Cold War - Chapter 1

Which of these was the primary goal of the Marshall Plan?

• to gather information about Europe’s economic resources
• to encourage economic integration among the nations of Europe
• to promote democracy in Europe by rebuilding war-torn economies
• to support a rapid transition in Europe to centrally planned economies

Which of these committed the United States to a foreign policy based on containment of communism?

• the Baruch Plan
•  the Four Freedoms
• the Long Telegram
• the Truman Doctrine

NATO and the Warsaw Pact are both examples of:

• treaties
• mutual defense organizations
• constitutions
• weapons

The Cold War was a hostile but non-violent struggle for power between which two countries?

• The United States and Germany
• The Soviet Union and Germany
• The United States and Japan
• The United States and The Soviet Union

Which of these characteristics best describes a capitalist economy?

• Everything is shared equally among the citizens
• Factories, equipment, and other means of production are all privately owned
• The middle class must work in agriculture or industry
• The government redistributes all of the resources to the citizens  

Containment refers to the policy to contain The United Kingdom and communism within its borders.

• True
• False 

The Truman Doctrine provided $400 million in aid to which two countries? 

• Germany and The Soviet Union 
• The US and The Soviet Union 
• Turkey and Greece
• Greece and Japan 

The excerpt below is from a document published in April 1949: "The Parties agree that an armed attack against one or more of them in Europe or North America shall be considered an attack against them all." This document marked the establishment of which of these organizations?

• National Security Council (NSC)
• United States Information Agency (USIA)
• North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
• Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (COMECON)

In a Communist society, who owns all the means of production (land, machinery, buildings, resources?) 

• The People 
• The State
• Mother Nature 
• The Pandas

What would you have found in Eastern Europe during the Cold War? 

• Democracy 
• Capitalism 
• Communism 
• Anarchy