The Cold War and its Effects
Which of these statements accurately describes Joseph Stalin? Check all that apply.
-He restricted citizens' personal rights and freedoms. -He held absolute power as a totalitarian dictator.
Which of the following resulted from the Vietnam War? Select all that apply.
-Vietnam is united under a Communist government. -Support for the containment of Communism lessens. -Anti-government feelings spread in the United States. -Communism spreads to Laos and Cambodia.
Which were included among the "Three Principles of the People"? Check all that apply.
-democracy -socialism
Which of the following were effects of the arms race? Select all that apply.
-fear of nuclear attack -building of large numbers of fallout shelters -increased study of science and math -heightened world tensions
What negative effects did East Germany experience after reunification?
-many business closings -slow economic growth
Why was the European Coal and Steel Community created? Check all that apply.
-to share the management of heavy industry -to help prevent the creation of weapons of war
Which of the following statements describe the Soviet Union in the years after World War II? Select all that apply.
-used a Communist economic system -placed restrictions on personal freedoms -was ruled by a dictator -created buffer states in eastern Europe
The Long March took place in the year ____
1934
In ____, the Communists expelled the Nationalists from the mainland.
1949
The Schuman Plan was proposed in the year ____
1950
Germany was reunified in ____
1990
Former Communist nations began to join the European Union in ____
2004
In what way did the political situation in Vietnam resemble that of Korea in the 1950s?
Both Vietnam and Korea were divided into a Communist North and a non-Communist South.
What contributed to the downfall of China's republic?
China's presidents did not have enough power.
The Korean War began in 1950 when the
Communist North attacked the non-Communist South.
Which of the following best describes the two sides that faced each other during the Cold War?
Communists and non-Communists
Which event preceded the revolutions of 1989?
Gorbachev made reforms in the Soviet Union.
Which best explains how Deng Xiaoping modernized industry in China?
He allowed capitalism in new economic zones.
As Chinese leader, what did Mao Zedong accomplish?
He redistributed land in the countryside to farmers.
How did the collapse of communism affect the European Union?
It caused the European Union to expand as more nations joined.
What was the effect on China of the Boxer Rebellion?
It led China to the verge of collapse.
What unintended result did Mao's Cultural Revolution have on China?
It paved the way for Western-style economic and political development.
What best describes Yugoslavia before its breakup?
It was home to many ethnic groups.
The map shows the United States and Cuba at the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962. The map makes it clear that
missiles launched from Cuba could strike anywhere on the US mainland
In addition to support from the people, what else did the Communists have in their favor during their war with the Nationalists?
more effective military strategies
China's economic expansion after the Cultural Revolution is a result of
new capitalist reforms.
Mao Zedong launched the Cultural Revolution in China in response to
new economic policies that threatened social equality.
What is the definition of a common market?
no barriers to trade from nation to nation
People who lived in eastern bloc countries after World War II could not
participate in government.
The Cultural Revolution ultimately failed because
people began to seriously question communism.
The two superpowers that opposed each other during the Cold War were the United States and
the Soviet Union
The arms race meant that once the United States built hydrogen bombs,
the Soviet Union built them too.
Who supported the Nationalist Party in the Chinese Civil War?
the United States
The Cold War was a period of history during which
the United States and the Soviet Union mistrusted each other.
By the time the Korean War ended in 1953,
the division of the Korean peninsula remained unchanged.
What was Joseph Stalin's goal in creating a command economy?
to outproduce capitalist nations
What is gross domestic product?
total value of goods and services produced in a country in a year
Sun Yat-sen promoted nationalism in China because he
wanted the Chinese people to feel pride in their country.
Joseph Stalin placed a high value on motherhood because he
wanted women to produce more workers.
If the USSR's economy had remained agriculture-based rather than industrialized, then
women would have been much less in demand in the workforce.
What was the main reason Joseph Stalin created collective farms?
Soviet farms were old-fashioned and inefficient.
Under Joseph Stalin, schools were reformed primarily to emphasize
Soviet ideology.
What best describes the "Three Principles of the People"?
Sun Yat-sen's ideas for governing China
Who were the two world superpowers after World War II?
The US and the Soviet Union
Which countries were made permanent members of the UN's Security Council in 1945? Select all that apply.
United States, Soviet Union, France, Great Britain, China
If East and West Germany had not reunified, it is most likely that
West Germany would have grown much stronger than East Germany.
What is the definition of a gulag?
a labor camp
What was the Berlin Wall?
a wall that separated East and West Berlin
Altering photographs was part of Joseph Stalin's effort to
change historical facts.
A ____ is a group of people who live together and share responsibilities and resources.
commune
A protest at Tiananmen Square in 1989 convinced China's leaders to
crack down on democratic protests.
China modernized its military under Deng Xiaoping by
decreasing its size and updating technology.
Genocide is defined as
deliberately killing people for religious, ethnic, or political reasons.
Which of the following phrases best describes West Germany after World War II?
democratic government
Read the passage from a Soviet ambassador. The foreign policy of the United States . . . is characterized in the postwar period by a striving for world supremacy. This is the real meaning of the many statements by President Truman and other representatives of American ruling circles; that the United States has the right to lead the world. —Nikolai Novikov, Ambassador of the USSR, September 1946 Which of the following words best characterizes the ambassador's perspective of American foreign policy?
distrust
The map makes it clear that after World War II, Korea was a
divided country.
Which statement accurately describes China after the Civil War?
The island of Taiwan became known as the Republic of China.
Why were dozens of Serbs convicted of war crimes?
They approved the policy of ethnic cleansing in the war.
How did Deng Xiaoping's economic policies change Chinese culture?
They enabled people to embrace Western goods and ideas.
What happened when Hungary opened its borders?
Thousands of people left East Germany.
The European Economic Community was created to
improve trade between European nations.
The closest the world came to war during the Cold War was when the Soviet Union placed missiles on the Caribbean island of
Cuba
What is the most likely reason the republics of Yugoslavia held together until the fall of communism?
Dictator Josep Tito was a very powerful leader.
What was East Germany's biggest problem after it opened its borders?
East Germany lost large numbers of skilled workers.
If the imperial dynasty had continued to rule China, it is most likely that
European nations would have gotten more of a foothold in China.
What event ended the Cultural Revolution?
Mao Zedong's death
The ____ was part of Stalin's secret police force.
NKYD
Which of the following statements describes how the crisis in Berlin in 1948-1949 was concluded?
NOT : The West built a wall to keep the two parts of the city separate.
Which statement best describes the United States and the Soviet Union during World War II?
NOT : They were on opposite sides.
If Joseph Stalin had set lower production quotas for his first Five-Year Plan, he would have
NOT: won more public support for his command economy.
What was the longest-lasting effect of the losses in World War II?
Nations realized they could not afford another world war.
Which best characterizes Europe in the period between the signing of the Schuman Plan and the formation of the European Union?
Nations took sizable steps toward cooperation.
What was the most important effect of opening East Germany's borders?
People traveled freely between East and West Germany.
Read the passage from a speech on Vietnam given by President Nixon in 1969. "For the future of peace, precipitate withdrawal would thus be a disaster of immense magnitude. —A nation cannot remain great if it betrays its allied and lets down its friends. —Our defeat and humiliation in South Vietnam without question would promote recklessness in the councils of those great powers who have not yet abandoned their goals of world conquest. —This would spark violence wherever our commitments help maintain the peace—in the Middle East, in Berlin, eventually even in the Western Hemisphere . . . For these reasons, I rejected the recommendation that I should end the war by immediately withdrawing all of our forces." —President Richard Nixon Address to the nation Nov. 3, 1969 What foreign policy direction does the President say the United States should follow?
The US should not withdraw from Vietnam, because that would cause problems elsewhere.
Which Cold War event happened last?
The Vietnam War ends.
Which best explains why the Great Leap Forward hurt China's economy?
The changes meant farms could no longer produce enough food.
The first step in the reunification of East and West Germany was uniting their
economies.
When Serbia used murder and terror to eliminate Muslims, they called the policy
ethnic cleansing
The European Union created a new form of currency called the ____
euro
When the Soviet Union collapsed, most people were
excited but unprepared for the challenges.
What goal characterized the Chinese revolutionaries in 1911?
fighting for economic freedom
Defectors from East Germany were people who
fled their homes to move permanently to the West.
After World War II, the Soviet Union designated many of the countries of Eastern Europe as ______ states.
satellite
The goal of the United States in drawing up the Marshall Plan was to
strengthen the economies of Europe.
Intercontinental ballistic missiles made it possible for a country possessing them to
strike targets far away.
