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Chap 17, Post WWII Review
Test Description: Chap 17 review
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What did Khrushchev build around his side of Berlin?
A
a shopping mall
B
a wall
C
a grassy park
2) Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist?
A
Joseph Stalin
B
General Tojo
C
Mao Zedong
3) President Kennedy was in a struggle with what Cuban leader?
A
Nikita Khrushchev
B
Fidel Castro
C
Vladimir Putin
4) Who became president after Kennedy was assassinated?
A
Richard Nixon
B
Gerald Ford
C
Lyndon B. Johnson
5) What was the name of the plan created by the US to stop the spread of communism?
A
appeasement
B
seek and destroy
C
containment
6) In Communist China, what were the military units formed to enforce strict communism in China?
A
Nationalists
B
Gestapo
C
Red Guards
7) What was the name of the struggle between the USA and the Soviet Union (USSR) that lasted from after WWII until the end of the 1980s?
A
Cold War
B
Red War
C
demilitarized zone
8) What president pulled US troops out of Vietnam?
A
Carter
B
Ford
C
Nixon
9) US Presidents supported the _____ in Nicaragua when they tried to overthrow the Sandinistas
A
Somoza family
B
Nationalists
C
Contras
10) Who said that capitalism and communism could NOT co-exist?
A
Truman
B
Stalin
C
Churchill
11) What European country was divided into 4 sections by the Allies after WWII?
A
Italy
B
Soviet Union
C
Germany
12) Which US President increased military spending in the 1980s and proposed a missile defense program named Star Wars?
A
Reagan
B
Carter
C
Ford
13) During the Iraq and Iran War, which side did the USA help and send aid to?
A
Iraq
B
Iran
C
both
14) What did Winston Churchill say had fallen on Europe and divided it into 2 sides?
A
iron curtain
B
sadness
C
capitalism
15) What was the theory called of communism spreading its expansion in Southeast Asia like dominoes?
A
domino theory
B
vietcong
C
contraband
16) Created after WWII, what is the name of the International organization of delegates that still exists today?
A
United Nations
B
Interpol
C
League of Nations
17) What did the Soviets do in 1948-1949 to prevent the city of Berlin from becoming democratic?
A
put a blockade around the city
B
held free elections so the people could choose communism
C
invaded the city and took over
18) What was the 13 days of intense hostility between the USA and the Soviet Union called in 1962?
A
Iranian Hostage Crisis
B
Soviet/Afghan Crisis
C
Cuban Missile Crisis
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