Midterm Review

What country used containment to restrict communism?

• Korea
• US
• China
• USSR

One main reason that the Cold War began between the US and USSR?

• The USSR started to become jealous of the US.
• The US entered WWII Iate, causing many Russian casualties.
• The Soviet Union secretly killed Americans beforehand.
• The Soviet Union wanted the US to drop more atomic bombs on Japan

The dividing line between the democracies in blue and the Communist in red was referred to as what?

• The 45th parallel
• The Demilitarized Zone
• The Iron Curtain
• The 38th Parallel

How many occupation zones was Germany divided into?

• 3
• 4
• 2
• 5

A joint economic recovery program between the U.S. and its Western European allies to help war-ravaged European nations to recover was known as

• Berlin Airlift
• Berlin Wall
• Marshall Plan
• New Deal

The Marshall Plan and the Berlin Airlift were United States foreign policies concerning

• International economic equality
• The containment of communism
• World-wide environmental pollution
• Nuclear disarmament

Why is the Cold War called a "cold" war?

• The areas affected were in the polar regions of the world
• The war was fought during winter months only
• Leaders of the superpowers were sick with coughs and fevers
• There was never direct fighting between the two superpowers

Which of the following was an offer of economic aid to Greece and Turkey to bolster democracy?

• The Marshall Plan
• The Geneva Conference
• The Paris Peace Accords
• The Truman Doctrine

The United States followed a policy of containment during the Cold War in response to the spread of communism. How did the Marshall Plan reflect containment policy?

• It authorized the use of military force against communist forces in Vietnam.
• It provided economic aid to European countries in order to prevent the spread of communism.
• It stopped communist efforts to control the Korean Peninsula.
• It blocked Soviet missiles from from arriving in communist Cuba. 

The U.S.'s response to the launch of the Soviet satellite Sputnik was starting

• to reduce defense spending
• to built a joint space station with the USSR
• to build anti-missile defense systems
• NASA