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World History Final Exam Review Set 10
Test Description: World History Final Exam Review set 10
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Daniel Ortega was
A
a leader of Contra forces in El Salvador.
B
a Sandinista leader in Nicaragua.
C
a U.S.-supported Nicaraguan dictator.
D
a U.S.-supported El Salvadoran dictator.
2) During the Cold War, most Third World countries could have been accurately described as being
A
located in Eastern Europe.
B
developing nations.
C
aligned with the United States.
D
established democracies.
3) During the Cold War, one of the nonaligned nations was
A
India.
B
Poland.
C
Cuba.
D
Japan.
4) How did Brezhnev's leadership of the Soviet Union differ from that of Khrushchev?
A
Khrushchev repressed dissent at home and abroad more than Brezhnev had.
B
Brezhnev repressed dissent at home and abroad more than Khrushchev had.
C
Brezhnev's policies were not as strongly felt on Eastern Europe as Khrushchev's.
D
Khrushchev's policies were more directed toward Cuba than Brezhnev's had been.
5) How did the Bay of Pigs failure lead to the Cuban missile crisis?
A
Khrushchev believed the United States was too weak to oppose Soviet expansion into Cuba.
B
Castro protested his country's being used as a tool for the Cold War and asked Khrushchev to intervene.
C
Kennedy announced a blockade of Cuba as a result of the failure of the Bay of Pigs invasion.
D
The Bay of Pigs troops were used to build the missile bases.
6) How did the Cold War cause a change in U.S. policy toward Nicaragua?
A
The United States built a nuclear base there to deter Communists.
B
Contra rebels in Nicaragua got help from the USSR so the US intervened for the ruling Sandinistas to stop the communists.
C
The United States initially supported the Sandinistas but switched to the Contras when the Sandinistas sided with Marxists.
D
The failed Bay of Pigs invasion ended U.S. military aid to Nicaragua.
7) In 1979, the Soviet Union invaded
A
Iran.
B
China.
C
Cuba.
D
Afghanistan.
8) In the 1940s and 1950s, what did the region described as being behind the iron curtain include?
A
German Democratic Republic, or East Germany
B
Soviet Union only
C
Soviet Union and its satellite nations
D
democratic nations of Western Europe
9) In the summer of 1968, forces from Warsaw Pact nations invaded
A
West Germany.
B
Afghanistan.
C
Hungary.
D
Czechoslovakia.
10) Islamic revolutionaries held more than 60 Americans hostage for over a year in
A
Palestine.
B
Syria.
C
Iran.
D
Iraq.
11) The Bay of Pigs was a failed attempt to overthrow
A
Fulgencio Batista.
B
Mohammed Reza Pahlavi.
C
Fidel Castro.
D
Anastasio Somoza.
12) The Cuban missile crisis pitted Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev against President
A
John F. Kennedy.
B
Richard Nixon.
C
Harry Truman.
D
Lyndon Johnson.
13) The first American president to visit Communist China was
A
John F. Kennedy.
B
Richard Nixon.
C
Jimmy Carter.
D
Lyndon Johnson.
14) The goal of the Soviet policy known as destalinization was to
A
release satellite nations from political controls imposed by Stalin.
B
try to change the world's impression of Stalin.
C
deny that Stalin had done what he was believed to have done.
D
purge the country of Stalin's memory.
15) The policy of détente was mainly intended to
A
restrict the spread of communism.
B
call world attention to abuses of human rights.
C
reduce Cold War tensions.
D
solidify U.S. relations with its economic allies.
16) The Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) program was backed by
A
Ronald Reagan.
B
Leonid Brezhnev.
C
Jimmy Carter.
D
Nikita Khrushchev.
17) The United States and the Soviet Union had a dangerous standoff over the presence of Soviet missiles in
A
Cuba.
B
Afghanistan.
C
Iraq.
D
Iran.
18) What event increased U.S. spending on education and technology?
A
Chinese-Soviet treaty of friendship
B
Cuban Missile Crisis
C
Soviet launch of Sputnik
D
establishment of the Warsaw Pact
19) What idea was the major justification for U.S. foreign policy during the Cold War era?
A
nonaligned nations
B
Khmer Rouge
C
Vietnamization
D
domino theory
20) What led the Soviets to blockade West Berlin in 1948?
A
Marshall Plan aid to Western Europe
B
the unification of the occupied zones of West Germany
C
the formation of NATO
D
the crash of a U2 spy flight over Soviet territory
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