Cold War TEST

After World War II, the opposing political and economic systems of the United States and Soviet Union led to what outcome?

• the end of totalitarian dictatorships in Europe

• the spread of democracy in Eastern European nations

• the division of Europe along communist and non-communist lines

• the end of political alliances of European nations

This chart compares two governments in the 1950s and 1960s. The differences between these two governments led to what

• The Cold War

• The Gulf War

• WWI

• WWII

According to this political cartoon, why did the Soviet Union prevent access to their nations?

• The Soviet Union did not need the aid of Western Europe.

• The Soviet Union was weaker than Western Europe.

• They believed they needed to defend themselves from the invasion of Western Europe.

• They believed that the Soviet Union was less prosperous than the Western democracies.

Why is the United Nations a more effective organization than the League of Nations?

• All of the countries in Europe and Asia joined the United Nations.

• The United Nations headquarters is located in Europe, so more countries can participate.

• The United Nations has the authority to use military force if necessary.

• The members of the United Nations seldom disagree on world policies.

Which statement summarizes the United States' policy of containment during the Cold War?

• The United States refused to go to war after World War II.

• The United States became isolationist and avoided conflict in other parts of the world

• The United States focused only on the economic issues within its borders.

• The United States promised to defend democracy by stopping communist expansion

How did the Soviet Union implement communism into countries like Poland, Romania, and Hungary?

• They only allowed members of the communist party to run for office.

• They denied free elections and installed communist governments.

• These countries freely elected communist leaders and governments.

• They assassinated any leader elected to office that was not a member of the communist party.

Which country was divided at the 38th Parallel after World War II?

• Germany

• Japan

• Korea

• Italy

What was the main cause of the United States' involvement in the Korean War?

• the fear that allowing Korea to fall to communism would cause other countries to become communist as well

• the desire to acquire resources and fishing markets that were lacking in the United States

• the desire to prevent Japan from forcing democratic rule upon Korea, a communist nation

• the fear that Korea was attempting to build a nuclear bomb

What situation led to the start of the Vietnam War?

• The Vietnamese rebelled against their French rulers and asked the United States for aid.

• After earning independence from France, communist leaders influenced Vietnam to abandon democracy.

• The Soviets forced China to invade Vietnam to eliminate a democratic nation in the region.

• The Vietnam War began as a civil war between communist Vietnam and Nationalist Vietnam.

Why was the Berlin Wall a major symbol of the Cold War?

• The wall became covered with poetry and art that described the conditions of the time.

• Despite the fact that a wall divided the city of Berlin, people still moved freely within the city

• The wall symbolized an "iron curtain" between the democratic west and the communist east.

• The wall proved that communist countries and democracies could easily work together after World War II.