Chapter 18 Quiz

The main goal of the ___ was to stop the spread of communism.

• Truman Doctrine

• Marshall Plan

• iron curtain

• Warsaw Pact

___ is best known for investigating communism in the film industry.

• UN

• CIA

• HUAC

• NATO

The ___ were defeated in the civil war in China despite 2 billion dollars in aid sent to them from the United States.

• Nationalists

• Communists

• Soviets

• Peasants

In a capitalist system,

• the state controls economic activity.

• private citizens control economic activity.

• elected officials control economic activity.

• the dictator controls economic activity.

The Soviet blockade of West Berlin was a response to

• The Marshall Plan

• The formation of NATO

• efforts by Western nations to divide Germany.

• efforts by Western nations to reunify Germany.

General Douglas MacArthur commanded U.S. forces in ___.

• Guatemala

• Hungary

• the Middle East

• Korea

When an armistice was signed ending the Korean War,

• North and South Korea were still divided along the 38th parallel.

• a communist government was established in South Korea.

• communist fears in the United States were lifted.

• China gained control of the entire peninsula.

To label someone’s activities as ___ would be to suggest that the person is making unsupported accusations

• brinkmanship

• containment

• McCarthyism

• infiltration

The Eisenhower Doctrine was a warning to the Soviet Union against military intervention in

• Latin America

• Eastern Europe

• Western Europe

• Middle East

When the Soviet Union exploded an atomic bomb, the United States responded by intensifying efforts to develop ___.

• NATO

• an atomic bomb

• a hydrogen bomb

• a satellite