Unit 8 Exam

Mao's Great Leap Forward was similar to what other communist plan?

"5 Year Plan"

The Cold War developed after World War II as the result of

Berlin Airlift

Why might Berlin be a likely spot for trouble to develop during the Cold War?

Berlin is definitely a likely spot for trouble to develop during the Cold War. Before the Cold War started, the U.S. and Soviet Union were having troubles in Western Berlin. When the U.S. removed their forces from Germany, the Soviets set up a blockade. Of course, the U.S. didn't like this, so that would cause some battles to occur in Berlin

What were the huge collective farms formed during the Great Leap Forward called?

Communes

what economic system was used to reshape Chinas economy after the Civil War?

Communism

The Bay of Pigs was a failed attempt to overthrow

Fidel Castro

what effect did democratic reforms, put in place by Gorbachev, have on the Soviet Union?

Glasnost & Perestroika

What term was used by Winston Churchill to represent the division between a mostly democratic western Europe and a communist eastern Europe?

Iron Curtain

which leader won China's Civil War, and what name did he give to the country?

Mao Zedong, "People's Republic of China"

After WWII, relations Soviet Union and U.S. were characterized by

Marked by a better degree to secure Germany

what were the causes of the Korean War?

North Korea invaded South Korea

The 38th parallel became an important dividing line between

North and South Korea

what event caused an increase in spending on education and technology by the United States?

Sputnik

which of these countries was not a member of either the north Atlantic Treaty organization or of the Warsaw Pact?

Switzerland, Austria, & Yugoslavia

How did Soviet dominance in space pose a threat to the United States?

The US thought Soviet Union was ahead in technology and education

The Berlin airlift is often called the first action of the cold war what was the cold war?

The struggle over political differences carried on by means short of military action or war

what message does this political cartoon send to the leaders of the United States and the Soviet union?

They don't want them to go to war

Which of these was a formal statement of intention by the United States to give military aid to any country threatened by communist aggression?

Truman Doctrine

what was the most eastern country in NATO?

Turkey

What do Korean and Vietnam wars have in common

US supported South Vietnam and South Korea (anti-communist)

how did the domino theory become a major justification for US foreign policy during the cold war?

United States saw the nations could fall to communism like dominoes

What was the name of the alliance established by European Communist nations in response to NATO?

Warsaw Pact

identify an organization that did not support the idea of containment for communism

Warsaw Pact

what conference involved dividing Germany into sections controlled by the Soviet Union and Western Power?

Yalta Conference

following World War II, the Soviet union establish satellite nations in Eastern Europe. Which statement best describes a satellite nation?

an independent nation in the world, yet has political, economic, or military influence by Soviet union

why did the U.S become involved in the Vietnam conflict?

anti-communist government

What were Third World countries?

developing countries not aligned with the United States or the Soviet Union

what did the US spy plane discover in Cuba in 1961?

missiles

how did president Kennedy stop the Soviets from delivering more weapons to Cuba?

naval blockade

During the Cultural Revolution, who were the "new heroes" of China?

peasants

As the relations between the United States and Soviet Union deteriorated, United States adopted a policy of containment. The containment policies meant

policy directed at blocking Soviet influence and stopping expansion of communism

what was the purpose of the Marshall plan?

provide aid to rebuild western Europe

how did solidarity in Poland affect communist rule in Poland?

public demanded government recognition

what is the main reason that Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, & Romania became satellites of the Soviet union?

soviet army occupied these areas

how did the arms race prevent war between the superpowers?

spent billions of dollars trying to build up nuclear weapon

What was Truman's major goal for offering aid to other countries?

stop the spread of communism

What made 1945 and especially good time to create the United Nations?

to create peace after World War II

what was the purpose of China's cultural revolution in 1966?

tradition, establish a society of peasants and workers that were equal

soviet blockade to west berlin was in response to

unification of West Berlin