PRE Test: Cold War

The countries in blue on this map were members of which alliance during the Cold War?

• NATO
• Warsaw Pact
• SEATO
• Axis Powers

The dividing line between the democracies in blue and the Communists in red was referred to as what by Winston Churchill?

• The line of demarkation

• The DeMilitarized Zone

• The Iron Curtain

• The 38th Parallel

Which of the following ways of promoting democracy describes the Truman Doctrine?

• Containing Communism so that it cannot spread any farther
• Giving money to countries so they do not become Communist
• Finding ways other than nuclear missiles to stop Communism
• Fighting wars by using other countries to stop Communism

Which of the following ways of promoting democracy describes the Mar$hall Plan?

• Containing Communism so that it cannot spread any farther
• Giving money to countries so they do not become Communist
• Finding ways other than nuclear missiles to stop Communism
• Fighting wars by using other countries to stop Communism

Which of the following ways of promoting democracy describes Flexible Response?

• Containing Communism so that it cannot spread any farther
• Giving money to countries so they do not become Communist
• Finding ways other than nuclear missiles to stop Communism
• Fighting wars by using other countries to stop Communism

Which of the following wars were Proxy Wars fought by the United States during the Cold War?

• Korean War and Vietnam War

• Vietnam War and the War on Terror

• Desert Storm and Korean War

• WWI and WWII

Which of the following defines Brinkmanship?

• Using the threat of nuclear war to stop the spread of Communism
• Providing money to stop the spread of Communism
• Containing Communism so that it cannot spread
• Finding ways other than nuclear weapons to stop the spread of Communism

Why were Americans so scared of Sputnik when the Soviets launched it?

• They feared that the Soviet Union was more technologically advanced than we were

• They were scared it would launch nuclear weapons

• They were scared it would fall out of orbit and crash into America

• Americans were not scared of Sputnik because it was our satellite

What was the Eisenhower Doctrine?

• The US would liberate the countries behind the iron curtain
• The US would liberate any Middle Eastern country threatened by communism
• The US would recognize the Republic of China
• The US would nationalize the Suez Canal

NATO and the Warsaw Pact were examples of 

• military aggression during the Cold War
• failed attempts to make peace all over the world
• efforts to make Ms Pieczyski President of the World
• miliary alliances made for "collective security"