Cold War Basics

What was the main goal of the United States during the Cold War?

• To spread communism
• To strengthen ties with Vietnam and Korea
• To destroy the Soviet Union and its allies
• To contain communism and promote democracy

What was the main goal of the Soviet Union during the Cold War?

• To eliminate the nation of Germany
• To contain the spread of communism
• To spread communism to other countries
• To strengthen bonds with China and Germany

Which statement describes the Marshall Plan?

• An alliance designed to combine the forces of all democratic nations in Western Europe
• An economic plan to spend 12.5 billion dollars on reconstructing Western Europe
• A failed military plan to cripple communist influence in Western Europe
• A peace treaty with the Soviet Union that was ultimately rejected

Which of the following best describes the Truman Doctrine?

• The United States sent police and military force to the region to help train the military
• Over 400 million dollars were given to various countries to fight off communism in their lands
• American troops provided enough strength to prevent Soviet invasion of Europe
• The American military preemptively stacked the Soviet Union to weaken their influence in the region

During the Cold War Era, which best explains why the United States and the Soviet Union avoided real military conflict with each other?

• They did not want China to get involved in an armed conflict.
• They did not have weapons powerful enough to use in a war.
• They were concerned about the possibility of global nuclear war.
• They did not have any allies to help them in a war.

The countries to the east of the bold black line were all members of what group?

• the Warsaw Pact
• the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO
• the Axis Powers
• the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO

What is shown in the two marked areas on this map?

• the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the Warsaw Pact
• the World Trade Organization and the International Monetary Fund
• the Allied Powers and the Axis Powers
• the Protestants and the Catholics

An "arms race" can be described as ...

• a race between countries to defeat another country in war
• a race between nations to acquire the most powerful weapons
• a race between states to build up their own militias
• a race between nations to see who can have the largest military

What event prompted the Soviet Union to form the Warsaw Pact?

• the formation of NATO
• the Cuban Missile Crisis
• the Korean War
• the launch of Sputnik

An economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.

• Capitalism
• Communism
• Consumerism
• McCarthyism