased trade

During the 1980s, the Soviet Union experimented with modifications of its command economy by

introducing some market economy strategies.

Which event illustrates the policy of containment?

naval blockade of Cuba (1962)

A major consumer complaint about centrally planned economies in Eastern Europe is

scarcity and a lack of products.

Stalin's Five-Year Plan is an example of

strategies to modernize the economy of the Soviet Union through forced communism

The end of the Cold War is best symbolized by

the destruction of the Berlin Wall

What did the political climate of the Cold War cause?

the world's two superpowers competed economically and militarily

The purpose of the Marshall Plan

to provide for economic recovery in Western Europe.

Why did Gorbachev have the policies of glasnost and perestroika?

to reform the Soviet Union politically and economically


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