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Which U.S. president established a policy of containment?
A. Franklin D. Roosevelt
B. Douglas MacArthur
C. Harry Truman
D. Dwight D. Eisenhower
C. Harry Truman
During the Cold War, why were the United States and the Soviet Union reluctant to get involved in a direct military conflict with one another?
A. The Iron Curtain in Eastern Europe had dissolved.
B. The countries feared the possibility of global nuclear destruction.
C. Both countries had significantly reduced their supply of weapons.
D. Other countries threatened to place economic embargoes on both countries.
B. The countries feared the possibility of global nuclear destruction.
Vietnam today is classified as a –
A. nation divided at the 17th parallel
B. reunited communist country
C. reconstructed democracy led by the United States
D. permanent French colony
B. reunited communist country
The Cold War was an ideological war between —
A. fascism and democracy
B. nationalism and communism
C. free enterprise and nationalism
D. communism and free enterprise
D. communism and free enterprise
Which nation was divided into two countries by communist ideology after World War II?
A. Korea
B. Japan
C. Poland
D. Austria
A. Korea
In 1962, the United States learned of Soviet missiles in which Latin American nation?
A. Cuba
B. Colombia
C. Panama
D. Mexico
A. Cuba
Which was the leader of the Communist Party in China known for reforms that led to a market economy?
A. Deng Xiaoping
B. Chen Yun
C. Mao Zedong
D. Jiang Jieshi
A. Deng Xiaoping
During the Cold War, the Soviet Union exercised a heavy political, economic, and military influence over the –
A. United States
B. Eastern European satellite nations
C. China
D. NATO countries
B. Eastern European satellite nations
Which influenced the U.S. involvement in Vietnam?
A. Embargo
B. Disarmament
C. Containment
D. Deterrence
C. Containment
The American policy for preventing the expansion of communism
is called –
A. glasnost
B. imperialism
C. containment
D. détente
C. containment
What is the significance of the tearing down of the Berlin Wall?
A. Allowed for the Soviet Union to control all of Germany
B. Divided China into two nations at the end of the war
C. Symbolized the beginning of the Iron Curtain in Europe
D. Marked a critical step towards the reunification of Germany
D. Marked a critical step towards the reunification of Germany
Which Soviet Leader is credited with beginning reforms that led to the end of the Cold War?
A. Josef Stalin
B. Nikita Khrushchev
C. Leonid Brezhnev
D. Mikhail Gorbachev
D. Mikhail Gorbachev
In 1945, at the Yalta Conference –
A. D-Day plans to invade France were discussed
B. the Soviet Union pulled out of the war
C. Stalin insisted on controlling Eastern Europe
D. the Japanese agreed to the terms of surrender
C. Stalin insisted on controlling Eastern Europe
The Berlin Wall demonstrated Cold War tensions by –
A. creating the demilitarized zone at the 38th parallel
B. dividing democratic West Berlin from communist East Berlin
C. all of Germany came under communist control
D. the establishment of NATO headquarters in East Berlin
B. dividing democratic West Berlin from communist East Berlin
Who is the world leader that is known as the last president of the Soviet Union?
A. Mikhail Gorbachev
B. Nicolae Ceausescu
C. Lech Walesa
D. Joseph Stalin
A. Mikhail Gorbachev
Which communist nation sent troops to assist North Korea and participated in the Korean War?
A. Vietnam
B. Japan
C. China
D. Cuba
C. China
Both superpowers after World War II engaging in a race to match each other’s nuclear weapons demonstrates the theory of –
A. tolerance
B. appeasement
C. realpolitik
D. deterrence
D. deterrence
The policies of openness and restructuring reforms in the Soviet Union were most associated with -
A. glasnost and perestroika
B. NATO aggression
C. imperialism
D. Vietnam
A. glasnost and perestroika
Which leader was responsible for the Communist Revolution in China?
A. Mao Tse-tung (Mao Zedong)
B. Deng Xiaoping
C. Ho Chi Minh
D. Sun Yat-sen
A. Mao Tse-tung (Mao Zedong)
Which person led the Nationalists in a civil war in China and was forced to retreat to Taiwan?
A. Ho Chi Minh
B. Mao Tse-tung
C. Kim Il Sung
D. Chiang Kai-shek
D. Chiang Kai-shek
Timeline of Events
1945 - An agreement following WWII divides the nation along the 38th Parallel.
1950 - Troops pour across the southern border. The U.N. condemns the attack and creates a police force.
1953 - Ends in a stalemate and the agreement calls for a demilitarized zone closely following the 38th Parallel.
Which event is being described in the timeline?
A. Vietnam War
B. Cuban Missile Crisis
C. Korean War
D. Battle of Britain
C. Korean War
The Strategic Defense Initiative was a proposed missile defense system intended to protect the U.S. from attack by ballistic strategic nuclear weapons. This concept was first announced by –
A. President Richard Nixon
B. President Ronald Reagan
C. General Douglas MacArthur
D. President Harry Truman
B. President Ronald Reagan
• Favored free markets and a limited role for government
• Staunchest ally was the United States
• Used military in Falkland Islands War
• British prime minister 1979-1990
Which world leader is being described?
A. Gordon Brown
B. Tony Blair
C. Winston Churchill
D. Margaret Thatcher
D. Margaret Thatcher
All are reasons for the collapse of communism in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe except –
A. economic collapse
B. the breakup of the Soviet Union
C. rising nationalism in the Warsaw Pact nations
D. the termination of the NATO alliance
D. the termination of the NATO alliance
• Leader of the Vietnamese nationalist movement for nearly three decades
• A prime mover of the post-World War II anticolonial movement in Asia
• President of communist North Vietnam from 1954 to 1969
Who played a central leadership role in Vietnam as shown?
A. Mao Tse-tung
B. Ho Chi Minh
C. Deng Xiaoping
D. Chiang Kai-shek
B. Ho Chi Minh