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Which areas were separated by the Iron Curtain?
a) Europe from Asia
b) Eastern Europe from Western Europe
c) Iberian Peninsula from Northern Europe
d) Europe from the Middle East

Use of the term Iron Curtain is meant to symbolize and highlight differences in
a) religious philosophy
b) political ideology
c) art and architecture
d) resources and climate

After World War II, the Soviet Union established satellites in Eastern Europe to
a) support the remaining Fascist governments in Eastern Europe
b) preserve capitalism in Eastern Europe
c) establish democratic governments in Eastern European nations
d) expand its power and control over Eastern Europe

Which was a major reason for the success of Soviet domination in Eastern Europe after World War II?
a) Eastern Europeans accepted the doctrine of Pan-Slavism.
b) The democracies of Western Europe needed greater security.
c) The Soviet Union had military forces in Eastern Europe as a result of World War II.
d) Western Europeans feared Nazism would be rekindled in Eastern Europe.

The purpose of both the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan was to
a) support the construction of the Iron Curtain
b) increase membership in the United Nations
c) prevent the spread of communism
d) attempt to solve world hunger

The Soviet Union’s response to the formation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was to create the
a) Marshall Plan
b) Warsaw Pact
c) Truman Doctrine
d) European Union

One reason for the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961 was to
a) promote reunification of East Germany and West Germany
b) keep East Germans from fleeing to the Western sector of Berlin
c) complete the post–World War II rebuilding of Berlin
d) meet the requirements of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

During the Cold War, a nation that was nonaligned and economically developing would have been most likely to
a) enter into an exclusive trade agreement with the United States
b) join the other members of the Warsaw Pact
c) form a military alliance with the Soviet Union
d) accept aid from both the Soviet Union and the United States

What was one concern associated with both the Korean War and the Vietnam War?
a) Kim Jong Il and Ho Chi Minh possessed nuclear weapons.
b) French colonial rule would continue to influence the region.
c) Renewed Japanese imperialism would trigger another world war.
d) Communism would spread through eastern and southeastern Asia.

The main reason the United Nations sent troops to Korea in 1950 was to
a) ensure that food reached areas of the Korean peninsula affected by famine
b) prevent North Korea from conquering the people of South Korea
c) force the inspection of nuclear weapons plants in North Korea
d) restore peace between the warring factions of Buddhism and Shinto

Fidel Castro was successful at leading a revolution in Cuba because he gained the support of
a) wealthy landowners
b) government officials
c) peasant fanners
d) foreign investors

One way in which Karl Marx, Vladimir Lenin, and Fidel Castro are similar is that each believed in
a) supporting a capitalist system
b) preserving a rigid social system
c) spreading the teachings of Christianity
d) achieving change through revolution

Which event illustrates the policy of containment?
a) Nuremberg trials (1945–1946)
b) Hungarian revolt (1956)
c) launching of Sputnik (1957)
d) naval blockade of Cuba (1962)

The Soviet Union’s reaction to the 1968 revolt in Czechoslovakia was to
a) permit limited political and economic reforms in Czechoslovakia
b) withdraw Soviet troops from Eastern Europe
c) send Soviet troops to occupy Czechoslovakia
d) bring the matter to the attention of the United Nations

The events that took place in Hungary in the 1950s and in Czechoslovakia in the 1960s demonstrated the Soviet Union’s
a) support of nationalism among satellite nations
b) influence on the economies of developing nations
c) determination to maintain political control over Eastern Europe at that time
d) attempts to promote its artistic and literary achievements in Western Europe

Which United States foreign policy was used to maintain the independence of Greece and Turkey after World War II?
a) containment
b) neutrality
c) nonalignment
d) militarism

The experiences of the United States in Vietnam and of the Soviet Union in Afghanistan during the 1980s suggested that
a) communism was a growing force in the world
b) guerrilla forces can win wars without aid from other nations
c) large-scale industry is necessary to win wars
d) powerful nations cannot always force their will on others

Which is the most accurate definition of détente as it was applied to interaction between the United States and the Soviet Union?
a) a joint policy to reduce tensions and improve relations
b) a joint policy to improve peace prospects in the Middle East
c) a United States policy of protection for Soviet dissidents
d) a Soviet policy of seeking loans and trade with the United States

The goal of Mikhail Gorbachev’s policies of perestroika and glasnost was to
a) expand collectivization and communes
b) resume development of Soviet nuclear weapons
c) stimulate economic growth and political discussion
d) stop expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) into Eastern Europe

The destruction of the Berlin Wall and the breakup of the Soviet Union signify the
a) end of the Cold War
b) collapse of the Taliban
c) strength of the Warsaw Pact
d) power of the European Union

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