Category A
_____________ was to use American power to help nations resist communism.
a. concealment
b. containment
c. detainment
d. entanglement
b. containment
After World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union had split Korea into two nations divided by the__________________.
a. 36th parallel of latitude
b. 37th parallel of latitude
c. 38th parallel of latitude
d. 39th parallel of latitude
c. 38th parallel of latitude
Nikita Khrushchev, who became leader of the Soviet Union in 1953, continued to try to spread _________________.
a. diplomacy
b. communism
c. perpetual peace
d. democracy
b. communism
To stop people or supplies from entering a country or city.
a. acknowledge
b. aspirations
c. blockade
d. appease
c. blockade
Likely to provoke spirited discussion and disagreement.
a. censure
b. subversive
c. controversial
d. academic
c. controversial
The Truman Doctrine was to give money to help________ and ________ to fight communism.
a. Turkey and Greece
b. Korea and Japan
c. England and France
d. Germany and Italy
a. Turkey and Greece
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) was formed to prevent the spread of ____________.
a. diplomacy
b. communism
c. democracy
d. capitalism
b. communism
Which people were accused of passing secret information about nuclear science to the Soviet agents in the 1950s?
a. Alger Hiss and Julius Randall
b. Whittaker and Ethel Chambers
c. Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
d. Joseph and Ethel Rosenberg
c. Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
Constant; continuing without interruption.
a. ideology
b. radioactive
c. perpetual
d. uprising
c. perpetual
Friendly, but formal and polite
a. cordial
b. absolve
c. infuriate
d. anomaly
a. cordial
Under the Marshall Plan, which began in 1948, the United States gave about ___________ in grants and loans to Western European nations.
a. $11 billion
b. $12 billion
c. $13 billion
d. $14 billion
c. $13 billion
In response to N.A.T.O., the Soviet Union and its satellite states formed the ______________.
a. S.E.A.T.O.
b. Warsaw Pact
c. Soviet Union Alliance
d. Communist Treaty
b. Warsaw Pact
What place was nationalized by Egypt in the 1950s?
a. Panama Canal
b. Panama Strait
c. Suez Canal
d. Suez Strait
c. Suez Canal
The power of the President to refuse to approve a bill or joint resolution.
a. veto
b. treacherous
c. liberate
d. peninsula
a. veto
Willingness to accept feelings, habits, or beliefs that are different from your own.
a. tolerance
b. intent
c. outpost
d. favorable
a. tolerance
In June 1948, Stalin decided to block all shipping from western Germany into West Berlin. How did the U.S. and Britain stop this plan?
a. N.A.T.O.
b. The Berlin Airlift
c. The Marshall Plan
d. The Truman Airlift
b. The Berlin Airlift
The Eisenhower administration also used the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to help return pro-American governments to ________ and __________.
a. Iran, Guatemala
b. Egypt, Cuba
c. Iraq, Venezuela
d. Saudi Arabia, El Salvador
a. Iran, Guatemala
What is McCarthyism?
a. A belief in anti-capitalism.
b. A catchword for reckless charges.
c. An economic system of trade.
d. A catchword for compliments.
b. A catchword for reckless charges.
The offense of willfully telling a lie in a court after having taken an oath or affirmation.
a. subvert
b. perjury
c. badger
d. influential
b. perjury
Refers to someone’s outward behavior and appearance.
a. relinquish
b. jurisdiction
c. spontaneous
d. demeanor
d. demeanor
To continue to block Soviet expansion, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), was formed in _______.
a. 1946
b. 1947
c. 1948
d. 1949
d. 1949
On_____________, Americans learned that the Soviets now had an atomic bomb.
a. September 1, 1948
b. September 1, 1949
c. September 2, 1948
d. September 2, 1949
d. September 2, 1949
What is the purpose of the Marshall Plan?
a. A military plan to protect U.S. allies.
b. An economic recovery plan for East Asia.
c. A political plan to recruit Democrats.
d. An economic recovery plan for Western Europe.
d. An economic recovery plan for Western Europe.
Not openly acknowledged or displayed.
a. covert
b. execute
c. reluctant
d. vigorous
a. covert
Having tight restrictions or limitations.
a. turmoil
b. stringent
c. circumvent
d. debilitate
b. stringent