Targeted Check: The Cold War

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NATO and the Warsaw Pact were examples of

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military alliances made for "collective security"

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After WWII the Soviet Union wanted to control Eastern Europe because they wanted to create a buffer zone to prevent future invasions of the USSR.

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they wanted to create a buffer zone to prevent future invasions of the USSR

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Which of the following is a reason for communist victory in China?
Mao Zedong fled the mainland,
the Nationalist government was able to win over the peasant population,
the United States sent U.S. troops to aid the Nationalists,
the communists were able to win over the peasant population

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the communists were able to win over the peasant population

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If General MacArthur remained in control of U.S. forces in Korea the U.S. most likely would have

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used nuclear weapons against China

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Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of communism? classless society with no individual profit-making or private property, strong censorship with restrictions on what could be said or written, industry and agriculture owned by the state

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most industry and agriculture owned by private individuals

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Which of the following is associated with Capitalism? authoritarian, dictatorship, private ownership, collectivism

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private ownership

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In response to Communist aggression in Greece and Turkey, President Truman outlined a policy known as the ____, which pledged the U.S. to fight the spread of communism

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Truman Doctrine

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In an attempt to prevent a communist revolution in Asia, the United States sent $2 billion in aid to

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Chinese nationalists

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When the U.S., Britain, and France merged their zones in Germany in 1948, the Soviet Union responded by

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blockading West Berlin

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Who won the Korean war?

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no one