Economics
Economic system is characterized by private ownership of property and means of production?
a:Socialism
b:Capitalism
c:Communism
What is Capitalism?
Ideological and physical boundary dividing Europe into communist and capitalist blocs
What is the "Iron Curtain"?
A military alliance of communist states in Eastern Europe that counter NATO
What was the Warsaw Pact?
In Marxist theory, the term "proletariat" refers to:
a:The working class
b:The class of factory owners
c:The landed gentry
What is b: The class of factory owners
Cold War competition between the US and USSR to gain military superiority
a:Launch of Sputnik 1
b: nuclear arms race
c: Creation of NASA
What is the nuclear arms race?
Economic theory advocates for a classless society and government ownership of the means of production?
a:Socialism
b:Capitalism
c:Communism
What is Communism?
Event marking the symbolic end of the Cold War in Europe
What is the fall of the Berlin Wall?
Which of the following is NOT typically associated with communism?
What is private ownership of the means of production?
Who were the proletariat?
a:The working class
b:The class of factory owners
c:The landed gentry
What is b: The class of factory owners
Conducted to practice protection against a nuclear attack during the Cold War
What were air raid drill?
The concept of “supply and demand” is most closely associated with this economic system
a:Socialism
b:Capitalism
c:Communism
What is Capitalism?
Air raid drills during the Cold War were primarily intended to:
a:Prepare civilians for potential nuclear attacks
b:Train soldiers for combat
c:Enhance international diplomacy
What is Prepare civilians for potential nuclear attacks ?
Provided economic and military aid to countries resisting communism
a: Marshall Plan
b:Truman Doctrine
What is the Truman Doctrine?
Political "openness"
a:glasnost
b:perestroika
c:nuclear arms race
What is a: glasnost?
Eastern European country that was the first to break away from Soviet control in 1989
a: Poland
b: Czechoslovakia
c:Hungary
What is Poland?
What policy was involve in the rebuild of European economies after World War II?
a: Marshall Plan
b: Truman Doctrine
What is Marshall Plan
What was the main objective of the policy of containment?
a:To spread democracy worldwide
b:To disarm all nuclear powers
c:To prevent the expansion of Soviet influence and communism
What is c: To prevent the expansion of Soviet influence and communism
After the fall of communism, this type of government was adoped by most Eastern European countries?
a:Democracy
b: Dictatorship
c: Communism
What is Democracy?
U.S. plan to provide economic aid to Western Europe after WWII
What is the Marshall Plan?
The Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 was a confrontation between who?
What is US and Soviet Union
Government controls major industries to ensure people get the resources they need?
a:Socialism
b:Capitalism
c:Communism
What is Socialism?
Cuban Missile Crisis occurred during this U.S. presidency:
a:Winston Churchill
b:Franklin D. Roosevelt
c: John F.Kennedy
What is John F. Kennedy?
Perestroika was a series of reforms introduced to:
a:Expand Soviet influence in the Middle East
b:Restructure the Soviet economy and political system
c:Increase the power of the Soviet military
What is b: Restructure the soviet economy and political system
Symbolized the end of the Cold War and the division between East and West.
a:Fall of the Berlin Wall (1989)
b:Cuban Missile Crisis
c: The end of the Cold War summit
What is Fall of the Berlin Wall (1989) ?
a government where one person or a small group has total control and power, often ignoring laws and suppressing opposition.
What is dictatorship