Chapter 17 Section 4 Lecture

Chapter 17 Section 4

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Multiple Choice

What were Third World countries?

• countries aligned with the United States and its allies

• countries aligned with the Soviet Union and its allies

• developing countries not aligned with the United States or Soviet Union

• countries with a gross national product higher than First and Second World countries

Multiple Choice

How did the "Bay of Pigs" failure lead to the Cuban missile crisis?

• Khrushchev believed the United States was too weak to oppose Soviet expansion into Cuba

• Kennedy announced a blockade of Cuba following the failure of the Bay of Pigs invasion

• Castro protested his country's being used as a tool for the Cold War and asked Khrushchev to intervene.

• The Bay of Pigs troops were used to build the missile bases

Multiple Choice

How did the Cold War cause a change in U.S. policy toward Nicaragua?

• The United States gave aid to Sandinistas but withdrew support when the Sandinistas aided Marxist rebels in El Salvador

• The United States built a nuclear base there to deter Communists.

• The failed Bay of Pigs invasion ended U.S. military aid to Nicaragua.

• The Contra rebels in Nicaragua enlisted the aid of the Soviet Union, and the United States intervened to halt Communist support.

Multiple Choice

Which exiled leader led the religious opposition to Western Influences in Iran?

• Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeini

• Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi

• Anastasio Somoza

• Fidel Castro

Multiple Choice

What was the primary goal for the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan?

• to fight an indirect war with the United States

• to gain control of Middle Eastern oil supplies

• to reestablish the Communist regime in Afghanistan

• to cause the United states to boycott the 1980 Olympics